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This is how Raphael looked, although he wouldn't have liked the accurate depiction of his nose Tor Vergata University of Rome/AFP.
by Ella Ide
ROME (AFP).- Art sleuths have created a 3D reconstruction of the face of Italian painter Raphael, solving an age-old mystery over his final resting place, Rome's Tor Vergata University told AFP Thursday. The artist, a child prodigy and part of a trinity of Renaissance greats along with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, died in 1520, aged only 37. A red rose graces his tomb in Rome's Pantheon all year round. His body was exhumed in the 19th century, at which point a plaster cast of his skull was made. But experts were not sure the remains really belonged to Raphael, for the excavation also unearthed other full and partial skeletons. Several of the skeletons belonged to the artist's students, but others went unidentified. Popular myth has it that the Renaissance painter, who was said to have had an active sex life, succumbed to syphilis in 1520, though experts widely agree that he died of pneumonia, possibly after visiting lovers late on freezing nights. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Staff inspect the damage at the Sursock Museum in the Lebanese capital Beirut on August 5, 2020, a day after a blast in a warehouse in the port of the Lebanese capital sowed devastation across entire city neighbourhoods, killing more than 100 people, wounding thousands and plunging Lebanon deeper into crisis. PATRICK BAZ / AFP
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 | | French court fines artist for naked stunt at Lourdes | | Dinosaurs got cancer too, say scientists | | Two major gifts to reimagine visitor experience and enhance photography collections at Library of Congress | 
Deborah de Robertis.
TARBES (AFP).- A French court imposed a hefty fine Thursday on a performance artist who appeared naked in front of pious pilgrims at France's Lourdes Roman Catholic shrine in August 2018. Deborah de Robertis, who has dual French and Luxembourg nationality, was ordered to pay 2,000 euros ($2,370) -- half of it suspended -- for baring all to faithful gathered at the sanctuary where Catholics believe the Virgin Mary appeared. In a political statement, the artist posed in front of a pyramid of candles and beneath a statue of Mary wearing only a blue veil covering her hair, her hands joined in mock prayer. Security guards hastily covered her with a shawl and carried her away. The sanctuary in southwest France pressed charges and condemned an "act of exhibitionism that shocked the pilgrims present". "The judicial consequences (of the fine) are important, it is important that we debate, that we raise these ... More | | 
The main tumour mass is at the top of the bone, and can be seen on the 3D reconstruction in yellow; red gray is the normal bone and red denotes the medullary cavity. Centrosaurus diagram by Danielle Dufault. © Royal Ontario Museum/McMaster University.
OTTAWA (AFP).- Dinosaurs loom in the imagination as forces of nature, but a new study that identifies the first known case of cancer in the creatures shows they suffered from the debilitating disease too. A badly malformed Centrosaurus leg bone unearthed in the Alberta, Canada badlands in 1989 had originally been thought by paleontologists to be a healed fracture. But a fresh examination of the growth under a microscope and using a technique also employed in human cancer care determined it was actually a malignant tumor. "The cancer discovery makes dinosaurs more real," study co-author Mark Crowther told AFP. "We often think of them as mythical creatures, robust and stomping around, but (the diagnosis shows) they suffered from ... More | | 
A self portrait of photographer Will Wilson of the Navajo Nation, who was featured in the exhibition "Not An Ostrich: And Other Images from America's Library" at the Annenberg Space for Photography in 2018. (Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress)
WASHINGTON, DC.- A major gift by Wallis Annenberg and the Annenberg Foundation in Los Angeles will support the effort to reimagine the visitor experience at the Library of Congress. The foundation also announced that it is donating 1,000 photographic prints by about 250 contemporary photographers from its Annenberg Space for Photography exhibitions to the national librarys collections. The Library is pursuing a multi-year plan to transform the experience of its nearly 2 million annual visitors, share more of its national treasures with the public and show how Library collections connect with visitors own creativity and research. The project is part of a strategic plan established by Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden to make the Library ... More |
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| | San Francisco apologizes to artist over Maya Angelou monument | | For three suffragists, a monument well past due | | Young creatives take over billboards across London with Tate Collective | 
File photo of Maya Angelou at home in her Harlem brownstone in New York, Dec. 14, 2006. Chester Higgins, Jr./The New York Times.
