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The ruins of the oldest church south of the Sahara in Cidade Velha on Santiago, the main island in the Cape Verde archipelago off the coast of West Africa, Dec. 11, 2023. Most travelers following in Darwinâs footsteps go to the Galápagos â but it was here, on a rocky island off the coast of West Africa, that the young naturalist was said to have found his calling. (Carmen Abd Ali/The New York Times)
by Ben Crair
NEW YORK, NY.- Charles Darwin was 22 years old when he first peeled a banana. âMaukish & sweet with little flavor,â he noted in his journal from Santiago, the main island in the Cape Verde archipelago off the coast of West Africa. He preferred oranges and tamarinds, feasting at every opportunity on tropical fruit after three awful weeks at sea. Darwin was so seasick at the start of his five-year voyage aboard the HMS Beagle that the captain expected him to jump ship back to England as soon as they touched land. But he found his feet on the island he called St. Jago, where he spent his first hours strolling through coconut groves and âhearing the notes of unknown birds, & seeing new insects fluttering about still newer flowers.â Most travelers questing after Darwin head to the Galápagos Islands, where an entire tourist industry has developed around his legacy. It was the Galápagos where Darwin, according to popular legend, âdiscoveredâ natural selection, although, in reality, it was only later in Lond ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Helene Gaddie, an instructor for the Warrior Women Sewing Circle, with a fringed shawl she designed and made, adorned with metallic threads and cowrie shells, in Kyle, S.D., on Oct. 14, 2023. A Native-run studio, the Artspace is a beacon of hope, nurturing talent amid a resurgence of Indigenous traditions. (Tara Weston/The New York Times)
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| Catherine Opie presents over sixty photographs at Regen Projects | | Hindman to merge with America's oldest auction house, Freeman's | | Oligarch's aide tells court how Sotheby's expertise had role in fraud |
Catherine Opie, Self-Portrait/Cutting contact sheet, 2003, 2003/2024. Pigment print, 20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm).
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Catherine Opies eleventh exhibition with Regen Projects, harmony is fraught presents over sixty photographs never shown publicly before, drawn from over thirty years of making pictures in and of Los Angeles. We see a deeply singular diary of Opies worldespecially her early years as an emerging artist in the 1990sintertwined with the complex public life of the city she made her home, from its signature freeways and landmarks, like the Hollywood sign, to scenes of activism and surfers at the beach. Together, they collectively trace a profoundly personal story, as well as the evolving drama and common grandeur of Los Angeles itself, a singular assembly of constructions, conflicts, and communities. Installed in carefully considered constellations, photographs of freeways and bridges connect and encircle images of more ... More | |
Freeman's Hindman New York.
CHICAGO, IL.- Today, the pioneering, full-service auction house Hindman announces that it will continue to expand its national footprint by merging with venerable, 200-year-old Philadelphia-based Freemans. With a combined six salerooms and 18 regional offices across the country, Freemans and Hindman stand to have the largest, coast-to-coast presence of any auction house in the United States, with plans to expand into international markets. The union of these two preeminent businesses represents the foundation of a dynamic and comprehensive company well-positioned to lead the upper-middle auction market. Under the name Freemans | Hindman, the company is combining their robust digital infrastructures into a singular website and highly targeted online initiatives. As one of the first actions, Freemans | Hindman will be opening its new permanent New York saleroom in January 2024. Located at 32 East 67th Street in the he ... More | |
The Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev looks out from his penthouse in Monte Carlo, Monaco, Sept. 18, 2018. (Benjamin Bechet/The New York Times)
by Graham Bowley
