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A photo provided by Gabriele Bindellini shows a section of Spinosaurus tail being uncovered in southeastern Morocco in 2018. Spinosaurus, an enigmatic predatory dinosaur that lived in northern Africa about 95 million years ago, possessed a long, powerful tail that may have propelled it through water, new fossils suggest. Gabriele Bindellini via The New York Times.
by Kenneth Chang
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- An enigmatic predatory dinosaur that lived in northern Africa about 95 million years ago possessed a long, powerful tail that may have propelled it through water, new fossils suggest. If true, this beast, close to 40 feet long and not yet fully grown when it died, was a rarity: a dinosaur that swam. ÂWhat we have here is a dinosaur that was not just a wader but an animal that was actively pursuing prey in the water column, said Nizar Ibrahim, a professor of biology at the University of Detroit Mercy in Michigan. In a paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature, Ibrahim and his colleagues described the skeleton of Spinosaurus aegyptiacus  its name means ÂEgyptian spine lizard. Long spines rose vertically from the bones in the 15-foot-long tail, forming a finlike structure that, the scientists theorize, could undulate back and forth ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Dragan Mucibabic, a Bosnian artifact collector and aficionado of ex-Yugoslav, socialist leader Josip Broz Tito, shows his storage room filled with gathered artifacts, located in the basement of his apartment building in Central-Bosnian town of Bugojno, on April 25, 2020. Surrounded by forests in the heart of Bosnia, the town of Bugojno and its melting pot of ethnicities was once a showcase of the "brotherhood and unity" championed by late Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito. But 40 years after the marshal's death, those values would have all but disappeared if not for a handful of devotees committed to keeping the spirit of their old country alive. ELVIS BARUKCIC / AFP
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| | Hauser & Wirth presents online exhibition Lorna Simpson. Give Me Some Moments | | MacDougall's offers an exceptional collection of Russian art of a European gentleman, plus other properties | | Gallery Jeanne Bucher Jaeger announces the death of Zarina |
Lorna Simpson, Construction, 2020. Collage on paper, 56.4 x 43.3 cm / 22 3/16 x 17 1/16 in. © Lorna Simpson. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: James Wang.
LONDON.- Hauser & Wirth debuted new collages by American artist Lorna Simpson. Give Me Some Moments finds Simpson building upon themes that are essential to her practice: the nature of representation, identity, gender, race, and history, which are all central to contemporary culture and American life today. For more than 30 years, Simpsons powerful works have entangled viewers in an equivocal web of meaning, drawing upon techniques of collage through the use of found images, often culled from the pages of Jet and Ebony magazines from the 1950s to the 1970s. These publications focused on subjects of lifestyle, culture, and politics from an African-American perspective and are credited with chronicling black lives and issues so sorely under-represented elsewhere in the media. Through this exhibition, Simpson continues to develop the language of the ... More | |
Vasily Vereshchagin, Iconostasis of the Church of St John the Evangelist on the Ishnya River. Estimate £25,00040,000.
LONDON.- MacDougalls online only auction, 30 April 16 May, offers an Exceptional Collection of Russian Art of a European Gentleman, plus other properties. The sale includes masterpieces of classic 19th and 20th century masters such as Shishkin, Korovin, Sudeikin, Sokolov-Skalya, Annenkov, Vereshchagin, Khrutsky and many others. Key contemporary artists represented by such names as Koshlyakov, Nemukhin, Plavinsky, Chuikov, Sitnikov, Pepperstein and others. Many paintings in the collection have a long exhibition history as well as distinguished provenance. Mikhail Tkachenkos seascape Meeting of Tsar Nicolas II and the President of the French Republic Armand Fallieres in Cherbourg Harbour on 31 July 1909 (Estimate £80,000 120,000) has a particularly strong artistic and historic merit. It was commission by Tsar Nicholas II and gifted to the French President Fallieres upon signing ... More | |
Born in Aligarh, in the Northen Indian region of Uttar Pradesh, Zarina has always made her personal life the subject of her Art.
