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The artist Sheila Pepe in front of her installation My Neighbors Garden, in Madison Square Park in New York, June 20, 2023. In the installation, Pepe uses the art of crochet to shape space and build community. (Amir Hamja/The New York Times)
by Hilarie M. Sheets
NEW YORK, NY.- My favorite thing is crocheting 20 feet in the air, artist Sheila Pepe said at her studio in the Brooklyn Army Terminal. There across the floor last month she was laying out coils of vibrantly colored shoelaces, paracord, rope and garden hose, more than 15,000 yards worth, to be strung and spun into her first outdoor installation, opening Monday in Manhattans Madison Square Park. Up high, in my overalls and my crochet hook in hand, on top of a drivable scissor lift, its the funniest gender joke in the world for me, said the 63-year-old artist, who identifies as lesbian. Now youre Grandma! Now youre Uncle Joe! For more than two decades, Pepe has used the craft of crochet, which she learned as a child from her mother, to draw in three dimensions and infiltrate architecture. Her handmade, unruly webs, which she attaches to museum walls and ceilings in large-scale ephemeral installations, soar and sag chal ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Vitra unveiled a new structure on their campus in Germany - a garden house by Japanese architect Tsuyoshi Tane. Photo: Julien Lanoo.
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| Landmark exhibition 'William Kentridge: In Praise of Shadows' travels to the MFAH | | Lark Mason Associates presents a Summer Sale of Paintings, Prints, and Other Fine and Decorative Works of Art | | "Saved for the Nation" extremely rare 17th-century painting depicting Black female sitter alongside her white companion | 
William Kentridge, Stereoscope, 1999, 35mm film, transferred to video, The Broad Art Foundation, Los Angeles. © William Kentridge.
HOUSTON, TX.- The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is opening the acclaimed exhibition William Kentridge: In Praise of Shadows, from June 25 to September 10, 2023. Organized in cooperation with The Broad, Los Angeles, where it opened in November 2022, the exhibition surveys 35 years of the celebrated South African artists career, and features more than 80 works touching on every aspect of Kentridges wide-ranging investigations in the visual arts, film, and theater. Born in Johannesburg in 1955, where he continues to live and work today, Kentridge has dedicated much of his career to exploring the social and political conditions of his home country, from the Apartheid era (194891), through South Africas transition to desegregation and democratic elections (199194), and to its present-day realities. Featuring his world-renowned charcoal drawings and animated films, ... More | | 
Cindy Shermans Homage to Claude Cahun, a silver gelatin print, 2004 (Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000).
NEW YORK, NY.- Lark Mason Associates has announced that its exciting summer sale is now open for bidding on the iGavelAuctions.com platform. Running until June 29th, this auction showcases a captivating array of over 300 interesting and varied objects, all offered at low reserves. Art enthusiasts and collectors alike will find this event an exceptional opportunity to discover new pieces to enhance their collections or embark on a thrilling collecting journey. Commenting on the sale, Lark Mason III says: "We are delighted to present this eclectic collection of fine and decorative arts to our valued clients. With a wide range of objects and attractive estimates, this sale offers an excellent chance to acquire both fine and decorative artworks. Whether you are an experienced collector or just starting out, we invite you to explore and participate in this diverse auction." A few of the standout highlights in the New York sales room include a C ... More | | 
This almost unique painting shows two women, one Black and one white, side by side, presented as companions and equals, wearing similar dress, hair and jewellery.
COMPTON VERNEY.- Allegorical Painting of Two Ladies, an English School work dating to around 1650 was at risk of permanently leaving the UK after being sold at auction in 2021, but now with generous support from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) and V&A Purchase Grants, it will go on display at Compton Verney for the public to enjoy. This almost unique painting shows two women, one Black and one white, side by side, presented as companions and equals, wearing similar dress, hair and jewellery. The portrayal of a Black female sitter is highly unusual in this period, especially in showing an adult rather than a child in a position of subservience, thereby inviting important debate about race and gender during the period. Another remarkable aspect of the painting is the depiction of beauty patches on both the women. Although in vogue at the time, the painting appears ... More |
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| Gold Rush photography achieves top prices during Hindman's American Historical Ephemera & Photography Auction | | Enter the 50-ton concert hall that hangs like a disco ball | | Almine Rech opening of two venues in Gstaad and the Principality of Monaco | 
Hemingway's Rolleiflex MX camera. Price Realized: $10,080.
