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Guests in the Gallery. Photographed by Robb Quinn.
MILWAUKEE, WI.- The Warehouse Art Museum presents Pause/Connect: Photography in the WAM Collection, running from Aug. 11 Nov. 10, 2023, including works by Uta Barth, Margaret Bourke-White, Helen Levitt, Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Gordon Parks, Carrie Mae Weems and many others, most drawn from the museums collection. With over 80 photographs and two videos, the exhibition is a select overview of how photographs shape our relationships to ourselves, to each other and to the world around us. Photographs forge links to history and memory, connecting us to people and places that may no longer be directly accessible. The cameras ability to arrest the passage of time by extracting a single moment from the flux of daily life creates new perspectives on familiar sights. It also introduces unique visual phenomena, such as X- rays, objects suspended in mid-air and incomplete gestures or facial expressions. To that end, Paus ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day "Barbara Kasten, Figure/Chair, 1972-73, installation view, 55 Walker, New York, 2023." Image courtesy the artist and Bortolami, New York. Photography by Guang Xu.
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| Jack Shainman Gallery presents works by Emanoel Araújo | | Gagosian presents landmark Tetsuya Ishida survey curated by Cecilia Alemani | | Blockbuster sale of Chinese, Japanese and other Asian works of art now live on iGavelAuctions |
Emanoel Araújo, Untitled, 1970. Wood and automotive paint, 86 3/4 x 63 x 7 1/2 inches. © Emanoel Araújo. Courtesy of the Estate of Emanoel Araújo and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- Jack Shainman Gallery is presenting Emanoel Araújo, an exhibition of sculptural work by the late Brazilian artist. This is Araújos first major gallery survey in New York since the 1980s, and his debut exhibition at the gallerywhere his estate is now co-represented alongside Simões de Assis Galeria de Arte. As a creative, curator, and collector of Afro-Brazilian art, ephemera, and legacy, Araújo was an active mediator between the cultural, expressive, and political dynamics enmeshed in Brazilian identity. The works in this presentationcreated from the 1970s through the artists death in 2022reverberate with cues from his childhood in the Afro-Brazilian spiritual capital of Bahia, expeditions across his familys ancestral Benin and Nigeria, and studies of Yoruba iconography. Explorations into the sociopolitics of geometric abstraction and preservation of Afro-Brazilian material ... More | |
Tetsuya Ishida, Restless Dream, 1996. Acrylic on board, 57 3/8 x 40 5/8 inches (145.6 x 103 cm) © Tetsuya Ishida Estate. Courtesy the artist and Gagosian.
NEW YORK, NY.- Gagosian is presenting My Anxious Self, an extensive exhibition of paintings by the late Tetsuya Ishida (19732005) at Gagosian, 555 West 24th Street, New York, opening on September 12. Curated by Cecilia Alemani, the survey follows the announcement of Gagosians global representation of the Tetsuya Ishida Estate, which, along with notable private collections and the Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan, lent more than eighty works to the exhibition. My Anxious Self is the most comprehensive exhibition of the artists work to have been staged outside of Japan, and his first ever in New York. Over the course of just ten years, Ishida produced a striking body of work centered on the theme of human alienation. He emerged as an artist during Japans Lost Decade, a recession that lasted through the 1990s, and his paintings capture the feelings of hopelessness, claustrophobia, ... More | |
Pair of Large Chinese Enamel Decorated Porcelain Plaques, each with a seal for Wang Qi (1884-1937) Republic Period (Estimate: $100,000-150,000).
NEW YORK, NY.- Lark Mason and Associates and iGavelAuctions announced that a three-part 800-lot blockbuster sale of Chinese, Japanese and other Asian Works of Art will open for bidding during Asia Week New York on September 12th and run through October 3rd on iGavelAuctions.com. Says Lark Mason, Were expecting considerable interest in these sales, particularly in the collection of Michael Quigley, which represents the collectors passion of a lifetime of collecting Japanese swords, fittings and objects of personal adornment. Kicking off Asia Week New York is Asian Paintings and Prints, which opens for bidding on September 12th and runs through September 26th. Among the highlights is an ink-on-paper hanging scroll painting Scholar and Attendant at the Base of a Tree (Estimate: $10,000/15,000), by Pu Ru (1896-1963), one of the most celebrated 20th century Chinese artists. He was the cousin to the last Emperor of Ch ... More |
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| Sotheby's Germany announces Modern & Contemporary Discoveries auction at the Palais Oppenheim in Cologne | | Phillips' New Now sale kicks off fall auction season in New York with 20th Century & Contemporary Masters | | National Gallery of Art acquires works by Robert Adams and Richard Misrach |
The auction offers a great opportunity to add a work to your existing collection or to start the foundation for a new collection with discoveries at an attractive price level.
