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In an undated image provided by Chuck Close, via Pace Gallery, Chuck Close, Brad, 2020-2021, oil on canvas, 36 Ã 30. Chuck Closes longtime gallerist, Arne Glimcher, has organized an exhibition of the artists final portraits at Pace, opening Feb. 22, 2024. (Chuck Close, via Pace Gallery via The New York Times)
by Robin Pogrebin
NEW YORK, NY.- Ever since Chuck Close was accused of sexual harassment in 2017, the painter who died four years later has largely been sidelined by the art world, with his work rarely in solo museum and gallery shows. But his longtime gallerist, Arne Glimcher, has always stood by Close, and now he has organized at Pace Gallery in Chelsea what he says will be the artists first major exhibition in New York since 2016, giving him the send-off and closure that Glimcher believes he deserves. For over 40 years, we have shown every cycle of Chucks work, Glimcher, founder and chair of Pace, said in an interview. Its a very important exhibition because its the synthesis of everything he did. To complete the arc of all these exhibitions and catalogs is crucial, Glimcher added. This is one of the great painters of the 20th and 21st ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Baryshnikov Arts announced its 2024 Spring Residency Artists. Baryshnikov Arts residencies provide space and support to artists for creative investigation in all performing arts disciplines: dance, music, theater, multimedia, performance art, or any combination thereof. Each year, Baryshnikov Arts hosts over 20 artists in residence at its Center in NYC, with support that can include use of Baryshnikov Artsâ studios and theaters, work-in-progress showings, artist honoraria, and technical and administrative services. Baryshnikov Arts residencies provide pressure-free conditions to artists, who are encouraged to focus on a specific project without the expectation of delivering a finished product.
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| New sculptures by Austrian artist Erwin Wurm shown for the first time | | Major exhibition of landscapes by Gustav Klimt opens at Neue Galerie in New York | | Amalia Pica's first solo exhibition 'Aula Expandida' opens at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery |
Erwin Wurm, Paradise I (Idea of a High Heel Big), 2024. Steel, epoxy resin, styrofoam, acrylic paint, 217 x 110 x 140 cm (85.43 x 43.30 x 55.11 in).
LONDON.- "Its very simple: we are bodies first, though we consist of mental qualities and spiritual qualities and psychological qualities
And the body is our first measure of relation to the rest of the world." Erwin Wurm. Thaddaeus Ropac London presents Surrogates, an exhibition of new sculptures ... More | |
Gustav Klimt, Pear Tree (Pear Trees), 1903 (later reworked). Oil and casein on canvas. Harvard Art Museums / Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Otto Kallir.
NEW YORK, NY.- Neue Galerie New York is now showing Klimt Landscapes, opening today February 15, 2024. This major exhibition of Gustav Klimt's (18621918) idyllic depictions in the landscape genre, on view through May 6, 2024, will feature significant paintings made while the artist was on his ... More | |
Catachresis on paper (Boca de jarro, face of the crystal, spine of the book, foot of the bed, neck of the bottle, legs of the table), 2023.
NEW YORK, NY.- Tanya Bonakdar Gallery is now showing Aula Expandida, Amalia Picas first solo exhibition in New York, on view at the gallery from February 15 April 4, 2024. Over the last three decades, Amalia Pica has examined relationships and how we communicate. Often using ... More |
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| A shipwreck is found in Lake Superior. Its captain's behavior remains a mystery. | | Historic artifacts brought together to explore the surprising journey of Washington's war tent | | Complex, and sometimes fiery, dynamics of F1 racing and rivalry present in Michael Kagan's 'Pole Position' |
Part of the SS Arlington, which sank in Lake Superior in May 1940 after leaving a port in Ontario loaded with wheat. (Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society via The New York Times)
NEW YORK, NY.- As the SS Arlington, a Canadian ship carrying wheat across Lake Superior, started to sink in stormy weather May 1, 1940, its crew clambered into a lifeboat and then gazed upon a strange sight. There, across the stormy waters, was their ... More | |
Le General Washington, 1782. Photo: Museum of the American Revolution.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Called the crown jewel in the collection by The Washington Post and the rock-star object by The New York Times, General George Washingtons headquarters tent from the Revolutionary War is the centerpiece of the Museum of the American Revolution, where more ... More | |
Michael Kagan, Mad Max, 2024. Oil on linen, 30 x 20 inches.
