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American artist Brice Marden at his studio in Tivoli, N.Y., on Dec. 28, 2018. Marden, whose elegant fusion of minimalism and Abstract Expressionism in the 1960s revivified painting and established him as one of the most admired and influential artists of his generation, died on Thursday, Ago. 10, 2023, at his home in Tivoli, N.Y., in Dutchess County. He was 84. (Lauren Lancaster/The New York Times)
by William Grimes
NEW YORK, NY.- Brice Marden, whose elegant fusion of minimalism and abstract expressionism in the 1960s revivified painting and established him as one of the most admired and influential artists of his generation, died on Thursday at his home in Tivoli, New York, in Dutchess County. He was 84. The cause was cancer, his wife, Helen Marden, said in a statement. In the mid-1960s, when conceptual art, pop art and minimalist sculpture were in the ascendancy and painting was declared dead by many critics and artists, Brice Marden issued a powerful counterstatement. His paintings, first exhibited in New York at the Bykert Gallery in 1966, seemed irreducibly minimalist at first glance a solid field of color for each canvas, in ambiguous gray and green tones, with an unpainted 1-inch strip at the bottom where drips of paint ran over. On closer insp ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Powerhouse has today unveiled the Australian premiere of the major exhibition Atmospheric Memory. The sensory experience by Mexican-Canadian artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, curated by José Luis de Vicente, is inspired by the writing of 19th century computer pioneer and philosopher Charles Babbage, who believed that the air surrounding us is a âvast libraryâ containing every sound, motion and word spoken.
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| Virginia Museum will return 'Wounded Indian' statue to Boston | | MCA Australia presents 'Zoe Leonard: Al rÃo / To the River' | | In the art of Tuan Andrew Nguyen, Vietnam's nightmares live on | 
The Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association believed The Wounded Indian was destroyed in 1958, until it realized in 1999 that it was on display at the Virginia museum. Photo: Stewart Gamage, via Cultural Heritage Partners.
by Tom Mashberg
NEW YORK, NY.- A poignant life-size statue of a wounded American Indian, long the subject of a tug of war between a Virginia museum named for Walter P. Chrysler and a Boston organization founded by Paul Revere, will be sent back to Boston in the wake of an investigation by the FBI, the Boston group said Wednesday. Known simply as The Wounded Indian, the statue was sculpted from a single block of white Vermont marble by Peter Stephenson, who completed the work in 1850. It is described by the group reclaiming it, the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, as among the most beautiful and affecting works of American neoclassical sculpture. Officials with the association, founded in 1795 by Revere to offer vocational training to poor students and citizens and now based in Quincy, Massachusetts, said it was given the statue by a donor in 1893 and had displayed it for 65 years in its massive, castle-like civic center in Boston. In 1958, facing financial trouble, the associati ... More | | 
Zoe Leonard, Al rÃo / To the River (detail) 20162022. Gelatin silver prints, C-prints and inkjet prints. Production supported by Mudam Luxembourg Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Musée dArt Moderne de Paris, Paris Musées, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Galerie Gisela Capitain and Hauser & Wirth. Image courtesy the artist, Galerie Gisela Capitain, and Hauser & Wirth © Zoe Leonard.
SYDNEY.- Zoe Leonards Al rÃo / To the River opens this weekend at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, the first major exhibition of the internationally renowned artists work in the Southern Hemisphere. Leonard has been in Sydney to install the exhibition and will participate in the opening week program. Al rÃo / To the River is a large-scale photographic work which takes as its subject the Rio Grande, as it is named in the United States, or RÃo Bravo, as it is named in Mexico. Over a period of five years, beginning in 2016, Leonard photographed the 2,000 km stretch where the Rio Grande/RÃo Bravo is used to demarcate the international boundary between the two countries, following the river from the border cities of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas, to the Gulf of Mexico. Epic in scale, Al rÃo / To the River results from close observation of both the natural and built ... More | | 
Tuan Andrew Nguyen, Unexploded Resonance, 2022. M117 bomb, dropped from B52, tuned to 432hz, and hanger from antique wooden architecture, 70 7/8 x 47 1/4 x 23 5/8 in (180 x 120 x 60 cm). © Tuan Andrew Nguyen 2023. Courtesy the artist and James Cohan, New York. Photo by Culacstudio.
