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"Lonnie Holley: If You Really Knew" now on view at MOCA North Miami
NORTH MIAMI, FL.- The Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami announced the opening of the groundbreaking exhibition, "Lonnie Holley: If You Really Knew," which showcases the extraordinary work of renowned artist Lonnie Holley. Curated by Adeze Wilford, the exhibition marks the first major exhibition of the Birmingham-born artist in the South and will run from May 10 through October 1, 2023. "Lonnie Holley: If You Really Knew" offers a deep dive into Holley's remarkable career, spanning across mediums including sculpture, painting, and music. Holley's passion for inspiring change through art has resulted in an extensive and diverse body of work that explores critical moments in U.S. history, global environmental responsibility, and deeply personal memories. Holley shares, "My art confronts the past, engages with the present, and inspires ... More

Mendes Wood DM New York presents 'Solange Pessoa. Earthworks'
NEW YORK, NY.- Earthworks features a selection of earth and fresco paintings, ceramic sculptures, and one video relating to Solange Pessoas enduring relationship to land and spirited use of organic materials. Multifarious and experimental in its approach to material, Pessoas oeuvre is at once transgressive and cohesivein a league of its own determination. Though drinking from a well of cultural referencesincluding Brazils Tropicalia and Antropofagia movements, Indigenous craft, the Baroque, Land Art, and her own dreamsher peerless approach is rooted in her intuitive and unbridled exploration of organic matter and form. This inquiry begins with the artists native region of Minas Gerais, Brazila terrain with complex histories of biodiversity, indigeneity, industry, and colonial encounterbut vastly proliferates to encompass a broader ... More

Uncovering the secrets of the Cold War: Rare military items go up for auction
BOSTON, MASS.- Boston-based RR Auction announced its latest auction event, The Military, and the Cold War. The auction Features a stunning collection of historical artifacts, offering a unique opportunity to acquire rare and significant items from national and global history. One of the most exciting pieces in the collection is a John F. Kennedy handwritten statement on the United Nations. The statement, written circa February 1949 on Congress of the United States, House of Representatives letterhead, showcases Kennedy's early advocacy for peace through strength and offers insight into his views on the UN and the Cold War. Another item of great interest is the Soviet Union Fialka cipher machine. This electromechanical device was a primary cipher machine for all Warsaw Pact countries and Cuba and was in use until the 1990s. ... More

Striking writers' union denies waiver, imperiling Tony Awards telecast
NEW YORK, NY.- The union representing thousands of striking television and movie writers denied a waiver that Broadway officials had sought that would have allowed the Tony Awards ceremony to proceed with a live televised broadcast on its scheduled date of June 11, two people briefed on the decision said Friday night. The denial by the union, the Writers Guild of America, described by people who were granted anonymity to disclose confidential discussions, is imperiling one of Broadways biggest nights a key marketing opportunity that is even more crucial in the fragile post-shutdown theater economy. Industry leaders say that without the ability to reach the broad audience that tunes into a Tony Awards broadcast, several of the newest musicals are likely to close. Broadway boosters are still hoping that over the weekend ... More

Thomas Stacy, master of the English horn, dies at 84
NEW YORK, NY.- Thomas Stacy sometimes told the story of how, when he was a boy growing up in Arkansas, an Italian who had been dead for about 80 years changed his life. Hed been studying piano with his mother, but when he heard a piece of music by composer Gioachino Antonio Rossini, his focus shifted to a different instrument and he determined to make a career of it. I was fascinated by the sound of the oboe on a record we had of the overture to Rossinis opera The Silken Ladder, Stacy recalled in a 1996 interview with The Associated Press. I knew then that I wanted to be a musician. If the oboe was a somewhat unusual selection for a young musician, Stacy soon made the even more unconventional choice to specialize in the English horn, a confusingly named instrument that is not in fact a horn but rather a double- ... More

