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Emilie Gordenker, the general director of the Van Gogh Museum, in Amsterdam, May 29, 2020. All museums need visitors to survive, but the Van Gogh Museum is particularly reliant on tourists, and unlike Dutch national museums, which are supported by substantial government subsidies, the Van Gogh relies on earned income ticket sales, and revenue from the shop and cafe for 89 percent of its budget. Ilvy Njiokiktjien/The New York Times.
by Nina Siegal
AMSTERDAM (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Surrounded by sunflowers, Emilie Gordenker stood on a yellow carpet rolled out in front of the Van Gogh Museum. On June 1, the institutions new director was there to welcome the first visitors back after the coronavirus lockdown. About a dozen were lining up in the sunshine, 6 feet apart. Weve waited eleven weeks for this moment, said Gordenker. Its fantastic that we can reopen on such a radiant day. Instead of shaking hands, she walked to an automatic hand sanitizer dispenser, demonstrated how to use it, and then pressed through the museums revolving glass doors. The first ticket holders, Emma Overheul, 35, and Maarten Halma, 43, took a few tentative steps forward, passing a line of news cameras, like celebrities at a movie premiere. In the last years there were always such huge groups of people, Overheul said. Now is a good opportunity to be here without all the enormous crowds. As the visitors continued to trick ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A man and his grandson visit the FC Barcelona Museum at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on June 12, 2020 as the premises reopen following a closure as part of a national lockdown to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus. Josep LAGO / AFP
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 | | Scholten launches online exhibition of a collection of abstract Haku Maki | | Still painting his masterpieces | | The artist's caretaker once controlled everything. No more. | 
Haku Maki (1924-2000), Poem 69-22, self-carved and self-printed woodblock and relief print, ca. 1969, 20 5/8 by 15 7/8 in., 52.4 by 40.4 cm.
NEW YORK, NY.- Scholten Japanese Art in New York launched an online only exhibition, In the Abstract: A Collection of Haku Maki Prints for their annual summer show in an updated viewing room format. The Haku Maki abstract prints are from a collection of modern and contemporary works that were found in the Estate of Haruno Tsuruoka (1924-2017), the daughter-in-law of the Japanese-American artist Tokutaro 'Kakunen' Tsuruoka, whose paintings from his time in a WWII internment camp Scholten presented in the (sold-out) March 2019 exhibition, Captive Artist: Watercolors by Kakunen Tsuruoka (1892-1977). Haku Maki (1924-2000) was a woodblock print artist whose abstract compositions were achieved by developing an unusual mixed media printing technique utilizing cement relief with deep embossing. Born Maejima Tadaaki in Ibaraki prefecture in 1924, Maki relocated a great deal within his lifetime, moving to Kanagawa, Shizuoka, ... More | | 
Bob Dylan in New York, 1963. In a rare interview, the Nobel Prize winner discusses mortality, drawing inspiration from the past, and his new album: Rough and Rowdy Ways. William C. Eckenberg/The New York Times.
by Douglas Brinkley
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- A few years ago, sitting beneath shade trees in Saratoga Springs, New York, I had a two-hour discussion with Bob Dylan that touched on Malcolm X, the French Revolution, Franklin Roosevelt and World War II. At one juncture, he asked me what I knew about the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864. When I answered, Not enough, he got up from his folding chair, climbed into his tour bus and came back five minutes later with photocopies describing how U.S. troops had butchered hundreds of peaceful Cheyenne and Arapahoe in southeastern Colorado. Given the nature of our relationship, I felt comfortable reaching out to him in April after, in the midst of the coronavirus crisis, he unexpectedly released his epic, 17-minute song Murder Most ... More | | 
Robert Indianas 1964 EAT sculpture tops the Farnsworth Museum in Rockland, Maine, July 5,2019. Stacey Cramp/The New York Times.
by Graham Bowley
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- One person was conspicuously absent from an event at the Farnsworth Museum in Rockland, Maine, last year, a gathering as close to a memorial for Robert Indiana as has been held since his death two years ago. The affair heralded the reinstallation of an important Indiana sculpture there, and the artists lawyer and his former publicist joined friends of the museum to celebrate the pop art pioneer who fled Manhattan, New York, in the 1970s to make his home on a remote island a boat ride away from Rockland. But missing from the celebration was Jamie L. Thomas, the artists caretaker in his final years and the man Indiana whose bold rendering of the word love became one of the most recognizable artworks of the 20th century had picked to help guide his artistic legacy. In fact, in recent months, the man who came to control most ... More |
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| | Stockbridge Station Gallery opens an exhibition of new paintings by Ann Getsinger | | Lucy Lacoste Gallery opens an exhibition of ceramics by Lily Fein | | Sotheby's Dubai joins forces with UAE galleries for online auction | 
Ann Getsinger, Bucce di Gioconda, 2020 oil on linen, 36 x 24 inches.
