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Katharine Pettit Creative (KPC) spotlights social injustices using the universal language of dance to change minds and open hearts through movement. Photo: Michael Bonasio Media.
NEW YORK, NY.- This August, West Harlem Art Fund, Visual Muze Storytelling Residency and Katharine Pettit Creative present Uptown Pops a dance series that will be performed in Nolan Park and Castle Williams on Governors Island. The works-in-progress are a part of a new interactive initiative designed to engage public audiences as they respond to developing dance. UNTITLED GIRL NARRATIVE is a three-act dance musical about three girls named "X", "Y" and "Z" as they navigate childhood and adolescence in todays America. Spotlighting the BIPOC female identifying queer experience. Untitled follows the three girls as they struggle with societal expectations and finding true purpose. According to Director & Choreographer Katharine Pettit, KPC continues to create platforms that center and celebrate LGBTQ+ youth, in particular the Black ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Abdel Mobdi Moussalam, 48, carries papyrus reeds collected on his land in the village of al-Qaramous in Sharqiyah province, in Egypt's northern fertile Nile Delta region, northeast of the capital, on July 28, 2021. In the lush green fields of Egypt's fertile Delta Valley, farmers in the small village of In the lush green fields of Egypt's fertile Delta Valley, farmers in the small village of Al-Qaramus have kept alive the ancient Pharaonic tradition of making papyrus paper. In the 1970s, a plastic arts teacher taught the farmers how to reappropriate agricultural and artistic techniques dating back millenia to plant the valuable reed and transform it into brownish paper with ornate drawings and text. Al-Qaramus is now the largest hub of papyrus production nationwide, according to agricultural experts. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP.
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| Bilbao Fine Arts Museum exhibits recently restored paintings by Ignacio Zuloaga | | Coeur d'Alene Art Auction totals over $17.5 million with over $4.1 million in online sales | | Famous - but rarely seen - painting 'The Grey Horse' goes on display at Munnings Museum |
These four paintings are part of a devotional ensemble that Ignacio Zuloaga painted for the main Baroque altar of Our Lady of Arrate Sanctuary in Eibar (Gipuzkoa).
BILBAO.- On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the artist's birth, the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum, in collaboration with the Ignacio Zuloaga Museum and the Gipuzkoa Provincial Council, presents a project of conservation, restoration and dissemination of the four canvases that the Basque painter Ignacio Zuloaga (Eibar, Gipuzkoa, 1870-Madrid, 1945) made for the altarpiece of the sanctuary of the Virgin of Arrate (Eibar). These four paintings are part of a devotional ensemble that Ignacio Zuloaga painted for the main Baroque altar of Our Lady of Arrate Sanctuary in Eibar (Gipuzkoa). Installed by the painter on both sides of the chapel that houses the image of the Virgin, they contain pilgrimage scenes of pilgrims and worshippers praying as they are going towards the Gothic carving of the Immaculate Conception. They ... More | |
Oscar Berninghaus, The Domain of Their Ancestors (detail). Oil on canvas, 25 x 30 inches. Sold for $847,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Coeur dAlene Art Auction brought a strong total of over $ 17.5 million during this years sale. The highlight of the 2021 sale was auction mainstay Charles M. Russells Roping a Wolf, 1904, which sold for over $ 1.7 million the highest total for the influential Western artist in over seven years, and the tenth-highest total all-time. The largest single-auction event in the classical Western and American Art field saw over 30 lots eclipse the $ 100,000 price point, realizing a sales rate of over 94%. The Coeur d'Alene Art Auction held their 36th annual Fine Western & American Art auction on July 31, 2021 with online bidding available exclusively through Bidsquare for the sixth consecutive year. While the feverish bidding for Roping a Wolf brought the packed house to applause, several other Russell works elicited their own fireworks, including: Mexicans Leaving ... More | |
Grey Horse, Ned Osborne on Grey Tick, © The estate of Sir Alfred Munnings.
DEDHAM.- One of Sir Alfred Munnings most famous and instantly recognisable paintings has gone on display in the artists former home in Dedham, Essex. The Grey Horse, Ned Osborne on Grey Tick is kindly on loan from a private collector and is regarded as one of Munnings's most romantic and evocative paintings. The composition is dominated by the impressive grey mare, Grey Tick, with the artist's model and groom, Ned Osborne riding him bareback, with a fair at Zennor on the north coast of Cornwall in the background. One of the first people to see the painting on display was a true VIP, none other than Neds grandson, John Osborne. We were delighted to welcome John to the museum and to show him around the rooms and galleries and, of course, we couldnt wait to show him the painting. This was the first time John had ever seen it in the flesh explains Munnings Art Museum Director, Jenny Hand. ... More |
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| Egypt papyrus makers keep tradition alive despite tourism slump | | Comic book writers and artists follow other creators to Substack | | Jane Withers, child star who later won fame in commercials, dies at 95 |
A woman lays out soaked thin strips of papyrus to form a sheet, before compression and drying at the workshop in the village of al-Qaramous in Sharqiyah province, in Egypt's northern fertile Nile Delta region, northeast of the capital, on July 28, 2021.
