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Garments at Africa Fashion, a new exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum in New York, on June 23, 2023. From left: IAMISIGO, jacket, dress and shoes Chasing Evil collection; Doreen Mashika, ensemble, bodice, detatched sleeves and khanga skirt, Mikono collection ensemble; Doreen Mashika, Amani Dress; Lisa Folawiyo, Jossa top and trousers; Lisa Folawiyo, Irin dress; Lisa Folawiyo, classic robe, leggings and top.. (Elias Williams/The New York Times).
by Seph Rodney
NEW YORK, NY.- Many years ago, I worked as a salesperson at Hugo Boss in the Beverly Center in Los Angeles. I sold the range of things the store carried: luggage, accessories, underwear, clothing. But what I most relished selling was mens suits, because a good suit is often transformative. A man would come into the store looking forgettable and then, after donning a well-cut two-button, single-breasted navy suit with a peak lapel, he would look accomplished, adept. Walking into the new Africa Fashion exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, I felt that I was witnessing something wondrous, something more surprising than just an individuals restyling. I was transported to the historical epoch when almost the entire continent was shedding its colonialist rule and the associated attire and stepping onto the world stage transformed. Marking this wholesale change at the very outset is a wall featuring a timeline of text and documentary photography that details the consequential moments of ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Installation view of "What's it like to be a loon," presented by Pretend by Appointment and Stroll Garden, Los Angeles. Photo: John McLane.
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| Phillips unveils new July auction of 20th Century & Contemporary in New York | | July auctions at Bonhams Skinner | | Iconic Björk swan dress to star in Design Museum's major new fashion exhibition | 
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Columbia River, 1988. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000. Image courtesy of Phillips.
NEW YORK, NY.- Phillips announced a new live auction dedicated to 20th Century & Contemporary Art taking place on 18 July in New York. Featuring just over 110 lots, the selection highlights a diverse and compelling group of artists with established names such as Robert Motherwell, Alex Katz, and Andy Warhol, along with many pieces by women artists of the 20th century and today. This includes Sally Michel Avery, Sophie Larrimore, Perle Fine, Pipilotti Rist, Lynne Drexler, and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, who currently has a solo exhibition featured at the Whitney Museum of American Art, among many others. This unique assemblage brings together artists experiencing a resurgence in recognition, as well as those who have more recently emerged from the shadows of their male counterparts. The works will be on view from 10 17 July at 432 Park Avenue, providing an opportunity for visitors and art enthusiasts alike to escape the summer heat and immerse ... More | | 
A Caucasian Village Prayer Rug with Duckbill Green Caucasus, estimated at $1,800 2,200. Photo: Bonhams.
BOSTON, MASS.- Bonhams Skinner will present four online sales in July which will begin with European Décor & Design split into two parts and highlighted by a geometric and floral gradated enamel Fabergé cigarette case. Then Japanese Art will feature a wide and varied scope of Japanese art forms from the tiny and exquisite wearable art of a wooden netsuke to full-sized scenery depicted on multi-panel folding screens. Finally, Fine Carpets & Rare Textiles will present a wide array of collectible rugs and textiles including many of the most interesting Central Asian rugs from the Jim Dixon collection. European Décor & Design will be presented online in two parts, July 8 18 and July 9 19, and will consist of a wide variety of English, French Provincial and Portuguese furniture, much from a Dallas area matriarch, as well as decorative arts featuring a selection of large size bronzes, several Russian icons, numerous framed ... More | | 
Björk at the 73rd Academy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday March 25, 2001, wearing swan dress by KTZ NEWGEN designer. Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images.
