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The Hamptons Virtual Art Fair is showing the art works in various technologies - thumbnails and a slight 3D enhanced version on a wall for scale (one image at a time) to solve slow open speeds.
by Rick Friedman, Executive Director Hamptons Virtual Art Fair
NEW YORK, NY.- I come to this theoretical question from two different perspectives - as a buyer and as a seller........ As a seller, in the form of an art producer who aggregates galleries, creating a dynamic marketplace for commerce. As a buyer and an avid art collector, who acquires regularly (partly out of addition), and has amassed 300 museum-level pieces. Virtual reality has been around, since 1968, but has taken over half a century to find its way into the erudite marketing of art world usage and applications...but necessity is the mother of invention. Alas, in mid- March 2020, the arrival of the pandemic catapulted its usage by artist studios, galleries, museums, art fairs and even collectors to staggering new levels. Those who showcase art are always "on the lookout for new and creative methods to display and offer their art (or should be). Although often painful moving quickly from the Stone Age to digital world, virtual reality allows art marketers to capture the best of breed ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day HamptonÂs Virtual Art Fair hosted by Christofle, opened today featuring 90 international galleries, and 105 booth displays from 11 countries around the world and 30 cities across the US. Over 2,000 pieces of artwork are being displayed in the virtual reality booths in 2D and 3D, and available for purchase on the website directly from the galleries.
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 | | Due to the pandemic's impact, Art Basel announces the cancellation of its Miami Beach fair | | Alison Jacques Gallery opens second of two exhibitions of the work of Gordon Parks | | Art Miami Show Group announces the cancellation of 2020 editions | 
Art Basel in Miami Beach 2019. © Art Basel.
MIAMI, FLA.- Given the current situation regarding the pandemics impact, which spans from South Florida to other parts of the country and the world; limitations and uncertainty about the staging of large-scale events; international travel restrictions and bans, as well as quarantine regulations within the United States and internationally, alongside other factors, Art Basel has no other option but to cancel the 2020 edition of Art Basel in Miami Beach. Art Basel in Miami Beach was scheduled to take place from December 3 to December 6, 2020 at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Noah Horowitz, Director Americas, Art Basel said: It is with great regret and disappointment that we announce the cancellation of our December show in Miami Beach, as we know how crucial our show is for our galleries, as well as for the greater Miami arts community and economy. We thank everyone who shared their perspectives and insights with ... More | | 
Gordon Parks, Untitled, London, England, 1966. Courtesy of The Gordon Parks Foundation, New York and Alison Jacques Gallery, London © The Gordon Parks Foundation.
LONDON.- Alison Jacques Gallery presents the second of two exhibitions of the work of American photographer Gordon Parks (1912-2006) in collaboration with The Gordon Parks Foundation. These exhibitions are the first solo presentations of Parks work to be held in London for over twenty-five years. Part One, 1 July - 8 August, focused on Parks Segregation in the South (1956) and Black Muslims (1963) projects. Part Two will focus on Parks intimate and nuanced portrait of the legendary athlete and human rights advocate Muhammad Ali. Receiving unprecedented access to the champion, Gordon Parks photographed and profiled Ali twice for Life magazine. The first photo essay entitled The Redemption of the Champion was published on 9 September 1966. Parks met ... More | | 
Art Miami Show Group is moving forward with Palm Beach Modern & Contemporary taking place in January 2021, and Art Wynwood taking place in February 2021.
MIAMI, FLA.- The Art Miami Show Group has officially announced the cancellation of the 2020 editions of Art Miami, CONTEXT Art Miami and Aqua Art Miami due to continuing concerns around the COVID-19 pandemic. The Fairs will return during Miami Art Week in December 2021. Over the past few months, the Art Miami team has worked tirelessly to ensure the health and safety of all those who participate in the shows production, presenting an "All Secure" plan that was approved by Dade County to host the December Fairs, which provided optimism that the show would take place in person this year. However customer feedback that continued concern around domestic and international travel, particularly to and from Miami, would impact attendance, led them to the difficult decision to cancel the live show this year and replace it with a virtual event, ... More |
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| | Bastian recreates Picasso's Cannes studio as an immersive experience within the gallery | | Visual archive of Mervyn Peake acquired by The British Library | | 'Time Machine' presents a new selection from the collection of the Ludwig Museum | 
Atelier Picasso at Bastian, courtesy of Luke Andrew Walker.
