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A couple visits the Bayon temple at Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia, on Dec. 7, 2021. Cambodia has been open to foreign tourists for months, but in this time of COVID-19, few have made the trip. Thomas Cristofoletti/The New York Times.
by Richard C. Paddock
ANGKOR WAT.- Standing shoulder to shoulder, jostling for the perfect angle, hordes of tourists used to gather before dawn each morning to watch the sun rise over the magnificent ancient temple of Angkor Wat. Motivating this multinational scrum was the chance to capture an iconic photograph of the monuments spires mirrored on the surface of a nearby pond. It was like a sea of people in front of the reflecting pool, said Rares Ispas, a dentist from New Zealand, recalling his visit to the celebrated Cambodian monument four years ago. But that was before COVID-19 brought global tourism to a screeching halt. This time, on a visit in late January, Rares and his wife were treated to a sublime experience that may never come again: They were almost alone at Angkor Wat, a bucket-list destination for untold millions whose enormous crowds could make the experience feel more like a theme park than a sanctum. This was the perfect opportunity, said Rares, who now lives in Singapore. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day MK Gallery presents a major survey of Guyanese-born British artist and photographer Ingrid Pollard (12 March 29 May 2022) - the first exhibition to fully explore Pollards pioneering and experimental practice, from the 1980s to the present day, and examine her substantial contribution to British art.
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| Hindman to join Asia Week previews in New York | | Hudson River Museum announces gift of significant 19th-century paintings by Fitz Henry Lane and Severin Roesen | | Exhibition of new work by Thomas Struth opens at Marian Goodman |
An Archaic Bronze Rectangular Food Vessel, Fangding. Estimate: $150,000 - $200,000.
CHICAGO, IL.- Hindman Auctions joins Asia Week previews in New York. The firm will present highlights from three March auctions: Japanese and Korean Works of Art (March 25), Strong Diversions: Property from a Lifetime of Play (March 28) and Chinese and Himalayan Works of Art (March 29). Auction highlights will be available to preview from March 16 to 18 from 10am to 4pm EST at the Concorde Hotel at 127 East 55th Street. Strong Diversions: Property from a Lifetime of Play will offer items from The Strong National Museum of Plays collections and its founder, Margaret Woodbury Strong. Strong was a prominent collector and philanthropist, whose passions developed early in life through her unconventional upbringing. Highlights from The Strong Museum collection that will be previewed in New York include 28 Japanese inros, cases for holding small objects. The most noteworthy of the selection is a rare, large, gold, red and black lacquer three-c ... More | |
Severin Roesen (American, b. Prussia, ca. 1815ca. 1872), Fruit with Water Glass. ca. 185070. Oil on canvas. Gift of Shelley and Felice Bergman, 2021 (2021.14.2).
YONKERS, NY.- Hudson River Museum announced the gift of two exquisite paintings: Gloucester, Stage Fort Beach, 1849, by Fitz Henry Lane; and Fruit with Water Glass, ca. 185070, by Severin Roesen; both works were generously donated to the HRMs collection by Shelley and Felice Bergman. These major works of nineteenth-century landscape and still-life painting will augment the Museums extensive collection of American paintings, sculptures, works-on-paper, photographs, and decorative arts from the nineteenth century to today. Both paintings represent artists new to the Hudson River Museums collection. For their debut, the two paintings are now prominently displayed in the Cycles of Nature: Highlights from the Collections of the Hudson River Museum and Art Bridges, which will be on view through February 12, 2023. The paintings appear alongside works in the ... More | |
ALICE, CERN, Saint Genis-Pouilly, 2019. Inkjet print. Image: 106 3/8 x 90 1/2 in. (270.2 x 230 cm) Frame: 111 3/4 x 95 5/8 x 2 3/4 in. (283.8 x 243 x 7 cm) Edition of 6.
NEW YORK, NY.- Marian Goodman Gallery is presenting an exhibition of new work by Thomas Struth, which will be on view from Tuesday, 15 March, through Saturday, 23 April 2022. The exhibition will present recent works created over the past two years from his ongoing series Nature and Politics and Family Portraits. The presentation will center on new pictures from his investigation into science, technology and industry, including a series of new photographs created at the scientific institute CERN in Switzerland. These works will be presented in relation to new portraits and landscape photographs. Bringing together disparate themes, Thomas Struth reflects on our contemporary condition and the interrelationships between technology, people, and nature. Since 2019, a few years after meeting CERN particle physicist Dr. James Beacham, Struth has developed ... More |
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| After a showdown, Juilliard's president retains support of board | | NGV Contemporary: Once-in-a-generation cultural landmark to be designed by Angelo Candalepas and Associates | | Lauren Halsey chosen for Met Roof installation |
Signage for the Juilliard School is seen in New York, June 10, 2021. The schools chairman and biggest benefactor, Bruce Kovner, had wanted its president, Damian Woetzel, to leave after a negative evaluation he marshaled support and stayed. Jeenah Moon/The New York Times.
