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A program, photographed in Norwich, Conn., on Feb. 28, 2019, for a 2017 conference at Harvard bears the image of Renty, a slave from whom Tamera Lanier says she descended. A Massachusetts judge dismissed a lawsuit, on March 2, 2021, by a Lanier claiming that she, not Harvard University, is the rightful owner of haunting images of an enslaved father and daughter who she says were her ancestors. Karsten Moran/The New York Times.
by Anemona Hartocollis
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- A Massachusetts judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a woman claiming that she, not Harvard University, is the rightful owner of haunting images of an enslaved father and daughter who she says were her ancestors. The judge acknowledged that the daguerreotypes had been taken under horrific circumstances but said that if the enslaved subjects, Renty and Delia, did not own the images when they were taken in 1850, then the woman who brought the lawsuit, Tamara Lanier, did not own them either. Fully acknowledging the continuing impact slavery has had in the United States, the law, as it currently stands, does not confer a property interest to the subject of a photograph regardless of how objectionable the photographs origins may be, Justice Camille F. Sarrouf of Middlesex County Superior Court wrote in a judgment filed Tuesday. Lanier said Thursday that she planned to appeal and that the judge had completely missed the humanistic aspect of this, where we ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A Hazara boy walks his dog along a road in Bamiyan province on March 5, 2021. WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP
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| Dallas Museum of Art to return sacred statue to Nepal | | Seattle Art Museum opens 'Barbara Earl Thomas: The Geography of Innocence' | | Banksy takes credit for work at Oscar Wilde jail |
The sacred stele of Lakshmi-Narayana that was taken in 1984. Dallas Museum of Art via The New York Times.
by Zachary Small
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- A stone sculpture representing a Hindu deity is making its way back to Nepal nearly 40 years after it disappeared from a temple shrine and ended up in the Dallas Museum of Art. For more than eight centuries, the sacred stele of Lakshmi-Narayana, a manifestation of the Hindu deities Vishnu and Lakshmi, watched over devotees in the Nepalese city of Patan until it suddenly disappeared, stolen by looters in 1984. Six years later, the eight-armed figure reappeared at auction at Sothebys, selling to a collector, who then lent it to the Dallas museum. A spokesman for Sothebys said it did not have records from the 1990 sale on hand to clarify what provenance had been ... More | |
Wonder Boy, 2020, Barbara Earl Thomas, American, cut paper and hand-printed.
SEATTLE, WA.- The Seattle Art Museum presents Barbara Earl Thomas: The Geography of Innocence, the first solo exhibition at SAM for the celebrated Seattle-based artist. Featuring nearly all new work, the exhibition reflects Thomass longtime explorations: light and shadow, perception and knowledge, Black lives and experiences, and the limits and possibilities of empathy. In this exhibition, Thomas asks: How do you read a face, and what are your expectations when you enter its terrain? The Geography of Innocence is installed in the museums Gwendolyn Knight & Jacob Lawrence Gallery and the adjacent hallway gallery. The visitor first enters an immersive, light-filled installation. The gallerys three walls are sheathed in backlit, intricately cut Tyvek panels, creating a lantern-like glow. In the center of each wall is an altar, ... More | |
The artwork shows a prisoner escaping on a rope made of bedsheets tied to a typewriter. AFP PHOTO.
LONDON (AFP).- Street artist Banksy on Thursday claimed responsibility for a painting on the wall of a former British prison that once held playwright Oscar Wilde. The artwork shows a prisoner escaping on a rope made of bedsheets tied to a typewriter. The elusive artist confirmed he was responsible in a video posted on his Instagram account. The footage shows the artist carrying out the painting, and parodies the cult instructional videos of late US artist Bob Ross. It opens with a clip of Ross saying: "Hello, I'm Bob Ross. I'd like to welcome you to The Joy Of Painting. "Got all your materials out, ready to do a fantastic painting with me? Good." The action then switches to Banksy as he executes his work, while a soundtrack of friendly advice from Ross plays over the top. Reading Prison closed to prisoners in 2013 and is ... More |
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| Shelburne Museum announces new acquisition of Alfred Jacob Miller painting | | Louis K. Meisel Gallery now represents British Photorealist Ben Johnson | | The great art behind Hunter S. Thompson's run for sheriff |
Alfred Jacob Miller (American, 181074), Departure of the Caravan at Sunrise, after 1837 (detail). Oil paint and glazes over ink, graphite, and watercolor on wove paper mounted to paperboard. Perry Collection of Native American Arts, 2020-12.
