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José Parlá with his work La Habana y Detroit at the Library Street Collective gallery in Detroit, from his exhibition Polarities on Friday, July 8, 2022. After a lengthy recovery, the artist comes back with the most vigorous work hes made: It took me a really long time to understand what had happened to me. Elaine Cromie/The New York Times.
by Max Lakin
DETROIT, MICH.- During the three months last year that artist José Parlá was in a medically induced coma after contracting COVID-19, he had vivid dreams that he later found difficult to process: managing a Miami hotel circa 1980 and navigating a kidnapping plot involving his brother and the Hong Kong triads. I was perceiving these dreams not as dreams but as memories, he said. Events that I believed had happened but werent real. The intensity of those visions, experienced unconscious and close to death, are metabolized in Parlás new body of work, completed since his recovery, titled Polarities, at Library Street Collective, an art gallery here. Seven large-scale paintings on canvas and two on wood, at human scale, can be read as a body scan, and their dense networks of lines radiating outward from a central node can appear arterial, conjuring the intricate workings of the respiratory system or the firing synapses in the brain. But as personal as they are ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Sean Kelly and NXTHVN are presenting Undercurrents, a group exhibition that explores the nuanced relationship between materiality, human longing, and collective memory. Installation view. Photo; Jason Wyche, New York.
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| A baseball museum that is 'better than true' | | Ireland & Scotland Food: 10 Must-Eat Dishes | | An exhibition on cancer puts hope for the future on display | 
Joe Price, who spent the pandemic organizing and cataloging the Baseball Reliquarys collection of more than 4,000 books, and Mary Cannon, wife of the late founder Terry Cannon, amidst some of those books at the Institute for Baseball Studies, in Whittier, Calif., July 11, 2022. Morgan Lieberman/The New York Times.
by Scott Miller
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Now on display at the Los Angeles Central Library through November in an exhibit titled Something in Common: There is a San Diego Chicken costume, a half-smoked cigar from Babe Ruth that likely maybe? possibly? was spirited from a Philadelphia brothel in 1924 and a baseball signed by Mother Teresa. The real Mother Teresa? Well ... maybe not. The artifacts are on loan from the Baseball Reliquary, a real organization blending wonder and whimsy with deep reverence. Its vibe lands somewhere near the intersection of Ripleys Believe It or Not! and Cooperstown. The stories these gems tell belong to the ages as now, ... More | | 
The number one drink in the country is, of course, the famous Guinness Beer.
Both Ireland and Scotland take great pride in their traditions, including the cuisine, of course. There are some great choices of authentic meals, some a bit unusual, and some entirely typical. Yet, we suggest you try as many as possible to learn about the history and culture of the countries. So, we have prepared a list of 10 must-eat dishes for your trip to Ireland or Scotland! While it sounds quite dull, the Irish Soda Bread is anything but! It comes from an old tradition that every family must have their own authentic recipe, even if they change up the spices a bit. So, when you order a slice of Soda Bread in a restaurant, you will never know what type you will get. We suggest looking for a small, local restaurant, preferably a family business. It is best when served with butter and jam. Traditionally, Haggis is made from finely chopped sheeps liver, heart, and lungs, accompanied by oatmeal, suet, herbs, and seasoning ... More | | 
A gas mask from 1917, when studies of soldiers recovering from mustard gas led to an early understanding of chemotherapy, exhibited at Cancer Revolution: Science, Innovation and Hope, at the Science Museum in London, May 25, 2022. Lauren Fleishman/The New York Times.