by Robin Pogrebin
NEW YORK, NY.- When charismatic former New York City Ballet star Damian Woetzel was named president of the prestigious Juilliard School in 2017, the schools powerful chairman, Bruce Kovner, praised his unusual mix of intellectual and artistic qualities. But earlier this year Kovner told Woetzel that an internal evaluation had found a lack of confidence in his leadership and asked him to resign by the end of June, a year before the end of his contract, according to a letter Woetzel sent to the schools trustees that was obtained by The New York Times. Woetzel fought back and succeeded in rallying support behind him, getting testimonials from several eminent artists including trumpeter ... More | |
Render of winning concept design for NGV Contemporary by Angelo Candalepas and Associates, arrival gallery and central spherical hall at dusk.
MELBOURNE.- An awe-inspiring and timeless design by a multidisciplinary team led by Australian architect Angelo Candalepas and Associates was today revealed by the Victorian Government and the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) as the winning design for NGV Contemporary, Australias largest gallery dedicated to contemporary art and design. Candalepas and their team of 20 leading architecture, design and engineering firms from around Victoria and Australia will create a powerful and sophisticated work of contemporary Australian architecture for the people of Victoria. This new 30,000 square metre Victorian landmark will celebrate the central role of art and design in contemporary life and features dramatic arched entries, a spherical hall spanning more than 40-metres-high and more than 13,000 square metres of display space for art and design, ... More | |
Portrait of Lauren Halsey: Russell Hamilton.
NEW YORK, NY.- Lauren Halsey, 34, an artist from South Central Los Angeles who often makes site-specific installations and also founded a community center, has been selected for the Metropolitan Museum of Arts annual roof garden commission, the museum announced Monday. For her installation, on view from May 17 through Oct. 23, Halsey will create a full-scale architectural structure. Called the eastside of south central los angeles hieroglyph prototype architecture (I), the piece will invite visitors to step inside to explore connections to ancient Egyptian symbolism, 1960s utopian architecture and contemporary visual expressions like tagging. Its a construction project that were managing that will exist within the context of the Met, Halsey said in a telephone interview, a remix of and sampling of Pharaonic architectural symbols: the sphinx, columns, pavers. The work will be displayed in South Central Los Angeles after it is presented at the Met. ... More |
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| London Transport Museum named Visitor Attraction of the Year at the London Tourism Awards | | Monroe Gallery of Photography announces representation of photojournalist Ed Kashi | | MK Gallery opens a major survey of Guyanese-born British artist and photographer Ingrid Pollard |
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LONDON.- London Transport Museum in Covent Garden has been named Visitor Attraction of the Year at the London Tourism Awards at an award ceremony hosted at the Guildhall on Thursday 10 March 2022. Hosted by London & Partners, the London Tourism Awards recognise and celebrate businesses from across the Capital that deliver amazing experiences for visitors and champion innovation in the face of challenging times. The accolade of Visitor Attraction of the Year celebrates London Transport Museums dedication to creating a memorable day out for its guests through its collection, exhibitions and events. At the awards ceremony the judges said they were impressed by how London Transport Museum tackles a fascinating and multi-faceted subject with gusto ... More | |
© Ed Kashi: Scenes of youth in a small refugee encampment in the desert of eastern Jordan after fleeing Syria, 2013. Courtesy of Monroe Gallery of Photography.
SANTA FE, NM.- Monroe Gallery of Photography announced exclusive representation of Ed Kashi, a renowned photojournalist, filmmaker, speaker, and educator dedicated to documenting the social and political issues that define our times. A new exhibit celebrates Abandoned Moments: A Love Letter to Photography (Kehrer Verlag, March 2022) his newest book; featuring photographs made over a 40-year period that reveal imprecise glimpses of transitory events filled with frenetic energy the chaos of everyday life. On April 1, Ed Kashi will be in discussion in the Gallery and streaming on-line via Zoom. Event starts promptly at 5:30 pm (MT), RSVP and Zoom registration at 505.992.0800, www.monroegallery.com, or info@monroegallery.com Kashis sensitive eye and an intimate and compassionate ... More | |
MK Gallery Ingrid Pollard installation view.
