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Jorge Pardo, âMountain Bar,â 2005, at the TEFAF Art Fair at Park Avenue Armory in Manhattan, on May 10, 2023. Nearly 100 exhibitors fill the Park Avenue Armory in Manhattan with furniture, jewelry, art and antiquities spanning millennium. (Amir Hamja/The New York Times)
by Will Heinrich
NEW YORK, NY.- If you put the Metropolitan Museum of Art in a blender, you might end up with something like TEFAF New York. One of two annual fairs staged by the European Fine Art Foundation (the other is in Maastricht), it fills the historic Park Avenue Armory in Manhattan to its rafters this week with modern and contemporary art and design objects, even spilling into the hallways and up to the second floor. This can make for entertaining juxtapositions inside the 1880 Gothic Revival building. This year, Friedman Benda gallery (Stand 101), one of nearly 100 exhibitors, is showing several colorful Ettore Sottsass vases under a permanently installed portrait of Wade Hampton Hayes, a brigadier general in the New York National Guard. Be prepared for a deluge of furniture, jewelry, art and antiquities spanning several millenniums, often in a single booth. If you decide to shell out the $55 it costs to get in, I recommend taking a scavenger-hunt approach ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Exhibition view of Michaela Eichwald at Marian Goodman Gallery in Paris. Photo: Rebecca Fanuele.
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| Sold for a song, a church's windows turned out to be Tiffany | | The S.I. Newhouse Auction: 16 paintings, $177.8 million | | 'Mika Rottenberg: Spaghetti Blockchain' soon to open at The Contemporary Jewish Museum | 
Two fixtures, which were covered in grime, were sold along with other artifacts by a Philadelphia churchs new owner for $6,000. An auction house estimates they could bring up to $250,000 each.
by Michael Levenson
NEW YORK, NY.- Paul Brown, an antiques collector from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, said that he typically collects 19th-century grocery store products, old gas station signs and advertising pieces of Americana that he can haul away in the back of his Chevy pickup truck. But last fall, he decided to buy two large round windows that were covered in grime and encased high in the stone walls of a dilapidated Gothic Revival church in West Philadelphia, which was built in 1901 and had originally been named St. Pauls Presbyterian Church. The churchs new owner, the Emmanuel Christian Center, planned to get rid of the windows to convert the building into a worship space and youth center for its 400 members. Brown, 56, said he had heard about ... More | | 
The auction of the collection of S.I. Newhouse at Christies in New York, on Thursday, May 11, 2023. Francis Bacons Self-Portrait, from 1969, sold for $34.6 million with fees at Christies on Thursday night. (Hiriko Masuike/The New York Times).
NEW YORK, NY.- One might expect paintings from the illustrious collection of the late magazine publisher S.I. Newhouse Jr. by Picasso, de Kooning, Lichtenstein and Bacon, among others to generate some fireworks in the art market. Yet even with that provenance, the Thursday evening sale at Christies that kicked off the spring 2023 auction season was muted. Most of the 16 lots went for solid if predictable prices at, or just above, their estimates, for a total of $177.8 million. This may well be because the market has cooled in response to recession fears and spending sprees during the pandemic. But it is also because every item had been guaranteed essentially presold to buyers who had promised to pay undisclosed minimum ... More | | 
Mika Rottenberg, Spaghetti Blockchain (video still), 2019. Produced by Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto; Arts at CERN, the arts program of the European Laboratory of Particle Physics, Geneva, with the support of the Permanent Mission of the United States to the United Nations, Geneva; Sprengel Museum Hannover, with the support of Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung; and New Museum, New York. ©Mika Rottenberg. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The Contemporary Jewish Museum (The CJM) will soon present Mika Rottenberg: Spaghetti Blockchain, a major solo exhibition by the New York-based artist on view May 18October 22, 2023. The exhibition brings together Rottenbergs most prominent video, installation, and sculptural works from the past decade, which playfully reveal that life in a globalized economy is more bizarre than we can possibly imagine. The exhibition, which is curated by CJM Senior Curator Heidi Rabben, marks the first museum survey of the artists work ever to be ... More |