LONDON.- Atelier Picasso at Bastian will recreate Picassos Cannes studio as an immersive experience within the gallery, using his treasure trove of objects including furniture, sculptures, ceramics, drawings and prints. Throughout his life Picasso was a prolific image maker, experimenting and excelling in every medium with which he worked. This extraordinary installation-style exhibition brings to life the huge variety of Picassos oeuvre. Picasso moved to the South of France, after the Second World War, in 1946; despite an already remarkable career he was determined to keep experimenting and longed to escape war-torn Paris. A hoarder, Picasso piled the surfaces and floors of his studio with source material and original works as seen in this Bastian exhibition. Included in Atelier Picasso are a number of photographs from André Villers, a close friend of Picasso since their first encounter in March 1953. At ... More | | 
Drawing of Steerpike from the Gormenghast books. © Estate of Mervyn Peake.
LONDON.- The British Library has announced that the visual archive of writer, artist and illustrator Mervyn Peake (1911-1968) has been acquired for the nation from the Peake Estate, with the generous assistance of donations from Art Fund, with a contribution from the Wolfson Foundation and a contribution in memory of Miranda Stonor, the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the British Library Collections Trust, and the Friends of the National Libraries. This news follows the Librarys acquisition of Peakes literary archive in 2010. Mervyn Peakes Visual Archive comprises over 300 original illustrations, including drawings from his critically acclaimed Gormenghast series, together with original illustrations for his own books for children Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor and Letters From a Lost Uncle and other classic works of English literature, such as Treasure Island, The Hunting of the Snark, Household Tales by the ... More | | 
Rákóczy Gizella: 24N, 2001 (részlet) akvarell, papÃr, 24 db, 62,5 x 62,5 cm egyenként Ludwig Múzeum Kortárs Művészeti Múzeum (Az aacheni Peter und Irene Ludwig Stiftung letétje). Photó: Rosta József.
BUDAPEST.- Time machine is a device that only exists in theory so far, with the help of which we can fly our physical body into the past or the future. Virtual time travel, on the other hand, has a long history: for centuries, artists have depicted past and future ages according to their own knowledge, ideas, and desires, by the means of literature, art, or film, while of course recording their own ages. The new exhibition at the Ludwig Museum is not about the science-fiction possibility of time travel, but examines the relationship between time and art from different perspectives, and sees the works themselves as time machines that allow us to travel mentally. The original idea of the exhibition Time Machine was to examine the Ludwig Museums collection from the present, focusing on the works of the 2000s. However, the present has changed ... More |
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| | Can Japan's ancient Noh theatre survive coronavirus? | | NADA announces reformatted in-person & online fair for NADA Miami 2020 | | Almine Rech announces representation of expressionist and devotional painter Genesis Tramaine | 
This photo shows performer Kennosuke Nakamori taking part in a rehearsal at the Kamakura Noh Theatre in the town of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, about one hour southwest of Tokyo. Philip FONG / AFP.
by Natsuko Fukue
KAMAKURA (AFP).- Kennosuke Nakamori's sonorous voice fills a small room as he practises the lines of a traditional Japanese Noh play, even though he hasn't performed before a live audience in months. He moves gracefully as he rehearses the studied movements associated with the ancient art, but his serene exterior belies deep worries about the future of Noh. The coronavirus pandemic has shuttered theatres across Japan, and while other traditional art forms can rely on generous private backers or state subsidies, Noh depends heavily on staging shows. With audiences and performers already dwindling even before the pandemic, some in the industry fear the virus may sound ... More | | 
Creative format invites exhibitors to present artwork in gallery spaces, studios, homes, and online viewing platform.
NEW YORK, NY.- The New Art Dealers Alliance, the definitive non-profit arts organization dedicated to the cultivation, support, and advancement of new voices in contemporary art, announced a reformatted in-person and online format for the 18th edition of NADA Miami, which will take place in multiple cities, December 15, 2020. The fair will be hosted both in-person, through an international series of physical presentations by participating galleries, and online, in a newly-designed digital format. The fair remains dedicated to celebrating rising talents from around the globe, and this unique approach will present the best of contemporary art in a variety of locations, while also gathering the exhibited artworks together in a focused presentation to discover online. Exhibitors are invited to take creative approaches to installing artworkswhether in a gallery, apartment ... More | | 
Genesis Tramaine. Photo by Nick JS Thompson.
