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Installation photograph, Vera Lutter: Museum in the Camera, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020, art © Vera Lutter, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents Vera Lutter: Museum in the Camera, featuring 44 photographs made by New York-based artist Vera Lutter while in residence at LACMA from February 2017 to January 2019. Using her camera obscura technique, Lutter created a new body of work that examines LACMAs architecture, galleries, and collection holdings. We are pleased to showcase Lutters unique works made over the course of her multi-year residency at the museum, most of which are being exhibited publicly for the first time, said LACMA CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director Michael Govan. Veras striking photographs offer longtime LACMA visitors an opportunity to see the museum in images that are simultaneously familiar yet strange. Often, when an artist makes technically complex work, the final artwork gives little indication of the enormous degree of preparation required by the artists pro ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day This picture taken on March 10, 2021 shows a view of a mosaic of Medusa on display at the Cyrene Museum which houses Greco-Roman artefacts, in the eastern Libyan town of Shahat, near the ruins of the ancient city of Cyrene. The spectacular ruins of the ancient Greek city of Cyrene survived Libya's 2011 revolution and an ensuing decade of lawlessness, but today they face new threats: plunder and bulldozers. Founded in the seventh century BC, Cyrene "was one of the principal cities in the Hellenic world", according to the UN's cultural agency UNESCO, which added the site to its World Heritage List in 1992. Abdullah DOMA / AFP
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| Sonoma Valley Museum of Art reopens with exhibition of major American artist Ed Ruscha | | kamel mennour exhibits Dan Flavin's untitled "monument" for V. Tatlin, 1969 | | Hindman's Spring Asian Art Sales realize almost $3 million | 
Ed Ruscha, Double Standard (detail), screen-print on woven paper, 1966-69.
SONOMA, CA.- The Sonoma Valley Museum of Art has announced its reopening dates after being closed for almost a year due to COVID-19. To show special appreciation of its members who continued supporting the Museum during the closure, SVMA will open to the general public on April 1. Museum hours will be Wednesday - Sunday, noon-4 p.m. SVMA reopens with Ed Ruscha: Travel Log, an exhibition of books, prints and photographs by this world-renowned American artist on view through May 30, 2021. Rarely seen black and white photographs from Ruschas frequent trips between Los Angeles and Oklahoma in the 1960s reveal inspirations for his iconic images, which include gas stations, diners, and the streets of rural towns such as Amarillo, Texas, Gallup, New Mexico, and Winslow, Arizona. Travel Log contemplates Ruschas American landscapes as they appear and disappear in a sort of speeding highway zoetrope. We couldnt be happier to open our do ... More | | 
Exhibition view, Dan Flavin, untitled « monument » for V. Tatlin, 1969, kamel mennour, Paris, 2021. © 2021 Dan Flavin, Adagp. Photo. archives kamel mennour. Courtesy kamel mennour, Paris/London.
PARIS.- A year before his solo exhibition at Green Gallery (New York) in 1964, which would consist entirely of assemblages of fluorescent tubes, Dan Flavin made his first foray into the medium, using a simple metal fixture and a tube emitting yellow light for his piece, the diagonal of May 25, 1963 (to Constantin Brancusi). The radiant tube and the shadow cast by its supporting pan seemed ironic enough to hold alone, Flavin wrote in an autobiographical sketch published two years later. There was literally no need to compose this system definitively; it seemed to sustain itself directly, dynamically, dramatically in my workroom walla buoyant and insistent gaseous image which, through brilliance, somewhat betrayed its physical presence into approximative invisibility. This pioneering piece already contained the key elements of Flavins future body of work: no manual intervention ... More | | 
A Set of Joseon Dynasty Studded Armor and Helmet. 19th Century. Price realized: $293,750.
CHICAGO, IL.- Hindman Auctions saw tremendous engagement in its three days of Asian Art sales on March 25, 26, and 27. The auctions realized nearly $3 million across the three days, the highest total an Asian Art season has ever reached at Hindman. Of particular note, the Chinese and Southeast Asian Works of Art sale realized over $2.2 million, more than double the presale estimate, and saw competitive bidding throughout. The Japanese and Korean Works of Art and the Asian Works of Art Online sales also surpassed expectations and saw over $238,000 and $513,000 in sales, respectively. We are so pleased by the outstanding success of the sales and how buyers responded so enthusiastically to the one-of-a-kind consignments we offered despite the challenging climate, said Annie Wu, Hindmans Director and Senior Specialist of Asian Art. As a department that is continuing to thrive, we are thrilled to have set this new ... More |
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| Phillips and Poly Auction announce unprecedented Beijing-Hong Kong dual-location joint auctions in June | | The collection of Sydell Miller to be offered at Christie's | | Albertz Benda opens Hangama Amiri's first solo show in New York | 
Zhang Xiaogang, Family Portrait No.13, 1998. Image courtesy of Phillips.
