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Berndnaut Smilde, Nimbus MAXXI 59, 2018, Digital C-type print, 49 ¼ x 73 ¾ inches
GREENWICH, CONN.- Heather Gaudio Fine Art is presenting Structuring Elements featuring works by Patrik Grijalvo, Jeremy Holmes and Berndnaut Smilde. The public is invited to attend an opening reception for the artists on Thursday, June 26th, 5:30-7:30pm and the exhibition will remain on view through August 9th. The show brings together two and three-dimensional explorations of space, shape and form that are executed in three distinct visual vernaculars. Patrik Grijalvo imaginatively re-contextualizes existing architectural structures into collaged representations he dubs as photo objects. Jeremy Holmes makes wall-mounted and free-standing sculpture out of wood, bending the rigid material into unexpected curvilinear forms. Berndnaut Smilde explores temporality and the ephemeral in inventive photographs of building interiors and exteriors. All three artists invite the viewer to think about the possibilities of form and spa ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day von ammon is presenting a solo show by Chicago-based artist Cameron Spratley (b. 1994, Manassas VA). A native of the DC metro area, this is Spratleyâs first solo exhibition in the nationâs capital and his first appearance at von ammon.
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| Churchill in Bronze: Young Sculptor Rufus Martin unveils Bust of Sir Winston Churchill to mark VE Day 80 | | Points of Convergence: Tina Modotti & Edward Weston in Mexico, 1923-1926 opens at Throckmorton Fine Art | | Hunger Magazine presents: "Back to Reality" an exhibition at the iconic Annroy Gallery |
Rufus Martin, Bust of Winston Churchill.
LONDON.- As the UK prepares to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, a new bronze sculpture of Sir Winston Churchill is being unveiled created by rising British artist Rufus Martin, and proudly supported by Bowman Sculpture. The bust captures Churchill in one of the most iconic moments of the 20th century flashing his V for Victory sign from the balcony in Whitehall on 8 May 1945, the day Germanys surrender was announced and the war in Europe declared over. This striking new work is being released as part of VE Day 80 commemorations and aims to honour both the historic moment and the enduring symbolism of Churchills leadership. Key Details: Sculptor: Rufus Martin (b. Dorset, UK) Medium: Bronze Subject: Sir Winston Churchill, VE Day 1945 Supported by: Bowman Sculpture, London Occasion: 80th anniversary of VE ... More | |
Tina Modotti, First of May,1926. Gelatin silver print, vintage, 8.50 x 7.37 in.
NEW YORK, NY.- Tina Modotti and Edward Weston, two of the most influential photographers of the 20th century, shared a personal and artistic partnership during their years together in Mexico from 1923 to 1926. Points of Convergence: Tina Modotti & Edward Weston in Mexico, 19231926, a new exhibition at Throckmorton Fine Art from June 26 through September 13, 2025, presents more than 30 photographs by Modotti and nearly 30 by Weston from a collection built over 35 years by Spencer Throckmorton. Also included in the exhibition are four small vintage shots of Modotti and Weston by the painter Carlos Romero Orozco. The exhibition celebrates a seminal period in which Modotti and Weston were at the forefront of defining modern photography. Immersed in the post-revolutionary ... More | |
She Comes In Colours Everywhere, She's Like A Rainbow, HUNGER Magazine, Issue 6, 2014 © Rankin.
LONDON.- This summer, the boundary-pushing fashion and culture publication Hunger Magazine will host Back to Reality, an exhibition and party at the legendary Annroy Gallery in North London. More than just a farewell to the building, the event is a joyful tribute to 35 issues worth of creative rebellion, visual storytelling, and fearless talent. Founded by Rankin in 2011, HUNGER has spent over a decade capturing the cultural pulse always with a wink and a roar. And it all happened at Annroy: that unmistakable glass-and-concrete studio in Kentish Town, equal parts gallery, production house, and creative studio. The space has hosted everyone serving as a launchpad for bold ideas and even bolder imagery. Now, as HUNGER prepares to leave its spiritual home, Back to Reality ... More |
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| Library of Congress acquires manuscripts and papers of award-winning composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim | | Christie's announces M.C. Escher: The Art of Infinity | | Lévy Gorvy Dayan to showcase rarely seen paintings by Francesco Clemente |
Collage of items from the Library of Congress Stephen Sondheim Collection. Photo credit: Shawn Miller/Library of Congress.