STOCKBRIDGE, MASS.- With great optimism, the Stockbridge Station Gallery has installed an art exhibition of the newest paintings by Ann Getsinger, which will run through July 12. The show title, Imaginarium, refers to places devoted to the cultivation of imagination, an exercise that Getsinger undertakes with one foot firmly planted. Einstein wrote that: "Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." Getsinger uses her knowledge-her daily acknowledgment of beautiful things, her sense of place in familiar landscapes, her lifetime of training in the arts-to ground her paintings. But she uses her imagination to paint beyond the limits of knowledge, offering insight to her fanciful and expansive view of life and inviting viewers to access their own imaginative narrative. This brilliant body of work broadens Getsinger's vision and demonstrates her deft touch with paint and brush. ... More | | 
Lily Fein, Vase, Teal Interior and Exterior. Porcelain, 4.50h x 5w x 3.25d in.
CONCORD, MASS.- Lily Fein: In Response to George Ohr, June 6 - 30, traces the creative journey of this young ceramic artist to New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast, as she seeks threads of synchronicity with the revolutionary Ohr, the self-styled Mad Potter of Biloxi. Ultimately, she realizes that the best way to relate to him is to claim her own narrative and return home. Along the way she observes Ohrs interpretations of the female body from the male identifying perspective and learns how hers might be different as a woman. George Ohr (1857 1918), often considered the first Art Potter in America is known for his flamboyant, wild pots, breaking the boundaries of symmetry. Ahead of his time, he paved the way for contemporary artists to tear into the clay and deconstruct the vessel. Ohrs pots have a flamboyant sensuality often bordering on the erotic. They can have a visceral, direct sexuality, as can be seen in his ... More | | 
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Untitled, 2019, acrylic on canvas (est. $10,000-15,000). Courtesy Sotheby's.
DUBAI.- Marking the inaugural online sale by an international auction house in the Middle East, This Too Shall Pass brings together sixty works from seven of Dubais leading art galleries in a project that is the first of its kind. The sale will offer works by established artists already represented in institutions worldwide alongside rising stars who are starting to make a name for themselves internationally. In line with the UAEs cultural mission, the selection will promote artists from the Emirates and beyond to a new generation of art lovers around the world. Viewed together, the works in the auction will open a window into the boundless cultural landscape of the region, for collectors at home and across the globe. A collaborative initiative by the galleries of the renowned and vibrant cultural district Alserkal Avenue, the partnership spans Lawrie Shabibi, The Third Line, Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde, Carbon 12, Green Art Gallery, Leila Heller Gallery and 1 x 1 Art Gallery. T ... More |
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| | Kupferstich-Kabinett celebrates 300th anniversary with "300 Years Keeping in the Present" | | Gagosian opens an exhibition of works by Piero Golia | | Can Anna Wintour survive the social justice movement? | 
Installation view of the exhibition "300 Years of Collecting in the Present" © SKD, photo: David Pinzer.
DRESDEN.- In 2020, the Kupferstich-Kabinett will be celebrating its 300th anniversary, making it the oldest museum in any German-speaking country to specialise in art on paper. Since 1720, it has collected, preserved and researched into not only engravings, woodcuts, etchings, lithographs and other prints, but also drawings, watercolours and key to the museums self-image photographs. Dresdens Kupferstich-Kabinett developed in the context of each age's contemporary zeitgeist, depending on political and social developments, not to mention the individual taste, in-depth knowledge, skills and ambition of the personalities associated with the museum. Today, it holds more than 500,000 works, making it one of the most important collections of its kind worldwide. In 2020, the programme for the entire year hinges on the anniversary and is funded by the Sparkasse financial group, an official ... More | | 
Piero Golia, Untitled (Rotating Device) , 2019 (detail of), 38 x 64 x 64 in. 96.5 x 162.6 x 162.6 cm © Piero Golia. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.
