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Egon Schiele (Austrian, 18901918). Standing Nude with Orange Drapery, 1914 (detail). Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper, 18 3/8 x 12 in. (46.7 x 30.5 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Scofield Thayer, 1982 (1984.433.315ab)
NEW YORK, NY.- At The Met Breuer this summer, the exhibition Obsession: Nudes by Klimt, Schiele, and Picasso from the Scofield Thayer Collection presents a selection from The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Scofield Thayer Collection of some 50 erotic and evocative watercolors, drawings, and prints by Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, and Pablo Picasso, whose subjects, except for a handful, are nudes. The exhibition provides a focused look at this important collection and marks the first time this brilliant group of works are being shown together; it also marks the centenary of the death of Klimt and Schiele. An aesthete and scion of a wealthy family, Scofield Thayer (18891982) was co-publisher and editor of the literary magazine the Dial from 1919 to 1926. In this avant-garde journal he introduced Americans to the writings of T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, D.H. Lawrence, Arthur Schnitzler, Thomas Mann, and Marcel Proust, among others. He frequently accomp ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day MOHAMED EL-SHAHED / AFP.- Italy's Minister of Foreign Affairs Enzo Milanesi (R) visits the Egyptian Museum in Cairo's Tahrir Square on August 5, 2018.
| Dia Art Foundation presents Keith Sonnier's Dis-Play II (1970) at the Dan Flavin Art Institute in Bridgehampton | | Albright-Knox opens 'Robert Indiana: A Sculpture Retrospective' | | Botticelli among treasures at the Chazen Museum of Art's 'Life, Love & Marriage in Renaissance Italy' | 
Keith Sonnier, Installation view, the Dan Flavin Art Institute, Bridgehampton, New York. Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Bill Jacobson Studio, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- Dia Art Foundation is presenting a new exhibition by Keith Sonnier at the Dan Flavin Art Institute in Bridgehampton, New York, from July 1, 2018, to May 26, 2019. Sonniers exhibition features Dis-Play II (1970)an immersive installation of foam rubber, fluorescent powder, strobe light, black light, neon, plywood, and glassand Film and Videos 19681977a decade-long exploration into sound and media work. The exhibition in Bridgehampton brings together Sonniers ongoing interest in film, light, and experiential art environments. Alongside peers such as Carl Andre, Dan Flavin, Eva Hesse, Bruce Nauman, and Jackie Winsor, Sonnier specifically sought out and utilized nontraditional and ephemeral materials in his art production beginning in the late 1960s. In his own words: We made art that was defined by its defiance of the traditional idea of what could be considered art. While superficially sim ... More | | 
Star, 1960-1962. Gesso and oil on wood with iron-and wooden-wheels; 76 x 18 x 13 inches (193 x 45.7 x 33 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1963 (K1963:9). © 2018 Morgan Art Foundation Ltd. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photograph courtesy of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery.
BUFFALO, NY.- Recently the Albright-Knox Art Gallery opened Robert Indiana: A Sculpture Retrospective. The exhibition provides an in-depth exploration of one of Americas best known, but least understood artists. It will remain on view in the South Galleries of the museums 1905 Building through Sunday, September 23, 2018. With his career-defining LOVE sculpture, Robert Indiana (American, 19282018) created what is perhaps the most beloved public artwork of the twentieth century and one of the most iconic works in all of art history. Indianas works created prior to LOVE in the early 1960s were quickly embraced as classics of the burgeoning Pop art movement. However, his intensely autobiographical artwork consistently defied this narrow art historical categorization. Through varied ... More | | 
Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, called Sandro Botticelli (b. 1445, Florence; d. 1510, Florence) and Workshop, Madonna and Child, ca. 1490, tempera and gold on panel, 28 7/8 x 22 5/8 x 3 7/8 in. (73.5 x 57.5 x 10 cm), collection of Museo Stibbert, Florence, Italy, Inv. 16209.
MADISON, WI .- Drawing on a selection of outstanding panels and complete cassonielaborately decorated wedding cheststogether with textiles, majolica ware, paintings and other domestic items, this exhibition explores and illustrates life, love, and marriage in Renaissance Florence. Many of the objectsall from the Stibbert Collection in Florencehave never crossed the Atlantic Ocean before, and a Botticelli madonna and child painting is among the treasures. Interactive stations within the exhibit, including family heraldry, gaming tables and tarot cards, will give visitors an immersive Renaissance experience. During the Italian Renaissance (roughly mid-fourteeth century to the sixteenth century), cassoni were an important part of marriage rituals and were among the most prestigious furnishings in the house ... More |
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| Bert Stern: Shapes & Symbols Early Advertising Works 1953-1970' opens at Keyes Art Gallery | | 'Zorba' composer Mikis Theodorakis in hospital after heart attack | | TASCHEN publishes book by photo duo behind some of fashion's glossiest shots | 
Keyes Art Gallery is presenting a solo exhibition of American photographer Bert Stern which focuses on his outbreaking advertising and fashion work.
