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An artifact recovered from excavations conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority at the City of David national park is on display, as archaeologists unveiled a missing section of the city wall of Jerusalem that the Babylonians encountered on the eve of its destruction in 586 BC, in Jerusalem on July 14, 2021. According to the researchers, this find connects additional sections of the wall, which were uncovered decades ago, and proves, that the eastern slope of the City of David was protected by a single impressive fortification line. Near the wall, a number of finds were uncovered such as a Babylonian stamp seal, a bulla (stamp seal impression) bearing a personal name in ancient Hebrew script as well as vessels that were in use on the eve of the destruction. Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP.
JERUSALEM (AFP).- Archaeologists said Wednesday that the recent discovery of two stretches of stone bulwark from the Iron Age "unequivocally" prove a huge wall once protected the entire eastern flank of ancient Jerusalem. Previous finds over the decades had uncovered two sections, one stretching for 90 metres and the other 30 metres, but a 70-metre gap between those two segments left doubts as to whether the ancient city of Jerusalem, with its First Temple, was shielded by an uninterrupted eastern wall. The newly discovered segments consist of 14 metres and three metres. "Now that we found another two sections... we can conclusively say that the City of David in Jerusalem, the eastern slope, was surrounded by a massive wall," archaeologist Filip Vukosavovic, who led the excavation for the Ancient Jerusalem Research Centre, told AFP. The archaeological site lies in Silwan, a Palestinian neighbourhood in east Jerusalem just south of the Old City. East Jerusalem w ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day German singer, songwriter, lyricist and former East German dissident Wolf Biermann performs during the ceremonial handover of Wolf Biermann's archive to the Berlin State Library in Berlin on July 13, 2021. STEFANIE LOOS / AFP.
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| Jeff Bezos gives $200 million to National Air and Space Museum | | New exhibition presents major works on paper from the Hessel Collection | | Genius at work: 29 MacArthur fellows show their art in Chicago |
In this file photo taken on June 06, 2019, Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos addresses the audience during a keynote session at the Amazon Re:MARS conference on robotics and artificial intelligence Las Vegas, Nevada. Mark RALSTON / AFP.
by Graham Bowley
WASHINGTON (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and himself a budding astronaut, is giving $200 million to the Smithsonian Institutions National Air and Space Museum, the Smithsonian said Wednesday. The Smithsonian said the donation is its biggest philanthropic gift since the Institutions founding gift from James Smithson, in 1846. The Smithsonian said $70 million will help with the renovation of the National Air and Space Museum, and $130 million will be used for a new education center, to be called the Bezos Learning Center. That will be built on the east side of the museums plaza on the National Mall. Bezos has been a past donor to Smithsonian museums. This historic gift will help the Smithsonian achieve its goal of reaching every classroom in America by creating a world-class learning center with access and inspiration at its heart, Lonnie G. Bunch, ... More | |
Rosemarie Trockel, Vater Morgana, 2001. Acrylic on paper, 41 1/2 in. x 36 5/8 in. Marieluise Hessel Collection, Hessel Museum of Art, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-onHudson, New York. Courtesy of the artist and Sprüth Magers. R2003.18
ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON.- As a cornerstone of its 30th anniversary season, the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College presents an exhibition of contemporary drawing and works on paper from the collection of CCS Bard Co-Founder Marieluise Hessel, who dedicated her entire growing collection to the college for study. Comprising approximately 100 works by more than 50 artists, Closer to Life: Drawings and Works on Paper in the Marieluise Hessel Collection tracks four decades of collecting across three countries. Through works by artists including Cecily Brown, Nicole Eisenman, Gabriel Orozco, Rashid Johnson, David Koloane, Sigmar Polke, Rosemarie Trockel, Nancy Spero, Hollis Sigler, Germán Venegas, and Nahum B. Zenil, the exhibition focuses on drawing as a discrete, stand-alone practice, one that is often used by artists because of its immediacy and its ability to communicate a range of pressing subject matter. On view in the CCS Bard Galleries from June 26 t ... More | |
Abigail Winograd, the curator of Toward Common Cause: Art, Social Change, and the MacArthur Fellows Program at 40, in Chicago, June 22, 2021. Evan Jenkins/The New York Times.