SHELBURNE, VT.- Shelburne Museum recently acquired a work by Alfred Jacob Miller, an American artist noted for his depictions of the American West, Director Thomas Denenberg announced. Departure of the Caravan at Sunrise complements works in Shelburnes American paintings collection including works by Edward Hicks, Charles Deas, Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, Carl Rungius and Ogden Pleissner. We are so grateful to Shelburne Museum friend Teri Perry for gifting the museum this superb painting by Alfred Jacob Miller, Denenberg said. Departure of the Caravan at Sunrise is a classic example of Millers work and provides a view into the 19th century fascination with the people and idealized rituals of the plains of North America. We are thrilled to have it join Shelburnes American art collection. The public is invited to learn more about Miller and ... More | |
Ben Johnsons paintings have been exhibited internationally over the course of his nearly 60-year career.
NEW YORK, NY.- Louis K. Meisel Gallery announced its representation of Ben Johnson, a British Photorealist whose immersive large-scale paintings of interiors and cityscapes explore geometry, perspective and architectural styles that bridge history. Long admired by Louis Meisel, Johnsons paintings are meticulously planned and detailed for an outcome that is truly astounding. I am delighted to welcome Ben Johnson to the gallery. I have known Johnson decades, and I have always respected and followed his work. I am beyond pleased to be representing him as his New York gallery, said Louis Meisel, founder of Louis K. Meisel Gallery. From panoramas of international cities to imagery of individual architectural masterpieces, Ben Johnsons work challenges his audiences spatial awareness. His paintings feature compositions that emphasize the rules of perspective and elevate the importance of the line. The idealized spaces and places ... More | |
A poster for the film Freak Power: The Ballot Or The Bomb. A new show in Manhattan displays the visceral posters for the gonzo journalists Freak Power campaign in 1970. Ralph Steadman via The New York Times.
by Brett Sokol
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- If youre going to curate an exhibition of vintage artwork related to the unorthodox and self-described gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, prepare for the process itself to become a bit, well, gonzo. Daniel Joseph Watkins learned this lesson the hard way. He had to figure out how to move Freak Power, an exhibition featuring the visually striking campaign posters designed for Thompsons 1970 run for county sheriff in Colorado, from his gallery based in Aspen, Colorado, to Poster House in Manhattan, where its open through Aug. 15. The posters, designed and silk-screened by artist Thomas W. Benton, a close friend of Thompsons and a fellow Californian turned Aspen activist, fused gut-punch electioneering (Sell Aspen ... More |
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| Sotheby's announces Cynthia Erivo as guest curator for 'Contemporary Curated' auction this March | | Gift for Francis, handmade shawl tells story of Iraq's Christians | | The Momentary announces three new exhibitions on view now |
Dark Heart Cake is an exquisite example of Wayne Thiebaud's most enticing and iconic paintings of sweet treats (estimate $1.8/2.5 million). Courtesy Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys will open their 2021 live auctions of Contemporary art with Contemporary Curated on 12 March in New York. This season, Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Award-winning actress, singer and producer, Cynthia Erivo, will lend her sharp, unique eye to select 16 of her favorite works from the 130+ lots on offer. In support of Erivos role this season, Sothebys will contribute a donation to The Loveland Foundation a cause close to Erivos heart, which is committed to showing up for communities of color in unique and powerful ways, with a particular focus on Black women and girls. The organizations resources and initiatives are collaborative and prioritize opportunity, access, validation, and healing. In addition, the March sale presents an exceptional range of works by ... More | |
Iraqi Christian Karjiya Baqtar embroiders a precious prayer shawl using golden thread, to gift to Pope Francis during his visit to her Iraqi hometown Qaraqosh. Zaid AL-OBEIDI / AFP.
QARAQOSH (AFP).- Pulling golden thread with her frail fingers, elderly Christian Karjiya Baqtar has embroidered a precious prayer shawl to gift the most cherished visitor to her Iraqi hometown -- Pope Francis. Francis will visit the northern town of Qaraqosh, ravaged in 2014 by the Islamic State jihadist group, on the third day of his history-making trip to Iraq. Baqtar, a petite woman with veiny hands and wisps of hair gently brushed back from her face, has worked with other Christians in Qaraqosh for two months on the stole vestment. The two-metre (6.5-foot) stole is entirely locally produced -- from the checkered red and black fabric to the Syriac prayers hand-stitched along its edges in glimmering gold. It was designed by Ammar Yaqo, the priest at the Al-Tahera Church ... More | |
Sarah Cain.Photo: Jeff McLane.
