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Poster Auctions International's 83rd Rare Posters Auction LXXXIII on March 14th totals $1.95M
NEW YORK, NY.- March 24, 2021 Poster Auctions Internationals (PAI) first sale of the year, on March 14th, finished at just under $2 million in sales. Rare Posters Auction LXXXIII surpassed expectations, thanks to passionate collectors and first-rate consignments. Jack Rennert, President of PAI, said, This sale featured one of the best collections weve had in recent memory, but none of us could have predicted the feverish action on auction day. Collectors exhibited an intoxicating zest for posters and bid competitively. Thanks to their enthusiasm, we achieved a number of never-before-reached winning bids. Perhaps the most unexpected result was for the anonymous Equal Rights for Negroes / Vote Communist from 1932, which featured James W. Ford, the first African American to run on a presidential ticket in the 20th century. Estimated ... More

ICA Miami announces new curatorial promotions and appointment
MIAMI, FLA.- The Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami today announced that it is bolstering its curatorial team with the promotion of Stephanie Seidel to Curator and Amanda Morgan to Assistant Curator. Donna Honarpisheh joins ICA Miami in the newly-created role of Assistant Curator of Research to support the museums recently expanded research department, the Knight Foundation Art + Research Center (A+RC). ICA Miamis exhibitions, collections, and programs have strengthened significantly in recent years, thanks to the groundbreaking work of our curatorial team, said Artistic Director Alex Gartenfeld . Stephanie has organized some of ICA Miamis most defining exhibitions to date, and Amanda has been integral to supporting the development of those exhibitions, as well as managing our growing publications program. We are pleased to welcome Donna ... More

World record for a drawing by Kentridge at Bonhams Post-War & Contemporary Art sale in London
LONDON.- Large Typewriters, an imposing large-scale work by William Kentridge, was one of the stand-out lots at Bonhams Post-War & Contemporary Art sale in London today (24 March), achieving an impressive Â£682,750 a new auction world record for a drawing by the artist. The top lot of the sale was Girl With Ice Cream on Palette by Banksy, which sold for Â£1,102,750. The 30-lot sale made a total of Â£4,080,025 with 97% sold by value and 87% sold by lot. Ralph Taylor, Bonhams Global Head of Post-War and Contemporary Art, commented: Large Typewriters is a perfect example of Kentridges practice. We are delighted that it achieved such a wonderful price and set a new auction record for a drawing by the artist. It is also fantastic to see Banksys Girl With Ice Cream on Palette attain such an impressive result, building upon Bonhams success ... More

Icelandic Pavilion 2022: Sigurður GuðjÃ³nsson to collaborate with MÃ³nica Bello
REYKJAVIK.- The Icelandic Art Center announced that SigurÃ°ur GuÃ°jÃ³nsson, Icelands chosen artist representation at the 59th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia, will collaborate with curator MÃ³nica Bello to realise his project for the Pavilion of Iceland, which will be located in the Arsenale for the first time. Working with moving imagery, sound and installation, SigurÃ°ur GuÃ°jÃ³nsson is known for his powerful, immersive works that create an organic synergy between visuals, audio and space, carrying carefully constructed soundscapes. His works often investigate man-made construction, machinery and the infrastructure of technical relics, in conjunction with natural elements, set within the form of complex loops and rhythmic schemes. His multi-faceted compositions allow for the viewer to be engaged in a synaesthetic experience, ... More

Tampa Museum of Art announces acquisition of Aphrodite Reimagined and celebration of Greek culture
TAMPA, FLA.- The Tampa Museum of Art announced that the fan-favorite sculpture, Aphrodite Reimagined, is officially accessioned into the Museums permanent collection. The ten-foot sculpture by artist Patricia Cronin is the perfect representation of the Museums collections. More significantly, it demonstrates the institutions commitment to ancient and contemporary art and its dedication to building its permanent collection of sculptures. Completing the acquisition of this significant work of art was possible with the support of gifts from the Vinik Family Foundation, Jim and Celia Ferman, and other generous contributions from the community, funds from Tampa Collects, and a gift in part by the artist in honor of the 100th anniversaries of the Womens Suffrage Movement and the Tampa Museum of Art. Now with certainty, Aphrodite Reimagined ... More