PARIS.- Zarina Hashmi who liked to be simply called Zarina has left us on this evening of April 25th in her spiritual voyage towards this Blinding Light for which she was preparing herself in these past few years. As Zarina was moving forward in age and further along her spiritual path, her work shifted towards the location of her last trip, which she translated through her research on the divine light Noor, that has found shape through the use of obsidian ink and Sumi ink, prayer necklaces, tasbih in pearl or onyx-marble, and gold leaf. Born in Aligarh, in the Northen Indian region of Uttar Pradesh, Zarina has always made her personal life the subject of her Art. She is one of the rare women artists of her generation that has managed to forge a true identity with her etchings and sculpture works on the subject of the Partition of India, exile and the longing for home. Her works, made mostly out of paper, woodcarved, woven, pierced, ... More |
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| | Venus Over Manhattan features the work of Joseph Elmer Yoakum | | Matty Simmons, a force behind 'Animal House,' is dead at 93 | | Dickinson announces virtual initiatives |
Joseph Elmer Yoakum, The only woman ruler of Assirea Asia Se., 1970. Graphite, color pencil on paper, 19 x 12 in. 48.3 x 30.5 cm.
NEW YORK, NY.- This week, #ObjectStudies features Joseph Elmer Yoakum's The only woman ruler of Assirea Asia, Se., from 1970: a rare, vertically oriented portrait drawing that gives clues to the artist's early history, a period he spent traveling with the circus through the American West. Venus Over Manhattan has organized two presentations of Yoakums work: Joseph Elmer Yoakum at the gallery, and a solo presentation of his work at Art Basel Miami Beach, both in 2019. Both presentations received significant attention from the press, including reviews from Roberta Smith in the New York Times, Johanna Fateman in the New Yorker, and Jerry Saltz in New York Magazine, which he titled Why Did It Take So Long for the World to Recognize the Genius of Joseph Yoakum? In the coming year, the first-ever retrospective of Yoakums work ... More | |
The movie, directed by John Landis (who was then largely unknown) and produced by Simmons and Ivan Reitman, involved a troublemaking fraternity, Delta Tau Chi, and its ensemble cast featured John Belushi, who had become well known from Saturday Night Live.
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Matty Simmons, who helped launch National Lampoon magazine and was instrumental in bringing into being its most famous side project, the 1978 movie National Lampoons Animal House, died on Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 93. His son Michael confirmed his death. In his 2012 book, Fat, Drunk and Stupid: The Inside Story Behind the Making of Animal House, Simmons gave a succinct version of his unusual career path: The Diners Club begat Weight Watchers Magazine, which begat the National Lampoon, and that begat Animal House. Simmons was a press agent in New York, with clubs and restaurants among his clients, when, in 1949, Frank McNamara, a businessman, ... More | |
Man Ray, La Fortune
LONDON.- As the world adapts to a period of limited travel, Dickinson has expanded its digital communication channels to keep in touch with clients and the wider art world community. Dickinson can offer access to the gallerys expertise and extensive inventory through a number of online initiatives, including bespoke virtual viewing rooms, a series of online exhibitions, weekly Insights and a bi-weekly newsletter. Dickinson is well-versed in operating behind closed doors, having offered clients a discreet private sales service for over 25 years. Although nothing will replicate the importance and pleasure of seeing great art work in the flesh, we hope our online initiatives will provide our clients with an avenue to engage with the work we are offering for sale as well allow them access to our teams extensive knowledge and expertise. Emma Ward, Managing Director Showcased on the Dickinson website and on the gallery& ... More |
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| | Filmmaker who mocked Egypt's president dies in prison | | In Tito's old hunting grounds, fans struggle to keep his spirit alive | | Patrick Nagel leads Heritage Illustration Art Auction above $1.5 million |
Habash was imprisoned in March 2018 after he directed a music video by an exiled musician, Ramy Essam, that mocked el-Sissi as a date.
by Declan Walsh
CAIRO (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- An Egyptian filmmaker imprisoned over a music video that mocked President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi died at a maximum-security facility on Friday after two years in detention without trial, his lawyer said. The cause of death of the filmmaker, Shady Habash, 24, was not immediately clear. But it brought new scrutiny to conditions in Egypts notoriously crowded prisons, where the death of an American this year caused a rare rift with the Trump administration, and which have been the subject of growing calls for a mass release of prisoners to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Habash was imprisoned in March 2018 after he directed a music video by an exiled musician, Ramy Essam, ... More | |
Bosnian artifact collector Dragan Mucibabic poses next to an original portrait of ex-Yugoslav, socialist leader Josip Broz Tito at the entrance of "Tito's room", a department of privately owned museum in Mostar, on April 25, 2020. ELVIS BARUKCIC / AFP.
by Rusmir Smajilhodzic
BUGOJNO (AFP).- Surrounded by forests in the heart of Bosnia, the town of Bugojno and its melting pot of ethnicities was once a showcase of the "brotherhood and unity" championed by late Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito. But 40 years after the marshal's death, those values would have all but disappeared if not for a handful of devotees committed to keeping the spirit of their old country alive. Tito, whose charisma and concentration of power helped bind former Yugoslavia's diverse peoples together, often retreated to a villa in Bugojno, where he was fond of hunting for bears among the fir trees. At that time, the town was an economic powerhouse, home ... More | |
Patrick Nagels Untitled, 1982 sold for: $112,500.
