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Hygiea (2020), a mixed-media installation by Alison Saar as part of Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America, at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, March 13, 2023. In Philadelphia, the sun rises on a bold collaboration between two museums. (Aaron Richter/The New York Times)
PHILA.- Its just a few blocks on Arch Street between the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the oldest art school and museum in the United States, and the African American Museum in Philadelphia, founded in 1976 to celebrate the achievements of African Americans from pre-colonial times to the current day. Yet rarely have visitors at one museum made the walk to the other. How do we create this corridor between us? posed Dejay Duckett, vice president of curatorial services at AAMP. Now, an unusual collaborative exhibition has opened at the two institutions; together they commissioned 20 artists including Alison Saar, Hank Willis Thomas, Wilmer Wilson IV and Dread Scott to make new work and bring a multitude of perspectives to the knotty question Benjamin Franklin reportedly pondered in 1787, as the Constitution was being written: Was the sun rising or setting on American democracy? Rising Sun: Artists in ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Artemis Gallery will hold its ODDS & ENDS | Ancient, Ethnographic Clearance sale on: Mar 26, 2023 10:00 AM CST. The warehouse clearance continues! You'll find antiquities from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East. Asian Art from China, Japan, Thailand, India. Pre-Columbian. Spanish Colonial. Fossils. Fine / Visual Art. Coins. Decorative Antiques. So much more! This is a timed auction, no telephone/absentee bids accepted. Large Native American Stone 3/4 Groove Axe Head. Estimate $800 - $1,200
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| That missing Trump portrait? Found, next to some old Yoga mats. | | New world record for Grillo at Bonhams African Art Sale in London | | Parliament presents Nile Koetting's first solo exhibition at the gallery | 
Francisco Antonio López Benavides, who painted a portrait of former president Donald Trump, shows a detail of the painting on his smartphone at his home studio in Chinameca, El Salvador. (Daniele Volpe/The New York Times)
by Maria Abi-Habib and Ana Maria Hanssen
NEW YORK, NY.- In the bowels of the Trump National Doral hotel in Miami, in a small space leading to electrical rooms, an enormous portrait of the 45th president of the United States rests on a piece of deteriorating purple-colored foam. Stored next to a stack of old yoga mats, the former presidents portrait sits underneath a halogen light and the metal sheen of air ducts, propped between two doors with placards that read ELECTRICAL ROOM No Storage. The tiny room is overwhelmed by the grandiose portrait, standing about 8 feet tall and featuring a grinning Donald Trump. While the portrait has apparently sat there ignored for months, back ... More | | 
Yusuf Adebayo Cameron Grillo (Nigerian, 1934-2021), The Seventh Knot, 1969, (framed).
LONDON.- There were impressive results at Bonhams Modern & Contemporary African Art sale today (Wednesday 22 March) in London. The top lot was The Seventh Knot, 1969 by Yusuf Adebayo Cameron Grillo (Nigerian, 1934-2021), which sold for £403,500 against a pre-sale estimate of £150,00-200,000 a new world record price for a work by the artist. The 67-lot sale made a total of £3,323,930. Works by Irma Stern (South African, 1894-1966) also performed well, taking four of the top ten slots. Highlights included Young Pondo Man, which sold for £327,900, and Girl With Jug, which achieved £176,700 against a pre-sale estimate of £30,000-50,000. Helene Love-Allotey, Bonhams Head of Sale, commented: We are absolutely delighted with the results of todays sale and in particular to prove once again our impressive reputation for selling works by both Yusuf Grillo and Irma Stern. ... More | | 
Cherry scrpit, 2023, video installation, 9,5 x 12 x 2,3cm.
PARIS.- Parliament is presenting Nile Koetting's first solo exhibition at the gallery. Unattended Access from 17 March to 6 May 2023. Two people are speaking on a video call. One shares the contents of their screen in real time. In the image on-screen, both participants (dis?)appear in a mise en abyme of their own likenesses. A message appears: To avoid infinite mirror, dont share your entire screen
Nile Koettings work actively complicates the mise en scène through the mise en abyme. In this instance, one might begin with the theatre as an apparatus but in doing so, one must not confound the theatre with the beginning which organises the spectacle as a distillation of effects onto a designated stage. In his representation of the theatrical apparatus, Koetting extracts individual elements, warps them into uncanny figures and combines them into assemblages indistinguishable from the architectures of ... More |
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| Rachel Cole to launch romulus.art this spring 2023 | | Serenity: the photography of Christophe von Hohenberg Coe + Co Photography Gallery | | For two Los Angeles artists, the spiritual is political | 
Rachel Cole, founder of romulus.art.