by Ted Loos
CHICAGO (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- On a sunny morning in June, artist Mel Chin nearly got bonked on the head by an enormous steel frame that was dangling from a telescopic forklift as it was being moved into place atop the front steps of the Civic Arts Church on a quiet South Side block. The crew grimaced but Chin deftly ducked and looked unfazed. He grabbed the piece, part of an artwork in the form of an elaborate bank-vault-style door, and helped push it in place. Voila. Perhaps one quality of being a genius or at least the recipient of the genius grant, as the MacArthur Fellowship is colloquially known is a high degree of spatial awareness, as well as a lack of fear. Chin is one of 29 visual artist MacArthur Fellows contributing to a biennial-style exhibition all over this city that celebrates the 40th anniversary of the fellowship, begun in 1981 by the Chicago-based John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Toward Common Cause: Art, Social ... More |
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| Exhibition of recent paintings by Archie Rand opens at TOTAH | | Phillips Asia announces 24/7 Online Auction | | What does it take to be like Mike? 1,264 ticket stubs. |
Archie Rand, Jeremiah (detail), 2020. Acrylic on fabric, 42 Ã 38 inches (106.5 Ã 96.5 cm).
NEW YORK, NY.- TOTAH presents Sweet Sixteen, featuring new paintings by Archie Rand, on view from July 14 through August 21, 2021. This is Rands second solo exhibition with the gallery. The recent paintings of Archie Rand communicate an alternative history. The materiality of acrylic paint on canvas serves as the substrate for erotic hallucinations, equal parts grandiose and modest, playful and austere. Just like the carefully balanced, otherworldly vistas he depicts, the viewer is invited to linger on each painting and insert his or her own narrative into the images presented there. Titled after the prophets of the Old Testament, the paintings included in Sweet Sixteen could be considered openended tableaux. The overt sexuality depicted in each work functions like a scrim through which more subtle visual relationships draw the viewer's attention. Despite their narrative intent, Rands pictures never suggest a before ... More | |
Mr. Happy, 2016. FRP, urethane lacquer and acrylic sculpture; Conrian®, iron and wooden base, 34 x 17.8 x 17.8 cm. Estimate: HK$320,000-500,000. Image courtesy of Phillips.
HONG KONG.- Phillips will present 24/7 from 21-28 July, an online-only auction featuring over 30 works by emerging artists alongside established names. Since its debut in 2019, Phillips annual 24/7 online auction assembled by its Asia team has had great success in demonstrating the resilience and fortitude of the middle market, with each year seeing an increasing number of new clients to the Phillips digital platforms. On the heels of Phillips 100% sold, white glove 20th Century &Contemporary Art Spring sales held in Hong Kong last month, driven by Asias strong demand for contemporary art and unprecedented online participation, 24/7 is aiming to meet collectors ever-growing appetite for works by the most sought-after international contemporary artists in the market. Highlighting the sale is Mr.s Happy, an intricately painted ... More | |
Andrew Goldberg with over 1,000 of his collected tickets from Michael Jordans games, at his home in Lake Worth, Fla., June 16, 2021. Saul Martinez/The New York Times.
