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In an image provided by the Biennale, The Mexico pavilion at the 2022 Venice Biennale, which features work that explores how the Spanish conquest of Latin America disrupted the region. Jacopo Salvi/La Biennale di Venezia via The New York Times.
by Ray Mark Rinaldi
MEXICO CITY.- If one work were to sum up Mexicos exhibition at the 2022 Venice Biennale, it would be Naomi Rincón Gallardos dark allegory Vermin Sonnet. The 20-minute video features a bat, a snake, a scorpion and a choir of frogs desperately making their way in a futuristic world ravaged by environmental ruin and social disorder. Rejected and isolated, these outcasts manage to communicate via radio signals and establish their own alternative community until a crocodile eats them all. In an interview, Rincón Gallardo described her project as a manifesto for unwanted species and said she hoped viewers in Italy would catch on to its queer, transgressive, subversive messages. With works like Vermin Sonnet setting the tone, the Mexico pavilion is likely to be colorful this year, though not exactly cheerful. Four artists will present objects that, in one way or another, explore how the Spanish conquest of Latin America disrupted the region ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A arte Invernizzi gallery opens the exhibition The Critical Eye, which continues the series that began with The Musical Eye (2014) and continued with The Cinematic Eye (2016) and The Philosophical Eye (2018). On this occasion, the eye looks not only at the works themselves but also at the person who wishes to show them. The critical eye, of course, is that of the critic, who intends to show the works to others, pointing to their presence and assisting in their interpretation.
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| Austrian avant-garde artist Hermann Nitsch dies at 83 | | Monet masterpiece will highlight the 20th Century Evening Sale in New York | | Christie's announces 'Old Masters: Drawings, Paintings, Sculptures sale on 18 May | 
Portrait of Hermann Nitsch, 2017 © Philipp Schuster.
NEW YORK, NY.- Pace Gallery, with the Nitsch Foundation, shared the sad news of Hermann Nitschs passing at age 83 on April 18, 2022, following a serious illness. As a result of his passing, the artist could not personally experience one of his great successesthe exhibition of his 20th Painting Action during the 59th Venice Biennale. Nitsch was guided throughout his life by the intense, life-affirming philosophy that "everything that ever was and ever will be is to be." It will keep his work eternally alive. The first part of Nitschs storied 6-Day-Play will be performed this summer on July 30 and 31 in Prinzendorf, Austria. Due to the pandemic, the action had to be postponed for two years. It was the artists wish that his total work of art, The Orgies Mysteries Theatre, a large-scale performance that engages all five senses, would continue to be presented after his passing. The artist once said, "The 6-Day-Play of the O.M ... More | | 
Claude Monet, (1840-1926), Champ d'avoine et de coquelicots, signed and dated 'Claude Monet 90' (lower right), oil on canvas, 25.5/8 x 36.1/4 in. (65 x 92.1 cm.) Painted in Giverny in 1890. © Christie's Images Ltd 2022.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies announced Claude Monets Champ davoine et de coquelicots, (estimate: $12 million 18 million) will highlight the 20th Century Evening Sale during the Spring Marquee Week of sales. The 1890 masterwork comes to Christies from an Important Private French Collection along with two wonderful examples from the late 19th century offered in the Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale: Alfred Sisleys Femme et enfant sur le chemin des près, Sèvres (estimate: $400,000 600,000) and Jean-Baptiste Camille Corots Le gros arbre (environs de Gournay) (estimate: $200,000 300,000). The group of three paintings is incredibly fresh to market, having been held in the same private family collection for decades, and in the case ... More | | 
Marie-Louise-Ãlisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, Portrait de Joseph Hyacinthe. François-de-Paule de Rigaud, comte de Vaudreuil (1740-1817) Oil on canvas, 129,5 x 96,5 cm. Estimate: 250,000-350,000.