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| Getty gives $17 million to museums for Pacific Standard Time | | MoMA PS1 looks to Los Angeles for new Director | | Marian Goodman opens exhibition with Michaela Eichwald featuring new paintings and works on paper | 
In a photo provided by Cara Romero, shows Cara Romero, Three Sisters, 2022. (Cara Romero via The New York Times)
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Almost two decades ago, artist Beatriz da Costa designed tiny backpacks for homing pigeons, equipped with sensors to track air pollution in California. Next year, her birds will fly again thanks to a survey of the artists work at LACE one of about 60 museum shows in PST Art: Art & Science Collide, the 2024 edition of the Getty-organized, regionwide cultural collaboration known as Pacific Standard Time. On Tuesday, the Getty will announce the participating exhibitions along with $17 million in grants to support them. PST, as it is known, began in 2011 with the theme of Southern California art history and was reprised in 2017 to focus on Latino and Latin American art. The events will now take place every five years under a new rubric: PST Art. I was struck traveling to Europe in November by the number of people who heard of PST and thought of it as one of the things that fixed Southern ... More | | 
Connie Butler at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, May 5, 2023. Butler has been named the next director of MoMA PS1 in New York. (Tag Christof/The New York Times)
by Robin Pogrebin
NEW YORK, NY.- Marking an important appointment in the contemporary art world, Connie Butler of the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles has been named the next director of MoMA PS1, which since 1971 has focused on experimental contemporary art. There are very few people who are as respected in the field, Sarah Arison, chair of the board, said in a telephone interview Monday. Shes a demonstrated champion of emerging artists. Butler, currently chief curator at the Hammer, is to assume her new position at the museum in Long Island City, Queens, on Sept. 26. Its a place that has always been very close to my heart, Butler said of PS1 in a telephone interview. It has artists at the center of its mission, which has been critical to my work. Butlers appointment marks h ... More | | 
Michaela Eichwald, Zwanziger Jahre, 2023. Acrylic, lacquer, shellac ink on pleather, 78 3/4 x 53 1/8 x 1 1/8 in. (200 x 135 x 3 cm). Photo: Rebecca Fanuele. Courtesy the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery.
PARIS.- Galerie Marian Goodman is presenting its first exhibition with Michaela Eichwald featuring new paintings and works on paper. hirnlose problemlösung gerade verworfen is the artist's first solo presentation in Paris since her 2014 show at Palais de Tokyo. Eichwald, considered one of the most innovative artists of her generation, is known for her use of unconventional supports, particularly colored pleather, upon which she applies a variety of materials such as acrylic, oil paint, lacquer, shellac ink, spray paint or metallic markers. Describing her pictorial practice as a fight between forms and materials, based on experimentation, Eichwald deploys a unique language of abstraction that is often vaguely figurative and reminiscent of Expressionism. Eichwald's artworks defy categorization: their subject matter, their materiality and palette have ... More |
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| Bonhams ground-breaking male form sale arrives in Paris | | Pamela Rosenkranz's vibrant "Old Tree" is now on view along the High Line | | Cantor Arts Center expands curatorial team of Asian American Arts Initiative | 
Portrait of a young man by Pierre-Paul Prudhon (1758-1823). Photo: Bonhams.
PARIS.- Apocalypse, a spectacular and monumental work by the Belgian symbolist painter Emile Fabry (1865-1966) leads The Male Form Sale at Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr in Paris on Thursday 1 June 2023. Capturing the artists unique blend of sensuality and power, the painting is estimated at 60,000-80,000. The ground-breaking Male Form sale arrives in Paris following successful previous auctions on the same theme held in London and New York. The mission remains unchanged: to challenge a market that has been traditionally centred on the concept of the male gaze depicting women from a masculine standpoint. Other highlights include: Vid dörren (At the Door) by the Swedish artist Eugène Jansson (1862-1915). The work dates from the later part of his career ... More | | 
Pamela Rosenkranz, Old Tree. High Line Art, a bright pink tree stands on the iron structure of the High Line over a city street.
