| Gagosian announces shared representation of Jordan Wolfson | | The site called 'Machu Picchu' had another name first, researchers say | | A lover's impact on David Wojnarowicz, for all to see | 
Jordan Wolfson. Photo by Jason Schmidt, Courtesy Gagosian.
NEW YORK, NY.- Gagosian announced shared representation of Jordan Wolfson alongside Sadie Coles HQ and David Zwirner. Wolfson is known for his provocative work in a wide range of mediums, including sculpture, installation, video, photography, digital animation, and performance. Manipulating the languages of advertising, the Internet, and current technology, he engineers enigmatic and confrontational narratives that use invented characters to probe dark, difficult topics in contemporary society. He has characterized his collage-like methodology as one derived from and focused on the byproduct(s) of culture, but is more concerned with the psychological power of the uncanny than with direct critique. In his most recent works, Wolfson contrasts the physical, virtual, and imaginary realms, often exploring the projection of internal impulses onto constructed selves and scenarios. Wolfsons key works include the video ... More | | 
The Incan citadel of Machu Picchu in Peru, May 25, 2011. For decades, the ancient Incan ruins in Peru have been called Machu Picchu. Piotr Redlinski/The New York Times.
NEW YORK, NY.- For decades, the breathtaking ruins that have brought hundreds of thousands of tourists to Peru every year have gone by the name Machu Picchu, or Old Mountain in Quechua, the language of the Incas spoken by millions today. The name is all over signs welcoming visitors to the settlement in the Andes, above the Urubamba River valley and a train journey from Cusco, the ancient Incan capital. The website of Perus Ministry of Culture has a page dedicated to its history that also links to tickets. But the name of the town, built by the Incas in the 15th century, is technically Huayna Picchu, or New Mountain, according to researchers who pored through documents dating to the 1500s to verify the original moniker. The results uniformly suggest that the Inca city was originally called Picchu, or more likely Huayna Picchu, ... More | | 
Jean Pierre Delage visits an exhibit of works by David Wojnarowicz, his lover decades ago, at PPOW Gallery in New York, March 24, 2022. Luisa Opalesky/The New York Times.
by Arthur Lubow
NEW YORK, NY.- During an eight-month visit to Paris when he was 24, David Wojnarowicz embarked on his first serious love affair and began to take himself seriously as a visual artist. The full import of these changes became evident after his return to New York in June 1979, once he uncorked a stream of fervent letters to his lover, Jean Pierre Delage, and included drawings, photographs and other art work. That epistolary record, complemented by related paintings by Wojnarowicz, is the subject of Dear Jean Pierre: The David Wojnarowicz Correspondence, an exhibition at PPOW gallery in Tribeca through April 23. Although the biographical films and articles that accompany Wojnarowiczs posthumous fame give more attention to his deep ... More |
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| Oehme landscape acquired by Nationalmuseum | | National Air and Space Museum receives $25 million gift from Raytheon Technologies | | Christie's will offer the Collection of Thomas and Doris Ammann | 
Ernst Ferdinand Oehme: Tyrolean Landscape with Naudersberg Castle, 1847. Photo: Anna Danielsson/Nationalmuseum.
STOCKHOLM.- Nationalmuseum has acquired a painting by the German artist Ernst Ferdinand Oehme. Tyrolean Landscape with Naudersberg Castle, dating from 1847, represents an aspect of German Romanticism that was previously absent in the museums collection. Opportunities to acquire paintings of this kind made by Oehme are very rare. The newly acquired painting by Ernst Ferdinand Oehme (17971855), dated 1847, depicts Naudersberg castle surrounded by Tyrolean mountain scenery. Such paintings are very rare, one reason being that Oehmes oeuvre is relatively small. His works are technically complex and were therefore time-consuming to produce. Another reason for their rarity is that several of the paintings were lost in war, while the majority of those that survived are now in German museum collections. Oehme was a close associate and pupil of Caspar David Friedrich, now the best-known of the German Romantic painters. ... More | | 
Artist rendering of the future Raytheon Technologies Living in the Space Age exhibition, scheduled to open at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. in 2025.
