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Georges Braque, Still Life with Pipe, 1930. Oil on canvas. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, Mary and Sylvan Lang Collection, 1975.23. © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ ADAGP, Paris.
SAN ANTONIO, TX.- On Wednesday, May 25, the McNay Art Museum opened a new exhibition celebrating two pioneering artists in the Cubist art movementPablo Picasso and Georges Braque. Picasso and Braque: Radicals explores Cubism as one of the most influential artistic developments of the 1900s that challenged traditional perspectives of how we see the world. The exhibition is on view in the Lawson Print Gallery from May 25 to September 4, 2022. Although there is debate on who developed Cubism first, Picasso and Braque are credited with establishing this new visual language that presented infinite possibilities and catalyzed future developments in the visual arts. This exhibition features work by twentieth-century artists who took inspiration from these revolutionary ideas and practices, including American artists Fannie Hillsmith and John Marin, and Texas artist Bill Reily, among others. Paintings, drawings, sculptures, and prints demonstrate how C ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Almine Rech is exhibiting This Is Your Lucky Day, a Parisian solo debut by Spanish artist Javier Calleja (Málaga, 1971). Photo: Ana Drittanti © Javier Calleja - Courtesy of the Artist and Almine Rech.
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| The J. Paul Getty Museum presents two new exhibitions | | Victoria Miro announces the death of Portuguese-born British artist Paula Rego | | Gagosian exhibits works by Tatiana Trouvé in Paris, in concert with Centre Pompidou exhibition | 
Taddeo Decorating the Façade of the Palazzo Mattei, about 1595 (detail), Federico Zuccaro. Pen and brown ink and brush with brown wash over black chalk and touches of red chalk, 9 13/16 à 16 5/8 in. Getty Museum, 99.GA.6.19
LOS ANGELES, CA.- On view May 31 through September 4, 2022, the complementary exhibitions highlight the long history of mural art across the globe, from Renaissance Rome to downtown Los Angeles. Murals often start on paper, with the artist exploring concepts and ideas in compositional drawings, says Julian Brooks, senior curator of drawings at the J. Paul Getty Museum. While very few preparatory drawings for Renaissance facade murals survive, we can see clearly the intensive process Judy Baca used to create her iconic 1984 Olympic mural in downtown Los Angeles. In Renaissance Rome, facades of many prominent buildings were painted with spectacular narrative frescoes depicting battles and heroic feats of ancient Romans. Mostly painted in simple tones of gray or brown to simulate stone reliefs ... More | | 
Paula Rego in her London studio, 2021. Photography Gautier Deblonde © Gautier Deblonde. Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro.
LONDON.- 'Paula Rego was a fearless artist who painted life and the world head-on. A remarkable, dazzling, and powerful force for good and for change. I am proud that the gallery has been able to celebrate and promote her work in the last years of her life. We have lost a very great artist'. Victoria Miro Victoria Miro gallery today mourns a great artist, Dame Paula Rego. She died peacefully this morning, after a short illness, at home in North London, surrounded by her family. Our heartfelt thoughts are with her children, Nick, Cas and Victoria Willing, and her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. An artist of uncompromising vision, Paula Rego brought deep psychological insight and imaginative power to the genre of figurative art, and the candour of her vision was sustained across narratives, through motifs and over decades. She was a peerless storyteller and her art stands as a fearless exploration of human relationships and the ... More | | 
Tatiana Trouvé, installation view, 2022 © Tatiana Trouvé. Photo: Thomas Lannes. Courtesy the artist and Gagosian.
PARIS.- On June 8, 2022, two complementary presentations of works by Tatiana Trouvé opened in Paris: Le grand atlas de la désorientation (The Great Atlas of Disorientation) at the Centre Pompidou and an exhibition in Gagosians gallery at 9 rue de Castiglione. Together, the exhibitions focus on Trouvés coextensive drawing and sculptural practices, in which fragmentary graphic, architectonic, and environmental elements form spaces imbued with the logic of memories and dreams. At rue de Castiglione, Gagosian is presenting an installation of new sculptures (all from 2022) from Trouvés Notes on Sculpture, a series she began in 2016, and The Guardian, a sculpture from a body of works initiated in 2013. These totemic works are arrayed in front of wallpaper that reproduces LEscamoteur (The Illusionist) (2022)a drawing that is featured in the Pompidou exhibitionat an expansive scale. At Gagosian, Trouvé takes adva ... More |
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| President of Museum of Natural History to step down after nearly 30 years | | Pace Verso announces partnership with generative art platform Art Blocks | | Woodside Braseth Gallery presents 'Mark Tobey & The Pike Place Market (1939-1947)' | 
Ellen Futter, the longtime president of the American Museum of Natural History, in the musems mineral hall in New York, June 7, 2022. Evelyn Freja/The New York Times.