EAST HAMPTON, NY.- Keyes Art Gallery in association with The Bert Stern Trust and Galerie 36 presents the first comprehensive exhibition of the visionary advertising photographs of American photographer Bert Stern (1929 - 2013) from the early fifties to the early seventies. The exhibition "Shapes & Symbols shows a selection of iconic images that emerged during the highly productive time of his rise to become one of the top advertising photographers. Many of the works exhibited have never before been publicly displayed outside publications and magazines of their time and can now be seen for the first time in terms of their artistic value. Bert Stern is credited with having redefined advertising imagery in the early 1950s. Previously, advertising in magazines was used primarily to illustrate the text.Through his conceptual vision, Stern ushered in a new era of advertising, one where photographic images began to communicate much more ... More | | 
Theodorakis penned what is probably the best-known piece of Greek music, the theme tune to Zorba, an instrumental which is still played and danced to around the world.
ATHENS (AFP).- Renowned Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis, who wrote the music for the 1964 classic film "Zorba the Greek", has been hospitalised after suffering a heart attack, the state agency ANA reported Sunday. Doctors said the 93-year-old was "out of immediate danger" but was being kept in hospital in Athens as a precaution given his advanced age. Theodorakis penned what is probably the best-known piece of Greek music, the theme tune to Zorba, an instrumental which is still played and danced to around the world. He is also known in Greece as an icon of resistance against World War II Nazi Germany, as a militant communist in Greece's 1946-49 civil war and as an activist against the military junta that ruled Greece from 1967-74. Theodorakis has remained a high-profile political campaigner and in February this year was out on the streets again, urging the Greek government not to compromise ... More | | 
Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott. Hardcover, 10.3 x 13.8 in., 408 pages. $ 80.
NEW YORK, NY.- Mert Alas, born in Turkey, and Marcus Piggott, born in Wales, met in 1994, at a party on a pier in Hastings, England. Piggott asked Alas for a light, the pair got talking, and rapidly discovered they had plenty in common, not least a love of fashion. Three years later, the duo now known as Mert and Marcus had moved into a derelict loft in East London, converted it into a studio, and had their first collaborative photographic work published in Dazed & Confused. These days, Mert and Marcus shape the global image of such renowned brands as Giorgio Armani, Roberto Cavalli, Fendi, Miu Miu, Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Givenchy, and Lancôme, and public figures including Lady Gaga, Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, Linda Evangelista, Gisele Bündchen, Björk, Angelina Jolie, and Rihanna. Their photographs encompass a wide range of styles and influences but are renowned particularly for their use of digitized augmentation of images, and a fascination for strong, sexually charged, confident ... More |
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| The 10th edition of the Xavier Miserachs photography Biennale hosts 11 exhibitions | | Ghana national cathedral plan sparks unholy row | | New Murakami novel ruled 'indecent' by Hong Kong censors | 
Joan Alvado, Sense peu de foto (detail). © Joan Alvado.
PALAFRUGELL.- The 10th edition of the Xavier Miserachs Photography Biennale takes place from the 4th August until the 14th October in Palafrugell, Girona, Spain. The biennale comprises 11 exhibitions spread across several cultural spaces in the city - all easily accessible on foot - as well as an extensive program of parallel activities, open to the general public. The objective of the biennale is to showcase the work of important figures in national and international photography, while simultaneously supporting new voices. Each edition also features the work of a previously unknown photographer, often working as an amateur, whose work unwittingly reflects the recent history of the nation. For the first time in its history, the biennale opened on the 4th of August, extending its duration by 6 weeks, in order to offer the full program of exhibitions over the entirety of the summer. The biennale presents: Works ... More | | 
David Adjaye at Conference of Commonwealth Association of Architects in Dhaka, 2013. Photo: Rossi101/Wikipedia.