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonians National Air and Space Museum has received a $25 million gift from Raytheon Technologies to support the creation of its new Living in the Space Age exhibition. The exhibition is located in one of the museums three main halls and will show visitors how innovations in space technology have transformed their lives, and why it matters. The Raytheon Technologies Living in the Space Age exhibition is part of the museums ongoing transformation of its galleries at the flagship building in Washington, D.C., and scheduled to open in 2025. The gift will also sponsor the Explainers program, the museums frontline program for STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) engagement with visitors onsite and online. The museum and Raytheon Technologies announced the gift today, April 6, at the Space Foundations annual Space Symposium ... More | | 
Andy Warhol, Shot Sage Blue Marilyn. Acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen 40 x 40 in. / 101.6 x 101.6 cm. Painted in 1964. Estimate on request. © Christie's Images Ltd 2022.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies will present the Private Collection of Thomas and Doris Ammann this May in New York City. Works from the collection will be sold across two live sales at Rockefeller Plaza during the Spring Marquee Week, beginning with a single-owner evening sale on Monday, May 9, 2022. With a curated selection of 36 masterworks by leading 20th century artists including Robert Ryman, Francesco Clemente, Sturtevant, and Cy Twombly, the evening sale is led by Andy Warhols Shot Sage Blue Marilyn a painting poised to be the most expensive 20th century work to sell at auction. An additional group of works from the phenomenal private collection will be sold in a dedicated Day sale, taking place during the Spring Marquee Week in succession with the Post-War and Contemporary Day Sale. This sale will showcase a range of 20th century examples of all price points that beautifully ... More |
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| India Art Fair returns this month | | Bobby Rydell, teenage idol with enduring appeal, dies at 79 | | VOLTA New York announces exhibitor list for 2022 edition | 
Sainchi. Phulkari Textile. 90in x 54in. Courtesy of Inherited Arts Forum.
NEW DELHI.- India Art Fair, the leading platform to discover and celebrate modern and contemporary art from South Asia, announces additional participating galleries and programme highlights ahead of the 13th edition taking place from 28 April - 1 May 2022. In partnership with BMW India, the fair will present 79 exhibitors across 17 cities, including an unprecedented 14 non-profit foundations and institutions. Through an open call led in collaboration with The Gujral Foundation and Artdemic, Anshuka Mahapatra has been selected to design the tent façade of the 2022 fair. Helmed by Jaya Asokan for the first time since her appointment in April 2021, this edition of the fair is a testament to the resilience of the Indian and South Asian art market and the art community at large. The fair spotlights the next generation of artists alongside modern masters through initiatives including Auditorium talks, performances, ... More | | 
He had his first hit in 1959. Six decades later, teamed with his fellow singers Frankie Avalon and Fabian, he was still drawing crowds.
by Michael Pollak
NEW YORK, NY.- Bobby Rydell, a Philadelphia-born singer who became a teenage idol in the late 1950s and, with his pleasant voice, stage presence and nice-guy demeanor, maintained a loyal following on tours even after both he and his original fans were well past retirement age, died on Tuesday in Abington, Pennsylvania. He was 79. The cause was complications of pneumonia, said Maria Novey, a spokeswoman. Rydell and two other affable performers who became stars in those years, Frankie Avalon and Fabian, grew up within about two blocks of one another in South Philadelphia. Long after their days on the pop chart were past them, they enjoyed great success on the oldies circuit. The three had toured extensively together since 1985, billed as the Golden Boys. Rydell ... More | | 
VOLTA New York. Photo: David Willems.