DALLAS, TX.- A flurry of competitive bidding drove Patrick Nagels Untitled, 1982 to $112,500 to lead Heritage Auctions Illustration Art Auction April 24 in Dallas, Texas. The sale, which boasted sell-through rates of 98.3% by value and 97.6% by lots sold, amassed $1,540,986 in total sales, topping the pre-auction estimate of $1,073,150 by nearly 44%. Patrick Nagel was an enormously successful artist whose popularity is as high as ever, Heritage Auctions Senior Vice President Ed Jaster said. His work has been popular in pop culture and advertising for decades, making it no surprise that the demand led to such an impressive result. The sales top lot soared past its pre-auction estimate of $60,000-80,000, and captures the artists signature style of images of beautiful women, often depicted with dark hair and eyebrows and dark or bright red lips. The style captures the roots of early 20th-century graphic des ... More |
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| | Murals send a message of hope in grim times | | Guernsey's to offer the noted art collection of Nicholas Zoullas | | At New York's 'museums of plants,' the art is blooming lonely |
A mural decorates a building in Los Angeles during the coronavirus pandemic, April 28, 2020. Kendrick Brinson/The New York Times.
by Hilarie M. Sheets
LOS ANGELES (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- On Wilshire Boulevard in Santa Monica, California, five artists gathered recently, with appropriate social distancing. They painted Togetherness in huge letters vibrantly embellished across the plywood panels protecting the windows of shuttered kitchenware store Sur La Table. Far from being a renegade action or unlawful act of graffiti, the team was working under the auspices of Beautify, a technology company created last year to facilitate mural paintings on blighted city walls. The Sur La Table painting was commissioned by Downtown Santa Monica Inc., after its chief executive, Kathleen Rawson, disheartened by the closed businesses in her district, contacted Evan Meyer, chief executive of Beautify and a street artist himself. Can we do something that can give ... More | |
Le Corbusier (French/Swiss, 18871965), Femme nue Debout.
NEW YORK, NY.- Guernsey's will be bringing the Collection of accomplished art collector Nicholas Zoullas to unreserved auction in an exceptional three hundred lot event. The sale will be taking place May 12 with bidding available on three platforms Liveauctioneers.com, Invaluable.com and Bidsquare.com. Born in Athens, Greece in 1937, Nicholas Zoullas' family survived the turmoil of World War II experiencing the horrors of war firsthand. As Greece was conquered by Nazi Germany, Zoullas' father led the drive to protect Jews seeking refuge. Sadly, this humanitarian work was met with disdain exposing the family to persecution. They fled Greece. Uncertain of their future, in 1947 the Zoullas family arrived in New York. Befriended by other Greek immigrants, the family settled down. Young Nicholas excelled, ultimately graduating from Harvard Law School. Following in the footsteps of his father, Zoullas entered the shipping industry. And through ... More | |
Ramon Santana, a gardener at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, is one of the horticultural workers who are keeping the closed preserve blooming, in New York on April 28, 2020. Bryan Derballa/The New York Times.
by Nancy Coleman
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Phil Macaluso, a gardener, bikes to work at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden four days a week from his home about a five-minute ride away. The garden is closed, but the trees and everything else in Brooklyn are still growing, even if other aspects of the citys life have come to a standstill. The gardens 52 acres of cherry blossoms, azaleas, crabapple trees and daffodils are reaching their peak beauty now, and though there are few around to witness it, the two dozen gardeners still work to keep the plants flourishing, the pests and weeds at bay, the lawn mowed. Its a garden, you know? Its not a natural forest, said Macaluso, 52. So without people working it, it just kind of goes back to its natural state. We cant keep it up to the horticultural level that Brooklyn ... More |
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Nicolas Poussin's Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun, 1658
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This should be VR's moment. Why is it still so niche?
