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Pam Longobardi (American, b. 1958). Endless (Zombie Brancusi), 2020. Vagrant polystyrene, sea turtle bites, wood, steel, magnets; dimensions variable. Courtesy of the Artist.
NAPLES, FLA.- ArtisNaples, The Baker Museum, opened Pam Longobardi: Ocean Gleaning on Saturday, December 18. Longobardi utilizes found ocean plastics as her primary source material, arranging hundreds of plastic pieces into meticulous wall-mounted artworks or turning them into monumental floor-based sculptures. The exhibition, featuring thought-provoking works of art that shed an unflinching light on the effects of global consumption on the natural world, will be on view through July 24. Our theme throughout the 2021-22 season is Esprit de Corps, and Ocean Gleaning reminds us of how we can each do our part to collectively protect our natural resources, said CEO and President Kathleen van Bergen. The works of art are beautiful and alluring: Upon closer inspection they reveal what they are made of, and then ask us to think about the crisis taking place in our oceans. Museum Director and Chief Curator Courtney McNeil s ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Installation view of Huang Po-Chih, Blue Elephant, 2021-2022 at mumok. Photo: Christian Benesch, © mumok.
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| A grim, long-hidden truth emerges in art: Native American enslavement | | mumok opens an exhibition of works by Huang Po-Chih | | Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson confirmed as chair of the National Endowment for the Arts | 
Chip Thomas in front of his installation depicting a list of names of enslaved Native people in a slave dwelling in Conejos, Colo., Oct. 1, 2021. Kalen Goodluck/The New York Times.
by Patricia Leigh Brown
FORT GARLAND, COLO.- On a bitter, windy day, a long-overdue reckoning took place in the commandants quarters at Fort Garland, a former military outpost turned museum and cultural center. For most of its history, the museum has celebrated frontiersman Christopher Carson, known as Kit, who briefly commanded this far-flung garrison built during the American westward expansion to protect settlers from raids by tribes. But now the museum was telling a far different story in an exhibition titled Unsilenced: Indigenous Enslavement in Southern Colorado one of the first dedicated to highlighting the little-known and centuries-old system of Indigenous bondage that historian Andrés ... More | | 
Huang Po-Chih, Production Line-Denim Shirt, 2014. Denim fabric, paper. Courtesy Taipei Fine Art Museum, Photo: Huang Po-Chih © Huang Po-Chih.
VIENNA.- Huang Po-Chih (b. 1980 in Taoyuan) belongs to a generation of artists socialized in a time of democratic reform and rapid economic growth in Taiwan. After abolishing one-party rule and martial law in 1987, Taiwan transformed itself into a neoliberal, capitalist, democratically organized society. The political status of Taiwan remains contested, a consequence of the Chinese Civil War in which troops of the national Chinese Kuomintang under Chiang Kai-Shek retreated to Taiwan after their defeat and founded the Republic of China there. In the struggle with the US for dominance in the Pacific Ocean region, the Peoples Republic of China, with its aspirations of superpower status, is again making threatening gestures toward the island state of Taiwan, which has been ruled democratically since the dissolution ... More | | 
Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson. Photo: David K. Riddick.
WASHINGTON, DC.- President Joseph R. Biden today nominated Maria Rosario Jackson, PhD, of Los Angeles, California, as chair of the National Endowment for the Arts. The Biden-Harris Administration chose to make the announcement during National Arts and Humanities Month with the selection of Dr. Jackson to lead the nations arts agency. She will be the nations first African American and Mexican American to be appointed as NEA chair. It is an honor to be nominated to serve as head of the National Endowment for the Arts by President Biden, who has a demonstrated deep commitment to the arts, said Dr. Jackson. Our art, culture, and creativity are some of our countrys most valuable resources. They are evidence of our humanity, our ability to learn from our examined experience, and our ability to imagine and innovate. The arts are critical to our well-being, to robust economies, and to healthy communities where all ... More |
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| Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art opens an exhibition on textiles and paintings from 17th-century Iran | | SALT Beyoğlu opens an exhibition of works by İpek Duben | | Untitled Nam June Paik documentary announced | 
Portrait of a Gentleman, Iran, Isfahan, Safavid period, ca. 16501675. Oil on canvas, H x W x D (framed): 220 x 137 x 5 cm. Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, PA.2.1997.