by Robin Pogrebin
NEW YORK, NY.- After an unusually long tenure of nearly 30 years as president of the American Museum of Natural History, Ellen V. Futter on Wednesday informed the board that she would step down next March, following the scheduled opening of the institutions new Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education and Innovation. Its been an incredible run and I just feel so proud and appreciative of my time, Futter, 72, said in a telephone interview. The opening of the Gilder Center marks the completion of my work and a good moment for the museum for new leadership. The board will immediately begin a search for Futters replacement. They are huge shoes to fill, no question about that, Scott Bok, the museums chairman, said in an interview. But she leaves us in a position to find somebody great. As to whether the board ... More | | 
John Gerrard, Petro National (United States of America), 2022. © John Gerrard / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- Marc Glimcher, CEO of Pace Gallery, and Erick Calderon, Founder of Art Blocks, announced a multifaceted collaboration between Pace Verso and Art Blocks, two of the most prominent players in the worlds of contemporary art and Web3. Through this partnership, Art Blocks and Pace Verso will release boundary-pushing generative NFT projects by Paces artists as well as crypto-native artists selected by and developed in partnership with Pace Verso. The dovetailing interests and combined reach of the Art Blocks and Pace Verso networks will create unique opportunities to share the featured artists and NFT projects with new audiences around the world. The partnership will bring generative art to life through in-person and digital programming dedicated to the NFT releases, including exhibitions at Paces global locations and presentations at international art fairs. On June 21, the first collaborative release will ... More | | 
Mark Tobey, Skid Row Group, 1942. Tempera on board, 37" x 32".
SEATTLE, WA.- The association of an artist with one special place, from which the artist draws apparently inexhaustible inspiration and to which in turn the artist gives enduring life, is a recurring theme in the history of art, and for Mark Tobey this place was the Pike Place Market. These artworks show my feeling for the Seattle Market perhaps much better than anything I can say about it. And yet there seems to be a need to speak, today, when drastic changes are going on all around us. Our homes are in the path of freeways; old landmarks, many of a rare beauty, are sacrificed to the urge to get somewhere in a hurry; and when it is all over Progress reigns, queen of hollow streets shadowed by monumental towers left behind by giants to whom the intimacy of living is of no importance. For me every day in the Market was a fiesta
.the Market is still active, still varied, exciting, and terribly important in the welter of over-industrialization. There is the same magic as night ap ... More |
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| Artsy announces Christine Layng Aschwald as Head of Artsy Advisory | | In struggling Murano, a design intervention | | And there was light. And it was brutal. | 
Appointment marks Artsys continued investment in its growing secondary-market business and senior art industry talent. Photo: Courtesy of JP Chattelenz.
NEW YORK, NY.- Artsy, the largest global online art marketplace, today announced its appointment of Christine Layng Aschwald to the newly created role of Senior Director, Head of Artsy Advisory. Aschwald will oversee Artsys art advisory practice and a team of senior private sales directors across Artsys global offices. She will be based in New York City, and joins Artsy following a 15-year career at Christies where she most recently worked with the auction houses top clients as a leader on their Client Advisory team. Artsy Advisory sits within Artsys Collector Services & Private Sales team, led by Alexander Forbes, and provides both new and established collectors with a bespoke service and a single point of contact through which to purchase and sell works via private sale, Artsy auctions, and 3500-plus gallery partners. Together with Artsys broader secondary market organization, it has more than doubled in size ove ... More | | 
An undated photo provided by Luca Nichetto shows his Mecha robot, which he designed for the 2021 Punta Conterie exhibition Empathic Discovering a Glass Legacy in Venice. Luca Nichetto via The New York Times.