CINCINNATI, OH.- Last week, Hindmans summer American Historical Ephemera & Photography auction saw passionate bidding for early photographs and material surrounding Americas westward expansion. A half plate daguerreotype of three gold miners (lot 529) realized $37,800, five times its estimate. The image of the three men epitomizes the gold rush itself, as their somewhat haggard appearance is offset by supremely resolute expressions behind their lit cigars. Katie Horstman, Senior Specialist, American Historical Ephemera & Photography commented: From early photography to manuscript archives, our team was excited to bring such a wide range of important historic memorabilia to auction. The strong prices achieved, particularly for historic images, demonstrate Hindman's role as a market leader in the category of early photography. Overall, the ... More | | 
A dress rehearsal for the Sonic Sphere a 66-foot-diameter spherical music hall suspended in air at the Shed, in Manhattan, June 15, 2023. (Christopher Lee/The New York Times)
by Javier C. Hernández
NEW YORK, NY.- The lights inside the cavernous McCourt space at the Shed had been dimmed, and a mystical soundtrack was playing. Your journey begins in five minutes, a recorded voice announced to the roughly 200 people gathered there on a recent evening. A curtain opened, revealing a 50-ton spherical, suspended concert hall that glowed red and orange. There were whispers among audience members that the hall, called the Sonic Sphere, resembled a spaceship, Epcot, a disco ball or the Death Star. Some people, snapping photos, joked that it might take flight during the nearly 70-minute program, a listening session of Steve Reichs Music for 18 Musicians. Others were expecting a more spiritual experience. I want to lose myself in the sound, ... More | | 
Almine Rech, Principality of Monaco. Photo Courtesy of Almine Rech.
MONACO.- Almine Rech is delighted to announce the opening of an exhibition space in Gstaad, Switzerland, as well as an office space in the Principality of Monaco. As part of its strategy to expand internationally, Almine Rech is growing its international reach, with the opening of its first temporary location in Gstaad, Switzerland. The Swiss art scene draws collectors from around the world, the exhibition venue will complement the Almine Rech global program. The space will be located in Bahnhofstrasse 1, and will open its doors in the beginning of the winter season of 2023. «The Gstaad region is one of great beauty. I am a regular visitor myself, as are many art collectors who will certainly come to see our exhibitions. We are planning shows in the region for this reason, as our artists work will be viewed by art connoisseurs.» Almine Rech.In parallel, Almine Rech extends within ... More |
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| 'Sonic Presence (or Absence): Sound in Contemporary Art' opens at The Fabric Workshop and Museum | | Heritage Auctions awarded legendary Walter J. Husak Collection of Large Cents | | Perrotin Marais hosting 'Xavier Veilhan: Portrait Mode' until the end of July | 
Jason Moran. Rivbea Studio 1, 2023. Pigment on Gampi paper, 43 x 40 inches; framed: 44 3/4 x 41 3/4 inches. © Jason Moran; Courtesy of the artist and Luhring Augustine, New York. Photo: Farzad Owrang.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The Fabric Workshop and Museum opened Sonic Presence (or Absence): Sound in Contemporary Art, an exhibition featuring 22 artists who explore and engage with sound. Some artworks incorporate actual sound while others encourage viewers to rely upon their own experiences and memories of sound to interpret the works. Curated by Alec Unkovic, the exhibition is on view June 23, 2023 to January 7, 2024. Artists on view: Terry Adkins, Janine Antoni, Moe Brooker, Nick Cave, Lenka Clayton, Kevin Cooley, Peter Edwards, Guillermo Galindo, Ann Hamilton, Christine Sun Kim, Phillip Andrew Lewis, Glenn Ligon, Thomas Mader, Jason Moran, Robert Morris, Stephen Petronio, Raúl Romero, Yinka Shonibare, Patrick Siler, Kiki Smith, Lenore Tawney, and Mika Tajima. Throughout The Fabric Workshop and Museums ... More | | 
(NGC ID# 223G, Variety PCGS# 35432, Base PCGS# 1340).
