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Relics from the Piprahwa Great Stupa, Siddharthnagar District, Uttar Pradesh, Maurya, ca. 240‒200 B.C., at the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibit Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India, 200 B.C.E. - 400 C.E. in New York, July 17, 2023. The museum has gathered a stunning display of ancient Buddhist art, including dozens of objects that have never been exhibited outside of India. (Elizabeth Bick/The New York Times)
by Holland Cotter
NEW YORK, NY.- At the press opening for the Metropolitan Museums beyond beautiful Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India, 200 B.C.E.-400 C.E., five red-robed monks chanted Pali blessings, the vocalized equivalent of oceanic silence. The ancient sculptures around them projected a different, visual music: Forest birds sang, mythical creatures roared, and semidivine and human figures clapped their hands and danced as if at some riotous summer party. There were other contrasts at the opening, too, less evident. Given the monumental glow of the sculptures, each lighted to look deep-carved from darkness, you probably wouldnt think to guess at the difficult, always tentative process logistical and diplomatic, extending over a decade that went into gathering them, with more than 50 on loan from India for the first time. It says something about those curatorial struggles that we havent seen such a display of ancient art from India, on this scale, in a U.S. muse ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Tate Modern launched a major new exhibition celebrating the dynamic landscape of photography across the African continent today.
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| Ann Roth is Hollywood's secret weapon | | Yoko Ono and the Dakota | | First comprehensive exhibition in Israel of works by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov opens in Tel Aviv | 
The costume designer Ann Roth at her home in Bangor, Pa., on July 2, 2023. (Hannah Yoon for the New York Times)
by Maureen Dowd
NEW YORK, NY.- Ann Roth began with a few instructions: Do NOT call me amazing. Do NOT call me a 91-year-old legend. Do NOT call me the oldest person in the Barbie movie. I had driven four hours through a biblical downpour to interview the revered costume designer. After a hike down a dark path through the woods to an 18th-century house in Bangor, Pennsylvania, I felt as if I were opening the Narnia wardrobe and entering a whimsical fantasy world. Owls perched on rafters. Angels from Naples, Italy, dangled from the bedroom ceiling and chandeliers. A stone mantel was lined with miniature animals amid Oscars, Tonys and BAFTAs. The enchanted cottage is a portal to one of the most imaginative minds in American culture, who has conjured memorable theater and film characters for more ... More | | 
A crowd outside the Dakota, the day after John Lennon was killed in the archway, in Manhattan on Dec. 9, 1980. (Chester Higgins/The New York Times)
by Anna Kodé
NEW YORK, NY.- Much is transient about New York City real estate. Buildings are demolished, cafes turn into Duane Reades, and rents go up. But for the last 50 years, there was a constant: Yoko Ono lived in the Dakota. She stayed even after that tragic December day in 1980 when John Lennon was fatally shot right outside the building. For years, tourists and New Yorkers alike trekked uptown, hoping to catch a glimpse or have the chance to meet the artist, singer and New York icon. Onos presence sustained the mystique of the Dakota already well known as a coveted quarters for celebrities and artists when she and Lennon moved into the Upper West Side apartment complex in 1973. To the distaste of some residents, the couple at one point owned five units at the Dakota, which in addition ... More | | 
Ilya & Emilia Kabakov at their studio in Long Island, Photo Jason Schmidt.
TEL AVIV.- Tel Aviv Museum of Art is presenting the first comprehensive exhibition in Israel of works by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, celebrated artist duo in the 20th century, known as pioneers of installation art. Ilya and Emilia Kabakov worked together as an artist duo in their Long Island, New York home from 1989 until Ilya's recent passing on May 27, 2023, at the age of 89. "Tomorrow We Fly" at Tel Aviv Museum of Art is the first exhibition of their work presented worldwide after Ilya Kabakov's death. The exhibition explores the place of this artist duo in the conceptual art scene, sketching the trajectory of their art, from the beginning of Ilya Kabakov's career as an "unofficial" artist in Moscow, through his move to the west in 1987 and the ensuing collaboration with Emilia, which began in 1989. Ilya and Emilia Kabakov are best known for their large-scale "total installations," which draw on the visual culture of the Former Soviet Union wh ... More |
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| Christie's celebrates Charlie Watts and his outstanding collection of modern literature and jazz | | V&A opens new sculpture intervention in collaboration with artist Thomas J Price | | Elvis Presley's Telecaster and Kurt Cobain-signed Fender turn it up to 11 in Heritage's guitar event | 
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby. Estimate: £200,000-300,000.