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Library of Congress has acquired the manuscripts, music and lyric drafts, recordings, notebooks and scrapbooks of legendary composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, widely considered one of the most influential and innovative musical theater songwriters of his generation. Winner of eight Tony Awards, including a special Tony for lifetime achievement, Sondheim was a prolific creator, as evidenced by the works found in this extensive collection. The collection includes approximately 5,000 items documenting Sondheims creative acumen. The materials range from hundreds of music and lyric sketches of his well-known works to drafts of songs that were cut from shows or never made it to a productions first rehearsal. There are notes about characters who would ultimately sing his compositions as well as multiple iterations of nearly each finished work, providing an evolutionary road map of ... More | |
M.C. Escher, Other World. © Christie's Images Ltd 2025.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie's announced M.C. Escher: The Art of Infinity Featuring Prints and Drawings Sold to Benefit the Robert Owen Lehman Foundation, an online sale of rare artwork by celebrated Dutch artist M.C. Escher open for bidding July 8 22. The most significant offering of works on paper by Escher to come to market in decades, the sale presents more than 60 iconic prints and rarely-seen drawings, many of which have seldom been at auction. The diverse selection includes important early Italian landscapes, preparatory studies for Escher's best-known prints, a self-portrait of the artist, and more. Anchoring the auction is a group of works from the collection of Robert Owen Lehman Jr. Proceeds from the sale will benefit his Foundation's mission to promote the appreciation of classical music. Robert Owen Lehman Jr., says, As a collector of M.C. Escher for nearly fifty years, I look forward to seeing these great works by the artist move on to new collectors, as owning ... More | |
Francesco Clemente, Self-Portrait in the Bardo II. Oil on canvas, 29½ à 24 inches (74.9 à 61 cm). Image courtesy: Lévy Gorvy Dayan.
LONDON.- Lévy Gorvy Dayan presents Francesco Clementes Self-Portraits in the Bardoa significant series from his recent practice on view for the first time. In eight vivid and visionary canvases, the artist fuses self-portraiture with an exploration of the imagery found in traditional Tibetan Buddhist representations of the bardo. The bardo is a central concept in Tibetan Buddhism, describing a liminal state of consciousness associated with the moment between death and rebirth. The awe-inspiring figures seen in Clementes paintings draw on the sacred peacefiul and wrathfiul deities that inhabit this non-corporeal spacegiven life by Clemente in his vibrant compositions. The history and texts of Tibetan Buddhism are important sources of inspiration for the artist. Since the 1970s, he has traveled extensively, particularly in India and Tibet, studying the regions literatures, cosmologies, and iconographies. T ... More |
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| Henrik Olesen and Isidore Isou deconstruct identity at Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein | | Currier Museum of Art appoints Anastasia Kinigopoulo as new Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art | | Forum Gallery unveils "Dawn to Dusk" a tribute to the unseen and the sublime |
Henrik Olesen, Paul Thek 1965, 2023. Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Buchholz, Cologne © Henrik Olesen.
VADUZ.- The exhibition Demons Are Tearing Me Apart blends conceptually rigorous contemporary art with a radical understanding of language. Berlin-based artist Henrik Olesen (born in 1967 in Esbjerg, Denmark) began deconstructing the dominant discourses that shape our perception of identity, the body and sexuality at a very early stage in his career. As part of the exhibition series In the Context of the Collection, he was invited to engage in dialogue with the Kunstmuseums collection. Olesen decided on Isidore Isou (1925 in Botoşani, Romania 2007 in Paris), who would have celebrated his centenary this year. Isou is regarded as the founder of the Lettrism movement, which centred on the letter (in French lettre) as the fundamental, unadulterated and smallest unit of language. With great persistence, he demonstrated how language, categories and culture are not embedded in rigid grids but are rather based upon changeable processes. Both ... More | |
Kinigopoulo comes to the Currier with experience at top arts institutions across the country, including the Horseman Foundation, the Columbus Museum of Art, and the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library.
