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| | Steve Tobin: Nature Underground on view at Naples Botanical Garden | |
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Guests will discover them throughout the Gardenâsimultaneously rising out of the landscape and blending into it with perfect harmony. Tobin says the pieces are experiential; they are meant to be walked through, interacted with, and explored from all angles.
NAPLES, FLA.- Naples Botanical Garden opened its 2020-21 season, Roots: Power of the Unseen, with an ambitious 11-month exhibition of artist Steve Tobinâs acclaimed âRootsâ sculptures. Cast in steel and bronze, the works featured in Steve Tobin: Nature Underground pay homage to the wonderfully complex world that lies beneath the soil. Alternating between intricate replicas and streamlined renderings, Tobinâs sculptures challenge viewers to consider the outsized role roots play in sustaining all life on Earth. The works seem to dance in their spaces, spiraling upward to create elegant forms as well as ever-changing shadows. Guests will discover them throughout the Gardenâsimultaneously rising out of the landscape and blending into it with perfect harmony. Tobin says the pieces are experiential; they are meant to be walked through, interacted with, and explored from all angles. âBecause theyâre so open, these pieces activate the space between t ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day This photo taken on January 2, 2021 shows people reading books in a library with a mirrored ceiling in Shaoyang, in China's central Hunan province. STR / AFP
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| Kunsthaus Zürich devotes an exhibition to the female painter Ottilie W. Roederstein | | Adál Maldonado, provocative 'Nuyorican' photographer, dies at 72 | | Now available in English for the first time, a seminal work in the history of art and collecting | 
Ottilie W. Roederstein, Self-Portrait with Brushes, 1917. Tempera on canvas, 48 x 39 cm. Kunsthaus Zürich, Vereinigung Zürcher Kunstfreunde, 1917.
ZURICH.- During her lifetime, Ottilie Wilhelmine Roederstein (18591937) was the most important female Swiss portrait painter. Her portraits and still lifes were widely admired not only in her homeland but also in Germany and France, and from 1883 onwards she successfully exhibited her work in Paris, London, Frankfurt am Main and Chicago. In 1912 she was the only female artist representing Switzerland at the seminal International Art Exhibition of the Sonderbund in Cologne alongside male colleagues including Ferdinand Hodler, Giovanni Giacometti and Cuno Amiet. Yet despite her considerable international renown, Roederstein lapsed into obscurity almost immediately after her death. More than 80 years on, the exhibition of some 75 works at the Kunsthaus Zürich is the first monographic presentation in Switzerland to place this artists stylistically diverse oeuvre once again before a wider audience. Roederstein, who ... More | | 
Maldonado, an influential Puerto Rican photographer and artistic provocateur who explored the psychological and cultural fallout of the Puerto Rican diaspora in New York, died on Dec. 9, 2020 in San Juan. He was 72. Adál, via Roberto Paradise via The New York Times.
by Katharine Q. Seelye
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Adál Maldonado, an influential Puerto Rican photographer and artistic provocateur who explored the psychological and cultural fallout of the Puerto Rican diaspora in New York, died Dec. 9 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He was 72. His death, in a hospital, was caused by pancreatic cancer, said Francisco Rovira Rullán, his gallerist in San Juan and the manager of his estate. Maldonado had moved back to Puerto Rico in 2010. Maldonados primary subject was identity, a concept that for him was constantly shifting depending on his circumstances. When he was a teenager, he moved with his family from their home in the mountainous Puerto Rican countryside to New Jersey and then to the urban ... More | | 
Art and Curiosity Cabinets of the Late Renaissance A Contribution to the History of Collecting by Julius von Scholsser. 232 pages, 7 x 10 inches, paperback, 7 color and 103 b/w illustrations, 1 line drawing ISBN 978-1-60606-665-2 US $65.00, UK £55.00.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Julius von Schlossers Die Kunst- und Wunderkammern der Spätrenaissance (Art and Curiosity Cabinets of the Late Renaissance) is a seminal work in the history of art and collecting. Originally published in German in 1908, it was the first study to interpret sixteenth- and seventeenth-century cabinets of wonder as precursors to the modern museum, situating them within a history of collecting going back to Greco-Roman antiquity. In its comparative approach and broad geographical scope, Schlossers book introduced an interdisciplinary and global perspective to the study of art and material culture, laying the foundation for museum studies and the history of collections. Although available in both French and Italian, it has never before been translated into English. The eloquent and informed translation in Art and Curiosity Cabinets of the Late ... More |
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| Exhibition of sculptures, drawings and paintings by Nigel Hall on view at Annely Juda Fine Art | | The Frac Normandie Rouen releases exhibition catalogue of 'Photography to the Test of Abstraction' | | Paige Rense, trendsetting editor of Architectural Digest, dies at 91 | 
Nigel Hall, Tangled up in Blue 2020. Painted steel, 225 x 160 x 160 cm.