LONDON.- The Design Museum today revealed some of the trailblazing fashion designs that will go on display in a major upcoming exhibition showcasing Londons unique fashion culture on the world stage. REBEL: 30 Years of London Fashion sponsored by Alexander McQueen will celebrate over 300 young designers the NEWGEN alumni and their sensational impact on the global fashion scene. The swan dress controversially worn by Björk at the 2001 Oscars, Harry Styles Steven Stokey Daley outfit from his video for Golden and a unique replica of Sam Smith's inflatable latex suit by HARRI from this years BRIT Awards are amongst the highlight objects in the show announced today. Visitors will also see the revolutionary neon collection from Christopher Kanes debut catwalk collection, the upcycled Union Jack jacket by Russell Sage that was worn by Kate Moss ... More |
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| Chris Printup, founder of streetwear brand Born X Raised, dies at 42 | | A new beginning, the late works of painter Dorothy Krakovsky at David Richard Gallery, New York | | Private firm announces competing vision for Penn Station redesign | 
Chris Spanto Printup, founder of Born x Raised, in Los Angeles, Nov. 22, 2022. (Alex Welsh/The New York Times)
by Livia Albeck-Ripka
NEW YORK, NY.- Chris Printup, a founder of streetwear brand Born X Raised, which became a fixture in Los Angeles fashion scene, died Wednesday morning at a hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was 42 and lived in Los Angeles. He died of injuries from a car accident in Albuquerque on Sunday, a representative of the brand confirmed by phone. Printup, known as Spanto, founded Born X Raised with Alex Erdmann, known as 2Tone. The brand quickly drew the citys creative class to events like the Born X Raised Sadie Hawkins Winter Formal. Born X Raised is like a love letter to the city that I once grew up in, thats gone now, Printup, who was Native American, said in an episode of The Canvas: Los Angeles, a documentary series about the citys artists. This is me. This ... More | | 
Dorothy Krakovsky, Orange Peel, 2014. Acrylic on canvas, 72 x 60 in.
NEW YORK, NY.- David Richard Gallery is presenting a solo exhibition of paintings by the late Dorothy Krakovsky (American, 1923 2015). The presentation entitled, In the Beginning: The Late Works of Dorothy Krakovsky includes seven of Krakovskys large-scale canvases as well as seven smaller canvases. The exhibition title reflects Krakovskys reinvigorated new beginning with respect to her painting career much later in life following her move to New York City. The exhibition will be on view from June 27 until July 21, 2023, at David Richard Gallerys new Chelsea location at 526 West 26th Street. Krakovskys striking, large-scale paintings have garnered attention for their tension between dense all-over compositions which stop just shy of the edge of the canvas and bold use of color. Of particular note is her painterly style, which is redolent of the work of Joan Mitchell, one of the most revered abs ... More | | 
Outside Pennsylvania Station and Madison Square Garden in New York, Nov. 26, 2022. (Benjamin Norman/The New York Times)
NEW YORK, NY.- A private development firm with an alternative vision for the remaking of Manhattans Pennsylvania Station said Wednesday that its plan would be significantly cheaper than a rival proposal backed by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The new plan by ASTM North America involves overhauling Penn Station, the busiest train hub in the United States, and wrapping Madison Square Garden in a towering stone facade. Its unveiling occurred days after Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York signaled that the state was ready to move forward with a renovation. ASTM officials said at a presentation Tuesday that the firms plan was better than the one backed by the MTA because it would be $1 billion cheaper and result in a more unified train hall. The announcement was likely to stoke conflict between ASTM and the MTA, whose chief, Janno Lieber, said in April ... More |
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| High Museum announces new board chair Dan Baldwin | | The Weatherspoon Art Museum opens a new installation: 'Making Room: Familiar Art, New Stories' | | Event celebrating a century of Disney tops record-setting $4.8 million | 
Dan Baldwin. Photo: courtesy of High Museum of Art.
ATLANTA, GA.- The High Museum of Art announced today the appointment of Dan Baldwin as the new chair of its board of directors. Baldwin succeeds Robin Howell, who began her tenure in 2019. Baldwin is a longtime supporter of the High, having been on the Museums board for over a decade, during which time he has served on the executive and finance committees. He has also served on the Woodruff Arts Centers governing board and investment committee. As a committed supporter of the Museum, Dan has long demonstrated his dedication to our mission and the importance of a thriving museum for Atlanta, said Rand Suffolk, the Highs Nancy and Holcombe T. Green, Jr., director. We are delighted to welcome him as the Boards new chair and to work with him as we strive to become the Museum that Atlanta and our region deserves. Baldwin is CEO and managing partner of Baldwin Capital LLC, a family investment management fir ... More | | 
MarÃa BerrÃo, Aminata Linnaea, 2013. Mixed media on canvas, 80 x 96 in. Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNC Greensboro. Purchase with funds from the Weatherspoon Art Museum Acquisition Endowment for the Dillard Collection; 2017.16. © MarÃa BerrÃo.
GREENSBORO, NC.- The Weatherspoon Art Museum at UNC Greensboro announced the opening of Making Room: Familiar Art, New Stories, an installation drawn from the museums nationally recognized collection of modern and contemporary art. The installation serves as a critical point on a course of learning to which the Weatherspoon staff has dedicated themselves for the past year and a half. With support from the Terra Foundation for American Art and the Henry Luce Foundation, they have sought to understand how they can better engage museum participants to share fuller and more inclusive stories of American art. The artworks on display were chosen in response to what more than 4,000 community members said they care about. These visitor responseswhich ranged from poems ... More | | 
Ub Iwerks Steamboat Willie Mickey Mouse Animation Drawing (Walt Disney, 1928).
