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In this file photo taken on October 13, 2016 writer/film subject Jonas Mekas attends attends the "I Had Nowhere To Go" intro and Q&A during the 54th New York Film Festival at The Film Society of Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theater in New York City. Lithuanian-born American director Jonas Mekas, one of the leading figures of avant-garde cinema in the United States, died January 23, 2019. He was 96 years old. "Jonas passed away quietly and peacefully early this morning," the New York-based Anthology Film Archives, which Mekas co-founded, posted on Instagram, saying he died at home with his family." He will be greatly missed but his light shines on." Born in 1922 in a northeastern Lithuanian village, Mekas was imprisoned in a labor camp in Germany during World War II. He later settled in New York in 1949, where he went on to become a pillar of independent film. Michael loccisano / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP.
NEW YORK (AFP).- Lithuanian-born American director Jonas Mekas, one of the leading figures of avant-garde cinema in the United States, died Wednesday. He was 96. "Jonas passed away quietly and peacefully early this morning," the New York-based Anthology Film Archives, which Mekas co-founded, posted on Instagram, saying he died at home with his family at his bedside. "He will be greatly missed but his light shines on." Born in 1922 in a northeastern Lithuanian village, Mekas was imprisoned in a labor camp in Germany during World War II. He settled in New York in 1949, where he went on to become a pillar of independent film. Mekas approached cinema from multiple angles -- as a filmmaker, but also ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day At Eden Hall, the official residence of the British High Commissioner in Singapore, artologist Guillaume Levy-Lambert speaks on 21 January 2019 at the opening of "The Fruitfulness of Forgetting", an exhibition of paintings by Chloë Manasseh, whose grandfather was born at Eden Hall on May 21, 1916. Eden Hall was originally the residence of the artist's great-great uncle Ezequiel Manasseh, a merchant of Baghdadi-Jewish origin who died in 1944 in Changi Prison during the Japanese occupation of Singapore. Photo Louis Ho, courtesy Art Porters Gallery
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 | | US university to cover Christopher Columbus murals | | Gagosian opens an exhibition of over forty works on paper by Walter De Maria | | Vancouver Art Gallery announces major gift toward new building and reveals final designs | 
The University of Notre Dame, one of the oldest and most prestigious US centers of higher learning, will cover murals depicting Christopher Columbus. Nova SAFO / AFP.
CHICAGO (AFP).- The University of Notre Dame, one of the oldest and most prestigious US centers of higher learning, will cover murals depicting Christopher Columbus out of concern that the art works depict a skewed history of colonial America. Painted on the walls of the Catholic institution's main building -- a grand structure with a golden dome built in 1879 in the Midwestern state of Indiana -- the 12 murals display various moments in the life and exploration of Columbus. Critics say the images celebrate outdated stereotypes of Native Americans while ignoring the devastating consequences of colonialism. The university's president Rev John Jenkins said in an open letter that the works, painted by Luigi Gregori in the 1880s, were intended to portray Catholic immigrants in a positive light at a time when they faced discrimination in America. However, he acknowledged that in recent ... More | | 
Walter De Maria, Abstract Concept. Ink and colored pencil on paper, 8 1/2 x 11 in. © Estate of Walter De Maria. Courtesy Gagosian.
LONDON.- Gagosian presents Idea to Action to Object, an exhibition of over forty works on paper and several related sculptures by the late Walter De Maria. The drawings, sourced from the Estate of Walter De Maria, are on view for the first time, revealing various unrealized projects and philosophical explorations, and suggesting a tender humanity behind De Marias geometric precision. In De Marias wide-ranging oeuvre, objects emerge from a transitional zone between idea and action. Like sounds coming from an instrument, shapes appear, overlap, and repeat in infinite permutationsdrawing attention to the limits of gallery spaces, prioritizing bodily awareness, and examining the relationship between the relative and the absolute. The title of this exhibition comes from a sketchbook page, Abstract Concept (c. 196061), in which De Maria mapped out a cyclical relationship between a works conception, ... More | | 
The Vancouver Art Gallery also unveiled the final designs for its 300,000-square-foot building by world-renowned, Swiss-based architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron.