WASHINGTON, DC.- For the first time in the United States, visitors to the Smithsonians National Museum of Asian Art can enjoy an exceptional group of 17th-century textiles and full-length oil portraits from Safavid Iran (15011722), on loan from the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha. Complemented by some of the finest illustrated manuscript paintings from the collection of the National Museum of Asian Art, Fashioning an Empire: Safavid Textiles from the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha underscores the importance of silk in the social, economic and religious life of 17th-century Iran and its role in positioning the empire at the nexus of a vibrant global exchange. We are delighted to welcome visitors to this landmark exhibition that tells such a poignant story of global ... More | | 
İpek Duben, Telephone, 1999. Courtesy the artist.
ISTANBUL.- The most comprehensive exhibition of İpek Dubens work to date, spanning over forty years of her practice, is presented at SALT Beyoğlu. Referring to the artists extensive use of her body image, The Skin, Body, and I offers insight into her works, exploring gender, male violence, displacement, migration, and excessive consumption. The exhibition reevaluates Dubens entire oeuvre, from drawings and paintings made in the early 1980s to her most recent series Angels and Clowns in 2020. Comprising a single drawing and eleven paintings, Şerife (1980-1981) is the first body of work in which Duben tackled issues such as migration, perception of the other, and gender within a local context. For the headless and bodiless portraits of Şerife, who went to her sisters house to clean, the artist filled up a dress she had purchased from the street market to replace the live m ... More | | 
Authorized feature documentary about Korean-born father of video art is directed by Amanda Kim with Steven Yeun (Minari) and Fab 5 Freddy executive producing.
NEW YORK, NY.- Production has been announced on Untitled Nam June Paik Film, a feature-length documentary on the maverick artist featuring unseen footage and archival materials. The film is directed and produced by Amanda Kim. Producers are Jennifer Blei Stockman (The Price of Everything), David Koh (Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell, Kusama: Infinity), Amy Hobby (What Happened, Miss Simone?), and Jesse Wann (Wormwood). The film will be completed in 2022. Executive Producers are Kenzo Digital (Artist/Director/Producer, Air), Steven Jang (Kindred Ventures), Steven Yeun (Minari, The Walking Dead), Fab 5 Freddy (Visual Artist, Filmmaker, Hip Hop Pioneer), and Florence Sloan (Delhi Crime). Co-Producers are Mariko Munro, Heejung Oh ... More |
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| 'Edvard Munch's Photography' returns to Scandinavia House | | Contemporary art organisation TACO! announces plans to move into a new, purpose-built creative hub | | Pangolin London presents an exhibition of carefully selected work by Lynn Chadwick | 
Edvard Munch, Self-Portrait in a Hat in Profile Facing Right, 1930. Original: Gelatin silver contact print. Courtesy of Munch Museum.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Experimental Self: Edvard Munchs Photography, an exhibition organized by American-Scandinavian Foundation with The Munch Museum in Oslo that first brought the photographic work of the master painter to NYC in 2017/18 before traveling worldwide, returns to Scandinavia House this winter with a newly conceived design and a section including vintage camera equipment alongside the release of the 2020 illustrated book The Experimental Self: The Photography of Edvard Munch, awarded with diploma as one of The Years Most Beautiful Books, 2021 by Grafill, Norway's National Organization for Visual Communication. Internationally celebrated for his paintings, prints, and watercolors, Norwegian artist Edvard Munch (18631944) also took photographs. In 2017/18, the exhibition The Experimental Self: Edvard Munchs Photography at Scandinavia ... More | | 
Alex Frost, Passive Aggression, 2021. Photo: Tom Carter.