LONDON.- Christie's announced Charlie Watts: Gentleman, Collector, Rolling Stone Literature and Jazz, a two-part auction comprising an unparalleled library of modern first edition books, the finest and highest value collection of its kind to come to auction in over twenty years, together with an extensive collection of jazz memorabilia amassed by the legendary musician and Rolling Stones drummer. The flagship auction will take place at Christies headquarters in London on 28 September (Part I), alongside an Online sale which will be open for bidding from 15 to 29 September (Part II). Over 500 lots will be offered, with estimates ranging from £800 to £300,000. Highlight lots will tour to Los Angeles from 25 to 29 July and New York from 5 to 8 September, ahead of the public pre-sale exhibition in London from 20 to 27 September. Charlie was the heartbeat of the Rolling Stones for nearly sixty years, he ... More | | 
Thomas J Price, Tasman Road, Figure 2, 2008. Bronze: 59.5 x 22.5 x 14 cm / 23 3/8 x 8 7/8 x 5 1/2 in. Photo: Ken Adlard. © Thomas J Price. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth.
LONDON.- The V&A announced the display Thomas J Price at the V&A. One of the leading sculptors of his generation, Thomas J Price is celebrated for his arresting yet contemplative sculptures depicting everyday individuals. He explores ideas of monument, representation, and value with a radical empathy that celebrates connection and shared humanity, using his figurative sculpture to prompt viewers to reflect on their preconceptions about status and appearance. This new free display sees these ideas in dialogue with objects from the V&As historic collection, with eight works by the artist installed throughout the museum. Describing his figures as psychological portraits, Prices large-scale sculptures depict amalgams of ordinary people, fictional characters composed from different individuals he has encountered in the streets of London. Price ... More | | 
Elvis Presley's circa 1968 Prototype Fender Telecaster Rosewood Solid Body Electric Guitar, Serial #241177.
DALLAS, TX.- To smash the guitar or not smash the guitar? That is the question. Every rock legend cultivates a relationship with his or her instruments. Once the Who's Pete Townshend normalized violently sacrificing his axes to the Gods of Theater (not to mention Jerry Lee Lewis setting his pianos on fire), anyone who hops on a stage with a Fender, Gibson, or Martin follows his disposition to a foregone conclusion. Elvis Presley, the consummate showman, was famously gentle with his six-stringers. The fantastically charismatic Kurt Cobain not so much. As they say: There's more than one way to skin a cat. Whether cherished or murdered (or both) by its owner, the guitar is the Excalibur of the popular music world the thing that opens the door to its player's uncharted gifts, and is emblematic of entire genres. Without guitars, there'd be no rock and roll, no R&B, no country, no folk, far less jazz... . And ... More |
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| Humans' evolutionary relatives butchered one another 1.45 million years ago | | Coeur d'Alene Art Auction's $21 million sale sets the standard for Western art market | | Gagosian to celebrate Roy Lichtenstein's centenary with exhibition of sculptures and studies | 
View of the hominin tibia and magnified area that shows cut marks. Scale = 4 cm.
WASHINGTON, DC.- Researchers from the Smithsonians National Museum of Natural History have identified the oldest decisive evidence of humans close evolutionary relatives butchering and likely eating one another. In a new study published today, June 26, in Scientific Reports, National Museum of Natural History paleoanthropologist Briana Pobiner and her co-authors describe nine cut marks on a 1.45 million-year-old left shin bone from a relative of Homo sapiens found in northern Kenya. Analysis of 3D models of the fossils surface revealed that the cut marks were dead ringers for the damage inflicted by stone tools. This is the oldest instance of this behavior known with a high degree of confidence and specificity. The information we have tells us that hominins were likely eating other hominins at least 1.45 million years ago, Pobiner said. There are numerous other examples of species ... More | | 
Spencer Frederick Gore, The West Pier, Brighton. © Brighton & Hove Museums.
