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Wendy Red Star with The Soil You See
, her temporary monument on an island in the pond at Constitution Gardens in Washington in August 2023. The monument features her fingerprint with the names of 50 Native leaders who once signed treaties with the Federal government. (Justin T. Gellerson/The New York Times)
WASHINGTON, DC.- Public. Art. Monument. Combine those three terms, and you often end up in a glorious muddle. Whether a sculpture or fountain or obelisk, a piece might succeed as a monument but fail as fine art; another might please the public but fail to commemorate; a third might satisfy an art critic but leave the public yawning. For just one month, Aug. 18 through Sept. 18, the National Mall will be hosting Pulling Together, an open-air exhibition that tests what works best, or fails least, when artists, publics and monuments are brought together. Curators Paul Farber and Salamishah Tillet have asked six artists three women and three men; three of them Black, one Asian, one Latino, one Native to make prototype monuments for the west half of the Mall, from 12th Street to the Lincoln Memorial. For the next month, six installations will aim to address some of the stories and the publics that have so far been neglected by the Malls monument-makers. Pul ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day The tuba player Samantha Lake with Make Music New York on Lexington Avenue in the Manhattan borough of New York, June 21, 2023. Come summer, classical music bursts the bonds of the concert hall and ventures outdoors. (James Estrin/The New York Times).
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| Ancient fires drove large mammals extinct, study suggests | | Summertime fun for all at Morphy's $1.3M Toys & General Collectibles auction | | Ötzi: dark skin, bald head, Anatolian ancestry | 
An artists rendition of prehistoric bison trapped in La Brea asphalt as a wildfire approaches. (Cullen Townsend/Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County via The New York Times)
by Katrina Miller
NEW YORK, NY.- Wildfires are getting worse. Parts of the United States, scientists say, are experiencing wildfires three times as often and four times as big as they were 20 years ago. This summer alone, smoke from Canadian blazes turned North American skies an unearthly orange; fire whirls were seen in the Mojave Desert; and raging flames in the Hawaiian island of Maui led to disaster. Records of the distant past can reveal what once drove increased fire activity and what can happen as a result. In a new study published Thursday in the journal Science, a group of paleontologists that analyzed fossil records at La Brea Tar Pits, a famous excavation site in Southern California, concluded that the disappearance ... More | | 
1959 first-issue brunette #1 Barbie Doll in excellent condition with box and original stand and complete set of accessories. Sold for $10,455 against an estimate of $6,000-$7,000
DENVER, PA.- Classic toys and pop culture favorites joined forces to deliver a $1.3 million result at Morphys August 2-3 auction, which offered something to please everyone. The all-encompassing Toys & General Collectibles sale ran the gamut from antique mechanical banks and dolls to fast-rising categories that are making waves in the marketplace, like vintage sports cards. Morphys has been on everyones radar in the sports card hobby ever since the Pennsylvania company sold a Topps baseball wax-pack brick for $873,300 last February. Their summer auction lineup, which strived for bidder inclusion at all price points, included 55 lots of cards, rack packs, cello and wax packs plus boxes representing some of the all-time greatest professional baseball, football, basketball and hockey players and teams. ... More | | 
This new study reveals that compared to other contemporary Europeans, Ãtzis genome had an unusually high proportion of genes in common with those of early farmers from Anatolia, that his skin was darker than previously thought, and that he was likely bald or had little hair on his head when he died. Image courtesy: © South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology/Eurac/Marco Samadelli-Gregor Staschitz.
LEIPZIG.- Ãtzi's genome was decoded for the first time more than ten years ago. This was also the first time the genome of a mummy had been sequenced. The results provided important insights into the genetic makeup of prehistoric Europeans. Advances in sequencing technology have now enabled a research team from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and Eurac Research to reconstruct Ãtzis genome more accurately. The results of this recent analysis refine the Icemans genetic picture: compared to other contemporary Europeans, Ãtzis genome has an unusually high proportion ... More |
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| Exhibition commenting on climate change and humanity at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art | | Peabody Essex Museum strengthens curatorial team with key hires | | Iconic Jean-François Millet painting examined in new book, "Man with a Hoe" | 
Rotting Thrown, 2021, Acrylic on paper on panel, 30 x 22 inches.
CHICAGO, IL.- The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art announced their next exhibition: Gravity, featuring paintings of landscapes and portraits by Tom Torluemke. He began this body of work in 2021 when he pursued landscapes as a focused theme, approaching it with more seriousness as our environment becomes more impacted by climate change year after year. To get some relief from the environment as subject matter and the isolation of the pandemic, Torluemke also began a series of portraits of friends and family, which revealed a connected between the two bodies of work: as the natural environment and social and civic unrest become more contentious, how can people help each other and the environment? The landscape paintings encompass all four seasons, featuring scenes from Torluemkes own home where he draws the landscapes on-site. He then brings the drawings back to his studio where he uses his memory and imagination ... More | | 
Dr. R. Ruthie Dibble, The Robert N. Shapiro Curator of American Decorative Art.
