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The exterior of the Fischer Center, designed by famed architect Frank Gehry, on the Bard College campus in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. on June 20, 2023. Since opening 20 years ago, the Fisher Center has emerged as a hothouse for the creation of cross-disciplinary work. (Erik Tanner/The New York Times)
by Jennifer Schuessler
ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, NY.- On a recent Saturday night, a group of young people were gathered in this bucolic hamlet in the Hudson Valley, building a campfire of sorts. There were no matches or flames, but there were lanterns, chirping crickets, fir trees swirled with haze and, at one point, a zombie attack. The ersatz campfire was onstage, at the final evening performance of Illinois, a dance-theater piece based on Sufjan Stevens beloved 2005 indie-pop concept album. Directed by star choreographer Justin Peck, the show drew a sold-out crowd of arts-minded weekenders and curious Stevens fans to commune inside the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College. Since opening 20 years ago, the centers Frank Gehry building has emerged as a hothouse for the creation of uncompromising, cross-disciplinary and sometimes hard-to-describe hits. Its here that Daniel Fishs radically re-imagined Oklahoma! took shape before its unlikely run to Broadway (an ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Friedman Benda recently opened its summer show, Heat Wave, a group exhibition celebrating the intoxicating energy during summertime in New York. Relaxing the standard conventions for white cube exhibitions, the installation unexpectedly juxtaposes the diverse voices of the thinkers and makers in the gallery program. Courtesy of Friedman Benda. Photography by Timothy Doyon.
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| Rijksmuseum acquires four salt cellars by silversmith Johannes Lutma, following restitution process | | Phillips celebrates David Hockney by establishing an annual auction dedicated to the artist's work | | Francesco Stocchi bids farewell to Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen | 
Jacob Adriaensz. Backer, Portret van Johannes Lutma, 1638 - 1651.
AMSTERDAM.- The Rijksmuseum has purchased four outstanding silver salt cellars made by the renowned Amsterdam silversmith Johannes Lutma. These partially gilded objects are among the most important examples of 17th-century Dutch silversmithing. Two of the salt cellars were previously displayed in the Rijksmuseum from the 1960s onwards; the other pair was held in the Amsterdam Museum. Prior to the Second World War, all four were the property of Hamburg resident Emma Budge, who was Jewish. Following her death in 1937, the cellars were sold at auction. The proceeds of this sale went to the Nazis rather than to Budges heirs. The Dutch Restitutions Committee recently decided that the salt cellars be returned to the descendants. This acquisition was made possible by financial support from the Friends Lottery, the Mondriaan Fund, the Rembrandt Association, and private benefactors via the Rijksmuseum Fonds. The Rijksmuseum will place the four salt ... More | | 
David Hockney, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven), 2 January, 2011. Estimate: £80,000 120,000. Image courtesy of Phillips.
LONDON.- Phillips announced an expanded sale calendar for Editions auctions in London, following a record-breaking year in 2022. Having established market leadership in London and following their successful White Glove David Hockney auction in 2022, Phillips London Editions Department have added a dedicated David Hockney auction to the annual schedule. This standalone Hockney auction will become a regular fixture in Phillips London sale calendar and will feature a diverse selection of rare to market works, of all mediums and at a variety of price points. David Hockney will celebrate one of the most influential British artists of the 20th and 21st centuries with an exhibition open to the public from 14-20 September in the lead up to the sale on 20 September at 30 Berkeley Square. Robert Kennan, Head of Editions, Europe, said, This regular David Hockney sale in the auction calendar looks to celebrate the achievements of the a ... More | | 
Francesco Stocchi, curator of modern and contemporary art at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.
ROTTERDAM.- Francesco Stocchi, curator of modern and contemporary art at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, is bidding farewell to the museum. He has been appointed artistic director of MAXXI, the National Museum of 21st Century Arts, in Rome. Stocchi joined Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen on 1 January 2012 and since then has played a major role in the exhibition programme and collections policy, contributing greatly to the museums international reputation. Exhibitions to which he contributed include Brancusi, Rosso, Man Ray Framing Sculpture (2014), Richard Serra Drawings 2015-2017 (2017), Gelatin: Vorm Fellows Attitude (2018) and the acclaimed socially distanced exhibition Boijmans Ahoy Drive-Thru Museum (2021) in Rotterdam Ahoy during the pandemic. He curated several editions of the Sensory Spaces programme and was one of the founders of the new, multi-year programme Le Miroir Vivant, which recently had its first e ... More |
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| Success for Bonhams "Paris and The Arab World' sale in Paris | | Gagosian announces the publication of "Cy Twombly and the American Critics, 1951 - 1995: A Reception History" | | Strong prices across all categories in Koller's June auctions | 
Etoile Filante (Falling Star) by Fahr El-Nissa Zeid (Turkey, 1900-1991) which sold for 229,000. Photo: Bonhams.