NEW YORK, NY.- Following the announcement of its return to New York in a new location, VOLTA has released its full exhibitor list for the forthcoming edition. The fair presents a vibrant cohort of 49 national and international galleries, providing its roster of exhibitors with a platform to present cutting-edge presentations in art market capitals. The fair will take place from Wednesday, May 18 to Sunday, May 22. VOLTAs cornerstones are: Discover. Connect. Collect. The fair was established with the intention of providing a foundational platform for dynamic younger and middle-market galleries seeking participation in the art worlds major cities. Within a stratified art world, which often sees success at the emerging and blue-chip levels but proves more channeling for middle-market players, VOLTA seeks to address this critical chasm yielding opportunities for galleries in this sector to assert their role within the existing trade show nexus. With both new and returning exhibitors, this yea ... More |
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| 'Lula Mae Blocton: The First Two Decades, 1970-1990' on view through April 30th at Skoto Gallery | | The 'rarest Nike shoes ever' hit the ground running at Heritage Auctions April 20 | | Honolulu Museum of Art names Penni Hall as chief operating officer | 
Lula Mae Blocton-Bronze Twist I and II, 1987, colored pencil on rag paper, 2- drawings, 44x30 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Skoto Gallery.
NEW YORK, NY.- Lula Mae Blocton moved from Michigan to a loft near Cooper Union in 1972. From her first entry into the art world, Blocton has been fighting for acceptance and visibility of the LGBTQ community and the Black and feminist communities. As she remarks: There have been two constants in my life: a love of artformal, precise, abstractand a concern for human dignity and civil rights. Like many Black abstractionists, Blocton was criticized for eschewing figuration, for not painting scenes contributing to the political conversation. Nothing could have been further from the truth. Indeed, she claimed abstraction as a right, not the preserve of a privileged few. For her, thoughts about color were as concrete as they were political, personal, and spiritual. In time, Blocton would propose that colors, black, white, and beyondthe entire light spectrumcould evoke, metaphorically, ... More | | 
The One Line was the 1980 'knockoff' Nike founder Phil Knight used to fight the feds' demand for $25 million.
DALLAS, TX.- A renowned pair of Nike knockoffs steps up to the auction block April 20 at Heritage Auctions. But here's the kicker: These blue-and-white nylon One Line sneakers were actually made by Nike in 1980 to skirt the federal tariff laws that threatened to knock the upstart company off its feet 40 years ago. That makes these size 9's the most famous forgeries in footwear history. "It's a remarkable story that offers amazing insight into the interesting history of Nike," says Mike Monahan, who runs the Los Angeles-based vintage sneaker blog and archive The Deffest. "It shows that Nike was hustling, going to lengths no other brand would in order to succeed." "We are always on the look for extraordinary and historical sneakers at Heritage, and these are certainly no exception," says Taylor Curry, Director of Modern & Contemporary Art. "These sneakers have played a pivotal role in Nike's history, and we are honored and excited ... More | | 
A native of Australia, Hall joins HoMA from M+, Hong Kongs prestigious new museum for visual culture designed by Swiss architecture firm Herzog and de Meuron, and which recently opened to the public in November 2021.
HONOLULU, HI.- The Honolulu Museum of Art has announced the appointment of Penni Hall as chief operating officer. In this integral position on the leadership team, Hall will oversee the museums finance, facility, security, technology, human resources, collections and revenue operations, while leading cross-functional teams to achieve institutional goals. She will also conceive and implement plans for improving performance by guiding strategic planning and resource management to ensure the museum can continue to serve and engage with the community. A native of Australia, Hall joins HoMA from M+, Hong Kongs prestigious new museum for visual culture designed by Swiss architecture firm Herzog and de Meuron, and which recently opened to the public in November 2021. Pennis broad ... More |