by Roberta Smith
NEW YORK, NY.- One of the wisest, most beautiful and unsettling exhibitions in New York this summer is Tuan Andrew Nguyen: Radiant Remembrance at the New Museum, a show about coming to terms with the intergenerational trauma of war. Nguyen works in video and also makes art objects pertaining to them. In the three recent moving-image installations here, he creates narratives that operate in cinematic and real space in different, often affecting ways. Nguyen was born in Saigon, Vietnam, in 1976 and came to the United States with his family three years later. His family lived in Oklahoma, Texas and Southern California, where he earned a B.A. and an M.F.A. Revisiting Vietnam as a young man, he came to see the country and its trials as the primary subject of his art; in 2005, he moved to Ho Chi Minh City, where he continues to live and work. Nguyen is a documentarian and an assembler of broken things with a preference for collaboration. His work aims to heal the ... More |
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| Rising star, Khalif Tahir Thompson painting promised gift to Nelson-Atkins | | Couse, Grelle, and a large Borein collection highlight Moran's Art of the American West sale | | Solo exhibition 'Timelapse' by Sarah Sze weaves trail of discovery through the Guggenheim | 
Khalif Tahir Thompson (American, b. 1995). Summertime, 2022. Oil on canvas, handmade paper, papyrus, velvet, raw silk, fabric, newsprint, acrylic and mixed media, 89 Ã 155 1/8 Ã 2 inches (226.06 Ã 394 Ã 5.08 cm). The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri. Promised gift of Bill and Christy Gautreaux Collection, 3.2023.1,2. Photo: Gabe Hopkins and Dana Anderson. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
KANSAS CITY, MO.- A major painting by Khalif Tahir Thompson was recently unveiled at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. Summertime (2022), a large-scale diptych recently created by the artist, is a promised gift and the most recent example of the generosity of Kansas City collectors Christena and William Gautreaux. We are thrilled to be able to feature a dramatic and beautiful work by an emerging artist, thanks to the foresight of our friends and supporters Bill and Christy Gautreaux, said Julián Zugazagoitia, Director and CEO. Their commitment to a broader, ... More | | 
Martin Grelle (b. 1954), Rancher with cattle after a rainstorm, 1982. Acrylic on linen, 18 H x 24.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- As we say goodbye to summer, John Moran Auctioneers will kick off fall with their Art of the American West sale, Tuesday, September 12th, 2023, at 10:00am PDT. Comprised of nearly 500 lots, this auction will feature an exciting and robust offering of fine art for a wide range of collecting aesthetics from historic to contemporary. Eanger Irving Couse, Martin Grelle, Alson Skinner Clark, Russell Case, and a 28-lot collection of Edward Borein works lead the fine art category. Pueblo pottery is well represented in this sale, having almost 100 lots. The selection includes excellent pieces from Acoma, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, San Felipe, Taos, Nambe, Jemez, Maricopa, Laguna, Anasazi, Zuni and Zia Pueblos, both historic and contemporary. Navajo textiles in the auction range from a late ... More | | 
Sarah Sze. Photo: Deborah Feingold.
NEW YORK, NY.- Emerging as an artist in the 1990s, Sarah Sze (b. 1969, Boston) has built a distinct visual language that blurs the boundaries between various mediums including painting, sculpture, sound, print, drawing, video, and architecture, challenging the threshold between digital and the analogue, the tactile and the imagined, and the permanent and the impermanent. For her solo exhibition 'Sarah Sze: Timelapse' at the Guggenheim, Sze created a series of site-specific installations that weave a trail of discovery through multiple spaces of the Guggenheims iconic Frank Lloyd Wright building. Outside, the exhibition spills into the public sphere beyond the museum walls. A flowing river of images traces the buildings exterior, echoing the movement of the traffic and passersby at street level, while a live-feed projection of the moon on the curved rotunda facade will mirror its cycle over ... More |
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| PEM presents New England debut of 'Gio Swaby: Fresh Up' starting today | | The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth presents 'Jammie Holmes: Make the Revolution Irresistible' | | Important California estates highlight Abell Auction Co.'s upcoming Design Sale | 
Gio Swaby, New Growth Second, Chapter 7.
SALEM, MASS.- This summer, the Peabody Essex Museum presents the New England debut of Gio Swaby: Fresh Up. Featuring nearly two dozen textile-based portraits, the exhibition celebrates self-expression and the cultivation of love through the work of Bahamian born, Canada based artist, Gio Swaby (b. 1991). This exhibition, Swabys first solo museum show, was organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg and the Art Institute of Chicago and is on view at PEM starting today. Swaby creates portraits of the women in her life using a range of sewing techniques. Each portrait begins with a photo shoot where the artist invites women to show up as they are, wearing what makes them feel comfortable and confident. As the subjects relax in front of her camera, Swaby captures them in moments of self-awareness and empowerment. These images of friends, sisters, and herself are then transformed through the artists machine embroidery ... More | | 
Jammie Holmes.
