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The Gunung Padang pyramid site in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, Dec. 22, 2023. A study that concluded it may be "the oldest pyramid in the world is under investigation by its publisher after fueling debate over the age of the partially excavated site and the ethics of archaeology. (Ulet Ifansasti/The New York Times)
by Mike Ives and Rin Hindryati
CIANJUR.- In a mountainous corner of Indonesia lies a hill, dotted with stone terraces, where people come from around the country to hold Islamic and Hindu rituals. Some say the site has a mystical air, or even that it might hold buried treasure. The partially excavated site, Gunung Padang, is a relaxing place to spend an afternoon. Its also at the center of a raging debate. Archaeologists say that the hill is a dormant volcano and that ceramics recovered there so far suggest that humans have been using the site for several hundred years or more. But some Indonesians, including an earthquake geologist and a president who left office in 2014, have suggested that the site may have been built far earlier by an as-yet-undiscovered ancient civilization. Their narrative has spread for more than a decade within the country but not very far beyond it until recently. In 2022, a Netflix documentary series, Ancient Apocalypse, drew on the geologists research for an episode ab ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day The Printmakers Art: Rembrandt to Rego, a National Galleries of Scotland exhibition is on view at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh. Visitors can explore four galleries packed with around 100 artworks by some of the world's most iconic artists, including Rembrandt, Hokusai, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Bridget Riley and Paula Rego. Photo: Neil Hanna.
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| Ana Ofelia MurguÃa, Mexican actress and voice in Disney's 'Coco,' dies at 90 | | Three-decade survey of Charles Gaines at Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami | | Frenchette Bakery at the Whitney Museum expands to full service | 
Her 60-year career in film, television and theater marked an entire era and made her one of Mexicos most acclaimed actresses.
by Yan Zhuang
NEW YORK, NY.- Ana Ofelia MurguÃa, one of Mexicos most acclaimed actresses, whose voice acting as Mama Coco in the animated movie Coco brought her international recognition, died Sunday. She was 90. Her death was confirmed by Mexicos National Institute of Fine Arts and National Theater Company, which did not specify the cause of death. The National Theater Company described MurguÃa on social media as one of Mexicos greatest actresses. In a statement, Lucina Jiménez López, director of the National Institute of Fine Arts, described her career as one that marked an entire era. In the 2017 film Coco, made by Disneys Pixar Animation Studios, MurguÃa plays the key role of Mama Coco, the great-grandmother of a boy, the protagonist Miguel, who finds himself in the land of the dead on a journey to uncover his familys history. At the emotional climax of the film, Miguel and Mama Coco sing the song Remember Me together. Th ... More | | 
Charles Gaines,Numbers and Trees: Palm Canyon, Palm Trees Series 2, Tree #10, Tübatulabal,2019. Acrylic sheet, acrylic paint, photograph, 2 parts Unique.Overall: 368.3 x 162.6 x 14.6 cm / 145 x 64 x 5 3/4 in. © Charles Gaines. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth Photo: Fredrik Nilsen.
MIAMI, FL.- A new survey of acclaimed artist Charles Gaines is on view at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami as of this past November, tracing the evolution of the second half of his influential practice. Charles Gaines: 19922023 brings together for the first time more than 65 works from 1992 to the present day including two monumental works, one of which the artist is recreating for the first time in nearly two decades. Curated by Gean Moreno, ICA Miamis Director of the Knight Foundation Art + Research Center, the exhibition is on view at ICA Miami to April 30, 2024. Recognized as a pioneer of conceptual art, Gaines has been at the forefront of introducing language and systems into artistic production for decades. He is widely known for his use of translating mechanisms to convert images and documents into numerical structures, musical notation, and other sign systems. The ICA Miami exhibition highlights a pivotal shift in Ga ... More | | 
People order coffee at Frenchette, which has expanded its hours and menu at the Whitney Museum, in Manhattan on Dec 21, 2023. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times)
by Florence Fabricant
NEW YORK, NY.- The airy space just to the right of the entrance to the Whitney Museum in Manhattans meatpacking district, which had been Danny Meyers Untitled, has been the purview of Riad Nasr and Lee Hanson, who own Frenchette restaurant and the Frenchette Bakery in Tribeca, since November. Framed by a multitiered plant and ceramic-filled construction by Rashid Johnson, the bakery sells such baked goods as handsome loaves of fougasse, baguettes, and einkorn wheat miche. There is also a counter service menu of viennoiseries, pizzettes and sandwiches including jambon beurre, tuna Niçoise, and king oyster mushrooms with broccoli raab and ricotta. The spacious kitchen has permitted executive pastry chef Michelle Palazzo to expand her repertoire to more elaborate pastries, also being sold, like pistachio Paris-Brest and tarte au citron. The head baker is ... More |
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| Tiffany Studios 'Peacock' lamp flies to $307,500 at Morphy's Fine & Decorative Arts Auction | | Master Drawings New York programs announced | | The Brooklyn Bridge is not for sale, or for selling souvenirs anymore | 
Tiffany Studios Peacock leaded-glass table lamp on rare, matching Peacock base. Signed shade and base. Excellent condition. Sold above high estimate for $307,500. Image courtesy of Morphy Auctions.
