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Richard Prince (American, b. 1949), untitled (Milton Berle) (detail), 2021. Inkjet on canvas, 118 3/4 Ã 55 1/4 inches. Courtesy Richard Prince.
ATHENS, GA.- Artist Richard Prince has appropriated works from all over American culture throughout his career. He may be best known for his rephotographs in which he photographed existing photographs, then enlarged them. Starting in the mid-1980s, ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Lyonel Feininger: Retrospective, exhibition view, © Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt 2023, Photo: Norbert Miguletz
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| Harmony Korine delivers chaos at a Hollywood premiere | | A new creature emerges from a forest drowned by the Gulf of Mexico | | Museum Haus Konstruktiv opens the new exhibition year with a solo show on Bettina Pousttchi |
A screen shows a scene from Harmony Korines film Aggro Dr1ft, at Hollywoods Crazy Girls strip club, in Los Angeles, Feb. 8, 2024. (Gabriella Angotti-Jones/The New York Times)
LOS ANGELES, CA.- At the Los Angeles premiere of filmmaker Harmony Korines Aggro Dr1ft, which was held Wednesday night at Hollywoods Crazy Girls strip club, scantily clad dancers shimmied on three small stages. Korine, a 51-year-old experimental artist known for directing 2012s Spring ... More | |
Ancient cypress wood with shipworms recovered from a submerged cypress forest in Dauphin Island, Ala., Dec. 9, 2019. (Annie Flanagan/The New York Times)
by Veronique Greenwood
NEW YORK, NY.- The creature was tiny, about the size and color of a grain of rice. Dan Distel, director of the Ocean Genome Legacy Center at Northeastern University in Boston, wasnt exactly sure what it was, other than a mussel of some kind. He put ... More | |
Bettina Pousttchi. Photo: Norman Konrad.
ZURICH.- Museum Haus Konstruktiv is opening the new exhibition year with a solo show on Bettina Pousttchi (b. 1971 in Mainz, Germany). Sculptures, photographic works and wall-mounted objects are on display. The exhibition provides deep insight into the multi-layered oeuvre of this artist, who is well-known for her monumental site-specific facade installations in public spaces. ... More |
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| Artis-Naples, The Baker Museum opens 'George Gershwin and Modern Art: A Rhapsody in Blue exhibition | | Lost images reveal the history of Rio's Carnival | | Robert Downey Jr., the secret weapon in 'Oppenheimer' |
George Gershwin poses in his home at 1019 Roxbury Drive in Beverly Hills, California, with his finished and framed Portrait of Arnold Schoenberg, 1937. Photo by Gabriel Hackett/Archive Photos/Getty Images.
NAPLES, FL.- ArtisNaples, The Baker Museum announces the opening of the exhibition George Gershwin and Modern Art: A Rhapsody in Blue. The exhibition, which takes visitors on a tour through Gershwins visual dimension, will be on view through June 16, 2024. Gershwin is widely ... More | |
Rafael Cosme holds a photo of a carnival reveler whose name, Dolores, is written on the back in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. (Dado Galdieri/The New York Times)
by Jack Nicas
NEW YORK, NY.- Rafael Cosme was at a Rio de Janeiro antique fair six years ago when he found a pile of film negatives on the ground. No one wanted them, the vendor said. They were $2 I carried home two ... More | |
Robert Downey Jr. in Los Angeles, Jan. 1, 2024. (Chantal Anderson/The New York Times)
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Christopher Nolan and Robert Downey Jr. have each worked on some of the most lucrative and beloved superhero films of our time, many of them with enormous star-filled casts, so how is it that the two had never worked together on a movie before now, superhero or otherwise? Their paths crossed, sort of, on Batman Begins (more on that later). But it took a different ... More |
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| Monumental new installation by artist Nontsikelelo Mutiti transforms facade of ICA Philadelphia | | German Expressionism's response to changing world explored in National Gallery of Art exhibition | | National Museum of American History receives gift to support gunboat Philadelphia preservation |
Installation view.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania (ICA) announced today that artist Nontsikelelo Mutiti transformed its facade into an expansive, 2,000-square-foot work of art as part of its inaugural Entryways commission. Developed in partnership with Maharam, North Americas leading creator of textiles for interiors, Entryways: Nontsikelelo Mutiti interweaves visual histories and patterns of ironwork with African hair braiding designs to explore concepts of beauty, ... More | |
Walter Gramatté, Die grosse Angst (Selbstportrat, Kopf im Halbprofil nach rechts), 1918. Drypoint with extensive additions in watercolor, sheet: 30 x 23.81 cm (11 13/16 x 9 3/8 in.) National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Christopher and Beverly With in memory of Karl and Gerda With.