by Alex Marshall
LONDON.- With so many lives affected by cancer in the United States alone, about 40% will receive a cancer diagnosis during their lives it might be understandable if the disease were a common and compelling subject for museum shows. Despite the statistics, major exhibitions on cancer have been few and far between. But at the Science Museum in London, Cancer Revolution: Science, Innovation and Hope, running through January, is one of the first big institutional efforts to tell the full story of the disease and its treatment. The exhibition includes objects linked to early surgeries which were conducted without ... More |
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| Exhibition of new photography and sculpture by Sean Higgins opens at L.A. Louver | | Pauline Curnier Jardin's universe of plastic works and films on view at Crac Occitanie | | Two person exhibition of the works of YoAhn Han and D. Dominick Lombardi on view at Artego | 
Endless Wrinkles, 2022. Archival pigment print on 100% rag paper, 44 x 30 1/2 in (111.8 x 77.5 cm
VENICE, CA.- For the gallerys latest Rogue Wave Project exhibition, L.A. Louver is presenting new photography and sculpture by the Los Angeles-based artist Sean Higgins. For his photographic edition works, Higgins seams together multiple views of real landscapes to create imaginary terrains. A form of digital cubism, in each of his compressed images, Higgins conjures the experience of moving through and existing within the landscape. New ceramic sculptures are also inspired by landscape: specifically the volcanos of the Cascade mountain range and certain geological oddities of the West. Referencing US Geological Survey public domain data, the artist casts the forms in porcelain, then glazes them in a range of palettes and degrees of opacity. These sculptures are intended to be semi-functional: a volcano may resolve itself in an aperture, turning the sculpture into a vase. Evoking both the power and fragility of the landscape of which they are ... More | | 
Pauline Curnier Jardin, Grotta Profunda Approfundita, 2017. Installation, HD-Video, colour and b/w, sound, granulate, foam. Installation view Viva Arte Viva, Arsenale, 57. Biennale di Venezia. Courtesy of the artist and Ellen de Bruijne Projects. Photo: Daniele Zoico.
SÃTE.- Pauline Curnier Jardin (born in 1980 in Marseille) is a visual artist, filmmaker and performer who draws from a vast repertoire of references, ranging from Graeco-Roman mythology to folk tales, from various religious practices to pagan rituals. Her films and installations, which she often conceives as theatrical stages, reflect spaces of play or popular entertainment, such as circuses, cabarets, carnivals or fun fairs, worlds where all identities, every kind of cross-dressing and reversal, is allowed. In a kind of wild and organic ethnology, Pauline Curnier Jardin documents various rituals: processions, pilgrimages, votive festivals
Her vocabulary stems just as much from extravaganzas as from horror films or Z movies, while being populated by strange characters both grotesque and uncategorisable, or marginal ... More | | 
D. Dominick Lombardi, CCWSI 126, 2022. Alkyd and oil on linen previously painted in 1981 and 2007, 25" x 26".
QUEENS, NY.- Artego is presenting a two person exhibition of the works of YoAhn Han and D. Dominick Lombardi. The exhibition, Hyperphantasia, refers to the capability of experiencing vivid mental pictures. YoAhn Han has many sources of imagery, most notably his fluctuating health issues, homosexuality compared with his strict Catholic upbringing, and the fact that he has roots in two very different cultures: South Korea and the US. For most of D. Dominick Lombardi's career, he has relied on the collective unconscious for guidance and inspiration, resulting in loosely wound drawings, various responses to materials and colors, and visual alternatives received when working. Together, they bring a broad spectrum of what can result with such conditioning, from the powerful and poetic paintings of Han, to the darkly comedic socio-political observations of Lombardi. With Han and Lombardi, the swings in the content of their narratives are multi-la ... More |
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| Caitlin Berry appointed inaugural Director of Rubell Museum DC | | The Donum Estate inaugurates Vertical Panorama Pavilion by Studio Other Spaces | | The fight to save New York's extravagantly '80s subway entrance | 
Berry brings a depth of experience working with art communities across the DC metro region to the Rubell Museum DC. Prior to joining the museum, she served as Director of the Cody Gallery at Marymount University in Arlington, VA. ©Sarah Marcella Creative.
MIAMI, FL.- The Rubell Museum today announced that Caitlin Berry will be inaugural Director of its new museum located in Washington, DC. Berry will work closely with the Rubells and Director of the Rubell Museum in Miami, Juan Valadez, in bringing to life the vision for sharing their extensive collection of contemporary art with the people who live, work in, and visit the nations capital. Opening October 29, 2022, the Rubell Museum DC will reinvigorate the historic Randall Junior High School in the Southwest neighborhood as a place for the public to engage with the most compelling national and international artists of our time. Berry brings a depth of experience working with art communities across the DC metro region to the Rubell Museum DC. Prior to joining the museum, she served as Director of the Cody Gallery at Marymount ... More | | 
Vertical Panorama Pavilion at the Donum Estate, 2022, Studio Other Spaces Olafur Eliasson and Sebastian Behmann. Photo: Adam Potts.