LONDON.- In Summer 2022, TACO! will move into a purpose-designed space in the newly-developed Cygnet Square, adjacent to Southmere Lake. Led and run since 2018 by artists and producers Mat Jenner, Natasha Bird and Flo Lines, TACO! aims to foster a dialogue between artists, audiences, community and place. The new space will allow TACO! to further engage with its local context of Thamesmead an often overlooked corner of South London currently undergoing major regeneration by one of Londons oldest housing associations, Peabody. The addition of a permanent arts organisation will provide a focal point for the areas many creatives. It will complement a range of cultural programmes and initiatives developed by Peabody as part of a sustainable, long-term Cultural Infrastructure Plan for Thamesmead. Other initiatives include the Lakeside Centre managed by Bow Arts, the annual Thamesmead Festival, the recently launched Thamesmead Creat ... More | | 
Installation view of Pangolin London's Lynn Chadwick exhibition.
LONDON.- Pangolin London are presenting a museum-quality exhibition of carefully selected work by Lynn Chadwick, exploring the subliminal influences that inspired this giant of twentieth century sculpture through the decades. Lynn Chadwick is a leading figure in the history of British and European sculpture in the mid and late 20th century. Often misunderstood as not being in touch, this exhibition exposes how many of the major events of the 20th century affected and were explored by Chadwick. Indeed Chadwicks frame of reference came from a wide range of sources - from ancient to contemporary art, nature to behavioural science, and fashion to architecture. This exhibition highlights how throughout the six decades of his career, Chadwick would often change and adapt his work responding to the zeitgeist of the time. Whilst Chadwick consistently resisted talking about his works in terms of any direct influences or inspi ... More |
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| The world's most extensive private Aalto collection opens as a virtual exhibition | | Alexandra Bircken's The Doctor donated to the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow | | Art Gallery of New South Wales announces Australia's first Children's Art Library | 
Diverse Design exhibition at the Alvar Aalto Museum. Photo: Maija Holma © Alvar Aalto Foundation.
HELSINKI.- The Alvar Aalto Museums major hit with the public in spring 2021, the Diverse Design 30 years of passionate collecting exhibition, has opened in virtual format. The exhibition offers an opportunity to take a peek at selected objects from the private collector Pertti Männistös unique Aalto collection of more than a thousand objects. The extensive collection includes not only pieces of furniture, lights and glass objects, but also details of interiors designed by Aino and Alvar Aalto. This is the Alvar Aalto Foundations first-ever paid virtual exhibition. The exhibition is a representative example of a systematically and comprehensively accumulated private collection, which is also notable in international terms. The expansion of the collection has been driven by the collectors uncompromising desire for knowledge, which in time has also led to a collaboration with the Alvar Aalto Museum. Now, this ... More | | 
Alexandra Bircken, The Doctor, 2020. Courtesy of the artist and Herald St, London.
GLASGOW.- A major work by Alexandra Bircken, The Doctor, 2020, has been acquired for the The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, through the Valeria Napoleone XX Contemporary Art Society (VNXXCAS) initiative. The museum is receiving the work through this scheme after making a strong case for addressing the representation of women artists within their existing collections. Birken is known for her sculptures and installations, for which she draws on an unusually wide range of found materials. The human body is almost always the focus of her work, with its complex states and conditions, how it is covered and protected, and its variety of desires. The Doctor exemplifies many of these characteristic qualities of Alexandra Birckens art. Its constituent materials include a surgical gown (a souvenir of the artists own treatment for a knee injury), a section from a discarded Christmas tree (set into a prosthetic joint), ... More | | 
Image of the Art Gallery of New South Wales as produced by Mogamma for Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects © Mogamma.
