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A museum employee poses next to kimonos displayed during the press preview of the 'Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk' exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in central London on February 26, 2020. DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP.
LONDON.- On 29 February, the V&A opens EuropeÂs first major exhibition on kimono. The ultimate symbol of Japan, the kimono is often perceived as traditional, timeless and unchanging. Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk counters this conception, presenting the garment as a dynamic and constantly evolving icon of fashion. The exhibition reveals the sartorial and social significance of the kimono from the 1660s to the present day, both in Japan and in the rest of the world. Rare 17th and 18thcentury kimono are displayed for the first time in the UK, together with fashions by major designers and iconic film and performance costumes. The kimonoÂs recent reinvention on the streets of Japan is also explored through work by an exciting new wave of contemporary designers and stylists. Highlights of the exhibition include a kimono created by Living National Treasure Kunihiko Moriguchi, the dress designed for Björk by Alexander McQueen and worn on the album cover H ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day This weekend Palazzo Strozzi in Florence welcomed the first visitors to Tomás Saraceno. Aria, a major exhibition curated by Arturo Galansino devoted to one of the world's most original and visionary contemporary artists whose multi-disciplinary practice encompasses art, social and life sciences.
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| | Anne Marion, Texas rancher, heiress and arts patron, dies at 81 | | Major LACMA donor suspends longtime acquisition program | | Leonardo show smashes Louvre's all-time record |
Anne Marion helped found the Georgia OKeeffe Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico © David Woo.
by Katharine Q. Seelye
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Anne Burnett Windfohr Marion, a prominent Texas rancher, oil heiress and patron of the arts who helped found the Georgia OKeeffe Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico, died on Feb. 11 in Palm Springs, California. She was 81. The cause was lung cancer, said Neils Agather, a family representative. Marion represented the fourth generation of a renowned Texas ranching family that once owned more than a third of a million acres; today the holdings amount to about 275,000 acres. Its 6666 Ranch, known as the Four Sixes, has long been one of the biggest in Texas and much celebrated for its Black Angus cattle, quarter horses and oil. In the 1960s and 70s, its distinctive red and white barn provided the backdrop for Marlboro cigarette ads. While the family fortune was founded on ranching and cattle, it was the discovery of oil, first in 1921 and then in 1969, that produced the riches that made it possible for Marion to become a major benefactor of the arts and culture ... More | |
Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Photo: Carol M. Highsmith.
by Jori Finkel
LOS ANGELES (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- With the Los Angeles County Museum of Art just weeks away from demolishing four buildings on its campus to make way for a $650 million structure by Peter Zumthor, the Ahmanson Foundation said Tuesday that it is suspending its decadeslong program of buying art for the museum over concerns about the effects of the radical redesign. In a telephone interview William Ahmanson, president of the foundation, said he fears that under the Zumthor plan a sweeping, one-level structure designed to flatten the traditional museum hierarchies that privilege particular centuries and cultures many European artworks his familys foundation donated will end up in storage. Its my understanding that LACMA is changing from an encyclopedic museum with a robust permanent collection to a museum with some permanent collection works on view and more temporary exhibitions, Ahmanson, who remains a board member there, said. The concern is that ... More | |
People look at the painting 'La Belle Ferronniere' (1490) by Italian Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci during the night and free opening of the 'Leonardo da Vinci' exhibition at The Louvre Museum on February 21, 2020 in Paris. LUCAS BARIOULET / AFP.
PARIS (AFP).- Nearly 1.1 million people flocked to see a blockbuster Leonardo da Vinci exhibition at the Louvre in Paris before it closed Monday -- an all-time record -- the museum said. The huge show to mark the 500th anniversary of the artist's death in France, drew twice the numbers of the previous biggest show at the world's most visited museum. In 2018, some 540,000 lined up for a major retrospective of the 19th-century French painter Eugene Delacroix. But the Leonardo show, which was centred on the Louvre's own unrivalled collection of the Renaissance master's work, saw record numbers of visitors from the start, with prior booking required. "It is marvellous that an Italian Renaissance artist continues to fascinate the public," said the museum's director Jean-Luc Martinez. He said he was hugely proud of having "brought together the biggest number of Leonardo's works for a show, and of having ... More |
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| | On the trail of America's first women voters | | Snite Museum of Art acquires a major work by sculptor Louise nevelson | | Mexico returns ancient sculpture to Nigeria |
Philip Mead, chief historian at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, and Marcella Micucci, a curatorial fellow, at the New Jersey State Archives in Trenton. Michelle Gustafson/The New York Times.
