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The director Claus Guth, right, and the conductor Raphaël Pichon, who wove together dozens of pieces from Rameaus works to tell the story of Samson, at the Archevêché theater in Aix-en-Provence, France, July 3, 2024. The Aix Festival is presenting a new version of Samson, a never-performed work by Rameau and Voltaire, two of Frances most important cultural figures. (Violette Franchi/The New York Times)
AIX-EN-PROVENCE.- Voltaire and Jean-Philippe Rameau looked so much alike, how could they not have ended up as collaborators? An 18th-century drawing shows them bowing to each other, mirror images of gangly bodies and jutting chins. Sealed by resemblance, the pairing of this pioneering philosopher and pioneering composer, two of Enlightenment Frances most important cultural figures, was exuberant at least at first. Dont have children with Madame Rameau, have them with me, Voltaire wrote to his partner, in a sly allusion ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day In the Eye of the Storm, Modernism in Ukraine, 1900-1930s at The Royal Academy of Arts, 29 June - 13 October 2024.
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| Exhibition at The Met to illuminate printmaking in Mexico | | Bohlin 'Mickey Mouse' silver saddle is top seller at Morphy and Lebel's Old West Show & Auction | | Strawser Auction Group announces online-only auctions dedicated to the lady head vases collection of Maddy Gordon |
Angel Bracho, The Allied victory over the Nazis at the end of the Second World War, 1945. Published by the Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City. Lithograph of linocut The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946 (46.46.507) © 2024 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico City.
NEW YORK, NY.- Opening September 12, 2024, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mexican Prints at the Vanguard explores the rich tradition of printmaking in Mexicofrom the 18th century to the mid- ... More | |
Extraordinary Edward H Bohlin silver and gold mounted San Gabriel-style parade saddle custom-ordered for industrialist, political kingmaker and Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree Justin W Dart Sr (1907-1984). Sold for $307,500 against an estimate of $125,000-$175,000.
SANTA FE, NM.- Against a backdrop of New Mexicos majestic Sangre de Cristo Mountains lies Americas oldest capital city, Santa Fe. Its a place that, for more than 400 years, has served as a crossroads for Native American and Spanish traditions, outlaws ... More | |
Relco lady head vase, 7 inches tall, having a nick to the base of the rim. Estimate: $400-$600; minimum bid $1.
WOLCOTTVILLE, IND.- The first in a series of online-only auctions dedicated to the lady head vase collection of Maddy Gordon is slated for Monday, July 22nd, starting at 6 pm Eastern time, by Strawser Auction Group. Bidding will be handled exclusively through HiBid.com. This first sale will feature 214 lots of lady head vases. Bidding will start at just $1 for each vase up for bid. To view the catalog, ... More |
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| Gagosian announces expansive presentation of works by Oscar Murillo at London's Burlington Arcade | | Marian Goodman Gallery to open 'Interconnected Landscapes' in Los Angeles | | Christie's announces sale of Impressionist & Modern, Post-War & Contemporary Art |
Oscar Murillo, spread from "THEM", 201524. Artist's book: pen, graphite, pastel, and paint on paper. Each page: 11 3/4 x 8 5/8 inches (30 x 22 cm) © Oscar Murillo. Photo: Reinis Lismanis. Courtesy the artist and Gagosian.
LONDON.- Gagosian announced an exhibition by Oscar Murillo at its gallery in Londons Burlington Arcade, and the artists takeover of the Gagosian Shop. The project, titled THEM, unites elements of Murillos practice and complements The flooded garden (2024), his newly commissioned ... More | |
James Coleman, Fly, 1970. Projection; continuous, black and white, silent.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Marian Goodman Gallery Los Angeles will present Interconnected Landscapes, a group show that features new and historical works by Lothar Baumgarten, James Coleman, An-My Lê, and Oscar Tuazon. In conversation with Yellow May by Jongsuk Yoon in the Main Gallery, this exhibition observes a broad and conceptual look at the notion of land and landscape. Opening with James Colemans Fly ... More | |
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Jane Avril au Divan Japonais, 1892. Grease pencil and graphite on cardboard, 82 x 63.4 cm. Estimate: 2,500,000 3,500,000. © Christies Images Ltd 2024.
