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The Rubell family, from left, Jason, Mera and Donald, in front of Vaughn Spanns Big Black Rainbow (Smoky Eyes), in the new Rubell Museum DC, in Washington, where the inaugural show, Whats Going On, is named for the 1971 album and song by Marvin Gaye, Oct. 26, 2022. The Rubells, Miami art collectors, are extending their reach to the nations capital with some 200 works and a nod to Gaye, who attended school in the original building. (Justin T. Gellerson/The New York Times)
by Robin Pogrebin
WASHINGTON, DC.- Opening a new contemporary art museum as you enter your 80s in a city not known for contemporary art, when you already have a large museum in Miami, and when cultural institutions all over the country are still recovering from a pandemic contraction, would at first seem foolhardy, if not downright reckless. But then, the Rubells have never played it safe when it comes to collecting art. Were crazy, right? said Mera Rubell, on a recent walk through the new museum. Do you think were obsessed? Donald, her husband, added: Were addicted. That addiction drove Mera, 79, and Donald, 82 along with their son, Jason, 53, and their daughter Jennifer, 52, an artist to amass more than 7,000 artworks over the past half century, making theirs one of the largest and most important collections of contemporary art in the country. And it propelled them through the past 15 years, while they were building their new museum in a former school ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Lars Eidinger, center, as Hamlet in Thomas Ostermeierâs production at BAMâs Harvey Theater in New York, Oct. 26, 2022. Ostermeierâs version of a Shakespearean classic unleashes even more madness than might be expected, writes the New York Times theater critic Maya Phillips. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times).
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| Five artistic visions propel prestigious Sobey Art Award exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada | | 'Oh, I'll Show You': Paul Taylor and Alex Katz's long collaboration | | Climate protester glues his head to 'Girl With a Pearl Earring' painting | 
Krystle Silverfox, installation view, 2022 Sobey Art Award Exhibition, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 28 October 2022 to 12 March 2023. Collection of the artist © Krystle Silverfox. Photo: NGC.
OTTAWA.- Five visual artists shortlisted for Canadas most prestigious art award present new and thought-provoking contemporary works to the public at the National Gallery of Canada, for the Sobey Art Award exhibition, on view until March 12, 2023. The 2022 Sobey Art Award exhibition invites audiences to experience a range of artworks, spanning multiple artistic mediums, including photography, sculpture, performance, painting, and video installations. This years shortlisted Sobey Art Award finalists are Krystle Silverfox, (West Coast and Yukon), Divya Mehra (Prairies and North), Azza El Siddique (Ontario), Stanley Février (Quebec), and Tyshan Wright (Atlantic). These five powerful artistic voices hail from every region in Canada, and their works, practices, and artistic visions show the strength and impact of contemporary art on Canadian society, said Angela Cassie, Interim Director and CEO, ... More | | 
The artist Alex Katz at his home studio in New York, Oct. 11, 2017. (Adrienne Grunwald/The New York Times)
by Brian Seibert
NEW YORK, NY.- Painter Alex Katz had an idea for a dance. He was at a park in Spain in the 1970s, and the way some young soldiers were flirting with young women reminded him of America in the 1940s. I wanted to show the optimism of those young people, Katz recently recalled. He talked about the idea with choreographer Paul Taylor, who proceeded to make a now-beloved dance called Sunset with sets and costumes by Katz. But while Katz had been thinking of a light piece, like Guys and Dolls, Taylor made it into youth and death, into the descent from the cross, Katz said. I thought it was terrific. That was how things tended to go in their collaboration, which yielded 16 dances over more than 50 years, from 1960 to 2015. There were lots of clashes, violent clashes, Katz said. But also an overlap of sensibilities and a leapfrogging of artist egos. This dynamic produced ... More | | 
The artwork by Johannes Vermeer, exhibited in The Hague, was the latest artwork to be targeted by protesters concerned about climate change. One person glued his head to the painting and another glued his hand to the wall.