LONDON.- Almine Rech announced the representation of contemporary Newark-based artist Genesis Tramaine in Europe, the United Kingdom, and Asia. Almine Rech will also be working in with the artist in the United States in partnership with Richard Beavers Gallery (Brooklyn), who has represented Tramaine since 2018. Through a mixture of acrylic and oil-based paintings, Genesis Tramaine (b. 1983) creates abstract portraits of men and women who transcend gender, race, and social structures. The blueprint of Tramaines style is rooted in a strong mix of 1980s New York graffiti and imagined images of gospel hymns sung on Sunday morning during church. Tramaine paints with a confrontational and provocative use of color and through an urban-inspired, mixed-media approach. Her work is deeply invested in capturing the emotions and experiences of Black Americans, layering brushstrokes to reveal faces that reflect real moments and imagined metapho ... More |
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| | Venice Film Festival opens with tribute to coronavirus victims | | Charlotte Potter Kasic appointed Interim Director at the Barry Art Museum | | Silver craft gift from the Ulf Gillberg - Lennart Agerberg Foundation to Nationalmuseum | 
British actress Tilda Swinton poses on the red carpet after she received a Golden Lion award for Lifetime Achievement during the opening ceremony on the opening day of the 77th Venice Film Festival. Tiziana FABI / AFP.
by Alexandria Sage
VENICE (AFP).- The Venice Film Festival opened Wednesday with a tribute to those who lost their lives from coronavirus as the event sought to kickstart the industry still reeling from the effects of the crisis. The festival, rolling out on the glitzy beachfront Lido through September 12, is the first major international festival to take place since COVID-19 shuttered theatres, halted production and drove millions of moviegoers around the world to their television sets. Although the scaled-down event will offer less red-carpet glamour this year, with most of Hollywood's A-listers staying away due to travel restrictions, organisers hope the movies themselves will take centre stage as the film industry makes tentative steps to regain its footing. President of the jury Australian actress Cate Blanchett, dressed in a ... More | | 
Respected conceptual artist and designer, Kasic is a leader and innovator in the arts.
NORFOLK, VA.- The board of the Barry Art Museum at Old Dominion University announced the appointment of Charlotte Potter Kasic as the Museum's interim director as Jutta-Annette Page enters retirement. Kasic joined the Barry Art Museum in January 2020 as the manager of museum education and engagement. In her short time at ODU, Kasic has forged new partnerships on campus and beyond; enhanced communications; developed interpretive materials, workshops, lectures and seminars; and supported new exhibition research. Thanks to Kasic's initiatives and rapid response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Museum's public programs and new engagement transitioned smoothly to online activities. The Museum is now reopened to the public with limited summer hours and is launching a new website this fall. "Charlotte harnessed her existing contacts in the Tidewater region with remarkable energy and follow-through. In a short amount of time, she reconnected and cre ... More | | 
Carsten From Andersen, Big and Small Bowl, 2019. 999 pure silver. NMK 149A+B/2020. Photo: Viktor Fordell/Nationalmuseum.
STOCKHOLM.- Nationalmuseum has received a generous donation from the newly formed Ulf Gillberg Lennart Agerberg Foundation. The gift is the Big and Small Bowl from 2019 by the Danish silversmith Carsten From Andersen. The Foundation desires to promote the purchase of contemporary silver objects to Nationalmuseum, which will provide the museum with greater possibilities to reflect developments within contemporary silversmithing. The Ulf Gillberg Lennart Agerberg Foundation is a very generous private initiative that commenced its activities in 2020. The purpose of the foundation is to promote the purchase primarily contemporary objects of silver, excluding jewellery, made by both Swedish and foreign silversmiths to be added to Nationalmuseums collections. The acquisitions will preferably be made directly from the silversmiths or their gallerists. The co-founders of the foundation are especially interested in the connectio ... More |
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 Sotheby's Wine offers limited-edition large format bottles of Ornellaia's 2017 VintageLONDON.- Today in London bidding opens to collectors around the world on Sothebys Wines online sale of limited-edition bottles of Tuscan estate Ornellaias 2017 vintage. To celebrate the 12th edition of the winerys Vendemmia dArtista, Ornellaia invited Tomás Saraceno, the acclaimed Argentinian artist, to interpret the character of the estates 2017 wine, Solare (Radiant), and personalise a series of 111 large format bottles, in addition to creating a special label available in each case containing six 75cl bottles. Comprising 12 lots, featuring 12 Imperials and the unique 1 of 1 Salmanazar, and a series of experiences, the auction will remain open for bidding until Wednesday 9 September. Jamie Ritchie, Worldwide Head of Sothebys Wine, commented: We are delighted to collaborate on our tenth auction with Ornellaia ... More Vaughn Spann presents a selection of abstract paintings at Almine Rech BrusselsBRUSSELS.