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Kunsthalle Zürich is now presenting Christopher Kulendran Thomas: FOR REAL
ZÃRICH.- Kunsthalle ZÃ¼rich opened Christopher Kulendran Thomas: FOR REAL, an exhibition across both floors of the institution by the British-Tamil artist, in collaboration with Annika Kuhlmann and featuring Aṇaṅkuperuntinaivarkal Inkaaleneraam. Christopher Kulendran Thomas: FOR REAL takes the failed struggle for an independent Tamil homeland, Tamil Eelam, in the north and east of present-day Sri Lanka, as its starting point. Another point of departure connected to this is the observation that, with the end of the war there in 2009, the contemporary art world was able to establish itself in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, with new galleries, a museum and a biennial projecting democratic values internationally. Conceived and realised in collaboration with Annika Kuhlmann, the exhibition ... More

"QuarryArt" features works of nine local photographers and provides a look at Cape Ann Quarries
GLOUCESTER, MASS.- Working with freelance photographer and former Boston Globe reporter David Arnold, the Cape Ann Museum will present a special exhibition entitled QuarryArt, exploring the majesty of Cape Anns many quarries. The exhibit, that began yesterday, will be held at the Janet & William Ellery James Center at the Cape Ann Museum Green and will be on view through July 30. The nine photographers whose works will be featured in the exhibition are Tsar Fedorsky, Albert Glazier, Paul Cary Goldberg, Skip Montello, Olivia Parker, Martin Ray, Katherine Richmond, Steve Rosenthal and Constance Vallis. Each spent time shooting quarries in the area at various times of year. Together, their works capture the evolving beauty of the sites as they exist today, while reminding us of the quarries economic importance last century. Quarrying ... More

'A Matter of Discovery: The Art of Luis Perelman' on view at the Neuberger Museum of Art
PURCHASE, NY.- Neuberger Museum of Art at Purchase College, SUNY has opened its doors to A Matter of Discovery: The Art of Luis Perelman, a dynamic retrospective featuring more than six decades of work by the New York-based multimedia artist. Luis Perelman is an artistic innovator who continues to explore, discover, and reinvent himself, explains exhibition curator Patrice Giasson, the Neuberger Museums Alex Gordon Curator of Art of the Americas. In this show, never-before-seen color, line, and material studies from the artists private studio are presented alongside his finished works. Looking with attention at the works in the gallery, one can see the meticulous precision and incredible attention to detail behind each of his drawings, paintings, and sculptures. Perelman may be best known for his pioneering sculptures cast in clear, ... More

Work by Sandy Skoglund now on view at Janet Borden, Inc. in The Outtakes
BROOKLYN, NY.- Janet Borden, Inc. has now opened SANDY SKOGLUND: THE OUTTAKES, an exhibition of twelve new photographs by renowned artist Sandy Skoglund. This is the gallerys seventh exhibition with Skoglund. For The Outtakes, Skoglund plumbed her archives to pick out alternative images to those used in her tableaux. These works are a fresh view of her magical world before Photoshop. Twelve pho- tographs represent her original installations, and four sculptures enliven the exhibition. The new prints are are smaller than the earlier pieces, their information somehow distilled. The entire exhibition serves as a retrospective historical survey of Skoglunds work. Sandy Skoglund is a renowned American installation artist and photographer best known for her fantastical and brightly colored tableaux from the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s. Skoglund ... More

The exhibition Trab'ssahl by Abdessamad El Montassir is now on view at Bétonsalon Centre D'Art
PARIS.- Abdessamad El Montassir's exhibition Trab'ssahl, currently on view at the BÃ©tonsalon Centre D'Art, will be open until July 13th. Trabssahl means Â«The Land of the WestÂ» in Hassanya and refers to a large part of Sahrawi territory. It is on this land, in this language, in the largely ignored history of an uninterrupted conflict for nearly 50 years, between sovereignty and autoÂ nomy, that Abdessamad El Montassirs work is anchored. All that we have expeÂ rienced, we cannot say. Ask the ruins, ask the desert and its thorny plants. They have seen and experienced everything, they have remained in place. We no lonÂ ger have the words. These are the words of Khadija who left her nomadic life for the city in 1975. Powerful though idle, they set out for Abdessamad El Montassir a programme he has been carrying out since 2015 : how to show what cannot be seen, how to listen to what ... More

'DalÃland' Review: Landscape with vipers
NEW YORK, NY.- One of the best things about DalÃland, Mary Harrons amused and amusing fictional look at the singular Salvador DalÃ, is that it isnt a cradle-to-grave exhumation. Instead, the movie focuses on a period in DalÃs later years when he was widely, wrongly and seemingly permanently eclipsed both by the commercial profile of his art and by the flamboyant scandal he had made of his life. Harrons result is less a consummate portrait and more a distillation of a sensibility, as if she had dropped DalÃ in an alcohol still to extract his very essence. The man, the myth and the mustache are all here, albeit modestly. Harrons path into DalÃs world is through an invented character, James (newcomer Christopher Briney), whos recently landed a job at the artists New York gallery. An anodyne pretty boy, James serves as a proxy for the viewer, ... More