FORT WORTH, TX.- The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth presents the exhibition Jammie Holmes: Make the Revolution Irresistible, on view August 11 to November 26, 2023. This is the first solo museum exhibition of the artist and is accompanied by a publication with contributions by exhibition curator MarÃa Elena Ortiz, Dr. Lauren Cross, Emory Douglas, and the artist. Holmes creates captivating paintings that show the visual and conceptual significance of the Black figure. Challenging stereotypes, Holmes explores notions of masculinity, mourning, childhood, and race. His works are filled with emotion and painterly gestures; his figures are often depicted in vulnerable situations or simply engaging in moments of contemplation. Rooted in the lived experiences of Black communities in the United States, Holmes is part of a continuum of painters that explore the human figure in current social and political conditions. ... More | | 
Laurent Proneur (b. 1969), Abstract Figures (detail). Oil on canvas, signed lower right. Dimensions: 62 x 91 in. (157.5 x 231.1 cm.).
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Abell Auction Co. has announced that it is presenting Design Auction featuring important California estates on August 16-17 in Los Angeles. Featuring 580 lots, the online sale will showcase an exceptional array of designer furnishings, fine jewelry, original works of art and distinctive décor. Live bidding starts at 9 a.m. PST each day. The contents of a prestigious residence situated on Carbon Beach in Malibu will lead the auction, boasting a rich collection of Italian modern furniture by world-renowned brands such as Visionnaire, Minotti, B&B Italia, RH and Italy 2000. The items are known for their sleek design, supreme quality and trendsetting aesthetics. The two-day auction also will present a stunning array of vintage jewelry, from sparkling diamonds to precious gemstones. Plus, a La Cornue Chateau Series range and ... More |
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| 'Twilight, Photographs by Arthur Drooker' now available | | Sir Isaac Julien's exhibition 'What Freedom is to Me' to end August 20th at the Tate | | The new Shepard Fairey mural 'Raise the Level' is a message of hope | 
Arthur Drooker photographing twilight at The Sea Ranch on the Northern California coast.
NEW YORK, NY.- Over the span of four years, photographer Arthur Drooker documented the ephemeral wash of shifting twilight colors from the same spot at The Sea Ranch on the Northern California coast. The resulting images evoke emotional, meditative responses from viewers, mirroring the patience and stillness required of Drooker himself as he waited and watched for just the right moment to capture a particular resonance of light and color as day sifted into night. In his introduction to the book, Drooker describes the challenges he faced while photographing twilight, including contending with ever changing atmospheric conditions and striving to maintain color accuracy. He notes, "I learned early on that the naked eye perceives twilight one way, which differs from how a digital camera records it, which ultimately differs from how its presented in this book." He concludes that all versions are correct within their specific contexts, ... More | | 
Isaac Julien, Freedom / Diasporic Dream-Space No. 1 (Once Again...Statues Never Die), 2022 Inkjet print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag. Framed: 273 x 183 x 5.6 cm (107 1/2 x 72 x 2 1/4 in). © Isaac Julien. Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro.
LONDON.- Tate Britain presents the UKs first ever survey exhibition celebrating the influential work of British artist and filmmaker Sir Isaac Julien (b. London, 1960). One of the leading artists working today, Isaac Julien is internationally acclaimed for his compelling lyrical films and video art installations. This ambitious solo show charts the development of his pioneering work in film and video over four decades from the 1980s through to the present day, revealing a career that remains as fiercely experimental and politically charged as it was forty years ago. The exhibition presents a selection of key works from Juliens ground-breaking early films and immersive three-screen videos made for the gallery setting, to the kaleidoscopic, sculptural multi-screen installations for which ... More | | 
Radical Peace Chaos, Version 2, 2023. Mixed Media (Stencil, Silkscreen, and Collage) on Paper 61 x 36 in. (154.9 x 91.4 cm). Credit: Obey Giant Art.