NEW YORK, NY.- An adviser to a Russian billionaire asserted in a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday that he and his boss had been tricked by a Swiss art dealer into wildly overpaying for works of art and that a Sothebys experts opinions played a role in persuading them to pay the inflated prices. It was pretty important because Sothebys was the expert in all things related to art, the representative, Mikhail Sazonov, testified in federal court in Manhattan in the case brought against Sothebys by Dmitry Rybolovlev, the oligarch and art collector. Rybolovlev has accused Sothebys of helping the art dealer, Yves Bouvier, who bought artworks himself and resold them to Rybolovlev at markups worth tens of millions of dollars. Bouvier, who has denied any wrongdoing, ... More |
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| 'Ashley Perez: Common Ground' features ecological dynamics in South Texas, now on view at Ruiz-Healy Art | | Opening today at Clamp Art: 'To Swallow a Photo of Him' by Bill Costa | | Peruvian artist Ishmael Randalll-Weeks now showing at Lawrie Shabibi, 'Desert Displacements' |
Ashley Perez, Great, 2023. Oil on wood 40 x 28 in 101.6 x 71.1 cm
SAN ANTONIO, TX.- Ruiz-Healy Art is now hosting Common Ground, a solo exhibition of works by San Antonio artist Ashley Perez, which opened on Wednesday, January 10th, with a reception. Common Ground will be on view at the San Antonio gallery through February 3rd, 2024. There will also be an artist walkthrough of the exhibition on January 13th, 2024, from 1:00-3:00 PM. This collection evolved from a year-long exploration of San Antonio's nature trails, where Perez engaged with individuals entering and exiting these curated natural spaces. This project was made possible with the generous support of the City of San Antonio's Department of Arts & Culture #GetCreativeSA. Ashley Perez's work embodies connection through community, I set up a table and posted a sign that said free art near trailheads and made small drawings of birds native to the area to give away to the brave souls who decided to ... More | |
Bill Costa, "Robert," 1986; Vintage gelatin silver print; 16 x 20 inches (sheet). © Bill Costa.
NEW YORK, NY.- CLAMP is opening today To Swallow a Photo of Him, an exhibition of photographs by Bill Costa (1944-1995). Bill Costa aimed to capture the sensuality of the male form in stark juxtaposition to dilapidated settings. By populating forgotten spaces with vigorous young men, Costa created a garden of male forms growing out of peeling paint and rotting brick. New York was falling apart around Costa, who moved to the city at the peak of the 1970s financial crisis and lived until the apex of the AIDS epidemic in the 1990s. Costa saw friends waste away, much like the buildings and landscapes he selected in order to highlight the life force of these young men. To think that many of these models, photographed in their prime, would meet the same fate as such surroundings, adds a poignant and important layer through which to engage with Costas artistic output. In 1987, for inclusion in a catalogue to coincide with his exhibition ... More | |
Ishmael Randall-Weeks, 'Untitled (For my desert to yours)', 2023. Brass, bronze 250 x 160 x 140 cm 98 3/8 x 63 x 55 1/8 in. Courtesy of Ishmael Randall Weeks and Lawrie Shabibi.
DUBAI.- Lawrie Shabibi is now holding the second solo exhibition by Peruvian artist Ishmael Randalll-Weeks at the gallery. The exhibition, which runs from 11 January 9 February 2024, transforms fundamental geometric models into objects echoing the poetry of utility. Each of the artworks showcased weaves through the domains of architecture and design, anchoring themselves within social and spiritual contexts from both Peruvian and Arab cultures. In Desert Displacements geometric forms converge with elements rich with history and metaphorswalking sticks, stones, rulers, an olive branch or the figure of a falconall interwoven into a tapestry of historical references. From the architectural legacies of Bauhaus to the artistic symbols of pre-Columbian cultures, Ishmaels pieces refract visions of ... More |
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| Exhibition of new work by artist Dominic Chambers opens at Lehmann Maupin | | Duo presentation by artists Seyni Awa Camara and John McAllister 'Sculpting Earth, Painting Sensations' at Almine Rech | | For the Lakota, creativity thrives where there's no word for art |
Dominic Chambers, Leave Room for the Wind (detail).