COLOGNE.- Sotheby's Germany kicks off this year's autumn season in Cologne with the auction of Modern and Contemporary Discoveries. From 14 to 21 September 2023, the online sale, organised at Palais Oppenheim in Cologne, the German headquarter, will feature works by emerging young artists combined with works by renowned national and international artists such as Miriam Cahn, Cosima von Bonin, Sylvie Fleury, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Emil Nolde, Martin Kippenberger and George Rickey. Spanning categories from modern and contemporary art, prints and multiples to photography and design, this auction is aimed to attract new and young art lovers as well as established art collectors. In addition, there are highlights by artists such as Imi Knoebel, Gregor Hildebrandt, Kai Althoff and Fritz Winter, to name a few. The auction offers a great opportunity to add a work ... More | |
Jeffrey Gibson, Turn it up, 2012. Estimate: $18,000 - 25,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- Phillips announced highlights from the upcoming New Now auction on 27 September at 432 Park Avenue, the first live auction of the season in New York. With over 250 lots that span more than a century, the sale will be led by the likes of 20th century masters Ed Clark and Anish Kapoor, whose works will be offered alongside more emerging names, including auction newcomer Samantha Joy Groff. Avery Semjen, Associate Specialist, Head of New Now Sale, said, It is truly a privilege to kick off the live auction season in New York with such a remarkable New Now sale. From time-tested artists such as Ed Clark and Norman Lewis to contemporary makers like Pam Evelyn and Jeffrey Gibson, we are proud to present a sale that offers something for collectors of all levels and interests, showcasing the strength and depth of the middle market. Executed in 1972, the same year that Ed Clark received the highest honor of his career, the prestig ... More | |
Richard Misrach, Wall, East of Nogales, Arizona, 2014 (detail). Inkjet print. Image: 220.98 x 297.18 cm (87 x 117 in.) framed: 227.33 x 302.26 x 7.62 cm (89 1/2 x 119 x 3 in.) National Gallery of Art, Washington. Gift of Sharyn and Bruce Charnas 2022.152.2.
WASHINGTON, DC.- Over the course of his career, Robert Adams (b. 1937) has photographed a wide variety of subjects but rarely included still-lifes, until early in the 21st century. In 2004 and 2005, soon after he had completed a physically and emotionally draining project documenting the destruction of Oregons once pristine forests through clear-cutting, he vacationed in Manzanita, a small beach community on the Oregon coast. While there, he made several still-life pictures. A series of 16 of these photographs, entitled Still Lives at Manzanita, has been given to the National Gallery of Art by Jeffrey Fraenkel and Alan Mark. The artists recently deceased parents had lived in Manzanita, and he and his wife, Kerstin, had often visited them, collecting wild strawberries in the dunes and taking long walks on the beach. When they returned ... More |
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| Mourners gather in Ground Zero to remember 9/11 victims | | Bortolami opens an exhibition of works by Barbara Kasten | | Spider-Man 2's New York is a web of skyscrapers and brownstones |
A firefighter wears a commemorative patch during a ceremony to mark the 22nd anniverary of the terror attack on the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan on Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. (Maansi Srivastava/The New York Times)
by Claire Fahy
NEW YORK, NY.- The sun was just beginning to come out on an overcast, humid morning in lower Manhattan on Monday as the ceremony to commemorate the 22nd anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on American soil began. Attendees of the Sept. 11 commemoration at ground zero sat on folding chairs and leaned against trees. Some wore T-shirts emblazoned with photos of their lost loved ones, while others carried posters or framed pictures. Many brought flowers and flags. People were visibly emotional as they gathered at the place their friends and family members had died. While mournful flute music filled the air, relatives of those who died read their names aloud. The families were joined by a number of notable politicians, including Vice President Kamala Harris; Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York; ... More | |
Barbara Kasten, Seated Form, 1972. Handwoven sisal and chair. Approx. 35 Ã 85 Ã 85 in (89 Ã 71 Ã 71 cm). Image courtesy the artist and Bortolami, New York. Photo: Thomas Nowak.