SYDNEY.- Designed to provide a sense of wonder for children and their families, the Art Gallery of New South Wales today announced that Australias first art library for children will open next year in the original building as part of the Sydney Modern Project revitalisation program, currently underway. In a welcoming, colourful and light-filled architecturally designed space, books about artists and by artists, books about art history and books featuring acclaimed illustrations will fill the shelves of the Childrens Art Library, providing delight and stimulating the imaginations of its young visitors. Books in various languages will be available, as will a range of books in accessible formats for children living with disabilities or who have access requirements. The collection will include books by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and writers. The new space will also enable ... More |
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 Regeneration experts welcome £35.4 million injection for development of creative industriesLONDON.- The Director of a project to transform 60 miles of the Thames Estuary across Essex and Kent into one of the most exciting cultural hubs in the world, has welcomed the Governments decision to inject millions of pounds into developing creative industries in the South East following the award of more than £35.4 million in grants. Creative Estuary funding has kick-started the delivery of plans to transform the Police Section House one of the Historic Dockyard Chathams most prominent yet unused buildings into the Docking Station, an innovative creative hub, paving the way for further investment and a £5.6 million share of the Governments Levelling Up Fund. In total, Medway Council received £14.4 mllion from the fund. The investment will enable three related projects in Chatham to support the areas flourishing creative sector and provide ... More  Andréhn-Schiptjenko opens Jacob Dahlgrens first solo exhibition in FrancePARIS.- Andréhn-Schiptjenko is presenting Units of Measurements, Jacob Dahlgrens first solo exhibition in France. The exhibition runs through January 29, 2022. Using left-overs from his studio practice, shipping material or simply everyday objects such as coat hangers, pens, dart boards, art magazines, and T-shirts, Dahlgren creates work that mimics classic form and may even appear familiar. This relationship with everyday life is one of the pillars of Dahlgrens practice where he constantly seeks geometric and abstract patterns in the surrounding world and processes the mundane and quotidian into art. His own life is inseparable from his work in a tangible way, as for his project Peinture Abstraite he has worn striped t-shirts for the last fifteen years and plans to do so for the rest of his life, as a living and on-going exhibition, sometimes with external ... More  adidas pushes boundaries in Web3 to explore the possibilities of the open MetaverseHERZOGENAURACH.- Today, adidas Originals marks its intent for Web3 with its first NFT drop of digital and physical products. Known for celebrating ideas and partnering with creators at the cutting edge of originality, the brands journey into the Metaverse is inspired by and presented in partnership with some of the most influential icons of the NFT community. Created with NFT pioneers Bored Ape Yacht Club, gmoney and the team behind PUNKS Comic, the collection leans on the expertise of these Metaverse communities as they welcome adidas into the new digital dimension. Honoring the creators at the forefront of a revolutionary cultural space, owners of the NFT - on sale December 17 - will receive exclusive access to adidas Originals experiences and product. The NFT will provide access to virtual wearables for blockchain-based gaming world, The Sandbox, ... More  The 6th Lisbon Triennale opens the door in September 2022LISBON.- Welcome to Terra, the Triennale 2022 taking place next fall. A manifesto expressed as a call to action with different meanings and scales, proposing a reflection upon challenging settings that require a paradigm shift from a linear growth model to a circular evolutionary model. Chief curators Cristina VerÃssimo and Diogo Burnay introduce a 10-week diverse programme of events where four interconnected exhibitions stand out displaying different approaches, geographies and culture to the concept of Terra: this may be a habitable planet or matter for cultivation; it may be in excess or lacking; an obstacle or an element in the construction of communities. These outlooks are brought forward in a forum where community, territory, city and landscape are not explored as an eco-product, but as a body in distress upon which different perspectives operate ... More  Gemma Rolls-Bentley joins Avant Arte as Chief Curator LONDON.- Avant Arte, the creative marketplace that makes discovering and owning art radically more accessible, announced today that Gemma Rolls-Bentley has joined as Chief Curator. In the newly-created role, Rolls-Bentley will run Avant Artes artist and curatorial strategy. She will work alongside Christian Luiten, Head of Artist Community, to build relationships with artists, curators and the wider cultural ecosystem. Rolls-Bentley will also be responsible for managing partnerships with cultural institutions, museums and charitable organisations. Based in London, she will manage teams across Avant Artes offices in London and Amsterdam. Before joining Avant Arte, Rolls-Bentley was Curatorial Director at Artsy where she led the online art platforms curatorial strategy. She is a visiting lecturer at the Royal College of Art and ... More  What's Going On Here? Unearths the hidden destruction and action of renewal inside the artists' studioGLASSBORO, NJ.