SONOMA, CA.- The Donum Estate, one of the leading California Pinot Noir producers, inaugurates Vertical Panorama Pavilion, a space dedicated to tasting wine, enabling a contextual and unique encounter between senses and surroundings. The pavilion is designed by the Berlin-based office Studio Other Spaces, founded by artist Olafur Eliasson and architect Sebastian Behmann through their shared interest in spatial experimentation. The canopy shelters a dedicated hospitality venue, forming a focal point of The Donum Estate, while providing a scenic panoramic view of the San Pablo Bay, its Carneros Estate vineyards and The Donum Collection, comprising some 50 works of site specific-sculpture and works of art. Inspired by the history of circular calendars, the conical canopy is centered on a northern-oriented oculus and glazed with 832 colored laminated glass panels depicting yearly ... More | | 
A woman stops to take a photo of the atrium at 60 Wall Street in New York on Saturday, July 23, 2022. Gabby Jones/The New York Times.
NEW YORK, NY.- Angular white columns. Dizzying mirrored tile. Lines of palm trees. The atrium at 60 Wall St., which is also one of New Yorks most distinctive subway entrances, feels to some like stepping back in time. In a city where the typical subway exit unceremoniously deposits passengers on a grimy sidewalk, to ride the escalator up from the dingy train station and ascend into the luminous white hall is to be truly transported. But now there is a plan to demolish this eye-popping extravaganza, designed in the 1980s, and create a sleeker, more contemporary design. Something about scrapping the atrium, which is flashy at best and garish at worst, inspires contemplation: In a city both crammed with history and constantly remaking itself, what is worth preserving? And are 80s designs truly historically significant? Its like people are ashamed of the 80s, said Rock Herzog, a 38-year-old who runs the wildly ... More |
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| Closing Friday" NXTHVN Undercurrents at Sean Kelly | | Erin Stump Projects opens an exhibition of works by John Devlin curated by Kate Whiteway | | Rebekah Beaulieu appointed to Taft Museum of Art President/CEO | 
Installation view. Photo; Jason Wyche, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sean Kelly and NXTHVN are presenting Undercurrents, a group exhibition that explores the nuanced relationship between materiality, human longing, and collective memory. The exhibition, which culminates NXTHVNs Cohort 03 Fellowship Program, features artists Layo Bright, John Guzman, Alyssa Klauer, Africanus Okokon, Patrick Quarm, Daniel Ramos, and Warith Taha. It is organized by Curatorial Fellows Marissa Del Toro and Jamillah Hinson. Featuring a range of media including painting, sculpture, video and photography, the Cohort 03 artists reveal the present undercurrents of poignant topics within the contemporary moment, including investigations of how familial legacies and lineages, cultural hybridity, and collective memory shape personal experience. Through the examination of their material processes, Undercurrents presents notions surrounding transformation and the many ways in which human longing is manifest. Using ubiquitous mate ... More | | 
John Devlin, Untitled (Gold series 2), 2018, gold and silver leaf, mixed media on paper.
by Kate Whiteway
TORONTO.- John Devlin makes artwork most days from his late grandmothers desk at his home in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Once a picture is complete, he scans it, uploads it to a Dropbox folder, and files it away. His works on paper, numbering nearly two thousand, contain variations of dots, moons, cosmos, calculations, cocks, and gold monoliths. The artist knows a picture is done when he feels his joy has convened and then abandoned. The time in between finishing one picture and starting another is painful. He calls these inert moments between works the terrible times. Out of a Heart of Quiet is the first solo exhibition of John Devlins work in Canada outside of Nova Scotia. It is also the first exhibition, anywhere, of the artists current, post-1980s body of work. I first saw John Devlins work while thumbing through an issue of Raw Vision, the London-based ... More | | 
Beaulieu is currently the director of the Florence Griswold Museum.