by Zachary Small
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- The decision to build a monument honoring poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou was supposed to jump-start San Franciscos planned diversification of city sculptures; instead, an opaque selection process has opened new wounds between public officials and local artists. In 2019, the San Francisco Arts Commission announced that artist Lava Thomas had been chosen to design the monument, but officials soon rescinded the offer after City Supervisor Catherine Stefani the legislative sponsor behind the project quickly rejected the design because she disliked its nonfigurative elements. Thomas design featured a 9-foot-tall bronze book with Angelous portrait on one side and her words on the other. Stefani then requested ... More | | 
The sculptor Meredith Bergmann works on her suffragist sculpture, slated to be presented in Central Park on Aug. 26, in New York, July 28, 2020. Yael Malka/The New York Times.
by Alisha Haridasani Gupta
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Across the country, monuments honoring racist figures are being defaced and toppled. In New Yorks Central Park, one statue is taking shape that aims to amend not only racial but also gender disparities in public art: A 14-foot-tall bronze monument of Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, three of the more prominent leaders in the nationwide fight for womens right to vote. Called the Womens Rights Pioneers Monument, it is to be unveiled Aug. 26 to commemorate the 100th anniversary this month of the constitutional amendment that finally guaranteed women that right. The sculpture depicts the three figures gathered around a table for what seems to be a ... More | | 
Ella Soni, no title.
LONDON.- Next week from 10 August, billboards across London will be taken over with new artwork created by young artists, showcasing the talents of the UKs emerging arts scene. Following an open call by Tate Collective - Tates membership scheme for 16 to 25 year olds - members were invited to submit work in response to seven artworks in Tates collection, available to visit for free in Tates galleries. For two weeks this summer, Londoners will be able to view selected entries alongside the works that inspired them, across seven billboards in Camden, Hackney, Haringey, Islington, Lambeth, Southwark and Walthamstow. The display has been made possible thanks to media space kindly provided by creative street advertising agency Jack Arts. The Tate Collective open call was launched to support creativity during this challenging time, particularly for younger artists who are just beginning their artistic journeys, with all selected artists paid for the ... More |
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| | Placido Domingo insists 'I have never abused anyone' | | Phillips' exclusive partnership with technology firm Articker set to transform art business intelligence | | Early rock concert posters from Estate of Perry Pfeffer, owner of Postercade, to be auctioned Aug. 14 | 
Spanish tenor Placido Domingo poses next to his wife Martha with the lifetime award of the Austrian Music Theatre Award 2020 on August 6, 2020 in Salzburg. BARBARA GINDL / APA / AFP.
ROME (AFP).- Famed Spanish opera singer Placido Domingo, accused by multiple women of sexual misconduct, denied the allegations Thursday in an interview in which he talked about getting over coronavirus. "I've changed. I am no longer afraid. When I found out I had COVID, I promised myself that if I made it out alive I would fight to clear my name," he said in an interview with the Italian newspaper Repubblica. "I never abused anyone, I'll repeat that as long as I live," he said. Domingo, 79, had said in March he had been hospitalised for coronavirus in Acapulco, Mexico. "It was a miracle to find my voice again... Two or three months ago I wasn't sure I would be able to sing again," he said. He said the time at home with his family had been "an extraordinary moment, useful for reflecting on our lives, our choices" but it was time to "get back to normal". "Our lives have changed. And as you ... More | | 
Julie Curtiss, Princess, signed, titled and dated "Princess, 2016 Julie Curtiss" on the reverse, oil on canvas, 18 x 14 in. (45.7 x 35.6 cm.) Painted in 2016. Estimate $6,000 - 8,000. Result $106,250. Image courtesy of Phillips.
NEW YORK, NY.- Today, Phillips announces the debut of Articker, a groundbreaking proprietary technology product that aggregates open-source data on artists and artworks, providing unique insights into emerging market trends. Developed in partnership between Phillips digital team and Articker, the platform will provide Phillips clients with unprecedented visibility on emerging trends in the art world and will expand and enrich Phillips robust digital growth through advanced open-source intelligence on artists and artworks from the 20th and 21st centuries. Founded in 2014, Articker tracks the global art publishing world, with a database comprising more than 16,000 online publications and accumulating information from 50,000 other editorial sources, including galleries, museums, and art fairs, aggregated in real-time. ... More | | 
Original first printing of The Doors Winterland Ballroom concert poster, Feb. 5-6, 1970. Signed by artist Randy Tuten. Estimate $1,000-$1,500.