DALLAS, TX.- Heritage Auctions will offer a significant collection of large cents when the Collection of Walter J. Husak and the Liberty Cap Foundation crosses the block January 4, 2024, as part of the FUN Convention in Orlando, Florida. The owner of HK Aerospace, in Burbank, California, Husak began collecting coins as a teenager in the 1950s and continued until his death last year. He purchased his first large cent a rare 1804 Draped Bust, for $600 in 1980, and began in the 1990s what became one of the most important collections of Sheldon varieties, which Heritage sold in 2008 for more than $10 million. In 2009, he founded the Liberty Cap Foundation to benefit American coin history research and education; at about the same time, he began his second large cent collection. The auction at FUN will be conducted by Heritage Auctions, in partnership with Chris McCawley of Early Cents Auctions. Over the 15 years since his first collection sol ... More | | 
Xavier Veilhan, L'Oiseau n°1, 2023, 40 x 40 x 2.5 cm | 15 3/4 x 15 3/4 x 1 inch. ©VEILHAN/ADAGP, Paris, 2023, Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin.
PARIS.- Perrotin is currently presenting Portrait Mode, a solo exhibition by Xavier Veilhan in Paris. The portrait mode seems like the renewal of a historical genre through its digital transformation: the portrait (and the self-portrait) has proliferated endlessly. In the exhibition, the portrait is presented in two dimensions (by combining the techniques of marquetry and painting) and in three dimensions (using digital sculptures of solid wood, among others). The subjects are friends of the artist, members of the studio staff, and everyday animals (birds). Here, the self-celebration of each individual through the image is replaced by the celebration of all through the object. There is a term that Xavier Veilhan often uses when talking about his work: presence. The presence in the space of the sculptures and of the images that are freed from the two-dimensionality of the wall by materializing as bas-reliefs ... More |
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| 'Dara Birnbaum' at Prada Aoyama with exhibition curated by Barbara London, Valentino Catricalá and Eva Fabbris | | Sheldon Harnick, 'Fiddler on the Roof' lyricist, dies at 99 | | Bonhams is market leader in Asian art in UK & Europe for the first half of 2023 | 
Exhibition view of Dara Birnbaum Prada Aoyama Tokyo, 1 June 28 August 2023, Photo: Daichi Ano and Tomoyuki Kusunose Courtesy Prada. Dara Birnbaum, Arabesque, 2011, Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery.
