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Installation view of Bernd & Hilla Becher, on view July 15 â November 6, 2022 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Photo by Anna-Marie Kellen, Courtesy of The Met.
by Blake Gopnik
NEW YORK, NY.- One wall is gridded up with photos of industrial cooling towers, portrayed in wildly detailed black-and-white. Another gives us 30 different views of blast furnaces, at plants across Western Europe and the United States. You can just about make out each bolt in their twisting pipework. An entire gallery surveys the vast Concordia coal plant in Oberhausen, Germany: Teeming photos present its gas-storage tanks, its lean gas generator, its quenching tower, its coke pushers. These and something like another 450 images fill Bernd & Hilla Becher, a fascinating, frankly gorgeous show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Mets curator of photography, Jeff Rosenheim, has organized a thorough retrospective for the Bechers, a German couple who made some of the most influential art photos of the past half-century. Bernd (1931-2007) and Hilla (1934-2015) mentored generations of students at Düsseldorfs great Kunstakademie, whose alumni inc ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day The V&A and the British Council jointly announce details on What is Seen and What is Not by inter-disciplinary artist Osman Yousefzada. This series of interventions responds to the 75th anniversary of Pakistan and explores themes of displacement, movement, migration, and the impact of the climate crisis. The interventions across the museum are free to visit, and have been commissioned by the British Council in partnership with the V&A and the Pakistan High Commission as part of the British Council's festival season 'Pakistan/UK: New Perspective'.
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| Exhibition examines an early national advertising campaign that fought against antisemitism | | TAI Modern presents contemporary Japanese bamboo art by Honma Hideaki | | Photos that helped to document the Holocaust were taken by a Nazi | 
Eric Godal, Swat Them All, 1945. Collection of the American Jewish Committee.
NEW YORK, NY.- This summer, the New-York Historical Society presents Confronting Hate 19371952, a timely exhibition that explores the groundbreaking campaign launched by the American Jewish Committee (AJC) in 1937 to combat increasing antisemitism in the United States during the interwar period. On view July 29, 2022 January 1, 2023, the exhibition examines the history of the campaign through vibrant posters, engaging comic books, newspaper advertisements, radio spots, and television cartoons that have never before been exhibited to the public. Confronting Hate is an insightful exhibition that demonstrates the power of advertising and public service campaigns and how they can be used as weapons for good, said Dr. Louise Mirrer, president and CEO of New-York Historical. With hate crimes and violent rhetoric once again on the rise in our nation, its important to remember the various ways Americans have faced bi ... More | | 
Bamboo is an amazing material. It combines lightness, strength, and flexibility with natural beauty.
SANTA FE, NM.- TAI Modern has been the worlds premier gallery for contemporary Japanese bamboo art for over 20 years. The gallery represents more than 40 bamboo artists, as well as select American artists working in a variety of media. Honma Hideakis uncle, the pioneering bamboo artist Honma Kazuaki, had no children, so he adopted Hideaki (who loved to draw and work with his hands) as his son, student, and heir to the family's bamboo business. The family business was booming at the time, so Honma did not go through a traditional apprenticeship but was immediately put to work harvesting bamboo and preparing material for older employees. Honma now considers himself fortunate not to have undergone formal training before he started creating works of his own because it freed him from the traditional thinking process around how bamboo art is supposed to be made. Honmas process involves (1) sketching out ideas; (2) testing ... More | | 
In an image provided by the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Jews gathered to be deported to a concentration camp, at the Olympiaplein square in Amsterdam on June 20, 1943. NIOD via The New York Times.
by Nina Siegal
AMSTERDAM.- On June 20, 1943, bewildered and terrified families, laden with baggage and branded with yellow stars, were forced into Olympiaplein, one of this citys most recognizable public squares. Few knew where they were going, or for how long, so they wore their winter coats despite the blazing sun as they registered with Nazi authorities. A Dutch photographer, Herman Heukels, moved through the crowd, taking pictures of people who would soon be deported to concentration camps. His images would be the final portraits of many of these people, who were among 5,500 sent that day from Amsterdam to Westerbork transit camp, and then on to the east. The vast majority would never return. Heukels photos are some of the strongest visual ... More |
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| Exhibition of late paintings by Esteban Vicente opens at Miles McEnery Gallery | | 'Fashion Show: Clothing, Art and Activism' on view at The Glucksman | | San Antonio Museum of Art opens Japanese basket exhibition | 
Esteban Vicente, Untitled, 1996. Oil on canvas, 50 x 42 inches, 127 x 106.7 cm.