AL-QARAMUS (AFP).- In the lush green fields of Egypt's fertile Delta Valley, farmers and artisans are struggling to make a living as they keep alive the Pharaonic-era tradition of making papyrus. In the 1970s, an art teacher in the village of Al-Qaramus taught farmers the millennia-old techniques for transforming the plant into sought-after paper decorated with ornate drawings and text. The village and its surrounds, located about 80 kilometres (50 miles) northeast of Cairo, now make up the largest hub of papyrus production in the country, experts in the sector say. Once used by ancient Egyptians as writing paper, local artists now decorate the papyrus with hieroglyphics, Arabic calligraphy and representations from antiquity and nature to create souvenirs for eager visitors. But tourism in the North African country has taken a battering since its 2011 revolution, and after a Russian airliner was downed by the Islamic State group in 2015. The ... More | |
An illustration from Blue Book, a collection of stories based on testimonies about alien encounters by the writer James Tynion IV and the artist Michael Avon Oeming that will be published on Substack, the digital newsletter platform. Michael Avon Oeming via The New York Times.
by George Gene Gustines
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- In recent years, dozens of top journalists, historians and essayists have tried their luck as solo practitioners on Substack, the digital newsletter platform that has built an audience of more than 500,000 subscribers since it started in 2017. Now, a number of comic book creators have decided to do the same. Nick Spencer, a comic book writer best known for his work for Marvel Entertainment, was the liaison between Substack and a group of creators who, starting Monday, will publish new comic book stories, essays and how-to guides on the platform. He said he approached Chris Best, a Substack founder, with the idea last year, when the pandemic was keeping many fans out of comic book shops and creators were looking for new ways to connect with readers. The initial lineup includes comic-centric ... More | |
Although her Hollywood success did not survive adolescence, Withers was the rare child actor who entered adulthood prepared for the real world and with money in the bank.
by Aljean Harmetz
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Jane Withers, a top child star in the 1930s who played tough, tomboyish brats in more than two dozen B films and achieved a second burst of fame as an adult as Josephine the Plumber in commercials for Comet cleanser, died Saturday in Burbank, California. She was 95. Her death was confirmed by her daughter Kendall Errair. In her first major movie role, in 20th Century Foxs Bright Eyes (1934), the 8-year-old Jane played a spoiled rich kid who wanted a machine gun for Christmas and took a ghoulish delight in sending her dolls to the hospital. She was the antidote to the movies star, Shirley Temple, the always cheerful, always obedient, always smiling orphan. The titles of some of the films in which Withers starred said it all: The Holy Terror (1937), Wild and Woolly (1937), Rascals (1938), Always in Trouble (1938) and The Arizona Wildcat (1939). ... More |
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| Shelburne Museum acquires paintings by Stephen Hannock | | University Auctions announces back-to-back August auctions | | Priska Pasquer Gallery presents the work of artist Zohar Fraiman |
Stephen Hannock, Red Nocturne, 1993 (detail). Mixed media on postcard, 3 5/8 x 5 1/8 in. TC2021-16. © Stephen Hannock.
SHELBURNE, VT.- Shelburne Museum announced that it has acquired a major work by nationally recognized contemporary painter Stephen Hannock, best known for his large-scale atmospheric landscapes. The painting entitled A Recent History of Art in the Champlain Valley (Mass MoCA #333) is on view in the museums Webb Gallery of American Art. We are delighted to add this remarkable view of our region to the Museums collection of American paintings, said Director Thomas Denenberg. Stephen Hannocks work carries forward the collecting ethos of our founder Electra Havemeyer Webb who not only gathered a remarkable assembly of 19th-century works by artists like Thomas Cole, Albert Bierstadt, Fitz Henry Lane and Winslow Homer, but also ensured that the contemporary vision of an Andrew Wyeth found a home at Shelburne Museum. A Recent History of Art in the Champlain Valley (Mass MoCA #333) depicts a large-scale, bird ... More | |
One-page autograph letter signed by Abraham Lincoln and dated just weeks after the Battle of Gettysburg, on July 22, 1863, with slavery-related content (est. $50,000-$60,000).