TOKYO .- Prada opens today the exhibition Dara Birnbaum organized with the support of Fondazione Prada, at Prada Aoyama Tokyo until 28 August 2023. The fifth floor of the building designed by Herzog & de Meuron hosts a solo show dedicated to the work of Dara Birnbaum in conjunction with her extensive exhibition on view at Osservatorio Fondazione Prada in Milan until 25 September 2023. Curated by Barbara London, with Valentino Catricalà and Eva Fabbris, the Tokyo exhibition gathers a total of four works realized from 1979 to 2011. Prominent are the video installations Kiss the Girls: Make Them Cry and Arabesque. Specially orchestrated sound works by Birnbaum, in collaboration with contemporary musicians and composers, are accompanied by still video imagery newly created for this exhibition. These works, Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat dur and New Music Shorts, are shown separately in the two isolated seating areas adjoining ... More | | 
Composer Jerry Bock, left, and lyricist Sheldon Harnick, when they teamed up for the musical The Rothschilds, outside the Lunt-Fontaine theater in New York, Oct. 12, 1970. (Barton Silverman/The New York Times)
by Robert Berkvist
NEW YORK, NY.- Sheldon Harnick, the lyricist who teamed up with composer Jerry Bock to write some of Broadways most memorable musicals, including the Tony Award-winners Fiddler on the Roof and Fiorello!, died Friday at his home in Manhattan, New York. He was 99. His death was announced by a spokesperson, Sean Katz. Harnicks lyrics could be broadly funny, slyly satirical, lushly romantic or poignantly moving. He gave voice to a broad range of characters, including starry-eyed young lovers; corrupt politicians; a quarreling Adam and Eve; and, in Fiddler on the Roof, struggling Jews in early-20th-century Russia. When three unmarried sisters in Fiddler confront the village matchmaker, two of them hopeful and the third cynical, they all end up having second thoughts: Matchmaker, matchmaker, plan me no plans Im in no rush, maybe Ive learned ... More | | 
A magnificent and very rare large wood figure of Bodhisattva Guanyin made during the Jin dynasty (1215-1234 AD), sold for 2,589,400 (three times its pre-sale estimate) at the Chinese Art sale, Paris, Avenue Hoche, 13 June 2023. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- The first half of 2023 has cemented Bonhams as the unequivocal market leader for Asian Art in the UK & Europe, achieving a highly impressive total of 30,005,154 across 13 sales throughout Europe and UK. Continuing the trend of successful single-owner Asian Art sales from recent years such as the Parry Collection, London, and the Rousset Collection, Paris, the first half of 2023 has achieved hugely impressive totals for the single-owner sales of Michael Goedhuis: Brush & Bronze sale, London, and the third part of the Claude de Marteau Collection sale, Paris. Top 5 lots across all sales include: A magnificent and very rare large wood figure of Bodhisattva Guanyin, Jin dynasty (1215-1234 AD), sold for 2,589,400 (three times its pre-sale estimate), Chinese Art, Paris, Avenue Hoche, 13 June A 15th century gilt copper alloy figure of Amitayus attributed to Sonam Gyaltsen, sold for 1,076,900 (est. 1,000 ... More |
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 Frank Frazetta's 'Dark Kingdom' sells for $6 million to rule the record books at Heritage AuctionsDALLAS, TX.- Frank Frazetta's 1976 painting Dark Kingdom sold Thursday at Heritage Auctions for $6 million, breaking the record for original comic book or fantasy art set in 2019 by Frank Frazetta. Among the late artist's most potent and popular works, Dark Kingdom was first used as the cover of Karl Edward Wagner's 1976 novel Dark Crusade, one in a series of tales about the immortal pre-medieval warrior Kane. But it's far better known for its second appearance: as the album cover for Molly Hatchet's 1979 Flirtin' With Disaster, the Jacksonville, Florida, boogie rockers' second record. "It's extraordinarily rare whenever an artwork universally considered the best in any genre becomes available on the open market," says Heritage Auctions Executive Vice President Todd Hignite. "We're excited and proud that today's record-setting ... More  Exhibition explores the intersection of video and music by today's leading contemporary artistsWASHINGTON, DC.