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Visitors stand by the Mercedes car of German Nazi leader Adolf Hitler displayed as part of the exhibition entitled "Him or me" at the National Military Museum in Soesterberg that runs until the end of September 2021. Sem VAN DER WAL / ANP / AFP.
SOESTERBERG.- The exhibition 'Him or me. A Canadian and a German' is on view at the National Military Museum to commemorate the '75th Anniversary of Liberation'. The exhibition shows two true, deeply personal stories from both a Canadian and a German soldier; reality as seen through the eyes of two actual servicemen. The exhibition runs until 26 September 2021. The battle to liberate the Netherlands was a bitterly fought one. The exhibition 'Him or me' portrays this battle from both the Allied and German perspective, through the eyes of two real servicemen. A French-speaking Canadian called Léo Major (1921-2008) from Québec volunteered to join the Canadian Army in 1940. We follow him in his march from Juno Beach, through major battles, to places where he was seriously injured and suffered the loss of his best friend, before courageously entering Zwolle alone. We also follow Hans Kürten (1925) from Leverkusen, who grew up in a country under Hitler's ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A Royal Collection Trust curator makes final adjustments to a portrait recently identified as depicting Mary Boleyn, the elder sister of Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII. The portrait hangs in Mary, Queen of Scots' Bedchamber at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, and is thought to be by Flemish artist Remigius van Leemput. The painting can be seen by visitors to the Palace of Holyroodhouse, which reopens on Thursday, 23 July. Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2020.
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 | | 'Terror crocodile' the size of a bus fed on dinosaurs, study says | | Luchita Hurtado, artist who became a sensation in her 90s, dies at 99 | | Phillips unveils Basquiat masterwork at new Southampton location designed by studioMDA | 
Adam Cossette, a vertebrate paleobiologist who led the study, said in an email Tuesday that while it was difficult to determine their average size because there were so few known specimens, the specimens that we do have are all HUGE.
by Johnny Diaz
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- They had teeth the size of bananas, were as long as buses and limos, and preyed on dinosaurs that fed near their waterways. Those are among some of the findings presented in a new study announced this week about an enormous ancient animal called the terror crocodile, or Deinosuchus. The research, published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, found that the Deinosuchus, a lineage of the giant crocodilians from North America, grew up to 33 feet long and was the largest carnivore in its ecosystem, in the late Cretaceous period about 75 million to 82 million years ago. Adam Cossette, a vertebrate paleobiologist who led the study, said in an email Tuesday that while it was difficult to determine their average size because there were so few known specimens, the ... More | | 
Luchita Hurtado, Portrait, 1965/1968. Oil on paper, 61 x 48.3 cm / 24 x 19 in © Luchita Hurtado. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Jeff McLane.
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Luchita Hurtado, an artist whose paintings and drawings emphasized the interconnectedness of all living things with a visionary intensity that was almost shamanic, but whose work was recognized by the art world only late in her life, died Thursday night at her home in Santa Monica, California. She was 99. Her gallery representative, Andrea Schwan, confirmed the death. A near-contemporary and friend of Frida Kahlo, Isamu Noguchi and Agnes Martin, among other prominent modern artists, the Venezuelan-born Hurtado was an active participant in the art scenes of New York City; Mexico City; Taos, New Mexico; and Los Angeles, where she had lived since 1951. Her work spanned surrealism, Mexican muralism, feminism and environmentalism, and she was associated with Dynaton, a group of mystically minded abstract artists, among them her second husband, the Austrian Mexican Wolfgang Paalen, and her third husband, the American Lee Mullican. Yet her ... More | | 
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Portrait of A-One A.K.A. King, 1982. Estimate: $10-15 million. 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale, November 2020. Image courtesy Phillips.