NEW YORK, NY.- Through their bold distortions, angular, simplified forms, and use of non-naturalistic colors, the German expressionists sought to convey complex emotional and psychological responses to their changing world during the social, cultural, and political upheavals of the ... More | |
Revolutionary War-era artifact at center of museums celebration of the nation's 250th anniversary
WASHINGTON, DC.- The gunboat USS Philadelphia, the oldest surviving American fighting vessel and an American cultural treasure, is being preserved at the Smithsonians National Museum of American History in part through a $1 million leading gift from Americana Corner, an educational and philanthropic resource focused on Americas founding era through the first century of the nation. The gunboat was one of the original artifacts on view when the ... More |
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| A new exhibition reimagining landscape through works from the M+ Collections opens to the public | | Rare missionary map up for auction shows how Victorian zeal carved its path across the globe | | Raven Chacon's sound-and-art symphony |
Installation view of Shanshui: Echoes and Signals, 2024. Photo: Dan Leung. Image courtesy of M+, Hong Kong.
HONG KONG.- M+, Asias first global museum of contemporary visual culture in the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong, opened the new thematic exhibition Shanshui: Echoes and Signals to the public in the South Galleries of the museum. Drawn from the M+ Collections, this exhibition explores the complex connections between landscape ... More | |
The 18½ x 29in (47 x 74cm) map presents two hemispheres illustrating the spread of religion across the globe.
LONDON.- The Pictorial Missionary Map of the World is a rarity that appears at auction only once in every ten or 20 years. As such, the 1861 vision of global religion and Christian missions is much sought after by collectors. John Nicholsons Fine Paintings sale on February 20 will include a fine example of the map, drawn by John Gilbert ... More | |
At the Swiss Institute, a Pulitzer-Prize winner makes art warmed socially and spiritually by hope.
by Holland Cotter
NEW YORK, NY.- A single work of art can get into your system and stay there. Ive been living with haunted by one by the Navajo composer and sound artist Raven Chacon since encountering it in the 2022 Whitney Biennial. Titled Silent Choir (Standing Rock), it had no visual element. ... More |
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RETROaction Symposium: âNow-nessâ and Prophetic Criticism
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Exhibition presents a vibrant portrait of the history and culture of Oregon Jews
PORTLAND, OR.- Oregon Jews, A to Z highlights the most significant, poignant, whimsical, beautiful, and funniest objects in OJMCHEs care. Taken together, these objects offer a vibrant portrait of the history and culture of Oregon Jews. The exhibition explores the breadth and splendor of the museum collection through more than 100 objects, selected from OJMCHEs bountiful archival materials and artifacts. These pieces were chosen not only for their storytelling power but for what they can teach us about the history of Oregons Jewish community. A is for Apron * Rose Naftalin, who came to the US as a baby from Ukraine, opened Roses Restaurant in Portland in 1956. It quickly became a Rose city favorite. Grandma Rose offered delights such as knishes, pastrami sandwiches, and huge cinnamon buns. * Naftalin's apron ... More
Where's Merce? He's in the purse. (His ashes, that is.)