WILTON, CONN.- University Archives will hold back-to-back online auctions on Wednesday and Thursday, August 25th and 26th, starting at 10:30 am Eastern time both days. The August 25th auction will be a general sale offering collectors a variety of autographs, rare books, historical documents and memorabilia. The August 26th auction will be a smaller, specialized Judaica sale. Our August 25th sale offers collectors a great opportunity to acquire exceptional items from the presidential, science and international categories, said John Reznikoff, president and founder of University Archives. Early American enthusiasts, military collectors, and aficionados of art, music, and literature will also find many treasures. The auction will be organized by category. Reznikoff added, The Judaica auction on August 26th, 100 lots in all, will offer many unique items relating to the history of Judaism, the formation of Israel ... More | |
Zohar Fraiman, Prime Time, 2020, oil on canvas, 130x110 cm, courtesy Priska Pasquer Gallery, Cologne.
COLOGNE.- Zohar Fraimans paintings examine the influence of digitalization on common gender stereotypes. Her work explores how female identities are formed and through which mechanisms they are reconstructed in digital spaces such as Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat and Tinder. Using humor, Fraiman questions the practice of internet-based self-staging and criticizes exaggerated and distorted ways of expressing both gender and the self within image-based networks and social platforms. Fraiman's large-scale oil paintings emphasize ambiguity and paint images of complex realities and superimposed identities in a playful way. In her works Allegory of Love (2021) and Feeling Fab (2020), the artist engages with processes of digitalization in popular culture. She delves into the phenomenon of the selfie, the effect of swiping as a form of modern self-subjectification, and the increasing interchangeability among subjects on the internet. Her ... More |
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| Unique collection of Jackanory storyboard paintings come to auction direct from the artist | | Michaan's sustains 2021 auction momentum with sales of fine estate property in August | | National Gallery of Victoria opens the first major retrospective of artist Maree Clarke |
Gareth Floyds illustrations for The Historic Windmill used as storyboards during the books Jackanory run.
WOKING.- Jackanory remains an iconic childrens TV series for those who grew up in the 1960s, 70s, 80s and 90s. As well as the stories themselves, it was the memorable performances from actors like Rik Mayall, Bernard Cribbins, Margaret Rutherford, Victoria Wood, Judy Dench, Martin Jarvis and Kenneth Williams that enchanted viewers and drew them into reading. Just as important were the storyboard illustrations that helped bring the tales alive across the thousands of episodes. Now Ewbanks will sell more than 1200 of them during a timed auction finishing on August 22. All of them come from the pen and brush of Gareth Floyd (b.1940), whose creations shed light on landmark books such as Stig of the Dump by Clive King, The Otterbury Incident by Poet Laureate Cecil Day Lewis, The Ghost of Tomas Kempe by Penelope Lively and Dunkirk The Dolphin Crossing by Jill ... More | |
Vacheron & Constantin 18k Yellow Gold Pocket Watch. Estimate: $1,500 / 2,500.
ALAMEDA, CA.- Well into 2021, Michaans Auctions President, Allen Michaan, sees no signs of a slowdown. Auctions are delivering what people want in these challenging times, says Michaan. The base of collectors, worldwide, is growing by leaps and bounds, he notes. People of all ages are drawn to collecting as a form of self-expression, a way to assert their individuality. Art, antiques and estate property have more heart and soul than manufactured goods... thats attracting todays diverse auction buyers, says Michaan. In addition, buyers and sellers alike are attracted by the inherent sustainability of auction sourcing. Michaans COO, Scott Bradley, points out that the auction business is insulated from the supply chain volatility that currently bedevils other marketplaces. Fine furniture and carpets, art and antiques, jewelry -- the winning bidder takes it home, ... More | |
Portrait of Maree Clarke, artist and designer in her studio. Photo: Julian Kingma.
