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A watercolor that may be the work of Edmund Walpole Brooke bought for $45 at a shop in Saco, Maine in April at the home of Katherine and John Mathews in Scarborough, Maine, June 2, 2021. Brooke occupies a tiny but durable place in art history as having shared something close to friendship with Vincent Van Gogh in the weeks before the celebrated Dutch painters suicide. Cody O'Loughlin/The New York Times.
by Peter Libbey
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- The 19th-century painter Edmund Walpole Brooke occupies a tiny, but durable place in art history. Not because of his own work, but because he offers a tantalizing look into the tragic last days of Vincent van Gogh. That the two shared something close to friendship during the weeks before van Gogh committed suicide in July 1890 was a noteworthy feat given van Goghs embrace of isolation during his stay in Auvers-sur-Oise, a village on the northwestern outskirts of Paris. But Brooke had grown up in Japan, a place that fascinated and inspired the Dutch painter. And so off they would go into the plein-air on painting excursions, their relationship chronicled in a few letters that have made Brooke an intriguing figure to a van Gogh scholar who is still struggling to understand what led him to put a bullet in his chest. He is a very enigmatic person, Tsukasa Kodera, a curator and professor of art history at Osaka University in Japan, said of Brooke, who has become a focus of ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Sperone Westwater is presenting WOOD WORKS: Raw, Cut, Carved, Covered, a diverse exhibition showcasing innovative uses of wood in contemporary art, featuring works by Carla Accardi, Carl Andre, Richard Artschwager, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Kim Dingle, Michele Oka Doner, Rico Gatson, Helmut Lang, Richard Long, Emil Lukas, David Lynch, Katy Moran, Paulo Nazareth, Noah Purifoy, Brent Owens, Tom Sachs, Andrew Sendor, Jean Tinguely, Richard Tuttle and William Wegman.
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| Two artists' divergent roads to eros | | 500 year old reliquary statuette of Saint Christopher at risk of leaving UK | | Two paintings restituted to the heirs of Jacob Lierens highlight Old Masters Evening sale |
Hannah Wilke, Ponder-r-rosa #1, 1974. Latex, metal snaps, and push pins, 70 x 98 inches (177.8 x 248.9 cm) Williams College Museum of Art; Museum purchase, Karl E. Weston Memorial Fund.
by Daphne Merkin
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- The erotic, or what we think of as the erotic, is a slippery concept, partaking of everything and nothing; it can be nebulous and atmospheric or granularly specific, depending on its historical and cultural context. In the 19th century, a glimpse of a womans ankle could send Rodolphes heart fluttering in Flauberts Madame Bovary. In the post-1960s, we required stronger stuff, like the blatant, sustained nudity of the two main characters, played by Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider, that marked Bernardo Bertoluccis groundbreaking Last Tango in Paris. On the face of it, Erotic Abstraction, the name of the powerful show at Acquavella Galleries, featuring more than 20 works made from 1965 to 1977 including sculptures, drawings and videos by Eva Hesse and ... More | |
Valued at £10 million, the statuette is a remarkable object from the great age of European masters such as Hans Holbein and Albrecht Durer.
LONDON.- A German late Gothic statuette of Saint Christopher that dates back to the 15th century is at risk of leaving the country unless a UK buyer can be found to save the work for the nation. Valued at £10 million, the statuette is a remarkable object from the great age of European masters such as Hans Holbein and Albrecht Durer. A gift to the Monastery of Kaiserheim in South Germany in 1493, the statuette was paid for in part by Duke Frederick of Saxony and depicts the figure of Saint Christopher in parcel-gilt silver on a hexagonal reliquary base. It shows the Saint wading through a river, holding a staff in his left hand, with the figure of the Christ Child sitting on his right shoulder. Compared with other pieces from the same period, experts considered the work to be almost unrivalled in its sculptural beauty and delicate detailing. A companion piece to another reliquary now in the V&A museum, a figure of Saint Sebastian, this magnificent and rare object ... More | |
Jan Davidsz. de Heem (Utrecht 1606-1684 Antwerp), A Banquet still life, signed 'j.d.de heem' (lower centre, on a sheet of music). Estimate £3,000,000 5,000,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021.
LONDON.- Christies announces Jan Davidsz. de Heem (Utrecht 1606-1684 Antwerp), A Banquet still life and Dirck Hals (Haarlem 15911656) and Dirck van Delen (Heusden 1604/5-1671 Arnemuiden) A Merry Company in a palatial interior, as two leading highlights in the forthcoming Old Masters Evening Sale taking place live on 8 July at Christies King Street. The Old Masters Evening Sale is part of the marquee series of auctions comprising this seasons Classic Week calendar. De Heems lavish Banquet still life is widely regarded as one of his finest and most important works. Preserved in remarkable state it offers a dazzling display of the artists technical virtuosity on a grand scale. On long term loan at the Centraal Museum in Utrecht since 1948, the picture has subsequently appeared in no fewer than twelve international exhibitions, making it one of the most widely admired and extensively published Dutch still-l ... More |
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| Sophie Rivera, photographer of Latin New York, dies at 82 | | Exhibition showcases innovative uses of wood in contemporary art | | Collection of MJ Long & Sir Colin St John Wilson acquired for Pallant House Gallery |
The photographer Sophie Rivera in a self portrait in 1978. Sophie Rivera via The New York Times.