MANCHESTER, NH.- The Currier Museum of Art announces the appointment of Anastasia Kinigopoulo as Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art. A recipient of the prestigious Award for Excellence from the American Association of Museum Curators (AAMC), Kinigopoulo will shape the next chapter of modern and contemporary art programming at the Currier. Kinigopoulo comes to the Currier with experience at top arts institutions across the country, including the Horseman Foundation, the Columbus Museum of Art, and the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, where she was a Lois F. McNeil Fellow. With expertise ranging from Early American material culture to contemporary Native American art, Kinigopoulo excels at creating robust exhibitions that spark conversations and enrich understanding. Most recently, she served as the Director and Curator of the Horseman Foundation in Saint Louis, Missouri, ... More | |
Frederick Brosen, Wonder, 2020, watercolor over graphite on paper, 35 x 25 inches. Image courtesy: © Frederick Brosen, Forum Gallery, New York, NY.
NEW YORK, NY.- Air, light and atmosphere are the subjects of the luminous works by twenty-three artists in the exhibition DAWN TO DUSK, which opened on June 12th and will remain on view through August 1st, 2025 at Forum Gallery, New York. Whether depicting people or places, the works in the exhibition are imbued with the deep feeling each artist employs by painting the unseen elements that resonate in the surround. Expansive landscapes by Robert Bauer, William Beckman and Tula Telfair offer the majesty of sky and sun above the low horizon of open meadows while Gregory Gillespie, Paul Fenniak and Rance Jones illuminate the figures in their scene paintings with the light and shadow of day and night. Gillespies baseball game and Beckmans plowed farm field are miles apart in many ways but there is a kinship in their objectivity, while Bauer and Telfair put their impressions forward and leave it to us to provide imaginative memories t ... More |
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| Bruce Silverstein Gallery presents In Sequence: From moment to story in contemporary photography | | Virginia Museum of Fine Arts names Kate Moomaw-Taylor as its new Chief Conservator | | Alfredo Jaar awarded 65th Annual Edward MacDowell Medal |
Constantin Brâncuși working on the door of The Kiss, Targu jiu, July 2, 1938. Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1938. Stamped and annotated on verso, 5 x 3 1/4 in (12.7 x 8.3 cm). Image courtesy: Bruce Silverstein Gallery.
NEW YORK, NY.- Bruce Silverstein Gallery presents In Sequence, a group exhibition that brings together the works of Adger Cowans, Elger Esser, Todd Hido, Dakota Mace, Barbara Morgan, Ed Ruscha, Larry Silver, Keith A. Smith, Eve Sonneman, Francesca Woodman, and others to explore how sequencing engages rhythmic, spatial, and compositional strategies to shape narrative, guide perception, or elicit emotion. This exhibition considers how visual sequences structure time and transform the image from a static object into an active participant in a story, building tension, resonance, and pace as the viewers attention moves across and beyond the frame. Since the early 20th century, photography has been associated with the decisive moment, defined by Henri Cartier- Bresson as the ... More | |
Kate Moomaw-Taylor brings 18 years of art conservation experience to VMFA.
RICHMOND, VA.- The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) announced today that Kate Moomaw-Taylor has been appointed as the museums Chief Conservator. She began working in her new role on June 25, 2025. Im delighted that Kate will lead the conservation department at a transformative time at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: the beginning of the largest expansion in the museums history, said Director and CEO Alex Nyerges. As head of the Susan and David Goode Center for Advanced Study in Art Conservation at VMFA, she will oversee the care and treatment of the museums ever-growing collection of more than 50,000 invaluable works of art, ensuring that these works remain accessible to, and are sustained for, future generations of Virginians. Moomaw-Taylor has worked as a conservator of modern and contemporary art for 18 years, focusing on sculpture, design objects and time-based media. She joins VMFA ... More | |
Alfredo Jaar. Photo: Jee Eun Esther Jang.