by Jennifer Schuessler
(NYT NEWS SERVICE).- It has long been seen as one of the flukes of American political history: For three decades after the American Revolution, the women of New Jersey had equal voting rights with men. The state was the first and for a long time, the only to explicitly enfranchise women, in laws passed more than a century before the 19th Amendment enshrined the principle of gender equality at the polls in the U.S. Constitution. But this being New Jersey, things quickly came to mischief. There were charges of rampant fraud and corruption, as newspapers filled with tales of elections thrown into chaos by incompetent and easily manipulated petticoat electors, to say nothing of men who put on dresses to vote five, six, seven times. And so in ... More | |
Louise Nevelson, Sky Sentinels, 1976. Painted aluminum. Promised gift of Charles Hayes 65, in memory of Burton and Naomi Kanter IL2019.006.002.
NOTRE DAME, IN.- The Snite Museum of Art today announced the acquisition of Sky Sentinels, a 1976 work by the iconic sculptor Louise Nevelson. In heralding the gift, Joseph Antenucci Becherer, Director and Curator of Sculpture at the Snite Museum, said, It is an honor and pleasure to welcome this exceptional work to the museum through the insightful patronage of Charles S. Hayes, who remains a beacon for the appreciation of art, and sculpture in particular. Nevelson is among the bold figures in the history of sculpture and this landmark work in her oeuvre offers vivid testimony of her achievement. Further, she was a pioneering figure for women in the visual arts and her presence in the collection allows us to both celebrate her and her legacy. One of the most remarkable artists of the 20th century, Louise Nevelson (18991988) studied as a dancer, actress, ceramist, and painter before embarking on a career as a ... More | |
The sculpture, from the 6th century southwestern Yoruba city of Ife, shows a man wearing woven pants and a hat, sitting with his legs crossed and holding an instrument. Photo: Melitón Tapia / INAH.
MEXICO CITY (AFP).- The Mexican government delivered to Nigeria on Tuesday an ancient bronze sculpture seized by customs agents at Mexico City airport as its buyer tried to bring it into this country. The sculpture, from the 6th century southwestern Yoruba city of Ife, shows a man wearing woven pants and a hat, sitting with his legs crossed and holding an instrument. "Specialists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History determined that it was a piece of Yoruba origin," Diego Prieto, head of the agency, told a press conference. "A beautiful bronze piece, and that being of Nigerian heritage, it should return to its home." Officials did not offer more details about the sculpture's exact origins or the circumstances of its confiscation. "It was also determined that it had been illegally exported," the Mexican foreign ministry said. Nigerian Ambassador ... More |
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| | 'Harold Feinstein: Boardwalks, Beaches and Boulevards" opens at David Hill Gallery | | Michael Hertz - you've surely seen his subway map - dies at 87 | | Sotheby's to offer 1794 land charter for first African free school in America |
125th Street From Elevated Train, 1950.
LONDON.- Harold Feinstein may have admired the work of W. Eugene Smith and Henri Cartier-Bresson, but he was not a photographer who would stand back and observe, unnoticed by his subjects. In fact, in nearly every image, Feinsteins proximity to his subject is clear. It is this physical closeness, an extension of Feinsteins profound connection to his subjects, that sets his work apart from other street photographers from the same period. Whether standing over a group of teenagers lying on a Coney Island beach, photographing a couple on the boulevard, or capturing the immutable gaze of a young child, intimacy and compassion sit at the core of each image. Where his contemporaries photographers like Diane Arbus, Walker Evans and Garry Winogrand documented the plight of the human condition without their subjects awareness, Feinstein celebrated humanity with his subjects. From the glittering lights of Times Square to the streets of Harlem; from the smoke-filled coffee ... More | |
The subway system map created by Michael Hertzs firm remains the basis for the maps found today. MTA via The New York Times.