SALEM, MA.- The Peabody Essex Museum announced the appointment of three exceptional individuals to its curatorial team. These hires reflect PEM's ongoing commitment to sharing its superlative collections of art and culture in exciting and unexpected ways. PEM warmly welcomes these talented curators and looks forward to the contributions they will make in advancing the museum's mission and its efforts to engage with broad and inclusive audiences and partners. The simultaneous hiring of two curators focused on American art and culture signals the museums focus on fresh thinking about the many and evolving dimensions of the American experience, said Lynda Roscoe Hartigan, PEMs Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Executive Director and CEO. Their collaboration with PEMs curators, with specialties in fashion, photography, contemporary, maritime, Native American, and Asian art, will create ... More | | 
Man with a Hoe is a tribute to dignity in the face of a life of unremitting exertion. This publication is a revelatory exploration of one of the artists most controversial works.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- For the French artist Jean-François Millet (18141875), the central figure of his painting Man with a Hoe (186062) embodied a fundamental human condition described in the Bible: that of being condemned to earn a living by the sweat of ones brow. A monumentalizing portrayal of a peasant bowed over by brutal toil, Man with a Hoe is a tribute to dignity in the face of a life of unremitting exertion. Reckoning with Millets Man with a Hoe, 18631900 situates the work in the arc of Millets career and traces its fascinating and contentious reception, from its scandalous debut at the1863 Paris Salon to the years following its acquisition by American collectors in the 1890s. The essays examine the paintings tumultuous public life, beginning in France, where critics attacked it on aesthetic and political grounds as a radical realist provocation; through its transformative movement ... More |
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| Christie's to host 'Wallace Chan: The Wheel of Time' this September in London | | 'Memento Vivere' by Cristina Canale now on view at Nara Roesler in São Paulo | | Konrad Fischer Galerie now representing David Douard | 
Sapphire, Aquamarine, Pink Tourmaline Diamond, Pink Sapphire, The Wallace Chan Porcelain, Titanium.
LONDON.- Christies announced The Wheel of Time, the largest exhibition in Europe to date of the exquisite work of Wallace Chan, renowned Chinese jewellery creator, visual artist and innovator. Through 150 pieces of jewellery, together with six titanium sculptures, some of which have never before been seen publicly, Chan considers the act of creation, looking back on major moments in his continuing career across five decades. Free and open to the public, The Wheel of Time premieres at Christies King Street headquarters in London, where it will be on view from September 4-10. This exhibition is the fifth that Christies has presented in collaboration with Wallace Chan, following previous shows ... More | | 
Installation View of Cristina Canale, Clouds and portrait, 2023.
SÃO PAULO.- Nara Roesler São Paulo presents Memento Vivere, Cristina Canales sixth solo exhibition at the gallerys São Paulo location. The showcase brings together a selection of her most recent artworks, created between 2021 and 2023. Curated by Marcelo Campos, the exhibition features thirteen paintings and six drawings, all of which are previously unseen and will be open to the public from August 19th, coinciding with the 4th edition of the Circuito Jardim Europa. Cristina Canale emerged in the Brazilian art scene during the 1980s, a period marked by a resurgence of painting in Brazil and internationally, greatly influenced by German neo-expressionism. She also participated in the ... More | | 
David Douard, UNFOLD, 2023 / Xerox printing and paint on transparent film sheet and paper, 21.6 x 30.8 cm.
DÃSSELDORF.- Konrad Fischer Galerie announced the representation of David Douard. David Douard is known for his sculptural assemblages and mixed-media installations that explore a broad range of references such as language, poetry, science, and mainstream culture. Themes of identity and technology frequently appear in his installations. The nature of his enigmatic and thought-provoking work reflects on how the digital age influences our perception of self and others. David Douard was born 1983 in Perpignan, France. He lives and works in Aubervilliers, France. His work has been shown in numerous exhibitions worldwide, including institutions such as UCCA Dune, Beidaihe (20 ... More |
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| Houston Center for Contemporary Craft announces 2023-2024 resident artists | | Jerry Moss, the 'M' of A&M Records, is dead at 88 | | The conceptual artist Martha Rosler presents a selection of artworks at The Schirn | 
Ann Johnson, Stop Erasing My Existence (detail). Intaglio on raw cotton, cotton balls, transfer print, African fabric. Photo courtesy of the artist.
