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The Japanese photographer Tsukasa Yajima at the history museum of the House of Sharing, a shelter for former sex slaves, or comfort women, for Japanese troops in World War II, in Gwangju, South Korea, July 3, 2022. Although Yajima has won praise for exposing problems at the shelter, he has also been the focus of intense backlash. Woohae Cho/The New York Times.
by Choe Sang-Hun
GWANGJU.- Since 2000, Tsukasa Yajima has taken stark, poignant portraits of former sex slaves for Japans World War II army to help the world learn about their painful history. Now, the 51-year-old photographer from Japan finds himself at the center of a current scandal about the treatment of the women, more than three-quarters of a century after the end of the war, during which they were forced to have sex with Japanese soldiers. In the years after its founding in 1992, the House of Sharing, in Gwangju, assumed the aura of a sacred place, where politicians and students came to meet dozens of former sex slaves, known euphemistically as comfort women, who had found shelter there, including the four currently in residence. But in the past two years, Yajima, who runs its international outreach program, along with six South Korean workers at the shelter have accused managers of housing the women, all now in their 90s, in a substandard nursing facilityR ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Carolina Caycedo Land of Friends installation view. Photo: Tom Nolan. © 2022 BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art.
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| Warhol's images of Prince: Social commentary or copyright infringement? | | Remarkable Kangxi ceramics offered at Bonhams Skinners Asian Works of Art auction | | President Biden appoints Mónica RamÃrez-Montagut, PH.D., to the National Museum and Library Services Board |
Andy Warhol on Feb. 27, 1968. The Supreme Court will hear a case in the fall over whether he violated copyright law with a portrait of the musician Prince. Barton Silverman/The New York Times.
by Adam Liptak
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Supreme Court, which has not been shy about claiming expertise in all sorts of areas, will soon turn to art criticism. This fall, the justices will confront an issue that has long vexed the courts: what to make of Andy Warhols art. Warhol, courts have said, is a special case. In 2001, for instance, the California Supreme Court ruled that an artist named Gary Saderup could not sell charcoal drawings of the Three Stooges without their heirs permission, saying the images violated a state law on the commercial use of celebrities likenesses. In an odd aside, Justice Stanley Mosk, writing for the court, paused to say that the case might have come out differently had Warhol been the defendant. His silk-screened images of Marilyn ... More | |
Celadon-glazed "Dragon" Flask Vase. Estimate: $20,000-30,000.
MARLBOROUGH, MASS.- Bonhams Skinner announced two upcoming auctions of Asian Art this September. Comprising over 300 lots in total, the sales are noteworthy for their curated selection of Chinese porcelains, including a remarkable range of Kangxi ceramics representing the Qing dynastys sublime aesthetic. A live sale, focused on the scholarly tastes that emerged during the Kangxi period, will take place September 14 in Bonhams Skinners Marlborough galleries, accompanied by an online auction from September 5-15. Bonhams Skinners live auction represents a remarkably detailed showcase of the Kangxi aesthetic, offering over 70 lots which have been carefully selected from private collectionsincluding those of renowned aficionados David Drabkin and Dr. Frederick Whiting. The Kangxi Emperors (r. 1661-1722) esteem for poetry and painting played an influential role in ... More | |
Mónica Ramírez-Montagut at the Parrish Art Museum. Photo: Victor Miranda.
WATER MILL, NY.- The Parrish Art Museum announces that its Executive Director Mónica Ramírez-Montagut, Ph.D, will be appointed by President Biden to the National Museum and Library Services Board, the advisory panel to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The appointment will be formalized at a swearing in ceremony in October. Potental candidates for the Board are identified through an extensive White House search, and selected based on their expertise and commitment to libraries and museums. With fellow Board Members, Ramírez-Montagut will advise the agency on general policies with respect to the duties, powers, and authority of IMLS relating to museum, library, and information services, as well as the annual selection of National Medals recipients. I am honored and humbled to be appointed to this important board at a time when it is critical to assess the current landscape of art and cultural ... More |
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| Exhibition reveals new findings about Vermeer's process | | Sotheby's celebrates sixty years of James Bond with Bond On Bond Street Auction | | Anne Heche, actress known for '90s film roles, dies at 53 |
Johannes Vermeer, Girl with the Red Hat, c. 1666/1667. Oil on panel painted surface: 22.8 x 18 cm (9 x 7 1/16 in.) support: 23.2 x 18.1 cm (9 1/8 x 7 1/8 in.) framed: 40.3 x 35.6 x 4.4 cm (15 7/8 x 14 x 1 3/4 in.) National Gallery of Art, Washington, Andrew W. Mellon Collection.