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Michael Hertz, whose design firm produced one of the most consulted maps in human history, the curvy-lined chart that New York City subway riders peer at over one anothers shoulders to figure out which stop they want, died Feb. 18 in East Meadow, New York. He was 87. His son Eugene announced the death, at Nassau University Medical Center, but did not give a cause. Hertz also lived in East Meadow, on Long Island. In the mid-1970s, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority gave Hertzs firm, Michael Hertz Associates, the task of coming up with a map of the New York City subway system that would help riders make sense of that many-tentacled beast. There was already a system map (or diagram, as some preferred to call it), a colorful Modernist thing created by Italian designer Massimo Vignelli and introduced in 1972. It was fun to look at the Museum of Modern Art in New York ... More | |
A Landmark Document of Social Equality That Created First of Its Kind Institution in America. Courtesy Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys announced today that the Books & Manuscripts department will offer the 1794 land indenture for the use and benefit of New York Citys African Free Schoolfounded by Founding Fathers Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and othersmarking the establishment of the first such school in America. Making its auction debut at Sothebys 24 June Books & Manuscripts sale in New York, the document is estimated to achieve $250/350,000. The indenture will be on public view at Sothebys New York galleries today through 29 February, coinciding with the final week of Black History Month and showcase this integral piece of American civil rights history to the public. Richard Austin, Head of Sothebys Books & Manuscripts Department in New York, commented: We are thrilled to offer such a unique and historically important document in our upcoming June sale. The African Free School was ... More |
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| | Galerie Templon Brussels opens an exhibition of works by Jim Dine | | Adam Pendleton unveils new site-specific work, Elements of Me, at the Gardner Museum | | Getty Medal to Alice Walton, Martin Puryear, Kwame Anthony Appiah |
L.A. Eye Works, 1982. Eau-forte, aquatinte et carborundum sur vélin dArches, 128, 3 x 111, 8 cm (sans cadre) 136, 5 x 117,5 cm (avec cadre) Ãdition de 70 + 10 AP (1PP) (20/70).
BRUSSELS.- For his return to Galerie Templon's Brussels space after six years, Jim Dine, one of the most significant American artists of his generation, is presenting a retrospective look at his print work, an art that he has become recognized over the years as one of the greatest masters. Born in 1935, Jim Dine first gained recognition as one of the pioneers of the happenings in New York in the late fifties before becoming a key figure of the Pop Art movement in the sixties. A profoundly independant, multi-faceted artist and poet, Jim Dine soon began to strike out on his own. Drawing on sculpture, painting, printmaking and photography, he developed an original language, partly abstract, partly figurative, haunted by a distinctive iconography formed by antique figures, tools, hearts ... More | |
Adam Pendleton: Elements of Me, 2020. Photo: Stewart Clements Photography and Design.
BOSTON, MASS.- The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is presenting a new site-specific installation by 2008 Artist-in-Residence Adam Pendleton. The work, titled Elements of Me, opened in the Museums Fenway Gallery on February 13, 2020. Adam Pendleton is a returning Artist-in-Residence to the Gardner Museum. Pendleton is known for work animated by what he calls Black Dada, a critical articulation of blackness, abstraction, and the avant-garde. As described in his own words, he uses radical juxtapositions, to disrupt established history and open up new potential associations. Drawing from an archive of language and images, Pendleton makes conceptually rigorous and formally inventive paintings, collages, videos, and installations that insert his work into broader conversations about history and contemporary culture. Pendleton has transformed the Fenway Gallery into an immersive, room-sized ... More | |
Alice Walton.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The 2020 Getty Medal, the J. Paul Getty Trusts highest honor, recognizing contributions to the arts and humanities, will be given to philanthropist Alice Walton, artist Martin Puryear, and scholar Kwame Anthony Appiah. The Getty Medal recognizes excellence and impact in cultural areas that help expand our understanding and appreciation of the world around us, said David Lee, chair of the Getty Board of Trustees. This year we are thrilled to honor three influential and transformative leaders. Philanthropist Alice Walton is dedicated to expanding access to the arts and arts education to communities throughout our nation. Martin Puryear is one of todays most influential sculptors, with powerful work that expresses respect for and mastery of craft traditions from around the world. And through his innovative scholarship, philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah deepens our understanding of identity and cosmopolit ... More |
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Long Beach Expo auctions bring $13 million at Heritage Auctions