LONDON.- Annely Juda Fine Art is presenting an exhibition of sculptures, drawings and paintings by Nigel Hall. The exhibition includes four large sculptures alongside a selection of smaller sculptures, works on paper and paintings. Nigel Hall (b. 1943) is one of Britains most distinguished sculptors. Known primarily for sculptures in wood, steel and bronze, both monumental and domestic in scale, his work is concerned with three-dimensional space, mass and line. Halls works manifest themselves in organic shapes; circles and interlinking ellipses are a recurring motif, echoing geometry as much as the landscapes, cityscapes and music that inspired them. Citing evocative memories as influences from the bombed-out Bristol of his childhood to the expanse of the Mojave desert, Halls abstract and geometric sculptures change according to light and viewpoint. They give as much prominence to voids and shadows as to the solidity of the material; the spaces between his sculptures are im ... More | | 
Cover illustration: Stan Douglas, 2012_0147 from the series Corrupt Files, 2013. © Stan Douglas © Hatje Cantz.
SOTTEVILLE-LÃS-ROUEN.- The Frac Normandie Rouen announced the release of its exhibition catalogue Photography to the Test of Abstraction by Hatje Cantz. It accompanies the triple eponymous exhibition presented simultaneously in three contemporary art venues in France: at the Frac Normandie Rouen, at the Centre Photographique dIle-de-France (CPIF) and at Micro Onde - centre dart de lOnde. Photography to the Test of Abstraction explores the multiple facets of the notion of abstraction in the field of contemporary photography. Based on an in-depth analysis of the works and texts from historians, this book proposes to reveal the challenges of this practice, leading us to revisit the premises of photography in its most scientific aspects up to its most recent developments, which involve advanced technologies. Here, renowned artists such as Stan Douglas, Zoe Leonard, ... More | | 
Paige Rense at her office in New York in 2010, the year she left Architectural Digest, which she had run for almost 40 years. Robert Wright/The New York Times.
by Glenn Rifkin
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Paige Rense, the influential editor of Architectural Digest who transformed it from a local Los Angeles trade journal into a renowned design publication with global reach, died Friday at her home in West Palm Beach, Florida. She was 91. The cause was heart disease, said Victoria Woodhull, who said she managed Renses business and personal affairs. Over more than 30 years as the archduchess of decorating, as she was once called, Rense made Architectural Digest the most popular publication in the shelter market, focusing on the work of interior designers and architects often making stars out of them and highlighting the homes of movie stars, world leaders and international power brokers. With colorful prose and striking photography, the magazine displayed the lavish ... More |
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| Vik Muniz exhibits works from his most celebrated series made over the last two decades | | Exhibition is the world premiere of the eight dresses by Jean Paul Gaultier | | Freeman's achieves a number of milestones despite 2020's challenges | 
Vik Muniz, Self Portrait (Fall no. 2), 2005. C-print. Edition of 6 + 4 AP, 144.8 x 121.9 cm. (57 x 48 in.)
