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Elyn Zimmermans sculpture Sudama at its new home on the campus of American University in Washington, March 30, 2023. With considerable effort, a landscape sculpture featuring huge granite boulders has been trucked across Washington, D.C., to its new home at American University. (Justin T. Gellerson/The New York Times)
by Rebecca J. Ritzel
NEW YORK, NY.- For four decades, a sculpture of artfully placed granite boulders bordering a reflecting pool occupied the courtyard of an international headquarters in Washington, D.C., creating an urban oasis in the shadows of the tall modernist buildings. But six years ago, the National Geographic Society decided that the sculpture, known as Marabar and designed by artist Elyn Zimmerman, was in the way of expansion plans for its headquarters, and later agreed to help find it a new home. Now the boulders, reconfigured a bit but still weighing some 225 tons, surround a different, crescent-shaped reflecting pool, in an open space on the campus of American University. The spot is sunnier than the old home of the sculpture, which also has a new name, Sudama, after a granite cave in India carved during the third century B.C. One thing I noticed was how much light fell on the whole ensemble, Zimmerman said. On Tuesday the university will officially rededicate ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Ryder Ripps outside his home in Acton, Calif., Jan. 15, 2023. Ripps built a career as a digital art troll, and now heâs calling out his former boss Kanye West and Bored Ape Yacht Club for bigotry. (Sinna Nasseri/The New York Times)
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| Pace Gallery, Seoul, now presenting work by artist Saul Steinberg until the end of the month | | Detroit Institute of Arts adds important works by female artists to expand permanent collection | | Fine Arts Museums announce newly attributed Botticelli drawings | 
Saul Steinberg, Abidjan, 1973. © Saul Steinberg Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy Pace Gallery
SEOUL.- Pace recently opened an exhibition of work by Saul Steinberg at its arts complex in Seoul. Running from March 31 through April 29, the show brings together works on paper and wood sculptures conveying the defiant humor, curiosity, and modernist attitude of an artist trying to make sense of the chaotic postwar period. This exhibition, which marks the artists first presentation in Seoul, will focus on his unique, worldly perspective, which was shaped by his experiences as an immigrant in America, a New Yorker, and an observant traveler both within and outside of the US. The Romanian-born artist emigrated to the United States from Europe in 1942 during World War II. In New York, he became an integral part of American Modernism ... More | | 
Woman (1989) by Artis Lane.
DETROIT, MICH.- The Detroit Institute of Arts announced today the recent acquisitions of five major works by women artists Angelica Kauffman, Félicie de Fauveau, Artis Lane, Julie Mehretu and Deborah Roberts, unique pieces that build on the DIAs continued commitment to highlighting and collecting works of art by prominent women artists across all time periods, movements and backgrounds. These acquisitions range in chronology from the eighteenth century to the present and by artists from Europe and Canada to Michigan. The new acquisitions are: Pair of Group Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph May and their Children (1780) by Angelica Kauffman Portrait Bust of the Duchess of Berry (1840) by Félicie de Fauveau Woman (1989) by Artis Lane Among the Multitude VIII (2020-22) by Julie Mehretu Mud Pie (2022) by Deborah Roberts ... More | | 
Head of a man in near profile looking left, here attributed to Sandro Botticelli. C. 1468-70. Traces of black chalk, metalpoint (lead?) heightened with white and grey wash, on yellow-ochre prepared paper, 13.2 x 11 cm. Christ Church Picture Gallery, Oxford.
SAN FRANCISCO.- Opening November 18 at the Fine Arts Museums of San Franciscowhere it is presented exclusively at the Legion of Honorthe landmark exhibition Botticelli Drawings reunites rarely seen works from 42 lending institutions for the first time in modern history. Anchored by the artist's paintings, the exhibition breaks ground in its exploration of the central role of drawing as the dynamic force behind Botticellis compositions. Thorough research undertaken by Fine Arts Museums curator Furio Rinaldi in preparation for Botticelli Drawings has led to several new attributions to this quintessential artist of the Italian Renaissance, three of which are announced here for the first time ... More |
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| A time capsule of modern art, unseen for over a half a century to be offered by Sotheby's | | 'esfuerzo' by Ektor Garcia now on view at James Fuentes Gallery | | Civil War and early Americana items from Hermitage, Pennsylvania to headline Neue Auctions upcoming sale | 
Nicolas de Staël, Composition, oil on canvas, 1948 (est. 300,000-400,000). 'Courtesy Sotheby's'.