DALLAS, TX.- Only 100 business-strike Liberty eagles were struck in 1875, making it the lowest mintage regular-issue U.S. gold coin and the premier rarity of the series. Collectors know a rare opportunity when they see one and Heritage Auctions presentation of an 1875 $10, AU50, pushed the auction price to $360,000. The piece took top lot honors during the Long Beach Expo U.S. Coins Auction held Feb. 20-23. The 1875 $10 was a leader from the stellar Harvey B. Jacobson Collection of Liberty Eagles, said Jim Halperin, Co-Founder of Heritage Auctions. We were extremely proud to present this collection and collectors responded in kind. Jacobsons collection brought a combined $3,220,896 and also offered the auctions second-rarest Liberty Head Eagle, the 1864-S Liberty Eagle, XF45, which found a buyer at $126,000. The 1864-S is the rarest eagle ... More
Spain axes Placido Domingo from Madrid performances
MADRID (AFP).- Spain's culture ministry on Wednesday cancelled a performance by opera star Placido Domingo, a day after he accepted "full responsibility" in a sexual harassment scandal. It is the first time an appearance by the storied tenor-turned-baritone has been called off in his native Spain since he was accused last summer of forcibly kissing, grabbing or fondling at least 20 women in incidents dating back to the 1980s. "Until now, the situation was different, there was a presumption of innocence," Culture Minister Jose Manuel RodrÃguez Uribes told reporters. "But at the point when he said it actually happened -- and we're talking about serious incidents involving many women -- we decided we couldn't go ahead with him present and we told him." In a statement, the National Institute for Scenic Art and Music (INAEM) said he would not be appearing in two performances ... More
Russian & European fine and decorative arts offered at Turner Auctions + Appraisals
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present Russian & European Fine and Decorative Arts on Saturday, March 14, 2020. The online auction features a diverse selection of 335 artworks, antiques and collectibles, sourced from various collectors and estates. In addition to Russia and Europe, other areas of the world are represented as well, including China, Japan, Bali, Africa, and the American Southwest. Turner Auctions + Appraisals begins its online auction on Saturday, March 14, 2020, at 10:30 am PST; sale items are available for preview and bidding now. The auction will be featured live on multiple platforms: LiveAuctioneers, Invaluable, Bidsquare, iCollector, and Turner Auctions + Appraisals free mobile app, which can be downloaded from the App Store or Google Apps ("Turner Auctions"). All are easily accessed through ... More
José Parlá first solo museum exhibition in New York City evokes the cultural and global fabric of the Bronx
BRONX, NY.- The Bronx Museum of the Arts is presenting an exhibition focusing on a series of new large-scale paintings by José Parlá. On view from February 26 through August 16, 2020, this is the first solo museum exhibition of the internationally renowned artist in New York City. The new paintings evoke the artists personal connection to the Bronx, as well as the boroughs influence, which has helped to shape how Parlá views painting history and cities around the world. José Parlá: Its Yours is organized by guest curator Manon Slome. While celebrating Parlás roots in the hip-hop energy of the Bronx, this series of paintings address the suffering caused by redlining policies, the waves of displacement imposed by gentrification, and structural racism. Its Yours encourages viewers to question ownership in New Yorks rapidly changing neighborhoods. ... More
Newly-discovered Philip Roth manuscript offered at Bonhams New York book sale
NEW YORK, NY.- A previously unknown manuscript by one of the giants of 20th Century American literature, Philip Roth, is a highlight of Bonhams Fine Books and Manuscripts Sale in New York on Friday 6 March. The first Roth manuscript ever offered at auction, it is estimated at $10,000-15,000. The untitled 53-page typewritten manuscript with substantial revisions in Roths hand, is a sequel to the authors 1972 novella The Breast. It takes up the story where it ended with the mysterious disappearance of The Breasts central character, the 34-year old Associate Professor of Literature David Kepesh, who had been planning to cement his reputation with a critical analysis of Kafka. In fact, Kepesh has been transformed into a 155-pound female breast, and the draft sequel follows the efforts of one of his students to track him down and find out what has ... More
Sharon Corwin appointed President & CEO of Terra Foundation for American Art
CHICAGO, IL.- The Terra Foundation for American Art announced today that it has appointed Sharon Corwin as its new President and CEO, following an international search that began last year. Corwin currently serves as the Carolyn Muzzy Director and Chief Curator of the Colby College Museum of Art, a position she has held since 2006; she is also a professor in the Colleges art department. As director, Corwin is responsible for leading the museum through a period of significant transformation, which included the expansion of its facilities and the donation of more than 1,600 works of American art by collectors and philanthropists Peter and Paula Lunder. Corwins appointment follows the March 2019 announcement that Elizabeth Glassman, who has led the Terra Foundation for almost 20 years, would be stepping down in 2020. Corwin will ... More