by Ray Mark Rinaldi
NEW YORK, NY.- Can high design reverse Muranos decline? Could one transcendent lamp, or a single game-changing wine goblet, or a fruit bowl created on the Italian Venetian island by one of todays top designers restore the reputation of this glassmaking capital, whose legacy for handmade craft dates to the late 1200s, but whose relevance has dwindled in an era of cheap, mass-produced goods? Perhaps not just one of those things, say the international designers and artists who are currently collaborating with Murano glass workers. And realistically speaking, reversing Muranos fate would be a monumental task, especially at this pivotal moment when soaring gas prices, caused by the war in Ukraine, have forced small, independently-owned factories to shut down ... More | | 
An undated photo provided by Jon Aaron Green shows the British designer Lee Broom with his Requiem lights. Jon Aaron Green via The new York Times.
by Stephen Treffinger
NEW YORK, NY.- Combining features of Brutalist architecture with the transcendent experience of houses of worship, Divine Inspiration is a series of six new lighting collections by British product and interior designer Lee Broom. On view through June 12 at Blindarte, a gallery in the Brera neighborhood in Milan, the designs are Brooms first in four years and mark his namesake companys 15-year anniversary. Broom, 46, grew up in Birmingham, England, in the West Midlands, a place that, he said in a recent video call, has a reputation for not being the most attractive city in the U.K. Much of Birmingham was demolished in World War II bombing raids and then rebuilt. It is known for its raw, monolithic Brutalist buildings, a sort of concrete city. I remember my parents and grandparents ... More |
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| Tales full of fiber and glitter | | Christie's Magnificent Jewels including Jewels by JAR from the Estate of Ann Getty totals $48,872,000 | | Hamptons Fine Art Fair announces 2022 exhibitor list featuring 85 select galleries for the summers most prestigious art | 
A photo provided by Monica Barreneche shows samples of Verdi products. Verdis reputation remains rooted in its practice of relying on both natural fibers and metals. Monica Barreneche via The New York Times.
by Ray Mark Rinaldi
NEW YORK, NY.- Success in the design business can depend more on image than on product. High-quality furniture and fabrics can set a company apart, but if they are sold with a good story, that is even better. So maybe it is not a surprise that two first-time exhibitors at this years Salone del Mobile are pushing their companies compelling narratives as much as the textiles they are introducing in Milan. With both, the tale is personal, though colored by the deep traditions of the countries they call home. For Hosoo, in Japan, the accompanying story goes back to 1688, when the company was founded in Kyotos historic Nishijin district. Its chairman and president, Masataka Hosoo, boasts that he is the 12th generation of his family to ... More | | 
The Light of Africa Diamond 103.49 Carats, D Color, Flawless, Type IIA. Price realized: $20,084,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies New York June 8 auction of Magnificent Jewels achieved a total of $48,872,000 with 95% sold by lot and 98% by value. The auction was led by The Light of Africa Diamond, a D color, Flawless, Type IIa, emerald-cut diamond of 103.49 carats, with excellent polish and symmetry, which achieved $20,084,000 and ranks as the fifth most valuable colorless diamond ever offered at Christies. The diamond, unearthed from The Cullinan Diamond Mine, was cut and polished from a 299.3 carat rough by Stargems Group. Jewelry from The Ann & Gordon Getty Collection and Twelve Jewels by JAR from the Estate of Ann Getty highlighted the sale and totaled $5,900,580. One of the largest and most important private collections of works by the visionary designer Joel Arthur Rosenthal to appear at auction, Ann Gettys striking group of jewels by JAR achieved exceptional results, including: ... More | | 
Maune Contemporary - Alex Katz
SOUTHAMPTON, NY.- Hamptons Fine Art Fair, the international fine art fair from the producers of ShowHamptons, has announced their 2022 exhibitor list, featuring artworks by 85 select national and international galleries. Back by popular demand, the third annual Hamptons Fine Art Fair expands dramatically to the bucolic and easily accessible 17-acre Southampton Fairgrounds from last years location at Southampton Arts Center, near the legendary Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, July 14-17, 2022. For 2022, the fair will be staged in one spectacular 40,000 square feet majestic Pollock and VIP Pavilion, presenting 85 select galleries from 43 cities and seven countries. Over $100 million in important post-war and Contemporary art is available for immediate acquisition. There will be over 400 revered artists on display, with a focus on emerging artists, blue-chip masters and investment art and elegant decorative art, all ranging from modern to t ... More |