PARIS.- This collection was put together by a sophisticated collector focusing on avant-garde works of the finest quality painted at the end of the 1930s and the 1940s, resulting in a coherent group that perfectly reflects the taste of a moment in time. Purchased in the most prestigious galleries, the works hung together on the walls of an apartment in Paris for almost sixty years, and their emergence on the auction market for the first time marks a unique opportunity for todays collectors. - Aurélie Vandevoorde, Sothebys France Head of Department Impressionist & Modern Art. Uncovering a time capsule of avant-garde art by some of the 20th century greatest masters, Le Souffle Moderne is a dedicated sale of works that have never been at auction ... More | | 
Installation view from the exhibition 'esfuerzo' now on view at James Fuentes.
NEW YORK.- James Fuentes has opened, EKTOR GARCIA, esfuerzo. Each of ektor garcia's exhibitions are more like a marker of a moment of pause in his work, rather than a presentation of something complete or discrete. In this way his works are evidence of a continual natural progression, as things build on top of each other, evolving. In relation to the specific time and place of this newest exhibition; it marks a cyclical continuation of the garcias presentations at the New Museum in 2017 and SculptureCenter in 2019both of which moments in the artist's life when he was traveling a lot, largely moving between Mexico, being on the road, and New York, specifically. This is the case once again, today. For this show garcia traveled ... More | | 
Lot 77 is a heavy brass construction Indian Wars-era US belt plate and belt (est. $150-$250).
BEACHWOOD, OHIO.- A live-online auction featuring a marvelous collection of Civil War and early Americana items out of Hermitage, Pennsylvania will be held on Friday, April 14th, at 12 noon Eastern time, by Neue Auctions. All 133 lots are fresh to the market and most have been in the Heritage collection for over 30 years. Absentee and phone bidding is available on select lots. Im not very much into guns and swords, but I love the history of the rifles, how theyre made, and the artistic merits of the decorations, said Cynthia Maciejewski of Neue Auctions. She added, however, that the vast majority of expected top lots are those very items guns and swords. Just a few of the antique rifles expected to spark fierce bidding wars are as follows ... More |
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| Exhibition presents works on paper by the most celebrated artists of early 20th-century art in the U.S. | | University Archives announces 413-lot online-only auction, April 19th | | Delaware Art Museum and partners awarded Warhol Foundation Grant | 
Impression and Reality presents paintings of American Impressionism and Realism from the Mennello collection alongside important works from prestigious Florida museum.
ORLANDO, FLA.- From the late 1800s through the 1920s, two important stylistic movements of early 20th century Art History coexisted American Impressionism and Realism. These artists styles overlapped in time and a loose, impressionistic brushstroke, but transected in their subject matter. Today, those paintings highlight the diversity of American artists experiences, mentorships, training, and locations at the turn of the century, all while industrializing city centers of the United States Philadelphia, Boston, San Francisco, and New York were exponentially expanding. Impression and Reality presents paintings of American Impressionism and Realism from the Mennello collection alongside important works from prestigious Florida museums. It considers the dichotomy between these two cooccurring philosophies one that highlights light, nature, and the temporary pleasures or luxuries of life and the other that emphasizes ... More | | 
First edition, first printing copy of Jackie Robinsons biography, Wait Till Next Year, signed and dedicated to Black columnist Carl T. Rowan, who co-wrote the book (est. $18,000-$20,000).
WILTON, CONN.- A handwritten note twice signed by Abraham Lincoln just days before winning the 1864 presidential election, ships papers from 1794 signed by both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, and a 1748 handwritten note signed by Benjamin Franklin are a few of the expected highlights in University Archives next online-only auction slated for Wednesday, April 19th. The auction Rare Signed Manuscripts, Books, Photos & Relics, Signers of the Declaration & Sports will start promptly at 11 am Eastern time. In honor of the 248th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord in the American Revolution, the catalog will feature over 55 lots of material autographed by Declaration of Independence signers. All 413 lots in the catalog are up for viewing and bidding now (on the University Archives website: www.UniversityArchives.com), as well as Invaluable.com, Auctionzip.com and LiveAuctioneers.com. Telephon ... More | | 
Wilmington Parade, 1976. Norma Diskau (born 1942). Gelatin silver print, image: 6 5/8 à 10 inches, sheet: 10 7/8 à 14 inches. Delaware Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 2015. © Norma Diskau Calabro.