NEW YORK, NY.- Venus Over Manhattan is launching Pole Position, a solo exhibition of new paintings by artist Michael Kagan. Pole Position debuts Kagan's exhilarating Formula One portraits, a series which features racecar drivers and their machines. This work represents a significant shift for Kagan, ... More |
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| Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation presents the exhibition "Chris Killip. A Retrospective" | | Vintage posters and graphic design event featuring rare Akseli Gallen–Kallela's Bil – Bol, 1907 | | Solo show opens at the DC Architecture Center in Washington, DC of work by artist Adrienne Moumin |
Chris Killip, The Station, Gateshead, 1985 © Chris Killip Photography Trust/Magnum Photos.
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Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Bil Bol, 1907. Estimate $40,000 to $60,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Thursday, February 29 auction of Vintage Posters & Graphic Design will be a combination of many of Swanns most desirable poster-collecting categories, presenting an exceptional, curated selection of images relating to skiing, Art Deco, Art Nouveau, travel and ... More | |
Calliope, 2022-23. 3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage. Made from 30 overlapping darkroom prints of a detail of Bethesda Terrace Arch Bridge in Central Park, New York, 43½ x 37¼ x ¾ inches in a welded aluminum frame. $7,500.
WASHINGTON, DC.- The District Architecture Center is now presenting Adrienne Moumin: In Another Life, on view from February 15, 2024, to April 12, 2024. This ... More |
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| International Fine Print Dealers Association celebrates its return to Park Avenue Armory | | MACBA opens two new projects | | Exhibition aims to faithfully convey the depth of Giovanni Anselmo's vitality and the grandeur of his legacy |
Edvard Munch (1863-1944), Madonna Date: 1895/1896. Medium: Lithograph in black, hand-painted, on green card, Dimensions: 541 x 349 mm. Image courtesy of David Tunick, Inc.
NEW YORK, NY.- The International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) Print Fair unveiled the highlights for its 2024 edition, which marks the fairs return to its historic home at the Park Avenue Armory, from February 1518, 2024. Leading international print galleries, publishers, workshops and dealers present fine art prints across techniques and periods, from ... More | |
MACBA's 2024 programme aims to recognise the role of art in social transformation, focusing on people and their ways of collective action and altering the museum's customary modes of operation.
BARCELONA.- In her poem A Song for Many Movements, Audre Lorde reminds us that our labour has become more important than our silence. The coming together of bodies makes noise, especially when attentive not only to the voices raised, but also to the sounds and vital rhythms emerging from the necessary pauses, relays, and breaks. It is ... More | |
Giovanni Anselmo, Torsion (Torsione), 1968. Iron and fabric, 160 x 160 cm. GAM Galleria Civica dArte Moderna e Contemporanea, Fondazione Guido et Ettore De Fornaris, Turin © Giovanni Anselmo. Courtesy: Fondazione Torino Musei, 2008. Photo: © Studio Fotografico Gonella.
BILBAO.- The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao opened Giovanni Anselmo. Beyond the Horizon, a comprehensive analysis of the artistic practice of Giovanni Anselmo (b. 1934, Borgofranco dIvrea; d. 2023, Turin) envisioned as a path or a journey that connects ... More |
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A new short film by the artist duo IC-98 to be shown at the Ateneum Art MuseumHELSINKI.- From 27 February to 28 April 2024, the short film Impivaara A New World (2024) by the artist duo IC-98 will be available to view in the Fokus Gallery at the Ateneum Art Museum. The film by the artist duo, formed by Patrik Söderlund (b. 1974) and Visa Suonpää (b. 1968), is a dreamlike imagining of Aleksis Kivis classic novel Seven Brothers (1870). The film reflects on humankind as the master of nature. The film takes as its starting point the chapters of Seven Brothers set in the Impivaara wilds and joins them into a circular whole, uniting the past with an imagined future. The short film examines the novel from the point of view of the energetic basis of our culture, the coexistence of species, and the alternative futures emerging from the environmental crisis. The events begin with the great land reform of the 18th century and end in ... More 'Raquib Shaw: Ballads of East and West' opens at the Isabella Stewart Gardner MuseumBOSTON, MASS.- Fantastical paintings encompassing an eclectic fusion of the natural world, global artistic influences and memory are the core of Raqib Shaw: Ballads of East and West, on view at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum from February 15 May 12, 2024. The exhibition features the puzzle-like paintings of London-based Kashmiri artist, Raqib Shaw, who blends Eastern and Western cultures to conjure a paradise in the wake of violence and displacement. To create his intricate compositions populated with vibrant flowers, hybrid beasts and snow-capped mountains Shaw uses porcupine quills and fine needles to manipulate glossy enamel and metallic paint outlined in embossed gold, usually onto birch wood panels. Shaw incorporates a range of literary, art historical, and spiritual references in his work. Raqib Shaws love ... More Ceramic vessels inspired by the long history of trade featured in exhibition at Sullivan+StrumpfMELBOURNE.