HONG KONG.- Ben Brown Fine Arts Hong Kong is presenting Vik Muniz: Grand Tour, from 5 December 2020 16 January 2021. This is the artists fourth solo exhibition at the Hong Kong gallery, and first exhibition in the new and larger space in Wong Chuk Hang. Vik Muniz: Grand Tour brings together a selection of the artists most iconic and evocative works, from his most celebrated series over the last two decades, taking the viewer on a fantasy grand tour through time, art history, international cities and the artistic practices of one of the most ingenious and imaginative artists working today. Muniz is renowned for his unique employment of a wide range of materials, including dust, sugar, chocolate, diamonds, caviar, toys, junk, scrap metal, dry pigment, vintage postcards and magazine shreds, to reconstruct images that tap into the viewers subconscious visual repository and ask us to reconsider the famil ... More | | 
European premiere of the Love is Love: Wedding Bliss for All a la Jean Paul Gaultier exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade
BELGRADE.- After the example of the biggest international museums, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade hosts one of the most famous world designers Jean Paul Gaultier, whose exhibition Love is Love: Wedding Bliss for All a la Jean Paul Gaultier opened on November 21. Featuring 38 haute couture wedding garments created in the period 1990-2020, the exhibition Love is Love: Wedding Bliss for All a la Jean Paul Gaultier is the grand finale of the record breaking exhibition The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk, that, shown at 12 cities around the world, attracted over two million visitors. Thierry-Maxime Loriot, the 2019 Vanguard Award recipient for his contribution to art and culture, opened the Fashion Wolrd of Jean Paul Gaultier exhibition in 2011 at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. The ... More | | 
Competitive bidding across an established national and global network remained consistent through the fall/winter season.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- At the end of their 2020 sale season, Freemans looks back on 2020 and the number of company milestones achieved. By establishing a seamless transition from in-person to online-only sales and pivoting towards highly targeted digital marketing campaigns the company has set a high bar this year that they are looking forward to surpassing in 2021. Despite the difficulties resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, consistent results were achieved throughout the year for signature auctions of American Art & Pennsylvania Impressionists, Modern & Contemporary Art; as well as for newly-developed auctions such as the Luxe and Art + Design brands, which target new collectors. Said Alasdair Nichol, Freemans Chairman: We are exceptionally fortunate to have had such a successful year when we recognize that many businesses were and are ... More |
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| Will 250 lanterns be enough to save Chinatown? | | Taschen's Library of Esoterica traces the hidden history of Tarot in first volume | | A history of the Cheetah in 'Wonder Woman' | 
Patrick Mock, of Light Up Chinatown, who hung lanterns in the Chinatown area in New York, Dec. 28, 2020. Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times.
by Alyson Krueger
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Two days before Christmas, Mott Street, right in the heart of Chinatown, was filled with lights overnight. Residents woke up to 250 violet, pink, orange and gold lanterns hanging above the street. Local artists had painted whimsical designs and auspicious characters onto them: fu, for good fortune; he, for peace. Other characters stood for love, happiness, wealth and longevity. It is a neighborhood that could use some cheer, said Max Davidson from Admerasia, an advertising agency that focuses on Asian American entrepreneurs. Even in January, he said, referring to the early days of the coronavirus pandemic and the xenophobia that Chinatown suffered, a lot of the local businesses were reporting a 50 to 70% revenue drop. Since then there has been little improvement. The lanterns are here to stay, at least into the new year. Light Up Chinatown is a grassroots initiative that is kept going by donations, and so far, the group has raised almost $32,000. Actor Will Smit ... More | | 
Artfully arranged according to the sequencing of the Major and Minor Arcana, this visual compendium gathers more than 500 cards and works of original art from around the world in the ultimate exploration of a centuries-old art form.
NEW YORK.- To explore the Tarot is to explore ourselves, to be reminded of the universality of our longing for meaning, for purpose and for a connection to the divine. This 600-year-old tradition reflects not only a history of seekers, but our journey of artistic expression and the ways we communicate our collective human story. For many in the West, Tarot exists in the shadow place of our cultural consciousness, a metaphysical tradition assigned to the dusty glass cabinets of the arcane. Its history, long and obscure, has been passed down through secret writing, oral tradition, and the scholarly tomes of philosophers and sages. Hundreds of years and hundreds of creative handsmystics and artists often working in collaborationhave transformed what was essentially a parlor game into a source of divination and system of self-exploration, as each new generation has sought to evolve the form and reinterpret the medium. Author Jessica Hundley traces this fascinating history in Tarot, the de ... More | | 
Wonder Woman and the Cheetah featured in a DC comic. DC via The New York Times.