SOUTHAMPTON, NY.- Phillips announced its new location in Southampton designed by architects studioMDA in a historically significant location at the corner of Main Street and Hampton Road, which was once Southampton Town Hall. Phillips Southampton debuts with a curated exhibition of 70 works previewing the 20th Century and Contemporary Art Evening and Day Sales, New Now, Design, and the Phillips x Artsy: Endless Summer Online-Only sale, along with a selection of watches and jewels. Leading the exhibition is Jean-Michel Basquiats Portrait of A-One A.K.A. King, 1982, which will be offered in the November Evening Sale of 20th Century & Contemporary Art at $10-15 million. The auction will mark the first time in over thirty years that the work will be offered publicly. Additional highlights from the Southampton exhibition include works by Ruth Asawa, Joan Miró, Robert Rauschenberg, Pablo Picasso, Jean Dubuffet, Nicolas Party, Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe a ... More |
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| | Contemporary stars in Bonhams African Art sale | | Jim Morrison and The Doors signed promo photos sell for more than $18k at auction | | The Whitney announces plans to reopen this September | 
Toyin Ojih Odutola (Nigerian, born 1985), The Original (Binary State), Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000. Photo: Bonhams.
NEW YORK, NY.- Bold works by some of Africas most exciting contemporary artists, such as Athi-Patra Ruga, Toyin Ojih Odutola, Wangechi Mutu and Zanele Muholi, are to be offered at Bonhams Modern and Contemporary African Art sale on September 2. These artists have received particular recognition in New York, with works exploring themes of identity, race, gender and self-expression that have a continent-crossing resonance. The sale will also feature notable works by well-established names, including Irma Stern, William Kentridge and Benedict Enwonwu. Helene Love-Allotey, Bonhams specialist in Modern and Contemporary African Art, commented: This auction has a really strong selection of contemporary art from some of the most exciting names in the industry. Many of these artists have practised, performed and exhibited in New York, and it feels particularly ... More | | 
The vintage matte-finish photographs individually signed in black felt tip, "J. Morrison," "John Densmore," "Robby," and Ray.
BOSTON, MASS.- A group of four Elektra Records signed promotional photos of The Doors sold for $18,262, according to Boston-based RR Auction. The vintage matte-finish photographs individually signed in black felt tip, "J. Morrison," "John Densmore," "Robby," and Ray. This is the only set of these entire band signed Elektra Records promo photos that RR Auction has ever offered, with the elusive and much sought after Morrison autograph. "Because of Morrison's brief and meteoric career, he just wasn't available to sign material that we typically see from other 1960's icons," said Bobby Livingston, Executive VP at RR Auction. Highlights from the sale include, but are not limited by: George Washington handwritten letter, penned in the period between the end of Revolutionary War and taking office as president sold for $28,016. Sun Yat-sen rare matte-finish signed ... More | | 
Installation view of The Whitneys Collection: Selections From 1900 To 1965 (Whitney Museum of American Art). Photograph by Sean Sime.
NEW YORK, NY.- Following its temporary closure on March 13, 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Whitney Museum of American Art today announced its plans to reopen to the public on September 3, 2020. Prioritizing the health and safety of its visitors and staff, the Museum will operate at no more than twenty-five percent of its total capacity to ensure proper physical distancing. The Museum also announced that pay-what-you-wish admission will be offered to all through September 28, 2020. Due to limited capacity and to facilitate contactless entry into the Museum, all visitors and members will need to reserve timed-entry tickets in advance on whitney.org. Cultural institutions like the Whitney are an essential part of the fabric of New York and are integral to its successful and safe reopening, said Adam D. Weinberg, Alice Pratt Brown Director of the Whitney ... More |
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| | Van Eyck's colour palette inspires major exhibition at Design Museum Gent | | La Casa dei Tre Oci opens major retrospective of the work of Jacques Henri Lartigue | | The Metropolitan Museum of Art will reopen on August 29 | 
Boisbuchet & mischertraxler. Colourful Kinaesthesia. Yellow. Image by Martina Orska.
GHENT.- The work of more than 100 international artists and designers in all disciplines is being featured in KLEUREYCK. Van Eyck's Colours in Design, a major exhibition at Design Museum Gent running through 6 September 2020, as one of the highlights of a year celebrating Van Eyck in Ghent in 2020. The exhibition features the work of more than 100 Belgian and international contemporary artists and designers. Taking as their inspiration Van Eycks revolutionary use of colour in his paintings, 11 designers, some working in cross disciplinary groups, have been invited to create installations and collaborations specially for the museum. These works are being shown alongside important research into the nature and effect of colour. The exhibition culminates in a Pigment Walk, featuring 13 colour and materials groups with 100 carefully selected objects, inspired by the universe of pigments which were used ... More | | 
Maurice Lartigue, le frère de l'artiste, surnommé Zissou, dans le vent de l'hélice d'Amerigo, Buc, 1911. Photograph by Jacques Henri Lartigue © Ministère de la Culture (France), MAP-AAJHL.