HONG KONG.- Following their first-ever joint sales, which realized a remarkable HK$508 Million/ US$66 Million and set multiple artist auction records, Phillips and Poly Auction are pleased to announce they will continue to partner in presenting their sales of 20th Century & Contemporary Art and Design with a revolutionary and innovative dual-location format this spring. To be held on 7 8 June, in conjunction with Beijing Poly Spring Auctions week, the sales will be conducted by Phillips auctioneers in Hong Kong with a live feed relayed from Polys auction room in Beijing. The auctioneer will be able to take bids from those bidding in person and over the phone at both locations simultaneously, as well as from online bidders. Edward Dolman, CEO, and Jonathan Crockett, Chairman, Asia, Phillips, jointly said: Our first collaborative sales with Poly Auction last December achieved tremendous results, marking the most ... More | | 
A Pair of Late Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted and Brass-Inlaid Ebony Meubles d'Appui circa 1790-1800 by Etienne Levasseur. 38 1/2 in. high; 30 1/4 in. wide; 18 1/2 in. deep (each). Estimate: $300,000-500,000. Photo: Sargent Photography.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies announced the auction of a collection of fine and decorative art from the entrepreneur, collector and philanthropist Sydell Miller across two marquee weeks in New York. A selection of 20 works of art will highlight Christies New York 20th and 21st Century Week from May 11-14, and a dedicated auction on June 10 entitled La Rêverie: The Collection of Sydell Miller will feature masterworks of 18th Century French furniture and Design. The Palm Beach ocean front house called La Rêverie was a true achievement in collecting a vision of art and design that was the result of Mrs. Miller's avant-garde eye and connoisseurship, complemented by the renowned talent of interior designer Peter Marino. The collection in total is estimated to exceed $30 million. ... More | | 
Hangama Amiri [Pakistan, b. 1989], Collective Objects, 2021. Chiffon, muslin, cotton, polyester, velvet, postcard, faux leather, inkjet print on chiffon, paper, clear vinyl and found fabric, 80 x 138 inches, 203.2 x 350.5 cm.
NEW YORK, NY.- Wandering Amidst the Colors, Hangama Amiris first solo show in New York, draws viewers into her search for home. On view from April 1 through May 1, 2021, Wandering Amidst the Colors comprises an immersive, autobiographical body of work developed over the course of the past year, emerging from Amiris explorations of Afghan immigrant communities throughout New York City. Splicing and layering myriad fabrics and hand-painted elements into street scenes and interiors, the artist evokes the fragmented nature of memory and hybridizing influence of globalization. The layout of the exhibition traces the artists journey through various neighborhoods that anchored her to her youth in Central and South Asia: the Kouchi Supermarket in Flushing, Queens, ... More |
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| After reflected fame, artist Karon Davis steps into her own light | | National Gallery's immersive exhibition of painting in close-up goes online | | Laguna Art Museum names Julie Perlin Lee Executive Director | 
The artist Karon Davis in her Los Angeles studio among new sculptures she calls Double Dutch Girls, March 26, 2021. Djeneba Aduayom/The New York Times.
by Robin Pogrebin
LOS ANGELES (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Some people know Karon Davis mostly by association with her husband, acclaimed artist Noah Davis, who died at 32 in 2015; with the Underground Museum that the pair founded in 2012, which features the work of Black artists; with her father, Broadway song-and-dance man Ben Vereen. But recently, Karon Davis has been carving out an independent professional identity as an artist, a process that has led to her first solo exhibition in New York at Jeffrey Deitchs gallery, through April 24. I always wanted to do it on my own, Davis said in a recent interview at her studio in Arlington Heights here, to prove to myself that I was good enough I got it. No one is going to give it to me. While she has shown ... More | | 
Sensing the Unseen: Step into Gossaerts Adoration, mobile edition With detail from Jan Gossaert (Jean Gossart) The Adoration of the Kings, 1510-15 © The National Gallery, London.