- Musical Thinking: New Video Art and Sonic Strategies explores the powerful resonances between recent video art and popular music through 29 powerful artworks by 10 of todays leading contemporary artists. By bringing musical strategies and insights into their time-based media artworks, the featured award-winning creators powerfully address personal as well as shared aspects of contemporary life, exploring foundational ideas of the United States through rhythm and counterpoint. Musical Thinking is on view from June 23 through Jan. 29, 2024, at the museums main building in Washington, D.C. The exhibition is organized by Saisha Grayson, curator of time-based media at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, with support from Anne Hyland, curatorial assistant. We welcome all to this uniquely immersive ... More  Spectacular Amazonite from Colorado's Smoky Hawk Mine dazzles at HeritageDALLAS, TX.- To serious collectors, the area that produces fine minerals is not as important as the mineral itself, but it definitely factors into the desirability of even the most magnificent specimen. Teller County, Colorado, is one of the most fertile areas in the United States for producing fine minerals, and includes Smoky Hawk, an active mining claim spanning nearly 21 acres that has yielded a stunning array of treasures somce production began in 2000. Within the mineral-rich Smoky Hawk mine, the Icon Pocket yields minerals that regularly generate high demand among serious collectors, including a massive Amazonite, Smoky Quartz (Significant Specimen) that will be among the top draws in Heritage Auctions' Fine Minerals Signature® event July 11. "The most beautiful mineral specimens are undeniable pieces of natural art, ... More  National Portrait Gallery introduces new sustainable uniforms designed by Wayne HemingwayLONDON.- The National Portrait Gallery introduces its new range of uniform, which will be worn by all Visitor Experience, Retail and Security Staff and volunteers from 22 June 2023 the Gallerys reopening date. Designed by the multi-disciplinary design studio, HemingwayDesign, the collection was created in close collaboration with the Gallerys Visitor Experience team to prioritise comfort and sustainability. Staff will have flexibility to choose between a selection of newly designed curated workwear jackets, Guernsey knitwear, t-shirts made from factory cuttings mixed with raw organic cotton, bespoke designed workwear waistcoats and recycled shirts, with a new striped lanyard to distinguish the Visitor Experience and retail staff members. For formal occasions, a smarter shirt will also be introduced. Building on the Gallerys new brand and its bold ... More  Dreaming California: High End, Low End, No End in Sight by Susan Ressler, by Daylight Books now releasedLOS ANGELES, CA.- "Ressler views Southern California, and especially Los Angeles, as a bellwether for the rest of the country, noting insightfully that what happens here often presages trends throughout the United States and beyond. Californias influence on America has been historically documented in accounts dating back to the mid-nineteenth-century gold rush." Larry Lytle. Perhaps one of the most iconic and symbolic cities in America, Los Angeles, California is also one of the most extreme. It is a place where dreams and storytelling about the human experience are a big and glamorous industry. Sparks of possibility around hopes and dreams reaching stardom-level, coexist alongside risk and staggering disappointment. The city's sprawling infrastructure holds both jaw-dropping wealth and poverty, and even the landscape reflects a disparity ... More  Paul Reed exhibition opened earlier this month at the Oaklahoma City Museum of ArtOAKLAHOMA CITY, OAK.- The Oklahoma City Museum of Art is showcasing the work of abstract artist Paul Reed this summer in one of the Museums second-floor galleries. Paul Reed: Works on Paper will open alongside True Nature: Rodin and the Age of Impressionism on Saturday, as of June 17th. The museums re-installed permanent collection galleries and Paul Reed: Works on Paper circle the globe and travel across time to highlight the vital contributions of artists in a wide variety of media and cultural context, said OKCMOA President and CEO Michael J. Anderson, PhD. Beside many old favorites, we are featuring a number of artistsmany of whom are womenand artworks, including Reeds exceptional contributions to printmaking, which are being presented in our galleries for the first time. Paul Reed was an original member ... More  Cleon Peterson's first exhibition in Paris 'Cruelty' now on view at Over the InfluencePARIS.- Over the Influence, Paris, is currently presenting Cruelty, Cleon Petersons first exhibition with the gallery, and fourth exhibition with Over the Influence worldwide. In Cruelty, Cleon Petersons bleak vision grows bleaker and darker than ever before. Over the past 15 years, the Los Angeles-based artist has depicted a culture of atavism, rage, violence and exploitative power dynamics that have presciently tracked recent developments in political discourse both in the United States and, indeed, around the world. When Petersons work first received attention, the U.S. populist Right was still a fringe element, social media was in its infancy and identity politics had not yet divided society into fiercely opposed factions. The rise of Donald Trump, backed by fascistic forces and hysterical ideologues, grimly affirmed Petersons vision, which had once ... More  Summer exhibitions now on view at Ballroom MarfaMARFA, TX.