PARIS.- Le Paris du Monde Arabe sale, which brought together works by artists from Turkey, Lebanon, Iraq, Morocco, Algeria and Syria in a diverse variety of mediums, was 65% sold by lot (99% by value) on Wednesday 5 July at Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris. The top lot was Etoile Filante (Falling Star) by Fahr El-Nissa Zeid (Turkey, 1900-1991) which sold for 229,000. The painting had a pre-sale estimate of 50,000-70,000. The 48-lot sale made a total of 577,010. The sculpture TOTEM by Lebanese artist Anachar Basbous (born 1969) was sold for 70,250 (estimate :60,000 - 80,000). He was born in Rachana, Lebanon, in 1969 his first name an anagram of this city. His mother, Thérèse Aouad Basbous, was a poet and novelist and his father was the sculptor Michel Basbous, one of the major Lebanese artists of the 20th century. The top ten includes Le voilier (The Sailboat) by Michel Basbous sold for 10,240. A ... More | | 
Cy Twombly and the American Critics, 19511995: A Reception History (New York: Gagosian, 2023).
NEW YORK, NY.- Gagosian and Fondazione Nicola Del Roscio announced the publication of Cy Twombly and the American Critics, 19511995: A Reception History. The first in-depth study of its kind, the book analyzes the reception of Twomblys work from his first solo exhibition in 1951 through 199495, the year of his comprehensive retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Written by Richard Leeman, author of Cy Twombly: A Monograph (2004), it was originally published in French by Les Editions du Regard, Paris (2022). The book is available for purchase in Gagosians physical and online shops. This newly translated account offers fresh perspectives on Twomblys career, and on developments within American art criticism across almost half a century. It charts evolving interpretations of Twomblys work in relation to contemporary artistic movements, and of his status as an American artist who worked primarily in Ita ... More | | 
Works by Marc Chagall were in demand, such as Le vase bleu which saw its price soar to four times the estimate at CHF 603 000 (lot 3222, est. CHF 150 000/250 000).
ZURICH.- From Impressionism to Contemporary Art, and including Asian Art, Jewellery, and Watches, Kollers June auctions reflected an auction market that is robust, with collectors willing to pay strong prices for attractive works. The Impressionist & Modern Art auction on 23 June featured Gustave Loiseaus post-Impressionist work, La Rivière (Eure) which more than doubled its estimate at CHF 354 000 (lot 3208, est. CHF 150 000/250 000). Works by Marc Chagall were in demand, such as Le vase bleu which saw its price soar to four times the estimate at CHF 603 000 (lot 3222, est. CHF 150 000/250 000), Grand bouquet à Vence that fetched CHF 354 000 (lot 3267, CHF 300 000/400 000), and La Révolution that sold above the upper estimate at CHF 305 000 (lot 3228, est. CHF 200 000/300 000). Expressionist ... More |
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| Paleis Het Loo opens the Junior Palace | | "Cinga Samson: Nzulu yemfihlakalo" opening today at White Cube Mason's Yard | | South Street Seaport Museum announces expanded digital galleries in collections online portal | 
A family and education court dedicated to hospitality. Photo: Paleis Het Loo.
APELDOORN.- Paleis Het Loo is opening the Junior Palace. This will give children aged 3 to 12 and their supervisors their very own palace. In this imaginative court, physical play and digital technology go hand in hand. The Junior Palace focuses on hospitality and is the starting point for the family and educational programming of Paleis Het Loo. The Junior Palace was the last step in the renovation and renewal of Paleis Het Loo and was born out of changing visitor needs. With the Junior Palace, Paleis Het Loo has not only added a permanent component for families, but also for educational programmes for primary schools, especially in the theme of citizenship. It also offers opportunities for outings for nurseries. The entrance to the Junior Palace is in the west wing, just above the extension. There you walk through the colourful palace rooms of this wonderful court. Families meet The Majesties and their staff - lackeys ... More | | 
Cinga Samson was born in 1986 in Cape Town, South Africa, where he lives and works. Photo © Cinga Samson (Lwando Makasi).
