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In an undated image provided by Espen Finstad/Secretsoftheice.com, a distaff as it was found in a mountain pass, close to the melting ice, in Norway. Melting ice has receded from a mountain pass, unearthing pelts, shoes and stone structures from thousands of years ago. Espen Finstad/Secretsoftheice.com via The New York Times.
by Henrik Pryser Libell and Christine Hauser
OSLO (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Ice patches that melted from the slopes of a remote mountain pass in Norway have revealed artifacts that provide new insight into the livelihood of hunters, traders and travelers along a route thousands of years old, archaeologists said this month. The relics of this distant past include tunics and mittens woven with wool, leather shoes, arrows still adorned with feathers, and snowshoes made for horses. Giant stone cairns mark old pathways once used by traders to find their way through fog and heavy snow. Antlers, bone and animal dung have also been found, the archaeologists behind the project said. The discoveries, outlined in the scientific journal Antiquity, were made on the central mountain range in NorwayÂs Innlandet County by the Glacier Archaeology Program, one of many programs worldwide studying what glaciers and ice patches are laying bare as they shift and melt because of climate change. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day View of the Cathedral in Brasilia on April 14, 2020. On April 21, 1960, Brazil inaugurated to great fanfare its new capital Brasilia, a futuristic city created out of nothing and based on numerous architectural masterpieces. Sergio LIMA / AFP
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| | Sunset View by Albert Bierstadt highlights Doyle's American Paintings, Furniture & Decorative Arts Auction | | Lévy Gorvy exhibits twelve new ceramic works by Swiss artist Peter Regli | | Christie's to present 'Andy Warhol: Better Days Photographs from the Andy Warhol Foundation' |
Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902), Sunset over the Trees (detail). Est. $30,000-50,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- Doyle's online-only auction of American Paintings, Furniture & Decorative Arts closing on Tuesday, April 21 is the firm's premier venue for American paintings of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Showcased are numerous fine examples of Hudson River, Western and regional landscapes; portraiture; marine paintings and still lifes. Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902) introduced the grandeur of the American Rockies and Sierra Nevada to 19th century audiences. Oil sketches like Sunset Over the Trees, done in preparation for larger canvases, highlight the artist's attention to color and confident brushwork (est. $30,000-50,000). William Trost Richards (1833-1905) painted views of the legendary King Arthur's Castle in almost every type of weather common in Cornwall. In a study offered in the sale, light breaking through the clouds illuminates the ruins of the Tintagel castle with a warm glow (est. $20,000-30,000). Edward Moran (1829-1901), older brother ... More | |
Peter Regli, RH_391_012, 2020. Glazed stoneware, 25 9/16 x 25 9/16 x 6 11/16 inches (65 x 65 x 17 cm) © p.regli.
NEW YORK, NY.- Lévy Gorvy is presenting an online exhibition of twelve new ceramic works by Swiss artist Peter Regli. Generous in size and glazed with vivid hues, Reglis stoneware bowls transform functional vessels into sculpture. Known for his ambitious multi-media conceptual practice, the artist began making them over the past year, to serve as bases for large arrangements of fruits and vegetables in his home. Regli intends his new ceramic works to present food in ways that beguile the eye and mind, constantly changing as their contents are rearranged, consumed, and replenished. Reglis New Ceramics is part of Reality Hacking, an ongoing series of sculptures and public interventions that the artist initiated in the 1990s. While the works in Reality Hacking vary widely, ranging from monumental installations of marble snowmen to small items of jewelry, they are united by a distinctive uncanniness. A recurring ... More | |
Andy Warhol, Andy Warhol and Henry Geldzahler, unique polaroid print mounted on board, Executed circa 1979. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies will present Andy Warhol: Better Days, an online-only sale held in collaboration with the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts featuring original photography showcasing Warhols ability to capture the beauty of ordinary life. Proceeds from the sale will support the Foundations effort to provide emergency relief to artists throughout the US. The sale will be open for bidding from April 28 May 6 and is now open for browsing here. Featuring 60 unique photographs, the works encompassed here were each chosen for their ability to transport the viewer to better days, underscoring the splendor of the outdoors and the simple pleasures associated with human interaction. The works were carefully selected by Michael Dayton Hermann, Director of Licensing, Marketing and Sales at the Warhol Foundation in coordination with Christies. Hermann said, We are delighted to work ... More |
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| | Art Brussels, Belgium's most important international contemporary art fair, postponed to April 2021 | | Sixty years ago, Brasilia became Brazil's capital | | Christie's expands global calendar of online-onky sales |
Art Brussels 2021 Friday 23 Sunday 25 April 2021. Preview: Thursday 22 April 2021.