by Scott Cacciola
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- As the planets preeminent collector of a very specific type of basketball memorabilia, Andrew Goldberg scans the internet and works the phones. He has spent six years tending to a spreadsheet that details the items that are in his possession, and he has a network of industry sources who alert him whenever they come across something he may need. The magic happens at garage sales, on eBay and in dusty attics. Ive enjoyed the hunt, Goldberg said. I dont know if anyone can dispute the claim that I may have the largest Michael Jordan ticket-stub collection in the world. At a time of booming interest in sports collectibles, Goldberg has found a niche as he pursues his goal of nabbing a ticket stub from each game of Jordans Hall of Fame playing career. He keeps ... More |
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| Jane Kaufman, artist who celebrated women's work, dies at 83 | | For Keioui Keijaun Thomas, the body becomes a vessel | | The fate of the Met Opera's fall season lies in its orchestra pit |
Jane Kaufman, Embroidered, Beaded Crazy Quilt, 1983-1985, embroidered thread and beads on quilted fabric, 94 Ã 82 in. (238.76 Ã 208.28 cm). Courtesy of the artist. Photo by Joshua Nefsky.
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Jane Kaufman was making minimalist paintings in the early 1970s, spraying automobile paint on huge canvases. To be sure, the paint was sparkly, so the canvases shimmered lyrical abstraction was how one reviewer described her art and that of others doing similar work but they were firmly of their reductive minimalist moment. Hilton Kramer of The New York Times approved, giving Kaufman a nod as a new abstractionist in his mostly dismissive review of the Whitney Biennial in 1973. Then Kaufman made a sharp turn. She began stitching and gluing her work, using decorative materials like bugle beads, metallic thread and feathers, and employing the embroidery and sewing skills she had been taught by her Russian grandmother. By the end of the decade, she was making first luminescent screens and wall hangings, then intricate quilts based on traditional American patterns. In celebrating the so-called womens work of sewing and crafting, she was ... More | |
Window View: Covered in Lube, 201416, 2021, in Keioui Keijaun Thomas: Hands Up, Ass Out, curated by Shehab Awad as Executive Care*, 2021 at Participant Inc, New York. Photo: Daniel Kukla.
by Laura Zornosa
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Keioui Keijaun Thomas is a bath taker. This Brooklyn-based artist takes three baths a day: one in the morning, one midday to reset and one at night. Usually, she arranges her crystals, flowers and essential oils and flips on a podcast, often true crime. In late June, at an artist residency in rural Wisconsin, she bathed overlooking a cornfield. Natural springs throughout the grounds 1,000 acres fed a hose that filled an outdoor tub. Thomas, 31, carves out space and time to move through life with care. That sense of intention defines her solo exhibition at Participant Inc., a nonprofit art space on the Lower East Side. She typically creates live performance and multimedia installations, which she then tours as evening-length performances. The title of this show, Hands Up, Ass Out, alludes to the protest slogan hands up, dont shoot, which ... More | |
Metropolitan Opera union workers stage rally outside the Lincoln Center to protest a stagehand lockout, in New York, May 13, 2021. Sara Krulwich/The New York Times.
by Julia Jacobs
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- When the Metropolitan Operas stagehands finally returned to work last week after an agonizingly long furlough that was followed by a seven-month lockout as they negotiated a new contract with pay cuts, they found a time capsule backstage. The wings were crammed with the mammoth sets of the operas that were in rotation when the pandemic forced the Met to abruptly close its doors on March 12, 2020: Der Fliegende Holländer, Werther and La Cenerentola, which had been scheduled to open that night. All had to be carted away and placed in storage so the company could begin preparing to reopen in September after the prolonged shutdown. The stagehands returned after reaching a deal in a dramatic all-night bargaining session earlier this month in List Hall, the small auditorium where the Opera Quiz is held during the Mets Saturday matinee radio broadcasts. Management and ... More |
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| Rare and elegant 1965 Iso Rivolta to be offered at Ivoire Troyes | | Mariët Westermann appointed to Rijksmuseum Supervisory Board | | Buddhist digital amulets mark Thai entry into crypto art craze |
Iso Rivolta, IR 300, 2-door-4-seater GT Coupé from October 26, 1965. Model shown in the 1965 Turin Motor Show. Starting Price 40,000.