VANCOUVER.- The Vancouver Art Gallery is celebrating a major milestone toward the realization of a transformational new building with the announcement of a $40 million lead gift from the Chan Family. This unprecedented act of generosity by the Chan Family brings the Gallerys capital campaign to $85 million in private sector funding toward the new purpose-built facility. In recognition of this extraordinary gift, the Vancouver Art Gallerys new building will be named Chan Centre for the Visual Arts. This is a historic time for the Vancouver Art Gallery in its 88th year! We are all inspired by the Chan Familys extraordinary generosity, and their philanthropic passion for enriching our community, said Kathleen S. Bartels, Director of the Vancouver Art Gallery. With this unprecedented gift to the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Chans are demonstrating a profound investment in the ... More |
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| | | Museum reveals time capsule from 1970 in major print series by Robert Rauschenberg | | Over thirty sculptures by Claude and Francois-Xavier Lalanne on view at Kasmin | | Zeit Contemporary Art opens the exhibition 'Minimal Means: Concrete Inventions in the US, Brazil and Spain' | 
Robert Rauschenberg, American, 19252008, No. 48, from Surface Series From Currents, 1970 (detail). Screenprint. Gift of Arthur A. Goldberg. Art © Robert Rauschenberg Foundation/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (A RS), NY.
PRINCETON, NJ.- In a burst of activity in early 1970, groundbreaking American artist Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) collaged newspaper clippings of the day, photographed the collages and ultimately silkscreened them to create three seminal print series. Considered Rauschenbergs first expressly activist work of art, these extraordinary series powerfully evoke the escalating turbulence and concerns of the times from violent social unrest and the ongoing war in Vietnam, to economic pessimism and political assassinations. One of these portfolios of 18 large-scale screenprints, Surface Series from Currents, is being shown in its entirety for the first time since 1970, affording a rare opportunity to reevaluate the work of one of the most important American artists of the past half century. The exhibition, Time Capsule 1970: Rauschenbergs Currents, is on ... More | | 
François-Xavier Lalanne, Babouin, 1984/1990, cast iron, 53 3/4 x 31 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches 136.5 x 80 x 69.9 cm, Edition of 8. Les Lalanne © 2018 Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York, NY/ ADAGP, Paris, France.
NEW YORK, NY.- Kasmin presents a new exhibition of work by French sculptors Les Lalanne, on view from January 24 March 9, 2019. Designed in a unique collaboration with world-renowned landscape architect Louis Benech, the presentation will kick off the years programming at Kasmins recently opened flagship gallery in Chelsea, New York. Over thirty sculptures by Claude and Francois-Xavier Lalanne, each hand-picked by Benech, transform the interior of Kasmins newest gallery space in an installation featuring passageways reminiscent of the artists studio garden in Ury, France. The exhibition includes one of Claudes rare chandeliers, Structure Vegetale avec Singes (2012), as well as a Miroir (2010)a work from a series famously collected by Yves Saint Laurent for his room of mirrors in Paris. Francois-Xaviers iconic monkeys (including Babouin (1984/1990) and the large-scale bronze Singe Av ... More | | 
José MarÃa Yturralde, Forma ritmo-espacio, 1966 (detail). Synthetic painting, oil and acrylic on wood, 43 1/3 x 41 3/4 x 1 in. (110 x 106 x 2.5 cm.) Courtesy of Zeit Contemporary Art, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- Zeit Contemporary Art is presenting the exhibition Minimal Means: Concrete Inventions in the US, Brazil and Spain, on view at 111E 70th St, New York, NY, from January 24th through March 16th, 2019. Curated by Joan Robledo-Palop, Minimal Means is a conversation about space and the way people occupy and imagine that space in three parts of the world. The exhibit focuses on a group of artists whose creative careers began to evolve in the mid 1950s and 1960s in the United States, Brazil and Spain. The presentation showcases thirty works by seventeen artists who have never before been juxtaposed in an exhibition and explores seemingly simultaneous ideas and methodologies, which actually developed independently and organically. With common roots in the art of Kazimir Malevich, Piet Mondrian and the experience of the Bauhaus, the artists in this exhibition ... More |
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| | | Research reveals new species are evolving fastest in Antarctica | | From space travel to augmented reality, Crystal Bridges looks for new ways to innovate | | Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art opens exhibition of works by Polly Apfelbaum | 
Dr.Tim O'Hara in Marine Vertebrate research laboratory holding a specimen jar containing Brittle Stars, Image courtesy of Museums Victoria.