LONDON.- Gagosian is presenting an exhibition by Piero Golia. Golia is a sculptor of situations. His worksat times architecturally scaled, at others elusive or immaterialare statements aimed at expanding the boundaries of art. His practice is heterogeneous and unpredictable, employing diverse mediums and methods to spark chain reactions that, even when they leave no objects or images behind, have the capacity to alter our perception. In 2003, after his involvement in a car accident that threw him into debt, Golia took the remains of his 1984 Saab, melted them down, and recast them into a glossy black unicorn. Five years later, he responded to the standardized format of the art-fair booth by compressing a 10-meter-long passenger bus into the 6-meter width of the assigned space, filling it completely. In 2010, he installed a sculpture atop the roof of the Standard ... More | | 
Anna Wintour at the Coach Spring New York on Sept. 10, 2019. A reckoning has come to Bon Appétit and the other magazines of Condé Nast. Vincent Tullo/The New York Times.
by Ginia Bellafante
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- On Monday, as swiftly as a 9-iron taken to a tee at Augusta, Adam Rapoport resigned as the editor-in-chief of Bon Appétit magazine after a damning Halloween photo circulated on social media that morning. Drawn from the vast insensitivity archives to which so many influential people have made inadvertent submissions, the picture, from 2004, shows him costumed in a tank top and thick chain necklace as his wifes papi, the term she attached to it in an Instagram post several years later. As it happened, Rapoport had been facing mounting grievance from his staff about the magazines demeaning treatment of employees and freelancers of color and the dubious ways in which its popular ... More |
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| | A homecoming of good fortune for an artist's pile of cookies | | PalaisPopulaire exhibits photographs from the Deutsche Bank Collection | | Statue of famous Italian journalist defaced in Milan | 
An installation at the Center for Contemporary Art Tel Aviv. Photo: Center for Contemporary Art Tel Aviv.
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- It is a quiet homecoming: a mound of fortune cookies on a Havana rooftop overlooking a wide, green river. Art lovers come in ones and twos, cracking open a cookie to read their fortunes, sometimes popping the treat in their mouths. The cookie pile is part of Untitled (Fortune Cookie Corner), a 1990 work by Felix Gonzalez-Torres that has been installed, mid-pandemic, as a collective work in hundreds of locations around the world. It is the first work by Gonzalez-Torres, who was born in Cuba but identified as American, to be made on the island, according to the Felix Gonzalez-Torres Foundation. Its like hes here, looking at Cuba, at the landscape, at his orishas, said Jorge Fernández Torres, director of Cubas National Museum of Fine Arts, referring to the deities of SanterÃa, the syncretic religion practiced by many Cubans. Fernández, who spoke by phone from Havana, was one of 1,000 people invited by Andrea Rosen Gallery and David Zwirner Gallery ... More | | 
Bernd und Hilla Becher, Gasbehälter (aus einer Serie mit 10 Blättern), 1978. Gelatine Silver Print on baryta paper. Photo: © Estate Bernd & Hilla Becher, represented by Max Becher, 2019.
BERLIN.- In addition to the exhibition Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Projects 1963-2020 (which runs through August 17), the PalaisPopulaire is showing Time Present from June 10, 2020, to February 8, 2021. The exhibition provides a comprehensive overview of international photographic art from the Deutsche Bank Collection. After showing works on paper from the Deutsche Bank Collection at its opening, Time Present is now dedicated to photography. This part of the collection comprises over 5,000 works, covering nearly all the techniques, formats, and themes of contemporary photography. With Time Present Deutsche Bank, in cooperation with IBM, is breaking new ground in art education. For the first time, the intelligent assistant MIA is available for visitors to engage in dialog on a broader scale. The PalaisPopulaire is the first institution in Europe to use MIA ... More | | 
A view shows a statue of a famous Italian journalist Indro Montanelli on June 14, 2020 in a Milan public square, a day after it was defaced, stained with red paint and tagged with the inscription "racist, rapist". MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP.