PARIS.- Ahead of the Salon du Dessin, which will be held from the 18th until the 23rd of May, the auction house Christies will present its sale dedicated to the Old Masters which will be led by an unpublished drawing by Michelangelo, exceptional work, one of the few by Michelangelo still in private hands. The Old Masters sale will highlight a set of drawings, paintings and sculptures, which has been carefully selected by our specialist. Major artists such as Théodore Gericault, Elisabeth Louise Vigée le Brun whom the painting has not been seen on the market since 1847, Jean-Baptiste Oudry and Nicolas de Largillierre will be showcased and will set up a dialogue with the masters of drawing, such as Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Charles Natoire and Jean-Antoine Watteau. The medium of sculpture will ... More |
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| Modern and contemporary art will be the focus of Dorotheum's major auction week from 31 May to 2 June | | Carpenters Workshop Gallery presents 'The Female Voice in Modern Design, 1950-2000' | | Collection of Claude "Henry" Withers & John Baldwin Trust drive Hindman Native American Art Auction to over $1.1 million | 
Victor Brauner, La lecon de Twist, 1962, oil on canvas, 116 x 89 cm, auction date 31 May 2022, estimate 120,000 - 160,000.
VIENNA.- One of the highlights of the contemporary art auction on 1 June 2022 is Andy Warhol's portrait of his favourite artist, the surrealist and photographer Man Ray, which he created in 1974 after a photo session in Paris. The version offered for auction at Dorotheum is from private ownership. The two legendary artists met in Man Ray's flat for the first time, brought together by an Italian gallery owner who had commissioned the series. At the art academy in his home town of Pittsburgh, Warhol had previously experimented with shadow-like photograms called "rayographs". In 1973, he had the then 83-year-old god of Dada pose with a cigar and a sailor's cap. The work, rendered in bold blue-red acrylics on silkscreen, has strong individual traits by Warhol's standards testament to the great emotional depth between Warhol and Man Ray (estimate 300,000 - ... More | | 
Vuokko Hillevi Lilian Eskolin-Nurmesniemi | 004 Lounge Chair, 1966. 28 3/4 Ã 33 1/2 Ã 33 IN (73 Ã 85 Ã 84 CM).
NEW YORK, NY.- Part I of a two-part exhibition, The Female Voice in Modern & Contemporary Design, 1950-2023, celebrates womens contributions to the world of collectible design. Throughout the second half of the 20th century, women were the minority in the profession of design, struggling to express their creative voice within a male dominated territory, even when making revolutionary contributions, and when standing at the forefront of experimentation and innovation. Engaged mainly in skills traditionally considered feminine pottery, silversmithing, textiles only a small percentage of furniture and lighting which came to challenge boundaries and to open the path of modern design was done by professional women designers. Furthermore, much of their work was attributed to male designers. Yet, despite the significant gender imbalance and struggle for freedom, the triumph of the significant ... More | | 
Prairie Grizzly Bear Claw Necklace. Fourth quarter 19th century. Price Realized: $37,500.
CINCINNATI, OH.- The Collection of Claude Henry Withers and the John Baldwin Trust led the way in Hindmans $1,185,656 April 15th Native American Art auction. Rare copper items from the Withers Collection received significant interest from bidders, packing Hindmans Cincinnati saleroom and achieving top prices. Revered collector and author John Baldwins collection also shone, with lots such as a Grizzly Bear Claw Necklace (lot 23) selling for $37,500 against a presale estimate of $20,000-30,000. Textiles from the Collection of Bruce and Claire Montgomerie also were among top performers. The Collection of Claude Henry Withers was highly sought-after, with bidders eager to compete for the exceptional prehistoric stone and copper items. The pace for the auction was set early on with the sale of an Exceptional Copper Dagger from the late Archaic Period (lot 5), which climbed well past its estimate of $10,000- ... More |
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| Prints by Picasso, Warhol, Basquiat bring record prices at Heritage Auctions | | Artis-Naples announces gift of Pam Longobardi's Swerve to the Baker Museum permanent collection | | A 'product of colonialism' represents France at the Venice Biennale | 
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Tête de Femme, 1962. Linocut in colors on wove paper, 29-1/2 x 24-1/4 inches. Sold on Apr 19, 2022 for: $250,000.