NEW YORK, NY.- Galerie Lelong, New York announced that Alfredo Jaar is the recipient of the 65th Annual Edward MacDowell Medal. Jaar will be celebrated during a free public outdoor celebration on Sunday, June 29th featuring activations of his work and open studios with MacDowells artists-in-residence. The Medal is awarded annually to an artist whose body of work continues to provide impact and inspiration to other artists and to the public. Jaar receives this honor in recognition of his outstanding contributions to American culture in the field of Visual Arts. His poetic photographs, films and elaborate installations confront the greatest socio-political issues of our time, including genocide, the displacement of refugees, war, corruption and economic inequality. Jaar joins a notable cohort of past Medal recipients in the field of Visual Arts including: Alexander Calder, Louise Nevelson, Georgia OKeefe, Charles Gaines, Edward Hopper, Betye Saar, Nam June Paik, Kiki Smith, and ... More |
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A Film Screening and Conversation on Africa's Cultural Landmarks
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The Pola Museum of Art presents an exhibition featuring the most recent works of Ryan GanderHAKONE.- The Pola Museum of Art presents an exhibition featuring the most recent works of Ryan Gander. Ryan Gander (b.1976) is an internationally acclaimed artist based in Suffolk, UK, whose practice encompasses painting, sculpture, video, text, VR installations, architecture, publications, typefaces, rituals, and performances. Through this wide-ranging, multifaceted body of work, Gander continually reexamines the frameworks and meanings of art. In addition to his own creative activities, he is deeply engaged in curating exhibitions, teaching at universities and art institutions, and supporting young artists and children through various initiatives. He has also written and edited numerous books and has both produced and appeared in television programs that promote art and culture. His practice reimagines the role and subjectivity of the artist for the contemporary era. Describing ... More Missoula Art Museum names Brandon Reintjes as new Executive DirectorMISSOULA, MT.- The Missoula Art Museum announced that at its board meeting held on Tuesday, June 24, the Board of Directors (unanimously) voted to appoint Brandon Reintjes as the museums next Executive Director, effective July 1, 2025. Reintjes has served as MAMs Senior Curator for the past decade, and his thoughtful curatorial vision, deep relationships with artists, and strong record of scholarship and collaboration have long made him an essential part of the museums success. His appointment marks a significant and exciting moment for MAM as it transitions from the transformative 35-year leadership of Laura Millin, who will retire on June 30, 2025. Brandon is someone we know well, and he has earned our respect with his keen eye for exceptional artwork and his thoughtful demeanor, said Matt Gibson, President of MAMs Board of Directors. During the search process, he distinguished ... More Sharjah Art Foundation announces curators of Sharjah Biennial 17SHARJAH.- Sharjah Art Foundation announced that Angela Harutyunyan and Paula Nascimento have been appointed as the curators of Sharjah Biennial 17, opening in January 2027. Harutyunyan is Professor of Contemporary Art and Theory, Berlin University of the Arts and Nascimento is an independent curator and architect based in Luanda. Since 2003, Sharjah Biennial has been a platform for creative experimentation, collaboration and social impact. Rooted in our local context, we have fostered a place of significant regional and international exchange, bridging cultures and shared histories, says Hoor Al Qasimi, President and Director of Sharjah Art Foundation. Angela Harutyunyan and Paula Nascimento each bring distinct perspectives shaped by their individual practices. Sharjah Biennial 17 will be a space for critical engagement and collective reflection, where their curatorial ... More James Cohan now representing Ranti BamNEW YORK, NY.- James Cohan announced the representation of British-Nigerian artist Ranti Bam. Ranti Bam (b.1982, Lagos, Nigeria) creates vessels made of clay, their surfaces and contours evoking vulnerability. Bams practice engages with the semiotic aspects of the feminine; confronting notions of intimacy, care and fragility. The artists sculptures embody this life force spanning two related bodies of work: abstract vessels and Ifas. James Cohans representation follows last years debut solo exhibition with the gallery, Anima, which was on view at 291 Grand Street from May 17 through July 26, 2024. Bams work will be featured in the upcoming exhibition at The Campus, which opens this Saturday, June 28. Ranti Bams vibrant and delicately constructed abstract vessels fuse painterly gesture and form. Built from thin slabs of overlapping earthenware, they are often supported ... More  Grazer Kunstverein exhibits recent and newly commissioned work in sound and image by James RichardsGRAZ.