ACCRA (AFP).- Ghana may be one of the most religious countries in the world, despite being constitutionally secular, but a project to build a new national cathedral has not met universal approval. Plans for the building, designed by the Ghanaian-British architect David Adjaye and to be located on some six hectares (14 acres) near Accra's parliament, were unveiled earlier this year. Designs showed landscaped gardens and a concave structure housing a chapel, baptistry and 5,000-seat auditorium, as well as Africa's first bible museum and documentation centre. The building is intended to be "a house of prayer for all people", and will host state occasions which are usually held at Independence Square or the president's official residence. Chika Okeke-Agulu, a professor of art history at US university Princeton, wrote in The ... More | | 
Haruki Murakami's latest novel has been deemed "indecent".
HONG KONG.- Bestselling Japanese writer Haruki Murakami's latest novel has been deemed "indecent" by Hong Kong censors, triggering backlash in the city where concern is growing that freedom of expression is increasingly under threat. More than 2,100 residents had signed an online petition as of Thursday against the move, which requires Murakami's "Killing Commendatore" to be sealed in wrappers with warning notices. The petition, jointly written by 21 groups, said the decision would "bring shame to Hong Kong people" and warned it could hurt the international standing of the city's publishing and cultural sectors. Under the ruling by Hong Kong's Obscene Articles Tribunal, the novel also cannot be sold to minors. Anyone violating the rule could face a fine of HK$10,000 ($1,270) and six months in prison. A government agency had brought ... More |
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| For exiled novelist, Turkey 'like 1930s Germany' | | Exhibition focuses on the aesthetics and significance of African beadwork | | Paul Housberg's glass installation featured at historic intersection in Charlotte, North Carolina | 
Exiled Turkish writer and human rights activist Asli Erdogan answers AFP journalists' questions during an interview. Daniel ROLAND / AFP.
FRANKFURT AM MAIN (AFP).- Turkish novelist Asli Erdogan, living in exile in Germany as she risks a life sentence on terror charges at home, thinks the writing is on the wall: her country is sliding into fascism. The award-winning author, still traumatised by the four months she spent in an Istanbul prison, warns that Turkey's institutions are "in a state of total collapse". In President Recep Tayyip Erdogan -- no relation -- she sees a man tightening control over everyday Turkish life, emboldened by an outright victory in June elections, sweeping new powers and a crackdown on opponents. "The extent of things in Turkey is like Nazi Germany," the flame-haired 51-year-old told AFP in an interview in Frankfurt, her temporary home as she awaits the outcome of her court case in absentia. "I think it is a fascist regime. It is not yet 1940s Germany, but 1930s," said Asli. "A crucial factor is the lack of a judicial system," she added, describing a country of overcrowded prisons and pro-Erdogan jud ... More | | 
Necklace. Kenya (north), Turkana, before 1975. Animal skin, plant fibres, glass or plastic beads, 2 x 26 x 36 cm. © Museum Rietberg, gift from François und Claire Mottas.
ZURICH.- With Bead Art from Africa the Museum Rietberg presents an exhibition on the aesthetics and significance of beadwork, thus, for the first time, allowing women artists to take centre stage. Overlooked by art history for a long time, women play the key role as creators of beadwork in African art. The beadwork produced by women in the eastern and southern parts of the continent takes on the shape of figurative art in West Africa. Viewing the designs and techniques reveals how much creativity and skill goes into making these filigree objects. Whether dealing with extravagant ornaments, impressive masks, or royal stools the exhibition unfolds the vast scope and ingenuity of bead art in East, South and West Africa. However, glass beads never served merely decorative or ornamental purposes; the colours and designs also convey intricate messages about age, gender, and identity of the persons wearing the pieces. The glass beads that r ... More | | 
Paul Housberg creates site-specific works in glass for corporate, hospitality, healthcare and public environments.