ROME (AFP).- A statue in Milan of a famous Italian journalist has been sprayed red and tagged with the words "racist, rapist", becoming the country's first statue targeted since a wave of similar incidents across Europe and the United States. The statue of Indro Montanelli, which stands in a garden of the same name in the northern Italian city, was cleaned on Sunday morning after being vandalised during the previous night. Montanelli, who died in 2001 at the age of 92, was one of the most decorated and influential Italian journalists of the 20th century, founding the Il Giornale newspaper and serving at the Corriere della Sera. An anti-fascist group had called on Milan's mayor to remove his statue because Montanelli bought and married a young Eritrean girl after volunteering for Fascist leader Benito Mussolini's colonial invasion of Ethiopia in 1935. "In Milan, there ... More |
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 Google to 'explore' why Churchill photo missing from search listLONDON (AFP).- Google said Sunday it would explore why the picture of Britain's World War II leader Winston Churchill disappeared from a top search results list of former UK prime ministers, during controversy over his record on racism. The search giant said the photo's removal from its horizontal list atop search results for former British premiers was due to an automatic update and "not purposeful", but apologised "for any concern". It noted that the issue only applied to its so-called "knowledge graph" listing and that many images of Churchill were still easily found on its search engine. "We're aware an image for Sir Winston Churchill is missing from his knowledge graph entry on Google," the firm's search liaison arm said on Twitter. "We apologise for any concern. This was not purposeful & will be resolved. Images in such panels are automatically ... More A World Redrawn: Novelist says Syrians will remain unheardDAMASCUS (AFP).- The novel coronavirus pandemic briefly gave Syrians a sense of belonging to the rest of the world after years of isolating war, Syrian author Khaled Khalifa said. But the international community is too busy to look their way and the planet will continue to be as barbaric as ever, with no lessons on the value of nature learnt, said the award-winning writer of the novel "No Knives in the Kitchens of this City". Khalifa spoke to AFP in his home in the Syrian capital Damascus, where the government has announced 144 cases of the COVID-19 disease and six deaths in areas it controls. What has the virus meant for Syrians? "For years during the war, Syrians were preoccupied with their limited world, a world of daily death. But today their tragedy has become part of humankind's as a whole. They shared in the meaning of fear and death with the ... More Steidl publishes 'Imagining Everyday Life: Engagements with Vernacular Photography'NEW YORK, NY.- Imagining Everyday Life: Engagements with Vernacular Photography surveys the expansive field of vernacular photography, the vast archive of utilitarian images created for bureaucratic structures, commercial usage and personal commemoration, as opposed to elite aesthetic purposes. As a crucial extension of its ongoing investigation of vernacular photography, The Walther Collection has collaborated with key scholars and critical thinkers in the history of photography, womens studies, queer theory, Africana studies and curatorial practice to interrogate vernaculars theoretical limits, as well as to conduct case studies of a striking array of objects and images, many from the collections holdings. From identification portraits of California migrant workers, physique photographs that circulated underground in queer communities, to one-of-a-k ... More Comic-book industry veteran Gary Guzzo joins Hake's AuctionsYORK, PA.- In line with their continued goal of growth through providing top-notch services to their clientele, Hakes Auctions has appointed comics industry veteran Gary Guzzo to the position of comic art consultant and artist representative. In his new capacity, Guzzo will use his extensive experience and connections to secure original art for auctions, including fresh-to-the-market pieces, and help to authenticate material. He will also act as a liaison between Hakes Auctions and the artists who are looking to sell their work. As a result of his career path to date, Guzzo has a thorough knowledge of both the music and comics industries. I literally spent half my life in the music biz and the other half in comics. I saw my first live concert at thirteen, but even when I was cemented in that business, it always came with a side order of comic books, he said. Starting ... More Dr. Corinna Thierolf leaves Pinakothek der ModerneMUNICH.- After more than 25 years of working for the museum, Corinna Thierolf is seeking out new professional challenges. She is one of the founding curators of the Pinakothek der Moderne, which opened in 2002, and has played a key role in shaping the face of the museum through her acquisitions, exhibitions, publications and her rousing public engagement. Her work with the collection lay at the heart of her professional endeavours. She systematically expanded the cornerstones that had been laid since the 1960s in the form of the collection held by Prince Franz of Bavaria, acquisitions by the former Galerie-Verein and state acquisitions. She compared the growing collection to the changeable body of sound produced by a large orchestra, with the various solos of the artists rooms she acquired forming one of the unique elements ... More The Warhol announces plans to reopen in late JunePITTSBURGH, PA.