PARIS.- Christies, Avant-Garde(s) Including Thinking Italian the most important auction of 20th and 21st century art in Paris takes center stage once again. During this event the culmination of a series of auctions organized to coincide with Art Basel Paris Christies is presenting a key work by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: Jane ... More |
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| Weeks after Alice Munro's death, daughter tells of dark family secret | | An overdue exhibition of an overlooked painter | | All the adventure, a fraction of the cost: The DIY Orient Express |
The author and Nobel laureate Alice Munro at her home in Clinton, Ontario, Canada, on June 23, 2013. (Ian Willms/The New York Times)
NEW YORK, NY.- Andrea Robin Skinner, a daughter of Canadian Nobel laureate Alice Munros, said that her stepfather sexually abused her as a child and that her mother knew about it, and chose to stay with him anyway. Skinner, now an adult, detailed these accusations in an essay in the Toronto Star on Sunday. According to a separate article in the Toronto Star, Skinner went ... More | |
Barn Interior at Corn Husking Time, 1860. (Oil on canvas 26 x 30 inches). Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, N.Y.; gift of Hon. Andrew D. White, 19.116.
WATERVILLE, ME.- The Colby College Museum of Art opened an exhibition of Eastman Johnson, a mid- to late-19th-century painter from Maine, offering a unique and contemplative look at 13 of the genre painters historically consequential scenes of the experience that was and is rural Maine life. Remarkably, given his stature as one of the most accomplished painters ... More | |
Travelers ride the Dacia train from Vienna to Bucharest, near Sighisoara, Romania, in April 2024. (Tony Cenicola/The New York Times)
NEW YORK, NY.- Mention the Orient Express to most people, and youre likely to conjure up visions of the private five-star luxury train Belmonds Venice Simplon-Orient-Express whose meticulously restored coaches feature every conceivable Belle Epoque bell and whistle: acres of mirror-finish mahogany, sophisticated silver service, a pianist taking after-dinner ... More |
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| Monumental sculptures by Rose B. Simpson to be exhibited in the Ames Family Atrium | | 'Face the Music: The Legacy of Music Photography' to open at The Fahey/Klein Gallery | | Jack Hanley Gallery announces a group exhibition of works by eight New York-based artists |
Rose B. Simpson working on Strata in her studio at Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. Photo: Kate Russell.
CLEVELAND, OH.- Two monumental figurative sculptures by Native American sculptor Rose B. Simpson will soon be installed in the Ames Family Atrium at the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA). Rose B. Simpson: Strata, commissioned specifically for the museums expansive, light-filled space, consists of two 25-foot-tall sculptures constructed from the artists signature clay ... More | |
Bruce Weber, Amy Winehouse, Miami, Florida, 2007 © Bruce Weber, courtesy of Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Fahey/Klein Gallery will present Face the Music: The Legacy of Music Photography. The exhibition celebrates the enduring legacy of music legends who transcended the boundaries of entertainment to become cultural icons. The curation brings together iconic photographers and musicians, from the forties ... More | |
Jeff Williams, Sleeveless Denim, 2024. Pigmented latex rubber, cast aluminum, and hardware, 23 x 21 x 4 inches.