NEW YORK, NY.- romulus.art, a visionary new platform for art collectors, recently announced its Spring 2023 launch. This comprehensive platform is designed to radically reshape the art collecting experience, and is the brainchild of Rachel Cole, art advisor and 2022 recipient of the Forbes 30 Under 30 award. romulus.art is an online platform that addresses the inequities in the art world by bringing greater inclusivity, diversity, and transparency to art collecting. The first of its kind, it is both an insider's guide and a concierge service that handles the logistics of buying and selling art. By design, romulus.art targets and connects collectors of all stages and levels of expertise, from any variety of professional or personal background. Company founder, Rachel Cole remarks, As a young, Mexican-American Jewish woman in the art world, my approach to romulus.art is deeply influenced by my own experiences. I see the future of art as an incr ... More | | 
Throughout this body of work, von Hohenbergs unique perspective unveils familiar moments of purity and nostalgia as he captures families, lone figures, dogs and even the sand dunes in his distinctive style.
PALM BEACH, FLA.- Coe + Co Photograph Gallery is excited to announce Serenity an exhibition of photographs by internationally acclaimed artist Christophe von Hohenberg. Serenity will feature new works from the artists ongoing series of minimal, dreamlike images captured on the beaches of Americas Northeastern shoreline. The exhibition opened Wednesday, March 22, and runs through Sunday, April 2, 2023, at Coe + Co Photography Gallery, 292 South County Road, Palm Beach, FL. Throughout this body of work, von Hohenbergs unique perspective unveils familiar moments of purity and nostalgia as he captures families, lone figures, dogs and even the sand dunes in his distinctive style. Blinded by the Light is a term von Hohenberg often uses describing his works; bright sunny days when the artist is often squinting ... More | | 
The artists noé olivas and Patrisse Cullors outside Charlie James Gallery in Chinatown, Los Angeles, where their show, Freedom Portals, is running through April 8, on March 13, 2023. (Tracy Nguyen/The New York Times)
by Jonathan Griffin
NEW YORK, NY.- At the Charlie James Gallery, in the Chinatown neighborhood here, a surprising exhibition of spiritually reflective and esoteric artwork opened recently. Its surprising because the artists, Patrisse Cullors and noé olivas, are known for their activism and social engagement, and because the works in the show, Freedom Portals, reject the strident, declamatory tenor of much political art. Cullors and olivas, the exhibition guide notes, are practitioners of Ifá, a Yoruba religion from West Africa. Cullors artworks, each made from a framed section of black-and-white patterned cloth embroidered with cowrie shells, are titled after Mejis or Odù, sacred Ifá verses used in divination, a central feature ... More |
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| Holabird announces 4-day Big Bonanza Auction | | Henry Moore Institute opens an exhibition of new work by American artist Michael E. Smith | | Grand Rapids Art Museum welcomes Cindy Meyers Foley as new Director and CEO | 
Carte de visite of Buffalo Bill Cody, made by the Theatrical Photography Co., depicting Buffalo Bill in his younger years, circa 1870s, in a nice 4 inch by 5 inch frame (est. $20,000-$50,000).
RENO, NEV.- Holabird Western Americana Collections will hold its first live sale since the world record-breaking second (and final) SS Central America shipwreck artifacts auction held March 4-5, online and live in Reno. Virtual catalogs for the SSCA sales are still available on the Holabird website (HolabirdAmericana.com) and include numerous research essays and articles. Out of the ocean and back on dry land, were pleased to present a phenomenal Big Bonanza Auction, said Fred Holabird, president of Holabird Western Americana Collections. This is a four-day sale Thursday, March 30th, through Sunday, April 2nd. It has over 2,000 lots in many categories that include mining, philatelic, numismatic, railroad, Native Americana and more. The auction will be held online (via iCollector.com, ... More | | 
Michael E. Smith 'Untitled' 2019, backpack, catfish. Image courtesy the artist and Modern Art, London.