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- I have wanted to love virtual reality for a really long time. More than two decades ago, when I was a preteen, I saved up my allowance to buy the original Virtual Boy, an early VR gaming console made by Nintendo. The Virtual Boy was an infamous commercial flop, with laughably primitive 3D graphics and a janky plastic headset that gave me splitting headaches. But I was transfixed by the idea of a technology that could transport me to another world, even if it was only to play Mario Tennis. Since then, Ive tested maybe a dozen VR headsets, ranging from cheap Google Cardboard models to ultra-high-end gaming rigs. And every time, Ive found myself excited by the promise of futuristic VR and disappointed by the inevitable letdown of experiencing the actual limited systems. Last month, when it became clear that ... More
Quinn's to host Modern & Contemporary Prints, Photographs and Posters Auction with international flavor
FALLS CHURCH, VA.- On Thursday, May 14, Quinn's Auction Galleries will present a 188-lot Modern Prints, Posters and Photographs auction with absentee and Internet live bidding available through LiveAuctioneers and Invaluable. A strong selection of modern and contemporary American, European and Japanese prints will be offered, representing the work of widely collected international artists including Picasso and Matisse; and acclaimed artists from the DC metro area, such as Werner Drewes, Jack Perlmutter and Kathleen Spagnolo. One of the sales top lots is by German Expressionist painter and printmaker Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (German, 1884-1976). The 1919 woodcut is titled Russische Landschaft mit Kreuzweg (Russian Landscape with Crosswalk), measures 15 3/8 inches square, and is pencil-signed. Its pre-auction estimate ... More
Eiffel Tower caps 'HeroesShineBright' tribute
PARIS (AFP).- The Eiffel Tower joined other global landmarks Saturday in capping a sparkling tribute launched by the Empire State Building in New York to those battling the coronavirus. At 8:00 pm (1800 GMT), when people in France have been clapping daily from windows and balconies to thank health-care workers, the Paris landmark lit up in "sparkling white" to hail "the unfailing courage of care workers confronting the coronavirus pandemic," said SETE, the company that manages the Eiffel Tower. A half hour later, the lights on the 20th century Montparnasse Tower, another tall landmark in the French capital, transitioned from white to red "to show its support even more intensively, like a beating heart," the company added. The nine-day #HeroesShineBright initiative started on April 24 in New York and each night a different colour is used there to salute ... More
Peter Jonas, innovative opera impresario, is dead at 73
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Peter Jonas, an impresario who turned the English National Opera in London and the Bavarian State Opera in Munich into influential hotbeds of innovation, died on April 22 in Munich. He was 73. His death was announced by the Bavarian State Opera, which said he had struggled with cancer for 45 years. Jonas was general director of the English National Opera from 1985 to 1993 and intendant (executive and artistic director) of the Bavarian State Opera from 1993 to 2006. Throughout his career he encouraged directors and designers, along with like-minded conductors and singers, to take bold interpretive approaches to the great yet elusive and multilayered operas of the past. That opera does not yield its riches easily is something to be treasured, he said in a 2005 interview with The International Herald ... More
The Contemporary Dayton to open online exhibition
DAYTON, OH.- The Contemporary Dayton presents Remix, an online exhibition featuring sculptor Jason Lee (Morgantown, WV), printmaker Ry McCullough (from Dayton, currently living in Tampa, FL), and painter Whitney Sage (Detroit, MI). This exclusive online exhibition will premiere on www.thecontemporarydayton.org at 5pm on May 8 and will remain online until June 20, 2020. In addition, videos and interviews with the artists will be posted on website and social media platforms throughout the show. The artists were selected through The Cos 2018 Biennial Call for Exhibitions by the Exhibition and Program Committee. The exhibition was organized by Patrick Mauk, Gallery Manager, Annie Kolk, web designer, and the artists as a creative opportunity while the gallery is closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting stay-at-home order. Lees ... More
Artists, athletes cling to their dreams on Havana's rooftops
HAVANA (AFP).- These are hot, humid days in Havana. When the afternoon breeze sweeps in off the sea, William Roblejo steps onto the roof of his building, draws his bow across the strings of his violin, and runs through his repertoire of music to soothe an anxious city. Access to a rooftop and a breeze is a coveted luxury in the Cuban capital, areas of which have been in lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic for several weeks. On other Havana rooftops, the country's top ballet dancer rolls out a mat and runs through his positions and pirouettes, an Olympic pentathlete lunges at an imaginary rival with an epee, and a Greco-Roman wrestling champion pumps iron. Cuba has imposed lockdowns only in certain barrios, but the government has called on people to stay home as the number of confirmed infections climbed above 1,500 this week with ... More
Can street artists survive a city in lockdown?