CINCINNATI, OH.- The Taft Museum of Arts board of directors is pleased to announce the selection of Rebekah (Becky) Beaulieu as the museums next Louise Taft Semple President and CEO. Beaulieu is currently the director of the Florence Griswold Museum, an American Alliance of Museums accredited National Historic Landmark, house museum, and modern exhibition space dedicated to American art, history, and landscape in Old Lyme, CT. Since Beaulieus appointment in 2018, she has made substantive changes in the depth of programming and connection to the community. Beaulieu also serves as an accreditation commissioner for the American Alliance of Museums, as the vice president of the New England Museum Association, and as the treasurer of the American Association for State and Local History. Beaulieus work has received recognition as the author of Financial Fundamentals for Historic House Museums (Rowman & Littlefield, 2017) and Endo ... More |
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 Items signed by Washington, JFK, Ben Franklin and more to be offered at University Art ArchivesWILTON, CONN.- Rare items signed by George Washington, John F. Kennedy, Daniel Boone, Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, George Armstrong Custer and many more of historys brightest stars are just a few of the highlights in University Archives next big online-only auction, slated for Wednesday, August 17th, by University Archives, starting at 10:30 am EDT. The Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books auction features historical material from multiple collecting categories. All 537 lots are up for viewing and bidding now (on the University Archives website: www.UniversityArchives.com), plus LiveAuctioneers.com, Invaluable.com and Auctionzip.com. Phone and absentee bids will be taken, but theres no live gallery bidding. At 537 lots, this sale is our largest ever, eclipsing the previous company record-holder, our 534- ... More  Car and a guitar lead the ReDesigned auction sale results presented by John Moran AuctioneersLOS ANGELES, CA.- Design was on the mind at John Moran Auctioneers ReDesigned auction, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. This sale featured modern and contemporary furniture; a wide and interesting selection of fine and decorative art; a collection of vintage copper weathervanes; and a variety of lighting in the form of chandeliers, lamps, and over twenty units of Christian Liaigre wall sconces. With over 200 lots, and covering such an array of interior styles, there was really something for everyone! To get the show on the road, the auction started with lot 1001, the lovely Lapis Blue 1980 Mercedes Benz 450 SL. This vintage ride was acquired in pristine condition, having an immaculate camel leather interior, original wheels, and included both the hardtop and soft top. Beginning with a full throttle estimate of $12,000-18,000, this car achieved ... More  Glory Hunters lifts lid on world of sports memorabiliaLONDON.- BT Sport will premiere Glory Hunters on Thursday, August 4, 2022 at 8pm on BT Sport 2. Earlier this year, ahead of the Premier Leagues 30-year anniversary next season, Graham Budd Auctions (based in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire), one of the leading sports memorabilia auction houses in the world, ran a Premier League anniversary auction. Glory Hunters takes viewers on a rare journey into the world of football memorabilia and the iconic moments recalled by shirts, boots and other more unusual items, while also exploring the business of the auctioneers who sell often coveted and valuable items. The new documentary, produced by BT Sport with award-winning production company Noah Media Group, shines a light on the collectors who buy sports memorabilia and crave a connection to legends, as well as interviews ... More  Andrew Westover appointed Eleanor McDonald Storza Director of Education at High Museum of ArtATLANTA, GA.- The High Museum of Art announced today the appointment of Andrew Westover as its Eleanor McDonald Storza director of education. Westover, who currently serves as the Keith Haring director of education and public engagement at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York, brings a wide range of experience as a museum leader and educator who has developed strategic initiatives and partnerships to deepen audience engagement, advance scholarship, and tackle urgent issues and topics through thoughtful, diverse programming. Westover will join the High on Sept. 12. Andrews proven experience as a community builder, educator and museum leader make him strongly positioned to lead the future of the Highs education department, said Rand Suffolk, Nancy and Holcombe T. Green, Jr., director of the High. We ... More  Center for Art, Research and Alliances and Public Fiction present Michael in Black by Nicole MillerNEW YORK, NY.- Michael in Black by Nicole Miller (2022), focuses on a single sculptural work by artist and filmmaker Nicole Miller. The publication coalesces images of Millers work alongside newly commissioned texts and visual artworks by a cast of other artists and writers, as well as republished texts and existing artwork recontextualized through the publications subject. The original sculpture Michael in Black is a bronze cast of Michael Jacksons kneeling figure, poured from a mold made directly from his body circa 1987. This charged object comprises myriad aspects of performance, celebrity, and image: the objecthood of the performer, the potency and perversity of objects, death, grief, and editing. This sculpture is an outlier in Nicole Millers largely video and installation- centered work, though it excavates some concerns she has similarly ... More  National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art opens 'Watch and Chill 2.0: Streaming Senses'SEOUL.