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Textile fragments found in an ancient tomb discovered beneath a street in a residential district north of Lima, Peru, Sept. 30, 2022. In Lima, home to 10 million Peruvians and more than 1,000 archaeological sites, the discovery of an ancient tomb is just the latest encounter with an omnipresent past. Marco Garro/The New York Times.
by Mitra Taj
LIMA.- On Sept. 22, Carlos Lalangui was digging a trench to make way for a natural gas pipeline on the outskirts of this city when he spotted fragments of a human skull a dozen inches down in the loosened soil. It was the first time Id seen something like that, said Lalangui, a worker with the natural gas company Cálidda. But I knew it was a possibility. He stopped digging and notified his supervisor, who called in archaeologists. In a little more than a week, they had uncovered the remains of 21 people, eight of them children, who lived 600 to 800 years ago, said Cecilia Camargo, an archaeologist with the company. Most had been buried in a classic pre-Columbian style in Peru: their bodies bound in a sitting fetal position and bundled in layers of textiles, surrounded by ceramic vessels, plates, pots and figurines. One of the adults, thought to be a warrior, was found lain horizontally on reeds with a star-shaped mace of stone; the remains of a 2-year-old were fo ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Spanning the middle ages to the present day, The Global Life of Design presents over 100 NGV Collection works created from or in response to materials that became available through global trade, including exquisite garments made from silk and Indian muslin, elaborate teaware, ostrich feather fans and lacquer furniture.
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| Angela Lansbury, star of film and stage and TV's favorite sleuth, dies at 96 | | Prince photo or just formerly known as one? Supreme Court weighs Warhol's art. | | Lawsuit says Judd sculpture was disfigured by fingerprints | 
Angela Lansbury in New York on April 28, 2009. Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times.
NEW YORK, NY.- Angela Lansbury, a formidable actor who captivated Hollywood in her youth, became a Broadway musical sensation in middle age and then drew millions of fans as a widowed mystery writer on the long-running television series Murder, She Wrote, died Tuesday at her home in Los Angeles. She was 96. Her death was announced in a statement by her family. Lansbury was the winner of five Tony Awards for her starring performances on the New York stage, from Mame in 1966 to Blithe Spirit in 2009, when she was 83, a testament to her extraordinary stamina. Yet she appeared on Broadway only from time to time over a seven-decade career in film, theater and television in which there were also years when nothing seemed to be coming up roses. The English-born daughter of an Irish actor, she was 18 when she landed her first movie role, as Charles Boyers cheeky Cockney servant in the thriller Gaslight (1944), a precocious debut that brought her a contrac ... More | | 
The original Lynn Goldsmith photograph of Prince, left, which Andy Warhol altered in various ways. Photo: Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States.
WASHINGTON, DC.- In a freewheeling and lighthearted Supreme Court argument that drew on pop culture and art criticism, the justices struggled Wednesday to decide whether Andy Warhol had violated the copyright law by drawing on a photograph for a series of images of musician Prince. They considered countless analogies: Darth Vader, Steven Spielberg, Jimi Hendrix, The Lord of the Rings, All in the Family. And they discussed their own evolving tastes. Justice Clarence Thomas asked a lawyer to assume he was a Prince fan which I was in the 80s. This piqued Justice Elena Kagans interest. No longer? she asked. As laughter filled the courtroom, Thomas considered the question and responded with a quip. Only on Thursday night, he said. The case will test the scope of the fair-use defense to copyright infringement, which makes exceptions for copying that would otherwise be unlawful if it involves activities like criticism and new rep ... More | | 
Installation view of Judd, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, March 1July 11, 2020. Photo by Jonathan Muzikar © 2020 The Museum of Modern Art.