NEW YORK, NY.- Lehmann Maupin announced Leave Room for the Wind, an exhibition of new work by artist Dominic Chambers. Born in St. Louis, MO (1993) and currently based in New Haven, CT, Chambers creates vibrant paintings that frequently portray scenes of leisure, joy, and quiet contemplation. In his newest body of work, Chambers continues his examination of the contemporary role of leisurefocusing on its relationship to natureand explores how art can function as a mode for understanding, recontextualizing, or renegotiating ones relationship to the world. Leave Room for the Wind coincides with the artists debut solo museum exhibition at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (on view through February 15, 2024) and marks the artist's first major solo exhibition in New York. Chambers is often inspired by literature Âand has cited Magical Realism, alongside writings by W.E.B. Du Bois, Ralph Ellison, and James Baldwin, as s ... More | |
Seyni Awa Camara and John McAllister / Courtesy of the Artists and Almine Rech.
PARIS.- Almine Rech is opening Sculpting Earth, Painting Sensations, an exhibition that creates a unique dialogue between the artists Seyni Awa Camara and John McAllister. Their artworks seem to emanate from the same source: the Earth. Two artists, rooted in a lasting and immutable sense of time, give life to this exhibition. Seyni Awa Camaras sculptures embrace traditional craft to fashion creatures evoking the ambiguous divinities of the indigenous arts. With raw materiality, her sculptures affirm their tangible presence, while the solid colors in McAllisters paintings suggest a luxuriant reverie. In his work, McAllister does not simply seek to document the world as it is. On the contrary, his paintings are part of the tradition of major twentieth-century artists such as Matisse and Bonnard. He strives to capture light without limiting himself to simply depicting the contemporary world. Instead he emphasizes a ki ... More | |
Shyla White Lance beads moccasins in the Oglala Lakota Artspace in Kyle, S.D., on Oct. 14, 2023. (Tara Weston/The New York Times)
by Patricia Leigh Brown
KYLE, SD.- There is no word for art in the Lakota language. But the power of art, in every facet of life, has drawn a boisterous group of moccasin beaders, painters, regalia artists and producers of Native hip-hop down a two-lane road that undulates through the tawny hills of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 8 miles from the nearest intersection. The setting is the new Oglala Lakota Artspace, a Native-run studio space thats the first of its kind on the Pine Ridge reservation, and since its debut last May, it has liberated scores of artists from their kitchen tables. Its a place where mothers hover over sewing machines fashioning ribbon skirts for their daughters to wear at powwows, while young hip-hop artists in requisite black T-shirts record music videos and mixtapes under the tutelage of a 30-year-old ... More |
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| 'Sandi Haber Fifield: The Thing in Front of You' on view at Yancey Richardson | | Multimedia artist Léonard Martin has joined the Galerie Templon family | | Centro BotÃn presents Itinerarios XXVIII, six innovative perspectives on current debates in contemporary art |
Sandi Haber Fifield TYO23_438, 2023, from the series The Thing in Front of You. Unique. Photo-based 3-D collaged object with plexiglass, wood and rubber, 20 x 20 x 1 1/2 inches
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NEW YORK, NY.- The Thing in Front of You, an exhibition of unique photocollages and small-scale wall sculptures by artist Sandi Haber Fifield, is now on view at Yancey Richardson from January 11 through February 17, 2024. An opening with the artist will be held on Thursday, January 11 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. In her fifth exhibition with Yancey Richardson, Haber Fifield propels the medium of photography past the conventional frame with a new distinct body of work. Made between 2022 and 2023, the large-scale irregularly shaped collages are comprised of photographs taken by the artist of both the natural and the built environment, often interspersed with partially seen human figures. In a further exploration of photographic fragmentation, ... More | |
Léonard Martin, Danse Zabriskie V, 2023. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 171 x 219 cm 67 1/4 x 86 1/4 inches. Photo Laurent Edeline.
BRUSSELS.- The gallery is celebrating his arrival with a solo exhibition of brand-new works, the fruit of a dialogue between painting and film he has been developing since his 2019 residency at Villa Medici in Rome. Painter, video maker and sculptor, he strives to build bridges between different eras and forms. The French art scene has been captivated by his work since he graduated from Beaux-Arts de Paris in 2015. His creative process makes use of drawings, papers and precious sculptures he occasionally animates with stop motion, a motor or video. Léonard Martin finds his subjects by delving into literature and the history of art. Wooden figures on tracks bring to life the characters of Irish novelist and poet James Joyce on their strolls. Italian painter Paolo Uccellos horse riders serve as a pretext to create an interactive piece. ... More | |
Installation View.
