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Praz-Delavallade opens departed for the curve, a solo exhibition by Cole Sternberg
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Praz-Delavallade is presenting departed for the curve, a solo exhibition by Cole Sternberg and his first-ever at the Gallery. Featuring a selection of the artists new and never-before scene painterly works on linen, the exhibition considers the place of humankind against the environments scale and eminence, hinting at the ill fated and selfinflicted demise of our species as the earth takes itself backas seas rise and paradigms shift. In alluding to oncoming change, the exhibitions title also suggests a rather unexpected willingness to embrace the unknown. Ruminating on its signification, Sternberg asks What is a curve? Is it a turn on a mountain pass that faces vast splendor and yet touches mortality? Is it the subtle curvature of the earth seen on a distant horizon? Is it east of Eden or maybe west? Is it individual ... More

Rumbling through modern Jordan, a railway from the past
AMMAN.- Astride century-old tracks that cut through the modern metropolis of Amman, a historic train blared a horn to announce its departure. That sound spurred families bearing bags of food, pots of coffee, coolers of soda, grills, hookahs and lots of children into action, scrambling up iron ladders to settle into the trains wooden cars. But the party had already begun in car No. 9, where a group of women and dozens of children were clapping along to an Arabic pop song blasting from a battery-powered speaker with flashing disco lights. The train blew its horn again and lurched to life, jolting the partyers, who laughed as they righted themselves and burst into applause at the sight of the world outside their windows slipping by. So began a recent trip from Amman, Jordans capital, on the last functioning strip of the original Hejaz ... More

Klaus Mäkelä, 26, takes podium at storied Concertgebouw Orchestra
NEW YORK, NY.- Klaus MÃ¤kelÃ¤, a 26-year-old Finnish maestro on a rapid rise, will be the next chief conductor of the storied Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam, the ensemble announced Friday, after a several-year search following the dismissal of Daniele Gatti over sexual assault allegations in 2018. It means very much, MÃ¤kelÃ¤, who leads the Orchestre de Paris and the Oslo Philharmonic, said during a news conference. Its wonderful to have found this family of musicians. We really share the same ambition and passion. Because of MÃ¤kelÃ¤s existing posts, he is on an initial 10-year Concertgebouw contract that begins this fall with the title of artistic partner, with a commitment of five weeks a season; he will not fully assume the podium as chief conductor until 2027, at which point he will appear with the group ... More

The everyday avant-gardist: Paul Taylor's first principles
NEW YORK, NY.- Budding choreographer Paul Taylor, who would one day become a giant of American modern dance, put on a full evening of original works in October 1957. He was 27, and a dancer in Martha Grahams company. The evening, Seven New Dances, was a series of seven short movement experiments. Whether they could really be described as dances was not immediately clear. In one, Taylor and another dancer remained completely still, in silence, for four minutes and 33 seconds. The inspiration was John Cages musical composition, of the same duration, in which a musician (David Tudor) sat at the piano without playing a note. As Taylors work progressed, people streamed out of the hall. Afterward, Graham wagged her finger at Taylor and called him a naughty boy. One reviewer limited his assessment to a 4-inch ... More

A young horn player could become 'a real legend'
NEW YORK, NY.- When the Cleveland Orchestra brought Gustav Mahlers Fifth Symphony to Carnegie Hall in 2019, its conductor, Franz Welser-MÃ¶st, lowered his baton and paused before the scherzo. An unassuming young man walked from the horn section to the front of the stage, where he stood as if he were a concerto soloist. He lifted his instrument, and let out a call: a buoyant, warm herald of a bright new day. When the movement ended, he simply took his seat again. It was an unexpected interlude. Few orchestras follow the practice dating back to Mahlers lifetime of placing the horn so prominently, near the conductors podium, in the symphonys scherzo. More surprising, though, was the sound that came from that player, whom barely anyone in the audience had heard before. His solo turn, delivered ... More

C1760 Gallery presents 'Influences of Time'
NEW YORK, NY.- C1760, a transformational gallery spanning Modern and Contemporary, Ancient and Old Masterlaunched by Colnaghi Gallery Ltd. New York announces the exhibition Influences of Time at 38 E 70th Street New York. The exhibition presents a unique survey of works investigating the interplay of geometry and time. The collection juxtaposes various works in different media spanning over 150 years. Beginning with the design innovations of Toulouse-Lautrec, moving into the Constructivists, following through to Philip Guston and renowned minimalists like Sol LeWitt and Yves Klein, the timeline concludes with Maria Kreyn, the youngest living artist in the exhibition, who was asked by the gallery to create a special work for Influences of Time. The artists represented in Influences of Time can be linked ... More