NEW YORK, NY.- Jack Hanley Gallery will present Contemporary Fossil Record, a group exhibition of eight New York-based artists. The exhibition showcases works that, like fossils, record human existence through a fragmented collection of impressions, molds, and traces of activity. The artists use the textural landscape of their surroundings to delve ... More |
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BMA launches artist residency program with philanthropists Betsy and Michael ShermanBALTIMORE, MD.- The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) announced today the formation of the Sherman Family Foundation Residency. The program is established through a generous financial gift from the Sherman Family Foundation and in collaboration with philanthropists Betsy Sherman and her son Michael Sherman, who currently sits on the BMAs Board of Trustees. The Sherman Family Foundation Residency will, each summer, provide one artist with studio space and financial support to complete ongoing projects, create new work, or simply explore and consider ideas within their practice. As part of the residency, the participating artist will also have the opportunity to connect with BMA leadership for professional development and to discuss an acquisition of their work. The creation of the residency marks a critical milestone in the BMAs vision ... More The Queens Museum presents "an utterly idiosyncratic Black aesthetic"NEW YORK, NY.- Summer started heating up early this year with Our first and last love, my solo exhibition at the Queens Museum, which opened in May and runs through September 22, 2024. Much appreciation goes to the museums visionary President/Executive Director Sally Tallant, to its Board members and staff as well as to the exhibitions brilliant co-curators Lauren Haynes (currently Head Curator and Vice President for Arts and Culture of Governors Island in New York City) and Caitlin Julia Rubin (currently an Interim Curator of Exhibitions at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts)! It was also so gratifying to have been selected by the museum to be this years honoree at its annual gala, which served as an energizing exhibition kick-off party with many longstanding community supporters ... More Okayama-based artist Hiroka Yamashita joins BLUMLOS ANGELES, CA.- BLUM announced the representation of Okayama-based artist Hiroka Yamashita on the occasion of her first solo exhibition with the gallery, こをろこをろ koworo-koworo. This presentation also marks the artists first solo exhibition in Los Angeles. Yamashita will be represented by BLUM in collaboration with Taka Ishii Gallery and Kiang Malingue. Yamashitas childhood home of Fukusaki, Hyogo is in a satoyama zone, situated squarely within the transitional space between mountain and flatland. Her paintings, which often take this familiar landscape as a point of inspiration, also inhabit similarly abutting liminal spacesbetween the otherworldly forces of myth and everyday reality or abstraction and figuration. Placing ghostly figures in serene landscapes or holding a tight focus on a plant such that it becomes nearly unrecognizable, ... More Singing about body image is a pop taboo. These stars are breaking it.NEW YORK, NY.- Taken together, the first two song titles on Billie Eilishs third album, Hit Me Hard and Soft, form a provocative pair: Skinny and Lunch. People say I look happy/Just because I got skinny, Eilish sings on the opener, her melancholic croon accompanied by a single, murky guitar. But the old me is still me and maybe the real me, she adds, and I think shes pretty. That lyric is a gut punch. Its also indicative of a subtle shift among the current generation of female pop stars, who have recently been acknowledging often in stark, striking and possibly triggering language the pressure they have felt to look thin. Taylor Swift, who first opened up about her past struggles with disordered eating in a powerful sequence in her 2020 documentary, Miss Americana, sings about it on her 2022 track Youre ... More Meet David Ellison, Paramount's future boss and Hollywood's newest mogulNEW YORK, NY.- David Ellisons Hollywood career has been defined by high-octane blockbusters filled with suspense, stunts and improbable plot twists. But on Sunday he landed his biggest cliffhanger yet, striking a deal to merge with Paramount after months of negotiations with the company and its controlling shareholder, Shari Redstone. If the deal closes, he will be in charge of a sprawling media empire that includes CBS, MTV and the Paramount movie studio. Though Ellison, 41, joined the cast of Hollywoods power players more than a decade ago, he hasnt taken center stage until now. Heres a look at his career. A quick perusal of Ellisons page on the Internet Movie Database shows a relatively undistinguished acting career, with minor roles in films like the fighter drama Flyboys and teen comedy The Chumscrubber (in ... More AAM announces upcoming exhibition, 'Blanche Lazell: Becoming an American Modernist'EASTON, MD.