VENICE.- La Casa dei Tre Oci in Venice is hosting the most extensive retrospective ever to be organised in Italy devoted to French photographer Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894-1986). The Invention of Happiness, curated by Marion Perceval and Charles-Antoine Revol, respectively director and project manager of the Donation Jacques Henri Lartigue, and Denis Curti, artistic director of La Casa dei Tre Oci, is organised by Civita Tre Venezie and promoted by Fondazione di Venezia, in close collaboration with the Donation Jacques Henri Lartigue in Paris with the patronage of the French Ministry of Culture. The exhibition presents 120 images, 55 of which previously unknown, all coming from Lartigues personal photograph albums, some pages of which are on display in facsimile form. Added to these are archive ... More | | 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Exterior). Photo courtesy of The Met.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Metropolitan Museum of Art confirmed today that it will reopen to visitors on August 29. The announcement came after State and City officials approved the reopening of museums and cultural institutions in New York City beginning August 24. The Met will offer preview days for Members on August 27 and 28. The Met Cloisters is scheduled to reopen on Saturday, September 12. "After nearly six months, The Met's reopening will be a historic moment for the Museum and the City," said Daniel H. Weiss, President and CEO of The Met. "Throughout the recent months of uncertainty, isolation and grief, we have longed for the day when we can safely welcome everyone back to The Met, where all can find comfort, inspiration, and a sense of community. To see visitors walk through the doors of the Museum once again will be a very powerful experience." Max Hollein, Director of The Met, commented: "This is the moment ... More |
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| | Largest retrospective exhibition ever staged about Anna Ancher on view in Skagen | | Dallas Museum of Art opens exhibition of contemporary artworks that evoke personal spaces | | Michael Jordan's sneakers sell for $615,000, new record | 
Anna Ancher, Little girl with flower, 1885, Skagens Kunstmuseer.
SKAGEN.- Anna Ancher was one of the central Danish artists active around 1900. She brought inspiration from international art movements home from her travels, incorporating it into her paintings from Skagen. The Art Museums of Skagen present the largest retrospective exhibition ever staged about Anna Ancher. In 1929, the Swedish painter Oscar Björck described his friend, Anna Ancher (18591935) in the following terms in a letter to museum director Karl Madsen: Anna Ancher has my sincere admiration, both as a person and as an artist. She is like a burst of sunshine, and her paintings have something that no-one else among us possess to any similar degree: a quiet devotion to the task and a palette so succulent and luscious that you savour it like ripe fruit. Today, Anna Ancher is still celebrated for her boundary-breaking use of colour and her astounding ability to capture a ray of sunlight. But her reach ... More | | 
Margaret Lee, Who Do You Think You Are (sink), 2016, Dye sublimation photograph, plaster, ceramic, wood, and acrylic paint, Dallas Museum of Art, Lay Family Acquisition Fund and Mary Margaret Munson Wilcox Fund, 2016.31.3.A-J
DALLAS, TX.- The Dallas Museum of Art is presenting For a Dreamer of Houses, an imaginative new exhibition of contemporary art that explores the significance of the spaces we inhabit and how they represent ourselves, our values, and our desires. On view in the Museums grand Barrel Vault and Quadrant Galleries, the exhibition takes inspiration from philosopher Gaston Bachelards influential 1958 book The Poetics of Space and his use of the house as a metaphor for psychological and cultural development. Fifty-four works in a variety of media by more than thirty-five artists from around the globe demonstrate the evocative power of domestic objects and structures. Almost all of the works are from the DMAs permanent collection, including nine new acquisitions being shown for the ... More | | 
The Air Ship, MJ Player Exclusive, Game-Worn Sneaker Nike, 1984, Left Shoe: Size 13.5, Right Shoe: Size 13, High-Top on display during a press preview July 24, 2020 at Christie's New York. TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP.