DENVER, PA.- Morphys gallery glowed with holiday spirit on December 18-19 as the Pennsylvania company presented the 2023 edition of its popular pre-Christmas Fine & Decorative Arts Auction. The impressive array of antiques and luxury goods offered top-tier choices from dozens of categories ranging from avant-garde European art pottery to 19th-century gold jewelry, marine paintings and scarce occupational shaving mugs. The final tally for the two-day sale was $2.1 million, inclusive of buyers premium. During the auction preview, a full spectrum of brilliant hues beamed from the lineup of majestic Tiffany Studios leaded-glass lamps. At the pinnacle of the showy lighting group was a Tiffany Peacock table lamp on a rare, matching Peacock base. A beloved and iconic glass pattern, with a motif that replicates peacock feathers with mesmerizing eyes, Peacock features a background of deep, saturated purples that progress to ... More | | 
Sandro Botticelli, The Devout People of Jerusalem at the Pentecost ,ca. 1505. Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, highlighted with white gouache on paper, 9 1/8 x 14 3/8 in. (23.1 x 36.5 cm.) Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt. Photograph by Wolfgang Fuhrmannek.
NEW YORK, NY.- Master Drawings New York, the premier U.S. drawings showcase, announces programs for the 2024 fair, on view from January 27 through February 3 in more than two dozen galleries on Manhattans Upper East Side. The annual show, a well-established and highly anticipated hybrid art fair and art walk, will open with a preview event on Friday, January 26 from 3 p.m.8 p.m. The exhibiting galleries will feature exceptional and rare works on paper from the 15th to the 21st centuries, as well as paintings, sculpture, and photographs. The MDNY 2024 programs have been organized by The Drawing Foundation, a newly formed New York-based nonprofit that celebrates the art of drawing. Twelve events including conversations, tours, lectures, and special exhibition viewings at leading museums and galleries will be presented, and highlights include: the MDNY Inaugural ... More | | 
A King Kong statuette at souvenir vendors cart, one of many doing business on the footpath along the Brooklyn Bridge in New York on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024. (James Estrin/The New York Times).
by Sarah Maslin Nir
NEW YORK, NY.- A tourist from Lyon, France, named Steven Heng visited the Brooklyn Bridge on Tuesday not just to take in the celebrated peaked arches, the trellis of wire rope and the panoramic views. He also came to shop before it was too late. Tuesday was the last day for scores of souvenir vendors who have sprung up illegally along the footpath, turning the bridge into a 6,000-foot-long mall across the East River. New city rules designed to ease congestion on the bridge effective Wednesday will ban vending from this and all the citys 789 bridges. Back in France, Heng, 33, who works in a restaurant, had 20 friends expecting trinkets from his trip; hed read about the vendor clear-out and hustled to the bridge. Were buying everything, he said, clutching two ornaments featuring the Empire State Building in a wreath and a mini Statue of Liberty that he had nabbed, all ... More |
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| Missoula Art Museum features 81 contributing artists in 2024 Benefit Art Auction exhibition throughout January | | Exhibition featuring transformative and sacred power of the divine feminine on view at L.A. Louver | | 'Glassen Wonders' opens this Friday, January 5th at LewAllen Galleries | 
Shalene Valenzuela, Ironing Things Out: Measuring Up, 2022, ceramic [silent]. Copyright the artist.