RENO, NEV.- The Coeur dAlene Art Auction set the standard for the Western Art market with its $ 21 million sale, which featured numerous world records. Works by Howard Terpning and Maynard Dixon led the way, as the Coeur dAlene Art Auction set world records for both artists. Terpnings Paper That Talks Two Ways The Treaty Signing (2008) a painting that had been in the artists family collection sold for $ 2,360,000, becoming the first work by the artist to eclipse two-million dollars. Dixons The Pony Boy perhaps one of the most-significant works by the famed artist sold for $ 2,130,000. Other exemplary results include Gerard Curtis Delanos Evening ($ 786,500); William Herbert Duntons A Race for the Chuckwagon ($ 786,500) and Two Braves ($ 574,750); Henry Farnys The Trail Over the Pass ($ 665,650); and Edward Hoppers Shoshone Cliffs, Wyoming ($ 574,750). The larg ... More | | 
Roy Lichtenstein, Cup and Saucer II, 1977. Painted and patinated bronze, 43 3/4 x 25 3/4 x 10 inches (111.1 x 65.4 x 25.4 cm). © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein. Photo: Rob McKeever, Courtesy Gagosian.
NEW YORK, NY.- Gagosian is announcing plans to present Lichtenstein Remembered, an exhibition of sculptures and related studies by Roy Lichtenstein, curated by Irving Blum in recognition of the centenary of the artists birth. Organized in close collaboration with the Estate of Roy Lichtenstein and featuring an exhibition design by Bill Katz, Lichtenstein Remembered opens at 980 Madison Avenue, New York, on September 9, 2023. This is the first gallery exhibition dedicated to Lichtensteins sculpture since the survey presented in London and New York in 2005. To create the miraculous drawings in space that constitute his sculptural work, Lichtenstein employed an array of visual strategies familiar from his painting and printmaking. Representing glasses, lamps, mirrors, and mobiles, as well ... More |
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| Artist Theaster Gates' Rebuild Foundation expands leadership to support transformation of St. Laurence Elementary School | | Historic trophies offered by Heritage August 19-20 | | Richard Barancik, last of the World War II Monuments Men, dies at 98 | 
Exterior of school. Image courtesy of Rebuild Foundation.
CHICAGO, IL.- Rebuild Foundationthe nucleus for artistic innovation rooted on Chicagos South Side has announced the expansion of its leadership team, hiring Racheal Allen as Nonprofit Operations Strategist, Heather Hummons as Special Collections Librarian, and Mileak Harper as Director of Finance. These appointments support the foundations growing community investments, including the transformation of St. Laurence, a shuttered and formerly vacant elementary school in Chicagos Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood. St. Laurence is the latest project in Rebuild Foundations expanding assembly of redeemed indoor and outdoor spacesall designed with the intention of supporting artists of color and their livelihoods, while bringing new cultural resources into the South Side community. The incubator will provide vital spaces for convening and cross-disciplinary practice for artists from ... More | | 
Jordan leads all scorers with 27 points in Game Three of the Eastern Conference Semis.
DALLAS, TX.- From Aug. 19-20, Heritage will hold its annual Summer Platinum Night Sports Auction the World Series, Super Bowl and Final Four of auctions rolled into a single summer weekend. There are nearly 1,300 lots in this event: game-worn jerseys and signed sneakers, battered helmets and sweat-stained hats, autographed balls and bruised bats, title trophies and championship rings, contracts and cards. And almost every single item offers a story so familiar it might as well have been a bedtime tale. The auction is populated by titans and deities, folk heroes and myths-in-the-making, among them: Michael Jordan, Tom Brady, LeBron James, Willie Mays, Kobe Bryant, Sidney Crosby, Shohei Otani, Tiger Woods, Babe Ruth, Pete Maravich, Ernie Banks
and on and on and on, a veritable litany of legends. And, of course, The Man Called The Mick. "All of us at Heritage ... More | | 
In a family photo, Richard Barancik during his military service in World War II. (Barancik family via The New York Times)
by Richard Sandomir
NEW YORK, NY.- Richard Barancik, the last surviving member of the Allied unit known as the Monuments Men and Women, which during and after World War II preserved a vast amount of European artworks and cultural treasures that had been looted and hidden by Nazi Germany, died July 14 in Chicago. He was 98. His death, in a hospital, was confirmed by his daughter Jill Barancik. Barancik (pronounced ba-RAN-sick) was one of four members of what was formally called the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section to receive the Congressional Gold Medal in 2015 in Washington for their heroic role in the preservation, protection, restitution of monuments, works of art and artifacts of cultural importance. On the day of the ceremony, Barancik told the Los ... More |