NEW YORK, NY.- High Line Art, which organizes public art programming and installations displayed along the High Line, today announces that acclaimed Swiss artist Pamela Rosenkranzs vivid sculpture Old Tree is now on view as the third High Line Plinth commission. Changing every 18 months, the Plinth is one of the only sites in New York City for artists to realize large-scale contemporary artworks. Old Tree is on display on the High Line, over the intersection of 10th Avenue and 30th Street, through Fall 2024. Newly installed on the Spur, Old Tree is a vibrant 25-foot-tall pink and red sculpture made of man-made materials. Old Tree was among 80 proposals shared with the public in 2020, with many people remarking during ... More | | 
Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander, Ph.D. Robert M. and Ruth L. Halperin Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art.
STANFORD, CA.- The Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University has announced the promotion of Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander to the position of Robert M. and Ruth L. Halperin Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, and the appointment of Kathryn Cua as the Curatorial Assistant for the Cantors Asian American Art Initiative (AAAI)a cross-disciplinary, institutional commitment at Stanford University dedicated to the study of artists and makers of Asian descent co-founded by Alexander. Both Alexanders promotion and Cuas new permanent position demonstrate Cantor's commitment to supporting the AAAI and its mission to support Asian American artists and artists of the Asian diaspora, while fostering new ... More |
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| Revealing the art and history behind some of the world's largest paintings | | Swann Galleries' Graphic Design Sale at auction on May 18th | | Sterling Associates' May 17 auction presents estate-fresh fine art, antiques and top-tier jewelry | 
Federated Press, Montreal, Cyclorama Building, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, c.1920. Lithograph, 18 x 20 inches. Collection of Forest Lawn Museum.
GLENDALE, CALIF.- Forest Lawn Museum, in collaboration with the Velaslavasay Panorama, is now presenting Grand Views: The Immersive World of Panoramas. The exhibition explores the history of panoramic paintings, an immersive, large-scale artistic format popularized in the 18th and 19th centuries. Presented by two distinguished, decades-old arts institutions and panorama experts, Grand Views will feature an array of artworks and artifacts spanning the late 18th century to present, including never-before-displayed preparatory paintings, 19th-century prints and posters, a painted movie backdrop, and more. Organized thematically, the exhibition addresses three major topics: the early history of panoramas, crucifixion panoramas, and panoramas in Hollywood ... More | | 
Willian Addison Dwiggins, The Architect & the Industrial Arts 11th Exhibition of Contemporary American Design, 1928. Estimate $30,000 to $40,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- Swann Galleries annual Graphic Design auction is set for Thursday, May 18. On offer are standout items from across the globe with a myriad of art movements, including Jugendstil and Secession, Art Deco, Futurism, Mid-Century Modernism and Swiss Realism. Two large archives of ephemeral material lend to the sale an angle that it has seldom had: ephemeral design such as postcards, books, magazines, pamphlets and beyond. The sale features an intriguing selection of Italian Futurist works from the private collection of Albert P. Albano with ephemeral material including, postcards, magazines, books and more. Highlights include a group of La Rivista and Vanity Fair magazines designed by Fortunato Depero dated from 1924 to 1935 ($2,000 ... More | | 
GIA 7.11-carat brilliant-cut pear-shape diamond ring with central diamond of SI1 clarity flanked by diamond baguettes. Accompanied by GIA Report. Estimate $60,000-$80,000.