BENTONVILLE, ARK.- The Momentary announced the debut of Sarah Cain: In Nature (on view February 12 to May 30) and Diana Al-Hadid: Ash in the Trade Winds (on view March 5 to June 13), as well as the opening of Derrick Adams: Sanctuary (on view February 23 to June 6). All three visual art exhibitions are free to view, no tickets necessary. Were excited to present the Momentarys first exhibitions of 2021 with the work of these three contemporary artists, said Lauren Haynes, director of artist initiatives and curator, contemporary art at the Momentary and Crystal Bridges. Aligning with our mission to champion contemporary arts role in everyday life, each of these shows bring a unique set of themes and materials to the space and encourages visitors to simply experience what they have to offer. Sarah Cain: In Nature, a site-specific exhibition organized by the Momentary and curated by Haynes, features 10 artworks ... More |
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| Almine Rech New York opens an exhibition of new works by Chloe Wise | | France selects first oaks to rebuild Notre Dame | | Peggy Guggenheim Collection masterpiece inspires luxury silk fabric from Venetian textile firm Rubelli |
Chloe Wise, A poem and a sonnet and an essay and a sacrifice, 2020. Oil on linen, 48 x 36 in.
NEW YORK, NY.- Almine Rech New York is presenting Thank You For The Nice Fire, an exhibition of new works by the artist Chloe Wise. This is Wise's third solo exhibition with the gallery, on view from March 4 to April 17, 2021. Chloe Wise is preoccupied by the political chaos in the United States, amidst a global pandemic, wherein shared concerns surrounding health and hygiene are in conflict with the individualistic desire for liberty and comfort. We want to butter our toast, eat it too, and cleanse our hands of it immediately. Over the course of the past year, Wises gaze, like that of many, has turned inwards; her field of view impacted by the lessened exposure to the hyperreal billboards that frame the urban landscapes of New York, where the Montrealborn Wise is based. How do we conceptualize experience when many of us are spending inordinate amounts of time indoors, with limitations imposed on our habitual ways of accessing the world? T ... More | |
French Army General and President of the Public Body for the rehabilitation of the Notre-Dame cathedral Jean-Louis Georgelin poses for pictures during a visit of the Berce forest in Jupilles, western France. THOMAS COEX / AFP.
PARIS (AFP).- The first oak trees to be used in the reconstruction of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris were selected on Friday from a forest west of the capital. A total of 1,000 oaks are due to be hacked down by the end of March to rebuild the spire and roof of the cathedral, which was ravaged by fire in April 2019. Oaks from every region of France are being used to rebuild the cherished national monument -- around half from state land and the rest from private donations. The ministers of agriculture and culture attended a ceremony to select the official first tree, a 20-metre (65 feet) oak in the forest of Berce near Le Mans, some 200 kilometres from Paris. "This is a project that concerns the whole of France," said General Jean-Louis Georgelin, who chairs the body in charge of restoring Notre-Dame. "It will ensure the security of the cathedral for ... More | |
Detail view of Claire Falkenstein, Entrance Gates to the Palazzo, 1961, iron and colored glass, two elements: 109 x 71 3/8 inches / 277 x 181.2 cm overall; Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy (Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York); Image: © Peggy Guggenheim Collection; Photographer Matteo De Fina.