NEW YORK, NY.- A climate protester glued his head to Girl With a Pearl Earring, the famous painting by Johannes Vermeer that was on exhibit at a museum in The Hague on Thursday, the latest in a series of actions by activists that have targeted world-renowned paintings in recent months as the protesters have sought to draw attention to climate change. The stunts have recently included hurling mashed potatoes at a painting by Claude Monet and splattering soup on a painting by Vincent van Gogh. Vermeers much-celebrated painting from 1665 is part of the collection at the Mauritshuis, a small museum exhibiting Dutch and Flemish paintings from the 17th century. The one-minute video clip of the action shows a man coming close to the painting and gluing his head to it. At the same time, another man adheres his hand to the wall next to the artwork ... More |
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| National Gallery of Art announces Victoria P. Sant Fund for Women Artists | | Miles McEnery Gallery opens an exhibition of paintings by Ryan McGinness | | Franz Ackermann creates an immersive installation for exhibition at Galerie Templon | 
Victoria P. Sant.
WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Gallery of Art announced today a remarkable gift of $10 million from the family of Victoria P. Sant, former president of the National Gallery of Art, to fund the acquisition of work by women. An endowment fund, the Victoria P. Sant Fund for Women Artists, will further the National Gallery's ongoing priority of acquiring more work by women, from historic works to living artists. In an ongoing commitment to this work, many acquisitions over the past years expand the holdings of creations by women artists across genre and medium. Two acquisitions of special significance were recently approved at the May 2022 Board of Trustees meeting: a portrait by Bolognese painter Lavinia Fontana (15521614), the first painting by an early modern Italian woman artist to enter the collection, and a small sculpture by Luisa Roldán (16521706) that is the first work by a woman sculptor created before 1850 to enter the collection. "The ... More | | 
The Spaghetti Eater, 2022, Acrylic and metal leaf on canvas, 84 x 60 inches, 213.4 x 152.4 cm, MMG#34679.
NEW YORK, NY.- Miles McEnery Gallery is presenting an exhibition of paintings by Ryan McGinness titled, New Narratives. The artists second solo exhibition at the gallery opened on 20 October at 515 West 22nd Street and will remain on view through 26 November. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue featuring an essay by Hilarie M. Sheets. This new body of work by McGinness represents a change for the artist toward addressing the picture plane as a whole. Rather than individual symbol drawings collaged together to create abstract compositions, figurative pictures now hold together the compositions. Sheets writes in her essay, In a dramatic shift in the way he pieces together his paintings, McGinness is now using a single drawing as the skeleton or lattice for an entire canvas... In the most personal show of his career, McGinness ... More | | 
Installation view. © Courtesy Templon, Paris Brussels New York.
BRUSSELS.- German artist Franz Ackermann is taking over the Galerie Templon's Brussels space this autumn with a radically new exhibition concept. A travel enthusiast, he created an exhibition that speaks as an ever-evolving version of the project he presented in 2022 in Paris. For this new stage, he takes the immersive Parisian installation as his starting point, full of colour, sound and light, inspired by image and video archives of his own travels. A shot of an Asian building is mixed with the noise and sequence of a Thai tuk-tuk or the view of an oriental souk. The walls of the Brussels space are now covered with three new large-scale installations, all scheduled to evolve over the course of the exhibition to reflect his future experiences, journeys and encounters. Imbued with fresh energy, the artist is now proposing a palette specific to the Belgian capital, new and explosive, ranging from indigo to canary, carmine to fuchsia. A handful o ... More |
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| Monira Al Qadiri opens first solo museum exhibition in the United States | | Reyes │ Finn presents 'Leif Ritchey: Waves' | | The Peabody Essex Museum taps Kurt T. Steinberg, Ed. D. as Chief Operating Officer | 
Monira Al Qadiri, detail from Crude Eye, 2022. Single-channel video, sound, 10 min. Courtesy of the artist and König Galerie, Berlin. Commissioned by Blaffer Art Museum and the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts at the University of Houston.
HOUSTON, TX.- The Blaffer Art Museum, in partnership with the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts at the University of Houston, is presenting the first solo museum exhibition in the United States of the work of Berlin-based artist Monira Al Qadiri. Considered one of the most important artists to emerge from the Persian Gulf region in recent years, Al Qadiri came of age during the rapid transformation of her childhood nation of Kuwaitfrom its status as one of the worlds oldest civilizations, through its dominance of the oil industry, to its current role as a battleground in geopolitics. Al Qadiris work examines petroleum-centric cultures, or petro-cultures, where life and society are informed by the practices and discourses involving the consumption of, and subsequent dependence on, oil and gas. Her practice broadly serves ... More | | 
Leif Ritchey, Residue, 2021-2022. Concrete, paint, plastic bowl, paint cans and lids, banana peel, tinted lens. 25 x 6 x 6 in. Photo: Tim Johnson. Courtesy: the artist and Reyes | Finn, Detroit.