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 They checked out Pride books in protest. It backfired.SAN DIEGO, CA.- Adrianne Peterson, the manager of the Rancho Peñasquitos branch of the San Diego Public Library, was actually a little embarrassed by the modest size of her Pride Month display in June. Between staff vacations and organizing workshops for graduating high school students, it had fallen through the cracks and fell short of what she had hoped to offer. Yet the kiosk across from the checkout counter, marked by a Progress Pride rainbow flag, was enough to thrust the suburban library onto the front lines of the nations culture wars. Peterson, who has run the library branch since 2012 and highlighted books for Pride Month for the better part of a decade, was taken aback when she read an email last month from two neighborhood residents. They informed her that they had checked out nearly all of the books in the Pride display ... More  Visitors at Tate Modern bring participatory artworks by Rasheed Araeen to lifeLONDON.- This summer, visitors to Tate Modern are invited to bring participatory artworks by Rasheed Araeen to life as part of UNIQLO Tate Play, Tate Moderns free programme of art-inspired activities for families in partnership with UNIQLO. Staged in the iconic Turbine Hall, Araeens interactive Zero to Infinity offers families of all ages the chance to contribute to an ever-changing artwork, whilst outside the gallery Shamiyaana IV (Food for Thought: Thought for Change) encourages people to sit together and enjoy a free meal while chatting to one another. First devised by Araeen in 1968, Zero to Infinity consists of brightly coloured lattice-construction cubes which are initially arranged in a minimalist grid. For its staging at Tate Modern, this dynamic work will begin with 400 cubes painted red, yellow, green and blue neatly laid out by ... More  Southampton Arts Center has opened 'Change Agents: Women Collectors Shaping the Art World'SOUTHAMPTON, NY.- Southampton Arts Center has opened an exhibition showcasing the unparalleled vision of 14 women art collectors, dedicated to championing contemporary artists and their practices, and driven by an ambition for change. Presented in celebration of Southampton Arts Centers 10th anniversary and guest curated by Kate Fowle in collaboration with Folasade Ologundudu and Xiaoyu Weng, Change Agents: Women Collectors Shaping the Art World marks the first exhibition of its kind for the institution, providing insights into the pioneering minds and impactful collections of these women through a shared dedication of discovery. Change Agents: Women Collectors Shaping the Art World presents over 60 works from 59 artists and 14 collections. Change Agents: Women Collectors Shaping the Art World brings ... More  Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum launches "AeroEspacial" podcast limited seriesWASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonians National Air and Space Museum has launched AeroEspacial, a limited series of its AirSpace podcast that focuses on stories of Latino history and culture at the heart of aviation and space. The four-part series will be published in both English and Spanish. AeroEspacial is the museums second mini-series diving deeper into the stories of a specific community, following its QueerSpace series in February 2022, and it is the museums first podcast series published in two languages. AeroEspacial is hosted by Sofia A. Soto Sugar of the National Air and Space Museum and Héctor Alejandro Arzate of WAMU. Soto Sugar, a Venezuelan American from Boca Raton, Florida, is a program specialist at the museum working on the AirSpace podcast and other public programs. Arzate, a first-generation ... More  Tate Modern opens "A World In Common: Contemporary African Photography"LONDON.- Tate Modern launched a major new exhibition celebrating the dynamic landscape of photography across the African continent today. Bringing together 36 artists from different generations and geographies, A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography explores how photography and video has allowed artists to examine legacies of the past while imagining more hopeful futures. Unfolding across three chapters, the exhibition charts the dialogue between photography and contemporary perspectives on cultural heritage, spirituality, urbanisation, and climate change to reveal shared artistic visions that reclaim Africas histories and reimagine its place in the world. Since the invention of photography in the 19th century, Africa has been broadly defined by Western images of its cultures and traditions. During the colonial period, it was ... More  YBCA celebrates 30 years of fostering creative expression and meaningful connection in the San Francisco Bay areaSAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) is thrilled to celebrate its 30th anniversary this fall, marking three decades as a vibrant hub of multidisciplinary art in the San Francisco Bay Area. Located in the heart of the downtown cultural district, YBCA was established as a creative crossroads for creative communities, residents and visitors. Over the years, YBCA has become a unique bridge between local and national artists and organizations, showcasing the forward-leaning, boundary-pressing values for which San Francisco and the Bay Area are widely known. The organization's 30th Anniversary celebrations will begin on October 6th with the opening of Bay Area Now 9 (BAN9), a triennial multidisciplinary ... More  Major new book details art and design in FrankstonVICTORIA.