LONDON.- An immersive experience at the National Gallery where visitors could journey through an interactive high-resolution image of a picture with sound, poetry and light in socially distanced pods has now been reimagined as an online experience, the first of its kind for the Gallery. Sensing the Unseen: Step into Gossaerts Adoration, mobile edition is a digital experience inspired by the sonified painting which lies at the heart of the Gallery exhibition of the same name. It was forced to close by lockdown just a week after opening on 9 December 2021. This will be the first Gallery exhibition aimed at mobile phone users, allowing more people to enjoy the exhibition wherever they are. It goes live this Friday 2 April on https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/visiting/virtual-tours The online exhibition builds on the Gallerys hugely popular ... More | | 
Julie Perlin Lee most recently served as executive director of Catalina Island Museum.
LAGUNA BEACH, CA.- Following a national search, Laguna Art Museum has announced Julie Perlin Lee as its new executive director. Lee, who most recently served as executive director of Catalina Island Museum, will assume her new role on May 3. She succeeds Dr. Malcolm Warner, who led LAM from January 2012 through December 2020. The Museums search for its next executive director came at an ideal time, said Joe Hanauer, chair of the museums board of trustees. For the past nine years, recently retired executive director Dr. Malcolm Warner did a wonderful job positioning the museum as a leader for California art and artists. Once viewed as primarily a place focused on early California and plein air art, a visit to the museum today reveals all periods of California art including modern and contemporary works. This enviable platform provides opportunities to expand the reach of the museum by appealing to our ... More |
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| Itchy to perform again, musicians eye return to touring | | Caroline Walker joins Stephen Friedman Gallery | | Kent State University Museum announces new exhibition, 'What's New! Recent Acquisitions' | 
J Mascis, of the alt-rock band Dinosaur Jr., at his studio in Amherst, Mass., March 30, 2021. Krista Schlueter/The New York Times.
by Ben Sisario
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Like many musicians, J Mascis, leader of the stalwart alt-rock band Dinosaur Jr., has struggled through a year without touring. Ive never been home this long since, like, high school, Mascis said in a phone interview from his home in western Massachusetts. To have no idea when or if you can do anything again, just sitting around, he added, trailing off. My mental health has definitely suffered. But a few weeks ago, Dinosaur Jr. took a step toward normalcy by announcing an extensive fall tour, with a handful of warm-up dates booked for as early as May. Were not naive; we know we might have to reschedule, Mascis said. But just to have something on the books somehow makes things a bit more hopeful. After a grueling year, blocked from what is ... More | | 
Previously encompassing locations such as Los Angeles, Palm Springs and the UK, Walkers scenes hint at the complexity of her subjects lives whilst completely avoiding narrative resolution.
LONDON.- Stephen Friedman Gallery announced representation of Scottish artist Caroline Walker. Caroline Walkers paintings reveal the diverse social, cultural and economic experiences of women living in contemporary society. Drawing on her own photographic source material, Walker provides a unique window into the everyday lives of women. Blurring the boundary between objectivity and lived experience, the artist highlights often overlooked jobs performed by women and the psychologically charged spaces they inhabit. Walker explains: The subject of my paintings in its broadest sense is womens experience, whether that is the imagined interior life of a glimpsed shop worker, a closely observed portrayal of my mother working in the family home, or women Ive had the privilege of spending time with in their place of ... More | | 
Jacket with digitally printed panels. Rei Kawakubo for Comme des Garçons. Japanese, Fall 2005. Museum Purchase.