HOUSTON, TX.- Houston Center for Contemporary Craft announced its newest class of residents for 2023 2024, a group of 11 outstanding local, national, and international artists working in craft media. For more than 20 years, the Centers artist residency program has offered time and space for craft artists to focus on their creative work and interact with the public. The program supports emerging, mid-career, and established artists working in all craft media, including but not limited to clay, fiber, glass, metal, wood and mixed media. Residents are required to have their studios open for at least two days each week, giving visitors the unique opportunity to walk in, ask questions, and watch them work. This deeper level of interaction between artists and visitors allows the public to learn about a range of craft processes and techniques and helps artists to gain exposure, make ... More | | 
In partnership with Herb Alpert, he turned a small independent label into a powerhouse with a roster full of superstars.
by Ben Sisario
NEW YORK, NY.- Jerry Moss, who with trumpeter Herb Alpert founded A&M Records, which at its peak from the 1960s to the 80s was an independent powerhouse behind hits by the Carpenters, the Police, Janet Jackson, Peter Frampton and Alperts group, the Tijuana Brass, among many others, has died at his home in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles. He was 88. His family announced the death in a statement Wednesday. Over their more than 30 years with A&M, Moss and Alpert developed an eclectic roster Cat Stevens, Carole King, Supertramp and the grunge band Soundgarden all released music there and established the labels reputation for being supportive of artists and treating them fairly. Sting, who signed to A&M with the Police in 1978 and has remained associated with the label ... More | | 
Martha Rosler, "The Gray Drape", from the series "House Beautiful: Bringing the War Home, new series", 2008, photomontages, Courtesy: The Artist, Galerie Nagel Draxler Berlin / Köln / München.
FRANKFURT.- For decades, Martha Rosler has influenced numerous contemporary artists with the radicalism of her artistic position. From July 6 to September 24, 2023, the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt is dedicating a focused solo exhibition to the American conceptual artist and pioneer of critical feminism. Roslers political artwork deals with issues of power, violence, social injustice, with war reporting, as well as with societys images of women and their deconstruction. For her socially critical photomontages and videos, the artist uses a variety of media such as photography, text, and installation. The exhibition at the Schirn features an array of major works selected in close cooperation with the artist, offering an overview of Roslers oeuvre since the 1960s. Of central importance are Roslers iconic series House Beautiful: Bringing the War ... More |
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A conversation about Tudor architecture with Simon Thurley
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 Lily Allen's second actLONDON.- Lily Allen didnt know why she agreed to be interviewed for this article. On a recent morning, sitting outside a London cafe, the British singer said she had paused earlier for a moment of reflection. I was like, Why am I doing this? she said. I sort of wonder why I put myself in these situations, and open myself up to criticism. Allen, 38, hypothesized that the answer might be narcissism, or her resignation to the requirements of being in the public eye. Its been my life since I was like 18 years old, she said. Since Allen burst onto the pop music scene in the mid-2000s with lilting reggae-infused tracks like Smile, her relationship with the press has been fraught. She has always been outspoken in her lyrics, in interviews and on social media and for many years, she was a fixture in Britains tabloid newspapers. In 2009, she obtained ... More  Walter Benjamin's "Little History of Photography" on view at The Israel MuseumJERUSALEM.- For the first time, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, is bringing together works by pioneering photographers of the 19th- and 20th-century featured in Little History of Photography (Kleine Geschichte der Photographie) (1931) by the German-Jewish thinker Walter Benjamin (18921940), a groundbreaking essay that forged our modern understanding of the photographic medium. On view August 8, In Pictures: Walter Benjamins Little History of Photography unites more than 80 photographs and 10 portfolio books drawn from the Israel Museums collection, one of the few in the world to represent all the photographers that inspired Benjamins seminal essay, including Eugène Atget, Karl Blossfeldt, Julia Margaret Cameron, Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon), David Octavius Hill, Germaine Krull, and August Sander. One of the ... More  Gund Gallery at Kenyon College opens an exhibition of works by California-born, Berlin-based artist Christine Sun KimGAMBIER, OH.- Over the past decade, California-born, Berlin-based artist Christine Sun Kim has engaged expansively with the ways sound is understood, experienced, visualized, and valued. Upending the notion of the sonic as a solely auditory occurrence, the artist foregrounds sounds visual, spatial, and political properties across a variety of mediums including drawing, video, performance, and installation. The exhibition explores the visual representation and social significance of sound from the artists perspective as part of the Deaf community, in which members do not universally see deafness as a disability, but instead identify as a unique cultural and linguistic minority. Growing up, Kim learned to believe that sound has no place ... More  21 works by contemporary Israeli artists were purchased in 2023 for the collections of the Tel Aviv Museum of ArtTEL AVIV.