NEW YORK, NY.- Fingerprints on a Donald Judd sculpture that caused permanent and irreversible damage, according to a lawsuit, have already resulted in an insurance payout of $680,000. The untitled 1991 work, part of the artists Menziken series of boxes, features a transparent green acrylic sheet inside an aluminum and plexiglass container. It was consigned to two galleries, which are being sued by the Judd Foundation for an additional $270,000 in damages plus lawyers fees. Donald Judd was famous for his exacting fabrication standards and for the ongoing physical integrity of his works of art, the complaint noted. It added that any fingerprints on the anodized aluminum surface must be removed quickly or over time the oils in the fingerprints can react with the surface and leave permanent, disfiguring, irreversible marks. Judd, who died in 1994, often described his sculptures in philosophical terms, writing that Menziken boxes were an at ... More |
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| 'Dino Mummy' reveals there may be more skin in the fossil game | | At Frieze, shining a spotlight on women artists | | Anita Kerr, an architect of the Nashville Sound, dies at 94 | 
In an undated handout image, a life reconstruction of a hadrosaur, top; below, its mummified forelimb. Paleoart by Natee Puttapipat; Drumheller et al., PLoS One, 2022 via The New York Times.
by Jeanne Timmons
NEW YORK, NY.- Dakota the dino mummy has fascinated paleontologists and the public since part of the fossil was first untombed in North Dakota with some of its skin preserved. Scientists are not finished making discoveries about Dakota, a duck-billed dinosaur, and they recently unlocked a well-preserved foot, a forelimb and more of its tail from the stone encasing the fossil. While more work needs to be done to fully expose this 66- to 67-million-year-old mummy, those parts of its anatomy alone are already challenging some paleontological theories. A paper published Wednesday in the journal PLOS ONE focuses on those recently exposed body parts, and offers new insight into how fossil mummies like Dakota might have survived. The new research even suggests there may be far more mummified skin out there to find in the fossil record and study than previously believed, if only paleontologists look in the right places. Before this research, mummified dinosaurs were said to form in one of two way ... More | | 
In an image from Ab-Anbar, Hostages #12 by Sonia Balassanian. For this years Frieze Masters, Camille Morineau and her colleagues at AWARE (Archives of Women Artists, Research and Exhibitions) will be highlighting women artists. Ab-Anbar via The New York Times.
by Farah Nayeri
LONDON.- When the Pompidou Center in Paris was putting together a special display called Elles, of works by women in its permanent collection in 2009, Camille Morineau, the contemporary-collections curator who spearheaded the effort, noticed colossal gaps in the documentation. There were so many, its hard to list them, said Morineau. In the case of 80% of the names, there was barely a book about them: just a few pages. Thats even though two-thirds of these women had been renowned during their own lifetimes. Some of the available documentation was partial or outright wrong, Morineau added: Female artists who had attended prestigious schools were described as self-taught and as lone operators, when they were in fact part of important contemporary avant-garde artistic movements. So scant was the information on female artists that Morineau decided to leave her job at the museum and take ... More | | 
She and her background vocalists were heard oohing and aahing on thousands of country and pop hits recorded in the 1950s and 60s.
by Bill Friskics-Warren
NEW YORK, NY.- Anita Kerr, the prolific session singer and arranger who was an architect of the sumptuous Nashville Sound and later had a multifaceted career in pop music, died Monday in Geneva. She was 94. Her death, at a nursing home in the citys Carouge district, was confirmed by her daughter Kelley Kerr. Working with producers like Chet Atkins and Owen Bradley, Kerr and her quartet of background vocalists, the Anita Kerr Singers, were heard oohing and aahing on thousands of recordings made in Nashville, Tennessee, in the 1950s and 60s. In the process, they contributed to the birth of the lush orchestral Nashville Sound, refining the rough-hewed provincial music for which the city was known into something that appealed to a wider audience. Just as important, Kerr and her ensemble helped preserve country musics viability in the face of the commercial threat presented by the emergence of rock n roll. Kerr sang soprano and wrote and conducted arra ... More |
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| Bellmans off to a great start on first day of October auctions | | Pasto works and Gehry chairs lead the California Living sale presented by John Moran Auctioneers | | The Brooklyn Museum appoints Rachel Shechtman as its first Entrepreneur in Residence | 
Colonel Arent DePeyster (1736-1822).