TROYES.- The sale of this stunning car will be conducted by Ivoire Troyes on September 4 next at their auction room in the city of Troyes (Grand Est Region of France). The car is estimated to start with bids of 40,000. The undbouted star of the sale is this rare and elegant 1965 Iso Rivolta, straight from the heart of the 1960s. Iso Rivolta was an Italian maker that epitomized the golden age of the Italian automotive industry. Like Ferrucio Lamborghini, Renzo Rivolta wanted to challenge Ferrari. His ambition was to design a sporty GT combining the practicality, comfort and robustness of American cars with the performance and style of Italian vehicles. The resulting macchina was highly appreciated by a demanding clientele looking for GT cars with high-end finishes and capable of exceptional speeds. Stars in various domains loved it: Johnny Hallyday with his Iso A3 C, John Lennon and Alain Delon with their Iso Fidia, t ... More | |
Mariët Westermann. Photo Courtesy of New York University Abu Dhabi.
AMSTERDAM.- Professor Mariët Westermann will take up her new position as member of the Supervisory Board of the Rijksmuseum on 7 July 2021. Mariët Westermann is professor of Arts and Humanities at New York University Abu Dhabi, where she also serves as Vice Chancellor and Chief Executive. Mariët Westermann (b. 1962) studied Art History in the United States. After completing her PhD in 1997 at New York University with her thesis on Jan Steen, the comic painter, she served in academic and management posts at several US universities. Prior to making the move to New York University Abu Dhabi in 2019, Westermann was Executive Vice President of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in New York. Mariët Westermann:It is an honour is to be joining the Supervisory Board of the Rijksmuseum, the most important museum in the Netherlands, and one that, thanks to its progressive and inspirational programmes, has a dazzling allure for everyone ... More | |
In this file photo taken on June 2, 2020, Budhhist amulets are offered for sale at a specialised market in Bangkok. Karmic fortune has arrived to the digital art market, with a kaleidoscopic splash of colours and the face of a revered Thai monk offering portable Buddhist good luck charms to tech-savvy buyers. Mladen ANTONOV / AFP.
BANGKOK (AFP).- Karmic fortune has arrived to the digital art market, with a kaleidoscopic splash of colours and the face of a revered Thai monk offering portable Buddhist good luck charms to tech-savvy buyers. Sales of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) -- virtual images of anything from popular internet memes to original artwork -- have swept the art world in recent months, with some fetching millions of dollars at major auction houses. "CryptoAmulets" is the latest venture to chase the craze, with founder Ekkaphong Khemthong sensing opportunity in Thailand's widespread practice of collecting talismans blessed by revered monks. "I am an amulet collector and I was thinking about how I could introduce amulets ... More |
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Single-owner collection of oil and petroliana will be auctioned online
FULLERTON, CA.- A massive single-owner collection of oil and petroliana (gas station collectibles), especially items pertaining to Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO), plus other items, will come up for bid in a live online auction scheduled for Sunday, July 25th, by Appraisal & Estate Sale Specialists, Inc., nearly 500 lots in all, beginning promptly at 3 pm Pacific time. We are excited to bring this single-family collection to auction, as both husband and wife were passionate collectors, said Dan Wilson, co-owner of Appraisal & Estate Sale Specialists, Inc., with Suki Hilger. Albert, or Big Al as his friends called him, worked for the Atlantic Richfield Company in California for more than thirty years and collected petroliana, while his wife loved her jewelry and glass. Together, they raised two daughters and traveled all around the country. In addition to the oil and petroliana collectibles, the auc ... More
Intersect Aspen announces details of August 1-5 pop-up art fair
NEW YORK, NY.- This years pop-up edition of Intersect Aspen, taking place August 1 through 5 at the Aspen Ice Garden, will showcase 30 galleries from 26 cities, and will feature a wide array of special programming taking place daily. Intersect Aspen will open with a VIP Preview Brunch on Sunday, August 1 from 10am to 11am, followed by a Public Opening Reception from 11am to 12pm. The Fair will be open to the public daily, August 1 through 5 from 11am to 5pm, and will also be presented online at Artsy.net from August 1-19, 2021. Intersect Aspens VIP Closing Breakfast hosted by UOVO will take place from 10am to 11am on August 5. Aspen Film will present four acclaimed animated short films from its 2020 and 2021 Oscar®-qualifying Shortsfests, screening at the Fair each evening at 5pm. The Fair will host a Shoppable Object Space featuring creations from Anderson ... More