MELBOURNE.- New research, published in prestigious international journal of science Nature, overturns previous theories about how the stunning biodiversity of our oceans evolved, with important implications for conservation. The paper, titled 'Contrasting processes drive ophiuroid phylodiversity across shallow and deep seafloors', was lead-authored by Senior Curator of Marine Invertebrates at Museums Victoria, Dr. Tim O'Hara. Biologists have long speculated that evolution is "sped up" by relatively high tropical temperatures, with development being slower in cooler and deeper waters. However, this research finds that evolution does not follow one course, but rather depends on the geological, climatic and biological history of each ecosystem. Evolution proceeded differently in shallow and deep seas. Speciation was found to be highest in the coldest region: Antarctica. These waters appear to still be recovering ... More | | 
Alejo Benedeitt and Shane Richey with recovered Untitled male figure, 2019 by Robert Pruitt.
BENTONVILLE, ARK.- Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art launched an artwork into space via a weather balloon at a public Art in Space event on Sunday, January 20 as a celebration of art, space, and the upcoming exhibition Men of Steel, Women of Wonder. Sending art into space may seem a bit unusual, but in the context of our mission to provide access, education, and community engagement, it totally fits, said Shane Richey, creative director of experimentation and development at Crystal Bridges. While we show hundreds of artworks in our galleries and on our grounds, this was the first time Crystal Bridges has sent an artwork away from the earth, and we were excited to share the experience and learnings with the community, both on-site and through various new media platforms. The inspiration to launch an artwork in to space came from the museums upcoming temporary exhibition, Men of Steel, Women of Wonder, which exam ... More | | 
Polly Apfelbaum, Sun Targets, 2018, glazed ceramic, 12 x 12 inches (each). Courtesy of the artist, Alexander Gray Gallery, New York, Firth Street Gallery, London and Galerie Nächst St. Stephan, Vienna. Photo by Stuart Whipps.
KANSAS CITY, MO.- Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art is presenting Polly Apfelbaum: Waiting for the UFOs (a space set between a landscape and a bunch of flowers). Debuting new works exhibited for the first time in the United States, this major exhibition by internationally-renowned New York-based artist Polly Apfelbaum (American, born 1955), features textiles, ceramics, and works on paper with Apfelbaums artistic practice branching out into broader social and historical contexts, situated in the legacy of post-war American art. Apfelbaum is celebrated for her bold and vivid use of color, its vast signification, and the ability to engage space with objects that command the walls, floors, and spaces in between, states Erin Dziedzic, director of curatorial affairs at Kemper Museum. More recently, her large-scale woven rugs create ... More |
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| | | Mexico celebrates as 'Roma' grabs 10 Oscar nominations | | Exhibition at Fotohof offers an overview of Mark Steinmetz's work | | Zimbabwean Afro-jazz legend 'Tuku' dies | 
Mexican actress Yalitza Aparicio speaks to the media outside her trailer near the US-Mexico border where she is taking part in a production, in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on January 22, 2019. Guillermo Arias / AFP.
MEXICO CITY (AFP).- Mexicans celebrated Tuesday as "Roma" grabbed 10 Oscar nominations -- none more exuberantly than the film's breakout star, Yalitza Aparicio, who melted hearts and went viral with her ecstatic reaction to her best actress nomination. Aparicio, an indigenous schoolteacher with no acting experience who landed the part when she accompanied her sister to the audition, posted a video on Twitter of the moment she got the news. Watching the announcements on a laptop in what appeared to be her hotel room in Tijuana -- where she had traveled for a photo shoot at the US-Mexican border fence -- Aparicio let out a scream when her name popped up, then pressed her hands to her face, choking back tears, in a gesture of pure joy no actress could feign. The ... More | | 
Mark Steinmetz, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1992.
