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Doris Kearns Goodwin, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, at her apartment in Boston on March 29, 2024, where she wrote her new book, An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s. It took Kearns Goodwin a while to adjust to leaving the Concord, Mass., farmhouse she shared with her husband. But Boston has its compensations. (Tony Luong/The New York Times)
NEW YORK, NY.- After Doris Kearns Goodwins husband died nearly six years ago, the couples home, a 19th-century farmhouse in Concord, Massachusetts, no longer felt right. We were there for 20 years, said Kearns Goodwin, 81, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian whose new book, An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s, will be published April 16. It was a house we had loved, and a house that in many ways we had built together, she continued, referring to assorted refinements, including the three-car garage that became a library and the addition of a tower inspired by her husbands fascination with Galileo. There was a gently gurgling fountain in the backyard, a curved wooden bench, abundant flowering plants and a pond populated with koi. Inside were books some 10,000 of them arranged by category and subject matter, and dispersed to shelves in almost every room. All that we loved was there, Kearns Goodwin said ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day TEMPLON welcomed abstract painter Claude Viallat in its New York space for the first time. A legendary figure of the last French avant-garde movement, Supports/Surfaces, Claude Viallat, now 88, is taking over the Chelsea gallery with an installation of large-scale colorful tarpaulins, created between the 1970s and today. © Charles Roussel.
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| A heartland godmother of installation art, no longer in the shadows | | TEMPLON presents abstract painter Claude Viallat in its New York space for the first time | | Titans of British Sporting Art to be sold in London |
Artist Donna Dennis outside her home in Germantown, N.Y. on March 14, 2024. She is a trailblazer of the architectural sculpture movement, and her diaries rival Frida Kahlos. (Lauren Lancaster/The New York Times)
CLERMONT, NY.- One of Donna Dennis architectural installations a false tunnel entrance installed on the Mad River so confounded local Ohioans that one morning in August 1981, someone pipe-bombed it. New Yorks bomb squad confiscated ... More | |
Claude Viallat, Sans titre n°117, 2000. Acrylic on canvas, 268 à 220 cm 105 1/2 à 86 5/8 in. Photo © Tanguy Beurdeley.
NEW YORK, NY.- TEMPLON welcomed abstract painter Claude Viallat in its New York space for the first time. A legendary figure of the last French avant-garde movement, Supports/Surfaces, Claude Viallat, now 88, is taking over the Chelsea gallery with an installation of large-scale colorful tarpaulins, created ... More | |
Thomas Blinks Away! Away! Estimate: £40,000 - £60,000. Chiswick Auctions.
LONDON.- Oil paintings by three titans of British sporting art come for sale at Chiswick Auctions on May 1. Significant works by Alfred Munnings (1878-1959), Thomas Blinks (1860-1912) and Heywood Hardy (1842-1933) lead the west London sale of Old Masters and 19th Century Art. They come for sale from a private UK collection. ... More |
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| Raffaela Zerilli joins Lehmann Maupin as Director of Central Europe | | Comics artist dies after sexual misconduct accusations | | Zadie Xa presents new works at Thaddaeus Ropac |
Zerilli comes to Lehmann Maupin with over 10 years of experience.
NEW YORK, NY.- Rachel Lehmann and David Maupin announced the appointment of Raffaela Zerilli as Director of Central Europe. In this newly-created role, Zerilli will work alongside London-based Partner Isabella Icoz to support the gallerys growth in Europe. Based between Berlin and Zurich, Zerilli will play a pivotal role in spearheading the expansion of the gallerys presence in the region, with a particular focus on Germany and Switzerland. ... More | |
Ed Piskor, 41, was known for his detailed Hip Hop Family Tree and X-Men: Grand Design. (Garret Jones via The New York Times)
NEW YORK, NY.- Comics artist Ed Piskor, who was best known for his multivolume Hip Hop Family Tree, died last week after posting a lengthy note to social media about an accusation of sexual misconduct that led a gallery in Pittsburgh to indefinitely postpone an exhibition of his work. The death of Piskor, who lived in Munhall, Pennsylvania, was confirmed by a funeral home, but no ... More | |
Zadie Xa, 4 the Women of Iodo, 2022. Machine-stitched fabric, photo-printed cotton, mother of pearl buttons, copper bells on hand-dyed linen, 126 x 136 x 37 cm. Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul
© Zadie Xa.