NEW YORK, NY.- Bortolami is presenting Barbara Kastens Figure/Chair, 1972-73, an exhibition based on a historical solo presentation of diazotype prints and mixed-media sculptures, first staged at the California College of Arts and Crafts (CCAC) in Oakland in 1973. On view is a series of twenty-four digital archival pigment facsimiles of the original Figure/Chair diazotypes, alongside three of Kastens Seated Form fiber chair sculptures, created during her mentorship with renowned sculptor Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930-2017) in Poland in 1971-72. Kasten traveled to Poland in 1971 on a Fulbright-Hays fellowship to study with the esteemed Abakanowicz at the behest of Bauhaus-trained Trude Guermonprez, Kastens mentor and teacher at CCAC. There, she experimented with sisal, a heavy rope that she and Abakanowicz would dredge from the harbor in Gdańsk. Hand-dyed in bright colors, Kasten unwound and manipulated ... More | |
In an image provided by the developers, a screenshot from Marvels Spider-Man 2, in which players can switch between Miles Morales, seen here, and Peter Parker. (Sony Interactive Entertainment via The New York Times)
by Zachary Small
NEW YORK, NY.- Reality and fantasy were deeply intertwined in Marvels Spider-Man, where gamers swung from webs above Lincoln Center and leaped from the Empire State Buildings spire into the crowds leaving the subway station at Herald Square. The comic book icon also brought his own landmarks to that version of New York City, which hosted the Avengers headquarters a few blocks north of the United Nations and a supervillain prison in the East River. The designers at Insomniac Games are now expanding the superheros jurisdiction beyond Manhattan for the sequel, to be released for the PlayStation 5 on Oct. 20. Marvels Spider-Man 2 swells into Queens and Brooklyn (including Coney Island attractions), testing a design team responsible for nearly doubling the real estate of the 2018 original. Replicating parts of the largest ... More |
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| 'Cassi Namoda: A gentle rain is dying' now on view at 303 Gallery | | Julien's Auctions & TCM present 'Legends: Hollywood & Royalty' auction results announced | | 'Stop Making Sense' is back, and Talking Heads have more to say |
Cassi Namoda, A gentle rain is dying, II, 2023. Oil on cotton poly, 72 x 60 inches (182.9 x 152.4 cm).
NEW YORK, NY.- 303 Gallery recently opened A gentle rain is dying, New York-based painter and visual artist Cassi Namodas inaugural solo exhibition in our project room. Not unlike the many origin stories and founding myths, Mozambican artist Cassi Namodas A gentle rain is dying begins with a flood. In one of the exhibitions key artworks, The last metical of Senhora Fatima (2023), a woman in traditional dress and headscarf faces a dilemma. The titular Fatima holds before her the last remaining bills of currency to her name. Balanced atop her head is a bright yellow valise, presumably containing the small handful of belongings shes chosen for the long voyage ahead. In another work, Existential migrations in Mecufi (2023), three young men in rubber sandals shroud themselves with geometric red blankets, the final relics of life now certainly pastin the artists words, a comfort. ... More | |
Bruce Oldfield silk gown worn by Princess Diana to the world premiere of Hot Shots on November 18, 1991 sold for $571,500. Image credit: Julien's Auctions.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA.- Julien's Auctions and Turner Classic Movies (TCM)the ultimate destination for Hollywood memorabilia auctionsheld LEGENDS: HOLLYWOOD & ROYALTY, on Wednesday, September 6th, Thursday, September 7th, and Friday, September 8th, their three-day star-studded event featuring over 1,400 artifacts from the greatest films of the Classic Era to Contemporary films spanning Sci-Fi, Action and Fantasy classics and beyond as well as a historic collection of Royal one-of-a-kind treasures including gowns personally owned and worn by Princess Diana. The sale was held in front of a live audience at Juliens Auctions in Beverly Hills and online with a record-breaking number of bidders and collectors from around the world participating on Juliens Live. Earlier this year, Juliens Auctions launched a new multimedia campaign which resulted in a record-breaking ... More | |
In an undated image provided via Rhino, David Byrne performs with Talking Heads in a still from the film Stop Making Sense. The concert documentary, directed by Jonathan Demme, is returning to theaters later this month. (via Rhino via The New York Times)
by Jon Pareles
