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Jonathan Schroeder points to an entry on account book showing John S. Jacobss name and place of birth, in Providence, R.I., on May 15, 2024. John S. Jacobs was a fugitive, an abolitionist and the brother of the canonical author Harriet Jacobs. Now, his own fierce autobiography has re-emerged. (Amani Willett/The New York Times)
NEW YORK, NY.- One day in 1855, a man walked into a newspaper office in Sydney, Australia, with an odd request. The man, later described as a man of color with bright, intelligent eyes and an American accent, was looking for a copy of the United States Constitution. The text was procured, along with a recent book on the history of the United States. Two weeks later, the man returned with a nearly 20,000-word text of his own, bearing a blunt title: The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots. The first half offered ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day The A arte Invernizzi and Artra galleries in Milan opened a solo exhibition of Pino Pinelliâs work. From the beginning of the 1970s, Pino Pinelli redefined the concept of pictorial space, bringing the colour of his monochrome canvases to overflow from the limits of the painting.
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| Major exhibition of the work of Beatriz Milhazes opens at Tate St Ives | | Christie's announces highlights included in its Magnificent Jewels sale | | Thaddaeus Ropac opens the first exhibition at the gallery dedicated to Alex Katz's printmaking practice |
Beatriz Milhazes, Maracorola, 2015. Ivor Braka Limited. Photo Manuel Ãguas and Pepe Schettino. © Beatriz Milhazes Studio.
ST IVES.- Tate St Ives presents Maresias, a major exhibition of the work of Beatriz Milhazes (b.1960, Rio de Janeiro), one of the leading abstract artists working today. The exhibition celebrates the evolution of her approach over four decades, while also highlighting nature as an enduring and increasingly important theme in her work. Turner Contemporary, who first staged Maresias, have ... More | |
The sale prominently features a diverse array of colored diamonds, colorless diamonds, and gemstones, as well as vintage signed pieces. © Christie's Images Ltd 2024.
NEW YORK, NY.- Following the outstanding success of Jewels Online in March, Christies announces the highlights of its upcoming Magnificent Jewels live auction taking place on June 11th, alongside the concurrent Jewels Online auction, open for bidding from June 4th to 13th. The live auction will showcase esteemed collections from ... More | |
Alex Katz, Ada 1, 2022. 17-colour silkscreen print. Paper 127 x 102,9 cm (50 x 40,5 in). © Alex Katz. Photo: Charles Duprat.
PAINTING.- This exhibition at Thaddaeus Ropac Paris Pantin is the first at the gallery dedicated to Alex Katzs printmaking practice, bringing together prints spanning 60 years of the American artists career alongside a selection of his stand-alone cutout works. Ranging from Katzs evocative early landscapes to his recent monumental portraits rendered in striking monochrome, ... More |
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| One of the fnest private libraries in America, assembled by William A. Strutz, to be offered at Heritage | | The architect who made Singapore's public housing the envy of the world | | At MoMA, LaToya Ruby Frazier asks what our monuments should be |
F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925.