- Almine Rech Brussels will open Smoke Signals, Vaughn Spanns second solo exhibition with the gallery. On this occasion, the artist will present a selection of abstract paintings never before exhibited. The exhibition will be on view from September 3 to October 10, 2020. It would be an understatement to claim that Vaughn Spanns work focuses on the politics of living in this current day and age. Their relatability and sincerity bridges the gap between artist and viewer so uniquely, so purposefully, that to encounter the work is to have a collective experience. His bodies of work are known to mine the histories of art, activism, contemporary life, and social practice. Spanns paintingswhich vary from abstract to figurativereflect upon the way in which these contemporary topics relate to one another, how they are inextricably linked. The ... 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More Erick Morillo, DJ behind the hit 'I Like to Move It,' dies at 49NEW YORK (AFP).- Erick Morillo, the DJ known for the nineties-era smash "I Like To Move It," was found dead Tuesday in Miami Beach. He was 49 years old. Police responded to a 911 call Tuesday morning, a spokesperson told AFP, who said detectives did not observe "apparent signs of foul play." Morillo died just days before he was due in court for a sexual battery charge. The Miami-Dade Medical Examiner's Office will determine the cause of death, police said. Born in 1971 in New York and raised between Colombia and New Jersey, Morillo became known under the pseudonym Reel 2 Real and dropped the hit "I Like to Move It" in 1993. The song was a collaboration with the Trinidadian singer The Mad Stuntman -- born Mark Quashie -- and became an iconic Eurodance song with ragga vocals, a subgenre of dancehall and reggae. A massive hit particularly across Europe, the song had a resurg ... More This way to Chloë Bass' outdoor art showNEW YORK, NY (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Dear New Yorker, are you elated that museums have reopened but find yourself a bit queasy about being indoors with hundreds of other art lovers? Theres a very fine museum exhibition you can see now, in the flesh but outdoors. The Studio Museum in Harlem, with construction of its new building in progress, was already organizing off-site exhibitions before the pandemic. And one of them, the New York artist Chloë Bass show, Wayfinding, remains on view at St. Nicholas Park through Sept. 27. With themes of caring and attention, it has become only more meaningful. And it is the first solo museum exhibition for the artist. Wayfinding revolves around three questions: How much of care is patience? How much of life is coping? How much of love is attention? Three billboards, positioned throughout the ... More In Europe's theaters, outsiders tread a tricky pathNEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Since Ruth Mackenzie, the British artistic director of the storied Théâtre du Châtelet, was abruptly fired last Thursday, two very different perspectives have emerged. Media coverage in France has focused on allegations that theater employees were unhappy with Mackenzies leadership style, and felt bullied. Her command of French hadnt improved enough since she took over during the Châtelets recent renovation in 2017, according to the newspaper Le Figaro, and she was accused of outsourcing work and driving staff members away. On the whole, English-language outlets have been more sympathetic. In an interview with The Guardian, Mackenzie, who was the first non-French artistic director at the Châtelet, speculated that sexism and xenophobia had played a part in her firing. French theater is elitist and reticent ... 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More Lehmann Maupin now representing Arcmanoro NilesNEW YORK, NY.- Lehmann Maupin announced representation of Brooklyn-based artist Arcmanoro Niles. Niles will have his first solo exhibition with Lehmann Maupin in New York in June 2021 and his work will be included in a major group exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston in 2022. Born in 1989 in Washington, D.C., Niles earned his BFA from Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 2013 and his MFA from the New York Academy of Art in 2015, and has remained in New York ever since. He is best known for his vivid, brightly-hued paintings that invite a broader understanding of traditional genre painting and portraiture. Niles offers a window into seemingly mundane moments of daily life―a child seated at the table for breakfast, a man about to get into his car, a couple in their bedroom―with subjects drawn from photographs of friends ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American photographer Ruth Orkin was born September 03, 1921. Ruth Orkin (September 3, 1921 - January 16, 1985) was an American photographer, photojournalist, and filmmaker, with ties to New York City and Hollywood. Best known for her photograph An American Girl in Italy (1951), she photographed many celebrities and personalities including Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Ava Gardner, Tennessee Williams, Marlon Brando, and Alfred Hitchcock. In this image: Crowd watching parade, NYC, 1947 © Ruth Orkin.
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