LONDON.- On Tuesday, 11th October 2022, Bellmans held a fine books and manuscripts auction ahead of the picture auction - both auctions went exceptionally well and meant the October auctions went off to a great start. The majority of the 25 lots included in the sale came from one outstanding Scottish collection with all bar one selling during the auction. The top four lots alone made £188,000 hammer. The relatively small but select sale included an important illuminated manuscript on vellum of a Bible in Latin, most likely from a Parisian workshop in the 13th- or early 14th-century. It was expected to sell for £20,000 - £30,000, but fierce bidding on the phones and internet with bidders occasionally trying to speed up the bidding by suggesting higher increments, meant that the hammer came down at £86,000 (£107,156 including buyer's premium and VAT). It went to European trade in the end. Another highlight is the first edition of the most ... More | | 
Edwardo Vega (B. 1938, Equador), Charger and Vase, ceramic. Charger: 17.75" Dia. x 2.25" D; vase: 22.125" H x 4" Dia. Est $800-1,000.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Having been a California business for over 50 years, John Moran Auctioneers is an expert in the coveted California aesthetic. On Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 10:00am PST, they will present their carefully curated California Living sale. Featuring over 280 lots, this auction offers a wide selection of oil paintings, watercolors, prints, photography, sculptures, silver, ceramics, and home furnishings. For fine art, Morans is pleased to feature more work from Tarmo Pasto (1906-1986, California), who recently achieved a world-auction record at their Summer Modern & Contemporary Art sale in September. The Sacramento and Bay Area artist known for his modernist-leaning landscapes, Pastos Horse at the Inlet, 1973 and his work, Cactus Country will be available with estimates ranging $1,000 ... More | | 
Shechtman founded the concept store STORY, which reinvented the retail experience by changing its products, customer experience, and theme every six to eight weeks.
BROOKLYN, NY.- The Brooklyn Museum announced its inaugural Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) initiative with the appointment of retail innovator Rachel Shechtman. Each two-year EIR program is designed to help grow a culture of experimentation and entrepreneurialism in the Museum and to provide professionals who work outside of arts institutions an opportunity to both learn and contribute expertise. As visitor and consumer behavior is rapidly evolving and becoming increasingly digitally integrated, the EIR program is an opportunity to look outside of traditional museum business models for ways to enhance the visitor experience. In line with the inaugural theme, The Museum ... More |
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| Ignored in life, Bernice Bing is discovered as museums rewrite history | | A London monument to equality, inspired by an act of defiance | | 'The Global Life of Design' opens at NGV International | 
A handout photo shows the artist Bernice Bing in her studio in San Francisco circa 1970. Bing has become known for her trailblazing Northern California abstractions. Estate of Bernice Bing via The New York Times.
by Carol Pogash
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- She was an Asian American woman, a lesbian and a community activist. Bernice Bing, whose intense abstract expressionist paintings fused Eastern and Western techniques, had a lot going against her in the eyes of museum curators. For decades, she and her peers were almost invisible. Nearly a quarter-century after her death in 1998, Bing is being celebrated by the Asian Art Museum, which, like other museums in her lifetime, excluded most Asian American artists. The exhibition Into View: Bernice Bing is showing her paintings, drawings and journal excerpts from the late 50s to the mid-90s in a small, powerful exhibition signifying an ongoing major correctional shift by the institution. This demonstrates the museums ... More | | 
In an image from Jeremy Hibbert, Samson Kambalu. Samson Kambalus towering bronze sculpture that sits prominently in Trafalgar Square, revisits an old question: Who gets to wear a hat? Jeremy Hibbert via The New York Times.
by Susanne Fowler
LONDON.- Samson Kambalu, a British multimedia artist who was born in Malawi, is asking his adoptive nation to examine an uncomfortable colonial past, along with its present, in the age of Black Lives Matter. His is no subtle effort: Antelope, a towering bronze sculpture, was unveiled in late September in one of Londons most prominent showcases of contemporary art: atop a pedestal known as the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square. The work was selected by the Fourth Plinth Commissioning Group after an exhibition at the National Gallery during which more than 17,000 visitors left comments about pieces by six finalists. (The panel decided Antelope would go up first, followed by 850 Improntas in 2024, a work by Mexican artist Teresa ... More | | 
The Global Life of Design installation view. Photo: Sean Fennessy.
