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Muzeum Susch opens the first major museum retrospective exhibition of Laura Grisi
SUSCH .- Muzeum Susch presents The Measuring of Time, the first major museum retrospective exhibition of the Italian artist Laura Grisi (19392017) since 1976, organized in collaboration with Laura Grisi Archive in Rome and P420 Gallery in Bologna. Occupying a distinct position that is difficult to pinpoint within any single artistic trend of the 1960s-70s, Laura Grisis oeuvre now appears as one of the most original and personal cases of conceptual art and diagrammatic thought (both sensory and mental), in which reasoning is shown through icons and by means of visual representations. In her diverse practice which could be subsumed as revolving around the topic of the journey (be that with respect to remote locations she visited or the multiplicity of mediums used), Laura Grisi embodies the sort of stateless and nomadic female subject ... More

David Zwirner opens an exhibition of works by Francis Alÿs
PARIS.- David Zwirner is presenting an exhibition of works by Belgian-born, Mexico-based artist Francis AlÃ¿s at the gallerys Paris location. Dont Cross the Bridge Before You Get to the River brings together a group of works made by the artist from 2006 onward that relate to an action that took place simultaneously on opposite shores of the Strait of Gibraltarin Tangier, Morocco, and Tarifa, Spainon 12 August 2008. This is the first solo presentation in Paris for the internationally acclaimed artist, who will represent Belgium at the 2022 Venice Biennale. AlÃ¿s is known for his in-depth projects in a wide range of media, including documentary film, painting, photography, performance, and video. Through his practice, AlÃ¿s consistently directs his distinct poetic and imaginative sensibility toward anthropological and geopolitical concerns centered around ... More

Exhibition explores surrealist artists Lee Miller and Roland Penrose's travels through the Balkans
CHIDDINGLY.- Farleys House & Gallery is presenting The Road is Wider than Long, an exhibition exploring surrealist artists Lee Miller and Roland Penroses travels through the Balkans in the Summer of 1938, shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War. Photographs taken by Miller and Penrose during this trip are being displayed together, including many by Miller which have never been seen before. The couples photographs capture the surreal landscapes they encountered whilst travelling through Greece, Romania and Bulgaria, and document the traditions of local people such as the Roma, whose ways of living would later fall victim to political turmoil and world events of the mid 20th century. The exhibition provides a fascinating glimpse into the lives of two artists and their journey of discovery in a world that would soon be transformed ... More

Blaffer Art Museum opens first major museum survey of Jamal Cyrus
HOUSTON, TX.- The Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston is presenting the first museum survey exhibition of celebrated Houston-born artist Jamal Cyrus (b.1973). The exhibition, titled The End of My Beginning, opened June 5, 2021 and runs until September 19, 2021. It is presented in partnership with Texas Southern University (TSU), which will open a sister exhibition, entitled Levels and Layers, featuring vernacular work from Houston's Third Ward, on June 18 at its University Museum. Cyrus is both an alumnus of UH and a professor at TSU, and his work will bring together the two major universities located in the Third Ward to co-present an exhibition for the first time. As a singular artist, a former member of the pioneering collective Otabenga Jones & Associates, a current professor at TSU, the recipient of the 2017 BMW ... More

Acropolis makeover stirs Greek antiquity row
ATHENS (AFP).- Controversy has engulfed an ambitious restoration project on the Acropolis, with critics accusing the Greek government of spoiling the country's priceless heritage. Most of the fire has been directed at a new concrete walkway unveiled in December, which main opposition leader Alexis Tsipras said constitutes "abuse" of Greece's most vaunted archaeological site. A former member of the Acropolis restoration team, veteran architect Tasos Tanoulas, has called the new paths "foreign" and "stifling" to the 5th-century BCE monument. The wider restoration project -- delivered in little more than a year -- was done without the care needed to safeguard a monument that is for many emblematic of Greece, critics charge. The government says it has taken all necessary precautions and that the attacks are politically motivated. Over 3.5 million ... More

'Hamilton' creator celebrates immigrant roots with 'In The Heights'
LOS ANGELES (AFP).- Long before his mega smash-hit "Hamilton," Lin-Manuel Miranda dazzled Broadway with "In The Heights," a Latin pop and salsa-inspired musical celebrating the New York immigrant community that raised him. Warner Bros.' big-screen version of Miranda's debut work finally arrives in US theaters Thursday -- a rare foray by a major Hollywood studio into a lavish production that puts Latino stories, stars and filmmakers front and center. "It's a big deal, and I think it's the beginning of a Latin wave that I hope opens a lot more doors for more movies like this," Mexican actor Melissa Barrera told AFP. "From the moment they started casting in the movie, I was like 'oh my gosh, because there aren't many movies that give us this platform, I know everyone is going to audition for this.'" Barrera -- who rose to fame in Mexico's "telenovela" ... More