WASHINGTON, DC.- Johannes Vermeer (16321675) is one of the most significant artists of the 17th century, yet much of the Dutch painters life and practice remain a mystery. On view at the National Gallery of Art from October 8, 2022, through January 8, 2023, Vermeers Secrets will unveil new findings about him and his process. The exhibition offers a behind-the-scenes look at how National Gallery curators, conservators, and scientists investigated the museums four treasured paintings by and attributed to Vermeeras well as two 20th-century forgeriesto understand what makes a Vermeer a Vermeer. Building on a half-century of technical study, National Gallery researchers took advantage of the museums COVID-related closures in 2020/ ... More | |
Limited edition replica of the gun from 'The Man With the Golden Gun', estimate £6,000 - £9,000. Courtesy Sotheby's.
LONDON.- This autumn Sothebys will present James Bond on Bond Street, an auction of over 100 items relating to Ian Flemings enduring creation, from a complete set of first edition books, rare posters including the first-ever James Bond poster from 1962 to a limited edition signed gold-plated replica Golden Gun and a limited edition Bollinger champagne set. Marking 60 years since the premiere of the first Bond film Dr. No, the sale will herald the early years of Bond at his most classic, focusing on the era of Sean Connery and Roger Moore and bringing together a unique assemblage of Bondiana for old and new collectors alike. Fittingly, the items will be exhibited in a highlights exhibition at Sothebys New Bond Street galleries from 1st- 6th September as well as offered for bidding online. Sothebys connection to the James Bond dynasty dates back to Flemings short story The property of a lady ... More | |
Anne Heche performs a scene in David Auburns Proof at the Manhattan Theater Club May 2000. Heche, an actress who was as well known for her roles in films like Six Days, Seven Nights and Donnie Brasco as for her personal life, which included a three-year romance with comedian Ellen DeGeneres, died Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022, in Los Angeles, nine days after she was in a devastating car crash there. She was 53. Sara Krulwich/The New York Times.
NEW YORK, NY.- Anne Heche, an actress who was as well known for her roles in films like Six Days, Seven Nights and Donnie Brasco as for her personal life, which included a three-year romance with comedian Ellen DeGeneres, died Sunday in Los Angeles, nine days after she was in a devastating car crash there. She was 53. Her death was announced late Sunday by a representative, Holly Baird, who said in an email that Heche had been peacefully taken off life support. Heche was critically injured Aug. 5 when a Mini Cooper she was driving crashed into a two-story home in the Mar Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles, ... More |
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| Laguna Art Museum presents 'Black and White: Contemporary Art from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation' | | Artis-Naples announces artist selection for Florida Contemporary 2022-23 | | Personal items of Monroe, Hendrix, Lennon, Kennedy, King & more up for auction Sept. 21 |
Pineapple Grit No. 36 (tête-à -tête), Michael Rey, 2014. Image provided by Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles.
LAGUNA BEACH, CA.- Laguna Art Museum is presenting Black and White: Contemporary Art from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation on view July 2 through October 9. Curated by Foundation Director Billie Milam Weisman, the special exhibition features 30 artworks from the Foundation created by artists living and working in California across different generations. Were pleased to partner with the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation and Billie Milam Weisman on this special exhibition, showcasing a unique variety of works from modern and contemporary California artists, said Julie Perlin Lee, Executive Director of Laguna Art Museum. The exhibition will celebrate Mr. Weismans legacy and passion for the arts, as well as our mission of presenting California art. Each of the 30 artworks featured in Black and White will demonstrate a diverse array of artistic approaches, materials and ... More | |
Ya Levy La'ford. Photo by Martha Asencio Rhine for Tampa Bay Times.
