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Karla uses everyday objects to make her works of art.
MONTERREY, MEX.- In 2021, when Grupo Costeño needed an artistic concept for its new restaurant Animal, located in Polanco, Mexico City, it looked no further than artist Karla Mayrl to create a visual experience that would set the stage for what the diner could expect to see when he or she went up the elevator to reach it. After initially asking Karla to create a piece to put in the elevator, Karla recommended that instead they make a piece out of the elevator an artwork that would be movable. A piece that could serve as a transporter between the city and the other completely different ambiance of the restaurant. Following suit of the jungle-animal-zebra-pattern concept of the restaurant Karla designed zebra-styled stripes, along with mirrors (to create the infinitely repetitive patterns now characteristic of her work), lights, colors, and an audio recording to create the portal for the restaurant. Since then ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day World-renowned tapestry studio Dovecot presents the life and work of Renaissance Master Raphael (1483 - 1520) in a landmark digital exhibition and tapestry marking his 500th anniversary. In partnership with the Italian Cultural Institute and Magister Art.
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| Kim Gordon conceives an exhibition especially tailored for The Museum im Bellpark | | The Art Institute of Chicago opens an exhibition of new work by David Hockney | | Churchill portrait disappears in art heist in Canada |
Kim Gordon in her studio in Los Angeles, 2022. Photo: Vice Cooler | Gestaltung: Filip Erzinger, Luzern.
KRIENS.- The Museum im Bellpark invited Kim Gordon to conceive an exhibition especially tailored to the setting in the former industrialists villa. As the exhibition title, Kim Gordon for Design Office, already suggests, the artist masquerades as if shed be commissioned by a fictitious design office a label that Kim Gordon has repeatedly employed since her early exhibitions in order to renounce her identity and authorship as an artist. Within this constellation, the relationship between the exhibiting institution and the artist assumes a prime focus, whereby the evolution of the exhibition and the collaboration become themselves the topic. An important trajectory in the exhibition revolves around the issue of privacy and publicness. Based on a series of so-called Bedroom Paintings and a video work showing Kim Gordon and her daughter Coco Gordon Moore in their everyday surroundings, the exhibition points to the fact that th ... More | |
David Hockney. 11th April 2020, No. 2. © David Hockney.
CHICAGO, IL.- The Art Institute of Chicago is presenting David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring, an exhibition of new work by one of Englands most versatile and inventive artists of the postwar era. In this latest project Hockney rendered the richness of the season from the bucolic surroundings of rural Normandy on his iPad. Organized in collaboration with the Royal Academy of Arts, London, David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring, 2020 is on view at the Art Institute of Chicago from August 20 through January 9, 2022 and explores Hockneys innovative approach to painting across 116 works, including two animated videos. Two years agoat the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemicthe versatile and inventive artist, David Hockney traveled to France with the express intention of capturing the emergence of spring. Working en plein air (in the open air), he spent his days scrutinizing and recording the subtle, daily changes in the p ... More | |
Yousuf Karshs famous portrait of Winston Churchill, taken in December 1941 in Ottawa.Credit. Photo: Yousuf Karsh.
NEW YORK, NY.- It is among the most famous photographic images of a statesman. Winston Churchill, the British prime minister, glowers, hand on hip. For decades, an original signed print of the image has hung on a wall in a landmark hotel in Ottawa, Ontario. But on Friday, an employee noticed that something was off with the photograph, shot by renowned portraitist Yousuf Karsh. The frame was askew. It did not match the others on the wall. When the hotel, the Fairmont Château Laurier, called Jerry Fielder, director of Karshs estate, he thought there was no chance that the picture could have been replaced by a copy. Then they sent him a close-up picture of what was supposed to be Karshs signature. I was stunned, Fielder said, noting that it had been forged. This was a heist. The photograph, taken in 1941 after Churchill addressed the Canadian Parliament during ... More |
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| JHB Gallery presents Amanda Means at Jetsam Studio | | Colby museum opens first exhibition to focus on Alex Katz's collaborations with the performing arts | | Phoenix Art Museum announces departure of modern and contemporary art curator, plans for national search |
Amanda Means, Light Bulb 5, 2022. Digital print on Hahnemühle Fine Art Glossy Baryta FB paper 31 x 26 inches (paper) 37 x 32 inches (mount) Edition of 10.