CHARLOTTE, NC.- Architectural glass artist Paul Housberg has created a site-specific, permanent public art installation for 101 North Tryon, a newly renovated building at the historic intersection of Trade and Tryon in downtown Charlotte, North Carolina. This large-scale glass piece, which serves as the exterior façade of the buildings main entrance, honors the historic significance of its location while celebrating the citys robust commitment to contemporary art and culture. Housberg worked closely with Wagner Murray Architects, Charlotte, NC, to design a work of art that would bring a timeless elegance to the newly renovated site. Trade and Tryon is a famed intersection in Charlotte. It is known as Independence Square after the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, which many believe was the first declaration of independence made in the Thirteen Colonies during the American Revolution. Today, it is the heart of Charlottes City Center, hopping with business, art, and restaurants. ... More |
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 The Photographers' Gallery opens a solo exhibition by British photographer Dafydd JonesLONDON.- The Photographers Gallery presents The Last Hurrah, a solo exhibition by British photographer Dafydd Jones (b.1956) which reveals the upper echelons of English society at play during 1980s. The exhibition is on display, with all works available for acquisition, in the Print Sales Gallery from 3 August 8 September 2018. Jones worked as a social photographer from the early 1980s onwards, contracted by such publications as Tatler, Vanity Fair, The New York Observer, The Sunday Telegraph, The Times and Independent. After winning a photography competition run by The Sunday Times magazine in 1981 with a set of pictures of the Bright Young Things, Jones was hired by Tatler magazine editor Tina Brown to photograph Hunt Balls, society weddings and debutante dances. This exhibition explores Joness behind-the-scenes images taken ... More 'Death of the Artist' by Nicola McCartney explores artist identity in contemporary artLONDON.- Death of the Artist is an exploration of the meaning of artist identity and authorship in the contemporary art world. An increasing number of artists are using alternative identities, pseudonyms, or collective identities to create cutting-edge pieces of art with complete anonymity. The question, therefore, remains how do we classify authorship and the traditional artist-author roles. McCartney, through case studies of contemporary artists such as the Guerilla Girls; Bob and Roberta Smith; Marvin Gaye Chetwynd; and Lucky PDF, debates the question of intellectual property and artistic identity. She demonstrates that this use of anonymity, behind pseudonyms or alternative identities challenges the art market and the concept of the original as well as rebelling again ... More Inaugural YarraBend Stand Prize awarded to Sarah Cottier Gallery at Melbourne Art Fair 2018MELBOURNE.- Melbourne Art Fair announced that the inaugural YarraBend Stand Prize has been awarded to Sarah Cottier Gallery (Stand B6) for their outstanding presentation of artist Esther Stewart at Melbourne Art Fair 2018. The $5,000 Stand Prize recognises an exceptional gallery presentation, which showcases an innovative solo artist show or curated group presentation at the Fairs 15th edition which ran from Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 August 2018 in Southbank Arts Precinct. The team at YarraBend and I are very excited to be supporting the inaugural Stand Prize. As an avid collector, art is something close to my heart. Its also something weve consciously weaved into the founding fabric of YarraBend. Its imperative that like Melbourne Art Fair, we all do our bit to support Melbournes thriving arts scene and cultural vibrancy. The talent recognised at Melbourne ... More Everyone's a critic: Last chance to vote in 2018 Archibald Prize ANZ People's Choice awardSYDNEY.- Since 1988, Archibald Prize audiences have had the opportunity to express their opinion about art by voting in the ANZ Peoples Choice award. Recent winners include Anh Do in 2017 with his portrait of Indigenous actor Jack Charles and in 2016, veteran Archibald Prize artist Nick Stathopoulos with his portrait of Sudanese refugee and lawyer, Deng Adut. Voting for the 2018 ANZ Peoples Choice award closes on Sunday 12 August at 5pm, with the winner being announced on Wednesday 15 August. Over 18,000 visitors to the 2018 Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes have had their say with over 10,000 visitors providing written comments about their favourite work. To further encourage visitors to confidently express their opinions about art, the Gallery with support from presenting partner, ANZ, has this year created the inaugural Archibald Celebrity ... More Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei opens 'Trans-Justice: Para-Colonial@Technology'TAIPEI CITY.- The year 2017 marked the 30th anniversary of the lifting of martial law in Taiwan, with that moment of liberation in history belonging, nonetheless, not only to Taiwan. Geopolitically, other nations, whether originally on the side of liberalism or communism, were also in the midst of democratization, and historically, the three years between 2017 and 2019, also mark the centennial of the October Revolution, the semi-centennial of the May 1968 in France, and the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. However, the abundance of transitional justice in the late '80s has not led to the guarantee of social justice two decades later; in other words, communal social values, equality, fair distribution of power resources have all remain unresolved, resulting in the heavy influx of quasi-anarchism occupy movements. In short, global democratization ... More Exhibition of original 3D comic production art celebrates the biggest names in contemporary comicsPASADENA, CA.