NEW YORK, NY.- Can you get my drink, and Ill get Merce? In certain circles OK, mine that name can belong to only one person: Merce Cunningham, the 20th-century choreographer who reshaped modern dance. Over the past few weeks, his name has come up in the strangest of places: The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. On recent episodes, Sutton Stracke traveled to Spain with her fellow Housewives. Along with racks of designer clothes, she brought Cunninghams ashes packed in a Ziploc bag. Cunningham, it turns out, was one of the most important men in her pre-Housewives life, and she wanted to release the ashes in a significant place and make this a really meaningful trip. Dismay ensued. Put me in a Birkin, fine, said Kyle Richards, another Housewife. But a Ziploc? No. And out of Erika Girardis tipsy mouth poured this gem at dinner: Merce is in the purse. ... More
Take part in artworks by Yoko Ono and Oscar Murillo as part of year round UNIQLO Tate Play programme
LONDON.- Tate Modern today announced two major new projects for UNIQLO Tate Play, the gallerys free programme of commissions and playful art-inspired activities for all ages. Over the Easter school holidays, Yoko Onos participatory instruction works will be staged around the building and landscape. This will be followed in the summer with a new installation by Oscar Murillo, who will transform the Turbine Hall with vast, ever-evolving paintings. From 30 March to 14 April 2024, Tate Modern invites all visitors to take part in artworks by one of the most significant figures in the history of participatory art. UNIQLO Tate Play: Yoko Ono, Do it Yourself will extend across the building and landscape, featuring instruction pieces from Onos pioneering book Grapefruit, originally published in 1964. Some instructions exist as single ... More
bLAh, bLAh, bLAh: Chenhung Chen & Snežana Petrović opens at LAUNCH Gallery
LOS ANGELES, CA.- LAUNCH Gallery presents bLAh, bLAh, bLAh featuring Chenhung Chen and Sneana Saraswati Petrović and their immersive multimedia installation examining environmental and social issues prevalent today through their drawings, sculptures, and photographs. The title reflects the inner and outer chatter experienced while bridging the artists' insights and perception with the current material world. This installation offers a nuanced exploration of the inner spiritual and philosophical mind space and the outer materialistic and social reality we encounter. Through their creative constructs, the artists examine issues of interconnectedness inviting contemplation of the human experience and fostering dialogue and understanding of important societal issues. I weave, bind, and crochet with industrial waste byproducts ... More
Ye's new LP debuts at a New York Arena. Why do his fans stay loyal?
ELMONT, NY.- Adidas severed ties with him. His talent agency dropped him. But on Friday night, an arena on Long Island was filled with thousands of people who most certainly had not turned their backs on Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West. Shortly before releasing Vultures 1, his first album since making a string of antisemitic remarks that cost him business deals and drew widespread condemnation, Ye previewed his new collaboration with R&B singer Ty Dolla Sign at a listening party at UBS Arena, further testing the boundaries of his fandom with lyrics that did not tiptoe around the controversy. Crazy, bipolar, antisemite, and Im still the king, Ye raps in King, the final song on the LP, which drew a modest wave of cheers. Ty Dolla Sign and Ye appeared a bit before 11 p.m. on a smoke-filled stage ... More
Exhibition at Centre Pompidou brings together two photographic collections
PARIS.- This exhibition brings together two photographic collections the public collection of the Musée national dart moderne and the private one of collector Marin Karmitz offering an unprecedented look at representations of the human figure in the 20th and 21st centuries. Featuring over 500 photos and documents by some 120 historic and contemporary photographers, the exhibition goes beyond the traditional categories of study, such as portrait, self-portrait, nude and even humanist photography. It reveals particularities, photographic ways of seeing, and shows the correspondence between artists. We discover the obsessions they share, whether in the way they approach the subject or their stylistic approach. These connections can shed light on certain practices found at a specific moment in time, or, on the other hand, show ... More
True-crime documentaries that tell more about us than the victims