DALLAS, TX.- Over four days and more than 1,500 lots, both the legacy and astonishing vision of Walt Disney proved themselves many times over during this 100-year anniversary of the Walt Disney Company. Heritage Auctions' Celebrating 100 Years Of Disney: 19232023 took place June 23-26 and resulted in an overall record-setting animation art auction that brought $4,874,435 with a 100% sell-through rate. It was the most successful Animation Art auction ever held, topping Heritage's August 2021 $4.5 million event; Heritage now has held all five of the five largest Animation Art auctions ever. It was a thrilling four days as significant works from Walt's favorite animators and artists shattered their estimates, with record prices realized for historic Disney Studio MVPs Mary Blair, Eyvind Earle, Peter Ellenshaw and Steamboat Willie's Ub Iwerks. The remarkable animation that springs from Disney's production studios is the company's ... More |
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| The world's largest wooden city to be built in Sweden | | The collection of legendary guitarist Peter Green soars past estimate at Bonhams sale | | Lubaina Himid awarded 2023 Maria Lassnig Prize: Exhibition of her work to be held at UCCA Beijing | 
Encompassing an impressive area of over 60 acres, Stockholm Wood City will offer 7,000 office spaces and 2,000 homes in Sickla, located in the southern parts of the capital city of Stockholm. Image: Atrium Ljungberg/Henning Larsen.
STOCKHOLM.- Stockholm Wood City, the world's largest urban construction project in wood, has been announced by the Swedish real estate company Atrium Ljungberg. Set to commence in 2025, the first buildings are scheduled to be completed by 2027. Encompassing an impressive area of over 60 acres, Stockholm Wood City will offer 7,000 office spaces and 2,000 homes in Sickla, located in the southern parts of the capital city of Stockholm. The project will create a dynamic urban setting with a mix of workplaces, housing, restaurants, and shops. Given that buildings contribute up to 40% of global CO2 emissions, the real estate industry plays a vital role in driving the shift towards sustainability, and this visionary project showcases the potential of renewable building materials. ... More | | 
Peter Green, A Fender Stratocaster USA Custom Shop Relic Electric Guitar, 1999. Estimate: 5,000 - 6,000. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- Man Of The World: The Peter Green Collection, Bonhams sale of the personal collection of legendary guitarist Peter Green (1946-2020), surpassed pre-sale expectations when it ended yesterday (Wednesday 28 June) on bonhams.com. Highlights included a National Duolian Resonator Guitar, which sold for £38,400 against a pre-sale estimate of £3,000-5,000, and a Gretsch White Falcon 6137 Stereo Semi-Acoustic Guitar, 1968, which sold for £38,400 against an estimate of £6,000-8,000. The 192-lot sale made a total of £483,300 with 92% by lot and 100% by value. Katherine Schofield, Director of Bonhams Popular Culture Department, commented: Peter Green was one of the greatest guitarists of all time, and continues to be held in the highest esteem by fellow musicians and fans alike. We are delighted that this sale, which celebrated ... More | | 
Lubaina Himid, Man in a Shirt Drawer, 2017-2018. Acrylic paint, wooden drawer and brass handles, 46.8 à 39 à 20.2 cm © Lubaina Himid. Image courtesy the artist, Hollybush Gardens, London and Tate. Photo: Andy Keate.