MISSOULA, MT.- Missoula Art Museum invites the public to celebrate 81 artists at the First Friday opening of the 2024 Benefit Art Auction exhibition on Jan. 5, 2024, from 5 to 8 PM. The opening reception features live music by The Mighty Travis and a no-host bar that highlights specially selected wines that will be served at the live gala on Feb. 3. The Art Auction exhibition will be open through Feb. 1, 2024. Silent auction bidding begins simultaneous with the First Friday event on MAMs auction website and closes on the night of the live auction gala, Feb. 3. A buy-it-now option will be available on all silent-auction items, enabling bidders to secure a final sale on an artwork for a premium price at any time. The public can hear auction artists talk about their work at free auction art parties during Thursday late hours Jan. 11, 18, and 25, from 5 to 7 PM. Josh Farmer will play tunes on the museums grand piano during the ev ... More | | 
Jojo Abot, Dzidzor (Joy, Happiness), 2023. Textile, acrylic, clay, 63 x 42 in. (160 x 106.7 cm).
VENICE, CA.- L.A. Louver will soon be presenting a multimedia experience created by JOJO ABOT. Consisting of sculpture, textiles, film, spatial sound, painting, and performance, A GOD OF HER OWN MAKING brings together manifold aspects of JOJO ABOTs ever-expanding oeuvre. Unlimited by categorical confines of genre and medium and enhanced by three discrete activations, this exhibition focuses on the transformative and sacred power of the divine feminine, inspiring conversations around collective elevation and engagement with our spiritual selves. JOJO ABOT is an interdisciplinary artist, performer, and healer who explores the abilities of new and ancient technologies for universal healing. In her artmaking and ritual, the artist draws from her heritage as an Ewe woman from West Africa and her nomadic lived experiences across Ghana, Copenhagen, the United States, South Africa, Kenya, and ... More | | 
Luigi Benzoni, Untitled (Gold Face). Cast glass, 12.5 x 8.25 x 6 inches.
SANTA FE, NM.- LewAllen Galleries is to open the largest exhibition of world-class contemporary glass art in its nearly four decades of representing this category of important art. Entitled, Glassen Wonders, the show includes more than 60 pieces by 23 internationally recognized glass artists. The exhibition features significant works from the museum-quality collection of Dr. Arnold and Doris Roland, as well as important glass sculptures by other of LewAllens esteemed glass artists. Glassen Wonders opens on Friday, January 5, 2024 and extends through Saturday, February 17, 2024. This major exhibition has been more than a year in the planning and brings important renewed focus to this important area of our contemporary art program. It celebrates the connoisseurship of the Rolands and illustrates how a collectors scholarship and wide-ranging search for quality and beauty in this art ... More |
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| Nationalmuseum's latest sculpture acquisition: A detailed clay snapshot | | Phillips Evening & Day Editions Auction on 17 & 18 January to be led by works from the Archive of Edition Schellmann | | Bruce Museum selects inaugural artist-in-residence to ignite creative dialogues | 
Ingel Fallstedt (184899), Woman by a Mirror, c.1880. Photo: Viktor Fordell / Nationalmuseum.
STOCKHOLM.- Nationalmuseum has acquired a sculpture by Ingel Fallstedt (184899). The terracotta piece forms an entire spatial scene in miniature, showing a woman sitting in an armchair in front of a draped mirror. It was probably created in Paris, where Fallstedt lived from 1875 to 1881. This period coincides with the glory days of the actress Sarah Bernhardt (18441923), and the work can be seen in the context of the late 19th-century upsurge in theatre and popular culture. Ingel Fallstedt is known for his skilful sculpting in clay, combining sketchlike whimsicality with precision. He studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm and in Munich, before joining many of his fellow artists in Paris. The painter Hugo Birger exhibited a similar motif to this sculpture, titled La Toilette, at the 1880 Salon. Birger and Fallstedt were friends and moved in the same circles in the French capital. They were likely acquain ... More | | 
Nam June Paik, Born Again, 1991. Estimate: £15,000 - 20,000. Image courtesy of Phillips.
LONDON.- Phillips announced highlights from the London Evening & Day Editions auction in January. Headlining the evening sale on January 17 are works from the prestigious Archive of Edition Schellmann, with the proceeds benefitting the ars publicata project. Notable highlights include Andy Warhols celebrated depictions of Queen Elizabeth II and Superman, as well as works by Rashid Johnson, Ed Ruscha, Mel Bochner, KAWS, Marc Chagall, and Banksy. The auction catalogue is now online and the preview opens for visitors in Phillips galleries at Berkeley Square from 11 January until the auctions on 17 and 18 January. Rebecca Tooby-Desmond, Specialist, Head of Sale, Editions, and Auctioneer, said, We are delighted to unveil highlights from our January Evening & Day Editions auctions, which feature an extraordinary and diverse selection of material. Highlights span Modern and Contemporary works, from Chagalls romantic lithogra ... More | | 
Kimberly Klauss will embark on a transformative nine-month residency at the Bruce Museum. Photo Courtesy of Kimberly Klauss.