LONDON.- White Cube Masons Yard is pleased to present Nzulu yemfihlakalo, a new group of oil paintings by South African artist Cinga Samson. Completed in his studio in Cape Town, the artists dreamlike large-scale tableaux and portraits draw from his environment and metaphysical concerns, prompting the viewer to confront the epistemological boundaries of our collective understanding. Nzulu yemfihlakalo, the title for the show, is borrowed from an isiXhosa phrase which loosely translates to the depth of mystery, and is used to express devotion while also serving as a description of God. Hyperreal, and possessing a hallucinatory quality, Samsons work speaks to the fusion of material and metaphysical realms. Through his paintings, the artist gives form to the intangible and provokes an encounter with the vast unknown. Situated against the backdrop of Cape Towns urban environs ... More | | 
Old Trinity in Summer, ca. 1950. Manhattan; Trinity Church; Broadway; Trinity Place; churchyard; cemetery.
NEW YORK, NY.- South Street Seaport Museum announces the release of the next set of collections artifacts for digital visitors to browse, research, and enjoy for free. In March 2021, the Museum launched a Collections Online Portal, which today features over 3,500 pieces on virtual display, allowing audiences to explore New York Citys past through the archives, artifacts, and photographs of the South Street Seaport Museum. This new iteration includes 150 paintings and 225 newspaper clippings covering a variety of historical subjects and themes relating to the growth of New York City as a world port. Taken together, they offer a vibrant picture of the history of New York City as a port city, where international trade routes, global cultures, and seafaring, including all aspects of life, art, and work associated with them, come together in the heyday of the rise of New York as a global capital. ... More |
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| Chantilly musée Condé hosting 'Ingres: The Artist and His Princes' in its Jeu de Paume room | | Bonhams US aappoints specialist Marissa Speer to lead new Handbag & Fashion department | | 'VIE I VIDE', new solo exhibition by Huong Dodinh will begin today at Pace Gallery | 
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867), Venus Anadyomene, Canvas. H. 1,63 ; W. 0,92 m. Chantilly, musée Condé, PE 433. © RMN-Grand Palais Domaine de Chantilly.
PARIS.- 'Ingres: The Artist and His Princes' is now on view at Chantilly musée Condé, Jeu de Paume room until October 1st, 2023. A successful artist of the first half of the 19th century, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867) is an unclassifiable and often visionary painter. Behind his apparent classicism there shines an originality and a search for perfection that are still fascinating. What are the roots of such a success? With the advent of the July Monarchy (1830-1848), Ingres found tremendous support in the Orléans family, which contributed to the creation of some of his greatest masterpieces. These close ties are the core of the exhibition at Chantilly: how the prince of artists became the artist of princes. Gathered from national ... More | | 
With 20 years experience, Marissa is a recognised authority in the pre-loved luxury goods sector known for her unique and tasteful eye. Photo: Bonhams.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Bonhams is building on its success in offering handbags & fashion by introducing the category to the US market, appointing fashion specialist Marissa Speer as Head of Sale to lead the newly created department in the US. The department will present designer handbags, accessories and ready-to-wear from names such as Hermès, Chanel, and Louis Vuitton. Marissa takes up the position with immediate effect. With 20 years experience, Marissa is a recognised authority in the pre-loved luxury goods sector known for her unique and tasteful eye. Having refined her skills over the years, she regularly educates buyers and sellers on how to authenticate and purchase collectible items. She will bring her expertise and knowledge to the newly created role and department to develop ... More | | 
Huong Dodinh, K.A. 269, 2023 © Huong Dodinh.