- On Bunurong Country: Art and Design in Frankston, edited by University of Melbourne art historian Dr Jane Eckett with McClelland Director, Lisa Byrne, documents the significant cultural legacy of the greater Frankston region through a series of commissioned essays by leading authorities: Andrew Gaynor, Prof. Philip Goad, Dr Bronwyn Hughes OAM, Simon Lawrie, Dr Sheridan Palmer, Simon Reeves with Dr Jeffrey Turnbull, Linda Short, Dr Benjamin Thomas, and Dr David Tutchener with the Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation. The book begins with the art of the Bunurong people from pre-colonisation through to the present day, then continues with nineteenth-century colonial views of Frankston, before focusing on local resident and visiting luminaries such as Harry and Annie Nan McClelland, Walter Burley ... More  Christie's to present "Future Frequencies: Explorations in Generative Art and Fashion"NEW YORK, NY.- Christies and Gucci announced Future Frequencies: Explorations in Generative Art and Fashion, open for bidding July 18 25, 2023. This collaborative auction showcases a number of todays leading talents in the digital art space, featuring a diverse group of artistic notables with a distinct focus on generative systems and artificial intelligence. The sale comprises 21 NFTs, including examples from Claire Silver, Emi Kusano, Emily Xie, William Mapan, Zach Lieberman, Botto, Helena Sarin, DRAUP, among others. In each of their works, the artists creatively explore intersectional aspects of fashion, art, and technology, with themes ranging from generative textile studies to algorithmic interpretations of the iconic Gucci Bamboo 1947 handle. This interplay between autonomous systems, AI, and fashion represents a fusion of disparate ... More  Berry Campbell announces new acquisition highlight by Deborah Remington, 1930-2010NEW YORK, NY.- Berry Campbell has announced about their new acquisition highlight by Deborah Remington, 1930-2010, the painting Untitled, 1953, an oil on canvas from 1953. As a teenager, Deborah Remington attended classes at the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art. A descendant of the Western artist Frederic Remington, she embraced illusionistic painting, albeit with her own distinctive version of abstraction. Remington received her BFA in 1955 from the San Francisco Art Institute where she studied painting under Clyfford Still. By the time she graduated, Remington had become affiliated with the Bay Areas burgeoning Beat scene. She was one of six painters and poets, and the only woman, who in 1954 founded the now legendary 6 Gallery in San Francisco, where Allen Ginsberg first read his poem, Howl in public on October 7, 1955. ... More  LewAllen Galleries is now presenting the exhibition "Images of Ancestry" SANTA FE, NM.- LewAllen Galleries recently opened the exhibition of works by John Nieto entitled, "Images of Ancestry." John Nieto (1936 2018) is a leading figure in American contemporary art, renowned for his paintings of Southwestern, Indigenous and contemporary subjects conveyed through his distinctive style of expressive color and bold strokes. Inspired by both his own heritage, a mix of Spanish and Native American (Mescalero Apache and Navajo), and his deep study of the history and culture throughout the Southwest, he painted a wide range of richly modulated images of Indigenous warriors, fancy dancers, chieftains, potters, weavers and other craftspeople, as well as portraits of contemporary and historical icons. LewAllen Galleries is proud to announce an exhibition of paintings and graphite drawings by John Nieto entitled ... More  Circa presents WAR & PEACE by cult-famed multidisciplinary artist Dick JewellLONDON.- The Cultural Institute of Radical Contemporary Arts (CIRCA) is now presenting WAR & PEACE, an audience participatory work by cult-famed multidisciplinary artist, Dick Jewell. Dick Jewell said ➳ War and Peace considers the mixed messages received from common gestures. Through bringing together the different eras and cultures within which the ✌ sign has been and still is used - from antiquity through to its contemporary use in the UK, Japan, etc - and those who use it from statesmen to the proletariat, I'm debunking the taboo that had been associated with the gesture by rendering it as virtually meaningless. However by blowing up the image with CIRCA and exhibiting it on the Piccadilly Lights and other screens around the world, I hope the public take photographs of themselves standing in front of it
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Flashback On a day like today, American painter, illustrator, and academic Mel Ramos was born July 24, 1935. Melvin John Ramos (July 24, 1935 - October 14, 2018) was an American figurative painter, specializing most often in paintings of female nudes, whose work incorporates elements of realist and abstract art.Photo: Mel Ramos - Installation view. Exhibition in Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento. 2012.
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