NEW YORK, NY.- Miles McEnery Gallery opened an exhibition of late paintings by Esteban Vicente. The artists seventh solo exhibition at
the gallery opened on 28 July at 520 West 21st
Street and remains on view through 26 August 2022. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue featuring an essay by Tom McGlynn. Esteban Vicente belonged to a generation of artists who were true believers in the salutary effects of abstract painting. As a first-generation Abstract Expressionist, he shared with colleagues such as Mark Rothko and Philip Guston a sense that the lyrical in abstract art has the potential to immediately address the heart, soul, and mind of the viewer. Its a working idea that the candor of subjective sincerity might find a way to speak to the grandeur of objective truth. Each artist of that generation found their way toward such an ambitious goal through intense ... More | | 
Lucy + Jorge Orta, Anticipation Accessory, 2010. Webbing, clips, kits, various objects, silkscreen print. Courtesy of Lucy + Jorge Orta. Photo: Frances Ware.
CORK.- Fashion Show presents works by Irish and international contemporary artists that look at clothing as subject matter, material, and as a form of advocacy. From explorations of the ways in which fashion lends itself to self-representation to investigations into the economic and ecological effects of fast fashion, the exhibition reveals how clothing becomes a means of activism and protest. Alicia Framiss series Is My Body Public? presents images of 14 women holding forth sheets of transparent fabric, each embroidered with the title phrase in their respective languages. While resembling pieces of lingerie, the dresses are actually banners for demonstrations, having been worn in the artists public performances. Anna-Sophie Bergers sculpture The Wearer of Clothes takes the shape of a classic ... More | | 
Wada, Waichisai III (1899-1975), Flower Basket, 1945-72, Madake, rattan, wood and urushi covered metal beads, Object: 12.5 x 11 x 12 in., Otōshi: 10.75 x 3.875 x 3.875 in., Tomobako: 13.25 x 11.75 x 13 in., 4.6 lb., Collection of Carl & Marilynn Thoma, © Artist or artist estate, courtesy of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation, photo by TAI Modern.
SAN ANTONIO, TX.- The San Antonio Museum of Art opened Creative Splendor: Japanese Bamboo Baskets from the Thoma Foundation, a series of installations of Japanese baskets from the nineteenth century to the present. SAMA is the first museum to showcase the baskets, on loan from the Thoma Foundation. The first of three installations is on view July 15 through January 1, 2023; two additional installations will follow. Each will feature approximately fifteen baskets. We are thrilled to present this unique, multi-year exhibition that highlights an artform we dont currently have represented in our permanent collection, said Emily Ballew ... More |
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| Galeria Jaqueline Martins expands its Brussels space | | Tanya Bonakdar Gallery names Megan Bedford and David Delgado as Partner | | The hunt is on for 'war trophies' in Ukraine | 
Jaqueline Martins and Yuri Oliveira ©Jose Pelegrini.
BRUSSELS.- After opening its Brussels outpost in 2020 with a solo exhibition on Hudinilson Jr. a staple of Brazilian dissident and experimental art that is representative of its mission and programing Galeria Jaqueline Martins reinforces their presence as a cultural agent in Belgium by furthering its stance as a collaborative international platform of artistic and critical exhibition. The gallery expands its activities to a new space, located in the basement of the same building at Rue aux Laines 14, and will be hosting four international galleries per year in the Boiler Room project: Projeto Vênus (São Paulo) will be the first to occupy the gallerys new space this coming September, followed by other galleries such as Galeria Sé (São Paulo), Mor Charpentier (France and Colombia) and many others. We wish to create opportunities for like-minded galleries to insert themselves into a larger, international ... More | | 
Megan Bedford.