BRUSSELS.- On Wednesday 15 April 2020, the Belgian National Security Council extended the measures to combat coronavirus, including in its directives that no mass events can be organised until 31 August 2020. The 38th edition of Art Brussels, which was to be held, as every year, in April at the emblematic Tour & Taxis site, was initially postponed until the end of June. Due to the recent Belgian government decision, Art Brussels is now forced, as a result of force majeure, to postpone the contemporary art fair until April 2021. Art Brussels had assembled an exceptional edition this year with a strong selection of Belgian and international galleries, various high quality artistic projects, programmed in collaboration with engaged and well respected partners; including the main partner Degroof Petercam who planned to show the installation The Dreamers (2013) by Bill Viola, which had not previously been exhibited in ... More | |
View of the Congress building in Brasilia on April 14, 2020. On April 21, 1960, Brazil inaugurated to great fanfare its new capital Brasilia, a futuristic city created out of nothing and based on numerous architectural masterpieces. Sergio LIMA / AFP.
BRASILIA (AFP).- On April 21, 1960, Brazil inaugurated to great fanfare its new capital Brasilia, a futuristic city created out of nothing and boasting many architectural masterpieces. Here is an account of its foundation, based on AFP copy from the time. A landmark in the history of town planning, it had sprung up in less than four years on an empty plateau that is often mistaken for desert in Brazil's central west region. It is a thousand kilometres (miles) from Rio de Janeiro, (Brazil's capital since 1763), AFP explained in the run up to several days of festivities. An artificial lake, Paranoa, measuring more than 40 square kilometres (15 square miles) was created. It is the product of the national modernization project of then Brazilian president Juscelino Kubitschek for whom "it is a geopolitical revolution. ... More | |
Andy Warhol, Park Avenue Tulips. Executed in 1982. Unique gelatin silver print, 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm.). Estimate: USD 2,000 - USD 3,000 (GBP 1,585.20 - GBP 2,377.80)
NEW YORK, NY.- As collectors spend more time online enjoying, learning about, and buying the art and objects they love, Christies has significantly expanded its online-only sale offerings across numerous collecting categories, including new themed sales of contemporary art. Among the sales launching globally across the company in April and May are Andy Warhol: Better Days, a fundraising auction to help provide emergency relief to artists throughout the U.S., and HANDPICKED: 100 Works Selected by the Saatchi Gallery. Going forward, Christies will open a new batch of online-only sales for bidding on a weekly basis, with each timed auction ranging from 14 to 21 days. The number of sales planned for the second quarter will continue to grow, leveraging the remote sale administration capabilities of Christies teams ... More |
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| | War diaries finally speak | | 1921 Babe Ruth home run bat, Ali's fight-worn gloves pack a punch in Heritage's Spring Sports Catalog Auction | | Montreux Jazz Festival cancelled amid pandemic: organisers |
A portrait of Cornelis Komen, a salesman for an English asbestos company, who chronicled the disparity in how his family and Jewish people were treated. Ilvy Njiokiktjien/The New York Times.
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Anne Frank listened in an Amsterdam attic on March 28, 1944, as the voice of the Dutch minister of education came crackling over the radio from London. The minister, part of a government in exile that had fled the Nazis, appealed to his compatriots: Preserve your diaries and letters. Only if we succeed in bringing this simple, daily material together in overwhelming quantity, only then will the scene of this struggle for freedom be painted in full depth and shine, the minister, Gerrit Bolkestein, said. His words inspired Frank to set aside Kitty, the diary she had created as a personal refuge, and to begin a revised version called The Secret Annex, which she hoped to publish. Other Dutch men and women were listening, too thousands of them and after the country was liberated in May 1945, they showed up at the National Office ... More | |
Leading off the auction is a spectacular Babe Ruth game-used bat, which he used to launch his 52nd home run of the 1921 season.