NAPLES, FLA.- ArtisNaples, home of The Baker Museum and the Naples Philharmonic, today announced the three artists selected for The Baker Museum exhibition Florida Contemporary 2022-23, opening on October 14 in the Hayes Hall galleries: Edouard Duval-Carrié, Miami; Ya Levy Laford, Tampa; and Robert Rivers, Maitland. CEO and President Kathleen van Bergen said, Each season, Florida Contemporary presents a select group of notable visual artists practicing in Florida and highlights the diversity of artistic approaches to personal, local and global themes. The 10th edition of this annual exhibition invites visitors to celebrate the states vibrant art scene and certainly demonstrates the breadth and range of artistic expression in Florida. This year, The Baker Museum team collaborated to create a strong edition of Florida Contemporary presenting three incredible artists: Edouard Duval-Carrié, Ya Levy Laford an ... More | |
Marilyn Monroe discovery photograph.
NEW YORK, NY.- What do B.B. King, Marilyn Monroe, John Lennon, Mickey Mantle, Jimi Hendrix and Franklin D. Roosevelt have in common? Treasured objects from these, and other legendary figures and events will all be up for auction through Guernseys on Wednesday, September 21. This online event gets even better when one considers that also included will be objects relating to John F. Kennedy, Muhammad Ali, Rosa Parks, NYCs fabled Apollo Theater, and the legendary 16th century shipwreck, the Atocha. The renowned New York auction house will offer over 100 lots, many with no reserve, with bidding online at liveauctioneers.com and invaluable.com. Some of the highlights from the upcoming Guernseys auction include: B.B. Kings first-ever acoustic guitar gifted to him as a child, along with handwritten music by the artist, several dazzling performance jackets including the one he wore appearing before the Pope, and other personal items; In support of NYCs 9/11 Tribute Museum, th ... More |
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| The lamp that's taking over New York | | Rose B. Simpson: Legacies opens at the ICA/Boston | | American and Texas artist Ed Blackburn, who has major paintings in American art museums, dies |
A table with a Zafferano Pina Pro Lamp at Little Owl restaurant in Manhattan, on Aug. 9, 2022. Owners and customers say they like that the lamp is compact and rechargeable, with a warm glow. Emon Hassan/The New York Times.
by Priya Krishna
NEW YORK, NY.- Shes tall and svelte, with a sleek conical hat. She frequents New York Citys most coveted restaurant tables. She lights up a room. Perhaps youve seen her? Shes a lamp. The Pina Pro cordless lamp from the Italian design company Zafferano, to be exact. And shes everywhere. In the evenings, servers at the stylish Italian restaurant Altro Paradiso, in SoHo, place Pina Pros on the tables outside, where the 14 tiny LED lights in each one cast a mellow, romantic glow over the pappardelle with duck ragù. A glow cozy enough, perhaps, to make you forget about the rat that just ran by, or the noise from the Ducati dealership across the street. At the Dutch, a few blocks away on the corner of Prince and Sullivan Streets, the black hue of the lamp matches the columns surrounding ... More | |
Installation view, Rose B. Simpson: Legacies, the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, 2022-2023. Photo by Mel Taing.
BOSTON, MASS.- The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston presents Rose B. Simpson: Legacies, the artists first solo museum exhibition in Boston. The artistic practice of Rose B. Simpson (b. 1983 in Santa Clara Pueblo, NM) encompasses ceramic sculpture, metal work, performance, installation, writing, and automobile design, offering poignant reflections on the human condition. Legacies is a tightly conceived exhibition featuring 11 of the artists ceramic figurative sculptures, including new works on view for the first time. Her ceramic sculptures, which range from intimately scaled works to monumental standing figures, express complex emotional and psychological states, spirituality, womens strength, and post-apocalyptic visions of the world. Part of a multigenerational, matrilineal lineage of artists working with clay, Simpson connects traditional processes of producing clay pottery with innovative techniques and knowledge of her ... More | |
Ed Blackburn was primarily known as a painter but he also worked as a printmaker, writer, poet, musician and filmmaker.