PARIS.- For her first solo exhibition at Thaddaeus Ropac, Zadie Xa presents new works spanning diverse mediums that reflect on ideas of interspecies communication and transmutation, world-building and symbols of protection and power. ... More |
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| Bruneau & Co. announces highlights included in Fine & Decorative Art online auction, April 24 | | Mark Manders joins Xavier Hufkens | | Kent State School of Fashion to induct fashion designer Dame Zandra Rhodes into Hall of Fame |
14kt gold Baume & Mercier wristwatch, made in Switzerland in the 20th century, sporting a white face with line chapter marks and housed in a 14kt gold case (est. $1,000-$3,000).
CRANSTON, RI.- A complete portfolio of 25 lithographs from Salvador Dali (France/Spain, 1904-1989) titled Aliyah, and a 1924 Alpha Romeo half-scale Shriners parade P2 go-cart racer are a couple of the wild and wonderful items awaiting bidders ... More | |
Mark Manders. Photo: Tim Van de Velde
BRUSSELS.- Xavier Hufkens announced the representation of Dutch-Belgian artist Mark Manders. Best known for his continuous project entitled Self-Portrait as a Building since 1986, Manders artistic practice departs from the idea that his work is one endless and ever-expanding self-portrait. Mark Manders will unveil his inaugural exhibition with the gallery in Brussels, opening on 24 October ... More | |
Zandra Rhodes by Robyn Beeche.
KENT, OH.- The School of Fashion at Kent State University announced British designer Dame Zandra Rhodes as the 2024 Hall of Fame Inductee. In its 35th year, the prestigious Kent State School of Fashion Hall of Fame award celebrates the outstanding contributions to fashion made by an individual. The accolade honors the unique qualities of their leadership. It champions the aspiration ... More |
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| The sounds that made her move: 'Music Fed My Life Force' | | Gavin Brown donates archive from his eponymous gallery to CCS Bard | | Two important curatorial hires, CMO announced at Nelson-Atkins |
Dianne McIntyre at the new Apollo Stages at the Victoria Theater, in New York on April 4, 2024. (Elias Williams/The New York Times)
NEW YORK, NY.- It was the 1970s, and Dianne McIntyre was a dancer on a mission: to soak up live music, specifically, she said, so-called avant-garde jazz, free jazz or, when labels really start to irritate her, just whatever. Shows would end late, making this obsession a sunrise pursuit. Wed leave at 2 a.m., get on the subway from Brooklyn or down in the Village, she said in a video ... More | |
The archive captures 26 years of the legendary New York City gallery from the mid-1990s through 2020, inclusive of artist files, exhibition histories, catalogs, and documentation relating to some of todays most celebrated artists.
ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, NY.- The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College announced today it has acquired the archive of legendary New York art gallery, Gavin Browns enterprise (GBE). Donated by gallerist Gavin Brown, the archive represents a 26-year history of one of New York Citys ... More | |
Rob Persaud. Nicole Bissey Photography.