LEEDS.- Henry Moore Institute is presenting an exhibition of new work by American artist Michael E. Smith (born 1977, Detroit), made for the Institutes main galleries. Using found objects, Michael E. Smiths materials are drawn from the global workflow of production-consumption-depletion. They are things that are thoroughly used, discarded, but wont disappear. They are recognisable in their raw states, and remain so once absorbed into finished sculptures. Smith researches his chosen materials extensively, considering their histories alongside their physical properties: the perfect sphere of a basketball, for example, the hands that have touched it and the relationships between those who have caught it. Before Smith arrived at the Institute the materials reached only an intermediary stage, or what he calls sketches. Once on site, he brought these together to make complete sculptures. Critical juxtapositions are m ... More | | 
Cindy Meyers Foley new Director and CEO of Grand Rapids Art Museum. Photo courtesy of Grand Rapids Art Museum.
GRAND RAPIDS, MI.- The Grand Rapids Art Museum Board of Trustees today announced the appointment of Cindy Meyers Foley as its next Director and CEO. Foley comes to GRAM after a 17-year tenure at the Columbus Museum of Art, where she most recently served as the Scantland Family Executive Deputy Director for Learning, Experience and Engagement since 2015. Foley will begin her role as GRAM Director and CEO on June 5, 2023. Foleys appointment follows a comprehensive national search led by executive search consultants Korn Ferry and the GRAM Executive Search Committee, chaired by Mitch Watt and Jim Schipper, and comprised of museum trustees and community leaders. The Grand Rapids Art Museum is thrilled to welcome Cindy Meyers Foley as its next leader, commented GRAM Board President Erin ... More |
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| Laguna Art Museum awarded California Cultural and Historical Endowment Grant | | Miller & Miller's 309-lot online-only-auction grossed CA$419,255 in Petroliana & Advertising event | | Monroe Gallery announces representation of the Sonia Handelman Meyer estate | 
Image courtesy of Laguna Art Museum
LAGUNA BEACH, CA.- Laguna Art Museum has been awarded the California Cultural and Historical Endowment Museum Grant in the amount of $178,288 from the California Cultural and Historical Endowment (CCHE) in support of the museums Create Access Program, which provides free educational student tours and hands-on art classes that build history studies, language arts and art skills for K - 12 Title 1 Students in Orange County, CA. Before the Create Access Program, there was not an established consistent Title 1 school tour program of this scale and the program will serve 5,000 students by 2024. We are so grateful to receive this generous gift from the California Cultural and Historical Endowment to help support the museums Create Access Program, said Julie Perlin Lee, Executive Director of Laguna Art Museum. These important funds will help us expand our art education initiatives to engage ... More | | 
White Rose round sign: The top lot of the auction was this round White Rose Gasoline double-sided porcelain sign, six feet in diameter. It blasted through its $10,000-$13,000 estimate to finish at CA$44,250.
NEW HAMBURG, ONTARIO.- A pair of Canadian White Rose Gasoline service station signs from the 1940s sold for a combined $63,130, and a red 1951 Ford Custom convertible car sped off for $17,700 in an online-only Petroliana & Advertising auction held on March 11th by Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd., based in New Hamburg. Prices quoted are in Canadian dollars. It was a well-rounded sale full of quality, fresh-to-the-market, investment-grade material, said Ethan Miller of Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd. Buyers jumped on many high-grade and seldom seen signs. With many rare pieces hitting the market after years tucked away in private collections, this was an exciting opportunity for collectors. Mr. Miller added, We continue to see strong results in the petroliana and advertising categories. Its all on fire. Nearly half of the ... More | | 
Sonia Handelman Meyer/Courtesy of Monroe Gallery of Photography, Boy in mask, New York City, c.1946-1950. Gelatin silver print.