Kristen Richards, 69, dies; Reshaped architecture journalism online
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Kristen Richards, a former shampoo model, off-off-Broadway actress and art gallery owner who in the early 2000s helped revolutionize the world of architecture and design journalism with a scrappy website called ArchNewsNow, died July 1 in Ridgewood, New Jersey. She was 69. Her husband, George Yates, said the cause was lung cancer. Before ArchNewsNow, the world of architectural journalism was fractured and siloed, with a few must-read critics and magazines towering over local and academic writers who toiled in near-anonymity. Richards changed all that. ArchNewsNow, which she published several times a week both online and as an email newsletter, summarized dozens of articles from outlets large and small, from magazines, newspapers, blogs and academic websites, and presented them with a wry, informed ... More
Bernette Ford, who made children's books more diverse, dies at 70
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Bernette G. Ford, who as an author and editor was a leading advocate of making childrens books more diverse and making sure that people of color had opportunities to write and illustrate them, died June 20 at her home in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. She was 70. Her daughter, Olivia G. Ford, said the cause was lung cancer. Ford, whose resume included vice presidencies at Grosset & Dunlap and then at Scholastic Books, where she founded the Cartwheel imprint in 1991, was among the first Black executives at a major childrens book publisher. In 2002 she formed her own company, Color-Bridge Books, which consulted on and packaged a range of books for young people. She also wrote or collaborated on a variety of childrens books, including Bright Eyes, Brown Skin, written with Cheryl Willis Hudson ... More
Paul Huntley, hair master of Broadway and Hollywood, is dead at 88
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Paul Huntley, the hair stylist and wig designer who gave Carol Channing her expansive bouffant in Hello, Dolly!, Alan Cumming his plastered curl in Cabaret and Sutton Foster her golden bob in Anything Goes, died Friday in London. He was 88. His death was confirmed by a friend, Liz Carboni, who said he had been hospitalized for a lung infection. Huntley left New York for London, his native city, in February, and made clear in an interview with The New York Times that his work on Diana: The Musical, which is to begin performances on Broadway in November, would be his last. The pandemic, he said, had dried up opportunities, and his fractured hip was hurting. In a 60-year career, Huntley styled hair and created wigs for more than 200 shows, including The Elephant Man, Chicago and Cats. He was so respected that ... More
Cannes: Anatomy of a standing ovation for 'The French Dispatch'
CANNES (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Wes Anderson has been waiting a long time for The French Dispatch to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. A star-studded comedic anthology about the final issue of a literary magazine, The French Dispatch was meant to debut here last year until the pandemic prevented the festival from being held. Instead of putting his movie out in the interim, Anderson held on to it for another year, and at Monday nights glitzy Cannes premiere, he finally got his wish. So did the film festival. Cannes runs mainly on auteur worship and movie stars, and The French Dispatch offered heaping helpings of both. Cast members, including Timothée Chalamet, Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, Benicio Del Toro and Owen Wilson, all turned out in support of Andersons film, contributing to what is almost certainly the biggest movie premiere that has been held since ... More
Murano chandeliers, Tiffany & Co. period jewels and a Henrietta Berk painting offered at Michaan's
ALAMEDA, CA.- Highlighted at Michaans Auctions on July 17 are a Henrietta Berk painting and jewelry by Tiffany & Co. from the Art Nouveau and Art Deco periods. A glass chandelier from a legendary Murano design house and a fabulous Pairpoint puffy glass lamp are featured in furniture and decorations. The pair of cloisonné enamel moon flasks is a great find for collectors of Asian art. In July Michaans offers property of great diversity and fine quality, from 19th-century sculpture to excellent Chinese porcelains from many periods. Fine silver in this sale includes the circa 1900 Jacobi & Jenkins sterling tea set ($1,300-$1,600). The July 20th auction features an impeccably designed emerald-cut fine diamond and platinum ring estimated at $20,000-$30,000. Michaans specialist and GIA gemologist, Elise Coronado, anticipates active bidding, following the 100% sell-through and ... More