SEOUL.- Pace will be opening today a solo exhibition of work by Huong Dodinh at its arts complex in Seoul. On view from July 7 to August 19, this presentation will mark Dodinhs debut solo show with the gallery and her first-ever solo exhibition in Asia. Titled VIE I VIDE, the upcoming exhibition will feature new paintings from the artists K.A. series. Dodinh seldom exhibits her art publicly, and VIE I VIDE will shine a spotlight on the artists unique practice and lifes work following decades of detachment from the mainstream art world. Dodinh was born in Soc Trang, Vietnam in 1945. Forced to flee the country, her family sought refuge in Paris in 1953 after the outbreak of the First Indochina War. Dodinh has lived and worked in Paris ever since, cultivating a monastic, solitary life in service of her artistic pursuits. The artists exhibition ... More |
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Symposium: Piranesi Drawings: New Perspectives, Part 1
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 Brigitte Kowanz and Alejandra Seeber open new exhibition today at Häusler ContemporaryZURICH.- Häusler Contemporary has announced the «Summer Insert» with Brigitte Kowanz and Alejandra Seeber. For the first time in Switzerland, a presentation of selected neon works by Brigitte Kowanz from the «Discs» series as well as multifaceted paintings by Alejandra Seeber, which are situated between figuration and abstraction is being made. With her genuine light works, Brigitte Kowanz (1957 - 2022) was one of the most important international artists in this field. She made light visible as an independent phenomenon that not only illuminates but, like language and writing, also carries information and generates meaning. It is no coincidence that since the late 1980s the artist has combined light with language to create memorable pictorial formulas. Both means of expression served Kowanz as medium, motif and metaphor to visualise ... More  Museum of the Home announces Women's Weeds, uncovering the hidden histories of women in medicineLONDON.- Brand-new site-specific audio installation Womens Weeds will be in the Gardens Through Time at Museum of the Home throughout summer 2023. Womens Weeds shares the complex ways in which women have contributed towards scientific achievements over the last 600 years, and the cultural context of how and why many of their stories have been lost. This history is not about heroes or one or two stand-out women. Countless women did the work of healing within their families and sharing knowledge within their communities. These handed- down heritages of healing were part of oral traditions and not written down. The fragments that remain contribute to a wider story that is massive, complex, silent and ubiquitous. Womens Weeds asks the listener to consider the history of women in medicine not as a separate subject of analysis, ... More  The exhibition The Joy of Giving opens at NationalmuseumSTOCKHOLM.- Nationalmuseums collections include many exquisite, representative examples of Swedish and European silver from the 16th century to the present day. This unique collection has come about partly as a result of many generous donations and financial contributions received over the years. The exhibition The Joy of Giving presents some 80 gifts received by the museum in recent decades. The objects presented in the exhibition range from magnificent baroque and gracious rococo pieces to modern silver from the decades around the turn of the millennium. There are tankards, bowls, jewellery, candlesticks, vases and goblets all of them silver. The museum has many generous donors, and we have selected a number of them to feature in the exhibition. They include dedicated collectors, art lovers who have kindly supported our work ... More  Satoshi Itasaka is presenting The Floating Realm at IN'EI GalleryVENICE.- From the day we are born our lives become more and more complex with each passing moment. As child we are not completely aware of the things happening around us and we experience them as if we are floating in a dream. Inside this floating realm we are focused on that exact moment. As children we dont have many worries regarding past or future, we live in the present, understanding with all of our senses, experiencing everything for the first time, life itself. For a child everything is new and unexpected but the older we get the more our memories of these moments start to fade. Little by little we become attached to the earth and many of us start to forget the feeling of being light, of staying in the present moment, not leaving that dream realm. Life can be really hard and our personal experiences and traumas can push us far away from these ... More  Conspicuous Gallantry Cross to be sold to support ex-royal Marine's plans to build a retreat for soldiersLONDON.- 37-year-old Brad Bugsy Malone left the Royal Marines after 16 years in 2018 and he now wants to build a homestead/ retreat in the Scottish Highlands for like-minded soldiers to use and experience a new way of life. To be able to finance his plans, he is selling his Operation Herrick IX - Afghanistan Conspicuous Gallantry Cross that was awarded when he was section commander with 45 Commando Royal Marines. The C.G.C was awarded for his involvement on three separate occasions in Helmand Province, Afghanistan in 2008 and will be offered for sale by Noonans in a sale of Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria on Wednesday, July 26, 2023. It is estimated at £100,000 -140,000. Born in Seaton Delaval, Northumberland, he now lives near Loch Lomond. He joined the Marines at the age of 16 and has been on tours of Iraq and Afghanistan. ... More  Isaac Julien and Andi Galdi Vinko win the 2023 Kraszna-Krausz Book AwardsLONDON.