- Gallery 30 South, Pasadenas popular gallery for emerging and internationally renowned artists and pop culture enthusiasts is currently hosting the extraordinary limited engagement exhibition Pop Sequentialism Ver. 2.0 which will run through August 26, 2018 due to popular demand. Pop Sequentialism Ver. 2.0 is a second take on the first contemporary survey exhibition of published comic book art that took place seven years ago in 2011 and an amazing opportunity for post Comic-Con storytelling. The new limited engagement exhibition features rare, first presentation original 3D comic production art from the archives of Ray Zone, a comic book hall-of-fame 3D artist including his collaboration with Will Eisner on The Spirit and pages from Sheena, Miracleman and the Rocketeer. Every piece of art exhibited is unique, published ... More 3D mixed-media artist Sue Haskel opens summer exhibition at the Plateaux GalleryLONDON.- British 3D mixed-media artist Sue Haskel opened her Summer show 'The Third Dimension at The Plateaux Gallery at Thomas Goode on South Audley Street, Mayfair. With a background in marketing and interior design Sue Haskel is now a 3D mixedmedia artist working primarily in paper and metal. Sue is inspired by the interplay between pattern and repetition, light and shadow, contrast and texture. She gathers ideas from her surroundings - from urban cityscapes to the natural world. Her themes are wide-ranging and include books, pyramid structures, leaves, fish and butterflies. The Plateaux Gallery, which has a worldwide reputation for exquisite contemporary works of art, with exceptional studio glass as well as functional and sculptural pieces, is based in the quintessentially British, architecturally fascinating and luxurious surroundings of Thomas ... More Failure Detection: Julia Phillips's first solo museum exhibition on view at MoMA PS1LONG ISLAND CITY, NY.- MoMA PS1 is presenting the first solo museum exhibition of New York-based artist Julia Phillips (German and American, b. 1985), featuring six newly commissioned major works alongside existing sculptures, on view from April 15 to September 3, 2018. Primarily working with ceramics, Phillips creates objects and scenes that are intimately connected to the body. Her sculptures mostly avoid direct figuration, instead proposing various support structures for the body and emphasizing its absence. Impressions of the human form are visible through casts of orifices, handprints, and other corporeal traces. While suggestive of particular functions and purposes that are overtly physical, these works also produce social and psychological resonances. For Phillips, the body is entangled in both the real and abstract spaces of politics, ... More Also Known As Africa Art & Design Fair announces 41 exhibitors and 112 artists PARIS.- Since its first edition in 2016, AKAA stands for a multi-faceted Africa, wich transcends historical boundaries and whose voices resonate in the four corners of the world, carried by the vision of each artist. The third edition of the fair will be held from 9 to 11 November at the Carreau du Temple. AKAA - Also Known As Africa is the only art fair in France devoted to contemporary art and design centred on Africa, with an average of 15,000 visitors in the first and second editions. This year AKAA returns with the same desire to showcase a vibrant art scene, brought together by all the artists claiming a link to Africa. As in the previous editions, all types of contemporary art expressions will be in the spotlight : sculpture, painting, photography, video installation, performance and design. With this years edition, AKAA rethinks the contemporary art map and places Africa ... More Paradigm Gallery + Studio opens two concurrent exhibitionsPHILADELPHIA, PA.- Paradigm Gallery + Studio announces two concurrent exhibitions: Still Standing, a solo show by Lauren Rinaldi, and Still Talking About It, a group exhibition of new works by Danielle Clough, Andrea Farina, and Suzanna Scott. On view from July 27, 2018 until September 15, 2018, Still Standing is a focused solo presentation of oil self-portraits, marking a continuation of Rinaldis representation of the female form through a personal lens. Still Talking About It, the group exhibition, brings together the works of Clough, Farina and Scott to explore the diversity of womens collective experiences. Together, these distinct exhibitions explore the personal and universal struggles women face in todays society. Still Standing includes twenty-four large and small scale paintings by Lauren Rinaldi. Rinaldis delicate brushstrokes and soft coloration do ... More Moniker Art Fair announces first curatorial partnership with Urban Nation MuseumLONDON.- Returning to The Old Truman Brewery during Londons most important art week this October, Moniker Art Fair 2018 steps up its ambitions with an exciting new collaboration between two leading women driving forward the urban art scene. A first in the history of the fair, this official partnership with Urban Nation Museum will see its Director, Yasha Young, work with Monikers Director Tina Ziegler to present the strongest line-up of urban contemporary artists within the much-anticipated installation hall. Firmly established as the worlds largest urban art fair, having achieved record breaking sales and audiences in 2017, Moniker has dedicated over a decade to growing this global industry. This special partnership with UNM draws attention to the cultural impact that urban art has had in recent years, and highlights its rise to prominence within the public eye ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American artist Andy Warhol was born August 06, 1928. Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 - February 22, 1987) was an American artist, director and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture, and advertising that flourished by the 1960s, and span a variety of media, including painting, silkscreening, photography, film, and sculpture. In this image: Installation view Andy Warhol. Dark Star. Museo Jumex. Photo: Moritz Bernoully © 2017 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
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