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Richard Lippolds midcentury sculpture Orpheus and Apollo, dismantled in 2014 after decades at Lincoln Center, is on display on Oct. 11, 2023, after being rehung at the Atrium Business and Conference Center at La Guardia Airport in New York. (Amir Hamja/The New York Times)
by Hilarie M. Sheets
NEW YORK, NY.- For more than 50 years, Orpheus and Apollo, the constellation of gleaming metal bars conceived by sculptor Richard Lippold, graced the grand lobby of Lincoln Centers Philharmonic Hall like two friendly gods floating in space. It hung on steel wires from the ceiling until 2014, when it was taken down for safety concerns. This midcentury masterpiece has now, against all odds, been reassembled at another New York landmark: LaGuardia Airport. Lippold said if this is ever taken down, they wont be able to build it again, said Alberto Quartaroli, director of the Richard Lippold Foundation. But Humpty Dumpty could be put together again after all. The 5-ton sculpture sparkles from the ceiling of the new glass-enclosed Atrium Business and Conference Center at LaGuardia connected to Terminal Bs arrivals and departures hall that opens Thursday to the public. (You dont need to go through security to see it.) Orpheus and Apollo ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day The installation in the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma turns the entire fifth-floor gallery into a scented arena. Bopape went on several field trips in Finland when she was preparing the show. Photo: Finnish National Gallery / Petri Virtanen.
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| Artis-Naples, The Baker Museum opens Frank Stewart's Nexus exhibition | | Louvre and Versailles emptied as France raises guard after stabbing | | When the Turner Prize came to 'God's Waiting Room' |
Frank Stewart (American, b. 1949). Radio Players Series (On Bus), 1978. Gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 in. Collection of Sing Lathan and Bining Taylor.
NAPLES, FLA.- ArtisNaples, The Baker Museum announced today the opening of Frank Stewarts Nexus: An American Photographers Journey, 1960s to the Present. This dynamic retrospective of Stewarts photography centers on his sensitive and spontaneous approach to portraying world cultures and Black life in many formsincluding music, art, travel, food and dance. His work over the years captured intimate and empathetic images of lives experienced and observed across subjects, cities and countries. Frank Stewarts work transcends traditional photography. His images tell stories, evoke emotions and provide a window into the world of music, culture and everyday life around the world, said The Baker Museum Director and Chief Curator Courtney McNeil. We are delighted to collaborate with The Phillips Collection to present this exhibition at The Baker Museum and to share ... More | |
The Easternmost facade of the Louvre in Paris on Sept. 14, 2023. (Andrea Mantovani /The New York Times)
by Monika Pronczuk
PARIS.- Thousands of troops were being deployed to guard sensitive locations across France, and the Louvre Museum and the Palace of Versailles were evacuated in separate security alerts, as the country remained on edge Saturday after the killing of a schoolteacher in a stabbing attack that authorities described as an act of Islamic terrorism. France has been under its highest terrorist threat level since Friday, when the teacher, Dominique Bernard, was killed at a school in Arras, in northern France. A suspect was quickly arrested at the scene: Officials said he was a former student of Bernards and had already been under surveillance as a potential Islamic extremist. On Saturday morning, the Louvre, the worlds most visited art museum, ushered visitors out and closed its doors in response to a written message ... More | |
The Towner Eastbourne art museum in Eastbourne, England, on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. Eastbourne is hoping that its new association with the Turner Prize can help it shake off a geriatric image. (Jeremie Souteyrat/The New York Times)
by Francesca Perry
EASTBOURNE.- In 2004, when Miriam Wilkinson moved from London to Eastbourne, on the countrys southeast coast, the seaside town was often referred to as Gods waiting room because of its aging population. But in the past few years, there had been an awakening in Eastbourne, said Wilkinson, 40, who works at a nonprofit. Young families were arriving, she added, and new public art was appearing in the streets. Now, one of Britains most important art events, the Turner Prize, has arrived in the town, too, at the Towner Eastbourne art museum. Locals are hoping it will change the towns reputation and place it on a national, or even global, cultural stage. But as shown by the experiences of other English seaside towns, big-city culture often dovetails with an influx ... More |
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| Christie's 20/21 Evening sales in London achieved a combined total of $117,774,188 | | Important Americana rare books, wine and spirits come to auction at Bonhams Skinner | | Academy Museum postpones gala, citing the war in Israel |
Kees van Dongen, La Quiétude (1918, price realised £10,775,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2023.
