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Joasia Krysa to curate second edition of Helsinki Biennial opening June 2023
HELSINKI.- Helsinki Biennial announces the appointment of Joasia Krysa as curator of its second edition, taking place 12 June 18 September 2023. Celebrating the synthesis of art and the environment, the biennial will return to the unique surroundings of Vallisaari Island in the Helsinki archipelago, whilst building upon its inaugural edition through a greater presence on the mainland in locations across the city. Free and open to all, Helsinki Biennial continues to make connections between artists from Finland and around the world, and is committed to responsible exhibition-making and inclusive principles. Joasia Krysa is a UK-based, Polish-born curator, researcher and scholar working at the intersection of contemporary art and technology. She served as artistic director of Kunsthal Aarhus, Denmark, and was ... More

Richard Saltoun Gallery opens a special solo exhibition of works from the estate of Bertina Lopes
ROME.- Richard Saltoun Gallery inaugurates its programming in Rome with a special solo exhibition of works from the estate of Mozambican-Italian painter Bertina Lopes (19242012). Considered the mother of contemporary African painting, Lopes was one of the earliest pioneers to bridge the gap between African and European art. Her work has become a symbol of political activism and social criticism, and her story is unique in contemporary art and politics. Born under colonialism in Mozambique, Lopes completed her art studies in Lisbon and returned to Maputo as a teacher in 1953. Her contact with her countrys poets, writers, and political activists was fundamental in forming her anti-fascist and anti-colonial beliefs. This forced Lopes to leave Mozambique in 1961, returning to Lisbon to continue her artistic work. Prosecuted ... More

Tate announces new Director of Learning
LONDON.- Tate has appointed Mark Miller as Director of Learning. Taking up the role on 4 April 2022, Mark will be responsible for shaping Tates learning strategy across its four galleries and online. The strategy will be tailored to the unique character of each site, whilst holding to Tate-wide principles of creative learning and inclusive engagement. Mark began at Tate in 2006 as Curator of Young Peoples Programmes. Over the intervening years, Mark has been instrumental in creating and implementing high profile and transformational programmes, partnerships and events for young people, both nationally and internationally. These projects have included Circuit, Tate Collective, Late at Tate Britain, the British Council European programme Youth Art Interchange, and LDN WMN with the Mayor of London. More recently he has overseen ... More

Gene Sherman sells 100 deeply personal works from Sherman Collection this May
SYDNEY.- Bonhams Australia will present a substantial number of significant and deeply personal works from Gene and Brian Shermans contemporary art collection in the forthcoming auction SHERMAN | 100. Taking place on Wednesday 11 May 2022, the auction is a veritable roll call of national and international contemporary artists from the last thirty years. Gene Sherman is one of Australias most respected philanthropists and art collectors, who, together with her beloved husband Brian, has passionately and astutely collected some 900 pieces from significant Australian, Asian and international artists. The Shermans have generously gifted numerous large scale works of art to many cultural institutions including MOMA in New York, TATE Modern in London, Art Gallery of NSW, National Gallery of Australia, Sydney Universitys ... More

We know the Pledge. Its author, maybe not.
NEW YORK, NY.- For well over a century, the Pledge of Allegiance has been a pillar of Americas national identity. New evidence has emerged, though, to indicate that perhaps the man who pledged that he originated it did not. Francis Bellamy, a Baptist minister and Christian socialist from upstate New York, went so far as to swear in at least two affidavits that he had formulated the oath one blistering August night in 1892 in the Boston headquarters of a magazine for young people that he was promoting. Bellamys authorship was reaffirmed during the 20th century by, among others, the American Flag Foundation, the Smithsonian Institution, the Legislative Research Service (now the Congressional Research Service) and the Library of Congress. He was credited again as recently as last year in a resolution by the U.S. Senate ... More

More than 50 cultural sites in Ukraine have been damaged in the war, UNESCO says
NEW YORK, NY.- Alongside the scenes of human suffering caused by five weeks of war, another scar has emerged: the leveling of Ukraines cultural heritage. Churches, historic buildings and public squares across the country are being reduced to rubble by Russian rockets, missiles, bombs and gunfire, according to UNESCOs World Heritage Committee. It has identified at least 53 Ukrainian historical sites, religious buildings and museums that have suffered damage during Russias invasion and said the damage is probably far more extensive given the continued assault. We are holding damage control meetings every day, and the list of damaged sites keeps growing, said the agencys director, Ernesto Ottone RamÃrez. We are very concerned about the situation, from a humanitarian point of view and for the protection of heritage. It is the heritage ... More

NILS ST&Aelig;RK opens an exhibition of works by DarÃo Escobar
COPENHAGEN.- DarÃo Escobar's 3rd solo exhibition is currently on view at NILS STÃRK. Encrypted Messages investigates the counterbalance between signs of consumerism and religion in modern history. The exhibition features two series of works based on found objects. Juxtaposing societal polar opposites, the artist will fill the gallery space with signs collected from roads in eastern Guatemala and southern Mexico, alongside clusters of various paraphernalia from the world of sport. By altering each object, using the historical Baroque technique of applying gold leaf to the surface of an object, the artist reveals the many similarities between sport and religion, both in Latin America and throughout the world. Athletes have become role models for young people, representing as they do a dream of upward mobility. In their eyes, ... More

Jennifer Trainer Thompson to leave Hancock Shaker Village
PITTSFIELD, MASS.- The Board of Trustees of Hancock Shaker Village announced today that director Jennifer Trainer Thompson will step down in July. Thompson has been widely credited for her transformational leadership of the museum and is recognized as an innovator in the museum community. Since her appointment in September 2016, Hancock Shaker Village has grown in size and stature and has been infused, as The Boston Globe noted last summer, with great gusts of contemporary vitality. Thompson is stepping down to work on creative projects, and will serve as a special counsel to the board of trustees following her departure. I have had the time of my life feeling the spirit of this place, responding to it, being nourished by it and all those who support the Village, said Thompson. Its been thrilling to lead the organization to grow and thrive, even during challenging times. Today Hancock Shaker Village is ... More

The MIT List Visual Arts Center opens an exhibition of works by Sharona Franklin
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.- The MIT List Visual Arts Center announced List Projects 24: Sharona Franklin, the Vancouver-based artists first institutional solo presentation. Working with a wide range of media and materials, the artist and disability-justice advocate reinterprets vernacular and domestic craft techniques to make psychedelic, hallucinatory works in textile and ceramic, as well as molded and cast gelatin sculptures that reference biomedicine and pharmacology. With a distinct material sensibility that reveals tensions between the handmade and biotechs industrial-scale production, Franklins works raise complex questions about access, care, and disability in relation to biomedical research and ethics. At the List Center, Franklin debuts an installation of newly commissioned sculptures looking at medical waste, ... More