- The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (Director Youn Bummo) presents Watch and Chill 2.0: Streaming Senses at MMCA Seoul from Friday, June 1 to Monday, September 12 as the second season of Watch and Chill, the worlds first subscription-based streaming platform for contemporary art, where the audience world wide can freely access to the media collection of major international art institutions. Created by MMCA and presented in collaboration with prominent art institutions, Watch and Chill offers subscribers around the world the opportunity to watch the works from the participating institutions media collections and of the artists of each community. Launched last year, its first season was a collaboration among four Asian museums, such as M+ in Hong Kong. Presented as part of a three- ... More  Four contemporary artworks and new commissions celebrate the 30th anniversary of Fondazione CRCTURIN.- A CIELO APERTO 2022. Four contemporary artworks and new commissions to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Fondazione CRC is curated and supported by Castello di Rivoli Museo dArte Contemporanea. The project presents four public artworks created by four international artists and located in four locations the Piemontese towns of Alba, Bra, Cuneo and Mondovì in the area of Cuneo where Fondazione CRC operates. The project is part of the program La generazione delle idee (The Generation of Ideas) by Fondazione CRC to celebrate its 30th anniversary, and it is designed to be enjoyed by the community in a spirit of renewed freedom in the open air, in contrast with the limitations that have characterized the last few years of cultural activities. The initiative intends to establish a new balance between local communities, ... More  Mike Ditka's Super Bowl XX sweater vest to sell at Heritage Auctions, among Chicago Sports Memorabilia TreasuresDALLAS, TX.- Legendary stories, personalities and seasons are inextricably linked to Chicago. They are essential to its energy and identity as one of the great sports towns. Perhaps no image is more iconic, more indelibly printed in the world's collective memory than Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka in his navy-blue sweater vest boldly emblazoned with "BEARS." Heritage Auctions announced that this very sweater, worn by Ditka on Jan. 26, 1986 otherwise known as Super Bowl XX game day is available for sale in the Aug. 27-28 Summer Platinum Night Sports Auction. The sweater survives in perfect condition, forever linked to the Bears' 46-10 thumping of the New England Patriots at the Superdome in New Orleans. Ditka set the item aside for posterity, untouched or even displayed for decades, and now consigns the legendary ... More  Fortes D'Aloia & Gabriel extends Anderson Borba exhibitionSAO PAULO.- In his first exhibition in Brazil, Anderson Borba (Santos, 1972) presents a set of about twenty works. A Brazilian who has lived in London for two decades, the artist moved temporarily to São Paulo, where he has dedicated himself to the production of sculptures and wall reliefs that show his unique approach to the use of wood as the raw material of his practice. His pieces are carved, burned, and perforated manually by the artist using saws, chisels, and a blowtorch. A pictorial layer partially covers the surfaces in a peculiar process of painting and collage that employs cut-outs from diverse images, from queer culture to ethnography, from mainstream media to personal archives. Victor Gorgulho pens the exhibition essay that accompanies the show. Marked by a strong sense of physicality, Anderson Borbas sculptures ... More  John Moran Auctioneers presents a stunning private collection of Latin-American art 60 years in the makingLOS ANGELES, CA.- On Tuesday, August 23, 2022, at 10:00am PST, John Moran Auctioneers invites you to travel south of the border and experience the wide array of artisanal wonders presented in their Made in Mexico auction. This summer sale has over 400 lots and will feature a large selection of artworks collected by Carolyn J. Adrian of South Pasadena, California. As a student in Mexico City in the 1960s, she purchased her first piece of artwork that would inspire her collection for the next six decades. Traveling, meeting with the artists themselves, and patronizing their studios throughout Mexico, Cuba, Central, and South America as well as those of the Los Angeles Latino community, Adrian amassed a noteworthy collection that Morans is proud to bring to market. From Francisco Toledo to Frank Romero, Adrians collection is diverse ... More  Mick Moloney, musician and champion of Irish culture, dies at 77NEW YORK, NY.- Mick Moloney, a recording artist, folklorist, concert presenter and professor who championed traditional Irish culture and encouraged female instrumentalists in a male-dominated field, died on Tuesday at his home in Manhattan, in Greenwich Village. He was 77. Glucksman Ireland House NYU, New York Universitys center for Irish studies, announced his death. No cause was given. Less than a week earlier, Moloney had performed at the Maine Celtic Festival in Belfast, Maine. An immigrant from Ireland, Moloney was a pioneering scholar in the field of Irish American studies at NYU, where he was named a global distinguished professor. The university houses his extensive collection of materials in its Archives of Irish America. He reissued a wealth of music by 19th- and 20th-century Irish bands and brought the music to a wide audience ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, English painter Thomas Gainsborough died August 02, 1788. Thomas Gainsborough (christened 14 May 1727 - 2 August 1788) was an English portrait and landscape painter. He was born the youngest son of John Gainsborough, a weaver in Suffolk, and, in 1740, left home to study art in London with Hubert Gravelot, Francis Hayman, and William Hogarth. In 1746, he married Margaret Burr, and the couple became the parents of two daughters. In this image: A self-portrait of British painter Thomas Gainsborough, painted about 1787, is seen to the right as a security guard watches over paintings in the Thomas Gainsborough exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, Monday, June 9, 2003, in Bosto.
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