LONDON.- Giovanna Bertazzoni, Vice Chairman, 20th / 21st Century Art Department, Christies: The results this evening reflect the enduring strength of London at this time. As we marked 20 years of Frieze London, Christies convened collectors from across the globe to our saleroom, with spirited bidding on works that spanned antiquities to contemporary art. Our sales were strategically put together to reflect the breadth and diversity of the London market. Kees van Dongen led the season at Christies, realising a price of £10,775,000 for La Quiétude Jean-Michel Basquiats Future Sciences Versus the Man (1982) achieved the second highest price this evening, selling for £10,430,000 The 20th/ 21st Century: London Evening Sale realised a total of £44,691,420 / 51,618,590 / $54,523,532, selling 88% by lot and 89% by value Christies continues to lead the market for prestigious ... More | |
The Goldfish Bowl, c. 1832 by Samuel F.B. Morse (American, 1791-1872), estimated at $20,000 30,000. Photo: Bonhams.
BOSTON, MASS.- Bonhams Skinner will close out October with a slate of sales which feature important works of Americana, rare books and manuscripts, as well as fine wine and spirits. Autumn Americana Collections will be highlighted by an important Bickley Family Silver Tankard, c. 1710 by silversmith Bartholomew Le Roux. Fine Wines will then feature a bottle of M. Gentaz Dervieux Cote Rotie Brune Cuvee Reserve from 1992 while Rare Spirits will present a bottle of Macallan 68 Years Old Exceptional Single Cask, distilled in 1950 and bottled in 2018. Finally, A Journal of Captain Cook's last voyage to the Pacific Ocean, and in quest of a North-West Passage, between Asia & America, 1783 by John Ledyard (1751-1789) is a highlight of Fine Books & Manuscripts. An important silver tankard, c. 1710, engraved ... More | |
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, on Oct. 7, 2021. (Rozette Rago/The New York Times)
by Robin Pogrebin
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Its hard not to see the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures attempt to put on this years gala a glamorous party that raises more than $10 million for the museum and burnishes its image by drawing Hollywood A-listers as anything but ill-fated. First the Hollywood strikes complicated efforts to hold the party, since striking actors are barred from promoting films and few would want to rub elbows socially with executives from the big studios that they are on strike against. That difficulty was ironed out after studio executives, who are among the museums biggest financial supporters, agreed not to come and union officials said actors could attend as long as they did not promote films. Then the Israel-Hamas war cast a shadow ... More |
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| 'Rembrandt to Van Gogh: Masterpieces from the Armand Hammer Collection' opens at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston | | Phoenix Art Museum launches new funds for exhibitions, education, engagement and contemporary art | | Gigantic flamingo at STRAAT Museum draws attention to climate change |
Rembrandt van Rijn, Juno, c. 166265, oil on canvas, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, the Armand Hammer Collection, gift of the Armand Hammer Foundation.
HOUSTON, TX.- Rarely seen outside of Los Angeles, 46 paintings and works on paper from the renowned collection of the Hammer Museum at UCLA will tour to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, from October 15, 2023 through January 21, 2024. Major works of art from across four centuries will be presented in an exhibition that reflects the collecting interests of the L.A. museums founder, collector Armand Hammer, through outstanding examples of European art dating from the Renaissance to the early 20th century, with additional important works by American artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Armand Hammer had a fascinating career as a businessman and art collector that spanned most of the 20th century, commented Gary Tinterow, Director, the Margaret Alkek Williams Chair, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. The museum he founded in ... More | |
Amalia Mesa-Bains, An Ofrenda for Dolores del Rio, 1984/1991. Mixed media installation including plywood, mirrors, fabric, framed photographs, found objects, dried flowers, and glitter; 96 x 72 x 48 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisitions Program.