Dries Van Noten presents immersive exhibition with MARIEVIC at the Little House
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Dries Van Noten and Brackett Creek Exhibitions are presenting MARIEVICs newest exhibition, TOURISM, at The Little House, 451 N. La Cienega Blvd., in Los Angeles. The exhibition will be on view through Saturday, July 16th. MARIEVICs TOURISM is an immersive presentation in the form of a video loop, shot in Cuba during the artists visits to the country in 2014. The work is conceived like a selfie, in which the camera focuses on the road where the artist is cruising, moving along on roller skates. She follows her track, turning her back to the landscape and crossing paths with locals, cars, trucks, buses and carriages. The smooth skating movement is constantly disrupted by the montage, condensing time and space. The result is an endless visual impromptu that explores the intensity of being in a space ... More

Luma Westbau displays Deborah-Joyce Holman's 'Moment 2'
ZURICH.- In the evening of the 3rd December to the 4th December 1966, director Shirley Clarke hosts Jason Holliday (born Aaron Payne) in her room at the Chelsea Hotel in New York. From 9pm to 9am twelve hours straight , Jason has a camera pointed at him. He goes on to tell his life and muse about his childhood, the different jobs he had, as well as some important encounters, prompted by questions we can sometimes hear from the director herself in the 105 minutes film Portrait of Jason (1967). A major work of cinÃ©ma vÃ©ritÃ© praised by Ingmar Bergman and a rare testimony of black queer experience in mid-century US, the power dynamics at play in the film have been debated. Tavia Nyongo, in the chapter Crushed Blacks: On Archival Opacity of his Afro-Fabulations: The Queer Drama of Black Lifes (2018) notes: ... More

Ben Turnbull unveils his latest body of work at The Mount Without in Bristol
BRISTOL.- Celebrated British artist Ben Turnbull unveiled his latest body of work, twelve pieces exploring acts of violence resulting from religious influence, at The Mount Without (formerly St Michaels on the Mount Without), Bristol, in a collaboration with Bristol creative collective ART808. I Dont Like Sundays, by the London-based artist, follows last years hugely well received show at the Saatchi Gallery. A cradle Catholic, and now an atheist, his pieces draw on his strict early upbringing at a Catholic school run by nuns, My feeling towards religion is not, I admit, ambivalent. All but one of my friends from that time are dead, and the one that isnt is a priest, and he was only ordained after battling drink and drug issues. The twelve works match the number of Jesus apostles. Turnbull says, They [the disciples] took the word of God ... More

Dreweatts to offer collection of works by one of the most important British silversmiths
LONDON.- Dreweatts is excited to present a collection of works by the great Gerald Benney CBE (1930-2008), the most important designer in the revival of British silversmithing in post-World War II Britain. Born in Hull, East Yorkshire in 1930, Benneys career lasted more than half-a-century and in 1995 he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his services to art, due to his unique style and the exceptional quality and finish of his pieces. Among his many commissions was the altar plate in Coventry Cathedral and his popularity amongst the Royal family meant that he became the first ever craftsman to hold four Royal Warrants at the same time in the 1970s and 1980s. These included being Goldsmith and Silversmith to HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, HM The Queen, HM the Queen ... More

A conductor's tumultuous, invaluable tenure ends in Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- Osmo VÃ¤nskÃ¤ has said goodbye to the Minnesota Orchestra once before. But this time, its for real. In October 2013, at the nadir of one of the darkest periods any major American orchestra has faced, VÃ¤nskÃ¤ resigned in protest over a lockout that was diminishing and would come close to destroying this ensemble, which he had spent a decade drilling to perfection as its music director. A few days later, blazing a trail for conductors to side openly with their players during labor strife, he led three concerts with the orchestras musicians, whose management had exiled them from their own hall. VÃ¤nskÃ¤ asked the adoring audience members to withhold their ovations after his encore of Sibelius Valse Triste, a dance with death that he led in fury. He left in silence, and to tears. Eight seasons later, any ... More