DALLAS, TX.- Heritage Auctions Spring Sports Collectibles Catalog Auction features an all-star lineup of astonishing treasures from such immortals as Babe Ruth, Muhammed Ali, Ty Cobb, Kobe Bryant, Fred "Curly Neal and Jeff Gordon. Also among the more than 3,000 lots offered May 7-9 is a first-ever NBA Championship ring from the Toronto Raptors. Given the size and scope of this event, which includes some of the most sought-after baseball cards of all time (including scores of unopened wax packs!) and game-worn jerseys from many Hall of Famers brightest seasons, pre-auction estimates surpass the $10 million mark. "The depth and breadth of this auction is really astounding theres something for every collector, no matter their favorite sport, team or hero, said Chris Ivy, Director of Sports Auctions at Heritage. "I am very, very proud of our team for assembling this extraordinary collection. Leading off the aucti ... More | |
The programme -- set to include Lionel Richie, Brittany Howard, Lenny Kravitz and Black Pumas -- "will be partly carried over to next year's Festival, which will take place from 2 to 17 July 2021."
GENEVA (AFP).- The iconic Montreux Jazz Festival announced Friday the cancellation of this year's edition due to the pandemic, marking the first time since 1967 that the show can not go on. "It is with deep regret that the organisers of the Montreux Jazz Festival must today announce that this years event, which was set to be held from 3 to 18 July 2020, will not take place," organisers said. The programme -- set to include Lionel Richie, Brittany Howard, Lenny Kravitz and Black Pumas -- "will be partly carried over to next year's Festival, which will take place from 2 to 17 July 2021." The Swiss government announced on Thursday it would begin gradually easing some protective measures against the coronavirus, but stressed most of the hygiene and physical distancing measures would remain in place. "As such, it is now impossible for us to consider holding ... More |
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| | Thomas Miller, hit-making TV producer, is dead at 79 | | Young guitarist enchants locked down Rome | | Traumatised by war: theatre's role in healing Afghanistan |
Happy Days.
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Garry Marshall, the noted producer and director, was talking about the best-known character in one of his best-known television shows. I always wanted a tall Italian boy, he said in an oral history recorded in 2000 for the Television Academy. Instead it was a 5-foot-6-inch Jew named Henry Winkler who ended up playing the Fonz on Happy Days, a portrayal so distinctive that what had been envisioned as a supporting role became one of the most recognizable characters in television history. The man responsible for that casting leap of faith was one of Marshalls fellow executive producers on the series, Thomas Miller. Tom Miller was the whole key to casting Henry Winkler, Marshall said in the oral history. Winkler, who was an unknown when he auditioned for the role in 1973, concurred. Tom took me to makeup, plucked my unibrow, told me what to do, he said in a telephone interview. And it was Miller who called him that October on his ... More | |
Jacopo Mastrangelo plays the guitar from his terrace overlooking Piazza Navona in Rome on April 16, 2020, during a lockdown in Italy to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the new coronavirus. Tiziana FABI / AFP.
by Arman Soldin
ROME (AFP).- The melodic theme music from "Cinema Paradiso" soars over a completely still and silent Rome every sunset. It provides an enchanting end to surreal days in lockdown living through a pandemic that has claimed over 22,000 lives in Italy and 145,000 worldwide. The 18-year-old guitarist behind the performances has turned into a social media star for his impromptu covers of Ennio Morricone classics. He plays from the terrace of his luxurious flat overlooking the fountains of Rome's now-empty Piazza Navona. The Vatican's dome stands to the left of the setting sun and the sea gulls flutter overhead as he plays, "We decided to lend a hand to Italians: a message of hope," Jacopo Mastrangelo tells AFP from his patio. "We are ... More | |
Afghan artists from "Peace of Mind Afghanistan" perform on stage about war trauma and depression in Kabul. WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP.