PHOENIX, AZ.- Phoenix Art Museum announced three major gifts totaling $2 million in support of exhibitions, education and engagement programs, and contemporary art acquisitions, corresponding with the launch of dedicated funds to support the Musems ongoing work in these areas. With a founding gift of $1 million, The Opatrny Family Foundation creates the Phoenix Art Museum Exhibition Excellence Fund, providing PhxArt with its first-ever dedicated fund for exhibition development and curatorial scholarship. The Cohn Fund for Arts & Culture, a component fund of the Arizona Community Foundation, has provided a founding grant of $750,000 to establish the Phoenix ... More | |
Dulk and the flamingo installation. Photo: Tim Stet.
AMSTERDAM.- The STRAAT Museum in Amsterdam presents the Urban Artivism exhibition. This walking route, suitable for all ages, spans the entire museum and showcases 15 artworks from the STRAAT collection that raise awareness about climate change. The highlight of the exhibition is the massive 7-meter-high flamingo installation created by the famous Spanish street artist and 'artivist,' Dulk, a new addition to the museum's permanent collection. With this artwork, Dulk brings attention to the endangered habitats of flamingos worldwide, particularly in the Albufera Nature Park near Valencia, Spain. Urban Artivism is the second project realized by STRAAT under the sponsorship of ABN AMRO. Dulk on his flamingo installation: "From a young age, I have been deeply concerned about the environment and consider nature our greatest treasure. Guided by the idea 'Protect what you love,' I see it as my mission to create art projects that raise awareness fo ... More |
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| Nye & Co. announces Chic and Antique Estate Treasures Auction, Oct. 25-27 | | An unromantic message from the Grand Canyon: Stop leaving your love locks | | The National Building Museum announces Theaster Gates as the 2023 Vincent Scully Prize recipient |
Pair of Queen Anne carved walnut side chairs, Philadelphia, circa 1760.
BLOOMFIELD, NJ.- Nye & Company Auctioneers will hold a three-day sales extravaganza on Wednesday through Friday, October 25th-27th, starting at 10 am Eastern time, featuring American, English and Continental furniture, an extensive selection of silver, jewelry and a wide selection of fine art and prints. This will be an online-only auction, with no live gallery bidding. The officially titled Chic and Antique Estate Treasures auction features a little more than 1,000 lots a curated mix of fine and decorative arts spanning from the 18th century to present day, including a selection of items from the Stanley Weiss Collection, property consigned by a Princeton, New Jersey collector and items from private collections mainly in the tri-state area. Highlights from the Princeton collector include a 1929 Steinway Model M piano, estimated conservatively at $4,000-$6,000, poised to sell within range or higher; a large number of rugs and carpets in ... More | |
An undated photo provided by D. Pawlak/National Park Service of a ranger with love locks that were removed from an overlooks fencing at the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Aside from the unsightly locks, couples also typically toss the keys into the canyon, a potential problem for wildlife like critically endangered California condors, which like to investigate strange things and could ingest them. (D. Pawlak/National Park Service via The New York Times)
NEW YORK, NY.- National Park Service rangers scoured the South Rim of the Grand Canyon in recent weeks, bolt cutters in hand, and took aim at their targets. Hanging from fences were love locks, etched with the names or initials of partners who, perhaps, had seen the vast, everlasting expanse of mudstone beyond the precipice and believed that their love, too, would be as endless. Except the padlocks these visitors had placed were not emblems of passion but simply human-made litter, officials said. Love is strong, Grand Canyon National Park said on Facebook this past week. But it is not as ... More | |
Theaster Gates. Photo: Lyndon French.
WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Building Museum announced that Theaster Gates, world-renowned artist and social innovator, is the 25th recipient of the Museums annual Vincent Scully Prize. Established in 1999, the Scully Prize recognizes excellence in practice, scholarship, or criticism in architecture, historic preservation, and urban design. He joins esteemed past recipients, including Dolores Hayden, Mabel O. Wilson, Elizabeth Meyer, and Robert Campbell. A public celebration to present the award to Gates will be held on Friday, November 3, 2023 from 5:30 to 8 pm at the National Building Museum. The evening includes an award presentation, a conversation with Gates, Germane Barnes, principal and founder of Studio Barnes, and Jessica Bell Brown, curator and department head for contemporary art at the Baltimore Museum of Art, followed by a reception with curated menu. Gates unique global practice, which is rooted in Chicago, translates the intri ... More |
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powerHouse Books announces the release of 'Material Wealth: Mining the Personal Archive of Allen Ginsberg'
NEW YORK, NY.- A prolific poet, raconteur, activist, and thinker, Allen Ginsberg was also a prolific collector, meticulously saving letters, postcards, draft notes and manuscripts, photographs and snapshots, appearance bills and rally broadsheets, not only featuring him personally, but also his fellow poets, singers, lovers, writers, journey companions, friends, and agitators. Gathered here publicly for the first time is his personal archive of events and experiences documenting his life as a young man, breakaway poet, expansive spirit, curious intellectual traveler, and relentless enthusiast of the provocative and the profane. There are hundreds of thousands of items carefully stored and archived at Stanford ... More
Casey Kaplan now representing Kaveri Raina
NEW YORK, NY.- Casey Kaplan announced representation of Kaveri Raina. Kaveri Raina (b. 1990, New Delhi, India) lives and works in New York. Rainas acrylic, graphite and oil pastel paintings on burlap suggest the corporality of past happenings, both witnessed and visualized. Abstracted forms rendered from personal experience and inherited histories reveal generations of dislocation. Bodies at rest or in motion oscillate across textured surfaces, interrupted and reimagined mid-story. Densely painted shapes and vigorous swirls of graphite are pulled inwards by their weight in thickness and color. Working from both sides of the burlaps surface, Raina pushes and pours acrylic through the permeable weave with a rhythmic physicality. Graphite and oil pastel are applied with fervor, forming vortices of promenading ants, spiraling and ... More
Jimmy Buffett's will appoints his wife as executor of his estate
NEW YORK, NY.- Jimmy Buffett, the singer-songwriter and entrepreneur of an island-themed business empire who died last month at 76, left his wife in charge of his estate, according to a copy of his will, which contains few specifics about the scope of his assets or other beneficiaries. Buffett, whose blockbuster hit Margaritaville rocketed him to fame in 1977 and now serves as branding for his restaurant franchise, hotel chain and more, used the will to funnel a majority of his assets to a revocable trust that he created in 1990. But in keeping with Florida law, the will, filed last month in Palm Beach County, Florida, does not contain a public inventory of his assets nor does it reveal any of the holdings of the James W. Buffett 1990 Trust. His wife of more than 40 years, Jane S. Buffett, has been tasked with carrying out his wishes after being ... More
It's not enough to love Disney. They want to live Disney.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Mickey Mouse-shaped topiaries in front of Kelsey Hermansons house are the first hint at what visitors will find inside. You know how when youre walking through a Disney park, and you have the option to go to Tomorrowland or to Fantasyland, and you have these different worlds that you get to sort of walk through and be in? said Hermanson, 37. Thats kind of how our house is. That is to say, each room in Hermansons 3,300-square-foot Seattle home has its own Disney-inspired theme. The stairwell, for instance, pays tribute to Peter Pan with star-shaped pendant lighting fixtures; vintage decor on the windowsill that recalls Captain Hooks galleon; and wall decals of Wendy, her siblings and Peter scaling the wall. Hermansons living room, anchored by an ocean blue sofa and a shadow box coffee table, calls ... More
36 hours in Florence, Italy
FLORENCE.- As tourism returns to pre-pandemic levels across Italy, travelers itching to visit Florence face a delicate decision: how to experience the Tuscan capitals Renaissance grandeur while remaining sensitive to the damage mass tourism inflicts. One solution is to travel outside of the high season. But in the fall, visitors still will face crowds at the Galleria dellAccademia and at the Uffizi (especially if the latter reopens the long-shuttered Corridoio Vasariano to the public this year, as planned). Even better is to approach Florence not as a historical theme park, but as a living city, by seeking out lesser-known pockets and new projects from an ambitious cultural complex to a tiny trattoria run by passionate young Florentines that will help sustain this city for years to come. In the shadow of Filippo Brunelleschis magnificent dome ... More