DALLAS, TX.- A great library cannot be constructed it is the growth of ages. John Hill Burton, The Book-Hunter (1862) William Strutzs library consists of over some 15,000 books the result of a lifelong labor, the attorneys hometown newspaper, The Bismarck Tribune, once noted. He began collecting books in college in the late 1950s, on subjects ranging from astronomy to psychology, religion to law, philosophy to history. ... More | |
Liu Thai Ker, known as the architect of modern Singapore, at his office on the island nation off the southern coast Malaysia, March 25, 2024. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
NEW YORK, NY.- The high-rise apartments some with panoramic views of Singapores tropical cityscape are airy, light-filled and spacious enough to comfortably raise a family. They are also public housing units, and for decades were emphatically affordable, giving Singapore an enviable rate of homeownership. Now, however, at least a few of the apartments are being sold at a price ... More | |
The Chicana activist Dolores Huerta, a founder with Cesar Chavez of what became United Farm Workers, at the Museum of Modern Art in New York on May 21, 2024. (Laila Stevens/The New York Times)
NEW YORK, NY.- On an August night in 2017, a mob of neo-Nazi thugs under the banner Unite the Right gathered in a park in Charlottesville, Virginia, to protest the removal of a bronze statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee. Although Donald Trump, then the president, found no fault with the race-baiting demonstrators, other people did. A counterprotest ensued; ... More |
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| Tennessee Attorney General to review company's bid to sell Graceland | | Center for Maine Contemporary Art opens 'Donald Moffett: Nature Cult, Seeded' | | 'Skyway 2024: A Contemporary Collaboration' unites five Bay Area museums in an innovative art exhibition |
Elvis Presleys home at Graceland, in Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 28, 2006. (Rollin Riggs/The New York Times)
NEW YORK, NY.- The attorney general of Tennessee, Jonathan Skrmetti, said Thursday that his office was looking into a private investment companys attempt to foreclose on Graceland, Elvis Presleys former home, after lawyers for Presleys granddaughter sued to stop the proposed sale, accusing the company of fraud. The announcement came one day after a Tennessee judge upheld a temporary injunction preventing the ... More | |
Donald Moffett, Lot 110123 (nature cult, houses), 2023, Wood, acrylic, steel, 56 1⁄4 x 43 1⁄2 x 36 inches.
ROCKLAND, ME.- The Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockland, Maine, is presenting the exhibition Donald Moffett: Nature Cult, Seede from May 25 to September 8, 2024. The show, curated by former CMCA director and chief curator Suzette McAvoy, is the artists first exhibition in Maine, where he is a seasonal resident of North Haven Island. Donald Moffett (b. 1955, San Antonio, TX) emerged as both an artist ... More | |
Emily Martinez, 27 DIC. 1974 (Mothers Embrace) (detail), 2024. Acrylic on canvas and wood, 109 1/4 x 96 in.
TAMPA, FLA.- The highly anticipated Skyway 2024: A Contemporary Collaboration exhibition is set to be showcased at five leading art institutions across the Tampa Bay area this year. The museums participating in this triennial exhibitionthe Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art; Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College of Art and Design; ... More |
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| SJ Auctioneers announces Father's Day online-only auction, June 16th | | Houston Center for Contemporary Craft opens the first institutional solo exhibition of work by Georgina Treviño | | Varvara Roza Galleries and The Blender Gallery present "Philip Tsiaras: Topologies 1990-2023" |
Swarovski Idyllia Gouldian large and colorful finch bird designed by Martin Zendron, executed with a kaleidoscope of colors, featuring 376 facets and lacquered metal feet (est. $280-$350).
BROOKLYN, NY.- An online-only Fathers Day auction featuring 150 lots of décor items, vintage trains and toys, sterling silver, fine estate jewelry and more is planned for Sunday, June 16th, by SJ Auctioneers, starting at 6 pm Eastern time. Internet bidding via LiveAuctioneers.com. The artists, ... More | |
Georgina Treviño, Cinturita de Gallina, 2024. Cement filler, mixed medium, upcycled vessel and jewels. Photo courtesy of the artist.
HOUSTON, TX.- This summer, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft presents La Fuente del Deseo (The Fountain of Desire), the first, institutional solo exhibition of work by Georgina Treviño, an interdisciplinary artist and metalsmith from Tijuana, Mexico, based in San Diego, California. Treviños expansive approach to adornment combines ... More | |
This exhibition is a historic survey of the paintings by the internationally acclaimed, New York artist, Philip Tsiaras.