Austrian avant garde writer Friederike Mayroecker dies at 96
VIENNA (AFP).- Austrian writer and poet Friederike Mayroecker, regarded as "the great dame of experimental literature", died in Vienna on Friday at the age of 96, her publisher Suhrkamp said. "All of Vienna is mourning the doyenne of Austrian literature and our honorary citizen, Friederike Mayroecker", the city's mayor Michael Ludwig wrote on Twitter as tributes began pouring in. Born in the Austrian capital on December 20, 1924, Mayroecker began writing at the age of 15. Forced to abandon her German studies to help support her family, she became a teacher of English in various Vienna public schools in 1946, but dedicated herself to writing full-time from 1969. "I'm madly in love with language. I need books, I need silence. I don't like talking. What I have to say, I write," she said. Mayroecker, the winner of many prestigious literary prizes -- such ... More

Blum & Poe, Tokyo opens a solo exhibition of work by painter Kazumi Nakamura
TOKYO.- Blum & Poe is presenting a solo exhibition of Tokyo-based painter Kazumi Nakamura. This is Nakamuras third solo show with the gallery and the first to focus on his works on paper, an aspect of his practice that he has rarely exhibited. This exhibition puts Nakamuras paintings on paper in dialogue with corresponding works on canvas, drawn from several ongoing series made since the 1980s. These juxtapositions reveal the sequential, iterative manner in which Nakamura paints, producing innumerable variations within a consistent compositional structure. Many of the paintings on paper are dated to the day they were made, offering an almost diaristic insight into the artists state of mind while at work. Nakamura has termed the variations and discrepancies that emerge between several works in a series as differential images. His method ... More

Mana Contemporary opens first survey of artwork by Ruth Hardinger
JERSEY CITY, NJ.- Mana Contemporary opened the first sweeping survey of works by Ruth Hardinger (b. 1950) to be presented in the US. Transcending Fields, comprising over 60 abstract sculptures, paintings, and works on paper, brings together the New York-based artist's most definitive creations spanning her 50 year career, many alluding to ancient sites, esoteric spiritual practices, and the universal human practice of making art for the sake for remembrance. Designed by guest curator Xiaokun Sunny Qiu, founder of ArtsRouge International in Shanghai, the exhibition is on view June 3 through August 7, 2021. Throughout her decades-long career, Hardinger has challenged the conventions of sculpture, yet honored all artists, regardless of culture or period, who share her drive to understand the world through its substances and forms, ... More

A pianist comes around on period instruments
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- For much of his career, eminent pianist Andras Schiff, 67, disdained the use of historical instruments. He proudly played Bach on modern pianos; referred to fortepianists with an interest in Schubert as mere specialists; and told a New York Times interviewer in 1983, Ive heard some ghastly things done in the name of authenticity. Time and experience, though, have brought about a wholesale change in his attitude, and Schiff has transformed into an eager evangelist for the use of historical keyboards. Several years ago, he acquired an 1820 fortepiano, which he has used to make compelling recordings of Beethoven and Schubert. In recent interviews, he has criticized the increasing homogeneity of piano performance, with modern Steinways used for repertoire of every era. Schiffs latest venture ... More

Now + There welcomes three new board members
BOSTON, MASS.- Now + There announced the recent appointments of three new board members: Michele Davis, Brian Moy, and Sabrina Dorsainvil. We are thrilled to welcome our new board members who will support Now + Theres mission to create a more equitable and vibrant city, said Kate Gilbert, Now + Theres Executive Director. They all bring their diverse backgrounds and expertise into their roles which will help our organization in our continued growth. Michele Davis is a Leadership Coach and People Strategy Consultant who specializes in working with leaders to enhance their effectiveness in rapidly growing organizations through individual coaching, group training, and organizational consulting. The core of my work has always been about making connections, understanding what matters to individuals, and building relationships. ... More

After a 'terrible Silence,' many of NYC's subway musicians are back
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Sean Grissom hit the stage the 28th Street stop on the No. 6 train promptly at noon Friday and played the first notes on his cello just as a clattering train barreled past him and drowned out the music with a deafening screech. But Grissom, 60, smiled broadly. He has played in the New York City subway for tips since 1988. But he stopped in March 2020 when the city became locked down during the pandemic. Riders had disappeared from the subways and so had most subway performers, deterred by the danger of catching the virus, and the lack of passengers to play for. On Friday, after more than 14 months, the music was back. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority restarted its Music Under New York program, which organizes Grissom and about 350 other performers at some of the most popular underground spots. Not that the musicians returned to any big crowds Friday. Even with infection rates at all-time lows and ever-more New Yorkers ... More

Patrick Sky, '60s folk star and later a piper, dies at 80
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Patrick Sky, who established himself as part of the Greenwich Village folk scene of the mid-1960s with smooth guitar-picking and a Southern twang that could be melodic or sassy, then became adept at playing and making the notoriously difficult instrument known as the uilleann pipes, died May 26 in Asheville, North Carolina. He was 80. His wife, Cathy Larson Sky, said the cause was cancer. He died at a hospice center and lived in Spruce Pine, North Carolina. Skys best-known song was probably Many a Mile, a weary-traveler lament that opened his debut album, titled simply Patrick Sky, in 1965. It was covered by others, including Buffy Sainte-Marie, his girlfriend early in his career. He was also skilled at sardonic, satiric rags and blues, as The New York Times put it in 1965, and as his career advanced, those ... More