by Devin Fuller
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- While the Cheetah may not be the most popular cat woman DC Comics has been responsible for, her high-profile appearance in the Wonder Woman sequel has a chance to earn her a whole new generation of fans. Wonder Woman 1984 (in theaters and streaming on HBO Max) has Gal Gadot reprising her role as Diana, now navigating life (and shoulder pads) in the 1980s while maintaining her superhero side gig. And Kristen Wiig joins as Dianas colleague Barbara Minerva, whose issues with self-confidence ultimately transform when she emerges as the Cheetah. While that character has undergone a number of personality changes in the comics over the years, her complicated relationship with Wonder Woman has been a constant thread that is continued in the new film. Heres a look at the history of the Cheetah, from her origins as a socialite wearing a cat costume to her modern interpretation as a half-cat, half-woman beast. Wonder Woman creator William Moulton Marston first ... More |
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 Welcoming a new year at an ancient festival in PakistanRUMBUR (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- In a remote valley in northern Pakistan, hemmed in by sheer rock walls and high pastures, members of a tiny community gathered. The Kalash are a group of about 4,000 people who live in the mountains of the Hindu Kush, where they practice an ancient polytheistic faith. Each year, they come together for Chawmos, a New Year festival that coincides with the winter solstice and is marked by dance, animal sacrifice and highly prescribed roles for men and women. The two-week festival is a portrait in contrasts: snow and fire, solemn ritual and frenzied activity, gender segregation and public flirtation, community and isolation. While the coronavirus has forced the world to adopt social distancing, the Kalash have practiced being a community in isolation for millennia. The Kalash, whose wooden houses cling to the ... More  'The Moon Belongs to Everyone' by Stacy Arezou Mehrfar to be published March 2021LONDON.- The Moon Belongs to Everyone by Stacy Mehrfar, is a response to the contemporary experience of migration - of shifting continents and mindsets. A multi-layered visual narrative set in a non-locatable landscape, the book reflects upon the loss of roots, and search for belonging in the wake of immigration. I emigrated just after my 30th birthday. In Australia, the color of the flowers, the warm yellow of the sun, the oddly shaped trees were enchanting at first. But as time passed, I felt lost, in limbo. As an immigrant, my understanding of place, my sense of personal identity, even the impressions of my memories had shifted. Home became a place between here and there. I began to visually explore this sensation, making photographs in Australia and the United States. 'The Moon Belongs to Everyone', is an allegory for the in-between; for identity ... More  Mint-condition Pokémon Charizard card headed to Heritage AuctionsDALLAS, TX.- A pristine copy of an ultra-rare Pokémon first edition hologram trading card carrying a PSA grade of GEM MT 10 could bring $350,000 or more when it crosses the block in Heritage Auctions' Comics & Comic Art Auction Jan. 14-15. The Pokémon Charizard #4 First Edition Base Set Rare Hologram Trading Card (Wizards of the Coast, 1999) PSA GEM MT 10 (estimate: $350,000+) is arguably the hottest card in the entire hobby. With artwork by Mitsuhiro Arita, the card is one of just 2,627 copies certified by PSA, only 120 of which earned a GEM MT grade. "This is an incredible card, one that collectors have been chasing to make the centerpiece of their collections, Heritage Auctions Assistant Comics & Comic Art Operations Supervisor Jesus Garcia said. "The demand and prices paid for this card are sky-high, especially ... More  Fashion designer Pierre Cardin buried in ParisPARIS (AFP).- French fashion designer Pierre Cardin, who died earlier this week at the age of 98, was laid to rest on Saturday in a private ceremony at Paris's Montmartre Cemetery, his family told AFP. In accordance with his wishes, Cardin was buried in a black coffin with a sword he had designed, the handle intertwined with a thimble, the eye of a needle and a spool of thread while the blade resembled a pair of scissors. Famed for his futuristic designs, Cardin won renown in postwar Europe and turned his name into a money-spinning global brand. He was laid to rest in a vault with his former companion and partner Andre Oliver, who died in 1993. Under a canopy of green canvas, Cardin's favourite colour, family and friends gathered before the burial for a blessing and tributes. The couturier, who was born into a low-income family in northern Italy but became ... More  David Fincher, the unhappiest auteurNEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- For nearly three decades, David Fincher has been making gorgeous bummer movies that in defiance of Hollywoods first principle insist that happy endings are a lie. Filled with virtuosic images of terrible deeds and violence, his movies entertain almost begrudgingly. Even when good somewhat triumphs, the victories come at a brutal cost. No one, Fincher warns, is going to save us. You will hurt and you will die, and sometimes your pretty wifes severed head will end up in a box. Long a specialized taste, Fincher in recent years started to feel like an endangered species: a commercial director who makes studio movies for adult audiences, in an industry in thrall to cartoons and comic books. His latest, Mank, a drama about the film industry, was made for Netflix, though. Its an outlier in his filmography. Its violence ... More  Exhibition brings together for the very first time the work of Hajime Sorayama and HR GigerTOKYO.