SOUTHAMPTON, NY.- JHB Gallery presents its second exhibition of work by artist Amanda Means at Jetsam Studio, Southampton, Long Island. Following the artists 2021 presentation at the same venue, this years exhibition will focus on examples of Means iconic Light Bulb worksincluding new digital lightbulbsalongside Abstractions produced using the artists characteristic innovative darkroom processes. For over forty years, Amanda Means has created a body of work that has pushed the boundaries of the photographic medium with her celebrated Leaf, Flower, Water Glass, Light Bulb, and Abstraction series. Means has been a darkroom innovator throughout her career: adapting a 19th century camera for use as an enlarger, photographing objects without the use of negatives, working with a large-format Polaroid camera, and creating a series of remarkable abstracts working ... More | |
Song, Laura Dean Dance Co., 1977. Oil on canvas. 96 à 144 in. (243.8 à 365.8 cm). Milwaukee Art Museum, Promised gift of Alex Katz in honor of Mrs. Harry Lynde Bradley, L126.1993. © Alex Katz / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.
WATERVILLE, ME.- Alex Katz: Theater and Dance is the first comprehensive museum exhibition of artist Alex Katzs highly collaborative and playful work with choreographers, dancers, and members of avant-garde theater ensembles. The exhibition will be on view at the Colby Museum through February 19, 2023. Organized with the guidance of Katz and his studio, and in collaboration with consulting curator Robert Storr, Alex Katz: Theater and Dance offers an unparalleled opportunity to experience Katzs designs and artistic process. The exhibition also demonstrates how painting and design for the stage have intertwined in Katzs work. It was Katzs abiding interest in dance and experimental theater that led to his work in set and costume design. As he found his artistic footing, Katz gained entrée ... More | |
Gilbert Vicario concludes seven years of service in October 2022. Courtesy of Phoenix Art Museum.
PHOENIX, AZ.- Phoenix Art Museum will begin a national search for a new Selig Family Chief Curator this fall following the announced departure of Gilbert Vicario, who concludes seven years of service in October 2022. Vicario joined the Museum in 2015 and over his tenure has grown and diversified the Museums modern and contemporary art and Latin American art collections, furthered the institutions support of local and regional artists, edited and authored various scholarly publications, and curated numerous landmark exhibitions, including the current special-engagement exhibition Desert Rider, on view until September 18, 2022. Vicario will assume the role of Chief Curator at Pérez Art Museum Miami in October 2022. On behalf of the Board of Trustees of Phoenix Art Museum, the staff, and our community, we offer our gratitude to Gilbert Vicario not only for his incredible work elevating the Museums modern and contemporary art p ... More |
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| His medium, salted butter. His craft, sublime. | | Small-format exhibition devoted to the first American abstract art movement, Synchromism on view in Madrid | | The Robin Rice Gallery opens an exhibition of works by Bill Tansey |
Gerry Kulzer, an art teacher and sculptor, practices with clay ahead of the Minnesota State Fair, where hell be the new resident butter sculptor, in his studio in Litchfield, Minn., Aug. 14, 2022. Nate Ryan/The New York Times.
by Christina Morales
NEW YORK, NY.- In August 2020, the pandemic left the Minnesota State Fairs veteran butter sculptor, Linda Christensen, stranded at her home in California. The fair that summer had been canceled, but the dairy chiseling would go on. After decades sculpting the fairs dairy princesses, she knew of only one artist who could take her place: her apprentice, Gerry Kulzer. Kulzer who had created only four other butter busts before, compared with the hundreds Christensen made over 50 years was tasked with sculpting 90-pound blocks of Grade AA salted butter into soft reflections of the dairy-princess contestants who sat in front of him, as Christensen kept a close eye via Zoom on an iPad. To capture a persons ... More | |
Morgan Russell, Synchromist Still Life, ca. 1910. Oil on canvas. 41,6 x 33,3 cm. The Vilcek Foundation Collection. © Courtesy Jean Joyce.