MILTON KEYNES.- MK Gallery presents a major survey of Guyanese-born British artist and photographer Ingrid Pollard (12 March 29 May 2022) - the first exhibition to fully explore Pollards pioneering and experimental practice, from the 1980s to the present day, and examine her substantial contribution to British art. Ingrid Pollard is renowned for using photography as social practice, working with portrait and landscape photography to question our relationship with the natural world and interrogate social constructs such as Britishness, race, sexuality, and identity. Working across a remarkable variety of techniques, from photography, printmaking, drawing and installation, to artist books, video, and audio, Pollards practice combines meticulous research and experimental creative processes to make art that is at once deeply personal and socially engaged, addressing issues that are urgent and relevant today: the human body, race ... More |
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| Peabody Essex Museum shows a changing panet through the eyes of two artists | | Bonhams strengthens Asia Management team with Julia Hu as Managing Director, Asia | | Magnum Photos print sale in support of the International Committee of the Red Cross |
Edward Koren, © Edward Koren.
SALEM, MASS.- The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) presents an exhibition of two artists, award-winning nature photographer Stephen Gorman and beloved New Yorker artist Edward Koren, and their response to our urgent planetary crisis. Down to the Bone: Edward Koren and Stephen Gorman is part of PEMs Climate + Environment Initiative and is on view March 12, 2022 through February 26, 2023. Working independently but with uncanny synergy, Gorman and Koren consider the consequences of a destabilized natural environment and raise the alarm about our advancing climate crisis, said Jane Winchell, exhibition co-curator and PEMs Sarah Fraser Robbins Director of the Art & Nature Center and curator of Natural History. This is the first time that Gormans wildlife and landscape photographs and Korens drawings, lithographs and etchings have been exhibited together. We hope that visitors will find that these ... More | |
Julia Hu appointed as Bonhams Managing Director, Asia. Photo: Bonhams.
HONG KONG.- The international auction house Bonhams has appointed Julia Hu as Managing Director, Asia, effective Monday 14 March 2022. Based in Hong Kong, she will join a leadership team in Asia made up of Malcolm Barber, Co-Chairman and CEO Asia and Bobbie Hu, Chairman Greater China, to drive Bonhams business expansion and presence in Asia as part of the companys global vision. Julia joins Bonhams after 9 years working experience with Christies, where she has been General Manager China since 2019, overseeing business development across the country and achieving dramatic year-on-year annual sales growth from both auctions and private sales. As Christies ambassador in China, she has also been responsible for managing the companys relationship with both the government and top collectors. Earlier in her career at Christies, Julia ... More | |
Turkey. 2006 copyright Olivia Arthur / Magnum Photos.
LONDON.- Magnum photographers will be donating 50% of their proceeds from the sale to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). These proceeds will help fund the ICRCs humanitarian mission to protect the lives and dignity of victims of armed conflict and other situations of violence and to provide them with assistance in Ukraine as well as other fragile contexts. 2022 sees Magnum Photos celebrate its 75th anniversary and launch a series of three square print sales. For the first time, the sales will allow collectors to build a triptych of images, curated by photographers or estates, over the course of the year. The first sale is titled 'Precedents'. It will be followed by two sales in June and October titled 'Magnum 75' and 'Vital Signs'. Each photographer and estate has curated their selection so that the images work alone, or in dialogue with each other. The stories behind each image and the selection will be sh ... More |
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'The Power of the Dog' wins best film at wide-open BAFTAs
LONDON.- The Power of the Dog, Jane Campions tense Western about two clashing brothers on a Montana ranch, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Jesse Plemons, was the big winner at the EE British Academy Film Awards in London on Sunday night. It was named best picture at the awards, commonly known as the BAFTAs, beating the likes of Denis Villeneuves sci-fi epic Dune, Kenneth Branaghs Belfast, the black-and-white movie based on his childhood in Northern Ireland, and Adam McKays Dont Look Up, the divisive climate change satire starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence and Meryl Streep. Campion also won best director the third woman to take the prize in the awards history increasing her momentum before this years Academy Awards. She was not present to pick up her award in London. On Saturday she had been ... More
Jane Campion wins Directors Guild Award for 'The Power of the Dog'