SANTANDER.- Last November, a new edition of Itinerarios, the twenty-eighth, opened its doors to the public. In this annual exhibition, Centro BotÃn assembles and presents the works by the international artists who are distinguished each year with a Fundación BotÃn Art Grant. This exhibition series offers a variety of perspectives, interests and artistic practices on the current debates in contemporary art. Ever since it was launched in 1993, more than 200 creative talents have benefitted from these grants, which supports contemporary creation by funding artists who aspire to develop research and production projects in the visual arts. Many of the beneficiaries have established themselves in the international art scene and regularly exhibit their works at important institutions and art events. Itinerarios XXVIII is showing the projects by the six artists chosen in the 2021 Fundación BotÃn Art Grants: Luz Broto ... More |
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Collection in Focus: La prose du Transsibérien et de la petite Jehanne de France
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Fine European furniture and decorative arts to be auctioned by Clars
OAKLAND, CA.- This January at Clars we are pleased to offer a selection of fine paintings, prints, and sculptures to brighten gray winter days. First up are two springtime scenes from American Impressionist, Paul Sawyier. Sawyier is known today as one of Kentuckys most renowned artists, beginning his career studying under William Merritt Chase in New York City, and displaying several works at the Chicago Worlds Fair in 1893. The two paintings by Sawyier at Clars this month, both oils on panel, are garden scenes showing classical-style sculptures amid pastel flowers in full bloom. Secondly, we present a watercolor by painter, James Taylor Harwood. Born in the territory of Utah, Harwood honed his artistic skills at the California School of Design in San Francisco before embarking on an extended trip to Paris, France with fellow ... More
An innovative vocalist lost her speech, but she's still performing
NEW YORK, NY.- Last April, Vienna-based avant-garde jazz vocalist Linda Sharrock gave her first New York performance in over 40 years: a sold-out concert at BAMs Howard Gilman Opera House, as part of a series curated by Solange. Appearing between poet Claudia Rankine and saxophonist Archie Shepp, Sharrock guided eight musicians through a fully improvised set while she howled powerfully over the cacophonous squall of free jazz in a declamatory style that evoked the evenings program title, The Cry of My People. It wasnt until after shed received multiple standing ovations that most of the audience realized the 76-year-old singer wasnt able to speak: Sharrock became aphasic after a 2009 stroke that paralyzed her right side; she now uses a wheelchair. A few weeks later at the Boston-area home of pianist Eric ... More
A giant Vegas-style sphere in London? Don't bet on it.