by Penelope Green
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Sophie Rivera, a photographer who won acclaim making luminous portraits of Puerto Rican New Yorkers and other city dwellers before turning the camera on herself, died May 22 in the Bronx. She was 82. Her husband, Martin Hurwitz, a psychiatrist, said the cause was a neurodegenerative disease. She lived in upper Manhattan and had been in a hospice facility in the Bronx. Rivera, who was of Puerto Rican descent, began making portraits of her neighbors in the late 1970s, asking passersby in front of her Morningside Heights apartment building if they were Puerto Rican. If they said yes, she invited them to be photographed. The images she made were majestic 4-foot square prints of everyday New Yorkers of all ages. They were time-stamped by their hairstyles and clothing as citizens of the 1970s and 80s, but they were made eternal by their ... More | |
Richard Tuttle, "Source of Imagery, 1, (Don Giovanni)", 1994. Plywood, acrylic paint, wooden block, plastic tubing and bottle brush, 50 inches (127 cm) diameter. Courtesy Sperone Westwater, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sperone Westwater is presenting WOOD WORKS: Raw, Cut, Carved, Covered, a diverse exhibition showcasing innovative uses of wood in contemporary art, featuring works by Carla Accardi, Carl Andre, Richard Artschwager, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Kim Dingle, Michele Oka Doner, Rico Gatson, Helmut Lang, Richard Long, Emil Lukas, David Lynch, Katy Moran, Paulo Nazareth, Noah Purifoy, Brent Owens, Tom Sachs, Andrew Sendor, Jean Tinguely, Richard Tuttle and William Wegman. Wood is one of the oldest and most common materials with a long history that reflects the diversity and evolution of human civilization. A sustainable, structural material, wood has been integral to the development of every culture around the world, used to make ancient ritual objects such as Âtalismans and coffins, prehistoric ... More | |
R B Kitaj, The Architects, 1981, Oil on canvas, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester. © Estate of R B Kitaj.
CHICHESTER.- An outstanding collection of Pop art and British figurative art has been allocated to Pallant House Gallery from the estate of the architect MJ Long via the Acceptance in Lieu (AIL) scheme, run by the Arts Council. The Wilson collection includes celebrated works by some of the most important figures in Modern British art, including Michael Andrews, Frank Auerbach, David Bomberg, Anthony Caro, Patrick Caulfield, Prunella Clough, Richard Hamilton, David Hockney, Howard Hodgkin, R.B. Kitaj, Eduardo Paolozzi and Colin Self. The Wilson collection was formed by renowned American architect MJ Long, Lady Wilson, OBE (1939 2018), and her husband, British architect Prof Sir Colin St John Wilson RA (1922 2007), who are best-known as the architects of the British Library and their 2006 extension to Pallant House Gallery. Together they formed one of the most significant collections of post-war British art, reflecting their close fri ... More |
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| Victoria Miro opens an exhibition of new works by Chantal Joffe | | Telling stories of slavery, one person at a time | | Van Gogh Museum finally reopens |
Chantal Joffe, Me, Em and Nat, 2020. Oil on board, 40 x 50 cm. 15 3/4 x 19 3/4 in © Chantal Joffe. Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro.
LONDON.- Victoria Miro is presenting new works by Chantal Joffe. Accompanied by an artists book with a new text by Olivia Laing, Story features paintings of the artists mother and considers issues of aging, motherhood and visibility, focusing particularly on the complex relationship between mother and child over time. The exhibition is the third in a trilogy that began with a year of self-portraits, shown at Victoria Miro in 2019, followed by For Esme with Love and Squalor, which captured the changing faces across the years of Joffe and her daughter, Esme, on view at Arnolfini, Bristol, in 2020. Chantal Joffe brings a combination of insight and integrity, as well as psychological and emotional force, to the genre of figurative art. Defined by its clarity, honesty and empathetic warmth her work is attuned to our awareness as both observers and observed beings, apparently simple yet always questioning, complex and e ... More | |
Eveline Sint Nicolaas, left, and Valika Smeulders, who curated the exhibition Slavery at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, on May 31, 2021. Ilvy Njiokiktjien/The New York Times.
by Nina Siegal
AMSTERDAM (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- An ornate tortoise shell box with a real gold nugget on its lid has long been on display in the Rijksmuseum. Considered a high point of Dutch rococo craftsmanship, it was a gift to Prince William IV from the Dutch West India Co. in 1749, when he was named the groups governor. Look closer, though, and the gilded surface tells a different story. Embossed in the gold, two men wearing long coats point to nearly naked plantation workers crouched in the dirt. On the underside is a map of West African slave-trading posts operated by the Dutch West India Co. For the longest time, it was mainly displayed as an item that speaks about riches and world power, said Valika Smeulders, who leads the history department at the Rijksmuseum. In 2013, one ... More | |
Following the recital, Director Emilie Gordenker opened the doors of the museum amid a sea of Takii sunflowers. Photo: Yassier Jonis.