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 Stephen Friedman Gallery opens an exhibition of works by Deborah RobertsLONDON.- The show features new paintings dominated by black backgrounds and some of the largest works the artist has ever made. Simultaneously powerful and vulnerable, heroic and insecure, Roberts subjects reveal how systemic racism, gender politics and western beauty standards shape the way Black children grow up. Amongst the references that inform the series are prominent incidents of racism in the UK, including the recent case of Child Q. By mastering collage a medium used since the early twentieth century to challenge socio-political norms Roberts exposes the inequities and violence of contemporary society. Composing works using found materials from the internet, literature and photographs, the artist deconstructs stereotypes perpetuated by mainstream visual culture. Roberts juxtaposes ... More  Celtic braided mural twists through Midtown Manhattan in the Garment District NEW YORK, NY.- The Garment District Alliance is enhancing the concrete jungle with a vibrant mural created by district-based artist Steed Taylor and an array of free summer programming, including live musical performances and a Broadway Squeeze lemonade stand. Bit, Bridle and Reins which consists of a dynamic, extreme, yellow-colored Celtic braid across a brilliant, tanzanite blue background is displayed across 63 concrete blocks and guides pedestrians through a vivid path along the 7th Avenue pedestrian corridor. The artwork is part of the Garment District Alliances summer programming, which features Broadway Rhythm, a series of live musical performances presented in partnership with Music Under New York (MTA Music). The summer concert series will be held on Wednesdays from 12 2pm ... More  Tony nominees for choreography put the past in motionNEW YORK, NY.- A Black dancer and an Irish one face off in a dance contest in 19th-century New York. They take turns, each trying to top the other with steps and rhythms that are unique and unbeatable. Its adversarial but also collegial, since the premise assumes and encourages commonality, the kind of back-and-forth that breeds hybrids. This is a primal scene of American dance, and a version of it is on Broadway now. Whether in revivals, jukebox musicals or reimaginings of more distant history, a lot of the dance on Broadway these days is dance of the past. Its theater, so the aim is less historical fidelity than persuasiveness. The choreography has to represent how people used to move in a way that makes sense to people today. But that constraint contains a possibility: In watching performers of the present ... More  Tanya Bonakdar Gallery and 1301PE open a joint exhibition of Uta Barth's workLOS ANGELES, CA.- Tanya Bonakdar Gallery and 1301PE are presenting a joint exhibition of Uta Barths work, which spans the artists entire career. Titled Uta Barth: Figure/Ground, Figure/Ground, this exhibition is curated by writer Jan Tumlir, and has been divided between the two galleries in Los Angeles. Tanya Bonakdar Gallery features photographs in which a figure appears typically the artists own, and often only in partial view whereas at 1301PE, the selection of photographs as been devoid of figures, displaying all ground. Also featured in this two-part exhibition is a range of contextualizing material, drawn from a cadre of artists who have proved influential on Barths practice: Michelangelo Antonioni, John Cage, Harry Callahan, Robert Irwin and Agnes Martin. A selection of books from Barths own library have been included ... More  Zeno X Gallery announced the representation of artist Mounira Al SolhANTWERP.- After an initial collaboration in the context of our OFF ROAD II show in 2021, Zeno X Gallery will present a first solo exhibition in the autumn of 2022 at the gallery. Mounira Al Solh, born in 1978 in Beirut (LB), lives and works in The Netherlands and Lebanon. Mounira Al Solhs paintings, drawings, performances, textiles, videos and installations narrate the histories and experiences of her broad family and community. These personal stories are often closely interwoven with the political: Al Solhs work reflects on themes such as migration, identity, language, trauma and feminism. Many of her projects are rooted in a collaborative and socially engaged practice. Mounira Al Solh attempts to visualise the oral histories of (displaced) individuals. The ongoing portrait series I Strongly Believe in Our Right to Be Frivolous ... More  Hamiltons Gallery extends Nobuyoshi Araki exhibitionLONDON.