DALLAS, TX.- The bids were fast and furious during Heritage Auctions sold-out, thrill-a-minute Prints & Multiples Signature® Auction on Tuesday, when three record-breaking prices helped push the auction total to $2,377,188 well over double the pre-sale estimate. The first lot to shatter an auction record was Jean-Michel Basquiats Wolf Sausage, King Brand, Dog Leg Study and Undiscovered Genius, a group of four screenprints that sold for $137,500 double the previous record. Still in their original box, the quartet of works by the art-world favorite hit the auction block in pristine condition. Soon enough, another record was shattered when a bidding war broke out over Pablo Picassos Tête de Femme. The final price for the striking Cubist linocut: $250,000. Like its sister work Grand Tête de Femme which sold for $100,000 in the Tuesday event, tying that prints previous auction record the piece depicts an ... More | | 
Pam Longobardi (American, b. 1958). Swerve, 2019. Over 500 ocean plastic objects from Alaska, Greece, California, Hawaii, Gulf of Mexico and Costa Rica, steel specimen pins; 96 x 54 x 8 in. ArtisNaples, The Baker Museum. Museum purchase with funds provided by Anne and Mark Rubin, 2022.3.1
NAPLES, FLA.- ArtisNaples announced today a significant acquisition to The Baker Museum permanent collection: Swerve, by Pam Longobardi, currently on view in the exhibition Pam Longobardi: Ocean Gleaning. This acquisition was made possible by a generous gift from Anne and Mark Rubin. Created in 2019, the wall-mounted work consists of more than 500 ocean plastic objects from Alaska, Greece, California, Hawaii, the Gulf of Mexico and Costa Rica. The exhibition is on view through July 24 on the first floor of The Baker Museum. Kathleen van Bergen, CEO and president, said We are deeply grateful to Anne and Mark Rubin for supporting this important addition to The Baker Museum permanent collection. Ocean Gleaning reminds us of how we can each do our part to collectively protect ... More | | 
In an image provided by the artist, Zineb Sedira, whose Dreams Have No Titles" will be featured at the French Pavilion at the 2022 Venice Biennale. Thierry Bal and Zineb Sedira via The New York Times.
by Farah Nayeri
LONDON.- When the Venice Art Biennale opens its doors to the public this weekend, France will be represented for the first time by an artist of Algerian descent. Zineb Sedira is that artist, and her appointment is historic in several ways. Only a handful of female artists have been showcased by the French Pavilion since it was inaugurated in 1912. More unusually, Sedira is a child of working-class immigrants who settled in France in the early 1960s, right around the time that Algeria put an end to about 130 years of French colonial rule. Her community has suffered decades of racism and discrimination. How does it feel to represent France in such a context? Its a great opportunity to pave the way for other artists like me, Sedira said in an interview at her studio in south London, which overlooks a busy road and is full of visual ... More |
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| Fondazione In Between Art Film presents 'Penumbra' in Venice | | An immersive show taps 'an oracle' for a spin on Greek myth | | The wolf of crypto | 
Masbedo, Pantelleria, 2022 in Penumbra, Fondazione In Between Art Film presso Complesso dellOspedaletto, Venezia, 2022. Courtesy degli artistie Fondazione In Between Art Film. Foto: Andrea Rossetti.