SOUTHAMPTON, PA.- Its far out, man. Stephensons August 14 auction of rock concert posters from the Estate of Perry Pfeffer will take you on a trip back in time to the days of peace, love, incense and sitars. The mind-blowing 339-piece collection was amassed by Pfeffer for his own personal enjoyment. However, Pfeffer later ventured into the commercial side of concert posters with the 2001 launch of a successful online business, Postercade, which he operated until his passing in February of this year. Perry Pfeffer was a pioneer collector of concert posters, said Cindy Stephenson, owner of Stephensons Auction in suburban Philadelphia. He bought his first posters on New Years Day in 1972 after wandering into show promoter Bill Grahams store in San Francisco. On his website he wrote that the date was cemented in his mind because it was the day after he attended his first Grateful Dead ... More |
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| | Beethoven's 5th plays at Montreal airport 'drive-in' | | Newly discovered coin of Stephen and Matilda to be sold at Dix Noonan Webb in September | | New York's sidewalk prophets are heirs to the artisans of France's Lascaux Caves | 
The Montreal Symphony Orchestra performs in a parking lot at Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport on August 5, 2020. Eric THOMAS / AFP.
MONTREAL (AFP).- Music lovers streamed into an airport parking lot, socially distancing in cars to listen to the Montreal Symphony Orchestra play Beethoven, Ravel and Mozart in between flights taking off. "I normally spend a lot of time either in front of an orchestra or in front of an airport. So we combined the two, it's kinda special," conductor Jacques Lacombe told AFP during an interview Wednesday evening, shortly before the performance. The Montreal Symphony Orchestra (MSO) is used to playing outdoors -- in parks, outside retirement homes, even at the city's Olympic stadium every summer. But at the end of an airport runway, facing a crowd seated behind car windshields? Not so much. "This is a first in my career," said the conductor, who directs the Mulhouse Symphony Orchestra in eastern France but regularly collaborates with the MSO. The MSO, one of two major ... More | | 
The coin is one of only 25 known specimens and is estimated to fetch up to £10,000.
LONDON.- An extremely rare silver penny of Stephen and his wife Matilda who fought with his cousin the Empress Matilda for the throne in the 12th Century - is to be offered by International coins, medals, banknotes and jewellery specialists Dix Noonan Webb in a live/online auction of British and World Coins on Wednesday, September 16, 2020 at 11am on www.DNW.co.uk. Discovered by metal detectorist Graeme Rushton on October 20, 2018 on the border of South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, using a Teknetics G2+ metal detector, the coin is one of only 25 known specimens and is estimated to fetch upto £10,000. Graeme who is 50-years-old and lives in South Cumbria, has been detecting since he was 8-years-old, and ten years ago, he decided to start his own shop called Unearthed, which sells metal detectors. As Graeme explains: It was only my second visit to the site which had just been ploughed and flattened. After about 45 minutes walking up a ... More | | 
A young protest organizer in an installation by Manuel Pulla, on Crosby Street in New York, July 27, 2020. Simbarashe Cha/The New York Times.