by Usman Sharifi / Najiba Nooi
KABUL (AFP).- As he watched the play about two girls wrestling with lingering trauma, Afghan student Hussain began to sob, the performance igniting memories of his own brush with death. "I couldn't stop crying," said the 22-year-old, who survived a suicide bombing in Kabul that killed 57 people in 2018. "I still have nightmares about the scene, blood, body parts and injured people crying for help." Hussain, who only wanted to give his first name, spoke to AFP after seeing "Tanhayee" ("Loneliness"), a play that tells the story of two girls -- a suicide blast survivor and a victim of sexual assault. In a conservative country that has seen decades of war, displacement and poverty, the producers hope the play -- which was touring just before the coronavirus pandemic hit but now is paused -- will raise awareness about psychological stress and the enduring impact ... More |
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Glenna Goodacre, created Vietnam Women's Memorial, dies at 80
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- When Glenna Goodacre was a student and interested in becoming a sculptor, her art teacher discouraged her. He gave her a grade of D, told her that she had no ability to see in three dimensions and advised her to switch to painting. Goodacre did paint for a while but went on to become a nationally known sculptor. Her works include the Vietnam Womens Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, the Irish famine memorial in Philadelphia and the Sacagawea dollar coin. She also made a larger-than-life statue of President Ronald Reagan, which was unveiled at the Reagan Presidential Library in California 1998. She was 80 when she died Monday at her home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her son-in-law, musician Harry Connick Jr., who is married to her daughter, Jill, announced the death on Instagram. Her ... More
Glasgow tailor gathers volunteer army to make medical clothing
GLASGOW (AFP).- Scottish tailor Thomas Rae snips a strip of cloth from what will soon be clothing worn by a nurse, carefully placing the material under a sewing machine for stitching. Rae, 56, owns a string of tailoring stores across Scotland's industrial capital Glasgow and until six weeks ago his work mainly involved mending trousers, jackets and dresses. But these days he spends his time working with a small army of volunteers to create the hygienic clothing, known as scrubs, worn by the nurses and doctors on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic. "The lockdown had been announced and so I sat in the house and I thought what could I do to help these nurses out or the NHS, the frontline workers," he said, referring to Britain's state-run National Health Service (NHS). "I started making masks and then I started getting emails and messages ... More
Ottessa Moshfegh is only human
LOS ANGELES, CA (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- It was the spring of 2015 in Oakland, California, and Ottessa Moshfegh was all alone. She had published some short stories and a novella, but it would be months before her first novel, Eileen, would earn her a living, a place on the Booker Prize shortlist and a name. After completing an MFA at Brown and a fellowship at Stanford (where she never felt she belonged), the native New Englander was now living friendless across the bay from San Francisco, on the cusp of completing a story collection, Homesick for Another World. Letting go of it, though, she was afflicted by a grief so intense she could only overcome it through more writing. It was almost like someone had died when I finished that book, Moshfegh, 38, said in early February over lunch at her favorite hole-in-the-wall Thai restaurant in Los ... More
Jimmy Webb, purveyor of punk fashion, is dead at 62
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Jimmy Webb, the kindly, spindly-legged, leather-vested East Village fixture who was the longtime manager of Trash and Vaudeville, the rock n roll clothiers that once ruled St. Marks Place, died Tuesday at his apartment in Manhattan. He was 62. The cause was cancer, said Heart Montalbano, a friend. With a rockers bleached-out shag, ropy arms vined with tattoos and jangly silver bracelets, and skintight jeans slashed by rips and rivets, Webb was a proudly resolute bearer of the punk-glam torch, even as the decades moved inexorably along. Stomping through the East Village like a visitor from another time and place, he barely missed a day as the manager of Trash and Vaudeville, where he worked from 2000 until a few years ago, when the store, which opened in 1975, moved around the corner. A kind of Proust ... More
Brian Dennehy found the tragic grandeur in ordinary lives