DETROIT, MICH.- Reyes | Finn is presenting Waves, a solo exhibition of new work by multidisciplinary artist Leif Ritchey (b. 1975, Ann Arbor, MI), on view from October 27thDecember 17th. For the artists first showcase with Reyes | Finn, Ritchey debuts eight new large-scale paintings and a series of nine found-object assemblage sculptures and wall-hanging works. Over the past two decades, the artist has forged his signature out of his explorations of color and its intertwining with form, his unmistakable pastel hues sprawling across canvases textured with delicate layers of fabric, paper and paint. Waves builds on this foundation, Ritcheys cross-disciplinary approach assembling mediums and techniques used by the artist at various points throughout his career into a holistic body of work. In it, colors and forms find alchemy unknown, as the artist wrote in a 2010 ... More | | 
Steinberg brings considerable experience as a cultural leader and expertise as an executive arts administrator to his new role at PEM.
SALEM, MASS.- The Peabody Essex Museum announced that Kurt T. Steinberg, Ed. D., will serve as the Museums Chief Operating Officer (COO) as of January 17, 2023. Steinberg brings considerable experience as a cultural leader and expertise as an executive arts administrator to his new role at PEM. Kurts commitment to the life-enhancing power of creativity and lifelong learning, as well as his track record of cultivating institutional excellence, make him an exceptional fit for PEM, said Lynda Roscoe Hartigan, PEMs Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Executive Director and CEO. His inclusive, non-profit leadership, combined with his ability to forge strategic relationships from the regional to the global, will help PEM, one of the countrys oldest and largest museums, thrive. Working under Hartigans guidance and in collaboration with the Museums Executive Leadership Team and Board of Trustees, Steinb ... More |
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| The 'Slow Burn' that is Henry Taylor | | LAXART Receives transformative gift from philanthropists Jarl and Pamela Mohn | | First exhibition to present a comprehensive overview of Nan Goldin's work as a filmmaker opens in Stockholm | 
One of Henry Taylors sculptures-in-progress, made from bicycle rims and childrens toys, at his studio on Jefferson Boulevard in Los Angeles, Oct. 14, 2022. (Ricardo Nagaoka/The New York Times)
by Robin Pogrebin
LOS ANGELES, CA.- It is midafternoon on a warm day in the West Adams neighborhood, and Henry Taylors capable studio director, Brandi Morris, would clearly prefer that the artist not take the wheel. This seems less because Taylor had consumed a joint of marijuana and a bottle of beer a few hours before, or because he will want to light up yet another Natural American Spirit cigarette (he prefers the Mellow Original in the yellow box to the Full-bodied Original in the blue) on the way to lunch, but because the artist has so many thoughts spilling out of him that it might be easier for him to concentrate on what he has to say when hes not navigating through the infamously congested ... More | | 
LAXART Main Gallery. Photo Courtesy of LAXART.
LOS ANGELES, CALIF.- LAXART received a $1 million gift from philanthropists and longtime Los Angeles residents Jarl and Pamela Mohn. This transformative gift will support its new building project and institutional vision for its next chapter. It is the single largest contribution from an individual donor in LAXARTs 17-year history. In recognition of the Mohns incredible commitment and contribution, the main gallery space in the new building will be named the Jarl and Pamela Mohn Gallery. This truly is the greatest vote of confidence for LAXART as we move into our new home, stated Hamza Walker, Executive Director, LAXART. Jarl and Pamela have demonstrated an unwavering commitment to the arts in Los Angeles. We are deeply honored that our main gallery will bear their names. In March 2022, LAXART announced plans to open its first dedicated home in the Melrose Hill section of Los Angeles. Construction began ... More | | 
Nan Goldin, Elephant mask, Boston (1985) From digital slideshow Fire Leap, 20102022 © Nan Goldin.