MELBOURNE.- From pigments to produce, timber and textiles, the global exchange of commodities throughout history has influenced design traditions, leading to breakthroughs in technology, the rise of luxury markets and the development of consumer culture. Spanning the middle ages to the present day, The Global Life of Design presents over 100 NGV Collection works created from or in response to materials that became available through global trade, including exquisite garments made from silk and Indian muslin, elaborate teaware, ostrich feather fans and lacquer furniture. Presented across four thematic sections that explore the exchange of knowledge, natural resources, luxury and technologies, the exhibition examines and reveals the interlocking networks of power, economics and influence that continue to shape design practices today. The exhibition juxtaposes important historical designs with contemporary ... More |
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 'A Strange Loop,' which won best musical, will end Broadway runNEW YORK, NY.- A Strange Loop, the winner of this years Tony Award for best musical, will close on Broadway on Jan. 15, after a short run that reflects the industrys ongoing pandemic-related struggles and the challenges of marketing an unconventional musical that wrestles with complex themes. The musical, a meta-theatrical story about an aspiring musical theater writer who is writing a musical about his struggles to find his way professionally and personally, has been a triumph in many ways a first show by a previously unknown writer, Michael R. Jackson, it was hailed by critics as soon as it opened off-Broadway in 2019, won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in drama, and then, after opening on Broadway in April, picked up Tony Awards in June for best musical and best book of a musical. But its run will be unusually short for a best musical winner in recent years, when the prize ... More  Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair returns to Boston, November 11-13BOSTON, MASS.- The Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair is making its much-anticipated return to the Hynes Convention Center in downtown Boston from November 11-13, 2022. The 44th Boston Book Fair is the annual fall gathering for book lovers and collectors, featuring the top selection of items available on the international literary market, sanctioned by the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). An alluring treasure trove awaits seasoned collectors and first-time attendees. More than 100 exhibitors, from 9 different countriesCanada, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, the UK, and the USwill showcase the finest in rare and valuable books, photography, illuminated manuscripts, autographs, maps, historic documents, ... More  Trio of Warhol's Marilyns star in Bonhams New York Modern & Contemporary Prints & Multiples saleNEW YORK, NY.- On November 1 in New York, Bonhams Modern & Contemporary Prints & Multiples sale will present three distinctly colored silkscreens of Marilyn Monroe, each with an estimate of $70,000 90,000, published in 1967 by Andy Warhols Factory Additions in New York City. The sage, pink and green versions in the sale are from the portfolio of 10 variations of the same publicity still of Marilyn Monroe previously used by Warhol for his paintings of the actress. The portfolio marked the beginning of a twenty-year period in which Warhol produced limited-edition prints of his signature subjects through Factory Additions, often collaborating with famous printmakers of the time. In addition, the sale will feature one of Pablo Picassos (1881-1973) most famous prints, Minotaure caressant une dormeuse. One of Picassos first uses of a minotaur, ... More  Foujita's muse of muses inspires bidders at Bonhams Impressionist Sale in LondonLONDON.- Nu Assis (Jacqueline Barsotti-Goddard), an important work by Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968) depicting the famous artists model and muse Jacqueline Barsotti-Goddard,achieved an impressive £1,602,300 at Bonhams Impressionist & Modern Art sale today (12 October) in New Bond Street, London. The work had a pre-sale estimate of £800,000-1,200,000. The 69-lot sale made a total of £4,977,008 with 83% sold by lot and 97% sold by value. The ultimate bohemian, Barsotti-Goddard, was a favourite of the Parisian art scene in the 1920s, sitting for Picasso, Matisse, and Giacometti amongst many others. Frequently photographed by Man Ray, she was well-known throughout the wider circle of artists and muses, later writing a memoir recalling her experiences and offering some acerbic observations about the personalities that surrounded ... More  Morphy Auctions acquires Route 32 Auctions and Indy Ad ShowDENVER, PA.- Dan Morphy, founder and president of Morphy Auctions, announced today that Route 32 Auctions and the iconic Indy Ad Show, formerly owned by Kevin and Jill Parker of Crawfordsville, Indiana, are now part of Morphy Auctions organization. Dealing with Kevin and Jill was one of the easiest and most enjoyable transactions I can recall since opening our gallery in 1997, said Morphy. The Parkers have a genuine love for the types of antiques they sell and collect, and they are people of impeccable integrity. Theyve always run their businesses honestly and professionally, with an emphasis on treating all customers with respect. Thats exactly the way we strive to conduct ourselves at Morphy Auctions, so welcoming Route 32 and the legendary Indy Ad Show to our operation feels like branches of the same family coming together. The Parkers ... More  This fall, London is awash in sculptureLONDON.