- The two winning titles of the 2023 Kraszna-Krausz Photography and Moving Image Book Awards have been chosen as exemplary demonstrations of originality and excellence in the fields of moving image and photography book publishing, from the past year. Judge of the 2023 Moving Image Book Award, Jonathan Ali, film curator, film festival director, and writer, as well as co-founder of Twelve30 Collective, a London-based initiative dedicated to screening Caribbean cinema says of Isaac Juliens winning publication; The catalogue of Isaac Juliens installation on Frederick Douglass, Lessons of the Hour manages to be as magisterial as the ten-screen work. This exquisitely made hardback balances formidable commissioned and existing essays with historical photos and newspaper clippings, stills and installation views, and material on photography ... More  The gray suit takes center stageNEW YORK, NY.- In 1955 the idea of the gray flannel suit as the symbol of the soul-deadened corporate drone entered the American lexicon thanks to Sloan Wilsons novel, making it pretty much impossible to look at that particular item of clothing in a neutral way ever again. It became the stand-in for our skewed work-life balance, the triumph of business over imagination. It got, its fair to say, a bad rep. For the last two decades, New York designer Thom Browne has been trying to change all that: first, by shrinking the proportions of his mens suits to demand a reassessment; next, by erasing gender boundaries, and then by creating so many variations on the theme, he effectively transformed the little gray suit into a Rorschach test that contained multitudes. On Monday in Paris, however, he took it to a new level: the couture. Effectively proposing ... More  This Bulgarian writer's books bend timeSOFIA.- When Bulgarian author Georgi Gospodinov was writing Time Shelter in 2019, he agonized over a scene he thought might be over the top, even for a work of absurdist fiction. In the novel, a wave of nostalgia leads several European countries to organize large-scale reenactments of past events, and Gospodinov was unsure about a section in which a country re-creates World War II and invades its neighbor, causing widespread devastation. I thought maybe I should have skipped it, its too much, he recently recalled in an interview in Sofia, Bulgarias capital. But then it happened in February of last year, when Russia invaded Ukraine. It is one of several prescient scenes in Time Shelter, which was a bestseller in Bulgaria in 2020 and in May won the International Booker Prize for fiction translated into English. The award has focused an international ... More  Coco Lee, 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' and 'Mulan' singer, dies at 48NEW YORK, NY.- Coco Lee, a Chinese American singer and songwriter best known for performing an Oscar-nominated song in the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, died Wednesday. She was 48. The cause was suicide, according to a statement from her sisters, Carol and Nancy Lee, who did not say where she died. Lee was taken to a hospital on Sunday after she attempted suicide at her home, they said. Coco had been suffering from depression for a few years but her condition deteriorated drastically over the last few months, her sisters wrote. Although Coco sought professional help and did her best to fight depression, sadly that demon inside of her took the better of her. Lee had built a successful career as a pop singer in Asia, but she was best known to American audiences for singing the song A Love Before Time in the 2000 film Crouching Tiger, H ... More  How William Byrd influences music, 400 years after his deathNEW YORK, NY.- The works of William Byrd hold significant historical interest, but they are also remarkably influential on music that is being written today. Here are edited excerpts from conversations with four composers who have written pieces directly inspired by Byrd, or who grew up singing in the choral tradition of which he is such an important part. Panufnik, whose body of choral music includes a Coronation Sanctus, written for the crowning of Charles III, composed a Kyrie After Byrd in 2014 and is working on another response. Im really in awe of Byrd. First, how brave he was being a Catholic in such dangerous times, during the Tudors and Queen Elizabeths reign. Thats no joke, and thank God he was a musician, because I think thats probably what saved him. But I love his harmony. Byrd, Tallis and Bach I think their harmonic changes are ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American artist Bruce Conner died July 07, 2008. Bruce Conner (November 18, 1933 - July 7, 2008) was an American artist who worked with assemblage, film, drawing, sculpture, painting, collage, and photography. In this image: Bruce Conner, A MOVIE, 1958, 16mm to 35mm blow-up, b&w/sound, 12min. Digitally Restored, 2016. Courtesy Kohn Gallery. Courtesy Conner Family Trust ©Conner Family Trust.
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