STOCKHOLM.- Moderna Museets retrospective is the first exhibition to present a comprehensive overview of Goldins work as a filmmaker. The exhibition is installed in six unique buildings designed by Hala Wardé, an architect who frequently works with Goldin. Each building is designed in response to the specific piece. Together they constitute a village. The exhibition is comprised of: The Ballad of Sexual Dependency (19812022) her magnum opus; The Other Side (1992 2021) a historical portrait produced as an homage to her trans friends whom she photographed 19722010; Sisters, Saints and Sibyls (20042022) a testament to the trauma of families and suicide; Fire Leap (20102022) a foray into the world of children; Memory Lost (20192021) a claustrophobic journey through drug withdrawal; and Sirens (20192020) a trip into dru ... More |
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 Feminist public art installation in DC at NMWAWASHINGTON, DC.- The National Museum of Women in the Arts has commissioned Austrian artist Katharina Cibulka (b. 1975) to present the next iteration of Lookout, a public art project presented while the museum is temporarily closed for a major renovation. In her first installation in the United States, Cibulka covered NMWAs north-facing façade with one of her monumental SOLANGE (German for as long as) works, a series that addresses gender-based inequity and social power structures. Featuring a message revealed on October 28, Cibulkas work at NMWA reflects the museums mission and resonate with neighbors in Washington, D.C., as well as the museums broader network of members, supporters and friends. In bright pink tulle on white mesh fabric that covers construction scaffolding, Cibulka cross-stitches poetic and witty ... More  Leading Moran's California American Fine Art sale are works by Edgar Alwin Payne and John Marshall GambleLOS ANGELES, CA.- Morans Autumn rendition of their bi-annual California and American Fine Art sale will be taking place Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 4:00pm PST. The selection will feature fresh-to-the-market artworks that have been chosen from private collections throughout California, the Southwest, and beyond. Leading the sale include works by Edgar Alwin Payne, William Wendt, John Marshall Gamble, and John Frost. More contemporary highlights include works by Margaret Keane, Richard MacDonald, and Clyde Aspevig. With a wide range of subjects and time periods represented, this sale has something for every plein air collection. One of the private collections comes from the estate of ... More  "Shifting Time: African American Artists 2020-2021"PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art announced the publication of Shifting Time: African American Artists 2020-2021. Co-edited by Klare Scarborough and Berrisford Boothe, this book offers a glimpse into the lives of over 70 selected African American artists during a critical period of turmoil and uncertainty. Shifting Time contains essays by Berrisford Boothe, Imo Nse Imeh, Dianne Smith, Danny Simmons, Dominic Chambers, Ronald Jackson, and more. The pages are filled with vibrant artwork and heartfelt reflections by Mequitta Ahuja, Tawny Chatmon, Willie Cole, Alfred Conteh, LaToya Hobbs, Martha Jackson Jarvis, Juan Logan, Julie Mehretu, Mario Moore, Debra Priestly, Arvie Smith, Felandus Thames, and many more. The text also includes an illustrated timeline of historical events; poignant excerpts ... More  Gerald Stern, poet of wistfulness, anger and humor, dies at 97NEW YORK, NY.- Gerald Stern, who drew on nature, history and his own experiences to write prizewinning poetry laced with wistfulness, anger and humor, died Friday in New York City. He was 97. His death, in a hospice facility, was announced by his companion of 25 years, poet Anne Marie Macari. Stern, whose This Time: New and Selected Poems won the National Book Award for poetry in 1998, came to poetic prominence relatively late; his first published poem, The Pineys, appeared in The Journal of the Rutgers University Library in 1969, when he was 44. His first collection, Rejoicings, was published in 1973, when he was nearing 50. It was his second collection, Lucky Life (1977), that really put him on the poetry-world map. (In 2010, director Lee Isaac Chung made a feature film by that title, crediting it as inspired by the poetry of Gerald ... More  Valéria Piccoli to join Mia as Chair of Arts of the Americas and Curator of Latin American ArtMINNEAPOLIS, MINN.- The Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) announced that Valéria Piccoli, Ph.D., will join the museum in the new role of Ken and Linda Cutler Chair of the Arts of the Americas and Curator of Latin American Art, following an extensive, global search. Piccoli comes to Mia from Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Brazil, where she has been chief curator since 2012, curating exhibitions such as Pinacoteca: Acervo [Collection]; Ernesto Neto: Sopro [Breath]; Rosana Paulino: a costura da memória [The Sewing of Memory]; and Picturing the Americas: Landscape Painting from Tierra del Fuego to the Arctic. At the Pinacoteca, she has focused on acquisitions strategy, especially on adding underrepresented artists to the collection. Mias new curatorial role is made possible through the generous support of Ken and Linda Cutler, who pledged ... More  Exhibition highlights the influence of traditional cultural and artistic practices in contemporary Chinese cultureMELBOURNE.