SALZBURG.- With the exhibition Mark Steinmetz united states the Fotohof gallery presents one of the most remarkable contemporary US-American photographers who, through his 40 years of consistent and stoic work, has become an influential personality for many photographers − also in Europe − yet this overview of Steinmetz's work is the first solo exhibition in Austria. Excerpts from the most important work cycles of the last three decades, and a collection of all sixteen of his to-date published photo books, illustrate the discreetness and poetic vigor that shape his works. Steinmetz fascinates as mindful chronicler. In his pictures, he characterizes discreetly deliberate states of an American everyday life. Many of his explorations are located in the sweaty Dixie, the hard-bitten southern States with their ramshackled elegance. The encounters, which Steinmetz shares with us, are characterised by curiosity, respect and restraint. His s ... More | | 
The lanky self-taught guitarist was a legend in the vibrant cross-genre music of Afro-jazz, with 66 albums under his belt in a career that spanned 45 years.
HARARE.- Zimbabwean musician Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi, a star of Afro-jazz who won a following across the continent and beyond, died on Wednesday at the age of 66, his agent told AFP. He passed away in hospital in Harare, succumbing to diabetes complications, according to various local media. The lanky self-taught guitarist was a legend in the vibrant cross-genre music of Afro-jazz, with 66 albums under his belt in a career that spanned 45 years. "Today we said goodbye to a true patriot. Oliver Mtukudzi, your voice has given us comfort during difficult times, and will remain with us for posterity," said President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Twitter. "We've lost an icon," Zimbabwean lawmaker Temba Mliswa added, also on Twitter, leading the call for him to be declared "a national hero for his national contribution to the music, arts and culture industry". Mtukudzi's work -- ... More |
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More The Wattis Institute opens solo exhibitions of works by Diamond Stingily and Rosha Yaghmai SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts opened two parallel solo exhibitions: Diamond Stingily: Doing The Best I Can and Rosha Yaghmai: Miraclegrow. As CCA Wattis celebrates 20 years of contemporary art in the Bay Area, these exhibitions continue the institutions commitment to providing emerging artists space to experiment and expand their practice. Stingily, who has begun to capture the art worlds attention with her politically charged installations, presents a new body of work at the Wattis and dive more deeply into the theme of athleticism. Yaghmai, who has garnered acclaim for her visionary work in sculpture, has a platform for her first institutional solo exhibition. For two decades, Wattis has been a place for artists to advance their ideas and where audiences can experience something new, challenging, and thought- ... 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More Gasworks presents Quantum Ghost, the first UK solo exhibition and a major commission by Libita ClaytonLONDON.- Gasworks presents Quantum Ghost, the first UK solo exhibition and a major commission by Bristol-based artist Libita Clayton. Comprising of an immersive sound installation, a series of large-scale photograms and a programme of live performances, Quantum Ghost maps a journey through archives and territories related to the artists heritage. Clayton digs deep into personal documents and oral histories tracing her family tree across different mining regions and colonial geographies of extraction. She reconstructs the paper trail left by her late father, a member of SWAPO (South West Africa Peoples Organisation, the political mass movement that fought for Namibias liberation from Apartheid South Africa) who went into exile in the 1980s and studied mining engineering in Cornwall. Grounded in these sites of memory and testimony, Claytons ... 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Flashback On a day like today, American painter Robert Motherwell was born January 24, 1915. Robert Motherwell (January 24, 1915 - July 16, 1991) was an American painter, printmaker, and editor. He was one of the youngest of the New York School (a phrase he coined), which also included Philip Guston, Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, and Mark Rothko. In this image: Robert Motherwell, The Hotel Corridor, 1950. Oil on masonite, 44 x 55 inches, 111.8 x 139.7 cm. © Dedalus Foundation, Inc./ Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.
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