MELBOURNE.- Maree Clarke: Ancestral Memories is the first major retrospective of Melbourne-based artist and designer, Maree Clarke, who is a Yorta Yorta/Wamba Wamba/Mutti Mutti/Boonwurrung woman. Clarke is a pivotal figure in the reclamation of south-east Australian Aboriginal art and cultural practices and has a passion for reviving and sharing elements of Aboriginal culture that were lost or lying dormant as a consequence of colonisation. Covering more than three decades of artistic output, the exhibition traverses Clarkes multidisciplinary practice across photography, printmaking, sculpture, jewellery, video, glass and more. Documenting Clarkes life as told through her art, the exhibition includes rarely-seen black-and-white photographs that bring to life key figures and events in Melbourne during the 1990s, through to her most ... More |
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Science Gallery Melbourne opens with an exhibition exploring different perspectives on mental health
MELBOURNE.- MENTAL: Head Inside, the first exhibition to be presented at Science Gallery Melbournes new purpose-built gallery, will reflect a range of different perspectives on mental health. In the exhibition, science, technology and art come together to showcase stories and experiences from across the mental health spectrum. It will feature over twenty projects from local and international artists and research collaborators, each challenging societal stereotypes surrounding mental health and reflecting different ways of being, surviving and connecting in the world. The fourth exhibition to be created by Science Gallery Melbourne, MENTAL: Head Inside has been curated collaboratively with young people, for young people, and will be the first to be launched in the gallery located within the University of Melbourne's new innovation precinct ... More
Oscar winner Rex Harrison's 1943 Ford GPW Jeep for sale with H&H Classics
LONDON.- This WW2 survivor, formerly the property of Oscar-winning actor Rex Harrison. still retains many genuine WW2 parts. It comes up for sale for an estimate of £25,000 to £30,000 with H&H Classics at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford, on September 8th. It is understood to have served with the 6th US Armoured Division in World War 2 and finished its war in Italy. It subsequently became the property of Rex Harrison, the Oscar-winning film star who played Professor Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady (Lerner and Loewe's great musical masterpiece) and Dr John Doolittle in Doctor Do Little. Copies of Italian paperwork and a logbook relating to Rex Harrison's ownership, two images with Rex Harrison in the Jeep including one depicting himself and Rita Hayworth accompanies the vehicle. Paul Cheetham of H&H Classics comments: We are delighted to offer such ... More
Camden Art Centre presents Walter Price's first major institutional exhibition in the UK
LONDON.- Camden Art Centre is presenting the first major institutional exhibition in the UK by American artist Walter Price. The exhibition follows Prices studio residency at Camden Art Centre in early 2020 when, in response to his time in London and the conditions of a new studio, he experimented with scale, narrative and material to create new paintings, works on paper and sculptural works. Price presents elements of this body of work, alongside a group of new paintings and works on paper made during lockdown in New York, in the forthcoming exhibition at Camden Art Centre. Walter Price (b. 1989, Georgia, USA) lives and works in New York. His practice incorporates familiar forms and recurring motifs including palm trees, bathtubs, sofas and automobiles, which become a language of very personal symbols amid shifting horizon lines and bright ... More
paper positions berlin to be held from 19 - 22 August
BERLIN.- From 19 - 22 August 2021 the doors of paper positions berlin will open for collectors and art-loving discoverers. With its fifth edition, paper positions berlin will present 49 international galleries with their most striking positions of contemporary and modern art on the theme of drawing and the medium of paper at Deutsche Telekom Hauptstadtrepräsentanz. The "Interstellar Series" (2021) is an ongoing series of prints in a mixed medium of screen and digital printing on paper by the artist Jonas Weichsel (Galerie Thomas Schulte). As in his paintings, Weichsel's new works on paper are concerned with creating a space between the clearly defined boundaries of the medium and what is technically feasible, in which entire universes of colour can open up and be discovered. The art of the artist Solveig K. Bolduan (gräfe art.concept) is challenging, ... More
The East End's premier art fair returns to Bridgehampton Museum
BRIDGEHAMPTON, NY.- Market Art + Design, the East End's premier and longest-running art and design fair, has announced its return to the Bridgehampton Museum from August 12-15. Built into the fairs expanded, museum-quality pavilion right in the center of the town of Bridgehampton, Market Art + Design's eleventh edition will feature 80 top galleries presenting the best in modern and contemporary art and design alongside a program of partnerships and public projects, expanding the fair out into its shared spaces. A testament to its revered tradition and the steadfast resilience of the community, Market Art + Design is thrilled to be making an in-person return this year. As the fairs exhibitions continue to increase in quality year after year, this summers event is slated to rival 2019, which saw their biggest show to date. With a renewed sense ... More
Anne Ryan presents an epic new installation created for Dilston Gallery's vast concrete hall