KANSAS CITY, MO.- The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City has announced two hires in its Curatorial division, as well as a new Chief Marketing Officer. Tahnee Ahtone joins the museum as Curator, Native American Art, coming from the Kiowa Tribal Museum in Carnegie, Oklahoma, where she served as Director/Curator. Rachel Kabukala will be the museums new Associate Curator, African Art, returning to the museum after pursuing her PhD, and following a prior position ... More |
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Dianne Brill, a 1980s 'It Girl,' makes a splashy returnNEW YORK, NY.- When Dianne Brill arrived at the Soho Grand Hotel for her 66th birthday party Saturday night, she did so with the same sense of spectacle that made her an icon of Manhattan nightlife in the 1980s. People stopped and stared as she stepped out of a black SUV. Standing 6-foot-3 in white platform boots, Brill was wearing a silver satin wraparound dress and holding a glittering wand in one hand. Her hair was big and blond, and she wore a big necklace that read B-R-I-L-L. Im back, she said. Maybe not everyone knows it yet, but I am, and thats why Im having this birthday party. To show everyone Im back. The party was billed as One in a Brillion. The dress code on the invitation was Strictly Brill, meaning the kind of thing Brill might have worn at nightclubs like Area and Danceteria four decades ago. She came to New York ... More Sara Cochran, Chief Curator, to depart The Church after her final show in JuneSAG HARBOR, NY.- Sara Cochran, founding Chief Curator of The Church in Sag Harbor, will step down from her position on June 29th, after the opening of her final exhibition Are You Joking? Women & Humor. This major art show explores the diverse ways humor is used in the work of female-identifying contemporary artists. Cochran is leaving to focus on personal projects and new opportunities. Cochran joined The Church in December 2019 as Executive Director and Chief Curator, working closely with The Churchs co-founders, artists Eric Fischl and April Gornik, opening the arts and creativity center and artist residency during COVID in the spring of 2021. Responding to the institution's rapid growth, Cochran transitioned to Chief Curator in 2022 to focus on its ambitious exhibition program. It has been an extraordinary pleasure to work with Eric ... More 'Fire Shut Up in My Bones' review: A Met milestone returnsNEW YORK, NY.- The Metropolitan Opera premiere of Fire Shut Up in My Bones, on Sept. 27, 2021, was a momentous event. Doubly so: Fire was the companys first staged opera after an 18-month pandemic closure, and it was, after 138 years, its first work by a Black composer. The opera, with a score by Terence Blanchard and a libretto by Kasi Lemmons, took on some of the grandeur and excitement of that moment. The raucous fraternity step dance that opens the third act brought down the house. That step dance still stopped the show Monday evening, when Fire returned to the Met. Two and a half years later, the work is a test case. The company has sharply increased its diet of contemporary operas some of which, including Fire, sold very well as new productions. But how will these operas perform when theyre brought back, without ... More Trevor Griffiths, Marxist writer for stage and screen, dies at 88NEW YORK, NY.- Trevor Griffiths, a prolific and avowedly Marxist writer for stage and screen most widely known for his play Comedians, which was staged in London and on Broadway, died March 29 at his home in Yorkshire, England. He was 88. His agent, Nicki Stoddart, said the cause was heart failure. An important figure on the English left, Griffiths conjoined the political with the personal and expressed that affinity across a wide range of topics, whether connected to British party politics or comparable upheavals abroad. He was at his most visible during the decade or so from 1975 onward. That period encompassed the premiere of Comedians in Nottingham, England, in 1975, as well as its New York premiere in 1976 it was his only Broadway play and his lone foray into Hollywood, as a collaborator with Warren ... More The Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art set to open exhibition of works by Alex BoeschensteinBUFFALO, NY.- The Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art announced their next exhibition, Alex Boeschenstein: Silent Terminalia, opening April 12, 2024, and running through June 29, 2024. In Eugene Thackers In the Dust of this Planet, the author argues that we are living in an increasingly unthinkable, non-human world. When we encounter encroachments of the non-humanmanifest in global climate change, worldwide species extinction, deadly pandemics, etc.we resort to crumbling knowledge systems that attempt to salvage the unthinkable into our human-centric worldview. Thacker contends that horror, both as a genre and as a way of making the enigmatic thought of the unknown and unknowable its central concern, may point to an alternative strategy. If approximately ninety percent of cells in the human body come from non-human organisms, ... More Luminato Festival Toronto returns with an exciting June 2024 programmeTORONTO.