As Mexican music explodes, This podcast charts its growth
NEW YORK, NY.- When the four hosts of the Agushto Papa podcast all Mexican Americans in their early to mid-20s were teenagers, they wrestled with, as all young people do, the music of their parents generation. The varying styles that are termed, broadly, regional Mexican music, have remained emphatically traditional in presentation and sound for decades. For young men growing up very differently from their parents, listening to it was a complicated proposition. In middle school, I was kind of scared to tell people that I would listen to it, because back then, it wasnt cool, said Diego Mondragon, one of the shows founders. Angel Lopez, one of his co-hosts, echoed the sentiment: I feel like there was a negative stigma toward it. Much has changed in the last five years, however, thanks to an influx of new talent with wide-ranging ... More
A comic book upstart seeks to shake up the industry
NEW YORK, NY.- Brad Meltzer has experience with ownership in publishing. As a novelist, I own my characters. I always have, he said. Meltzer has written dozens of thrillers, including The Escape Artist and The Book of Lies, as well as books for children and comic books. Hes also no stranger to television: He was a creator of the series Jack & Bobby and the host of Brad Meltzers Decoded, which examined historical mysteries. The entertainment industry is an ecosystem, and it is ever-changing, Meltzer said. Now he is trying to use his knowledge to help some like-minded writers and artists reshape the comic book industry. They have formed Ghost Machine, a media company that was announced Thursday, the first day of New York Comic Con, the pop culture convention. One of the principal tenets of the new company is creator ... More
For 'Shucked,' a Broadway chapter ends, and its future is uncertain
NEW YORK, NY.- Shucked, a musical comedy fueled by corn puns and country music, will end its run at Broadways Nederlander Theater on Jan. 14. The shows lead producers, Mike Bosner and Jason Owen, are not calling the step a closing, apparently because they are hoping that they will find another theater at which the show might continue its run. But the current Broadway season is shaping up to be fairly robust, and it is unclear if there will be an empty theater available for it. Shucked is vacating its theater as its grosses have remained consistently middling. Theater owners make money both by charging rent to producers and by getting a percentage of the box office, and if the Nederlander Organization can find a higher-grossing tenant, it will make more money. (A leading candidate to take over the theater: a revival of Tommy that was well-reviewed and sold strongly at Chicagos Goodman Theater.) ... More
Rothschild masterpieces: First-ever Rothschild sale in America totals $43,237,900
NEW YORK, N.- Christies landmark Rothschild auction series began with Rothschild Masterpieces, an evening sale that saw spirited bidding with prices soaring beyond their estimates totaling $43,237,900. The sale achieved an impressive 245 percent hammer above low estimate, and 95 percent sold by lot. The first-ever dedicated North American sale of works belonging to one of the great collecting families, epitomized the quintessential taste that has defined the Rothschilds for generations and produced strong results for paintings, decorative arts, and jewels. The leading lot of the day was Gerrit Dous A young woman holding a hare with a boy at a window, which made $7,068,000. Other top lots included, Dutch School, circa 1650 The Triumph of David, a monumental series of painted and embossed leather panels, ... More
Neue Auctions announces Fine Art & Luxury Decor Auction, October 28th
BEACHWOOD, OH.- Wonderful creations by the Italian artist and designer Piero Fornasetti, pieces produced for the New York-based furniture manufacturer Brueton, paintings by American Pueblo artist Pablita Velarde and more will come up for bid in a Fine Art & Luxury Décor auction slated for Saturday, October 28th, by Neue Auctions, starting at 10 am Eastern time. The 335-lot, online-only auction is packed with paintings, sculptures, Cleveland School, antique and luxury designer furniture and objects. The fine custom designer furnishings, all in pristine condition from local estates, will feature Dennis and Lean tables, Brunschwig & Fils furniture, Rose Tarlow, Minton Spidell, Patina Italia, Vladimir Kagan and others, all highly collectible. The group of pieces by Piero Fornasetti (Milan, Italy, 1913-1988), pulled from assorted private ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, French artist James Tissot was born October 15, 1836. James Jacques Joseph Tissot (15 October 1836 - 8 August 1902) was a French painter, who spent much of his career in Britain. Tissot exhibited in the Paris Salon for the first time in 1859, where he showed five paintings of scenes from the Middle Ages, many depicting scenes from Goethe's Faust. These works show the influence of the Belgian painter Henri Leys (Jan August Hendrik Leys), whom Tissot had met in Antwerp in 1859, over his work. In this image: Le Balcon du Cercle de la rue Royale (The Circle of the Rue Royale), 1868.
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