BEIJING.- After a jury meeting in Vienna earlier this year, the Maria Lassnig Foundation has awarded the prestigious Maria Lassnig Prize to Lubaina Himid, marking the fourth edition of this mid-career artist award. Along with a monetary prize of EUR 50,000, the award includes an exhibition at the UCCA Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing, which serves as the collaborating institution for this year's edition. The Maria Lassnig Prize was originally envisioned by Maria Lassnig before her death in 2014 at the age of 94, at height of her artistic powers. Having achieved recognition only later in life, she hoped to encourage the efforts of fellow career artists not yet familiar to the public. In just a few short years, the Maria Lassnig Prize has emerged as a prestigious award that honors artists in the midst of their careers, recognizing their exceptional ... More |
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 New Orleans Museum of Art appoints Amanda M. Maples as Françoise Billion Richardson Curator of African ArtNEW ORLEANS, LA.- The New Orleans Museum of Art today announced the appointment of Amanda M. Maples as Françoise Billion Richardson Curator of African Art. Maples joins the museum this week and will oversee the museums significant collection of historic African art, which is considered one of the most important in the United States. In her new role, Maples will create new installations and interpretive strategies for NOMAs permanent collection and expand the geographic and chronological scope of the African art collection with a contemporary vision. Amanda has distinguished herself in the field through her commitment to both the interpretation of historical objects and her expert collaboration with contemporary ... More  Prix Polyptyque: Julia Gat, Andrea Graziosi, Jeanne et Moreau in the Drawing Room gallery at Drawing RoomHAMBURG.- Three series, three worlds and three photographic approaches: Archaic hybrid creatures, ones own family, and insights into a work and life relationship. With the current presentation, the Drawing Room gallery is looking once again at contemporary photographic positions from France. Last summer, work by Jean-Louis Garnell was presented; this year it is possible to see three series by young photographers from the south of France. On display are the winners of the Prix Polyptyque, the fifth edition of which went to Julia Gat, Andrea Graziosi, and the artist duo Lara Tabet and Randa Mirza, working under the name Jeanne et Moreau. The Prix Polyptyque, awarded for the first time at the Centre ... More  'Long-Whiskered Dragon' Dollar flies to $690,000, bringing the heat to Heritage's $9.7 million eventDALLAS, TX.- A Hsüan-t'ung silver Specimen Pattern "Long-Whiskered Dragon" Dollar Year 3 (1911) SP63 NGC sold for $690,000 to lead Heritage Auctions' HKINF World Coins Platinum Session and Signature® Auction - Hong Kong to $9,675,525 June 21-23. The result followed the June 20 HKINF World Paper Money Signature® Auction - Hong Kong auction that finished at $1,503,400, bringing the combined total for the two events, each of which included multiple new records, to $11,178,925. The event, according to Heritage Auctions Executive Vice President of International Numismatics Cris Bierrenbach, trumpted both the demand for elite world and ancient coins, and also Heritage's position as the world's premier numismatic auctioneer. "This event was another fantastic Hong Kong showing that not only confirms the state of the market," he said, ... More  Richie Rich and 'Calvin and Hobbes' set records during $21 million eventDALLAS, TX.- History flew off the spinner racks at a dizzying pace over the last few days. And by the time the sun set Sunday night, Heritage Auctions wrapped one of the most thrilling and successful Comics & Comic Art Signature® Auctions in the company's 47-year history. The four-day event capped by Frank Frazetta's Dark Kingdom, which sold for $6 million to become the world's most valuable comic or fantasy art realized $21,056,657, with 5,715 bidders worldwide helping make it a near-complete sellout. The June 22-25 event was Heritage's most successful Comics & Comic Art auction since last June's, which topped $24 million. Frazetta's painting, which graced the covers of Karl Edward Wagner's 1976 novel Dark Crusade and Molly Hatchet's 1979 Flirtin' With Disaster, cemented it as one of the late artist's most treasured works. But numerous ... More  Holabird announces results of 4-day High-Grade AuctionRENO, NEV.- Five 19th century gold and silver ingots from the Gold Rush and Silver Rush sold for a combined $159,807 at a huge, four-day High-Grade Auction held June 15th thru 18th by Holabird Western Americana Collections, online and live in the gallery at 3555 Airway Drive (Suite 308) in Reno. The sale featured nearly 2,000 lots of mining collectibles, railroadiana, numismatics, Native and general Americana, philatelic, bottles, stocks, bonds, sports and art. But it was the ingots (blocks of steel, gold, silver, or other metal, typically oblong in shape) that captured the attention of bidders. The top achiever was an 1880 Mathey, Kustel & Riotte silver ingot, which stood out from the others in terms of documented information, provenance and history surrounding the assayers whose names were on it. It is the only known example from Mathey, Kustel & Riotte ... More  Review: This 'Hamlet' Under the Stars is no walk in the parkNEW YORK, NY.