BARCELONA.- The Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza is presenting a small-format exhibition devoted to the first American abstract art movement, Synchromism, which means with colour as symphony means with sound. The movement was founded by the American artists Morgan Russell (1886-1953) and Stanton Macdonald-Wright (1890-1973) who were living in Paris when they presented their work to the public under this name. At the height of Futurism, Cubism and Simultaneism, Russell and Macdonald-Wright focused on the use of colour to evoke form and space, transforming it into an independent expressive and formal element. The exhibition presents eight works loaned by the Vilcek Foundation in New York. These studies on paper, oils on canvas and hand-painted posters allow for an appreciation of the emergence and evolution of this artistic experiment, which was most significantly active in the period ... More | |
Bill Tansey, Peach Wall, 2022. Oil on canvas.
NEW YORK, NY.- Born in bucolic Pennsylvania in 1958, Bill Tansey found himself drawn to drawing and painting from a very young age. As a child, he marveled at the beautiful rich colors and scenes of the frescos at his church where he attended mass with family. Later in life, he grew passionate about art while living on the Cape in the mid-80s. Soon after, he bought a painting from the Packard Gallery in Provincetown, MA. He got invited by Anne Packard to visit her home across the street. Upon walking into her art studio, he took in finished and unfinished canvases, easels, brushes, and everything else covered in paint. Struck by the smell, he instantly knew his calling. Since 1989, Tansey is regarded as one of New Yorks premier event and floral designers. His sophisticated, lavishly refined spaces demonstrated an impeccable eye for detail. His clients include The Whitney, MOMA, The Metropolitan Opera, DreamWorks, Disney, The American Ballet Theater, The Guggenheim Museum, and ... More |
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| In court, she's always judging you | | A selection of furniture from the iconic Four Seasons Hotel George V, Paris on sale | | Nye & Co. announces highlights included in the Chic and Antique Estate Treasures auction, Sept. 7-8 |
lizabeth Williams, a former fashion illustrator turned courtroom artist, at her studio in New York on Aug. 5, 2022. Corey Jermaine Chalumeau/The New York Times.
by Ruth La Ferla
NEW YORK, NY.- She wore a black-and-white power suit, double-breasted and very graphic, with big lapels outlined in white. You could say she was making a statement. Elizabeth Williams could have been describing an uptown matron smartly turned out for lunch at Sant Ambroeus. But the subject was Gloria Allred, the womens rights lawyer, whose image she captured in June as Allred stood in a federal courtroom in Manhattan awaiting sentencing of singer R. Kelly for racketeering and sex trafficking. Williams is a courtroom artist with a canny eye for style. A former fashion illustrator, she is tasked with rendering charged portraits of accused killers, mob chieftains, white collar criminals, sex offenders and, as often, their alleged victims, with a measure of fidelity and journalistic flair. The cut of a suit, the stony glare, ... More | |
Artcurial, with its strong experience in the sale of palaces, will present over 800 lots from the imperial and royal suites, the salon de lÃlysée and Le Cinq, the three-star restaurant.
PARIS.- On 7th and 8th September, Artcurial is holding the sale of a selection of furniture and objects from the Four Seasons Hotel George V, Paris, an icon of French art de vivre for almost a century. In order to continue to embellish its interiors, the Palace is now auctioning off numerous works of art and furniture, the fruit of this constant evolution. Artcurial, with its strong experience in the sale of palaces, will present over 800 lots from the imperial and royal suites, the salon de lÃlysée and Le Cinq, the three-star restaurant. Created by Georges Wybo (1880-1943), author of the reconstruction of the Printemps Haussmann, and André Terrail (1877-1947), restaurateur and owner of the Tour d'Argent, this iconic hotel, inaugurated in 1928, was named George V in tribute to the British sovereign. Bought in 1997 by Saudi Prince Al-Walid, it was renamed Four Seasons Hotel George V, Paris when it reopened in 1999, after two years of ... More | |
Silkscreen by Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987), titled Pete Rose, signed by Warhol and Rose, numbered PP 5/8.