AMSTERDAM.- A public-space mural by the internationally influential American street artist and activist Shepard Fairey now adorns the STRAAT Museum in Amsterdam. In the gigantic work (14 x 14.8 m | 46 feet high and 48.5 feet wide) Raise the Level on the museum's impressive side wall, the artist calls attention to improving the dire state of our planet and makes an appeal for us to work together to do so. With this gift to Amsterdam, Fairey sends a message of hope: the great challenges facing the world call for harmony and connection. For this mural, the street artist - world famous for his Barack Obama HOPE campaign poster - collaborated with Amsterdam graffiti legend Niels 'Shoe' Meulman. In addition to the mural, Fairey has created a work for the permanent STRAAT collection. From 13 August to 1 October 2023, the major solo exhibition Printed Matters: Raise the Level, featuring more ... More |
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 Georges Salameh's "The Way We Were: A Photo Album from Carlovassia and Beyond" is now openATHENS.- "A friend once told me, that you die twice you die when you die and you die for a second time when someone picks up your photo and no one knows who you are. But does a smile and a gaze ever die? I wondered." Georges Salameh The Schwarz Foundation is presenting the exhibition Τhe Way We Were: A Photo Album from Carlovassia and Beyond, its annual summer exhibition at Art Space Pythagorion, the foundations venue in Samos since 2012. The exhibition, opened on the 3rd of August, was developed out of a collaboration between visual artist and filmmaker Georges Salameh and Photonisos, a Samos-based collective of photographers founded in 2014. The exhibition aims to showcase the rich social history of the island and identify the threads that connect it to its present. ... More  Samsung Art Store brings Salvador Dalà masterpieces into homes worldwideNEW YORK, NY.- Samsung Art Store which enables The Frame owners to continuously transform any space with over 2,300 pieces of digital art, including works from the most renowned artists, museums, and industry tastemakers is today welcoming 12 of DalÃ's most striking masterpieces to Samsung Art Store in partnership with the Fundació Gala-Salvador DalÃ, the private cultural institution founded by the painter himself with the mission of promoting his artistic, cultural, and intellectual works in Spain and abroad. Known the world over for an instantly recognizable surrealist style characterized by dreamlike imagery, mind-bending illusions, and meticulous attention to detail, Salvador Dalà remains one of the most enduring and enigmatic artists of the last 100 years. With paintings that invite the viewer to step closer and examine unexpected ... More  West Horsley Place, Surrey, is now displaying The Ingram CollectionSURREY.- Selections from one of the most important collections of Modern British art will be displayed at West Horsley Place, Surrey this summer, in a special exhibition celebrating the Spirit of Adventure. Featuring 40 key objects from The Ingram Collection, Spirit of Adventure includes sculptures by leading names such as Sir Anthony Caro and Sir Jacob Epstein, drawings by Dame Elisabeth Frink and Cornish seascapes by Sir Terry Frost, to showcase the dynamism, breadth and variety of material and subject matter that artists in Britain in the 20th century were investigating. The exhibition will also highlight the pioneering spirit of The Ingram Collections founder, the entrepreneur and philanthropist Chris Ingram. Chris, who celebrates his 80th birthday this year, began collecting in 2002 and, within a decade, had created a substantial ... More  Rare Edward VIII coin that was never issued expected to fetch up to £200,000 at NoonansLONDON.- An extremely rare Edward VIII halfcrown that was never issued and is one of only six known to exist and the only one ever to be sold at auction will be offered at Noonans in an auction of British Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals on Tuesday & Wednesday, September 19-20, 2023. It is being sold by a private collector and expected to fetch £150,000-200,000. As Tim Wilkes, Head of the Coin Department at Noonans explained: Edward VIII abdicated in 1936 before any coins in his name were released into circulation in Britain. Patterns of each denomination had been prepared (all dated 1937) but at the time of the abdication they had not yet received royal approval. After the abdication the few coins which had been struck were locked away, and work began on the coinage of the new king, George VI. It is not known how the coins in private ... More  The new award Le vie dell'immagine goes to Shirin NeshatVENICE.- The presence of renowned artist, photographer and filmmaker from Iran, Shirin Neshat, is a highlight of the upcoming Giornate degli Autori 2023. She will be on hand on September 5th to receive the award Le vie dellimmagine, assigned for the first time, by NABA (Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti) and Cinematografo, in collaboration with Giornate degli Autori. The aim of the award is to spotlight a creative personality whose career in the visual arts goes above and beyond the traditional dictates of artistic genres, and Shirin Neshat epitomizes what it stands for, as reflected in the consistency of her goals and achievements celebrated the world over. The artist will also be the guest speaker at a special talk with students at the CSC National Film School and NABA, scheduled for September 4th at the Casa degli Autori (Sala Laguna). It is just one ... More  Australian artist Haein Kim opens first solo show at Edinburgh Art FestivalEDINBURGH.