- Juxtaposing ancient Chinese masterpieces alongside compelling works of contemporary art and design, "China The Past is Present" highlights the influence of traditional cultural and artistic practices in contemporary Chinese culture. Creating a dynamic and anachronistic dialogue between ancient artisans and contemporary artists, the exhibition reveals surprising synergies that bridge millennia, subject matter and form. The exhibition features more than 120 works drawn primarily from the NGVs historical and contemporary collection of Chinese art and design, which, combined, span over three millennia and an array of art forms including painting, calligraphy, ceramics, metal works, lacquer ware, textiles, ... More  ICP announces five new board members: Cindy Sherman, Uzodinma Iweala, Jane Corkin, Robert Fribourg, Jon FurerNEW YORK, NY.- The International Center of Photography, the worlds leading institution dedicated to photography and visual culture, has announced the appointment of five new members to the board of trustees: Cindy Sherman, Uzodinma Iweala, Jane Corkin, Robert Fribourg, and Jon Furer. The new board members will serve two-year renewable terms. They will be joining the current board members: Caryl S. Englander, Chair; Jeffrey A. Rosen, President; Michael Clinton, EVP; Renee Harbers Liddell, EVP; Bob Jeffrey, VP; Diane Tuft, VP; Almudena Legorreta, Vice Chair; Stephanie H. Shuman, Vice Chair; Randall Rothenberg, Secretary; Fabian Onetti, Treasurer; James A. DAquila; Adam Fuss; Bicky Kellner; ... More  Rare Victoria Cross awarded following Far East battles in Second World War at risk of leaving the UK LONDON.- A Victoria Cross awarded to RAF Squadron Leader A.S.K. Scarf is at risk of leaving the UK after being sold abroad for more than £660,000. The medal, along with four others - the 1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, Defence Medal and British War Medal - was awarded posthumously to Scarf in 1946. The Victoria Cross was presented to his widow, Mrs Elizabeth Scarf, by King George VI at Buckingham Palace. While the campaign medals within this group are relatively common and were issued to all personnel who met the qualifying criteria, the Victoria Cross is incredibly rare. Only 1,358 have been awarded since its inception in 1856 with just 181 awarded during the Second World War. Of the 22 awarded during the conflict to the RAF, this Victoria Cross is of particular interest because it is the only one awarded to the RAF for their service in ... More  Penn Museum and Iraqi archaeologists uncover 2,700-year-old artifactsPHILADELPHIA, PA.- In partnership with an Iraqi excavation team, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropolog unearthed intricate rock carvings that are 2,700 years old at Nineveh, a site on the east side of the Tigris River, inside the city of Mosul in Northern Iraq. Now, with support from the ALIPH Foundation, they are working to carefully reconstruct the ancient citys Mashki Gateone of the many Mesopotamian monuments that were destroyed by militants from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Through a community-led excavation, conservation, and restoration project funded by the Penn Museum, an international team of archaeologists found seven marble reliefs depicting finely chiseled war scenes, mountains, grape vines, and palm treesa monumental and meaningful find ... More  In 'Siren,' artists and poets singing from the rocksNEW YORK, NY.- In the scalloped courtyard of Amant, an East Williamsburg kunsthalle, a sparkling chime cuts the rustling gray air. Its the sound of Senti (2022), by Mayra A RodrÃguez Castro, a set of aluminum and silver rods mounted on the roof like a weather vane. In the synesthetic world of Siren (some poetics), this is a siren a warning, a wail, a cry for help. It takes a moment to decipher the other work in the garden: two junkpile sculptures by Ser Serpas made with discards gleaned from the neighborhood. This patch of Brooklyn yielded a blanched patio umbrella, old school desks, some twisted metal. Like a rock, it hits you: This is the wreckage of the ships lured to shore by a monsters irresistible song. Obliquely activist, newly timeless, Siren sounds a contemporary cri de coeur. The title recalls Homers Odyssey, but ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer was born October 31, 1632. Johannes, Jan or Johan Vermeer (October 1632 - December 1675) was a Dutch painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life. Vermeer was a moderately successful provincial genre painter in his lifetime. He evidently was not wealthy, leaving his wife and children in debt at his death, perhaps because he produced relatively few paintings. In this image: Participants of a press conference look at a painting, entitled Holding a Balance, by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer at the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, Germany, 16 March 2011.
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