NEW YORK, NY.- Four decades after it was filmed, Stop Making Sense, a Talking Heads concert documentary, is still ecstatic and strange. It stays kind of relevant, even though it doesnt make literal sense, David Byrne, the bands leader and singer, said in a recent interview. The film, directed by Jonathan Demme, has been restored from its long-lost original negatives, and this new version will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Monday, then play in regular and IMAX theaters later this month. An expanded audio album, out Sept. 15, now includes the entire concert set, with two tracks omitted from the movie: Cities and a medley of Big Business and I Zimbra. Refreshing its peak performance, the band hopes ... More |
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Poets respond to Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence
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Richard Davis, gifted bassist who crossed genres, dies at 93
NEW YORK, NY.- Richard Davis, an esteemed bassist who played not just with some of the biggest names in jazz but with major figures in the classical, pop and rock worlds, died Wednesday. He was 93. His death was announced by Persia Davis, his daughter. She did not say where he died but said he had been in hospice care for the past two years. Davis, named a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master in 2014, appeared on more than 600 albums. A first-call player for some of the most important figures in jazz history, he had fruitful collaborations with reed player Eric Dolphy (whose composition Iron Man was named for him) and pianist Andrew Hill. He was a member of the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra, which performed every Monday night at the Village Vanguard in New York City, from the ensembles debut in 1966 until 1972. ... More
Andrew Lanyon brings 16th century literary giants to 18th century Cornwall in his new book
CORNWALL.- Having written over 170 books in the past 50 years, for his latest limited edition book, writer, painter, photographer and film-maker, Andrew Lanyon (b.1947, Cornwall) turns to Renaissance literature transposing it to the wilds of the West Country. Lanyons new book revolves around one of his own favourite authors - the French, François Rabelais (ca 1483/94 - 1553), and the Spanish, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547 - 1616). He brings Rabelais from early 16th century France and Cervantes from late 16th century Spain, as young men before either had begun to write the work they are so celebrated for, to Cornwall in the 1790s to visit its tin mines. Turning the men, one a doctor specialising in anatomy, the other a soldier, into writers, both discover that everyone they meet or pass on their journey happens to be the author of a book ... More
A cornucopia of gallery exhibitions and auctions for Asia Week New York Autumn 2023
NEW YORK, NY.- Asia Week New York announced that Autumn 2023, will run from September 14th to 22nd with online and in-person exhibitionsincluding works from nineteen international Asian art galleries and six auction housesBonhams, Christies, Doyle, Heritage, iGavel, and Sothebys. Ten of the galleries are simultaneously opening their doors to the public in New York, and the sales at the auction houses will be live and online. To mark the opening of Asia Week New York, a special webinar titled The Celestial City: Newport and China, which explores Newports deep connections with China from the 18th century through the Gilded Age, is taking place today, September 12 at 5:00 p.m. Organized by category, here is a round-up of the highlights at the galleries: Ancient and/or Contemporary Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art: A large ... More
'The Soul Cries Out: The Art of Samson Tonton now on view at La Grua Center
STONINGTON, CT.- Samson Tonton is a Haitian-American artist who is taking the painting world by storm. This show is a collection of his awe-inspiring works that push the conventional thinker to reimagine nature, love and the self. Explore his work and allow yourself to be moved by his incredible style and focus to detail. Samson is an artist inspired by the beauty of complex nature. He believes nature permeates and comprises everything including humans as we are part of nature. He believes nature permeates and comprises everything we see around us and he deviates from the simplistic understanding of nature to include humanity as well. He utilizes paint on canvas to convey his view of the world, capturing everything from major systems in nature and people to the small moments that make up every day. Art is all about helping others see the world ... More
Belgian contemporary artist Joris Van de Moortel now on view in Paris at Galerie Nathalie Obadia
PARIS.- Galerie Nathalie Obadia earlier this month opened 'Why do you tear me from myself?' a tête-à -tête with Marsyas by the Belgian contemporary artist Joris Van de Moortel. In Greek mythology, Marsyas was a satyr. He was a half-human, half-goat creature known for his skill in playing the aulos (double oboe), a wind instrument invented by Athena. One day, Apollo, celebrated for his unequalled talent for music, challenged Marsyas to a musical duel. The god of light, truth, music and arts was declared the winner by the muses and decided to punish Marsyas by tying him to a tree and flaying him alive. The myth of Marsyas has subsequently inspired numerous artists over the centuries. Fresh interpretations have emerged with each reading, reflecting on the theme of hubris and more broadly that of human existence. Why do you tear ... More