LONDON.- Varvara Roza Galleries, exclusive representative of Philip Tsiaras, in collaboration with The Blender Gallery, proudly announce a major historic exhibition by the internationally acclaimed artist, Philip Tsiaras, titled Topologies 1990-2023. This exhibition is a historic survey of the paintings by the internationally acclaimed, ... More |
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Bounty crop of Tiffany blooms at Fontaine's Spring $2.2M auction PITTSFIELD, MASS.- Proving again that anything Tiffany is gold at auction, Fontaines important two-day fine and decorative arts auction May 18-19 was a powerhouse, hitting a grand total of $2.2 million. Tiffany Studios items lamps, windows, vases and desk pieces accounted for just over a million dollars alone. It was a very strong sale. The Tiffany items, as expected, were all very desirable and did well. Anything with the Tiffany name received a lot of interest and bidding was highly competitive, said auctioneer and owner John Fontaine. The sale was good all across the board; all the categories were covered. Setting the tone for how the sale would go was the very first lot across the block a Tiffany Studios circa 1910 Tulip table lamp having an 18-inch shade impressed "Tiffany Studios, New York, 1596. Bidders drove the lamp ... More Morton Fine Arts presents a global group exhibition of fiber artWASHINGTON, DC.- Morton Fine Art is presenting Knit, Restored, Woven, Healed, a global group exhibition of fiber art exploring overlapping themes of healing, reclamation, finding and being found. The exhibition features work from artists Kesha Bruce (USA), Lizette Chirrime (Mozambique), Maliza Kiasuwa (Belgium and Kenya), and Adia Millett (USA). Bringing together fiber art from these four female artists working across three continents, Knit, Restored, Woven, Healed is animated by a belief in renewal, healing and meaningful materiality. While my work pays homage to the past through the use of repurposed fabrics and historical iconography, its bright atheistic imagery looks to, and is informed by the future, shared Millett. It reminds us of the importance of renewal and rebuilding, not only through the artistic process but also through the possibility ... More Virginia Museum of History & Culture honors legacy of Rosenwald School Program in new exhibitionRICHMOND, VA.- In 1911, Booker T. Washington met Julius Rosenwald. This meeting between the leading Black educator in America and the president of the worlds largest department storeSears, Roebuck and Companywould be the foundation of the Rosenwald schools. The institutions transformed education for hundreds of thousands of Black children in the segregated South. The Virginia Museum of History & Culture is preparing for the unveiling of a new exhibition that honors the legacy of this unique school program established to provide educational opportunities for African Americans during the Jim Crow era. A Better Life for Their Children: Julius Rosenwald, Booker T. Washington, and the 4,978 Schools That Changed America will be on display at the VMHC May 25, 2024-April 20, 2025. The Rosenwald program was a rural ... More Fondazione Berengo presents Welcome! A Palazzo for Immigrants by Osman YousefzadaVENICE.- Fondazione Berengo presents Welcome! A Palazzo for Immigrants, a site-specific solo exhibition by inter-disciplinary artist Osman Yousefzada in partnership with the Victoria & Albert Museum. Curated by Nadja Romain and Amin Jaffer, the intervention at the Palazzo Franchetti is a continuation of a body of work that explores themes of unity, movement and migration in modern society. The exhibition, running from 17 April to 7 October 2024, is in conjunction with the 60th edition of La Biennale di Venezia and responds to its central language of exclusion and immigrant displacement. Yousefzada creates a moving meditation on modernity and migration using handcrafted textile works, printworks, moving images and sculptures in the historical Palazzo, converting classical grandeur into a surreal landscape where traditions ... More Exhibition at Turner Contemporary unites paintings and works on paper by Ed ClarkMARGATE.- Turner Contemporary presents the first institutional exhibition in Europe dedicated to pioneering artist Ed Clark (1926-2019). The exhibition unites paintings and works on paper from the 1940s to 2000s, including loans from The Art Institute of Chicago, Brooklyn Museum and Detroit Institute of Arts, many of which have not been seen outside the USA. Though late to receive international acclaim, Clarks contributions to contemporary art were significant, notably through his innovative push broom technique and shaped canvases. Today, Clark is recognised as a groundbreaking figure within the New York School of Abstraction. Born in New Orleans and raised in Chicago, Clark used credits from his G.I. Bill to attend the prestigious Art Institute of Chicago from 1947 to 1951. In 1952, he furthered his studies at the Académie ... More Lentos Kunstmuseum offers impressive insights into six decades of work of Margit PalmeLINZ.