- For the first time in the UK, Hamiltons Gallery presents a series of rare, unique sumi ink drawings by Nobuyoshi Araki. From 3 May to 17 June 2022 these unseen artworks are being presented alongside a series of well-known photographs from the artists career. Nobuyoshi Araki is one of Japans most renowned photographers and contemporary artists. Arakis work is often controversial, but his artistic genius is undeniable; every image reveals extreme technical mastery which influences many creative fields, including photography, film, painting, and in this case, ink drawing. Arakis inspiration for these expressive ink drawings derives from his regular jaunts in Tokyos Shinjuku district at a bar named Hanaguruma, which translates to Flower Carriage. The artist spent many nights in Hanaguruma, where he would sketch ... More  Russian and Ukrainian pianists meet in Texas at Cliburn CompetitionFORT WORTH, TX.- On a sultry recent morning, 30 young pianists from around the world gathered in an auditorium at Texas Christian University for the start of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, one of the most prestigious contests in classical music. The mood was celebratory. But politics also loomed. The Cliburn, defying pressure to ban Russian competitors after the invasion of Ukraine, had invited six Russians to take part, as well as two pianists from Belarus, which has supported the Russian invasion. A Ukrainian also made the cut. As they signed posters outside the auditorium and were fitted for cowboy boots, a Cliburn tradition, several competitors from those countries said that they found it difficult to think beyond the war. Its a tragedy, whats happening now, said Dmytro Choni, a 28-year-old pianist ... More  Alvar Aalto Foundation opens exhibition of works by interior architect Maija HeikinheimoHELSINKI.- Interior Architect Maija Heikinheimo (19081963) worked almost the whole of her career in the service of Artek, initially as Aino Aaltos close working partner and, after she passed away, as Chief Designer and Artistic Director. Heikinheimo was an extremely skilled, but modest designer, who worked anonymously. The seamless collaboration between Alvar Aaltos architects office and Artek went on for several decades. Artek created the interiors for almost all the Aalto sites of that period. Maija Heikinheimo developed into a brilliant interpreter of Alvar Aaltos ideas, and is said to have understood Alvar Aaltos intentions from the slightest hint. Alongside new models of furniture it was on Heikinheimos drawing board that furniture was created, including variations on the architects earlier innovations. Heikinheimo ... More  'Mr. Parker' review: Starting overNEW YORK, NY.- Being a famous artists spouse is not easy. Being a famous persons surviving spouse might be even tougher. That is the plight of Terry, whose husband, Jeffrey, an artist, died as a result of a car crash. Terry, a novelist who put his own creative aspirations on hold when Jeffrey made it big, is confronting an issue many women in straight relationships have long endured: I was defined by the man I married, Terry says. And now, suddenly, for the first time, Im just
Mr. Parker. And I dont know how to do that. Michael McKeevers Mr. Parker, which just opened on Theater Row, begins seven months after Jeffreys death, and Terry (Derek Smith) is still trying to find himself. A good start will be to date again, or at least to pick up a stranger baby steps. Thats how Terry finds himself in his husbands work ... More  Film Academy names new Chief ExecutiveNEW YORK, NY.- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Tuesday named Bill Kramer, the current president of the Academys museum in Los Angeles, the new CEO of the organization that oversees the Oscars. He will replace Dawn Hudson, who will step down next month after 11 years. Kramer will assume his new role July 18. Kramer first joined the Academy in 2012 as managing director of development and external relations, raising the initial funds for the museum. He left in 2016 to become vice president of development for the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York, and returned to Los Angeles in 2019, taking the top role at the museum. He is credited with completing the $388 million campaign that allowed the museum to finally open in September after a decade of delays and cost overruns. I ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American painter Jacob Lawrence died June 09, 2000. Jacob Lawrence (September 7, 1917 - June 9, 2000) was an African-American painter known for his portrayal of African-American life. As well as a painter, storyteller, and interpreter, he was an educator. Lawrence referred to his style as "dynamic cubism", though by his own account the primary influence was not so much French art as the shapes and colors of Harlem. In this image: Jacob Lawrence, "Forward Together," silkscreen on paper, 25.5" x 40.125", 1997. © 2018 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
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