- Sullivan+Strumpf is launching the new year with a standout exhibition from Yolŋu artist, Dhopiya Yunupiŋu, Djärritjarri - the woven cloth, opening Thursday February 15, until Saturday March 9, 2024. The youngest of the famous seven Yunupingu sisters, from the Gumatj clan in north-east Arnhem Land, Dhopiya Yunupingu's works on bark, ceramic vessels and larrakitj (memorial poles) are inspired by the long history of trade between the Yolŋu and the seafaring Makassans of south-west Sulawesi, Indonesia. An encore to her sell-out commercial gallery debut at Sullivan+Strumpf Sydney last year, Djärritjarri - the woven cloth speaks to the significance of the fabric Galiku, a yellow cotton material steeped in history and symbolism that has been in use for centuries. Traditionally used in the making of flags and sails for the ... More It's a Birkin! No, a Dior. No, a Balenciaga. What in the world is it?NEW YORK, NY.- For years, the made in label has been shorthand for certain stereotypes. Quality in craftsmanship, in materials, in taste if its Made in Italy or Made in France. Mass labor, mass markets and mass counterfeits if its Made in China or Made in Bangladesh. Whether these labels are based in reality or simply emanations of a joint consumer fantasy is increasingly debatable. So what to make of a handbag that is Made in Peru ... and Portugal and India and China? Not only that, but one that is a mashup of an Hermès Birkin, a Celine Luggage bag, a Dior Saddle Bag and a Balenciaga Hourglass? Such is the Global Supply Chain Telephone Bag, the latest piece of fashion performance art from the creative collective known as MSCHF. Unveiled just in time for Fashion Month, the GSCTB is a Frankenstein accessory built via a telephone ... More What do Beyoncé, 'Dynasty' and Halle Berry have in common? His clothes.NEW YORK, NY.- He has had a fashion business in New York since the late 1980s, the same decade that Michael Kors and Donna Karan started their namesake lines. He was inducted into the Council of Fashion Designers of America in 1998. From 1999 to 2018, he showed two collections each year, some on the schedule at New York Fashion Week. But Michael Brown, 66, and his brand, B Michael, are not household names. While the designer, who goes by B Michael, has made capsule collections for Saks Fifth Avenue and has sold other pieces at a few specialty stores, many of his clothes have never been offered to the masses. For most of his career, B Michael has focused on made-to-order pieces some everyday items, and others for red carpets, galas or photo shoots. He describes his aesthetic as modern day Audrey Hepburn. Beyoncé, ... More An asteroid wiped out dinosaurs. Did it help birds flourish?NEW YORK, NY.- Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid slammed into the Gulf of Mexico. The catastrophe led to the extinction of as many as three-quarters of all species on Earth, including dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus rex. But some flying feathered dinosaurs survived and eventually evolved into the more than 10,000 species of birds living today, including hummingbirds, condors, parrots and owls. Based on the fossil record, paleontologists have long argued that the asteroids impact was followed by a big pulse of bird evolution. The mass extinction of other animals may have eliminated a lot of competition for the birds, giving them the chance to evolve into the remarkable diversity of species that fly around us today. But a new study on the DNA of 124 bird species challenges that idea. An international team of scientists found that birds began diversifying ... More Fragments of asteroid with mystery origin are found outside BerlinNEW YORK, NY.- Scientists have found pieces of a meteorite that fell near Berlin just after midnight on Jan. 21. It is a rare find, from an asteroid that was identified just before it entered Earths atmosphere. Only a handful of such events in the recent past have allowed astronomers to trace an incoming rocks origin in the solar system. Early analysis of the fragments has shown something equally rare. The meteorite is an aubrite, a class with unknown origins that some scientists argue may be pieces of the planet Mercury. They are so rare that they made up just 80 of the 70,000 or so meteorites that were collected on Earth before last months event. Its really exciting, said Sara Russell, a meteorite expert at the Natural History Museum in London. There are very, very few aubrites. The asteroid that became the meteorite (or rather ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, French painter Charles-André van Loo was born February 15, 1705. Carle or Charles-André van Loo (15 February 1705 - 15 July 1765) was a French subject painter, son of the painter Louis-Abraham van Loo, a younger brother of Jean-Baptiste van Loo and grandson of Jacob van Loo. He was the most famous member of a successful dynasty of painters of Dutch origin. His oeuvre includes every category: religion, history painting, mythology, portraiture, allegory, and genre scenes. In this image: Perseus and Andromeda.
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