by Seph Rodney
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- About 17,000 years ago, in the caves of Lascaux, France, ancestors drew on grotto walls, depicting equines, stags, bison, aurochs and felines. They wanted to convey to other humans a political reality crucial to their survival: They shared their environment with other beings that looked and behaved differently from them. Those early artisans drew these creatures over and over, likely fascinated by their forms and their powers, but also intuiting that whatever happened to the animals would almost certainly be a harbinger of what would happen to humans. The presence of the bison and stags, their physical fitness and numbers, and their mass migrations would have indicated the onset of plagues or cataclysmic weather systems. Containing some 15,000 paintings and engravings from ... More |
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 Frank Lloyd Wright's Martin House provides backdrop to Jun Kaneko sculptures in public art exhibitionBUFFALO, NY.- The Albright-Knoxs Public Art Initiative has partnered with Frank Lloyd Wrights Martin House to present an exciting installation featuring artist Jun Kaneko's monumental ceramic sculptures on view through early October 2021. Titled The Space Between: Frank Lloyd Wright | Jun Kaneko, the installation comprises seven of the artists enormous, freestanding ceramic works for outdoor display on the newly restored grounds of the Martin House estate, as well as a series of smaller works on view inside the visitor center. Born in Japan in 1942, Kaneko is an internationally renowned artist primarily known for his pioneering work in ceramic materials. His large pieces, called dangos, are the result of a complex traditional Japanese raku firing and glazing process that produces unique geometric shapes and vibrant color ... More Artists and concept revealed for Photoworks Festival BRIGHTON.- The first Photoworks Festival - Propositions for Alternative Narratives - takes place from 24 September to 25 October 2020, with 11 international artists coming together to exhibit work for audiences to engage with in real life and online. Photoworks Festival is the reshaping of one of the UKs longest running photography festivals - Brighton Photo Biennial - and is an idea developed by Shoair Mavlian, Director, Photoworks, which asks what a photography festival can be and who they are for. The 2020 edition can be experienced by audiences in three ways; via a printed festival in a box, through a major presentation of outdoor exhibitions on billboards spanning Brighton & Hove, a vibrant cultural city on the south coast, and online through a digital festival hub. Participating artists include: Farah Al Qasimi, Lotte Andersen, Poulomi ... More Multi-disciplinary arts and culture pop-up festival The Sunday Art Club announce new datesLONDON.- A free outdoor spectacular celebrating diversity in the arts, The Sunday Art Club will immerse audiences in the joy of live performance this August and September. This multi-disciplinary festival will be socially distanced in Shoreditch as well as streamed online so everyone can enjoy its electrifying range of theatre, jazz, film and visual art installations. Hosted by Voxonica, line-up highlights this August include a live mural painting by contemporary artist Aurelie Freoua who creates rhythm and harmony through contrasting colours and light in her paintings; a live set from emerging DJs influenced by jazz, reggae, house and hip-hop; live music from Jazz on the Rox showcasing a blend of romantic and seductive jazz classics; a stunning installation from abstract urban artist Christian Asare, a British Ghanain Artist whose variations in culture and identity influence his creative expre ... More Exhibition presents a conversation about the relationship between mother and child between three artistsRIGA.- From 1 August to 20 September 2020, the Cupola Hall of the main building of the Latvian National Museum of Art in Riga hosts Lactation, an exhibition of sculptures by Olga Shilova, Ance Vilnīte and Nils Jumītis. Lactation is the process by which mammary glands produce and distribute mothers milk. Lactation starts after birth, but the preparation of the mammary glands for lactation is a lengthy process that is already occurring during pregnancy. The exhibition has been devised as a conversation about the relationship between mother and child between three artists with very different perspectives in life, through the contrasting feelings of the sculptors, revealing the strength of the woman in the role of mother and artist and the beauty of challenges of childbirth. In Olga Shilovas works, the maternal instinct resonates with the sculptors ... More Saint Louis Art Museum announces 27th Romare Bearden FellowST. LOUIS, MO.- Victoria McCraven has joined the Saint Louis Art Museum as the 2020-2021 Romare Bearden Graduate Museum Fellow. The fellowship aims to expand the number of under-represented professionals working in art-related fields in museums, galleries, non-profit organizations and universities. Originally from Cheshire, Conn., she earned her bachelors degree from Dartmouth College, majoring in geography and minoring in art history. While at Dartmouth, she worked at the Hood Museum of Art, where she curated the exhibition Black Bodies on the Cross. McCraven was selected as a 2019-2020 U.S.-U.K. Fulbright Postgraduate Grantee to complete her masters degree in history of art at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Combining her background in geography and art history, Victoria applies ... More Chelsea FC adopts RAF Museum Lancaster bomberLONDON.