NEW YORK, NY.- Tanya Bonakdar Gallery announced Megan Bedford and David Delgado have been made Partners of the gallery. Since opening in 1994, the mission of Tanya Bonakdar Gallery has been consistently artist driven with an emphasis on visionary work, an uncompromising exhibitions program, and the long-term promotion of artists' careers. For many years, both Bedford and Delgado have proven essential to these core goals and integral to the gallerys success in achieving them. The announcement of Bedford and Delgado as Partners recognizes their remarkable dedication, commitment and unique talents. Further, it emphasizes the collaborative nature of the gallery as an organization while challenging the traditional hierarchies of the gallery system. Each distinct department, from the artists liaisons and sales to the technical and logistics team, serve as equally vital building blocks of a platform ... More | | 
A war artifact turned into an artwork is displayed in an art center in Lviv, Ukraine, on July 24, 2022. Diego Ibarra Sanchez/The New York Times.
by Jeffrey Gettleman
KYIV.- When Ihor Sumliennyi, a young environmental activist, arrived at the site of a recent missile strike, the rubble had barely stopped smoking. Police officers guarded the street. People who had lived in the smashed apartment building stared in disbelief, some making the sign of the cross next to him. He started poking around. And then, bam! His eyes lit up. Right in front of him, lying near the sidewalk, was exactly what he was looking for: a mangled chunk of shrapnel, a piece of the actual Russian cruise missile that had slammed into the building. He scooped it up, pricking himself in the process on the jagged steel edges, stuffed it in his backpack and briskly walked the hour home I didnt want the police to stop me and think ... More |
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| Jane Lombard Gallery presents a collection of new and recent works by gallery artist James Clar | | Weinberg/Newton Gallery presents All That Glows in the Dark of Democracy with ACLU | | Stills presents exhibition of work by Ishiuchi Miyako including images of Frida Kahlo's possessions | 
James Clar, Wormhole, 2021. LED, Filters, Metal, 3D Printed Parts, 42.5 x 72 in. Photo: Arturo Sanchez. Image courtesy of Jane Lombard Gallery.
NEW YORK, NY.- Jane Lombard Gallery is showcasing a collection of new and recent works by gallery artist James Clar in the downstairs gallery space. The works illustrate Clar's exploration of materials in the form of light, computer-generated software, performance, and video. The light-based sculpture Wormhole (2021), visualizes the electromagnetic spectrum, while Time Bandits (2018) offers a psychedelic nod to the 1980s film of the same name, with a time portal created by fluorescents. Hey I'm Walking Here! (2020), inspired by Clar's move to the Philippines, is a video taken at ground level, fixed on the feet and legs of a man who is walking with ease, a struggle at times, a points soaking- and at times almost levitating. To capture this unique perspective, Clar built a film rig a top a rickshaw and filmed a dancer moving along a roundabout in Manila. ... More | | 
Kandis Friesen, Monuments / Monumental, 2017, still from HD video (15 minutes, color, silent).
CHICAGO, IL.- Weinberg/Newton Gallery is partnering with the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois to present All that Glows in the Dark of Democracy, July 29 October 1, with the opening reception taking place July 29, 5 - 7pm. The exhibition will kick off the ACLU of Illinoiss 2022 Engagement Series on Democracy titled We the People and will feature artworks that present a range of perspectives on democracy as a concept both in theory and in practice. Rather than presuming a universal definition of the term, these artists offer entry points into a dialogue via various media and modes of sensory engagement. Interactive installations, sculpture and video, including newly commissioned site-specific works, invite viewers to think critically about elections, monuments, public and private space, and national symbols. The artists featured are Alejandro T. Acierto, Kandis Friesen, Hannah Givler, Aram Han Sifu ... More | | 
Ishiuchi Miyako, Frida Love and Pain #10. Courtesy of The Third Gallery Aya. ©︎ Ishiuchi Miyako.