VENICE.- Fondazione In Between Art Film is presenting Penumbra, its first exhibition opening to the public at the Ospedaletto and Church of Santa Maria dei Derelitti in Venice on the occasion of the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. Penumbra features 8 new video installations commissioned to Karimah Ashadu (1985, UK), Jonathas De Andrade (1982, Brazil), Aziz Hazara (1992, Afghanistan), He Xiangyu (1986, China), Masbedo (Nicolò Massazza, 1973 and Iacopo Bedogni, 1970, Italy), James Richards (1983, UK), Emilija Škarnulytė (1987, Lithuania), and Ana Vaz (1986, Brazil). All works are commissioned and produced by Fondazione In Between Art Film, an initiative founded by Beatrice Bulgari. Taking inspiration from the rarefied atmosphere of Venice and the hybrid architecture of the Ospedaletto and Church of Santa Maria dei Derelitti, Penumbra stages a reflection both on moving images as a space of ma ... More | | 
Emma Cole, center, an academic and expert in Greek classics, with the creators of Punchdrunks The Burnt City, Maxine Doyle, left, and Felix Barrett, in London, March 31, 2022. The latest show from the immersive British theater company adds techno and a sake bar to the story of the fall of Troy, but Punchdrunk brought in a scholar of classical theater to get the details right. Jeremie Souteyrat/The New York Times.
LONDON.- When Emma Cole, an expert in ancient Greek theater at the University of Bristol, wove through a maze of apartments, back streets and piazzas inside two huge warehouses in South London recently, she excitedly pointed out every nod to Greek mythology that she passed, including a shrine to the goddess Artemis and graffiti written in Linear B, an ancient form of Greek writing. Over the past year, the buildings were transformed into the backdrop for The Burnt City, a retelling of the fall of Troy that is the latest show from the British immersive theater company Punchdrunk. And while Cole, the shows historical consultant, had provided crucial insight to the production, Punchdrunk gave it its own spin. One of the warehouses, for instance, was meant to be ... More | | 
Jordan Belfort at his home in Miami Beach, Fla., April 10, 2022. Belfort, the inspiration for The Wolf of Wall Street, is marketing himself as a cryptocurrency guru. Scott McIntyre/The New York Times.
MIAMI BEACH, FLA.- Jordan Belfort was lounging by the pool on a sunny April morning, sipping Red Bull and sharing a cautionary tale. Not the usual one about his imprisonment on 10 counts of securities fraud and money laundering: This time, hed been the victim. Last fall, he explained to a group of businessmen gathered at his palatial home, a hacker had stolen $300,000 of digital tokens from his cryptocurrency wallet. He had gotten the bad news at dinner on a Friday, he said, while he was telling a venture-capitalist friend about the time he sank his yacht during a drug-fueled romp in the mid-90s. After breaking into Belforts account, the hacker transferred large quantities of ohm, a popular cryptocurrency token, to a separate wallet a publicly visible transaction that Belfort could do nothing to reverse. You can see where the money is, he said. Its the most frustrating thing. Belfort, 59, is best known for The Wolf of Wall Street, a tell- ... More |
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 A nonbinary swan, on pointeNEW YORK, NY.- Ashton Edwards ballet dreams were dashed at age 6. Raised as a boy in the Midwest, Edwards, who is nonbinary and now uses they/them pronouns, had hoped ballet would allow them to explore their truest self. I wanted to be one of those beautiful, ethereal people on pointe, they said, referring to the reinforced shoes that allow dancers to stand on the tips of their toes. But not long after starting classes, Edwards learned that only women danced on pointe. It was crushing, they said. I would search and search for footage of Swan Lake with Baryshnikov as the swan. And it didnt exist. Now Edwards has resurrected that childhood dream. Last fall, they became an apprentice with Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle, where they have been dancing traditionally female roles. An extraordinarily gifted and versatile ... More  Haviv Kaptzon is the 2022 recipient of the Keshet AwardHERZLIYA.