Gagosian Beverly Hills opens an exhibition of works by Richard Prince
LOS ANGELES, CA.- In 1984 I took some portraits. The way I did it was different. The way had nothing to do with the tradition of portraiture. If you wanted me to do your portrait, you would give me at least five photographs that had already been taken of yourself, that were in your possession (you owned them, they were yours), and more importantly . . . that you were already happy with. You would give me the five you liked and I would pick the one I liked. I would rephotograph the one I liked and that would be your portrait. Simple. Direct. To the point . . . Foolproof. I started off doing friends. Peter Nadin. Anne Kennedy. Jeff Koons. Cookie Mueller. Gary Indiana. Colin de Land. They didnt have to sit for their portraits. They didnt have to make an appointment and come over and sit in front of some cyclone or in front of a neutral background or on an artists ... More
P·P·O·W opens an exhibition of works by Allison Schulnik
NEW YORK, NY.- P·P·O·W is presenting Hatch, Allison Schulniks first solo exhibition with the gallery. In the first presentation since Schulnik gave birth to her daughter Tupelo and moved to the remote mountain area of Sky Valley, California, Hatch incorporates the myriad methods that comprise Schulniks practice. Working in paint, sculpture, and animation, Schulnik seamlessly transitions between mediums, imbuing her work with a distinct sensibility that melds theatricality with intense emotional vulnerability. Known for her uncanny approach to traversing the internal and immaterial terrains of nostalgia, childhood memories, and dreams, Schulnik choreographs an honest, complex and contemporary portrait of new motherhood and life seen through the red haze and black silence of the desert. Journeying into new physical and spiritual wildernesses ... More
Jane Lombard Gallery's first solo exhibition with Jane Bustin opens in New York
NEW YORK, NY.- Jane Lombard Gallery is presenting The Colour of Words, the gallery's first solo exhibition with Jane Bustin, following a successful two-person show in 2017. The London-based artist is recognized for her intimate and minimalist constructions. Bustins earthen neutral works are made by applying natural pigment to porcelain, fabric, or wood. She cultivates a poetic dialogue between the disparate materials. The exhibition includes paintings, film, and porcelain objects. Jane Bustin was the recipient of a residency award at the Mark Rothko Centre, in Latvia, during the summer of 2019. In the former 1833 Fortress just outside of the city of Daugavpils, Bustin describes a richness of histories, secrets, and buried memories within its walls where she made her studio. Situated in a brooding outbuilding that once housed a dining hall for Napoleonic ... More
At New York City Ballet, swans use grit to find glory
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- You dont look at New York City Ballet and think to yourself: Ah, swans. Even though there are full-length ballets in its repertory, City Ballet is not known as a storytelling company. Non-narrative dances, most of them by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, are its oxygen; happily we breathe them in. But then there are times like last week when the company hauls out its two-act Swan Lake, which wrapped up performances Sunday at the David H. Koch Theater. As productions go, this version of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovskys ballet is not the prettiest feather in the flock. A holdover from the days of the companys former ballet master in chief, Peter Martins, who choreographed it in 1996 and introduced it to City Ballet in 1999, its rushed yet ponderous. At times, the sets and costumes by Per Kirkeby make you ... More
Seattle Art Museum Curator Chiyo Ishikawa to retire after 30 years
SEATTLE, WA.- The Seattle Art Museum announced that Dr. Chiyo Ishikawa, Susan Brotman Deputy Director for Art and Curator of European Painting and Sculpture, will retire in summer 2020, after 30 years at the museum. The museums search for a replacement will begin immediately. It has been my honor and pleasure to work for an institution that so fully embraces its civic responsibility to serve our community, says Ishikawa. After 30 years, it seems a good time to turn this wonderful opportunity over to someone new. Our doors will always be open to Chiyo, says Amada Cruz, SAMs Illsley Ball Nordstrom Director and CEO. My hope is that she will become bored in retirement and will want to organize special exhibitions for us from time to time. Her impact on SAM and on Seattle is beyond measure. Its rare for someone to have such an illustrious career at one institution, s ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Spanish painter JoaquÃn Sorolla was born February 27, 1863. JoaquÃn Sorolla y Bastida (27 February 1863 - 10 August 1923) was a Spanish painter. Sorolla excelled in the painting of portraits, landscapes, and monumental works of social and historical themes. His most typical works are characterized by a dexterous representation of the people and landscape under the bright sunlight of his native land and sunlit water. In this image: Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (R) and Spain's Queen Letizia (L) attend the opening of the exhibition "Sorolla: Spanish Master of Light" at the National Gallery in central London on March 13, 2019. Jeff Gilbert / AFP / POOL.
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