BLOOMFIELD, NJ.- Nye & Company Auctioneers online Chic and Antique Estate Treasures auction on Wednesday and Thursday, September 7th and 8th, features nearly 750 lots, a carefully curated mix of fine and decorative arts spanning from the 16th century to present day, including an exceptional group of Old Masters paintings from a distinguished New England collection and a terrific selection of modern and contemporary art and sculpture from the David and Laura Finn family collection. The Old Master paintings primarily range from the 16th-19th centuries. Highlights include an en grisaille oil on panel portrait of a gentleman attributed to Anthony van Dyck (Belgian, 1599-1641), and a portrait of Isabella of Savoy attributed to Frans Pourbus II (French, 1569-1622). There is also work on paper version of Summer: Peasants Going to Market attributed to Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640). Sebastian Vrancx is also represented ... More |
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Joanne Koch, who led Lincoln Center's Film Society, dies at 92
NEW YORK, NY.- Joanne Koch, the longtime head of the Film Society of Lincoln Center, who stared down picketers and, at times, government and church authorities to present controversial works by the likes of Godard, Scorsese and Oshima while presiding over the New York Film Festival, and who oversaw the creation of the centers own temple for cineastes, the Walter Reade Theater, died Aug. 16 at her apartment in Manhattan. She was 92. Her daughter, Andrea Godbout, said the cause was aortic stenosis. A lifelong defender of artistic freedom, the Brooklyn-born Koch (pronounced coke) served as the Film Societys executive director over more than a quarter-century of change and growth, starting in 1977. (She was not related to David H. Koch, the oil magnate whose name adorns the ballet theater at Lincoln Center). In 1973, she helped ... More
American art, diamond jewelry, and Asian ceramics and painted scrolls make a splash at Michaan's in August
ALAMEDA, CA.- August 2022 saw Michaan Auctions monthly Annex Auction from Monday, August 15 through August 18, followed by the Gallery Auction on Saturday, August 20. An extensive selection of twentieth century American art comprised much of the sales fine art, including two pieces by Henrietta Berk (American, 1919-1990), a mural by Warren Chase Merritt (American, 1897-1968), and an array of works by Haig Patigian (American/Armenian, 1876-1950). Several diamond jewelry items were offered at the sale, not least of which was a 2.20 carat unmounted diamond. Nearly every genre of Asian ceramics was also represented, from Jun articles to Jian bowls, as well as a painted scroll by Zhang ... More
Art Museum RIGA BOURSE opens 'The Impossible Group Portrait. Director's Choice'
RIGA.- From 20 August to 4 December 2022, the Art Museum RIGA BOURSE in Riga presents an exhibition The Impossible Group Portrait. Directors Choice. The Impossible Group Portrait is a story about the values of the collection and the curators personal disposition. The exhibition is inspired by the work of the Head of the Art Museum RIGA BOURSE, Daiga Upeniece, in authoring the Directors Choice book, commissioned by the London publisher Scala Arts & Heritage. This book is intended to present the research materials of the artworks in a way that preserves the individual attitudes, emotions and feelings that motivate the selection of a particular work. While the book is in progress, 30 objects from the collection have been brought together in an exhibition, forming an ostensibly impossible body of works united by the vision of Directors ... More
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea presents an exhibition of works by Hito Steyerl
SEOUL.- Hito Steyerl (b. 1966, Germany) is one of the most influential media artists of today, conducting in‒depth explorations of some of the most contentious social and cultural phenomena of the contemporary era through her film and writing activities, including situations related to digital technology, global capitalism, and the pandemic. She is also a superlative visual artist, film director, critic, and writer who works in the realms of art, philosophy, and politics as she raises fascinating points about media, the image, and technology. She contributes writings to various media, including the platform e‒flux. Hito SteyerlA Sea of Data at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea is the artists first solo exhibition in Asia, sharing 23 of her most representative works from her early video works in the 1990s, which took the form ... More
Introducing Salon, the decentralized art fund