AMSTERDAM.- The Van Gogh Museum today opened its doors to visitors for the first time in 2021, following 171 days of closure due to the national Covid-19 measures. The exhibition Here to Stay: A decade of remarkable acquisitions and their stories can therefore welcome physical visitors for the first time this year. This exhibition focuses on artworks that the museum has added to its collection in recent years: paintings, works on paper and sculptures by renowned and lesser-known artists are displayed alongside each other. The acquisitions featured in the exhibition are accompanied by a range of personal stories, from both museum staff and Amsterdam residents. At 10.00 this morning, Gershwin Bonevacia, Amsterdam City Poet and one of those who contributed a story to Here to Stay, marked the reopening of the Van Gogh Museum with a recital of a poem written especially for the occasion. A ... More |
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| Pilar Corrias announces two exhibitions of new work by Tala Madani | | Baltimore Museum of Art opens exhibition of recent acquisitions highlighting collection diversification | | Michel Rein Gallery opens an exhibition of Abigail DeVille's work |
Tala Madani, Pinocchio Rehearsal, 2021 (detail). Oil on linen, 43.2 x 53.3 x 2.5 cm. 17 x 21 x 1 in. Courtesy of the artist and Pilar Corrias, London.
LONDON.- Pilar Corrias is presenting two exhibitions of new work by Tala Madani. Skid Mark is at the gallerys Eastcastle Street location, 4 June 10 July 2021, whilst Chalk Mark will inaugurate the gallerys new location at 2 Savile Row, opening 1 July and running until 8 September 2021. The exhibitions include painting and animation, and together constitute the artists first UK solo presentation in five years. Tala Madani (b. 1981, Tehran) is known for work that deconstructs and satirises social norms. Early works focused on farcical male figures engaged in crude or intimate activities. These works examined power structures and the construction of male identity. Recent years have seen female figures appear in her work (shit moms), as well as those of children, and all her work is characterised by an uncomfortable comedy that aligns repulsion with empathy, intimacy with ... More | |
Beverly Buchanan. Inside Out. 2010. The Baltimore Museum of Art: Purchase with exchange funds from the Pearlstone Family Fund and partial gift of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., BMA 2021.25. © Artist or artist's estate.
BALTIMORE, MD.- The Baltimore Museum of Art charted new territory in 2018 when it deaccessioned seven artworks from its contemporary holdings to create an acquisition fund for purchases of works by artists underrepresented in its collection and within broader art historical narratives. During the past three years, this fund has allowed the BMA to acquire 125 works by 85 artists, with 111 works by 71 artists and artist collaboratives representing first entries into the museums collection. From May 2 to July 18, 2021, the BMA presents 26 of these worksmost on view for the first time since their acquisitionin an exhibition titled Now Is The Time: Recent Acquisitions to the Contemporary Collection. The exhibition invites visitors to experience the breadth and depth of these ... More | |
Abigail DeVille, As the World Turns, 2017-2018. Figurines in porcelain, glass, plaster, wood, oil pastels, 120 x 60 x 60 cm (47.24 x 23.62 x 23.62 in.). Unique artwork.
PARIS.- Michel Rein Gallery is presenting Abigail DeVilles fourth solo exhibition, following Invisible Men: Beyond the Veil (2013), America (2015), and Chaos or Community? (2017, Brussels). Abigail DeVilles work focuses on the cosmologies of marginalized people and places. Her works, installations and environments are marked by a multitude of historical and cultural references representing the complexity of racial identity in the United States. As witness to her time, Abigail DeVille is a bearer of stories through the bringing to light of testimonies, memories of survival: her own and those of all the unknown Americans who have been cast to the margins of misery and isolation. Through her travels and encounters, Abigail DeVille collects, accumulates and gives life to our waste to deliver a scathing and uncompromising image of a ... More |
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One painting, many voices | Matejko's 'Copernicus' | National Gallery
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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 Alÿs 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. Alÿs is known for his in-depth projects in a wide range of media, including documentary film, painting, photography, performance, and video. Through his practice, Alÿs 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
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Flashback On a day like today, French painter Yves Klein died June 06, 1962. Yves Klein (28 April 1928 - 6 June 1962) was a French artist considered an important figure in post-war European art. He was a leading member of the French artistic movement of Nouveau réalisme founded in 1960 by art critic Pierre Restany. Klein was a pioneer in the development of performance art, and is seen as an inspiration to and as a forerunner of minimal art, as well as pop art. In this image: Yves Klein, "Untitled Fire-Color Painting (FC 1)," 1961. Private Collection. © 2010 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris. Image courtesy Yves Klein Archives.
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