- The members of the Acquisition Group of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art "Choosing Art", purchased 21 works by 11 contemporary Israeli artists for the art collections of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. As every year, the selection of works reflects a set of emphasis placed on multi-generational representation, medium diversity, support for the development of female artists and senior artists during their artistic trajectory and first entry of artists, whose work has not yet been represented in the collection. The works were purchased for a total of half a million shekels. The works purchased by the group in 2023: Maya Attoun - "The Red Series", a comprehensive purchase of a wide body of work executed prior ... More  Renata Scotto spun an actor's insight into vocal goldNEW YORK, NY.- When fans and critics speak about Italian soprano Renata Scotto, who died Wednesday at 89, they immediately seize upon her dramatic acumen her ability to spin character insights into vocal magic. Her combination of style, beauty and meticulousness as a singer made her one of the most original opera stars of the second half of the 20th century. If she sometimes pushed her voice to harsh extremes in roles that challenged her resources, that only burnished her reputation as a serious artist. And her well-publicized quarrels with general managers and co-stars including Luciano Pavarotti and Metropolitan Opera impresario Rudolf Bing likewise fueled the idea that she had an irrepressible temperament that destined her for the stage. But what really made her special was her specificity her ability to connect personal insight to vocal inflection in a way that made that insight ... More  9/11 Memorial sculpture by artist Mark Weisbeck installed in Southlake, Texas GardensGREENVILLE, NY.- International award winning New York sculptor Mark Weisbecks sculpture, Remembrance and Renewal features two 15-foot-tall stainless steel towers which reference the iconic World Trade Center. It was installed on May 23, 2023 and unveiled and dedicated on the following day, May 24, 2023, in Southlake, Texas. The unveiling took place within the beautiful Liberty Gardens in Bicentennial Park, Southlake, TX. Presided over by Mayor John Huffman, the City Council and the Southlake Arts Council. Director of the Arts Council, Tamara McMillian stated, At the time of 9/11 and still today, this area was a HUB for American Airlines. Many pilots and airline staff lived in our neighborhoods and knew the pilots and staff that were lost. Many of them flew those same routes. This beautiful sculpture stands not only as a reminder of that horrific ... More  Aleksandar Matanovic, whose publishing company changed chess, dies at 93NEW YORK, NY.- Aleksandar Matanovic, a Serbian grandmaster who co-founded Chess Informant, a publishing company that revolutionized how players learned and studied the game, died Aug. 9 in Belgrade. He was 93 and the worlds oldest living grandmaster. His death was announced by the International Chess Federation, the games governing body. Matanovic learned how to play chess when he was 6, using pieces his sister had fashioned out of clay. Largely self-taught, he fell in love with the game and, by the time he was 18, was his countrys junior champion. A few years later, he was a grandmaster. Matanovic founded Chess Informant in 1966 with Aleksandar Bozic, another grandmaster, and Milivoje Molerovic, an international master (the rank below grandmaster). The purpose of the company was to publish books of recent games ... More  For classical music, every summer is a liberationNEW YORK, NY.- Consider classical music a late bloomer. In New York, as the city emerges from its winter hibernation the snow on tree branches replaced by dreamily pastel cherry blossoms, the short, sleepy days extended by increasingly dramatic sunsets performers tend to remain indoors. A concert in May doesnt look so different from one in January. But then comes summer. Around early June, orchestras and opera companies close out their seasons, and music-making begins to take on new, liberated forms. Instruments that seem so precious onstage make their way outdoors, suddenly looking as casual as the artists wielding them, who sometimes swap their formal concert attire for, well, whatever they want. The old-hat claims of classical musics elitism and lack of approachability just dont hold up in summer. Performances pop ... More  Detroit business leader Lane Coleman elected Board Chair of the Detroit Institute of ArtsDETROIT, MICH.- The Board of Directors of the Detroit Institute of Arts voted unanimously to elect Detroit business leader Lane Coleman as the institutions next Board Chair. Coleman will assume the position effective Jan. 1, 2024, following a five-month transition period with Gene Gargaro, who announced his retirement as DIA board chair in May 2023. Coleman is the founder, president and chief executive officer of Strike Group LLC, a sustainment logistics and material supply-sourcing venture. An avid supporter of the arts, Coleman is a board member of the Detroit Institute of Arts, and serves on the DIAs Executive Committee, as well as the Finance and Audit Committee. He and his wife Leigh are also passionate collectors of African American art. The search for a successor to Gargaro was conducted by the boards Governance and Nominating Committee, guided by Committee ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, French painter Gustave Caillebotte was born August 19, 1848. Gustave Caillebotte (19 August 1848 - 21 February 1894) was a French painter, member and patron of the group of artists known as Impressionists, though he painted in a much more realistic manner than many other artists in the group. Caillebotte was noted for his early interest in photography as an art form. In this image: An employee looks at a painting 'Oarsmen' of 1877 of French Impressionist Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894) in the Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany, Thursday, June 26, 2008.
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