NEW YORK (AFP).- A pair of Michael Jordan's game-worn sneakers sold for $615,000, Christie's auction house said Thursday, shattering a record set just months ago by the sale of another pair of the basketball legend's shoes. The sneakers were a pair of Air Jordan 1 Highs that the NBA megastar wore during a 1985 exhibition match in Italy when he dunked the ball so hard it shattered the glass backboard. "This is the original shoe with an actual piece of the backboard, a piece of glass, in the sole of the shoe," said Caitlin Donovan, head of handbag and sneaker sales at Christie's -- which organized the auction with Stadium Goods. Jordan racked up 30 points while wearing the size 13.5 shoes, which are in the red and black colors of his Chicago Bulls team. Though the sale broke the record set in May ... More |
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 Massachusetts forces two theaters to reduce seating capacityNEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Two closely watched summer theater productions the first in the U.S. with union actors since the coronavirus pandemic exploded are being required to reduce their seating capacity to comply with changing local regulations. Productions of Godspell at Berkshire Theater Group and Harry Clarke at Barrington Stage Company will each allow only 50 people to be present down from 100 after the state of Massachusetts rolled back its reopening protocols in an effort to slow the spread of the disease. They reached out to us right away, and although they wanted an exception to the revised order, they realized they had to come into compliance, so theyre bringing their numbers down to 50, said Gina Armstrong, director of public health in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where both productions are taking place. The ... More Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's championship ring could bring $200K+ at Heritage AuctionsDALLAS, TX.- Riding a wave of demand that has only grown since ESPN's The Last Dance documentary, a trove of Michael Jordan memorabilia, including jerseys, shoes and trading cards, will find new homes after it crosses the block in Heritage Auctions' Summer Platinum Night Sports Collectibles Catalog Auction Aug. 29-30. "Michael Jordan cards and memorabilia have always been in high demand, but since the recent airing of The Last Dance the marketplace has reached a fever pitch," Heritage Auctions Vice President Dan Imler said. "We expect that trend to continue with the incredible assortment of elite Jordan material we have up for bid currently in our August Platinum Night Auction." Jordan's name is synonymous with prolific scoring and highlight-reel dunks, but the jersey in which he established his career high with 18 rebounds could claim ... More Heritage Auctions expects a gold rush for The 'Original Goldbug' Collection by James DinesDALLAS, TX.- Heritage Auctions strikes gold this fall by offering The James Dines "Original Goldbug" Collection, named for the legendary financial prognosticator who is also an esteemed numismatist. Mr. Dines, who rose to forecasting fame in the 1950s and '60s, has spent more than six decades "and I don't know how many thousands of hours," he says building a collection that reflects not only his steadfast faith in the enduring strength of gold, but his unceasing curiosity. Mr. Dines sought out coins not just for their value, but for their beauty and the stories they told about those who made them and those who protected them. "Nobody owns a gold coin," Mr. Dines says. "They cannot be owned. We are temporary custodians." The Dallas-based auction house will offer Mr. Dines' collection in three auctions, beginning with the September ... More UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive unveils Counterculture TV ProjectBERKELEY, CA.- The UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) has digitized a massive archive of documentary footage from Top Value Television (TVTV), the iconic team of self-described guerrilla television makers who were a major force in the counterculture movement of the 1970s. A Bay Areabased collective of artists and activists, TVTV became widely known for its provocative and irreverent public access broadcasts, which captured the political ferment of the seventies from a unique perspectivemost notably with its on-the-ground reports from the tumultuous Democratic and Republican National Conventions of 1972. With the support of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), BAMPFA has made accessible hundreds of hours of TVTV footage on a newly launched website that ... More Contemplate the influence of Japanese arts in exhibition at the Brunnier Art MuseumAMES, IA.- Held over from the spring semester after the early closure due to COVID-19, the Contemplate Japan exhibition will now run through the fall 2020 semester. Drawn from the permanent and loaned collections, Contemplate Japan includes nine different areas of both traditional and contemporary objects; Japanese woodblock prints, bamboo baskets, ikebana floral arrangements, kimono, dolls, ceramics, and contemporary sculpture. Contemplate Japan aims to illuminate the artistic and cultural developments emanating from Japan for the last two centuries and their influence on arts of the West with both historic and contemporary works of art. This exhibition series, Contemplate Japan, focuses on the traditional aesthetics of Japanese art and on the contemporary interpretations of artists inspired by Japanese motifs and designs. Included in the ... More French director breaking the barriers for young black womenPARIS (AFP).