NEW YORK, NY.- Remember the old Arrested Development axiom that theres always money in the banana stand? For streamers, that banana stand is true crime, judging from the rate at which these movies are turned out. Many of the lurid tales of kidnapping, murder and stolen identities have been covered already in podcasts, but documentaries add tantalizing visual elements photographs of the deceased, talking-head interviews, archival footage that apparently keep fans coming back. Of course, as entertainment goes, this is nothing new. Flicking through cable stations years ago would reveal plenty of documentaries and docudramas that retold similar tales. Whats changed is how bingeable they are you can listen to endless podcasts and watch endless streaming shows, one after the other and, perhaps ... More
Hollywood made 14% fewer shows in 2023, marking the end of Peak TV
NEW YORK, NY.- Its official: Peak TV has peaked. Last year, 516 scripted television series aired or streamed in the United States, a 14% decline from 2022, the FX cable network said Friday. That was only the second drop in at least 15 years, and the biggest, according to FXs research. The total is the most definitive evidence of a slowdown that executives have been predicting for at least a year. Televisions rise in both the number of shows and the quality of programming brought it to the forefront of American culture over the last decade. But orders for shows by the major studios started to drop precipitously in the middle of 2022, around the time that Wall Street soured on entertainment companies spend-at-any-cost strategy to make new series. Last years strikes by screenwriters and actors the first time both unions ... More
Tate Modern appoints two curators specialising in Asia-Pacific art
LONDON.- Tate Modern announced that Alvin Li has been appointed to the role of Curator, International Art, supported by Asymmetry Art Foundation, and that Hera Chan has been appointed Adjunct Curator, Asia-Pacific, supported by Asymmetry Art Foundation. Both of these roles ensure that vital expertise on art from the Asia-Pacific region is embedded in Tate Moderns curatorial team, devising and delivering ambitious exhibitions, displays and initiatives in the gallery. They will also research new strategic acquisitions of modern and contemporary art for Tates collection, and forge new relationships with artists, cultural producers, scholars and curators based in the region. These posts are supported through a new partnership between Tate and Asymmetry Art Foundation. Asymmetry is a London-based not- ... More
Exhibition presents new and recent work by Carla Klein in her first solo museum exhibition in the Netherlands
THE HAGUE.- Carla Klein paints spaces and areas without people. In often large oil paintings she explores and bends our perception of reality. KM21 presents new and recent work by Klein in her first solo museum exhibition in the Netherlands. As a starting point for her canvases, Carla Klein uses photos she takes during her travels. While she based previous work on unique analogue photographs, in new paintings she starts from easily reproducible prints. Not the image, but the actual print forms the basis for the final work. Stains, ink that runs out or printing paper that is unsuitable Klein includes all these technical traces in her manual translation into paint. As such, the human and the mechanical ... More
Debra Rosenberg named Smithsonian Magazine executive editor
WASHINGTON, DC.- Smithsonian Enterprises has appointed Debra Rosenberg as executive editor of Smithsonian magazine. She is the fifth editor and first woman in the magazines 53-year history. As executive editor, Rosenberg oversees the content, strategy and production of Smithsonian magazine. Rosenberg has been a journalist for over 30 years and has held multiple roles for Smithsonian magazine, including managing editor from 20122019 and director of editorial operations from 20192023. During her tenure, Smithsonian was nominated for National Magazine Awards in general excellence, essays and feature writing, and won the 2023 award for photography. Rosenberg has received numerous awards, including Lowell Thomas Awards and the Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism, and was a National Magazine ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, French photographer Eugène Atget was born February 12, 1857. Eugène Atget (12 February 1857 - 4 August 1927) was a French flâneur and a pioneer of documentary photography, noted for his determination to document all of the architecture and street scenes of Paris before their disappearance to modernization. In this image: Eugène Atget, Rue de la Montagne-Sainte-Geneviève, June 1925. Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print, 6 11/16 x 8 3/4? (17 x 22.2 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Abbott-Levy Collection. Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden.
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