George Segal, durable veteran of drama and TV comedy, is dead at 87
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- George Segal, whose long career began in serious drama but who became one of Americas most reliable and familiar comic actors, first in the movies and later on television, died Tuesday in Santa Rosa, California. He was 87. The cause was complications following bypass surgery, according to his wife, Sonia Segal, who announced his death. Sandy-haired, conventionally if imperfectly handsome, with a grin that could be charming or smug and a brow that could knit with sincerity or a lack of it, Segal walked a line between leading man and supporting actor. To younger people, he was best known for his work in comedy ensembles on prime-time network shows, playing the publisher of a fashion magazine on a titillation-fest,Just Shoot Me! and a frolicsome grandfather on a raucous family show set in the 1980s, ... More

Janet Jackson and Kermit the Frog added to National Recording Registry
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Janet Jacksons Rhythm Nation 1814, Kermit the Frogs The Rainbow Connection, Marlo Thomas & Friends Free to Be... You and Me, Louis Armstrongs 1938 rendition of When the Saints Go Marching In and an 1878 Thomas Edison recording that may be the oldest playable recording of an American voice are among the 25 recordings just added to the Library of Congress National Recording Registry. The registry, created in 2000, designates recordings that are culturally, historically or aesthetically significant and are at least 10 years old. Carla Hayden, the librarian of Congress, named this years inductees from around 900 nominations by the public. Jacksons 1989 album, which scored a record-breaking seven top five singles, may have won the most votes in the public nominating process. But it was ... More

Books on Hurricane Katrina and Native American removal win Bancroft Prize
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- A wide-angled account of the decades of political and economic decisions that culminated in the catastrophic flooding of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina and a sweeping study of the policy of Native American removal in the 1830s have won this years Bancroft Prize, which is considered one of the most prestigious honors in the field of American history. Andy Horowitzs Katrina: A History, 1915-2015, published by Harvard University Press, was described by the jury as a masterful and gripping reconstruction of an unnatural disaster, which decenters the devastating hurricane and flooding in 2005 to provide a richly researched environmental, social, urban and political history of New Orleans. Reviewing the book in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Scott Stern credited Horowitz, an assistant ... More

A Malcolm X opera will get a rare revival in Detroit
DETROIT (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- When Anthony Davis sprawling, genre-blending biographical opera X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X premiered in 1986 at New York City Opera, it drew a notably diverse audience and was considered a commercial success. Yet it has rarely been revived. A new production is coming, though, as part of Michigan Opera Theaters 2021-22 season the first under its new artistic director, Yuval Sharon. Opening in May 2022, X will be directed by Robert OHara (Slave Play) and star bass-baritone DavÃ³ne Tines, who will also be the seasons artist-in-residence. My first interview for this job was shortly after the murder of George Floyd, Sharon, who is also an innovative stage director, said in an interview. I thought: This is a moment for change. Casting singers of color is really easy, but my focus has been ... More

Mariachis play on, their music unsilenced by the virus or the deaths
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Facing the stone archway of St. Josephs Salesian Youth Retreat Center outside Los Angeles, the dark wooden coffin holding the body of Juan JimÃ©nez was wheeled next to a band of masked mariachis. The group readied themselves to play, simultaneously lifting bows to violins, hands to a golden harp and fingers to pluck at guitarrÃ³ns, their bass guitars. When the priests prayer ended, Jesus GuzmÃ¡n led the band, Mariachi Los Camperos, through almost an hour of music: songs that express grief and goodbyes, like Las Golondrinas (The Swallows). The calendars of mariachi bands nationwide used to be full of dates for weddings, quinceaÃ±eras and serenades where the vigorous music of Mexican culture helped enliven some of lifes most joyous moments. With the onset of the pandemic, those ... More

Singing opera in a surgical mask
PARIS (AFP).- No one loves wearing a mask at work, but spare a thought for the chorus of the Paris Opera, having to project through multiple layers of cotton and polyester. When they took the stage recently for a rehearsal at the Bastille opera house, the 70 or so chorus members certainly did not appear to have lost any of their sonorous beauty. But having a mask strapped across one's face is far from ideal for a singer. "It really disturbs the delivery," said Sylvie Delaunay, who has been with the chorus for more than 20 years. "When one sings opera, there are deep inhalations and deep exhalations, so if breathing is restricted, we get tired very easily." With all cultural institutions in France shut due to the pandemic, the chorus of the Paris Opera was preparing for a new staging of "Faust" by 19th-century French composer Charles Gounod, to be screened ... More