2023 Melbourne Winter Masterpieces Exhibition: Pierre Bonnard: Designed by India Mahdavi
MELBOURNE.- The National Gallery of Victoria in partnership with the MusÃ©e dOrsay, Paris presents the major world-premiere exhibition Pierre Bonnard: Designed by India Mahdavi. The blockbuster Melbourne Winter MasterpiecesÂ® exhibition features more than 100 works by Pierre Bonnard the leading 20th century French painter celebrated for his iridescent palette presented within a contemporary scenography by award-winning architect and designer, India Mahdavi. The paintings of Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947) depict intimate domestic interiors, natural landscapes and urban scenes with subtlety, wit and a sensuous approach to colour and light. Renowned for his use of colour to convey emotions, Bonnard was declared by his close friend Henri Matisse as a great painter, for today and definitely also for the future. Organised by the NGV in partnership ... More

Moran's achieves a NEW world auction record of $325,000 for Oscar Howe in their Art of the American West sale
LOS ANGELES, CA.- John Moran Auctioneers is starting the summer HOT! They just presented their Art of the American West sale Tuesday, June 6th, 2023, which brought phenomenal results, specifically in the fine art category. The star of the show was the Native American artist, Oscar Howe, best known for his innovative and expressive depictions of traditional Dakota culture and mythology. He had two works in the sale, each reaching six-digit bids, but one achieving a new world action record for the artist at $325,000! Collectors also enjoyed stunning works by Laverne Nelson Black and Grafton Tyler Brown. Two works from Oscar Howe highlighted the summer auction with a combined total of $550,000. ... More

Secretariat's legend rolls on like, well, a tremendous machine
NEW YORK, NY.- It was a performance for the ages, growing more mythic as time goes on. Having won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes in record fashion, Secretariat rocketed out of the starting gate on June 9, 1973 his best start yet and never let up. He moved liked a tremendous machine, as announcer Chic Anderson put it, and crushed his competition by a whopping 31 lengths to win the Belmont Stakes on an uncomfortably warm but utterly joyous afternoon at Belmont Park. Like his lead in the Belmont, his legend has swelled even though his youngest current fans had not even been born when he was crowned the ninth Triple Crown champion and the first in 25 years. Nine of the best 3-year-olds in the country will face off Saturday during the 50th anniversary celebration of Secretariats Triple Crown feat, but none will ... More

Helen Thorington, who brought sonic art to the airwaves, dies at 94
NEW YORK, NY.- Helen Thorington, whose haunting sonic compositions helped bring the medium of radio art to a national audience and provided the soundscape for filmmakers, artists and choreographers, died on April 13 in Lincoln, Massachusetts. She was 94. Her partner and collaborator, Jo-Anne Green, said she died in a hospice from complications of Alzheimers disease. Her death was not widely reported at the time. Radio art was a niche medium when Thorington started out, but she helped bring attention to the form through her work, which was frequently featured on NPR and other noncommercial outlets, and later as the founder of a project called New American Radio, which commissioned more than 300 works that were broadcast on more than 70 radio stations for more than a decade starting in 1987. Thorington began her pioneering ... More

A Russian pianist speaks out against the war from home
NEW YORK, NY.- When Russia invaded Ukraine last year, pianist Polina Osetinskaya, who lives in Moscow, was distraught. She took to social media to describe a sense of horror, shame and disgust, and expressed solidarity with Ukraine, where she had often performed. But unlike many artists, activists and intellectuals, Osetinskaya, 47, decided to remain in Russia, where she lives with her three children, even as the Kremlin cracked down on free expression and made clear that any contradiction of the governments statements on the invasion could be treated as a crime. She has faced consequences for her views: Some concerts at state-run halls have been canceled; others have been interrupted by the authorities. Osetinskaya, who was born in Moscow, said her international career has also suffered because of her Russian identity. She lost some ... More

Private dances: Lotto Royale offers a 'door to an experience'
NEW YORK, NY.- Can I fall in love with a stranger? dance artist Lauren Bakst said. Could a stranger fall in love with me? Will I be rejected? Will we be disappointed? Its hard to know what will happen at Lotto Royale, a two-day presentation of one-on-one performances, but it does bring out the nerves. Its like a blind date: Audience members reserve a time slot and are paired with dance artists through a lottery. Maybe we dont want each other, Bakst said. But what can we do together? As Ive been working, thats whats kept my attention. This weekend, 17 dance artists including Amelia Bande, Mayfield Brooks, Moriah Evans, Jennifer Monson, Elliot Reed, Alex Rodabaugh and Anh Vo will each present six private performances over two days as part of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Councils River to River Festival. This is the second ... More