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 Highest-graded copy of 'Sonic the Hedgehog' to reach market rolls up to Heritage AuctionsDALLAS, TX.- Given the assertion that many collectors pursue what they enjoyed during childhood, it is no surprise that an exceptionally high-grade copy of the highest-selling Sega Genesis game stands as one of the centerpieces in Heritage Auctions' Video Games Signature® Auction April 22-23. The event includes two Friday Signature® Floor Sessions, starting at 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. (Central Time), and continues with a Signature® Internet Session at 4 p.m. Saturday. A spectacular copy of Sonic the Hedgehog - Wata 9.8 A+ Sealed [Made in Japan, Early Production], Genesis Sega 1991 USA is the highest-graded copy from the earliest production run or any production run, for that matter of the game ever offered at Heritage Auctions. The game featuring Sega's furry blue mascot had few rivals when it came to popularity. With ... More  Nehemiah Persoff, actor with a familiar face (and voice), dies at 102NEW YORK, NY.- Nehemiah Persoff, a ubiquitous character actor whose gravelly voice and knack for conveying an air of menace magnified his portrayals of a bevy of sinister types, most notably a half-dozen Prohibition-era gangsters, died on Tuesday in San Luis Obispo, California. He was 102. The cause was heart failure, his grandson, Joey Persoff, said. For decades Persoff was one of most recognizable faces on television, by face if not by name; he was seen on hundreds of shows, beginning in the late 1940s. He usually played a supporting character, sometimes kindly, sometimes malevolent, but, given his gift for dialect, frequently with an undefined foreign accent. He appeared on such durable series of the 1950s, 60s and 70s as Gunsmoke, The Twilight Zone, Route 66, Gilligans Island, Mission: Impossible, ... More  FotoFocus announces plans to open new arts center in Cincinnati in 2024CINCINNATI, OH.- FotoFocus, the Cincinnati-based nonprofit organization dedicated to championing photography and lens-based art, today announces its plans to construct and open a new arts center in Cincinnati by 2024. The two-story, 14,700 square feet FotoFocus Center, located at 228 East Liberty Street, will be a world-class venue purpose-built to present a wide range of curated exhibitions, educational events and film screenings each year, furthering FotoFocuss mission of enriching our understanding of photography. The inaugural arts center marks a major milestone for FotoFocus, which has historically relied on partnerships with local venues to present FotoFocus-curated programming. Since the nonprofit was founded in 2010, it has established a reputation as one of the countrys leading organizations devoted ... More  Roland White, a shaper of bluegrass and country-rock, dies at 83NASHVILLE, TENN.- Roland White, a mandolin player and singer who helped shape major developments in bluegrass and country-rock over a seven-decade career, died in Nashville on Friday. He was 83. His death, in a hospital after a recent heart attack, was confirmed by his wife, Diane Bouska. White was admired for his rich tone and rhythmic imagination as a mandolinist, as well as for his warm, expressive vocals, which were equally suited to the lead and harmony parts in an arrangement. His openness to ideas and approaches outside the bounds of traditional bluegrass was also among the hallmarks of his music. He first made his mark in the late 1950s with the Country Boys (later renamed the Kentucky Colonels), the West Coast bluegrass band that originally included his younger brothers Eric and Clarence ... More  Museum of Arts and Design names Benjamin Strauss as Deputy Director, Institutional AdvancementNEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Arts and Design announces the appointment of Benjamin Strauss as Deputy Director, Institutional Advancement, effective April 5, and the recent promotions of Lydia Brawner and Ryan Collins to leadership roles. Brawner was named the Maude and Rodney Starkey Deputy Director, Education last December and Collins became the Deputy Director, Operations in January. Accomplished, creative, and collaborative leaders, Ben, Lydia, and Ryan will strengthen MADs leadership team and help the Museum to evolve in strategic and thoughtful ways, said Tim Rodgers, Nanette L. Laitman Director. Strauss brings more than a decade of fundraising experience within the New York City cultural landscape to the role of Deputy Director, Institutional Advancement. In this role, Strauss will plan, implement, ... More  Enamel Arts Foundation donates 938 enamels to four museumsLOS ANGELES, CA.- The Enamel Arts Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Los Angeles, has donated 938 modern and contemporary enamels to four American art museums. The museums are the Yale University Art Gallery (141 enamels), Philadelphia Museum of Art (132 enamels), Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (458 enamels), and the Crocker Art Museum (207 enamels). According to spokesperson for the Foundation Harold B. Hal Nelson, who, along with his partner Bernard N. Jazzar, created the collection-based organization in 2007, each of the four institutions was given a representative selection of American enamels, made between 1920 and the present. The Foundation worked closely with curators at the museums to determine priorities and select work that will enrich their collection while complementing ... More  Writers gather to discuss the role of literature in times of war and isolationNEW YORK, NY.