NORWOOD, NJ.- Sterling Associates, one of the Northeasts most trusted specialists in the sale of fine estate and personal property, has announced highlights of their May 17 Spring Estate Jewelry and Art Auction. Several upscale New Jersey estates and collections are at the forefront of the 139-lot boutique event, including an array of exquisite jewels from the estate of a Bergen County lady. Leading the jewelry category is a stunning sparkler, a GIA 7.11-carat brilliant-cut pear-shape diamond ring. Its central diamond, graded to be of SI1 clarity, is flanked by diamond baguettes to create a visual display rivaled by few ladies rings. Accompanied by its GIA Report, this gorgeous piece is the auctions top lot, with an estimate of $60,000-$80,000. ... More |
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 Standing on the Corner is a music collective that won't be pinned downNEW YORK, NY.- On a Wednesday evening in early March, eight people sat in a half-circle at Performance Space New York in Manhattans East Village, wiping their ears with alcohol pads. On a tiny stage, Gio Escobar of the Brooklyn-based experimental music collective Standing on the Corner began plinking out shimmery peals of melody on a vibraphone, while a Moog synthesizer filled the room with a warm thrum. Two acupuncturists quietly circulated among the seated participants, applying needles to their ears. Welcome to drone acupuncture as administered at the TaÃno Needle Science Institute: Electric Works Laboratory, organized by Standing on the Corner as part of an installation that opened in February (and continues through June 30). Each week, Escobar and a fellow musician deliver their version of sound healing: minimalist ... More  Museum of the Moving Image to honor Michael J. Fox for lifetime achievementASTORIA, NY.- The Board of Trustees of Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) have announced that actor and activist Michael J. Fox will be honored at its annual spring Moving Image Awards benefit event on June 6, 2023. This years event celebrates leaders in comedy and will salute the career of Fox, as well as his upcoming project STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie (Apple TV+). We are honored to present the MoMI Lifetime Achievement Award to the legendary Michael J. Fox, a great artist and inspiring human being, at our Spring 2023 Moving Image Awards benefit event, said MoMIs Co-Chairmen Ivan Lustig and Michael Barker. His many contributions in film and television for over four decades have been memorable and meaningful and exemplary for so many who come through our Museums doors." ... More  'Greg Carideo: Dog Eared Reverie' now opening at Foreign & DomesticNEW YORK, NY.- Foreign & Domestic is now opening Greg Carideo: Dog Eared Reverie, the artists first solo exhibition at the gallery. The exhibition showcases eight new wall-mounted sculptures formally reminiscent of commercial awnings, each enclosing a singular rubber shoe heel found on the streets of New York. The exhibition opens on May 13, 2023 at 24 Rutgers Street, and will be on view through June 18. Each steel armature is handmade by the artist using a metal joining technique known as silver brazing, and outfitted with meticulously sewn fabric compositions. Around the size of a human rib cage, the intimate scale and proportion of each artwork is modeled around the unique shoe sole fragment it shelters within. The tailored fabric collages which envelop each sculpture consist mostly of ta ... More  'Fernanda Fragateiro & Haleh Redjaian: My Dream Never Has Walls' now on view at valerie_traan galleryANTWERP.- 'Fernanda Fragateiro & Haleh Redjaian: My Dream Never Has Walls' , a duo show with Lotte Stam-Beese as the big inspirator opens 13 May and will continue through 24 June at valerie_traan gallery, with an opening ceremony on Saturday from 2-7 in the presence of the artists. Fernanda Fragateiro (1962, lives and works in Lisbon) and Haleh Redjaian (1971, lives and works in Berlin) share some common interests. Such as: poetry, weaving, architecture (or: text, textile, tectonics), and their mutual interactions. As well as the (mostly hidden) histories of female artists and architects in the modern avant-garde. Trough working with these female modern legacies within their own respective practices, both artists try to understand these better, and make them visible. ... More  Catalina Museum for Art & History announces 36th Avalon Silent Film ShowcaseAVALON, CALIF.