LONDON.- What happens in Vegas, it turns out, really does stay in Vegas. The American company behind the Sphere, the gargantuan orb that shimmers, twinkles and glows just off the Las Vegas Strip, has formally withdrawn its proposal to build a sister Sphere in London. Declaring that the plan had become a hostage to political rivalries, Madison Square Garden Entertainment said this week it would take the groundbreaking technology to other, more forward-thinking cities. The decision was not a major surprise: Last November, Londons Labour Party mayor, Sadiq Khan, blocked the Sphere, which would have been built on a 4.7-acre site next to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, in East London. The exterior of the building, wrapped in 54,000 square meters of LED lighting, would have been a glaring source ... More
Jewish group assails Film Academy's diversity efforts
LOS ANGELES, CA.- More than 260 Jewish entertainment figures including actors David Schwimmer, Julianna Margulies and Josh Gad, and producers Greg Berlanti and Marta Kauffman signed an open letter to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences on Tuesday, criticizing the organization for excluding Jews as an underrepresented group in its diversity efforts. In 2020, the academy issued a set of standards as part of its diversity initiative that recognized a number of identities as underrepresented, including women, LGBTQ people, an underrepresented racial or ethnic group, or those with cognitive or physical disabilities. Religion is not one of the categories considered. These initiatives will become part of the standards required for a film to compete in the best picture category beginning this year. For a film to be eligible, ... More
Review: For Jews, an unanswered 'Prayer for the French Republic'
NEW YORK, NY.- Such is the sadness of our world that plays about antisemitism, however historical, cannot help but be prescient. Take Prayer for the French Republic, Joshua Harmons sprawling family drama about the Salomons, Jews who have been in France more than a thousand years, as one of them puts it, still sounding provisional. With violent incidents on the rise, and a fascistic, Nazi-adjacent party gaining in the polls, should they finally seek safety elsewhere? When it ran off-Broadway in 2022, Prayer for the French Republic already seemed painfully timely, with the Tree of Life synagogue massacre in Pittsburgh, the murder of a Holocaust survivor in Paris and other antisemitic atrocities barely in the rearview mirror. Two years later, with so much more awfulness to choose from, Harmon, revising his script ... More
Three dancers and three traditions converse, united by rhythm
NEW YORK, NY.- Can We Dance Here? Thats the title of Soles of Duendes signature work. But its also a question that the members of this percussive dance company often find themselves posing. Were constantly asking it weekly, daily, trying to book a rehearsal studio, tap dancer Amanda Castro said. Often, the answer is no because theres a fear that tap and flamenco shoes will damage floors, or that the groups rehearsals will be too loud. People have hung up the phone on us, said Castro, who is one of three members of Soles of Duende, along with flamenco dancer Arielle Rosales and Kathak artist Brinda Guha. People cut me off in the middle of the word flamenco theyre like, no, we dont allow that, sorry, click. Sometimes the problem is about logistics. Once, after showing up to a festival and finding that they were expected ... More
The best songs our readers discovered in 2023
NEW YORK, NY.- A few weeks ago, I asked New York Times readers to share the best older song they discovered or rediscovered in 2023. As usual, the Amplifier community did not disappoint. This playlist is a compilation of some of the best submissions along with your (condensed and edited) explanations of why these songs resonated so deeply. The track list is an eclectic mix, featuring rock, soul, jazz, hip-hop, folk, punk and just about everything in between. Quite a few of you introduced me to artists Id never heard before, like British singer-songwriter Labi Siffre, Los Angeles punk band the Brat and underrated North Carolina-born soul singer Bessie Banks. Ill definitely be seeking out more music from all of them. I was especially struck by the stories about rediscovered songs. Sometimes a piece of music weve ... More
Herman Raucher, screenwriter best known for 'Summer of '42,' dies at 95
NEW YORK, NY.- Herman Raucher, who turned his memories of a summer as a teenager in a Massachusetts beach town, which included a sexual encounter with a young war widow, into the screenplay for the nostalgic 1971 film Summer of 42, died on Dec. 28 in Stamford, Connecticut. He was 95. His daughter Jenny Raucher confirmed the death, in a hospital. Raucher spent the 1950s and 60s writing scripts for anthology television series and advertising copy for The Walt Disney Co. and various agencies. But recollections of his own summer of 42 lingered. So did the memory of one of his close friends, Oscar Seltzer, a medic who was killed on Rauchers 24th birthday, in 1952, while caring for a wounded soldier during the Korean War. Summer of 42 tells the story of three 15-year-old friends Hermie, Oscy and Benjie and their ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Italian artist Parmigianino was born January 11, 1503. Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola (also known as Francesco Mazzola or, more commonly, as Parmigianino (11 January 1503 - 24 August 1540) was an Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker active in Florence, Rome, Bologna, and his native city of Parma. His work is characterized by a "refined sensuality" and often elongation of forms and includes Vision of Saint Jerome (1527) and the iconic if somewhat untypical Madonna with the Long Neck (1534), and he remains the best known artist of the first generation whose whole careers fall into the Mannerist period. In this image: Virgin with Child, St. John the Baptist, and Mary Magdalene (about 1530-40).
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