- Tongues of Fire, currently on view at Ballroom Marfa, is a group exhibition of artworks reflecting on language that has been suppressed, silenced, or obscured. Featured artists include Jorge Méndez Blake, Jesse Chun, Adriana Corral, JJJJJerome Ellis, and Nakai Flotte. The exhibitions title is inspired by Chicana cultural theorist, writer, and poet Gloria Anzaldúa and her essay Speaking in Tongues: A Letter to Third World Women Writers (1981). Anzaldúa urges artists to write with your eyes like painters, with your ears like musicians, with your feet like dancers. You are the truthsayer with quill and torch. Write with your tongues of fire. While her rallying cry was to women artists of color, who were often pushed to the margins of culture, it still resonates widely today. Artists continue to use language, including their artistic languages, as acts of creativity, ... More  PhillipsX Presents 'The Deep End: Works by Vivian Springford'NEW YORK, NY.- PhillipsX will present The Deep End: Works by Vivian Springford, a selling exhibition featuring a selection of large-scale canvases by the late American abstractionist. Opening on 29 June, the show will feature an iconic selection of works from the 1960s through the 1980s and will be on view at the 432 Park Avenue gallery through 9 August. This period saw Springford taking inspiration from her travels across the globe with topographies as far-reaching as Tanzania or the chromatic pools in Yellowstone National Park having been translated onto canvas with sweeping, gestural swaths of color. Alexander Weinstock, Private Sales, said, Following the success of previous exhibitions such as The Virtues of Rebellion, and in conjunction with our upcoming presentation by Arnold Lehman of Innovation in American Art / 1970 1975, PhillipsX ... More  Now open: Karyn Olivier 'How A Home Is Made' at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New YorkNEW YORK, NY.- Tanya Bonakdar Gallery is presenting Karyn Olivier: How A Home Is Made, the artists second solo exhibition with the gallery, on view in New York from June 22 - July 28, 2023. Karyn Oliviers artistic practice merges multiple histories and collective memory with present-day narratives. Through the manipulation of familiar objects and spaces, the artist re-contextualizes the viewers relationship to the ordinary. Questioning what we presume to be the function or facts of an object or space, she asks us to reconcile the immediate with the remembered. In How A Home Is Made Olivier explores themes of displacement, migration, and absence using discarded items and common construction materials. Combining these with photographic imagery, Olivier asks the viewer to reflect on building practices, excess consumption, and Western ... More  PICA announces 2024 Judy Wheeler Commission artist Diana Baker SmithPERTH.- Diana Baker Smith (NSW) has received the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts 2024 Judy Wheeler Commission to produce a new site-specific work for the multi-arts space. Commencing in 2023, the Judy Wheeler Commission is the result of a 10-year philanthropic gift given by the Simpson family to PICA. Each year, it supports an Australia-based artist to create a bold new work that responds to PICAs architecture and history as one of Perths first schools and now a contemporary art space. Diana Baker Smith is a Gadigal (Sydney)-based artist who works across performance, moving image and installation to explore the relationship between art history and its institutions through a feminist lens. She is also a member of the acclaimed performance art collective, Barbara Cleveland. Baker Smiths winning proposal will feature a text-based score ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American painter Sam Francis was born June 25, 1923. Samuel Lewis Francis (June 25, 1923 - November 4, 1994) was an American painter and printmaker. Francis was initially influenced by the work of abstract expressionists such as Mark Rothko, Arshile Gorky and Clyfford Still. He later became loosely associated with a second generation of abstract expressionists, including Joan Mitchell and Helen Frankenthaler, who were increasingly interested in the expressive use of color. In this image: Sam Francis, Untitled [Berkeley], 1948. Watercolor on paper, 19 x 25 3/4 inches. SFF4.61. © 2018 Sam Francis Foundation, California/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
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