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Jane Schulak and David Stark Tastemakers for inaugural international edition of The Collector online
LONDON.- Christies is collaborating with the renowned designers and event producers Jane Schulak and David Stark as the Tastemakers for the inaugural international edition of The Collector online, in London, New York and Paris in April. A celebration of the Decorative Arts, these sales are the first of a new bi-annual auction series selling concurrently across locations. This innovative evolution of The Collector unifies the auction calendar, reflecting the global nature of demand and providing new and existing collectors, dealers and decorators with an enhanced buying experience spanning the full breadth and depth of works offered. The sales will open for bidding on 4 April, closing sequentially on 18, 19 and 20 April in London, New York and Paris, respectively. Pre-sale highlights exhibitions designed by the Tastemakers will be on view to the public ... More

New Aalto2 Museum Centre to fulfil Alvar Aalto's wish
JYVÃSKYLÃ.- Nothing that is old can be reborn. But nor will it disappear entirely. And that which once was, always returns in some new form. Alvar Aalto, 1921. The new Aalto2 Museum Centre, to open in the Ruusupuisto park in JyvÃ¤skylÃ¤ on 27 May 2023, will draw on Alvar Aaltos architecture and design and the cultural heritage of Central Finland to form a new whole. The wide range of exhibitions, events and services at Aalto2 will fulfil Alvar Aaltos wish of creating a forum to bring together a variety of art forms. The Aalto2 Museum Centre consists of two buildings designed by Alvar Aalto the Alvar Aalto Museum (197173, 2023) and the Museum of Central Finland (195661, 1991, 2019) and a new extension, which is being built to connect them (2023). Together, these comprise just over 5,000 square metres, forming the ... More

Solo exhibition 'From Past to Present' by artist Jack Martin Rogers now on view at Anita Rogers Gallery
NEW YORK, NY.- Anita Rogers Gallery recently opened Peregrination: From Past to Present, a solo exhibition of paintings and works on paper by British artist Jack Martin Rogers (1943-2001). The exhibition began March 22 and will continue through April 22, 2023, at 494 Greenwich Street, GFL, New York, NY 10013. The gallery hosted an opening reception on Wednesday, March 22 in its honor. Peregrination takes the viewer on a journey through the artists lifetime and his travels through Britain, Turkey, Italy, and the Greek islands. Through paintings, sketches, and watercolor studies spanning over forty years, the exhibition offers insight into the mind of a painter, musician, and philosopher. Birds of prey play a prominent role in Greek mythology and ancient Greek texts; indeed, Homer often uses them as omens or signs from the gods, and Calchas, ... More

Following a folk tale through the Himalayas
NEW YORK, NY.- In a high hamlet, a two-hour trek up a verdant slope beneath ice-clad Himalayan peaks, an argument erupted over a folk tale. Two brothers, Pralad Singh Dariyal, 60, and Hira Singh Dariyal, 77, heatedly debated which nearby village in the Johar Valley was once the home of the storys heroine. Eventually agreeing on a few possible locations, Hira said that the story, which is sung as a ballad and which he remembered from childhood, was virtually unknown today among the areas young people. Theyre the YouTube generation, he explained with a shrug. No one even knows how to sing it anymore, Pralad added. The voice of Pralads wife, Sundari Devi, rang out from the kitchen into the courtyard, where I sat with the brothers and a couple of other people in front of clothing drying on a line and pieces of a butchered sheep ... More

Exploring a Malaysian jewel box packed with color and spice
NEW YORK, NY.- Try this way, says Zainal Abidin, an affable manager at the Prestige in George Town, Malaysia, cocking his head to one side. Zainal is showing me around the hotel, which is named after the 2006 Christopher Nolan film about two rival magicians. Im supposed to see an illusion in which the corridor entrance transforms into a mirror, but its not coming. Or this way, he says, bending his head to the left, then back again. I follow suit we must look like a couple of nodding dashboard dogs and abruptly the mirror appears. I take a step back. Zainal laughs, and I venture that this effect must be confusing for guests returning late from one of George Towns many bars. But Zainal shakes his head: Guests love it. The corridors are actually very popular for Instagram shoots, he says. Most travelers know Malaysia for the beaches of Langkawi, ... More

Patrick French, unsparing bographer of V.S. Naipaul, dies at 56
NEW YORK, NY.- Patrick French, a historian and biographer whose books include acclaimed accounts of Indias march toward independence and the life of writer V.S. Naipaul, The World Is What It Is, died Thursday in London. He was 56. His wife, Meru Gokhale, said the cause was cancer. French made an impression with his first book, published when he was still in his 20s. Titled Younghusband: The Last Great Imperial Adventurer (1994), it examined the life of Francis Edward Younghusband, the British adventurer who explored Tibet and other areas in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His life seemed to reflect the Wests fascination with the East, conquest and wonder dancing hand in hand, French wrote. To re-create that life, he did more than just dive into archives; he retraced Younghusbands treks to hard-to-reach Himalayan ... More

Reconstructing Kyiv, one synth wave at a time
KYIV.- Its disorienting: Again and again these past few weeks, Ive been walking through New York and thinking Im somewhere else. Ill be strolling through Central Park, but the sounds I hear come from a park nine time zones away. In line at my local Whole Foods, Ill hear the cash registers of an Eastern European grocery store. Last week I was riding the subway to Harlem and the announcer called out the wrong line. Next stop, Maidan Nezalezhnosti In my headphones, Ive had an album on loop: Kyiv Eternal, a ravishing audioscape of the Ukrainian capital by composer and electronic musician Heinali. Amid ambient washes of sound, Heinali, whose real name is Oleh Shpudeiko, integrates field recordings from across Kyiv: the horns of minibuses that ferry workers in from the suburbs, or the crowds in Landscape Alley, the open- ... More

'Shucked': A Broadway musical that doubles down on the corn
NEW YORK, NY.- Shane McAnallys boffo songwriting career got off to a slow start, but by 2013 he and his frequent writing partner Brandy Clark were finally having success. The Band Perrys Better Dig Two and Miranda Lamberts Mamas Broken Heart, both cowritten by McAnally and Clark, reached No. 1 and No. 2 on the Billboard country chart. The songs were hits, sure, but they were also unique, especially in the vivid imagery of their lyrics, which found new ways to describe jealousy and heartache. People in Nashville, Tennessee, took notice, including singer Jake Owen, who offered his opinion of Better Dig Two and Mamas Broken Heart. He said to me, Those sound like songs from musicals, McAnally recalled recently, sitting in a second-floor room of the Nederlander Theatre in Manhattan. He viewed the comment as a backhanded ... More