EDINBURGH.- To coincide with the Edinburgh Art Festival, Stills is presenting a solo exhibition by Ishiuchi Miyako an influential post-war Japanese photographer whose work has rarely been seen in the UK. It will be the first time Miyako's work has been exhibited in Scotland. The show which runs from 28 July to 8 October 2022 will consist of a selection of work from some of her most celebrated series including, Mothers, the series with which she represented Japan at the Venice Biennale in 2005; work commissioned by the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in 2007 - to capture everyday objects which had belonged to victims of the atomic bomb - and photographs from the series Frida, made at The Frida Kahlo Museum in Mexico City where Miyako photographed Kahlos garments such as corsets, cosmetics and shoes. The artist will be in Edinburgh for a rare visit to the UK in late July. Ishiuchi Miyako (born 1947) began her ... More |
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 Multimedia artist James Williams II wins $30,000 Sondheim PrizeBALTIMORE, MD.- The Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts announced the winner of the 17th annual Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize. This years prize is sponsored in part by M&T Bank. In addition to their contribution to the $30,000 prize, M&T is also generously funding the two residencies, the three M&T $2,500 Finalist Awards, and the M&T $500 Semifinalist Honorarium for each of the 10 remaining semifinalists. We also want to acknowledge the invaluable support of the Maryland State Arts Council. The total Sondheim prize package this year is $55,000 in fellowships and awards to individual artists in the Baltimore region. Williams is a curator and interdisciplinary artist whose work encompasses painting, sculpture, and photography. He focuses on topics of social and cultural identity in the United States tied together by self-portraiture and narration. ... More  Halcyon Gallery: New flagship gallery at 148 New Bond StreetLONDON.- Halcyon Gallery announced the relocation of its London flagship gallery from 144-146 New Bond Street to the newly renovated and historically significant building next door at 148 New Bond Street, London. The new flagship gallery will open in October 2022. The site had previously been home to The Fine Art Society, the venerable specialist in British art and design, since its establishment in 1876. Following a comprehensive and sympathetic course of renovation, the new Halcyon will make a magnificent home from which to expand our mission to share access to world class 19th and 20th century masters artworks as well as exhibitions by our influential and exciting contemporary artists. The relocation coincides with Halcyon Gallerys 40th anniversary and we are proud to be launching the stunning new space with Dominic Harris Frontiers ... More  Southern Utah Museum of Art features Southwest abstract exhibitionCEDAR CITY, UT.- Southern Utah Museum of Art on the campus of the Southern Utah University (SUU) exhibits The Space Between: Visions of the Southwest, in partnership with Modern West Fine Art. The exhibition is on view through Saturday, September 24, 2022. The Space Between brings together works from four artists who represent the past, present, and future of abstract art forged in the creative crucible of the desert. Louis Ribak (American, b. Lithuania, 1902-1979) and Beatrice Mandelman (American, 1912-1998) were the groundbreaking forces behind Taos Modernism. Arlo Namingha (American, Tewa/Hopi, b. 1974) and Shalee Cooper (American, b. 1978) embody the enduring legacy of their predecessors and the new visions emerging from this environment. Echoing the dynamism of the desert, these artists engage space, shape, ... More  Artcurial to offer Charlie le Mindu's CollectionPARIS.- Artcurial will present on 5october, in Paris, a selection of the most iconic works from Charlie le Mindu, the artist that the conceptualized the concept of Haute Coiffure. Early in the 2000s, the young Charlie, aged 16, had already made his mark in a traditional hair salon in the small town of Bergerac before discovering the fascinating world of punk hairdressing in Bordeaux with Caroline Martial, who opened up to him the doors of an almost infinite creative universe. It was time for him to join the heart of Europe which was then beating in Berlin to the rhythm of electro music. Charlie carries his hair kit through Berlin clubs where he sets up pop-up salons. Six years of nightlife and Charlie leaves Berlin to join London. It is in this city, which has already revealed John Galliano and Alexander McQueen, that Charlie will design and develop ... More  ICA/Boston promotes Ruth Erickson to Mannion Family Senior CuratorBOSTON, MASS.- The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston announces the promotion of Ruth Erickson to Mannion Family Senior Curator. In her new position, Erickson will take an expanded role developing the curatorial vision for the ICAs exhibition and collection program as well as shaping conversations around community partnerships. I am thrilled to announce Ruths promotion to Mannion Family Senior Curator at the ICA, said Eva Respini, the ICAs Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs and Barbara Lee Chief Curator. This new role recognizes Ruths extraordinary work and leadership on our curatorial team, including an impressiveand ongoingrun of exhibitions and continued oversight of the museums growing collection. Ericksons upcoming exhibitions for the ICA include the major October exhibition To Begin Again: Artists and Childhood, ... More  Charlotte Pomerantz, inventive children's book author, dies at 92NEW YORK, NY.