KENT, OH.- On March 26, the Kent State University Museum unveiled its most recent exhibition, Whats New! Recent Acquisitions. Featuring recent acquisitions to the Museums collection of almost 30,000 garments, Whats New! displays new additions that have come into the collection in the past decade and are broadening the diversity of both makers and pieces in the Museums collection. Whats New! will be on display through August 8, 2021. As the KSU Museum continues to expand and diversify its collection, this exhibition showcases garments by African American designers such as Tracy Reese and Patrick Kelly as well as work by cultures including the Naga of India, the Karen of Myanmar and the Miao of China. Other recent acquisitions include a traditional hanbok from Korea and a custom, tailored suit from the late 1960s, adding to the number of menswear ... More |
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 Rare intact Thunderball poster expected to fetch up to £12,000 in James Bond's next outing at Ewbank'sWOKING.- Ewbanks Auctions continue their dedicated James Bond sales on April 9 with one of the rarest posters from the series expected to fetch up to £12,000. Created for Thunderball (1965), the Advance British Quad poster features four panels promoting 007 and his antics, two by Frank McCarthy and two by Robert McGinnis. It was designed to be cut into four pieces, so very few examples (complete or otherwise) have survived. Linen-backed and measuring 30 x 40 inches, the estimate is £8,000-12,000. Other highlights in the James Bond 007 auction include an original 1962 British Quad poster for the debut Bond film Dr No. The linen-backed, 30 x 40 inch poster is in pretty good condition, with a few minor blemishes and is the must-have for any serious Bond aficionado. The estimate is £6,000-9,000. As an illustration of just how collectable Bond is, a folded 1965 poster for ... More  The Oak Project announces first artist commission by Studio MorisonWAKEFIELD.- This spring, the Oak Project launches its first artist commission, Silence Alone in a World of Wounds, hosted at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, by artists Heather and Ivan Morison from Studio Morison. Silence Alone in a World of Wounds will be unveiled on World Environment Day on Saturday 5 June 2021. Responding to the question Can art save us from extinction?, the artists are developing a sculptural space made of natural materials including timber and thatch that acts as an extended open pavilion and becomes a framework and quiet space set within nature. Silence Alone in a World of Wounds will be installed alongside Upper Lake at YSP within a stand of birch trees and aims to create solitary communion with the natural world. Informed by research evidence from the Nature Connectedness Research Group at the University of Derby, the work will be a circle, ... More  Bags, bootlegs and art: A quirky communion on Canal StreetNEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- The central section of Canal Street, between the thrum of Chinatown and the maw of the Holland Tunnel, is a great artery only in the utilitarian sense. In the early 1800s, an actual canal moved water fouled by manufacturing waste to the Hudson River. Some planners imagined a Venice-like promenade, but it was rudely paved over instead. Until recently, the stretch was home to surplus businesses metal, plastics, rubber, glass, textiles dotted with souvenir shops, often concealing counterfeit ateliers. It was a magnet for artists too: A few still live nearby, in lofts theyve inhabited since the 1980s. For the rest, the area lost its main draw in 2014, when the art-supply mecca Pearl Paint closed. When New York was a producing town, this is where you would meet people in your field, said Leon Ferrer, who ... More  Montreux Jazz Festival to head to the lake in JulyGENEVA (AFP).- The renowned Montreux Jazz Festival will go ahead in July despite the coronavirus pandemic, but will take place in part outdoors on the waters of Switzerland's Lake Geneva, organisers said Wednesday. The festival's 55th edition is scheduled for July 2-17 in a format that "can be adjusted and adapted based on the Covid-19 situation", a statement issued by the organisers said. Last year's festival had to be scrapped owing to the pandemic, the first time since it began in 1967. It will be a "more intimate" event this time around, the statement said. But the big change is to be a main stage that will be built on the lake, 25 metres (yards) from shore, in front of a "tiered terrace" or grandstand that can hold up to 600 spectators. Two artists are to take to the ... More  Pat Collins, Tony Award-winning lighting designer, dies at 88NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Pat Collins, a Tony Award-winning lighting designer and a Broadway mainstay whose work was seen for nearly 50 years in plays, musicals and operas, died March 21 at her home in Branford, Connecticut. She was 88. The cause was pancreatic cancer, said Dr. Virginia Stuermer, her partner of 64 years and her only survivor. Collins, who won her Tony for Herb Gardners Im Not Rappaport in 1986, was the lighting designer for more than 30 other Broadway productions, among them The Threepenny Opera, Aint Misbehavin and Doubt, which earned her a Tony nomination. Her lighting was like her personality: She was nervy and intelligent but with a sensitive side, John Lee Beatty, a Tony-winning scenic designer and frequent collaborator, said in a phone interview. She really blossomed in tech rehearsals; she loved to create on the ... More  Lyon & Turnbull announces highlights included in the Modern Made: Post-War Art & Design auctionLONDON.