- Fans of outdoor sculpture are spoiled for choice here this season. Three organizations Frieze Sculpture, Sculpture in the City and the Mayor of Londons Fourth Plinth Commission have joined forces to promote free open-air exhibitions in sites as (literally) monumental as Trafalgar Square and Regents Park. But despite all their groundwork, there was a hitch. The citywide celebration of three-dimensional art was coordinated under the umbrella title Sculpture Week London, long planned for Sept. 12-18 to draw viewers to locations across the capital to see the works in situ. But no amount of planning could have foreseen those dates as becoming part of Britains official mourning period for Queen Elizabeth II. Out of respect, events and activities were delayed or canceled, and the Sculpture Week label was dismantled. Still, the installations ... More  AstaGuru's upcoming auction pays a tribute to revolutionary Art Deco movement MUMBAI.- AstaGuru presents an exquisite collection of coveted jewellery, vintage silver, and extraordinary timepieces in its upcoming auction. The meticulously curated catalogue brings together a broad range of sophisticated artisanal pieces that are a hallmark of the exceptional design and craftsmanship heritage from different parts of the world. With several Art Deco pieces, the selection also shines a limelight on the legacy of the influential movement that brought a revolution in jewellery tastes and preferences. The auction scheduled on October 20-21, 2022, will showcase a total of 125 lots for collectors to bid. Talking about the jewellery selection for the catalogue, Jay Sagar, Jewellery Expert, AstaGuru Auction House, says The curation for the jewellery category in the upcoming auction is unlike any other AstaGuru has presented ... More  FBI monitored Aretha Franklin for years, file showsNEW YORK, NY.- Four days after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the Atlanta field office of the FBI directed a memo to a trusted adviser of J. Edgar Hoover, describing plans for a huge memorial concert at the Atlanta Braves stadium with Aretha Franklin, Sammy Davis Jr., Marlon Brando, Mahalia Jackson and the Supremes. The memo, dated April 8, 1968, informed FBI leadership that some in the group supported militant Black power and most were in the forefront of various civil rights movements. Citing an unnamed source, it said the concert by these prominent performers could create an emotional spark which could ignite racial disturbance in Atlanta. The concert never took place, but the memo to Cartha D. DeLoach, a close aide to Hoover, is part of Franklins 270-page FBI file, which was released last month, four ... More  MacArthur Foundation announces 25 new 'genius' grant winnersNEW YORK, NY.- The 25 winners of the 2022 MacArthur fellowship, announced Wednesday, study things as small as molecular materials and as vast as outer space. They are esteemed in their fields, if not yet all household names. And now, in addition to being publicly celebrated for their work, they will have more funding to keep it going. Known colloquially as the genius award to the sometime annoyance of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation the MacArthur Fellowship comes with a no-strings-attached grant of $800,000 to be awarded over five years. The class includes scholars tackling some particularly timely topics. Jennifer Carlson, 40, investigates the motivations and assumptions that shape gun culture in America. Longtime activist Loretta J. Ross teaches a class that works to combat so-called cancel culture. And ... More  'Brexit Festival' is under investigation over costLONDON.- It was meant to display the best of British creativity in the era after Britons voted to leave the European Union. But a series of ambitious government-funded cultural exhibitions, which became known unofficially as the Festival of Brexit, is now being investigated as a waste of money by the governments public spending watchdog. This follows reports that the festival costing 120 million pounds, or $132 million, in taxpayer funds and officially named Unboxed: Creativity in the U.K. has attracted just 238,000 visitors since it opened in March. Organizers had projected it could draw up to 66 million people in the period from March to November, when the festival ends. The chair of Parliaments digital, culture, media and sport committee, Julian Knight, who called for the investigation, said in a letter to the National Audit Office that the festival ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American fashion designer Ralph Lauren was born October 14, 1939. Ralph Lauren (born Ralph Lifschitz, October 14, 1939) is an American fashion designer and business executive, best known for his Polo Ralph Lauren clothing brand. In this image: Designer Ralph Lauren walks the runway to audience applause after his fall 2010 collection was presented in New York, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010.
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