BEVERLY HILLS, CA.- The Directors Guild of America awarded its top prize for feature-film directing Saturday night to Jane Campion for The Power of the Dog, making her the third woman ever to receive the award. Her victory also represents the first time in DGA history that women have won that award in back-to-back years, after Chloé Zhao took the prize in 2021 for Nomadland. Im here because I care about women having voices, and Im so excited about the next generation of filmmakers, Campion said at the ceremony, held at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. Earlier in the night, Campion spoke of how unlikely the dream of directing seemed when she was a 7-year-old girl and of her hopes that a new generation of female filmmakers could continue to inspire. Weve come so far, and whats more: Were never going backwards, ... More
Trinity Church's conductor put on leave amid investigation
NEW YORK, NY.- Trinity Wall Street, one of New Yorks wealthiest and most powerful churches, said Saturday that it was placing its high-profile director of music on leave as it investigates an allegation of sexual misconduct against him. The director, Julian Wachner, a highly regarded conductor, composer and keyboardist who has been a fixture at the church for more than a decade, has been accused by a former Juilliard employee, Mary Poole, of sexual assault. Poole said in an interview with The New York Times that during a music festival in 2014, Wachner pushed her against a wall, groped her and kissed her, and that he ignored her demands that he stop. Wachner denies the accusations. In a statement to the Times on Saturday, Trinity did not mention Poole by name but said the church first learned of allegations of sexual misconduct against ... More
On a stage 5,000 miles away, he sings for his family in Ukraine
NEW YORK, NY.- Sometimes lately, when he hasnt been rehearsing Verdi or Tchaikovsky at the Metropolitan Opera, or practicing Italian with a diction coach on Zoom, bass-baritone Vladyslav Buialskyi takes out his phone and sends a one-word text message: Mama. The message is meant for Buialskyis mother, who is more than 5,000 miles away in his hometown, Berdyansk, a small port city in Ukraine that has been under siege since the Russian invasion began last month. His mother has been unable to flee because she is caring for his grandmother, who is 88 and has difficulty walking. Anxious about his mothers safety, Buialskyi sends her messages around the clock, awaiting the replies that confirm she remains safe and reachable. Its a huge nightmare, said Buialskyi, 24, who is enrolled in the Mets prestigious young artists program. ... More
A conductor on why he stayed in Russia after the invasion began
NEW YORK, NY.- As the Russian military began its attack on Ukraine in late February, Estonian American conductor Paavo Järvi was in Moscow, leading rehearsals for a long-planned engagement with a Russian youth orchestra. Järvi, who was born in 1962 in Tallinn, Estonia, then part of the Soviet Union, had a difficult decision to make. Friends urged him to cancel on the ensemble to protest the invasion. But Järvi, saying he did not want to disappoint the players of the Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra, decided to stay in Moscow and lead the group in works by Richard Strauss on Feb. 26, two days after the invasion began, before departing Feb. 27. Järvis appearance drew criticism in some corners of the music industry. The day after the concert, Järvi, chief conductor of the Tonhalle Orchestra of Zurich and the NHK Symphony Orchestra ... More
'Great Freedom' and the long shadow of an anti-gay law in Germany
BERLIN.- A turning point arrives for Viktor and Hans, the central characters in the new film Great Freedom, when Viktor sees the concentration camp tattoo on Hans arm. Its 1945, and Viktor has already forcibly thrown Hans out of the cell they share in a German prison after learning that Hans was jailed for having sex with men. But when Viktor, an ice block of a man with a murder conviction, discovers the tattooed number, he offers to give Hans a new design to cover up the past. They put you from a concentration camp into the slammer? Seriously? Victor (Georg Friedrich) stammers in disbelief, more to himself than to Hans (Franz Rogowski). The fictional character of Hans, liberated from a Nazi concentration camp at the end of World War II only to be sent directly to prison, is based on a chilling and often overlooked chapter ... More
Dolly Parton bows out of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nomination
NEW YORK, NY.- Dolly Parton does not feel rock n roll enough for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The country singer, known for crossover hits like Jolene, I Will Always Love You and 9 to 5, said Monday that she wished to be removed from consideration for the annual honor after earning her first nomination in February. Even though I am extremely flattered and grateful to be nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, I dont feel that I have earned that right, Parton, 76, wrote in a statement posted to social media. I really do not want votes to be split because of me, so I must respectfully bow out. The Rock Hall did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Selection was underway as of last month, and it was unclear what would happen to any possible votes already cast for Parton. Among the 17 nominees eligible for inclusion alongside ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Hungarian-French painter Victor Vasarely died March 15, 1997. Victor Vasarely (9 April 1906 - 15 March 1997), was a Hungarian-French artist, who is widely accepted as a "grandfather" and leader of the op art movement. His work entitled Zebra, created in the 1930s, is considered by some to be one of the earliest examples of op art. In this image: Cheyt - Pyr, Serigraph, 68.5 X 66 cm.
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