- The Andy Warhol Museum plans to reopen in late June, with timed ticketing and other safety protocols in place to welcome back the community and protect staff. The Warhol will reopen to all visitors on Monday, June 29, 2020, and to only Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh members from Friday, June 26, through Sunday, June 28, 2020. Timed ticketing will be available at warhol.org starting on Monday, June 15, 2020. The Warhol has been closed since Saturday, March 14, 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Along with all of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, The Andy Warhol Museum has put together a careful plan to ensure that our community can safely return to our museum, said Patrick Moore, director of The Warhol. We look forward to welcoming visitors to a space that meets government guidelines while still providing ... More Hello World: An art affair around the globeBOSTON, MASS.- On June 20, 2020 the summer/winter solstice the nonprofit organization TransCultural Exchange invites art lovers on a (virtual) voyage around the world. With the mere click of a mouse, travelers can check out paintings, music, dances, films and installations by contemporary artists working in Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, Finland, France, Japan, Norway, Spain, Germany, Morocco, Peru, Poland, Senegal, Turkey and Zambia with countless stops along the way. They can collaborate with art projects from Kyrgyzstan, the UK, US, Brazil and more. The choices are myriad; hundreds of artists and cultural venues from over 70 countries make up the tour. Hello World was inspired by the local efforts gallantly being made by artists throughout the world during the COVID-19 pandemic. For instance, the ... More Centropy, a solo exhibition of Deana Lawson's recent work, opens at Kunsthalle BaselBASEL.- As part of Deana Lawsons participation in the 34th Bienal de São Paulo, the US photographer was invited to travel to the northeastern state of Bahia, in Brazil. There she produced a set of photographs that portray people and places marked by the strong presence of cultures deriving from the African diaspora. These photographs are included in her exhibition at the Kunsthalle Basel, Centropy, on view from 9 June until 11 October 2020, a show co-produced with Fundação Bienal de São Paulo as part of the 34th Bienal. Sensitive to the stereotypes in Western, African and afro-descendant portraiture, Lawson predominantly explores topics such as physicality, identity, gender and family in a practice that is grounded in thorough research on blackness and representativeness. Even though they reveal a profound degree of intimacy with ... More Bollywood mourns death of young heartthrobMUMBAI (AFP).- A young Bollywood heartthrob lauded for his portrayal of cricket star M.S. Dhoni on the silver screen has died, Mumbai police said Sunday. "Police found Sushant Singh Rajput's body at his residence Sunday afternoon," Mumbai police spokesman Pranaya Ashok told AFP, confirming that the 34-year-old had taken his own life. Rajput, renowned for his numerous hits on the big and small screens, reportedly battled depression. He passed away just a few days after the shock death of his former manager Disha Salian. "It pains us to share that Sushant Singh Rajput is no longer with us," Rajput's management team said in a statement. "We request his fans to keep him in their thoughts and celebrate his life, and his work like they have done so far." "I will miss him so much," tweeted Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Kh ... More A grand history of small operasNEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Opera is often assumed to be just about bigness. Powerful voices, huge choruses and imposing orchestral forces dominate our sense of the art form. Yet overwhelming scale isnt everything. And at the moment, scale is a particular problem for opera companies trying to manage a return amid the coronavirus pandemic. While grand opera that enemy of social distancing might be impossible for a time, that doesnt mean opera cant work. For centuries, composers have been writing more compact pieces. The last century, in particular, has seen a variety of approaches to concise classical music drama. What follows below is a tour through the history of the radically short opera something similar in length to an hourlong television drama (or even shorter). You could hear all 10 of the works below in about ... More African-American artist Nina Abney's politically charged painting could make $300K at June 30 auctionCHADDS FORD, PA.- William Bunch Auctions June 30 auction of 20th and 21st century fine art draws together a remarkable selection of paintings, drawings, sculptures, and media art by influential contemporary artists. The 278-lot sale is comprised exclusively of two private collections and offers an eclectic variety of American, European, and South Asian works. Bidding will be available by phone, absentee or live online. No in-gallery bidding will be permitted, due to Pennsylvanias restrictions on public gatherings. The headliner of the auction, Nina Chanel Abneys (African-American, 1982-) Untitled (Black Soap) comes from the estate of a noted collector of American Maximalism, Stephen Heighton (1961-2010). Heighton was the pioneering co-founder of some of New York Citys most iconic LGBTQ hotspots including Barracuda, Elmo, ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American painter Paul Georges was born June 15, 1923. Paul Georges (Paul G Georges, Paul Gordon Georges) (June 15, 1923 - April 16, 2002) was an American painter. He died at his home at Isigny-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, aged 77. He painted large-scale figurative allegories and numerous self-portraits. In January 1966, the cover of Art News featured "In The Studio" now in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art. Works were included in Whitney Museum Annuals of 1961, 1963, 1967 & 1969. Paintings by PG are also in the collections of The Portland Art Museum, Oregon; Smart Museum University of Chicago; National Academy Museum, NYC; Rose Art Museum, Mass; Weatherspoon Art Museum; Virginia Art Museum; Parrish Museum Southampton, Guild Hall Museum East Hampton and numerous others across America In this image: Paul Georges, The Extremists, 1991-92, 136 h x 154 w.
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