KANSAS CITY, MO.- A significant presence in the art world since the 1970s, Edward (Ed) Madison Blackburn III died peacefully of natural causes on July 31, 2022. He was preceded by the passing of his wife, the artist Linda Blackburn, on January 2, 2022. Ed Blackburn was primarily known as a painter but he also worked as a printmaker, writer, poet, musician and filmmaker. Hes most closely associated with Photorealism, Pop Art, and images drawn from various types of popular media, but overall his work defies categorization. He leaves a lasting legacy on the Texas and American art scene. Throughout his career he also produced paintings based on biblical themes which have now emerged as some of his most significant works: his image of the story Jesus and the Money Changers is in the collection of the Dallas Museum of Art, Road to Emmaus is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and Cain and Able is in the collection of the Kemper Museum of ... More |
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Thomas Putzier selected as The Neon Museum's 2022 Artist in Residence
LAS VEGAS, NEV.- The Neon Museum announced that acclaimed interdisciplinary artist, Thomas Putzier, has been selected as its seventh Artist in Residence (AIR7). Describing his inspiration for the residency project, Putzier stated that he will focus on the role neon signage has played in serving as visual representatives of expression, personality, and leisure. I plan to explore the way this design iconography has impacted the field of architecture. In my solo show, I will highlight sci-fi futuristic space-age forms and geometry, from the design history of Las Vegas, by collaging their elements into completely new works of art. Putzier is also well-known for his public engagement projects that are designed to inspire fun, informative, and transformational experiences. He plans to further develop an earlier piece titled Temple of Agency, which has incorporated a game ... More
The Ann & Gordon Getty Collection at Christie's begins world tour
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie's unveiled the first set of highlights from The Ann & Gordon Getty Collection, a carefully selected group of decorative and fine art masterpieces of unmatched quality and provenance. The Ann & Gordon Getty Collection will be sold over four evening and day auctions in New York from October 20 23, 2022, in addition to a series of online sales of textiles, handbags, and jewelry. The sales will offer more than 1,500 lots from Ann and Gordon Getty's legendary San Francisco residence, widely recognized as one of the finest interiors in the world. Proceeds will benefit the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation for the Arts, dedicated to supporting arts and science organizations. Beginning in September, the Collection will embark on an international tour, presenting exceptional works from the sales at Christie's galleries in Shanghai, ... More
10 states, 2,400 miles and more than 100 classic cars
FARGO, ND.- Its a nine-day classic-car parade, stretching over 10 states and 2,400 miles, with vintage vehicles, some more than a century old, leapfrogging across much of the United States. More than 100 teams took part in the event in June, known as the Great Race, tracing a route from Rhode Island to North Dakota. A Time-Speed-Distance, or TSD, rally, the Great Race began in 1983 and follows a new course every year. Competitors must drive each segment of the precision-based event in a specified time, at a specified average speed. This years iteration started in Warwick, Rhode Island, and finished here. The East Coasts rolling hills and jammed roads gave way to the lush flatlands and cornfields of the Midwest. The newest car to tackle the race was a 1974 Plymouth, while three 1916 models two Hudsons and a Chevrolet shared ... More
The independent bookstore, as imagined by a corporate lobbyist
NEW YORK, NY.- Sitting at the bar in the exclusive Delta Club at Citi Field, where his beloved New York Mets were in the process of sweeping the New York Yankees in the Subway Series, the political fixer and venture capitalist Bradley Tusk described his designs on the future. He talked up his $10 million philanthropic campaign to build a system that would allow all Americans to vote on their phones; so far, the campaign has funded pilot programs in seven states. He enthused over an investment proposal from a Native American tribe to transform its South Carolina reservation into the Delaware of web3. He pointed out a massive blue billboard in the outfield advertising the blockchain firm Tezos, one of many financial technology companies he advises. But his latest project is set firmly in the present and relies on very old technology. Tusk, ... More