- This June, Luminato Festival Toronto, the citys multi-arts festival, returns to kick off the summer with memorable art experiences. From June 5 to 16, Luminato will present a stellar programming lineup featuring exceptional Canadian and international artists who will illuminate the city with a unique blend of music, dance, theatre, performance art, and more. From parks and sidewalks, to theatres, galleries and major transit locations, this years festival will be in neighbourhoods across the Toronto region and invites attendees to talk, laugh, dance, listen, create, and enjoy each other. Luminato produces once-in-a-lifetime inclusive art experiences that highlight the absolute best of our city, region and country, says Celia Smith, CEO of Luminato Festival Toronto. As a city-building festival, we create environments which inspire, unite, and start conversations that can lead to positive change ... More Konrad Fischer Galerie announces the representation of Rachel HarrisonDUSSELDORF.- Konrad Fischer Galerie announced the representation of Rachel Harrison. Rachel Harrison is known for her sculptures and installations with various artistic references and stylistic means. In a critical and humorous fashion, Harrisons work often combines handmade forms with found objects or photographs, bringing art history, politics, and pop culture into dialogue with one another. Konrad Fischer Galerie will present Rachel Harrison's first solo exhibition on occasion of Gallery Weekend Berlin, opening April 26, 2024. Titled Bird Watching, the exhibition will present six new sculptures and a series of recent photographs by the artist. Rachel Harrison will be represented together with Greene Naftali, New York; Regen Projects, Los Angeles and Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna. Rachel Harrison was born in 1966 in New York. She ... More A conductor who believes that no artist can be apoliticalMUNICH.- One by one, the singers came out to bow. They had just finished a performance of Mieczyslaw Weinbergs little-known The Passenger, at the Bayerische Staatsoper, or Bavarian State Opera. Each received not just respectful, but also enthusiastic applause. The loudest cheers, though, were reserved for the conductor: Vladimir Jurowski. Now in his third season as the opera houses music director, Jurowski, 52, is attracting the kind of adoration from the Munich public that was routine under Kirill Petrenko, who left in 2021 to lead the Berlin Philharmonic. But Jurowski is not merely winning over audiences; he has maintained the Bavarian State Operas reputation as one of the finest if not the finest companies in Europe while pushing its repertoire in new directions and rooting his artistry in political awareness. We classical ... More 5 minutes that will make you love Shirley HornNEW YORK, NY.- Weve spent five minutes with icons of the avant-garde, big-band heroes and saxophone titans. This time around, were putting the spotlight on one of jazz historys rarest talents, pianist and vocalist Shirley Horn, who would have turned 90 next month. Horn was at once magnetically powerful and laid-back, glamorous and understated. A daughter of Washington, D.C.s Black bourgeoisie, Horn often attired herself in furs and white gloves, but she could outlast even the hardiest barfly as the night wore on. Her claim to fame will always be her way with a ballad slow, smoothly poetic, not exactly beckoning but fully inviting but she also had a ferocious knack for swing rhythm. As influenced as her musical language was by the French impressionists, like Ravel and Debussy, the blues was always her mother tongue. Born, raised ... More Arts nonprofit The Moth hires entertainment industry leader as first-ever Chief Creative OfficerNEW YORK, NY.- Acclaimed storytelling nonprofit The Moth, the team behind the immensely popular The Moth Radio Hour and Moth Podcast, announced the addition of award-winning entertainment leader Christina Norman to its team as its first-ever Chief Creative Officer. In this new role, Norman will build upon The Moths decades-long commitment to storytelling and empathy-building, steering artistic and programmatic excellence throughout the organization. She begins her tenure the week of April 8th, and will spearhead initiatives to curate, elevate, and promote authentic personal narratives through various mediums including TV and film, live events, audio productions, workshop programs, short-form video, and strategic partnerships. Norman joins The Moth from her previous role as Head of Content at THINK450, the innovation ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American artist Chris Burden was born April 11, 1946. Christopher Lee "Chris" Burden (April 11, 1946 - May 10, 2015) was an American artist working in performance, sculpture and installation art. In this image: Operator Alison Walker watches miniature cars move along the roads in Chris Burden's latest kinetic sculpture, "Metropolis II," at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in Los Angeles.
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