LONDON.- For her epic new installation created for Dilston Gallerys vast concrete hall, London based Irish contemporary artist Anne Ryan (b. 1964) captures the sprawling dynamism of the city and its communities. Through her vibrant ceramic and cement sculptures, paintings and threedimensional cutouts, Ryan's observations, speculations and dreams of the city collide. Anne Ryan, The City Rises opened at Dilston Gallery, Southwark Park Galleries, on 28 July and runs until 19 September. Admission is free. Part of Ryans starting point for her work comes from the slow city walks she takes around London, which she describes as saunters (from the French sans terre, meaning without land), and says: Walking allows the city to open up with possibilities - dreamscapes, fictional spaces, historical sites. A saunter is different from a commute or a journey ... More
'Determined' explores 400 years of Black history through the stories of key figures and events in Virginia
LONDON.- Determined presents a concise overview of Black history in Virginia from the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in Virginia in 1619 through the groundswell of racial justice protests of 2020. These four centuries encompass slavery and emancipation, segregation and the civil rights movement, the election of the first Black president and the rise of Black Lives Matter. Throughout this complex history, Black people have fought for freedom, justice, and opportunity and against oppression, discrimination, and dehumanization. Their efforts have brought meaningful changes to American society by forcing the nation to define the meaning of its highest ideals of democracy and universal equality. A few of the individuals featured include John Punch, whose punishment for attempting to escape bondage in 1640 began the codification ... More
The Boca Raton Arts District Exploratory Corp announces the appointment of seasoned tech executive Matthew Cimaglia
BOCA RATON, FL.- The Boca Raton Arts District Exploratory Corp., a nonprofit organization whose overall mission is to serve as an incubator for world-class creativity, innovation and education, today announced the appointment of executive-level board member Matthew Cimaglia. Cimaglia brings a wealth of experience and expertise to BRADEC, which is operating the fundraising and building of the Boca Raton Center for Arts & Innovation. We are very proud and excited to welcome Matt to our Board of Directors, says President of BRADEC, Andrea Virgin. It is critical to our mission to have an experienced professional of his caliber on our team in order to support the Centers focus on technology and innovation. In his board ... More
Last chance to see: "Three with a Pen: Lily Renée, Bil Spira, and Paul Peter Porges"
NEW YORK, NY.- Three with a Pen: Lily Renée, Bil Spira, and Paul Peter Porges, an exhibition at The Austrian Cultural Forum New York, its sole U.S. venue, closes September 3, 2021. Featuring works by three Jewish artists driven from their homes in Vienna after the German annexation of Austria, the so-called Anschluss, in 1938, the exhibition showcases examples of their signature work in comic books, New Yorker cartoons, Mad magazine spoofs, caricatures, portraiture, fashion design, advertising, and childrens books, among other formats. Biographical material and ephemera amplify the artists personal stories of survival and, in part, help contextualize their professional achievements. Born in Vienna to Jewish parents, Lily Renée Willheim (b.1921), Wilhelm Spira (1913-1999), and Paul Peter Porges (1927-2016) each showed early promise ... More
Learn the language of landscape with 'The Landscape Painter's Workbook'
NEW YORK, NY.- The Landscape Painter's Workbook (Quarry Books / November 16, 2021 / US $26.99) is the definitive hands-on guide to the time-honored techniques and essential elements of landscape painting. Written by celebrated landscape artist, instructor, and author Mitchell Albala, this richly informative and beautifully illustrated volume leads you step by step through his approach to the genre, from establishing a composition using basic shapes to applying time-tested color strategies, with all-new lessons, practical exercises, and special topics, including: o The Complete Color Strategy. What are the three aspects of color contrast that guide a paintings strategy? Notan. Explore this special type of compositional study, which identifies the underlying shapes and patterns of a composition. Picture Formats. How does the picture formathorizontal, vertical, sq ... More
'West Side Story' will not return to Broadway
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- West Side Story, an ambitious, reimagined revival of the classic musical, will not reopen when Broadway returns this fall, the show announced Monday, making it one of the biggest productions yet to become a casualty of the pandemic. The shows lead producer, Scott Rudin, announced in April that he was stepping back from active roles in his Broadway productions after he came under fire for a long history of bullying employees. But Rudin said at the time that while the decisions about the future of West Side Story and his other shows would be left to others, he hoped that they would return to Broadway when theaters were allowed to reopen. The West Side Story revival put together by a creative team with avant-garde credentials, including the director Ivo van Hove and the choreographer Anne ... More
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The Interior
Flashback On a day like today, The Smithsonian Institution was chartered by the U.S. Congress August 10, 1846. The Smithsonian Institution is an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its endowment, contributions, and profits from its retail operations, concessions, and licensing activities. In this image: "The Castle," the building on the National Mall that is home to the Smithsonian's administration, is seen. Photo: Smithsonian Institution.
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