- Charlotte Pomerantz, who brought an ingenious use of language and the occasional sly subversive touch to stories about mud-loving pigs and parachuting cats written for young children, died Sunday at her home in Charlottesville, Virginia. It was her 92nd birthday. Her daughter, Dr. Gabrielle Rose Marzani, confirmed her death. Pomerantz wrote 35 childrens books, some in prose, some in verse. Her clever manipulation of words gave young readers a laugh and food for thought, as in this ditty from Halfway to Your House (1993, illustrated by Gabrielle Vincent): Annabelle peered in the looking glass and said, Am I not the prettiest lass? Alas, said the glass, that isnt quite true: The lass in the glass is as pretty as you. One of her most popular books was The Piggy in the Puddle (1974, illustrated by James Marshall), a dizzying ... More  An avant-garde film that went for laughs instead of scandalNEW YORK, NY.- The early 1960s was the golden age of underground movies. Some, like Jack Smiths Flaming Creatures, provoked scandals. Others were too explicit to be written about (see Barbara Rubins Christmas on Earth). At least one was a commercial success: Adolfas Mekas Hallelujah the Hills. A wild spoof on art movies by a new American director scored a surprise success Saturday at the New York Film Festival, Eugene Archer reported in the New York Times in 1963, the festivals first year. Returning to Lincoln Center in New York for three shows, part of a series devoted to the early 60s avant-garde, Hallelujah the Hills, may be the seriess most conventional selection a feature-length movie with actors, some even professional, and a semblance of plot, shot in crisp black and white by Ed Emshwiller, an underground ... More  In 'Bottom of the Ocean,' a deep dive into the soulNEW YORK, NY.- A spa day, a sound bath, a moving meditation, and an initiation into strange and tentacled rites, Bottom of the Ocean, an immersive experience staged in a semifinished Brooklyn basement, ranks as the weirdest show in town right now, in a town that doesnt lack for weird. How odd is it? Show me another work that hides baby octopuses (yes, OK, fake baby octopuses) in its communal bathroom. Bottom of the Ocean is the third production, following Houseworld and Whisperlodge, from Andrew Hoepfner, who runs a newish company, called Houseworld Immersive, dedicated to participatory theater. I had missed the two earlier shows, but over the past month or so, a couple of friends had recommended Bottom of the Ocean and I had heard it mentioned in conversation. Booking a ticket began to feel a little like destiny. And there are worse ... More  'To Kill a Mockingbird' closes on Broadway as creators spar with RudinNEW YORK, NY.- To Kill a Mockingbird, a stage adaptation of the classic novel that in January announced a temporary shutdown after Jeff Daniels left the cast and the omicron variant slammed into New York, will not reopen on Broadway. The plays writer, Aaron Sorkin, and director, Bartlett Sher, emailed the plays cast and crew late Thursday to inform them of the decision, and they blamed the original lead producer, Scott Rudin, who had stepped away from an active role in the show after being accused of mistreating collaborators. According to Sorkin and Sher, At the last moment, Scott reinserted himself as producer and for reasons which are, frankly, incomprehensible to us both, he stopped the play from reopening. Rudin, who continued to control the rights to the stage adaptation of the Harper Lee novel, sent his own email to Sorkin and Sher ... More  Five international movies to stream nowNEW YORK, NY.- If youre looking to watch something off the beaten streaming path this week, take a scroll through New Directions: 20 Years of Young German Cinema, a free online series hosted by The Goethe-Institut. Among the gems in the lineup is No Hard Feelings, a sweet and sour queer romance from Iranian-German filmmaker Faraz Shariat. Parvis (Benjamin Radjaipour), a young gay man and the son of Iranian exiles in Germany, lives a proud and carefree life. We first meet him when hes voguing at a nightclub, his bleached blond hair and white mesh top sparkling in the strobe lights. Later, when a man he meets via a dating app makes a racist comment, an unruffled Parvis puts him in his place Im not into man-child krauts and walks out. But Parvis self-assured sense of belonging is unsettled when hes assigned community service ... More  'Happy Life' review: Ghosts in the studioNEW YORK, NY.- Urban real estate is flush with ghosts. How many people have lived and died alone, in apartments stacked toward the clouds? Cities thrive on fantasies of possibility, but the specter of suffering looms behind every door. Just ask the broker peddling a cleaned-up murder scene on the allure of its fresh lemon scent. The soon-to-be tenant of that cramped studio in Happy Life, which opened at Walkerspace in Manhattan on Tuesday night, says shes used to ghosts clinging to her shoulders. Its a convenient match, because the two that haunt her new digs are not the type to go bump in the night and call it a day. They bicker like spoiled children, recollect the circumstances of their awful deaths and make impossible demands of the living. Playwright Kathy Ng imagines a world where the boundary between this one and the next is porous ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, English sculptor Henry Moore was born July 30, 1898. July 30, 1898.- Henry Spencer Moore OM CH FBA (30 July 1898 - 31 August 1986) was an English sculptor and artist. He was best known for his semi-abstract monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art. In this image: English Sculptor Henry Moore stands beside his sculpture "Seated Nude" on display as part of the "Art 70" show in Basel, Switzerland, June 9, 1970. Moore represented Britain in the show.
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