- The Academy Art Museum announced the upcoming exhibition, Blanche Lazzell: Becoming an American Modernist. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, August 1, from 5 - 7 pm. A short documentary produced in conjunction with the exhibition will be shown on a large screen throughout the opening. We are thrilled to bring this comprehensive exploration of Lazzells career to the Academy, and to showcase a woman from West Virginia who upends stereotypical views about who was making avant-garde art in the United States in the early part of the twentieth century, notes AAM Senior Curator Lee Glazer. Blanche Lazzell: Becoming an American Modernist explores the pioneering artists lifelong pursuit of translating Modernism into an American art form and celebrates her largely unsung achievements in ... More Knoxville Museum of Art's Collectors Circle acquires several works by noted artists KNOXVILLE, TN.- On May 21, 2024, the KMAs Collectors Circle held its annual Purchase Reception in the museums Ann & Steve Bailey Hall. This reception is the event at which funds generated by the Circles membership dues are used to help build the KMA collection. The group enjoyed a wonderful event with dinner, drinks, and even entertainment by Ukrainian violinist Marki Lukyniak. A special thanks to co-chairs Kay and Larry Liebowitz for hosting the event and leading the Collectors Circle through another amazing year. During the reception, the group voted to acquire five works for the KMA collection by artists Bessie Harvey, Whitney Leland, Walter Stevens, and Lee Friedlander. Two works were acquired by the celebrated Alcoa-based artist Bessie Harvey, who is considered one of the Southeasts most respected self- ... More Dominique Knowles to open solo exhibition at Kiang MalingueHONG KONG.- 1. From afar, Dominique Knowles paintings look like soft animal hide I could sink my face into. Just go by what you experience and feel, he says, when I ask how I should approach his art. Swathes of afternoon orange, marred by flecks of black like small slits of the void. A featureless being plunging face-first into an icy pool. Knitted walls that open up to a sky, blue as a balm against the encroaching fire. A stain of blood against a blinding canvas of light. That these works are titled My beloved only adds to the unease. What was it that he was mourning? What was I mourning? 2. Dominque didnt know where home was. He had lived in Chicago, Paris and Florida, and these days he was in various art capitals around the world for months at a time, the kind of vagabond life that looked enviable from a distance but became unmooring ... More What to see on London stages this summerLONDON.- Londons theaters offer something for everyone. Whether in big West End venues or on stages tucked away above a pub, the citys shows include the classics, new plays and some productions that defy classification. Open air playhouses attract audiences willing to brave the unpredictable summer weather, and venues spread throughout the city make for an accessible theater landscape that extends far beyond the heavily trafficked tourist hot spots. Whether youre looking for frothy musicals or fiercely charged political writing, chances are your wishes can be answered somewhere around town. Below, in seven categories, are some of the shows vying for the attention of visitors and residents seeking out London theater this summer. Few London playhouses generate as much buzz as the Almeida, and expectations are ... More How a Boston physician conquered the thriller genreNEW YORK, NY.- When Freida McFadden self-published her first novel, The Devil Wears Scrubs, more than a decade ago, she figured it would mark both the start and the end of her literary career. McFadden, a doctor who treats brain disorders, had a demanding day job, and was raising two small children. But she had always wanted to write fiction. So, to entertain herself at night, she wrote a heavily autobiographical novel about a medical resident who is overworked and humiliated by a domineering supervisor. I thought, maybe Ill publish this book, maybe a thousand people will buy it, and Ill be done, end of my author story, McFadden said from her home outside Boston, where she lives with her husband, an engineer; their two children, now 13 and 17; and a cat named Ivy. That did not happen, she added. Eleven years, 23 books and more than ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, English artist David Hockney was born July 09, 1937. David Hockney, OM, CH, RA (born 9 July 1937) is an English painter, draftsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer. An important contributor to the pop art movement of the 1960s, he is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century. In this image: David Hockney, âWalk Around the Alcazarâ, 2017. Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 72â (hexagonal). No. 17A20 © David Hockney. Photo: Richard Schmidt.
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