NEW YORK, NY.- Michael Rosenfeld Gallery announced a unique collaboration between the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy, textile firm Rubelli, and the Estate of Claire Falkenstein (1908-1997), represented by Michael Rosenfeld Gallery. This week, Rubelli, a Venetian textile firm known for its superior materials and exceptional design, is releasing Beyond, a new luxury silk lampas inspired by the Claire Falkenstein masterpiece Entrance Gates to the Palazzo (1961) at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection. In 1960, Falkenstein was commissioned by art patron, gallerist and collector Peggy Guggenheim to design and execute the entrance gates to her residence. The iconic and historically significant gates have welcomed museum visitors for decades at the entrance to the Palazzo ... More |
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eBay to halt resale of pulled Dr Seuss books: WSJ
WASHINGTON (AFP).- US e-commerce giant eBay will halt the resale of six Dr Seuss books on its platform after they were pulled by their publisher over imagery considered racist, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Dr. Seuss Enterprises -- the publisher of the bestselling children's books -- announced Tuesday it was taking the titles, which include "If I Ran the Zoo" and "The Cat's Quizzer," out of print. The announcement sparked a bidding frenzy for the scrapped books on eBay. The leading bid for a first edition of "On Beyond Zebra!" soared from $14.99 on Monday to $810 on Tuesday. "EBay is currently sweeping our marketplace to remove these items," a spokeswoman for the company told the Journal. She added it would take "some time" for the company to review the listings of all its sellers. The move comes as criticism grows in the United ... More
Kerstin Stremmel to join the Museum der Moderne Salzburg as Head of Collection, Photography and Media Art
SALZBURG.- The Museum der Moderne Salzburg announced a new hire for an important curatorial position on our team: on June 1, 2021, Dr. Kerstin Stremmel M. A. will start as head of collection, photography and media art. Kerstin Stremmel was selected from a field of twenty-two outstanding candidates from Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. Kerstin Stremmel is a photography curator of international renown with extensive experience in the management of photography collections. After completing her training as a documentalist at the Fachhochschule für Bibliotheks- und Dokumentationswesen in Cologne, she studied art history, German language and literature, and pedagogy in Cologne and Bonn. Her doctoral thesis was dedicated ... More
Michaan's to hold specialty auction of traditional furnishings and Old Masters works of art
ALAMEDA, CA.- A widely anticipated specialty auction is happening at Michaans on March 19: the Traditional Furnishings and Old Masters Auction. Nearly 300 lots of fine furniture, decorations and works of fine art will be offered. Featured in this sale is the property of Arthur Thomson, an inveterate San Francisco collector of English and French paintings, furniture and decorations. We are delighted to highlight the beauty, history and enduring value of this fine property, says Michaans Furniture and Decorations Specialist, Jill Fenichell, noting that current auction trends include a resurgence of interest in fine period furnishings with traditional lines and intricate details. Adding that demand is also high for statement pieces, Fenichell expects exciting results from the sale. Estimates for auction lots of furniture and decorations range from $500 to $15,000. The selection of fine art to be auctio ... More
From Bones We Rise re-imagines the world through The Empathics, a futuristic utopian female race
GLASSBORO, NJ.- Saya Woolfalk is a New York-based artist who created a complex, futuristic utopian culture and society of an interspecies female race called The Empathics. Their mythology and story of origins began with the discovery of chimeric bones that triggered them to metamorphose into a plant, animal, and human hybrid creature. In modern Empathic society, anyone may elect to undergo the experience of interspecies hybridization, thus choosing to become an Empathic and a socially evolved being. The world of the Empathics emerged from the artist's investigations and interest in anthropology, science fiction, folklore, mythology, and Afrofuturism. Drawing upon her own experience as a Black, Asian, and white American she explores ideation of cultural hybridity as a pathway toward an equitable society. Woolfalks vision of social evolution ... More
Lisson Gallery now representing Garrett Bradley
LONDON.- Lisson Gallery announced exclusive worldwide representation of American artist and filmmaker Garrett Bradley. Bradley works across narrative, documentary and experimental modes of filmmaking to address themes such as race, class, familial relationships, social justice and cultural histories in the United States. Adopting archival material alongside newly shot footage, Bradleys films exist simultaneously in the past, present and future, not only disrupting our perception of time, but also breaking down our preconceived ideas about objectivity, perspective and truth-telling. These narratives unfold naturally in both feature-length and short form, rather than being forced into a singular definition or perspective, and consequently reveal the characters multifaceted individual and collective stories. The first in an evolving trilogy of films, ... More
Giant portrait of Bangladesh's founder heightens anniversary fervour