- In 1939, American journalist Dorothy Thompson, who was expelled from Germany after reporting on the rise of the Nazi movement, convened an emergency summit of writers in response to the violence unfolding in Europe. As the leader of PEN America, a literary and free speech organization, Thompson called on writers to unite against fascism and threats to free expression. The event drew 500 writers from 30 countries. In much of the world today the word itself has been made captive, Thompson told the assembled writers. Those who would free it do so at the risk of their lives. This spring, in response to the war in Ukraine, PEN America is holding another Emergency World Voices Congress of Writers inspired by that first gathering to explore how literature and literary figures can help bridge geographic and cultural ... More  June Brown, a mainstay of Britain's 'EastEnders,' dies at 95NEW YORK, NY.- June Brown, who appeared in thousands of episodes of the British soap opera EastEnders across 35 years, portraying Dot Cotton, one of the more memorable residents of the fictional Albert Square, died Sunday at her home in Surrey, near London. She was 95. Her death was announced on the shows Twitter account. In one of many tributes shared by that account, Natalie Cassidy, another star of the show, called Brown the best character actress EastEnders has ever seen or will ever see. Brown was classically trained at the Old Vic drama school and had a decent career in the theater until she and her second husband, Robert Arnold, whom she married in 1958, began having their six children. Touring was difficult with children, she told The Daily Telegraph of London in 1995, so I did a great deal of television ... More  Meet DALL-E, the AI that draws anything at your commandSAN FRANCISCO, CA.- At OpenAI, one of the worlds most ambitious artificial intelligence labs, researchers are building technology that lets you create digital images simply by describing what you want to see. They call it DALL-E in a nod to both WALL-E, the 2008 animated movie about an autonomous robot, and Salvador DalÃ, the surrealist painter. OpenAI, backed by $1 billion in funding from Microsoft, is not yet sharing the technology with the general public. But on a recent afternoon, Alex Nichol, one of the researchers behind the system, demonstrated how it works. When he asked for a teapot in the shape of an avocado, typing those words into a largely empty computer screen, the system created 10 distinct images of a dark green avocado teapot, some with pits and some without. DALL-E is good at avocados, Nichol ... More  Step behind the scenes and discover London Transport Museum's poster collection LONDON.- This April, for four days only, London Transport Museums Depot in Acton, west London, will open its doors for the public to explore this working collection store and the museums iconic collection of transport posters dating from around 1905. Taking place between Thursday 21 April and Sunday 24 April the Art of the Poster Open Days are part of the BBCs Art That Made Us Festival. Visitors will have the chance to tour behind-the-scenes in the Depots fascinating poster store - usually closed to the public and enjoy talks, creative workshops and family activities which will reveal how art and design has characterised London and its transport for more than 100 years. The much-loved London Transport Miniature Railway will also be running on the Saturday and Sunday for passengers to hop aboard replica models of Underground ... More  Richard Linklater and Sandra Adair: Three decades of action and cutsNEW YORK, NY.- In Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood, an animated comedy on Netflix set in the suburbs of 1960s Houston, a gaggle of preteens descend upon a Popsicle stand in a bid to ward off the Texas heat. One by one, they go for that first delightful lick, only to discover that their tongues instantly stick to the freezer-burned treats upon contact. Panic starts to spread, and the kids wriggle frantically, until Rrrrip! one daring boy ends up with a bloody tongue. That joke, with its blend of humor and horror, comes from the ripe memory of the films writer and director, Richard Linklater. But its golden timing is the work of Linklaters longtime editor, Sandra Adair. Apollo 10 1/2 is the 20th feature film that Adair, 69, has edited for Linklater, 61. Its release marks 30 years since the pair first began what is among the most ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Italian-French painter Gino Severini was born April 07, 1883. Gino Severini (7 April 1883 - 26 February 1966) was an Italian painter and a leading member of the Futurist movement. For much of his life he divided his time between Paris and Rome. He was associated with neo-classicism and the "return to order" in the decade after the First World War. In this image: A visitor looks at paintings, 'Femme a la Mandoline' (L) and 'Les joueurs de Cartes' (R) by Italian futurist and neo-classic artist Gino Severini,1883-1966, at the Orangerie Museum in Paris.
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