- Sometimes, there is a fever to perceptiona heat that builds when an image lingers too long, when a sound worms its way beneath language. Nothing is stable here, only fragments: half-memories, soft violence, quiet ecstasies. Images stutter, flare, recede. Looking does not lead to clarity but a kind of exposure. Fever, after all, is not an illness but a responsea regulated shift in the bodys set point, an internal decision to raise the heat. In fever, the bodys own systems intensify, working to defend and to heal, but also to open and purgeturning inward and outward at once. Fever is the bodys rebellion, an insistence on its own agency. It signals not just intrusion or injury, but the bodys refusal to remain neutralto stay cool and contained. In the heightened temperature of fever, the senses sharpen. Colors burn brighter, sounds penetrate deeper. Periphery becomes urgency, each sensation ... More Emily Weiner's hypnotic art debuts at Miles McEnery GalleryNEW YORK, NY.- Miles McEnery Gallery opens an exhibition of works by Emily Weiner. The artists first solo exhibition at the gallery opens on 26 June at 511 West 22nd Street and remain on view through 15 August. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated digital publication featuring an essay by Mitch Speed. Emily Weiners hypnotic scenes hover between the conscious and subconscious. Using symmetry, architectural cues, and planetary bodies, her compositions are trance-like and deeply resonant, luring the viewer into and beyond the painted surface. Despite featuring familiar forms (waxing and waning moons, poised hands, even F-holes from a violin) Weiners paintings do not insist on any single narrative. Folded curtains, portals, and spotlights recur as theatrical elements throughout Weiners work, as if scenes on stage. But unlike theaterwhich often relies on illusion, ... More Esther Schipper announces Martin Boyce's second solo exhibition with the galleryPARIS.- Esther Schipper is presenting Unhome, Martin Boyces second solo exhibition with the gallery, and his first in the Paris space. It is part of two concurrent exhibitions of Boyces work opening on the occasion of Paris Gallery Weekend, the second show, titled Walk with Me, being hosted by Galerie Natalie Seroussi. In Unhome, Boyce invites viewers to reconsider the boundaries between the intimate and the domestic, introducing a sense of eeriness and uncertainty into our perception of familiar spaces. At our gallery located on Place Vendôme, he unveils a collection of new sculptures and photographic works, brought together in an immersive installation that oscillates between decay and renewal, offering a sensitive meditation on the passage of time. Martin Boyce has reworked and reformulated objects from the built environment, developing his own pictorial language based ... More Hugh Hayden: American Vernacular to open at the Frye Art MuseumSEATTLE, WA.- The Frye Art Museum will present Hugh Hayden: American Vernacular, the artists first West Coast solo museum presentation. Hayden is a pathbreaking contemporary sculptor whose visceral artworks reveal the complex markers of identity and aspiration within American culture. His darkly humorous objects probe the ways in which we find belonging and a sense of self through education, sports, fashion, food, and beyond. This major survey features intricately carved wood sculptures and multimedia installations that encompass the breadth of Haydens ambitious artistic output from the past decade, as well as several new works that will debut in this exhibition. Hayden is an innovative and diverse maker, pursuing meticulous craft-based methods such as wood carving, weaving, and casting in combination with ready-made forms, materials, and twenty-first century ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, illustrator and graphic designer Milton Glaser was born June 26, 1929. Milton Glaser (June 26, 1929 - June 26, 2020) was an American graphic designer, recognized for his designs, including the I Love New York logo; a 1966 poster for Bob Dylan; the logos for DC Comics, Stony Brook University, Brooklyn Brewery; and his graphic work on the introduction of the iconic 1969 Olivetti Valentine typewriter.
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