WILMINGTON, DE.- The Delaware Art Museum announced that it is a recipient of a Warhol Foundation Curatorial Research Fellowship to support the development of an upcoming historical exhibition honoring the art and artist employment opportunities produced by the 1973 Federal Comprehensive Employment and Training Act. Funding for this project was previously received from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Working in collaboration with New Yorks City Lore, Inc. and Artists Alliance, Inc., the Delaware Art Museum is planning a traveling exhibition honoring the Federal Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973, which led to public employment of artists at a scale not seen since the Works Progress Administration of the 1930s. The Federal Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), signed into law by President Richard Nixon on December 28, 1973 ... More |
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| North Gallery of the London space exhibiting work by Günther Förg | | Baltimore Museum of Art opens groundbreaking exhibition on the impact of hip hop | | Record-setting sale for Printed & Manuscript African Americana at Swann Galleries | 
Günther Förg, Untitled, 2007. Acrylic on canvas, 150.7 x 140.2 x 2.9 cm. Photo: Stefan Altenburger Photography Zürich. © Estate Günther Förg, Suisse / DACS 2023 Courtesy the Estate Günther Förg, Suisse.
LONDON.- Günther Förg was a prolific painter, sculptor, graphic designer and photographer whose daring conceptual works incorporate and critique tropes of the sprawling movement known as modernism. This exhibition, in the North Gallery of the London space, displays Förgs Spot Paintings, the artists final series made between 2005 2010 before he stopped painting in 2010 after suffering a stroke. Named the Tupfenbilder series after the German word for spot paintings, this body of work celebrates the act of painting, drawing on Förgs earlier painterly practice but reimagining his previous explorations in innovative ways. In the artists own words, I think painting is a resilient practice; if you look through the history of painting it doesnt change so much and we always see it in the present ... More | | 
Lauren Halsey. auntie fawn on tha 6. 2021. Private collection, courtesy David Kordansky Gallery.
BALTIMORE, MD.- Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the birth of hip hop, the Baltimore Museum of Art will open a groundbreaking exhibition that explores the conceptual, cultural, and aesthetic attributes that have made hip hop a global phenomenon and established it as the artistic canon of our time. Opening on April 5, 2023, The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century features more than 90 works of art by some of todays most important and celebrated artists, including Derrick Adams, Mark Bradford, Lauren Halsey, Julie Mehretu, Adam Pendleton, Tschabalala Self, Hank Willis Thomas, and Carrie Mae Weems, as well as several with ties to Baltimore and St. Louis such as Devin Allen, Monica Ikegwu, Amani Lewis, Anthony Olubunmi Akinbola, Damon Davis, and Jen Everett. Their work is presented in dynamic dialogue with fashion and objects created and made famous by Lil Kim ... More | | 
Inscribed carte-de-visite portrait of early photographer James Presley Ball, circa 1870. Sold for $125,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- Swann Galleries annual Printed & Manuscript African Americana auction on March 30 was by a wide margin the most successful in its 28-year history. The sale set records with $1,377,463 in total sales and an even 94% sell-through rate. Eight lots hit the $50,000 markafter only 14 lots having hit that mark in the previous 27 years combined. It was the third-largest sale in the long history of the houses book department, behind only two noted single-owner sales, the Epstein sale of 1992, and the Ford sale of 2012. The most notable feature of the auction was the very strong bidding from institutional buyers. 43 different institutions were registered to bid in the auction. At least 105 lots were sold to 29 different institutions, in addition to numerous lots bought for institutions through private agents. Numerous libraries, archives, and museums across the country are making ... More |
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 miart 2023, 27th edition of the fair to take place mid-month in MilanMILAN.- From 14 to 16 April 2023 (VIP preview on 13 April) miart the international modern and contemporary art fair in Milan, organised by Fiera Milano and directed for the third year by Nicola Ricciardi, returns. With 169 participating galleries (a double digit increase compared to 2022 edition) from 27 countries around the world, with works by modern masters, established and emerging contemporary artists alike, this 27th edition confirms its role as a key appointment for the art public and its international appeal with almost 40% more exhibitors based abroad. After smantellato il silenzio (dismantling silence) in 2021 and starting a primo movimento (first movement) in 2022, this year the fair continues to draw inspiration from music, building the imagery of the new edition around the word Crescendo, an expression that in music language ... More  Seymour Stein, record industry giant who signed Madonna, dies at 80NEW YORK, NY.