SANTA FE, NM.- Monroe Gallery of Photography has announced its representation of the Sonia Handelman Estate, and will exhibit a selection of lifetime and vintage prints at the 2023 AIPAD Photography Show in New York City March 31-April 2 and present a 2-person exhibit with Ida Wyman: Pioneering Women of The Photo League at Monroe Gallery in Santa Fe, April 21-June 18, 2023. The Photo League was a collective of photographers active between 1936-1951 who believed their work could change poor social conditions and champion photography as an art form in the process. The Photo League thrived as one of the most progressive, dynamic and creative centers for photography in America, and was unusual in its time as many of the collectives members were women. In the 1940s when McCarthyism started gathering ... More |
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 Signed 'Magic: The Gathering' Black Lotus card sells for $615,000 at Heritage to set auction recordDALLAS, TX.- A Magic: The Gathering Artist Proof Black Lotus signed by its artist, Christopher Rush, sold Friday at Heritage Auctions for $615,000. That card, graded Near Mint/Mint+ 8.5 by Certified Guarantee Company, is now the most valuable Magic: The Gatheringcard ever sold at auction. The card is part of the collection of Rushs friend and former agent, Jeff Ferreira, who is offering some of his assemblage over two days in Heritage Auctions The Jeff Ferreira Collection Featuring Christopher Rush Collectibles Trading Card Games Signature® Auction. The event continues through March 25 on HA.com. This magnificent card was being offered at auction for the first time. The Black Lotus is the most powerful card in the game. The cards population is exceedingly small, and copies especially signed copies ... More  He brought an artistic flair to the Knight Foundation's philanthropyNEW YORK, NY.- Large philanthropic organizations are generally known for their safe choices. For decades, the Miami-based Knight Foundation, whose endowment has swelled to $2.56 billion since its 1950 founding, was no exception. Its funding was primarily focused on respectable, often staid, journalism and education efforts in the eight cities where its namesake founding brothers, John S. and John L. Knight, had owned newspapers: Akron, Ohio; Charlotte, North Carolina; Detroit; Macon, Georgia; Miami; Philadelphia; San Jose, California; and St. Paul, Minnesota. Its a safe bet that neither Knight brother envisioned funding a helicopter dropping a sea of poems onto hundreds of Miami rock-festival concertgoers, which the Knight Foundation did in 2011; or, as it did in 2017, a series of Detroit techno and punk shows as ... More  Review: Looking for happily ever after, in 'Bad Cinderella'NEW YORK, NY.- First: Bring earplugs. Not just because the songs in Bad Cinderella, the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical that opened Thursday at the Imperial Theatre, are so crushingly loud. The dialogue, too, would benefit from inaudibility. For that matter, bring eye plugs: The sets and costumes are as loud as the songs. If there were such a thing as soul plugs, Id recommend them as well. Thats because Bad Cinderella is not the clever, high-spirited revamp you might have expected, casting contemporary fairy dust on the classic story of love and slippers. It has none of the grit of the Grimm tale, the sweetness of the Disney movie or the grace (let alone the melodic delight) of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. Instead, its surprisingly vulgar, sexed-up and dumbed-down: a parade of hustling women in bustiers and shirtless ... More  Ireland asks: What if artists could ditch their day jobs?NEW YORK, NY.- Ian Fay had toiled for years to make it as a comic book artist and illustrator, and last fall, he was ready to call it a day. Fay, 32, who lives in Kilkenny in southern Ireland and specializes in drawing muscular superheroes, was only earning enough money to pay his bills, he recalled recently. He couldnt afford vacations. He was considering boxing up his art supplies and getting a job in a grocery store. Then, in September, a lifeline appeared in his email inbox. A message from Irelands government said that Fay had been selected for a program guaranteeing 2,000 artists a basic income. For three years, participants including musicians, novelists and circus performers would be paid 16,900 euros a year, about $18,200, no strings attached. Fay stared at the email in disbelief. The payments in weekly installments of 325 euros ... More  The Band Room: A high school refugeRAVENNA, OH.- Contrary to what the movies will tell you, the marching band at Ravenna High School is pretty well respected. This years homecoming king and queen were both members. It definitely helps that we have a small school, because weve all known each other our whole lives, said Trinity Dunch, 17, who plays the trombone. Everybody knows everybody. Someone youve grown up with, you dont really pick on. But there are plenty of other things to worry about. Ravenna, Ohio, is not the sort of place anybody wants to make movies about, said Emmanuel Miller, 17, a senior tuba and sousaphone player. Its the sort of place you leave, dwarfed by its next-door neighbor, Kent, home to Kent State University, which has more undergraduates (more than 20,000) than Ravenna has people (just over 11,000). When Ashley Markle returned ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, French sculptor and painter Daniel Buren was born March 25, 1938. Daniel Buren (born 25 March 1938) is a French conceptual artist. Sometimes classified as a Minimalist, Buren is known best for using regular, contrasting colored stripes in an effort to integrate visual surface and architectural space, notably on historical, landmark architecture. In this image: Daniel Buren unveils permanent artwork 'Diamonds and Circles' works 'in situ' commissioned by Art on the Underground at Tottenham Court Road Station, London. Photo: David Parry/PA Wire.
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