- Paintings that document the powerful relationship between two of the UKs best-loved modern artists come for sale in London next month. Lyon & Turnbulls Modern Made auction on 30 April includes two pictures by Julian Trevelyan (1910-88) and ten works by his second wife Mary Fedden (1915-2012). Lyon & Turnbulls specialist Philip Smith noted it is a delight to see these works by the most beloved of British artists come together, helping to give a fresh insight and evocation to their story and lives together. Fedden first met Trevelyan when she was a student at the Slade in the 1930s, and (although he was husband to the potter Ursula Darwin) had declared on the spot she knew the man she would marry something that proved correct in 1951. They remained the closest of companions for the next 40 years, pursuing their artistic endeavours from Durham Wharf in ... More  300-year-old landmark adorned with a striking new contemporary art installationBERWICK-UPON-TWEED .- Casting a warm pink glow over the walls of Berwick-upon-Tweeds historic barracks, Etchells text-based neon artwork, installed above the gatehouse entrance, tells onlookers Wait Here I Have Gone to Get Help. Wait Here (Double Line) - a joint commission between English Heritage and Berwick Visual Arts is a playful and thought-provoking commemoration of the towns former military barracks opening in 1721, built to protect the town during the Jacobite rebellion. Perhaps reminiscent of The Italian Jobs closing line, Hang on a minute lads, Ive got a great idea, Wait Here (Double Line) could also be interpreted as a reassuring message from a 21st-century version of Game of Thrones Jon Snow to his Night Watch colleagues manning The Wall, or seen as a beacon of hope during the coronavirus pandemic. Thats the purpose of the installation, to invite ... More  Amber Goldhammer continues to spread messages of love and happiness in newest art endeavorsLOS ANGELES, CA.- Amber Goldhammer lives by four words of advice: Paint like a child. Though simple, these words have guided Goldhammer to an incredibly high-profile level of success in the art world, serving as a foundation for her work and her life. Goldhammer was born with a highly attuned artistic talent. Her artistic journey began in the performing arts, studying choreography, ballet, and gymnastics. Goldhammer even became a state gymnastics champion, but after injuries left her unable to compete anymore, she turned her attention to another medium. After injuries took me away from gymnastics, I would spend weekends with my grandmother painting, drawing, making jewelry, doing photo shoots, sewing, performing, anything creative, reminisced Goldhammer. All of her experiences with art at such a young age led Goldhammer to realize she was destined to pursue ... More  Exhibition features works by Jewish artists, driven from Vienna during World War II, who survived and flourishedNEW YORK, NY.- The Austrian Cultural Forum New York announced its presentation of Three with a Pen: Lily Renée, Bil Spira, and Paul Peter Porges featuring works by the three Jewish artists driven from their homes in Vienna after the German annexation of Austria, the so-called Anschluss, in 1938. On view through September 3, 2021, the exhibition showcases examples of their signature work in comic books, New Yorker cartoons, Mad magazine spoofs, caricatures, portraiture, fashion design, advertising, and childrens books, among other formats. Biographical material and ephemera amplify the artists personal stories of survival and, in part, help contextualize their professional achievements. Born in Vienna to Jewish parents, Lily Renée Willheim (b.1921), ... More  Modern Art expert, Jeremiah Evarts, joins PhillipsNEW YORK, NY.- Phillips announced the appointment of Modern art expert, Jeremiah Evarts, as Senior International Specialist and Deputy Chairman within the 20th Century and Contemporary Art department. Mr. Evarts appointment reflects the increasing importance of the Modern Art category to the companys global growth strategy. He is based in New York and starts in his new position on 29 March. Mr. Evarts will assume a key leadership role in Phillips global Modern team and further strengthen Phillips client base. We are delighted to welcome Jeremiah to Phillips, said Edward Dolman, Chief Executive Officer. He is well-respected in the industry and his depth of knowledge in the Modern field and best in class handling of top clients will add a greater dimension to Phillips already formidable pool of expertise. A recognized expert in Impressionist and Modern art, Mr. Evarts was ... More  Lucas Museum acquires Judith F. Baca's The History of California ArchiveLOS ANGELES, CA.- The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, currently under construction in Exposition Park, announced its acquisition of the archive related to the artist Judith F. Bacas monumental mural The History of California (197684), popularly known as The Great Wall of Los Angeles. Created in the Tujunga Wash, a flood control channel northwest of downtown Los Angeles, the half-mile-long artwork traces a history of California, from prehistory through the mid-20th century. The mural depicts well-known historical narratives as well as often-overlooked events such as the displacement of Indigenous communities, the internment of Japanese American citizens, and the expulsion of Mexican Americans from Chavez Ravine. The mural is epic in scale and was epochal in impact, representing an important shift in determining whose stories are told publicly and who gets ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, German painter and sculptor Max Ernst died April 01, 1976. Max Ernst (2 April 1891 - 1 April 1976) was a German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet. A prolific artist, Ernst was a primary pioneer of the Dada movement and Surrealism. In this image: People look at the exhibition Beyond Painting: Max Ernst in the Würth Collection.
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