The Los Angeles Opera after PlÃ¡cido Domingo
LOS ANGELES, CA.- When tenor Russell Thomas appeared at the Los Angeles Opera in 2017, PlÃ¡cido Domingo, the companys general director, asked him to return one day to sing the title role in Giuseppe Verdis Otello. It was a notable invitation coming from Domingo, the leading Otello of his day, who sang the role in 1986 at the very first performance of the Los Angeles company. Six years later, Thomas is back in LA starring as Otello in a six-performance run that begins Saturday. But Domingo, who had initially contemplated singing opposite him as the operas villain, Iago, is gone, forced out in 2019 at the age of 78 amid allegations that he had sexually harassed multiple women over the course of his career. So it is that the companys season-ending production of Otello is at once a look back to its foundations and a glimpse ... More

High Museum of Art to debut new piazza installation, continuing its site-specific series
ATLANTA, GA.- The High Museum of Art presents an immersive environment within a monumental celebratory canopy by designer Tanya AquiÃ±iga as its eighth site-specific installation on the Woodruff Arts Centers Carroll Slater Sifly Piazza. Titled HAPPY JOYLANTA, the installation continues the Highs multiyear series of inclusive and inviting commissions to activate the Museums outdoor space and encourage community engagement. On view from May 14 through Nov. 26, 2023, HAPPY JOYLANTA also serves as a community-based art project featuring signs, symbols and memories that reflect Atlantas diverse populations. This installation continues a nearly decade-long commitment to enliven our outdoor space and create places where visitors of all ages can gather and participate. Its a unique art experience ... More

Print Center New York announces the appointment of various new members
NEW YORK, NY.- Print Center New York is pleased to announce the appointment of two new members to the Board of Trustees in April, Brooke A. Minto and Donald T. Fallati, and the forthcoming appointment of David G. Sabel as the new Board Chair, effective June. These exciting announcements come at a time of robust growth, as Print Center New York continues to introduce new programming during its first year in its new, ground floor space at 535 West 24th Street. It is with great pleasure and anticipation that I join the esteemed members of the Board of Directors. I look forward to supporting Print Center New York as they shape a bright future in their new location, and extend their reach to dynamic and diverse communities in New York and beyond. Brooke Minto, Incoming Executive Director and CEO of the Columbus Museum ... More

ADVOCARTSY now presenting solo exhibition of Iranian born woman artist Samira Abbassy
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Los Angeles-based Iranian contemporary art platform ADVOCARTSY opened Embodied Mythologies, a solo exhibition of works by Iranian born woman artist, Samira Abbassy, on May 11, 2023 at ADVOCARTSYs West Hollywood gallery in Los Angeles. In this exhibition, Abbassys work grapples with the psychological and metaphysical aspects of selfhood, in which her figures are allegories representing the depths of our subconscious. Leaving Iran as a small child to live in London, Abbassys work acts as a bridge between the dichotomy of cultures, both fusing and exploring disparate entities to create an aesthetic synthesis rooted in her own identity. This collection of drawings and paintings creates a surreal realm of figures which allude to the history of proto-Renaissance religious Icons, and ancient manuscripts of the Middle East. ... More

New-York Historical Society explores work of J.C. Leyendecker, pivotal gay artist and illustrator
NEW YORK, NY.- This spring, a new exhibition at the New-York Historical Society examines the work and influence of J.C. Leyendecker (18741951), a preeminent illustrator and commercial artist who helped shape American visual culture in the first three decades of the 20th century through captivating advertising campaigns including the legendary Arrow Collar Man and countless covers for the Saturday Evening Post. As a gay artist whose illustrations for a mainstream audience often had unspoken homoerotic undertones, his work is especially revealing for what it says about the cultural attitudes towards homosexuality of the period. Under Cover: J. C. Leyendecker and American Masculinity, which opened May 5, and will continue until August 13, 2023, is organized by New-York Historical from the collection of the National Museum of American Illustration, Newport, RI. ... More