NEW YORK, NY.- Jordan Huelskamp unveiled Salon, the worlds first decentralized art fund, bringing together a community of collectors, artists, investors and art professionals to explore new ways of financing and managing an art collection. Using blockchain-based community governance, Salon aims to harness the power of the collective to identify, acquire and steward artworks that will hold financial value for its members and cultural significance for future generations. While Salons founding members firmly believe in art for arts sake, the organization also embraces art as an asset class and aims to offer an innovative solution to some of the art worlds myriad investment barriers. Structured as a decentralized autonomous organization wrapped in a legal entity, Salon is an Internet-native community with no central leadership, ... More
Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair returns to Boston, November 11-13, 2022
BOSTON, MASS.- The Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair (BIABF) is making its much-anticipated return to the Hynes Convention Center in downtown Boston from November 11-13, 2022. The 44th Boston Book Fair is the annual fall gathering for book lovers and collectors, featuring the top selection of items available on the international literary market, sanctioned by the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). An alluring treasure trove awaits seasoned collectors and first-time attendees. More than 100 exhibitors, from 9 different countriesCanada, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, the UK, and the USwill showcase the finest in rare and valuable books, photography, illuminated manuscripts, autographs, maps, ... More
Andrea Gyorody named Director of the Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine University
MALIBU, CA.- Art historian and curator Andrea Gyorody was named director of the Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine University. Gyorody has served as interim director since October 2021, succeeding longtime director Michael R. Zakian, who passed away in January 2020. Gyorody brings more than a decade of expertise in 20 th- and 21 st -century European and American art to the Weisman Museum. Dr. Andrea Gyorody is a dedicated, passionate leader committed to thought-provoking and inspiring exhibitions, says Rebecca Carson, managing director of the Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine. Throughout her time at Pepperdine, she has proven to be laser-focused on providing high-quality programming and experiences for our patrons, our Pepperdine community, and our Pepperdine students. The Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art is in excellent hands under her thoughtful guidance. Gyorody most recen ... More
Maaike Lauwaert to depart De Appel
AMSTERDAM.- On November 1, 2022, Maaike Lauwaert will start as chair of the Executive Board of the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. Lauwaert has been working at De Appel since 2016, where she started as intendant and then worked as the business director. Together with the Supervisory Board and the team, she brought De Appel into calmer waters after a turbulent period in 2016. Orlando Maaike Gouwenberg, chairman of the Supervisory Board: With gratitude we say goodbye to one of the most important permanent values within De Appel in recent years. The unlimited involvement of Maaike Lauwaert, initially as intendant and then as business manager, has been essential in ensuring the continued existence of De Appel. She has shown herself to be a quiet force with a strong voice as well as a steady pillar of support ... More
The California Heritage Museum presents a new painting exhibition: California Water Color Society
SANTA MONICA, CA.- One hundred years ago a small group of Southern California artists formed the California Water Color Society and held their first exhibition at the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art. (The spelling at the time was Water Color two words which was common usage in the 1920s.) The founding members were all established professional artists. Artists in the exhibition include: Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel, Phil Dike, Millard Sheets, Phil Paradise, Emil Kosa Jr., Edward Reep, Ralph Hulett, Wayne La Com, Milford Zornes and Rex Brandt among others. Their stated goal in forming the CWCS was to elevate the watercolor medium to the dignity it enjoyed under such great cultures as those of China and Persia. During the first 50 years this organization was in operation, it was known as the California Water Color Society. ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, French painter Henri Fantin-Latour died August 25, 1904. Henri Fantin-Latour (14 January 1836 - 25 August 1904) was a French painter and lithographer best known for his flower paintings and group portraits of Parisian artists and writers. In this image: People gather in Arthur Rimbaud's museum as part of celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of the famed poet's birth, Wednesday Oct.20, 2004 in his native town Charleville-Mezieres, eastern France. Rimbaud is seen at left on a copy of Fantin Latour's painting "Rimbaud en discussion avec Verlaine" (Rimbaud Talks with Verlaine). Other characters on painting are unidentified.
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