BHABANIPUR (AFP).- A giant portrait of Bangladesh's founding leader made from rice paddies has drawn hundreds of visitors as the country gears up to celebrate its 50th anniversary of independence this month. The 400 metre-long portrait of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman -- the father of Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina -- was created from planting purple and green rice over the 13 hectares (33 acres) of land. Sheikh Mujib, as he is known, was born a century ago, and was a central figure in Bangladesh's war for independence from Pakistan that ended 50 years ago. He became the country's first leader but was assassinated during a military coup in 1975. Last year, the prime minister unveiled plans for mass celebrations to mark the centenary birthday of Sheikh Mujib and 50 years since the founding of Bangladesh. Since then, hundreds of sculptures ... More
A composer's notes echo after his death
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- When Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara died in 2016, at 87, a voice of rare lyricism in contemporary music fell silent. His death severed a link to the past: Rautavaara had been a protégé of Sibelius, Finlands master composer, and one of the pallbearers at his funeral in 1957. Rautavaaras music, too, conjured the past. Although he entertained some modernist techniques, at its core, his style was seductively, if idiosyncratically, romantic. This week, he delivered an unexpected posthumous greeting. A new album, Paris, by star violinist Hilary Hahn and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, features two gleaming serenades one addressed to love, the other to life that were the last pieces he wrote. Hahn said that when she heard of their existence, it felt like receiving a letter from ... More
Weekly video game and trading card auctions kick off at Heritage Auctions
DALLAS, TX.- Heritage Auctions has launched weekly online auction for Video Games and Trading Card Games, with the first auction closing Tuesday, March 9. We couldn't be more excited to premier this new weekly auction venue at Heritage! said Valarie McLeckie, video game consignment director at Heritage Auctions. Each Tuesday we will offer an excellent variety of video games that run the gamut from the earliest Atari games to more modern-day rarities. The Video Games and Trading Card Games Weekly Online Auction closes Tuesday, March 9, on HA.com. Bidding on Heritage Live ends at 8 p.m. Central every Tuesday. Collectors will find some rare pieces in this first auction, including but not limited to: Super Mario World (Player's Choice) - Wata 9.6 A++ Sealed, SNES Nintendo 1998 USA Chrono Cross - Wata 9.0 A Sealed [Sony Security ... More
It was trains, trains and more trains in Weiss's online auction
LYNBROOK, NY.- Weiss Auctions first Toy & Train event for 2021, held online-only on February 24th, exceeded all expectations, especially in the exploding toy trains category, as 96 percent of all 500 lots found new owners in a sale that grossed around $200,000. It has inspired Philip Weiss, the owner of Weiss Auctions, to plan up to eight more train sales during this year. Were getting in huge collections and we want to promote a category thats obviously red hot right now, Weiss said. For the February sale, we had nearly 1,500 active bidders between our site, LiveAuctioneers.com and Proxibid.com. Were always looking for new consignments, and I feel confident more great collections will come our way this year. The February auction featured the extensive S gauge collection of Frank Pisani, whose many rare and unusual examples included ... More
Centered around new acquisitions, Morse spring exhibition and vignette now open
WINTER PARK, FLA.- The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art is exhibiting new watercolor and porcelain acquisitions for the first time. These acquisitions expand upon the late 19th- and early 20th-century American visual environment generally and the inner workings of Louis Comfort Tiffanys artistic enterprises specifically. Watercolors from Louis Comfort Tiffanys Little Arcadia exhibits around a dozen watercolor designs by Tiffany artisans in his enamel department. The Museums new vignette, Chinese Blue and White Porcelain, features examples of in-demand Chinese ceramics ranging from around 1740 to 1890 that adorned the homes and interiors of artists, like Louis Comfort Tiffany (18481933), as well as Western admirers of the Asian aesthetic. Tiffany employed many designers, but only a handful of these individuals ... More
The A arte Invernizzi gallery opens an exhibition of works by Rodolfo Aricò
MILAN.- The sketches that accompany Aricòs last work, his fascinating and frightful Zeusi [Zeuxis], are arranged almost as though forming a procession towards their conclusion, and it is indeed only its completion that shows that they are what underpins it. This clear, immediate relationship recalls others, which justify the imaginary placing of the work on the altar of a temple of Mnemosyne. First and foremost, the link is between this and other works by the artist. Zeusi erases all of Aricòs previous works, and yet recalls them all. At the same time, as was often the case in previous works, it erases its artistic past by the very action that takes it on board. This leads to its extreme Aricòs voraciousness with regard to the history of art and its archetypes. The name of Zeuxis the painter, who lived in the second half of the fifth century BC, was already legendary ... More
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Mental Escapology, St. Moritz
TIM VAN LAERE GALLERY
Madelynn Green
Patrick Angus
Flashback On a day like today, Italian painter and sculptor Michelangelo was born March 06, 1475. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni or more commonly known by his first name Michelangelo (6 March 1475 - 18 February 1564) was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance born in the Republic of Florence, who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art. In this image: A portrait painting (ca. 1544) of Michelangelo by Daniele da Volterra hangs on the wall at the Michelangelo exhibit titled 'Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer' at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 13, 2017 in New York City.
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