LONDON (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- One recent Friday, Nathan Bowen, a graffiti artist, was spray-painting a boarded-up storefront in East London. He was wearing a reflective vest, hoping any police officers who drove by would mistake him for a builder. But he still stood out. He was the only person on the whole street. In March, the British government ordered everyone to stay inside, only allowing people out for daily exercise, to buy food or if they were an essential worker. A month later, the lockdown is still in force. Bowen was not an essential worker, he acknowledged, but he said he was providing a necessary service, of sorts. In this time, you need people like me to go out, he said. If no ones doing it, the city has no vibe. Before the pandemic, London teemed with street artists and performers: Buskers sang to commuters on the Underground, ... More
Contemporary Istanbul announces dates for 2020 along with a new Fair Director
ISTANBUL.- Contemporary Istanbul, the leading international art fair in the region, announced that Melih İsmail İnan will take on the role of Fair Director. Melih has been part of the Contemporary Istanbul family for nearly ten years. In his new role as Fair Director, Melih will take on the development of the overall vision for the 15th edition of CI, which will return this autumn from the 24th 27th September 2020, and the realisation of the first edition of a digital version of the fair. Presenting a platform for Istanbuls thriving art scene, growing art market and collector base, CI offers an access point to the best contemporary art from the wider region. In 2020, CI Continues to be supported by its main sponsor, Akbank. In addition to this years new Fair Director, Contemporary Istanbul is also pleased to announce a new ... More
DIY downloads to a wallpaper collective: Artists rise to lockdown challenge
DUMFRIES .- Spring Fling artists are migrating to the internet to help others, explore new ideas and to strengthen their businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic. Right now 87 specially selected artists and makers were expecting to be hard at work preparing paintings, photography, prints, jewellery, woodwork and much more in readiness for Scotlands leading open studios weekend. But the postponement of the event, due to take place from 23-25 May, and the huge impact of the pandemic on all areas of life has changed everything. With many parents facing a big challenge in keeping children positively occupied while the schools are closed, Ailsa Black and Suzi Plunkett, both put delightful artwork online that families can download and colour in for free. Ailsa, based in Kirkbean, said: I know how frustrating it is for people stuck at home, especially ... More
American University Museum at Home engages patrons away from campus
WASHINGTON, DC.- While the pandemic keeps arts institutions closed nationwide, patrons and university community members cant visit the three-story, expansive museum on American Universitys campus. The American University Museum, which typically hosts 20 to 30 art exhibitions per year, canceled its spring and summer shows. Under the initiative AU Museum at Home, the museum staff is finding new ways to engage the museum community and bring patrons #artwhereyouare. Creative people always turn obstacles into opportunities, and our museum staff is proving that again with AU Museum at Home, said Jack Rasmussen, curator and director. The art and artists of the canceled exhibits are being shared through digital storytelling, artist playlists, collection highlights, childrens art tutorials, online gallery talks and more. A ... More
Julien's Auctions Sports Legends featuring Kobe Bryant and FIFA World Cup moved to May 21
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Julien's Auctions announced the new date for Sports Legends, the world-record breaking auction house to the stars' annual sports event, will be May 21, 2020 live online at www.julienslive.com. Over 300 historic sports artifacts will stand atop the auction podium in a winners' circle of uniforms, medals, shoes, memorabilia, sports equipment and more from the worlds of basketball, soccer, baseball, hockey and beyond. Among the highlights announced is a collection of items from Kobe Bryant, the basketball legend and 18-time All-Star who won five NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers. Items include: Bryant's full Los Angeles Lakers number "8" home uniform, game worn during the 1999-2000 NBA Finals and embroidered with an official NBA logo under a black armband worn in remembrance of Wilt Chamberlain ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Dutch painter Karel Appel died May 03, 2006. Christiaan Karel Appel (25 April 1921 - 3 May 2006) was a Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet. He started painting at the age of fourteen and studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam in the 1940s. He was one of the founders of the avant-garde movement Cobra in 1948. He was also an avid sculptor and has had works featured in the museum of Great Samo and MoMA. In this image: Karel Appel, "Portrait of Rudi Fuchs". Photo: Bram Saeys.
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