- Just like the heroine of her acclaimed debut film, "Cuties", Maimouna Doucoure knows what it feels like not to be taken seriously. Her remarkable portrait of an 11-year-old French girl and her friends coming of age caught between traditionalist immigrant families and hypersexualised pop culture, won a best director award at the Sundance film festival earlier this year. Yet even after her short "Maman(s)" -- Mother(s) -- a semi-autobiographical tale of growing up in a polygamous Senegalese family in Paris -- was garlanded with awards, some in the French film establishment were jaw-droppingly condescending about the unapologetically glamorous 35-year-old. "You made it for her, didn't you?" her producer was asked by one mover and shaker, before being told very firmly that it was all her own work. "I can't believe this girl made ... More Hirshhorn announces first US museum retrospective of Sam Gilliam in more than 15 yearsWASHINGTON, DC.- The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden will present the first American museum retrospective of Sam Gilliam in more than 15 years opening in spring 2022. This groundbreaking exhibition will encompass Gilliams six-decade-long practice, from his early explorations of the ideas of the Washington Color School and his now-iconic Drape compositions to key examples of his most recent work. One of Americas most influential living artists, Gilliam (b. 1933) is best known for abandoning the traditional stretcher apparatus to transform painting into a medium that bridged painting, sculpture and architecture and thus stands among the earliest examples of installation art. This major exhibition will span the full arc of Gilliams career, bringing attention to key moments in his innovative practice through a selection of paintings, sculptures and ... More Sapporo International Art Festival announces lineup for SIAF2020SAPPORO.- The Sapporo International Art Festival Executive Committee announced the initial lineup of artists participating in the Sapporo International Art Festival 2020 (SIAF2020), scheduled for December 19, 2020February 14, 2021. SIAF is an art festival that happens every three years in the capital city of Hokkaido, Japan against a backdrop of breathtaking natural scenery. Artists chosen by the curatorial directors Taro Amano and Agnieszka Kubicka-Dzieduszycka, in collaboration with local curators, will reflect the festival's theme Of Roots and Clouds. SIAF2020 is a forum for inquiring into art and society. Rather than simply presenting artworks to viewers, we aim to shape the festival experience through the mutual interplay of everyone involved, in order to create an environment where thoughts and ideas can be shared, exchanged and discussed. ... More Fundación Casa Wabi exhibits three new, site-specific works by Lawrence WeinerPUERTO ESCONDIDO.- Fundación Casa Wabi presents LAWRENCE WEINER: SOUTH OF THE BORDER, an exhibition of three new, site-specific works in Weiners iconic Margaret Seaworthy Gothic typeface. Weiners texts have appeared in all sorts of places over the last five decades but this is the first time they have appeared on the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico. A pioneering Conceptual artist of the 1960s, Weiner defines his work as 'existing empirical facts' as it uses words and / or signs printed in large format, where colour, typography, direction and position impact each viewer differently; each variation is loaded with implications and conÂtexts. The artist sees his pieces as sculptures, because they 'take shape' when they are read, not when they are written.'Lawrence Weiner has always been political - his intent broadly, specifically, empirically civic and cosmopolitan. ... More Taking the Edinburgh Fringe's madcap energy onlineLONDON (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- David Chapple began planning his trip to the 2020 Edinburgh Festival Fringe a year ago, since you cant be too prepared when you hold the world record for the most Fringe performances attended in one season. Having seen a record-breaking 304 shows in 27 days in 2014, he was planning another Fringe viewing marathon this year for his wifes 60th birthday. But in early April, the event the worlds largest arts festival was canceled for the first time in its 73-year history, because of the coronavirus. For Chapple, a civil servant who estimates that he spends half his income on watching live comedy and keeps chickens named after British stand-up comedians, it was devastating. Edinburgh is everything, really, he said. Its the focal point of our year. The festivals cancellation has been a big blow to long-term fans ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Belgian painter René Magritte died August 15, 1967. René François Ghislain Magritte (21 November 1898 - 15 August 1967) was a Belgian surrealist artist. He became well known for a number of witty and thought-provoking images that fell under the umbrella of surrealism. His work challenges observers' preconditioned perceptions of reality. In this image: Photograph of Rene Magritte, in front of his painting The Pilgrim, as taken by Lothar Wolleh.
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