- The Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art announced that the artist Haviv Kaptzon is the 2022 Recipient of the Keshet Award for Contemporary Art, founded by the Bar-Gil Avidan family. The award exhibition at the Herzliya Museum will be curated by the international curator Nathanja van Dijk an art researcher and independent curator, and former director of the Kunsthal Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Van Dijk came to Israel especially to conduct the selection process for the Keshet Award recipient. She made personal studio visits to the each of thirteen artists shortlisted for the award among all those who had submitted nominations for the award and proposals for solo exhibitions at the Herzliya Museum. At the end of her visit, she announced her choice of Haviv Kaptzon as the 2022 recipient of the Keshet Award. ... More  Sleeping beauty Mercedes 190 SL awake after 45 yearsLONDON.- If youve been wondering about what to do with the next year or two of your life how about this rare and desirable barn find Mercedes 190 SL in desperate need of some TLC? Just over two percent of 190SL production was built to right-hand drive specification (from a total production run of 25,881). This survivor is one of only 562 cars built across all right-hand drive markets. Off-the-road for approximately thirty-four years, it is now offered as a rare and exciting right-hand-drive restoration project, having emerged from long-term ownership. This barn find has been in its current ownership since 1988. A 1965 E-Type Jaguar in a similar condition recently sold for £41,400 at the H&H sale at Duxford. Paul Cheetham of H&H Classics said: The 190SL was introduced in 1955 the year Mercedes swept all before it on the Mille ... More  Opening this week At Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art: Shinique Smith, STARGAZERSOVERLAND PARK, KS.- The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art is presenting STARGAZERS, a new body of work by artist Shinique Smith, whose multidisciplinary practice includes painting, sculpture, video, photography, installation and performance. The exhibition opens this Thursday, April 21, 2022 and will be on view through July 31, 2022. STARGAZERS will highlight the breadth of Smiths practice, focusing on her studies in spirituality and spiritual identity; geometry, the cosmos and cosmic patterns; and the role of clothing and cloth in personal freedom and identity. The works in STARGAZERS are doubling down on my focus of finding the mystical within myself and the everyday, continuing to explore materials signature to my practice, while asserting my body and presence as a black woman on ... More  Bolivian artist Kenia Almaraz Murillo exhibits at Boulakia Gallery in LondonLONDON.- From April 21st to May 10th 2022, the exhibition Le Temps de lEclipse, at 41 Dover Street, London, presents Kenia Almaraz Murillos weavings and sculptures. The exhibition Le Temps de lEclipse was born from the father-daughter collaboration between Daniel and Annabelle Cohen-Boulakia, who share in their desire to present Kenia Almaraz Murillos work in London. Discovered in 2018 by Annabelle, Kenia, a Bolivian artist who graduated from the Beaux-Arts de Paris, was exhibited in November 2019 at Galerie Boulakia for her first solo show Tisser la Lumière du Temps. Born in 1994 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, Kenia arrived in Paris when she was only 11 years old. Upon graduating, she joined the artistic incubator Poush Manifesto, where her stu- dio is now located. Le Temps de lEclipse highlights ... More  Heritage Auctions offers NFL Hall of Famer Ronnie Lott's collection in May to benefit his Bay Area nonprofitDALLAS, TX.- Ronnie Lott, the greatest safety in National Football League history, started the nonprofit All Stars Helping Kids in 1989 to benefit kids growing up in low-income and marginalized communities. Now the Pro Football Hall of Famer and San Francisco 49ers' first-round draft pick in 1981 once again suits up to disrupt the cycle of poverty impacting Bay Area children. More than 135 items from the estimable Ronnie Lott Collection will be available during Heritage Auctions' May 12-14 Sports Catalog Auction, with a portion of the proceeds benefitting All Stars Helping Kids. The auction, packed with all-star memories spanning his career and those of other Hall of Famers from football, basketball and baseball, ... More  Maya Lin's ecologically focused work on view in exclusive exhibition at Virginia MOCAVIRGINIA BEACH, VA.