- Chelsea Football Club has announced its adoption of the RAF Museum Avro Lancaster, one of thirteen aircraft available for adoption in the Royal Air Force Museums new Adopt an Artefact programme. The Lancaster is the first aircraft from a diverse range of historic objects to be adopted and is a continuation of Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovichs support for the RAF Museums Hidden Heroes project. The RAF Museum launched its Adopt an Artefact programme in July, offering everyone the opportunity to adopt one of over 50 iconic objects within the Museums collection, each with their own fascinating story to tell. As recognition for their adoption, all adoptees will receive a digital adoption certificate and photo, exclusive updates, and the option to include a dedicated message along with the name of the adoptee alongside the object ... More Two old and two new classic motorcycles at next H&H Classics auctionLONDON.- The next H&H Classics Auction Online sale offers some very collectable motorcycles including two new and two old classics. The new classics are headed by this stunning 1990 Norton F1 estimated to sell for £25,000 to £30,000. The Motorcycle is currently based in Solihull. It is mostly original and unrestored JPS Norton F1 Rotary and has had the same owner since 2005 and has done 6,697 recorded miles. It is one of the four bikes displayed by Norton at the NEC Bike Show in 1990. It was used as a display bike in London then road registered in 1991. It offers matching numbers and was last run in 2014 and dry stored indoors since then. It may need some light recommissioning before road use say H&H. It comes complete with period sales brochure and press pack and slides, owners manual included and parts catalogue. Mark Bryan ... More King's Cross unveils its latest outstanding outdoor art installation: Pattern Portraits by Lauren GodfreyLONDON.- This morning Kings Cross unveiled the latest in its bold series of outdoor art programming. Pattern Portraits by Lauren Godfrey is made up of 120 patterned flags stretching between the iconic roofs of Coal Drops Yard to form a giant quilt in the sky. This is the largest public work to date from London-based multi-media artist Godfrey and will run until November 2020. Pattern Portraits is a celebration of the significance and ubiquity of pattern, as well as an exploration of sustainable and regenerative textiles in art and fashion. The collaborative piece was created in isolation during lockdown and is a poignant reflection of the young people of Kings Cross. To create the designs, Godfrey worked during lockdown with students from the BA Textiles Design course at Kings Cross Central Saint Martins and from STORE Store, a Coal Drops Yard-based initiative that helps local ... More Royal Ontario Museum announces appointment of Chief Marketing & Communications OfficerTORONTO.- Josh Basseches, Director & CEO of the Royal Ontario Museum, announced today the appointment of Lori Davison as Chief Marketing & Communications Officer. In this role, Davison will lead the Museums brand strategy, with responsibility for the ROMs Marketing, Communications, Visitor Experience, Membership, Promotions, French-language services, and Research teams. Lori is a highly accomplished marketing executive, recognized for her creative leadership and strategic vision, says Basseches. Her track record of developing bold, innovative, and award-winning work has been transformative for organizations and their brands. Lori will play an important role in our ongoing mission to continue to build the ROM brand, deepen and broaden audience engagement, and expand our global presence as one of the worlds leading cultural ... More George Eastman Museum receives $70,000 in grant awards from Art BridgesROCHESTER, NY.- The George Eastman Museum has received two grant awards, of $35,000 each, from Art Bridges. The grant awards are funded through the Bridge Ahead Initiativea nearly $6 million commitment from Art Bridges to assist its partner museums that have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The George Eastman Museum is very grateful to Art Bridges for its quick and generous response to the adverse impact that the pandemic is having on museums around the country, said Bruce Barnes, PhD, Ron and Donna Fielding Director, George Eastman Museum. The grant funding weve received through the Bridge Ahead Initiative has undoubtedly helped us reach our goals of successfully engaging our community remotely and reopening our museum to the public. Generous support provided by Art ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, German painter Emil Nolde was born August 07, 1867. Emil Nolde (7 August 1867 - 13 April 1956) was a German painter and printmaker. He was one of the first Expressionists, a member of Die Brücke, and is considered to be one of the great oil painting and watercolour painters of the 20th century. He is known for his vigorous brushwork and expressive choice of colors. Golden yellows and deep reds appear frequently in his work, giving a luminous quality to otherwise somber tones. His watercolors include vivid, brooding storm-scapes and brilliant florals. In this image: Members of the media take a look at some of the paintings by German artist Emil Nolde presented at the Grand Palais in Paris, Wednesday Sept. 24, 2008. Painting at left is: Leute Im Dortkrug, (At the Village Hotel).
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