Grounds For Sculpture announces new leadership appointments
HAMILTON, NJ.- Grounds For Sculpture today announced that it has appointed Kathleen Greene to the newly created position of Chief Audience Officer (CAO) and Marissa Reibstein to Chief Development Officer (CDO), strengthening its senior leadership team as the nonprofit builds on its mission to facilitate meaningful and accessible encounters with art and nature; support the work of leading contemporary sculptors; and serve as a vital hub for diverse communities within the tri-state region and beyond. Greene begins her role with Grounds For Sculpture as CAO on July 12, 2021 and Marissa stepped into her position as CDO on March 1, 2021. "Kathleen and Marissa bring decades of experience in innovative audience building through program creation, curatorial, and development work to Grounds For Sculpture, enhancing our ability to create impactful and equitable experiences for our ... More
Charlie Robinson, actor best known for 'Night Court,' dies at 75
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Charlie Robinson, the veteran actor whose best-known role was Mac, the good-natured and pragmatic court clerk, on the long-running NBC sitcom Night Court, died Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 75. His family confirmed the death, at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, in a statement. The family said that the cause was a heart attack and organ failure brought on by septic shock, and that Robinson also had adenocarcinoma, a cancer of the glandular cells. Robinsons acting career spanned six decades and included roles in television and film and onstage. His first credited onscreen appearance was in Jack Nicholsons directorial debut, Drive, He Said, in 1971. In 1984, he was cast in the role for which TV viewers would come to know him best: Macintosh Robinson, better known as Mac, on Night Court, then ... More
Car crash? Sexy French horror flick rattles Cannes
CANNES (AFP).- Cannes was punch-drunk from a wild, violent and sexy French shocker on Wednesday with critics unsure if they had witnessed the birth of a genre or the worst flop in years. "Titane" by French director Julia Ducournau tells the story of a young woman who has sex with cars, kills without a care, and pretends to be a boy despite being pregnant by a vintage Cadillac. Not the most common of plots. Ultra-violent scenes had some cinema-goers shield their eyes at the film's early festival screenings, as sharp intakes of breath alternated with nervous giggles. The movie still won a long standing ovation at its opening night on Tuesday. Acknowledging that some scenes were difficult to watch, Ducournau told reporters that even the goriest bits had narrative meaning. "I hate gratuitous violence, I really do," she said. The film drew some flattering comparisons with ... More
After virus closures, Shakespeare returns... outside
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON (AFP).- Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company has returned to the stage after an enforced 18-month absence due to the coronavirus pandemic -- at a specially built open-air theatre in the bard's home town. The first performance of "The Comedy of Errors" took place on Tuesday night, in front of a 250-strong crowd -- half the capacity until pandemic restrictions are eased in England next week. "This feels like the real spirit of Shakespeare. You've just got the words, the space and the audience," actor Greg Haiste told AFP before the show. "And you've got that wonderful shared experience which we've been missing so much over the last year and a half." The purpose-built Garden Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, central England, is next to the RSC's main indoor auditorium on the banks of the river Avon. It sits on 900 tonnes of rock and 30 tonnes ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Dutch painter and etcher Rembrandt was born July 15, 1606. Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (15 July 1606 - 4 October 1669) was a Dutch draughtsman, painter, and printmaker. An innovative and prolific master in three media, he is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in the history of art and the most important in Dutch art history. In this image: Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-69), The Mill, 1645/1648 (detail). Oil on canvas, 87.6 x 105.6 cm. Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA. Widener Collection.
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