Ambrose Akinmusire learned to let go (with help from Joni Mitchell)
NEW YORK, NY.- For arguably the most technically gifted trumpeter of his generation, a lot of Ambrose Akinmusires breakthroughs actually come from letting go of standards and structures. Take the moment about 10 years ago when, shortly after becoming friends with his lifelong creative idol, Joni Mitchell, Akinmusire found himself in a bathroom at her Los Angeles home, playing into a microphone. Shed suggested that he record trumpet for a new version of her song Borderline, and he was struggling to find a part that fit. I wasnt getting it right. And she was like, I know what you need: You need an egg shaker, he said recently in a video interview, still a touch amazed to be telling this story. Mitchell started rattling the shakers wildly, way outside the time signature. His hopes darkened. But I played the track with her doing that, and for some ... More
Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi opens 'Harlequin' by Richard Rezac
BERLIN.- For one who cites the reductionist ethos of traditional Japanese art and architecture and 60s minimalism, the jargon of Shakers and Native American craftmanship as key references, the title of this new exhibition might come as a surprise. At least I didnt immediately associate Rezacs carefully designed and crafted sculptures, their abstract forms, their exquisitely polished surfaces seemingly removed from any sign of physical labor, with Harlequins often hectic and clumsy bodily movements. Yes, art history studies brought me back to Cocteaus and Picassos iconographic treatment of this character, certainly more melancholic than the general representation of this clever servant with which I was familiar. Luckily, it soon became clear to me that more appropriate connections were possible. Patchwork was the magic word; abstraction ... More
The oeuvre of Dora García reflected in 'Insect, History, Mirror, Revolution' her new solo exhibition
Ellen de Bruijne PROJECTS has opened Insect, History, Mirror, Revolution, a new solo exhibition by Dora GarcÃa. Dora GarcÃa will debut her newest work Insect Vocabulary and present it alongside her most recent film Amor Rojo, a performance installation, and three new drawing/book works. Dora GarcÃa sculpts and arranges knowledge as a material in its own right. Using extensive documentary research, she delves into complex topics such as the history of the irrational, subconscious mind, and forges links with the great names in literatureincluding Walser, Artaud, and Joyce. The oeuvre of Dora GarcÃa folds up into writing, film, installation, and performance, as is centred around stories which she organises and stages, conjuring situations designed to engage the visitor and trigger unique, introspective experiences. The result of this multidisciplinary ... More
Debra Priestly's art inspired by materials of everyday life, now on view at June Kelly Gallery
NEW YORK, NY.- June Kelly Gallery opens its 2023-24 lineup with a mixed-media exhibition titled 2nd movement by Debra Priestly. Recent works mirroring the artists decades-long mapping of memory will opened this past Friday. Inspiration for Debra Priestlys art comes from the materials of everyday life, more often than not those reflective of her personal existence. Art writer Brittany Webb, Ph.D. writes, Whether in painting, drawing, sculpture or installation, her work has created opportunities for close looking and thoughtful listening. 2nd movement reflects Priestlys years spent considering genealogy, preservation, and the mapping of memory in an intentionally restricted color palette and deploying negative space that encourages a measured pace of viewing. History is a structuring feature of Priestly's practice, and an institutional impulse ... More
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Gabriele Münter
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Awol Erizku
Leo Villareal
Flashback On a day like today, German painter Anselm Feuerbach was born September 12, 1829. Anselm Feuerbach (12 September 1829 - 4 January 1880) was a German painter. He was the leading classicist painter of the German 19th-century school. His works are housed at leading public galleries in Germany. Stuttgart has the second version of Iphigenia; Karlsruhe, the Dante at Ravenna; Munich, the Medea; and Berlin, The Concert, his last important painting. In this image: Francesca da Rimini und Paolo Malatesta c. 1864.
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