GREENWICH, CT.- The Bruce Museum recently announced the selection of Kimberly Klauss as its inaugural Artist-in-Residence. With generous support provided by Art Bridges, this exciting initiative marks a significant milestone in the Museum's commitment to fostering creativity, supporting emerging talent, and engaging the community in meaningful artistic dialogues. Kimberly Klauss will embark on a transformative nine-month residency at the Bruce Museum, where she will have the opportunity to delve into her craft, experiment with new ideas, and interact with the Museum's diverse audience. During the residency, Klauss will respond to the works Collage X Landscape by George Morrison and DNA: Sepia V by McArthur Binion (both on loan from Art Bridges permanent collection) through the lens of her own practice. "We are delighted to welcome Kimberly Klauss as the first artist-in-residence at the Bruce ... More |
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 Renowned archive of photojournalism the focus of major exhibition at The Image CentreTORONTO.- The Image Centre (IMC) at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) has released the Facing Black Star, the sixth instalment in the IMC Book Series, as well as opened the major exhibition Stories from the Picture Press opening this fallboth focused on the IMCs extensive Black Star Collection. Gifted to TMU by an anonymous donor in 2005, along with $7 million for its preservation, study and exhibition, the Black Star Collection was foundational to the establishment of what became the IMC. It was also the largest donation of cultural property ever made to a Canadian university. The Black Star Collection is one of the worlds most significant archives of photojournalism, with nearly 300,000 photographs by more than 6,000 image-makers, says IMC Director and exhibition co-curator Paul Roth. Our latest book, ... More  Tenth annual Mayfair Antiques & Fine Art Fair opening in London next weekLONDON.- The Mayfair Antiques & Fine Art Fair returns to the London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square, opening the London fairs scene for 2024 from Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 January 2024. Supported by Wetherell and Kirker Holidays, some 40 dealers are gathering to start the year in style, bringing a vast array of items to collect, for interiors, as unique gifts and simply to enjoy and treasure. Highlights include an important set of four George II silver fruit bowls and stands with the arms of Wordsworth of Westmorland (grandparents of the English poet William Wordsworth) impaling Robinson of Co. Durham, makers mark of Samuel Herbert & Company, London, 1751/52, £69,500 the set from Mary Cooke Antiques Ltd. To find a single fruit bowl and stand is very unusual, however to find a set of four is highly important and of museum ... More  From "All Walks of Life: Seven Artists on Painting Today"HONG KONG.- On the occasion of our presentation of All Walks of Life, a vibrant group exhibition on view at Pace Hong Kong gallery though January 18, 2024, we spoke with each of the seven artists featured in the show: Anthony Cudahy, Katja Farin, Aubrey Levinthal, Laurent Proux, Daisy Sheff, Sarah Slappey, and Fabian Treiber. In these new interviews, the artists discuss their formal and conceptual interests as well as their new and recent paintings on view in the show. Meditating on the nuances and subjectivities of everyday life, this ongoing exhibition, organized by independent curator independent curator William Zhao, offers a focused look at contemporary painting while also exploring what it means to be an individual, both bodily and spiritually, in the present moment. Anthony Cudahy: I like to play with notions of portraiture ... More  2024 Exhibitions program at Artium Museoa: Ibon Aranberri, Patricia Dauder, Jöelle Tuerlinckx, Joxerra Melguizo...VITORIA-GASTEIZ.- On 2 February 2024, Artium Museoa will present the exhibition edonor denok inor ez. Arte-hezkuntzaren instituzionalizazio-prozesuak Euskal Herrian, 1978-1991 (Anybody Everybody Nobody. Institutionalisation Processes of Art Education in the Basque Country, 1978-1991). The show emphasises the moment when the Bilbao Higher School of Fine Arts became a Faculty and was integrated into the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) in 1978. It also highlights the demands of students who were calling for a form of teaching that was less marked by academic models, as well as the demands of other Basque artists who requested more direct involvement, initially ... More  National Gallery of Ireland acquires Harry Clarke artwork for national collectionDUBLIN.