- Parco Museum Tokyo announced a two-artist exhibition co-curated by Alessio Ascari and Shinji Nanzuka, bringing together for the very first time the work of Japanese artist Hajime Sorayama and Swiss artist HR Giger. Born and trained at opposite ends of the world, Sorayama and Giger are apparently at oddsones bright colors are swallowed by the others dark chiaroscuro; ones enthusiastic outlook on technology borders with the others nightmarish dystopia; ones super-realism challenges the others surrealismyet they share more than meets the eye. Both emerged in the 1970s and 1980s, becoming acknowledged masters of airbrush painting and influential creators beyond the boundaries of the traditional art world, blurring the relationship between commercial and personal work. But more importantly, at the very core of their ... More  Elizabeth Escamilla to lead Getty Museum Education and Public ProgramsLOS ANGELES, CA.- The J. Paul Getty Museum has appointed Elizabeth Escamilla to the position of Assistant Director for Education and Public Programming. Ms. Escamilla will lead a department of 42 professionals that provides free visits to more than 150,000 K-12 Title I school students a year, makes available free online resources to teachers and families, oversees the Museums robust docent program, and provides dynamic public programming online and in person that engages diverse local and international audiences in the visual arts. I am very pleased that, following an extensive search, we are welcoming Elizabeth back to the Getty, said Getty Museum Director Timothy Potts. Ms. Escamilla served at the Getty Museum from 1996 to 2018, before leaving to assume the role of Director for Education at the Lucas Museum ... More  Shaker Museum awarded $550,000 grant from The National Endowment for the HumanitiesCHATHAM, NY.- Shaker Museum, which stewards the most comprehensive collection of Shaker material culture and archives, announced today that it has been awarded a $550,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grant will be used to construct and outfit a climate-controlled collections storage facility within the new museum building planned for downtown Chatham, NY. After being closed to the public for more than ten years, Shaker Museum has purchased a 19th century industrial building in Chatham, NY and is in the process of renovating and building an expansive addition to the facility with Selldorf Architects. The new facility is essential to the museums ability to deliver humanities programming to local, national, and international audiences. The new building, ... More  Shirley Young, businesswoman and cultural diplomat to China, dies at 85NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Shirley Young, a Chinese American businesswoman who broke barriers in the corporate world before starting a second career as a cultural diplomat, using classical music to bridge the ever-widening divisions between China and the United States, died Dec. 26. She was 85. The cause was complications of breast cancer, David Hsieh, one of her sons, said. Young rose to prominence as an executive with Grey Advertising, where she began in 1959, standing out as one of the few women and one of the few Asian Americans at the firm, which was then a power in its field. With a degree in economics from Wellesley College, she challenged the conventional wisdom that the best marketing was driven by gut instincts. Instead, she pushed her firm to invest in quantitative market research, a standard practice today ... More  Fort Gansevoort to open its first exhibition with Waanyi Aboriginal artist Gordon HookeyNEW YORK, NY.- Beginning January 7, Fort Gansevoort will present Sacred Nation, Scared Nation, the gallerys first exhibition with the noted Waanyi Aboriginal artist Gordon Hookey. Organized in collaboration with Los Angeles-based artist Gary Simmons, the presentation will focus on Hookeys use of metaphors, wordplay, and humor sometimes brazenly provocative to subvert tropes of Western colonialization and to reclaim, empower, and redefine Aboriginal culture. Eschewing the traditional dot abstraction most commonly associated with indigenous Australian art, he deploys deceptively folksy figuration, contemporary images, and bold painted words in paintings that connect Black Aboriginal experience to that of African Americans. Language is intrinsic to Hookeys work. Considering English his second language despite not knowing his first, ... More  Konrad Fischer Galerie presents Harald Klingelhöller's ninth solo exhibition with the galleryBERLIN.- Konrad Fischer Galerie is presenting DIE WELT ERZÃHLT (ZWEIFACH, STERNFÃRMING), Harald Klingelhöllers ninth solo exhibition. The sculptor, who teaches at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe, has been exhibiting continuously at Konrad Fischer Galerie since 1983. Most of Harald Klingelhöllers sculptures are preceded by linguistic formulations of ideas, memories and suggestions that, after being written down, are partially and repeatedly saved in these sculptures and linked to a spatial experience. Examples of these recurring abstract or poetic textual structures are Ich bin hier, Du bist hier (I am here, you are here), In landscapes reacting to words, Das Meer bei Ebbe geträumt (Dreaming the sea at low tide) or Die Welt erzählt (The world is telling), to name just a few. These can be found in the ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American painter Marsden Hartley was born January 04, 1877. Marsden Hartley (January 4, 1877 - September 2, 1943) was an American Modernist painter, poet, and essayist. Hartley was born in Lewiston, Maine, where his English parents had settled. He was the youngest of nine children. In this image: The Iron Cross, 1915, oil on canvas, 47 ¼ x 47 ¼ in. Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis. University purchase, Bixby Fund, 1952.
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