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Kehrer Verlag to publish 'Roadside Meditations by Rob Hammer'
NEW YORK, NY.- "Searching, though rarely for something specific; exploring, though his discoveries are often intangible. The compositions that follow are not photos of places. Sure, you could go to the exact GPS coordinates and look in the same direction that Rob pointed his lens, but youd never see the same thing he did. The photos here are precisely what the books title suggests. Roadside meditations. They contain what you see, the play of light and texture, the contrast of structure and negative space, the eternal division of earth and sky."Nick Yetto Photographer Rob Hammer logs in an average of 35,000 miles per year road-tripping around the United States in his truck with his dog, exploring, discovering, and photographing what he's said can be "an endless expanse of unknown." He's come ... More

The David Roche Foundation in Adelaide opens an exhibition entitled Fantastical Worlds
ADELAIDE.- The Powerhouse Museum in Sydney holds many objects that instil a sense of wonder. Made using a wide range of materials and techniques, they seduce us with their otherworldly beauty, stimulate our imagination and shed light on how we perceive ourselves and the world. Eva Czernis-Ryl, one of the Powerhouses leading curators, has developed Fantastical Worlds around major works from four artists and designers: Timothy Horn, Alexander McQueen, Timorous Beasties and Kate Rohde. Inspired by elaborate European art styles from the past such as Baroque, Rococo and Empire, they imaginatively transform historical ideas, forms and patterns into striking 21st century creations. Playful arrangements of new and old complement these artworks, revealing creative brillia ... More

Roger E. Mosley, actor best known for ''Magnum, P.I.,' dies at 83
NEW YORK, NY.- Roger E. Mosley, whose knack for playing a tough guy with a mischievous streak earned him accolades playing an action-ready helicopter pilot on the hit 1980s television series Magnum, P.I., as well as real-life figures like Sonny Liston and Leadbelly on the big screen, died Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 83. He died after sustaining injuries from a car accident in Lynwood, California, last month that left him paralyzed from the shoulders down, his daughter Ch-a announced on Facebook. Mosley, who grew up in a public-housing project in the Watts section of Los Angeles, appeared on dozens of television shows over four decades, starting with 1970s staples like Cannon and Sanford and Son. He also appeared in the miniseries Roots: The Next Generations in 1979. Aspirin ... More

Jean-Jacques SempÃ©, cartoonist of droll whimsy, dies at 89
NEW YORK, NY.- Jean-Jacques SempÃ©, the French cartoonist known in America for childrens book illustrations and for covers for The New Yorker portraying tiny, gentle people with big noses at poignant moments, often dwarfed by monumental backgrounds, died Thursday. He was 89. His wife, Martine Gossieaux SempÃ©, announced the death to Agence France-Presse. His biographer, Marc Lecarpentier, said SempÃ© as he signed his work and was known universally died at a vacation home, but did not specify where that was, AFP reported. SempÃ© had a home and studio in Paris. In a nighttime panorama of sleeping city skyscrapers, SempÃ© illuminated a ballerina in a window. On the soaring span of the Brooklyn Bridge, a lone SempÃ© bicycle rider churned bravely. And before a large blackboard choked ... More

Paul Coker, cartoonist at Mad for almost six decades, dies at 93
NEW YORK, NY.- Paul Coker, a cartoonist who was best known for using monsters to parody cliches in Mad magazine over many decades and for creating the look of animated television characters, like Frosty the Snowman, died July 23 at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was 93. The death was confirmed by his stepdaughter Lee Smithson Burd. Coker was part of an elite group of artists at Mad including Mort Drucker, Al Jaffee and Jack Davis who brought a vibrant and varied look to the magazines silly and satirical view of politics, war, movies, television and pop culture. Paul was capable of whimsical but beautiful artwork that always had a bit of subversion to it, John Ficarra, a former Mad editor, said in a phone interview. He did phenomenal pen-and-ink work, and as he grew older he learned t ... More

The composer who turns Hayao Miyazaki's humane touch into music
NEW YORK, NY.- Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Herrmann, Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone, Steven Spielberg and John Williams: Some of the greatest filmmakers have cultivated enduring, mutually enriching relationships with musicians. The decadeslong partnership between Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki and composer, pianist and conductor Joe Hisaishi certainly belongs in this hall of fame. Hisaishi first worked with Miyazaki on the eco-minded science-fiction feature Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, released in 1984. He has scored every Miyazaki feature since then, composing wonderfully evocative soundtracks for such favorites as the family fable My Neighbor Totoro (1988); the tale of young-girl independence Kikis Delivery Service (1989); the period epic Pr ... More

Finest known Meiji Pattern 10 Yen among rarities headed to Heritage Auctions' August World & Ancient Coins Event
DALLAS, TX.- More than 2,300 coins from around the world, many of them unique and/or finest-certified examples, have positioned Heritage Auctions World & Ancient Coins Platinum Session and SignatureÂ® Auction, which will be held August 25 and 27-28, to be its finest world and ancient coins yet. A Meiji gold Pattern 10 Yen Year 3 (1870) MS66 NGC (estimate: $500,000-700,000) is among a mix of classic rarities and issues that seldom reach the open market. This is the single finest certified example in the world, says Cris Bierrenbach, Executive Vice President of International Numismatics at Heritage Auctions, making this one of the most impress ... More

Review: Kyle Abraham's out there 'Requiem,' with nods to Mozart
NEW YORK, NY.- Among the best known facts about Mozarts Requiem in D minor is that the composer died before finishing it. Over the centuries, completions have accrued. The music for Kyle Abrahams dance Requiem: Fire in the Air of the Earth isnt one of them. You do hear snatches of Mozarts Requiem throughout the work, which had its New York premiere at the Rose Theater on Thursday, when Abrahams wonderful company, A.I.M, presented it as part of Lincoln Centers Summer for the City series. But innovative electronic music producer Jlin is in charge of the music, and she often remixes it beyond recognition. This is nowhere near as simple (or as fun) as putting a groove under Mozart, in the manner of the disco remake A Fifth of Beethoven. Sometimes Jlin gives the Requiem some bottom ... More

A European music festival's push for diversity stirs debate
The Lucerne Festival here, one of classical musics premier events, has long had a reputation for exclusivity. For much of the events 84-year history, women and people of color have struggled to be heard onstage, and audiences have remained overwhelmingly white and wealthy. But this summer, the festival, which officially began Friday, is trying to remake its image, programming its season with an emphasis on diversity: a series of concerts featuring Black and Latino artists, as well as women. We dont have to be radical, but we should be aware, Michael Haefliger, the festivals executive and artistic director, said in an interview. We should have this feeling of shaking the ground a little bit and realizing that we have for a long time excluded a certain part o ... More

Hancock Shaker Village announces publication of James Turrell & Nicholas Mosse: Lapsed Quaker Ware
HANCOCK, MASS.- Throughout his career, James Turrell has pushed us to a new understanding of light, which in the case of Lapsed Quaker Ware is perhaps best understood by its absence. Looking at his work, you feel the gravitational pull of an object as dark as night, made from clay found deep within the earth. As art critic Brooks Adams noted, it turns out that looking at ceramics can be as hallucinatory an experience as floating in one of Turrells rooms. Like all conversations with Turrell, the story behind Lapsed Quaker Ware is expansive and enormous thinking, tinged with a science-inventor streak, but also quite intimate and personal. It made complete sense to display Lapsed Quaker Warea collaboration between Turrell and Irish ceramicist Nicholas Mosse to make crisp black basalt war ... More