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- On a November night, 22 years ago, fresh off a plane from New York, I walked into the Goodman Theater in Chicago and straight into the depths of depression. I felt privileged to be there. Because my guide that evening into the state of paralyzing unhappiness was Brian Dennehy, who was making one mans inner darkness uncannily visible as the title character of Arthur Millers Death of a Salesman. I had admired Dennehy who died Wednesday at 81 as a smart, risk-taking and undersung actor onstage and onscreen. He was a heartbreakingly sensitive lout as the parvenu Lopakhin a brute with a touch of the poet in Peter Brooks production of Chekhovs The Cherry Orchard (1988) at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. His performance as serial murderer John Wayne Gacy in the 1992 ... More
AIRIE announces Helen Toomer as Executive Director
MIAMI, FLA.- The Board of Artists in Residence in Everglades announced that Helen Toomer has been appointed as the organizations new Executive Director. The announcement coincides with the launch of the organizations new digital initiative AIRIE Asks, which features conversations with Toomer and AIRIE artist fellows. A well-known figure in the art world, Toomer is an energetic leader with over 15 years of experience organizing art fairs, exhibitions and residencies, as well as supporting and furthering the careers of artists. She currently serves as the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Stoneleaf Retreat, an artists residency and connective space in the Catskill Mountains focused on supporting women artists and families. Toomer joins AIRIE at a pivotal point in its history as it approaches its 20th anniversary in 2021. She will lead AIRIE through ... More
San Diego Comic-Con canceled due to coronavirus
LOS ANGELES (AFP).- Comic-Con San Diego, one of the world's largest pop culture gatherings, has been canceled for the first time in its 50-year history due to the coronavirus pandemic. The sprawling convention which draws Hollywood A-listers, billion-dollar franchises and 135,000 screaming fans each year had been due to take place in July. But it became the latest major festival to be scratched due to the global pandemic, after California Governor Gavin Newsom this week indicated mass gatherings were unlikely to be allowed for months to come. Organizers announced Friday "with deep regret that there will be no Comic-Con in 2020." They "had hoped to delay this decision in anticipation that COVID-19 concerns might lessen by summer," but warnings including Newsom's comments "made it clear that it would not be safe to move forward with ... More
Gene Kranz's Apollo 13 Mission Control badge sold for $29,197 at auction
BOSTON, MASS.- Gene Kranz's Apollo 13 Mission Control badge sold for $29,197, according to Boston-based RR Auction. Kranz's badge was among a special section that included dozens of related lots in the Space Exploration themed sale honoring the 50th anniversary of Apollo 13 from the near-disastrous mission. After serving as a flight director for each of the Gemini missions, Kranz was selected as division chief for Flight Control in 1968, working in the same capacity for all odd-numbered Apollo missions, including both Apollo 11 and Apollo 13. As the leader of the 'Tiger Team' of flight directors, Kranz showed incredible resilience and ingenuity when confronted with the task of bringing the crew of Apollo 13 safely back to Earth. The green laminated badge NASA issued to "Eugene F. Kranz" for the Apollo 13 mission and stamped "AV." The lot ... More
Robert Ramirez named chair of UT Department of Theatre and Dance
AUSTIN, TX.- The College of Fine Arts at The University of Texas at Austin has named Professor Robert Ramirez as chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance. Ramirez, head of the Acting program in the department, has been serving as interim chair since summer 2019. Robert Ramirez has been an able leader this past year, and in recent weeks, hes faced about as big a challenge as our college has ever known: a global pandemic, said Doug Dempster, dean of the College of Fine Arts. Robert has risen to the challenge with grace, and his dedication to his students and faculty has been inspiring to witness. I have the utmost confidence in his ability to guide the department in the coming years. Ramirez, who joined the faculty in the UT Department of Theatre and Dance in 2014 as head of the Acting program, will be the first Latinx chair of the ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, German sculptor Otto Piene was born April 18, 1928. Otto Piene (18 April 1928 - 17 July 2014) was a German artist specializing in kinetic and technology-based art. He lived and worked in Düsseldorf; Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Groton, Massachusetts. In this image: MIT List Visual Arts Center exhibition "Otto Piene: Lichtballett." October 21, 2011 - December 31, 2011.
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