- It was early 1957, and a nervous teenager named Seymour Steinbigle sat in a midtown office with his father and a hard-bitten record producer who was offering to mentor the young man in the ways of the music business. Listen, the producer, Syd Nathan, told the skeptical parent. Your son has shellac in his veins, referring to the brittle material used in 78 rpm records. If he cant be in the music business, its going to ruin his life, Nathan added. Hell wind up doing nothing and will have to deliver newspapers. The pitch worked. Steinbigle agreed to let his son spend the next two summers in Cincinnati at Nathans company, King Records, home to R&B stars like James Brown and Little Willie John. The experience at King proved formative, and the young Steinbigle better known as Seymour Stein, a name he took at Nathans suggestion ... More  Personal letters written by Ernest Hemingway to be offered for sale at RabbPHILADELPHIA, PA.- The Raab Collection has unveiled two powerful and revealing Ernest Hemingway letters that touch upon writing, life, filming The Old Man and the Sea, fishing, travel, and, perhaps most importantly, death and the afterlife, including his near-death experience in two airplane crashes. They also shed light on a touching and interesting episode in the life of Hemingway. They were held by the recipient and her family since they were written in 1955 and are apparently unpublished. Raab intends to sell the two this spring; they have never before been offered for sale. Hemingway wrote both letters while living at Finca Vigia, his estate outside Havana, Cuba, to an American college student named Mary Lou Firle, whom he had met earlier that year. Mary Lou cherished the letters, tucking them away in an upper-floor closet, which saved them from ruin when Hurricane Sandy ... More  Olympic Way renamed to King's Way as Wembley park announces free coronation celebrationLONDON.- To honour the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III on Saturday 6th May, North London neighbourhood Wembley Park will be holding a free-to-attend Coronation Day celebration, the Wembley Park Coronation Celebration. To mark the occasion, the neighbourhood will be temporarily reverting the name of its well-known processional route to Wembley Stadium, Olympic Way, to its original name, Kings Way, throughout the entire month of May in recognition of His Majesty's accession to the throne. Widely recognized as "Wembley Way" among football and music enthusiasts worldwide, the renowned avenue can trace its roots back to the early 1900s, when it was originally named "King's Way". On July 6th, 1948, Minister of Transport Alfred Barnes MP re-named it Olympic Way during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, also known as the Austerity Games ... More  The Art of India 2023 brings 100 Indian artists under one roof to celebrate "Inclusion & Diversity"NEW DELHI.- Uniting art enthusiasts, connoisseurs, and artists, The Art of India exhibition is an initiative to make art more accessible and democratic by showcasing a collection of over 150 artworks by a diverse group of Indian artists. This is the second edition of the show, featuring an amalgam of art forms from some of the most well-known contemporary Indian artists across the country and overseas. More than 100 Indian artists will display their works as part of the prestigious 2023 edition of the show, which will take place in New Delhi at Bikaner House in April 2023. The edition is curated by Dr. Tarana Khubchandani, Director of Gallery Art & Soul, and mentored by known artist Brinda Miller, who brings her immense knowledge of Indian art to enhance curation. With Inclusion & Diversity as its theme, the second edition of The Art of India is a relevant ... More  Berkshire Museum announces new Chief CuratorPITTSFIELD, MASS.- Berkshire Museum welcomes Jesse Kowalski as Chief Curator. A seasoned museum professional, Kowalskis appointment brings a unique and experienced perspective to the Berkshire Museum as the institution looks to reinvent the way it displays its vast collection of art, natural science, and history collections. As Chief Curator, Kowalski will serve as a key member of the Museums senior leadership team, overseeing the exhibition, public program, collection, and education departments. Kowalski will be charged with developing exhibitions along with educational programming in tandem with the Museums mission to bring people together for experiences that spark creativity and innovative thinking by making inspiring educational connections among art, history, and natural science. "I am thrilled to be joining the historic Berkshire Museum at such a formative time ... More  'Yes, I can say that!' review: The freedom to offendNEW YORK, NY.- The knuckle-dragging notion that women arent funny makes only a cameo in comedian Judy Golds new solo show, Yes, I Can Say That! Its tucked amid her homage to pioneering forebears like Totie Fields and Joan Rivers, who, Gold tells the audience, said out loud what women whispered about when their husbands werent around. The slur about unfunniness, she says, was handed down through generations of men who did not want to see some brassy broad onstage making jokes about them and the part they played in their wives unhappiness. Directed by BD Wong for Primary Stages, Yes, I Can Say That! is a deliberately uncomfortable, laugh-packed show seeded with stealth missiles like that one. Though Gold insists at the outset that a comedians only goal is to land the joke, this is not entirely true. As in her smart and impassioned book ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, French painter and poet Maurice de Vlaminck was born April 04, 1876. Maurice de Vlaminck (4 April 1876 - 11 October 1958) was a French painter. Along with André Derain and Henri Matisse he is considered one of the principal figures in the Fauve movement, a group of modern artists who from 1904 to 1908 were united in their use of intense colour. In this image: CaixaForum Barcelona, âla Caixaâ Community Projects exhibited in 2009 "Maurice de Vlaminck, a Fauve Instinct: Paintings from 1900 to 1915".
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