- Water has always been an important subject of Maya Lins environmentally focused artistic practice. The legendary American artist, designer and activist often represents water as both pathway and boundary, calling forth the implications of its necessity, accessibility, scarcity and abundance. This spring and summer the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art presents several new works by Lin responding to the Chesapeake Bay watershed, complemented by other water-related works by the artist, in Maya Lin: A Study of Water. The exhibition not only invites discovery, but also encourages contemplation about the many ways in which we need water and manage its powerful bearings on our environment. Organized by Virginia MOCA and guest curated by Melissa Messina, Maya Lin: A Study of Water ... More  Estonia's exhibition for La Biennale di Venezia opens in the Rietveld Pavilion in the Giardini della BiennaleVENICE.- Kristina Norman and Bita Razavi, in close dialogue with curator Corina L. Apostol, are presenting Orchidelirium. An Appetite for Abundance, an exhibition encompassing installation, film, photography, archive and performanceconnecting the past with the present, all through the lens of colonial botany and its socio-political ramifications. The artists and curator, with the guidance of advisor Sadiah Boonstra, and the contributions of a team of creative collaborators created an immersive environment, featuring a film trilogy by Norman and a performative spatial intervention by Razavi. The exhibition takes as its point of departure the overlooked story of the Estonian nineteenth-century artist and world traveler ... More  Radu Lupu, pianist who awed listeners, dies at 76NEW YORK, NY.- Radu Lupu, a pianist of rare refinement whose ruminative, enigmatic performances and recordings wove spells over his listeners, induced awe among his colleagues and confirmed him as one of the finest musicians ever to have graced his instrument, died Sunday at his home in Lausanne, Switzerland. He was 76. His manager, Jenny Vogel, confirmed the death. She did not specify a cause but said Lupu had struggled with a series of prolonged illnesses. The Romanian-born Lupu was no ordinary virtuoso. He was a conjurer of sounds, a spontaneous and sometimes eccentric player of patient lyricism and hypnotic tone, distinguished as much by his control over the ebbing of notes as by his fastidious initial touch. Uninterested in showmanship, with a wary stage presence and an allergy to public relations, Lupu ... More  Christie's and amfAR present 'From the Studio to Benefit amfAR' NEW YORK, NY.- Christies continues its partnership with amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, with a group of contemporary artworks offered during the Spring Marquee Week of sales: From the Studio to Benefit amfAR. The sale will feature 14 lots to be offered in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Day sale on 13 May 2022 in New York. Proceeds from the sale of the works will be donated to benefit amfARs efforts to end the global HIV/AIDS epidemic through innovative research. The collection of works presented have all been generously donated by the artists for this initiative, and many have never appeared at auction or been seen before publicly. Marc Porter, Chairman, Christies Americas said: Christies ongoing partnership with amfAR harnesses the energy and creativity of the art world to combat deadly disease. ... More  Greek coins fetch strong prices in Dix Noonan Webb's Sale of Ancient and Islamic Coins and AntiquitiesLONDON.- A variety of Greek Coins from various properties proved popular and sold very well at Mayfair-based Auctioneers Dix Noonan Webb in their auction of Ancient and Islamic Coins and Antiquities on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. The market for Ancient Greek coins is extremely strong at the moment and highlights of the sale included a very fine Tetradrachm (silver coin equivalent to four drachmae) from Syracuse in Sicily from the reign of Dionysios I, and dating from circa 399-87. This coin was previously sold in 1933 in the renowned Ars Classica Auction XVI in Lucerne and shows a charioteer driving fast, and a Nike flying above to crown him with a wreath. After much competition, it was bought by an overseas collector for £9,000 against an estimate of £2,000-2,600 [lot 1181]. Another Tetradrachm, also from Sicily; ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Russian-French illustrator Erté died April 21, 1990. Romain de Tirtoff (23 November 1892 - 21 April 1990) was a Russian-born French artist and designer known by the pseudonym Erté, from the French pronunciation of his initials (pronounced [??.te]). He was a diversely talented 20th-century artist and designer who flourished in an array of fields, including fashion, jewellery, graphic arts, costume and set design for film, theatre, and opera, and interior decor.
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