- Join us for one of the most authentic 1920s cinematic experiences offered today to see the screenings of The White Shadow (1923) and Upstream (1927). Our annual Avalon Silent Film Showcase highlights the beautiful Avalon Casino Theatre built by William Wrigley Jr. in 1929. It was one of the first built for talking films and its acoustics were studied by the engineers for Radio City Music Hall. The 36th annual Avalon Silent Film Showcase presented by Catalina Museum for Art & History is recognized as one of the worlds longest running annual celebrations of Silent Film. It returns on Saturday, May 13 for an authentic 1920s cinematic experience that will bring the era before sound film or talkies to life in one of Southern Californias greatest movie palaces. ... More  Onstage in Brooklyn, 'Monsoon Wedding' tries to capture the film's spiritNEW YORK, NY.- The director Mira Nair was standing inside St. Anns Warehouse last week, pointing at a marigold-covered archway that was being assembled near the entrance. Conscious of the wedding photo shoots that often happen just outside the space, she was talking about the musical adaptation of her 2001 film, Monsoon Wedding, at the theater, which, situated along the Dumbo waterfront and a stones throw from where the East and Hudson Rivers merge. Thats what our show is about, she said. Confluence. Like the film, the show centers on an arranged marriage that brings together two vastly different Indian families, wedding planners and domestic workers. In the musical, the joyfully chaotic nuptials form a mosaic of questions of genuine attraction (the bride must deal with a scorned secret lover), diaspora (the party, ... More  'Bad Cinderella' to close on Broadway, ending Lloyd Webber's streakNEW YORK, NY.- Bad Cinderella, a revisionist riff on the classic fairy tale, will close June 4, bringing to an end, at least for the time being, composer Andrew Lloyd Webbers 43-year-long streak of shows on Broadway. The latest musical, which opened March 23, was not the pinnacle of that career it was greeted on Broadway by hostile reviews, garnered zero Tony nominations and struggled at the box office. Last week it played to houses that were only 54% full and grossed $326,303, which made it the lowest-grossing musical on Broadway. It had fared slightly better in London, and not just because bad was not part of the title there critics had looked on it more favorably when it opened in the West End after multiple pandemic-related delays, but it had only a modest run and a closing clouded by the way the cast was informed and some ... More  Review: Jerome Robbins delivers the hit of City Ballet's seasonNEW YORK, NY.- No choreographer wants to make a dance when he cant really dance. But Jerome Robbins found himself in that position in 1995 when he began creating Brandenburg, set to a complete concerto by Bach and movements from three others. At least he had the music on his side. Robbins once said of the Bach, It doesnt seem like something by an old man, and added: Hes taking strange journeys while searching out all the things he wants to find out. Robbins takes a similar path. Brandenburg, performed Wednesday at New York City Ballet for the first time in 15 years, is still full of life and overflowing with ebullient luster just as it was at its 1997 premiere. Robbins died a year later. Performed on a program with his Fancy Free and George Balanchines Agon a taut, sharp performance though weirdly ... More  A cemetery or an 'environmental train wreck'? Burial site fuels debate.UPPER SADDLE RIVER, NJ.- Har Shalom Cemetery was built on a hillside in Rockland County, New York, along a winding rural road a short walk from the border of New Jersey. Covering nearly 20 acres, it is expected to become the largest cemetery in the country reserved solely for ultra-Orthodox Jews. Across the street, a sprawling facility where women will be able to immerse in a mikvah, a ritual Jewish bath, is under construction on land in New York that abuts backyards in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. The developments were approved by zoning and planning boards in New York, in part based on a federal law adopted in 2000 to safeguard religious entities from burdensome or discriminatory land-use regulations. But neighbors in New Jersey and in New York who are now fighting to block, or scale back, the projects say the approval ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, French painter and sculptor Georges Braque was born May 13, 1882. Georges Braque (13 May 1882 - 31 August 1963) was a major 20th-century French painter, collagist, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor. His most important contributions to the history of art were in his alliance with Fauvism from 1906, and the role he played in the development of Cubism. In this image: The Port (Le Port), winter-spring 1909. Oil on canvas, 40.6 x 48.2 cm. Washington, National Gallery of Art,Gift of Victoria Nebecker Coberly in memory of her son, John W. Mudd © Georges Braque, VEGAP, Bilbao, 2014. Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington.
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