- For those who remember the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing as I do, fondly the sight that awaits them at this summers Hamlet in the same location is disturbing. Entering the Delacorte Theater, you are immediately faced with what looks like a copy of the earlier shows set, which depicted the handsome grounds of a grand home in a Black suburb of Atlanta. But now it is utterly ruined. The facade is atilt, the SUV tipped nose-first in a puddle, the Stacey Abrams for President banner torn down and in tatters. The flagpole bearing the Stars and Stripes sticks out of the ground at a precipitous angle, like a javelin that made a bad landing. For director Kenny Leon and scenic designer Beowulf Boritt, both returning for this Hamlet the Public Theaters fifth in the park since 1964 and 13th overall its ... More  88 temples, 750 miles, untold gifts: Japan's Shikoku pilgrimageNEW YORK, NY.- Three weeks into my trek, as I ascended a steep path toward Yokomine-ji, the 60th of 88 temples along the Shikoku pilgrimage, I found myself enveloped by an unforgiving fog. In an instant, the colorful forest around me mostly red cedar trees and fern bushes faded, leaving me in a world of muted gray. Able to make out only the faintest shapes in the surrounded trees, I was convinced that Id stumbled into an eerie fairy tale. Quietly, in the distance, I began to hear a chorus of small bells. Then, suddenly, the party of accidental musicians came into view: a large group of Japanese pilgrims who, coming toward me, all stopped neatly in line to let me walk past. Within an hour, the fog had begun to lift. Within two, it was gone entirely, replaced by an equally unforgiving midday sun. In the newfound clarity of daylight, I began to wonder: ... More  Georgia Gardner Gray joins Regen ProjectsLOS ANGELES, CA.- Regen Projects announced representation of New York-based artist Georgia Gardner Gray. The artist will present her first exhibition with the gallery in 2025. Framed by complimentary projects in performance and sculpture, Gardner Gray grounds her practice in painting, staging scenes of contemporary life through a lens inflected by history and a gimlet eye on the present. Working primarily in sculpture and assemblage as a student at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Gardner Gray embraced painting after establishing herself as part of a community of artists in Berlin in 2014. Regularly composed of one or more human figures, Gardner Grays paintings narrate sites of connection and alienation, private vulnerability and public anonymity amid an urban melee. Recalling the vocabulary of types and characters ... More  Una Boccata d'Arte: 20 artists 20 villages 20 regionsMILAN.- Ongoing until 24 September 2023 the fourth edition of Una Boccata d'Arte. This contemporary art project is promoted by Fondazione Elpis in collaboration with Galleria Continua and with the participation of Threes. Every year, 20 villages throughout Italy, one for each region, welcome 20 artists, Italian and international, of different ages, backgrounds, and practices. Invited to spend a short period of residence, the artists will create 20 works related to the territory and traditions of the local communities. Throughout the summer, it will be possible to explore exhibitions, projects and site-specific installations in unexpected places, created by established and emerging artists from Italy, Brazil, Cyprus, Ivory Coast, Germany, Iran, Israel, Latvia, Palestine and the United Kingdom. Each artist, connecting with the history of the village and its residents, ... More  Association of Photographers reveals finalists in 38th Photography AwardsLONDON.- The Association of Photographers has unveiled the work of finalists of its 38th Photography Awards in association with Hahnemühle, with the judges commenting on the extremely strong quality of the entries, from capturing special moments in sport to crafting sensitive portraits. AOP CEO Isabelle Doran commented: "It's like opening a surprise gift box of delights, you're not sure what you're going to get but when you open it up you find a delightful myriad of visual treasures. This year's finalists and winners are a delicious treat for the eyes. Were also genuinely thrilled to have Hahnemühle's support for our 38th AOP Photography Awards, as our headline sponsor. There is a natural synergy between our photographers, who use Hahnemühle's high quality sustainable Digital FineArt paper, and the brand, focusing on the physical expression and authenticity ... More  What opera singers gained, and lost, performing while pregnantNEW YORK, NY.- Its adjustable, yes? Standing in a dressing room in the opera house in Montpellier, France, in May, soprano Maya Kherani tugged at the waistband of her tiered skirt. A draper kneeling behind her shook out the hem while the costume designer looked on with satisfaction. Were lucky, she said, cupping her hands around the smooth orb of her belly. It works for the character. Kherani considered herself fortunate not because she had landed the role of Autonoe, a lead in Orfeo, by Baroque composer Antonio Sartorio. Instead, Kherani, who gave birth on Sunday, was relieved to discover that her costumes in this modern-dress production came with elasticated waists and flat shoes that would make it bearable to sing and act while 32 weeks pregnant. Better yet: Stage director Benjamin Lazar decided to incorporate her pregnancy ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, English painter Stanley Spencer was born June 30, 1891. Sir Stanley Spencer CBE RA (30 June 1891 - 14 December 1959) was an English painter. Shortly after leaving the Slade School of Art, Spencer became well known for his paintings depicting Biblical scenes occurring as if in Cookham, the small village beside the River Thames where he was born and spent much of his life. In this image: Sarah Tubb and the Heavenly Visitors, 1933 by Stanley Spencer © Estate of Stanley Spencer, Bridgeman Images, London.
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