- Rowan University Art Gallery is presenting Whats Going On Here?, a solo exhibition of NY-based artist Jeanne Silverthornes cast rubber sculptures. Full of layered meanings that are at times conflicting and ambiguous, Silverthornes sculptures act as archeological excavation sitesunearthing the vanished voices of deceased artists, family, friends, and studio assistants that have traced through her studio. The natural forms depicted in her work, such as dandelions, sunflowers, and insects contrast the remains of the studio that are both metaphorically and literally frozen in a state of collapse and decay. As Silverthorne explains, its debris, if enlarged and cast as sculpture, becomes biomorphic. Suddenly, a wasteland is teeming with microscopic life. If the walls of the dilapidated studio collapse, nature takes overa nature oblivious of human concerns, with its own cycle of ... More  1854 and British Journal of Photography announce the winners of Portrait of Britain 2021LONDON.- From 1854 Media and British Journal of Photography, the Female in Focus award launched in 2019 in response to staggering gender imbalance in photography. Globally, 70-80% of photography students are women. Yet they account for only 13-15% of professional photographers. And when womens stories arent recognised, were not getting the whole picture. From Imogen Freelands poignant take on motherhood to Marzena Hans look at the social invisibility felt by middle-aged women Paola Vivas defiant portrait of Latino identity to Thandiwe Murius vibrant celebration of African individuality Female in Focus 2021 weaves a raw and intricate tapestry of womens experiences from around the world. The winners were selected by an internationally esteemed panel of judges including Joanna Milter, Director of Photography for the New Yorker; ... More  'Cinderella' adds stardust to the Met Opera's holidayNEW YORK, NY.- What is the difference between real life and dreams, especially for an insecure young person? That poignant question is at the core of Massenets 1899 opera Cendrillon, which opened Friday at the Metropolitan Opera in English translation as Cinderella a holiday offering trimmed to 95 minutes and aimed at families. In Laurent Pellys boldly stylized production of this adaptation of Perraults fairy tale, when we meet Cinderella (the affecting mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard) she is restless and forlorn. Wearing a raggedy dress and frumpy sweater, she is treated like a lowly servant by her imperious stepmother and snide stepsisters. Left alone to ponder her fate, Cinderella sings a wistful aria, music that suggests an old folk song, and allows herself a moment to dream. There must be someone who can rescue her; somewhere a loving ... 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More  Solo exhibition by Senegalese artist Serigne Ibrahima Dieye on view at Cécile Fakhoury GalleryDAKAR.- The Cécile Fakhoury Gallery is presenting Métamorphoses ondulatoires (Undulatory metamorphoses), a solo exhibition by Senegalese artist Serigne Ibrahima Dieye. Human-sized squares with matte black backgrounds form dark gaps in the gallery space. Characters, half-human, half-animal, half-monsters make a spectacle of themselves in a parody of media action performed with disconcerting conviction. Scene of interviews, oratorical jousts, parades of eloquence, parade of words and wrongs; the exhibition resounds of a deafening hubbub in the tones of fake news. It is said that painting is "like an open window through which one can look at history". Step back a little, place yourself at the focal point of the perspective and act as an informed observer of the world's progress. Such is the program of painting of Serigne Ibrahima Dieye. For ... More  Artist Muna Al-Bader connects cultures with new mural at University of Houston HOUSTON, TX.- Balanced on scaffolding as high as 15 feet at times, Muna Al-Bader shakes her can of spray paint and points it toward the substantial canvas mounted before her. Curious onlookers stop to witness the artist in action as she gives shape to a new mural on the University of Houston campus. Cultural Bonds, in all its blue glory, illustrates half a century of cultural ties and strong diplomatic relations between the United States and Qatar, Al-Baders home country. The 10 feet by 15 feet masterpiece features a young girl wearing a traditional Arab head-dress, kneeling as she admires the merged skylines of Houston and Doha, Qatars capital city. The buildings sit on top of dunes that bind the two lands together. The painting is reminiscent of my childhood and how Ive been watching my country progress in the fields of education and ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American sculptor and painter Beverly Pepper was born December 20, 1922. Beverly Pepper (born December 20, 1922) is an American sculptor known for her monumental works, site specific and land art. She remains independent from any particular art movement. She was married to the writer Curtis Bill Pepper. In this image: Beverly Pepper, "Ancient Silence", 2009. Carrara marble, 11 1/2 x 18 x 5 in. 29.2 x 45.7 x 12.7 cm., stone base: 1 x 18 5/8 x 10 in. / 2.5 x 47.3 x 25.4 cm. Courtesy: Marlborough Gallery, New York. © Beverly Pepper.
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