- The Lentos exhibition "Margit Palme. The Gaze" offers impressive insights into six decades of work of an outstanding artist from Linz. Margit Palme's female figures assert themselves powerfully and dynamically in a world characterized by patriarchal structures. The exhibition shows around 130 works that revolve around various aspects of womanhood and present them from a female perspective. In dynamic, sometimes provocative poses, Margit Palme's female figures strive to master their lives with skill and vigor. The artist has been using aquatint etching for more than six decades. This technique requires linear precision and color reduction. Margit Palme translates her image of women, which is based on strength and self-determination, into vivid pictorial metaphors that occasionally contain a dash of irony. "Palme's unique ... More Kunst Museum Winterthur opens an exhibition of works by Silvia BächliWINTERTHUR.- The exhibition Theyve Turned into Each Other. Which Is Which? offers a comprehensive insight into the graphic work of Silvia Bächli. Starting with early works, which were summarised in the series Lidschlag (Blink of an Eye), through to current works, supplemented by small-format sculptures and a photographic work from her most recent creative phase. Silvia Bächli, born in 1956 in Baden, Switzerland, and now based in Basel, has developed her drawing oeuvre since the late 1970s in a manner that is both cautious and consistent. Her expressive approach to physicality developed over time to an almost introspective view of reality. Everyday perception forms the starting point of Bächlis artistic process during which the artist appropriates things, so to speak, to give them an autonomous form in drawing. Starting in 1984, Bächli ... More Alicia Keys, Usher and Patti Smith honor the legacy of Gordon ParksNEW YORK, NY.- For a moment, the annual Gordon Parks Foundation gala felt like a church service. The celestial voices of a choir echoed throughout, resonating from the marble floor to the vaulted ceiling of Cipriani on 42nd Street. They sang and stomped powerfully while patrons took their seats. The service had begun. The night included a reverent performance from Patti Smith, an auction that felt a little like tithing and something of a sermon from artist Carrie Mae Weems celebrating artist Mickalene Thomas who was also in the crowd. It was capped off with a call to action from Myrlie Evers-Williams, the widow of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers. Every year, the Gordon Parks Foundation, named for the famed photographer, director and musician, honors a community of artists and athletes at a gala to raise funds ... More Making art, processing griefNEW YORK, NY.- When Jesmyn Ward was writing her 2013 book, Men We Reaped, she could feel the presence of her brother, who had been killed years earlier by a drunken driver. She still talks to him, as well as to her partner, who died in 2020. This may just be wishful thinking, but talking to them and being open to feeling them answer, that enables me to live in spite of their loss, she told me. While filming the HBO series Somebody Somewhere, Bridget Everett, playing a woman mourning the loss of her sister, was grieving the loss of her own. Working on the show was a way to still live with her, in a way, she said: Theres something thats less scary about sharing time with my sister when its through art or through making the show or through a song. One of the many things you learn after losing a loved one is that there are a lot of us grieving ... More Palazzo Bonaparte presents a new project conceived by Mario TestinoROME.- Arthemisia is presenting the worldwide premiere of A Beautiful World, the new project conceived by Mario Testino, one of the most internationally renowned contemporary photographers. Born in Peru of Irish and Italian descent, in 1954, Mario Testino travelled to London in 1976 where he began to make a name for himself and to become one of the most innovative fashion and portrait photographers of his generation, his photographs appearing in the leading fashion magazines of the world. A reference point of the greatest distinction in the art of fashion, his images have often become as legendary as the people he photographed, from Kate Moss and Madonna to Naomi Campbell and Diana Princess of Wales. Terence Pepper, Curator of Photography at the National Portrait Gallery in London, called him the John ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American photographer Dorothea Lange was born May 26, 1895. Dorothea Lange (May 26, 1895 - October 11, 1965) was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA). Lange's photographs humanized the consequences of the Great Depression and influenced the development of documentary photography. In this image: Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), Couple Seated on Porch, Gunlock, Utah, 1953, Gelatin silver print, Brigham Young University Museum of Art, purchased with funds donated by Jack and Mary Lois Wheatley. © Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California, City of Oakland. Gift of Paul S. Taylor.
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