- One of Irish artist Harry Clarkes finest and rarest works of stained glass has become part of the national collection at the National Gallery of Ireland. Titania Enchanting Bottom, created over a century ago in 1922, now belongs to the Irish public and will be free for Gallery visitors to view in the new year. The acquisition was supported by the Patrons of Irish Art of the National Gallery of Ireland, whose membership fees support acquisitions of Irish art. Born in Dublin on St Patricks Day in 1889, Harry Clarke is one of Irelands best known and most beloved artists. He achieved significant acclaim in his short lifetime, working across different media including book illustration. His principal career was in the production of stained glass windows, mainly for churches and religious houses across Ireland, as well as in the UK, US and ... More  'The Printmaker's Art: Rembrandt to Rego' makes its mark at the National Galleries of ScotlandEDINBURGH.- Come and discover five hundred years of boundary-pushing artwork in The Printmakers Art: Rembrandt to Rego, a National Galleries of Scotland exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh. Visitors can explore four galleries packed with around 100 artworks by some of the worlds most iconic artists, including Rembrandt, Hokusai, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Bridget Riley and Paula Rego. Bringing together the very best examples of fine art printmaking from Scotlands national collection; The Printmakers Art: Rembrandt to Rego includes early woodcuts, such as Albrecht Dürers incredible Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, through to bold, punchy popart idols such as Roy Lichtensteins Reverie and Andy Warhols The Cow. The exhibition also looks to the future, with a range of new artworks acquired ... More  New year, new show: An original '& Juliet' star heads homeNEW YORK, NY.- Melanie La Barrie thought she would make it through her last performance of & Juliet without succumbing to tears. She was mistaken though contributing factors include that it was the end of a nine-show holiday week; that she originated the role of Angélique, Juliets nurse, in this British jukebox-musical riff on Romeo and Juliet in 2019; and that she made her Broadway debut in it, at 48, in October 2022. On Saturday night at the Stephen Sondheim Theater, where & Juliet is one of Broadways poppiest hits, La Barrie sailed through her comic Act I duet with Paulo Szot, who plays Angéliques long-lost love. But her poignant Act II solo, sung to Juliet (Lorna Courtney), undid her. Embracing Courtney at the finish, La Barrie kept her eyes shut tight against the audiences ovation, needing to stay rooted in the show. ... More  Jelly Roll, an unlikely new star, on the Grammys and his rap pastNEW YORK, NY.- Few artists had a more unexpected 2023 than Jelly Roll, the face-tattooed former Southern rapper turned country singer who became one of the years most promising new crossover pop stars. His album Whitsitt Chapel, which debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard all-genre chart in June, is a collection of pop-rock anthems with flourishes of country, and it spawned a pair of hits the introspective Need a Favor, and the new version of his viral breakout Save Me, featuring Lainey Wilson. He is nominated for two 2024 Grammys at next months ceremony: best new artist and best country group/duo performance. At 39, with many mixtapes under his belt, Jelly Roll (born Jason DeFord) isnt a traditional new artist nominee, but his creative rebirth, and move from underground circles to the mainstream spotlight, makes ... More  Les McCann, pianist, singer and soul jazz pioneer, dies at 88NEW YORK, NY.- Les McCann, a jazz pianist and vocalist who was an early progenitor of the bluesy, crowd-pleasing style that came to be known as soul jazz, and who, although he released more than 50 albums, was best known for a happenstance hit from 1969, died Friday in Los Angeles. He was 88. His death, at a hospital where he had been admitted with pneumonia, was confirmed Monday by Alan Abrahams, his longtime manager and a producer of several of his albums. McCann had lived for the past four years at a skilled nursing facility in the Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles. McCanns earthy, uplifting approach to music was a product of his upbringing in a churchgoing family. As he came to emphasize his singing more and play electric keyboards, his albums, released from 1960 to 2018, influenced funk and R&B ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American painter Marsden Hartley was born January 04, 1877. Marsden Hartley (January 4, 1877 – September 2, 1943) was an American Modernist painter, poet, and essayist. Hartley was born in Lewiston, Maine, where his English parents had settled. He was the youngest of nine children. In this image: The Iron Cross, 1915, oil on canvas, 47 ¼ x 47 ¼ in. Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis. University purchase, Bixby Fund, 1952.
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