- Sierra Metro Gallery in Edinburgh announced the first international solo exhibition for Australian artist Haein Kim. An award winning animation director and illustrator, based in Sydney Australia, Kim marries her Visual Arts practice alongside her commercial animation work for clients including Uniqlo, WeTransfer, MTV and Its Nice That. PAIN2POWER is her first solo exhibition of new works drawn on paper which explore the modern womans psyche and feature a playful world of humorous and bold protagonists who readily express their fear, anxieties, love and determination. Inspired by the work of Japanese artist Misaki Kawai, block colour artworks of Henri Matisse as well as a host of fellow Asian creative women, Haein Kims figurative artworks see characters fill the canvas with eye-catching exaggerated proportions ... More  Discovering the Secrets of the Gilder CenterNEW YORK, NY.- The American Museum of Natural History has always been known for creatures just not more than 1 million live ones. That may change, however, as a result of its Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education and Innovation. Since this new wing opened in May, almost 1.5 million people have visited the museum, and most are thought to have explored the four floors of the Gilder Center that are open to the public. But even repeat visitors like me are still discovering its many attractions, including crawling and flying animals, mostly of the small but mighty variety. Where else in Manhattan can you encounter a Hercules beetle or poison dart frogs? But the center, designed by architect Jeanne Gang and her firm, Studio Gang, has more than wiggly wildlife. Described by Michael Kimmelman, the architecture critic for The New York Times, as a poetic, ... More  Review: A bloodless postscript to 'Jaws' in 'The Shark Is Broken'NEW YORK, NY.- For nine weeks in 1974, off the shore of Marthas Vineyard, the shooting of Jaws was repeatedly delayed by the whims of its temperamental stars. And by stars, I mean Bruce. Bruce was the name given to the three mechanical predators built to simulate the great white shark at the heart of the story. As one after another became bloated with saltwater or entangled in seaweed and failed to operate or flat-out sank the crew called the movie Flaws there was little the three equally temperamental human stars could do but try (and usually fail) to be patient. Occasionally they wondered if it might not have been better to train an actual great white for the role. After seeing The Shark Is Broken, a play about that disastrous shoot, you may wonder the opposite: whether it might not have been better to cast the movie with mechanical humans. ... More  Australian premiere: 'Atmospheric Memory', a major international immersive exhibitionSYDNEY.- Powerhouse has today unveiled the Australian premiere of the major exhibition Atmospheric Memory. The sensory experience by Mexican-Canadian artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, curated by José Luis de Vicente, is inspired by the writing of 19th century computer pioneer and philosopher Charles Babbage, who believed that the air surrounding us is a vast library containing every sound, motion and word spoken. The BAFTA award-winning artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer has created an interactive environment that examines this idea 200 years later, featuring a series of artworks using cutting-edge technology to transform vibrations in the atmosphere into something visitors can see, hear and even touch. After presentations in the UK and US, Lozano-Hemmer is collaborating with Powerhouse to present a new version ... More  Coach owner to buy parent of Versace and Michael Kors in luxury mega mergerNEW YORK, NY.- Tapestry, the fashion company that owns Coach and Kate Spade, said Thursday it had acquired Capri Holdings, the parent of Versace and Michael Kors, for about $8.5 billion in cash, as consolidation in the luxury market gathers pace. The deal between two large U.S. companies with familiar luxury brands comes as high-end retailers look for growth amid signs that U.S. consumers are pulling back on discretionary spending. It also comes as the most dominant luxury players jostle to snap up brands and broaden their portfolios. Combined, the two groups would generate about $12 billion in revenue, bringing brands such as Coach, Kate Spade and Stuart Weitzman together with Versace, Jimmy Choo and Michael Kors. Once the transaction is completed, they will operate under the name Tapestry. The move is the boldest effort yet by American ... More  Striking writers and studios agree to restart negotiationsNEW YORK, NY.- As television and movie writers started their 101st day on strike Thursday, the leaders of their union said they had agreed to formally restart negotiations with studios for a new three-year contract. Our committee returns to the bargaining table ready to make a fair deal, knowing the unified WGA membership stands behind us and buoyed by the ongoing support of our union allies, the Writers Guild of America negotiating committee said in a statement. The session will take place in Los Angeles on Friday. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which bargains on behalf of entertainment companies, declined to comment. Carol Lombardini, the alliances president, contacted the Writers Guild on Wednesday with a request to return to formal negotiations. Her appeal followed an informal sidebar session between the two sides ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American painter and graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat died August 12, 1988. Jean-Michel Basquiat (December 22, 1960 - August 12, 1988) was an American artist. He began as an obscure graffiti artist in New York City in the late 1970s and evolved into an acclaimed Neo-expressionist and Primitivist painter by the 1980s. In this image: A gallery assistant poses with US artist Jean-Michel Basquiat's "Warrior" at Sotheby's auction house in central London on June 14, 2012.
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