Ahlers & Ogletree announces highlights included in its Fine Estates & Collections sale
ATLANTA, GA.- Original oil paintings by Igor Tulpanov (Russian-American, b. 1939), Jean Baptiste Van Loo (French, 1684-1745) and Eastman Johnson (American, 1824-1906) are a few of the expected top lots in Ahlers & Ogletrees three-day, online-only Fine Estates & Collections auction planned for the weekend of August 25th-27th starting at 10 am Eastern time all three days. Session 1, on Thursday, August 25th, will feature 362 lots of Asian and ethnographic arts. Session 2, the following day, will contain 396 lots of Mid-Century Modern and modern art and design, jewelry and silver. The final session, on Saturday, August 27th, will have 529 lots of period antiques and fine art, making for a three-day event bursting with a total of 1,289 lots. The large oil on canvas by Igor Tulpanov, 36 inches by 59 ½ inches (less frame), is a colorful surrealist work titled ... More
Harewood House Trust appoints Darren Pih as Chief Curator and Artistic Director
LEEDS.- Pih joins the Harewood House Trust executive team from Tate Liverpool. In this new role, he will lead the charitys award-winning exhibition programme, and care for the museums outstanding collection of painting, decorative interiors, furniture and porcelain. His work will further Harewoods purpose to make heritage relevant, using the collections and landscape to help shape a more sustainable world, unlock peoples creativity and enrich lives. Over the past five years, Harewood has received universal recognition for its innovative programming including the Harewood Biennial alongside its new Craft Spotlight and Open History series addressing the urgent issues of our time from equality, diversity and inclusion, and social and environmental issues prevalent in society today. Darren has worked across exhibitions that have featured ... More
At the Salzburg Festival, riches, retreads and notes of caution
SALZBURG.- The premiere of a new production of Leos Janaceks opera Kata Kabanova had just ended at the Salzburg Festival here last week. When the lights went up, Kristina Hammer, the festivals new president, was wiping tears off her cheeks. It was hard to blame her for crying. Kata is a breathless tragedy about a small-town woman trapped in a loveless marriage and driven to suicide after having a brief affair. Janaceks music stamps out her ethereal fantasies with the brutal fist of reality. Barrie Koskys staging was the highlight of a week at Salzburg, classical musics preeminent annual event, which runs through Aug. 31. Kosky has pared down this pared-down work even further, to its core of quivering human beings. The only set is rows of uncannily realistic models of people, standing, wearing street clothes, and facing away ... More
Denzel Washington honors August Wilson's legacy at house opening
PITTSBURGH, PA.- On Saturday, crowds gathered outside August Wilsons childhood home in the historic Hill District here to celebrate the grand opening of the August Wilson House. After a yearslong fundraising and restoration effort, the house where the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright spent the first 13 years of his life will now be open to the public with the goal of extending Wilsons legacy and advancing Black arts in culture. Wilson, who died in 2005, is perhaps best known for his series of 10 plays called the American Century Cycle, which detail the various experiences of Black Americans throughout the 20th century. Nine of these plays are set in this citys Hill District a bastion of Black history, arts and culture and one, Ma Raineys Black Bottom, is set in Chicago. The restoration effort was a long time coming. Wilsons nephew, ... More
Anne Heche onscreen: Wily and funny but also unnerving
NEW YORK, NY.- Long before the car crash that led to actor Anne Heche being declared brain-dead at the age of 53, her work onscreen was always on the verge of being overshadowed by tabloid interest in her life. In 1997, she became best known as the girlfriend of comedian Ellen DeGeneres, appearing with her on red carpets at a time when open same-sex relationships were still rare in Hollywood. Her name was the butt of countless jokes after a 20/20 interview with Barbara Walters in 2001 in which she revealed that she had concocted a separate world for herself called a fourth dimension and a personality named Celestia. Never mind the fact that she also told Walters about the horrific sexual abuse she had endured at the hands of her father. She was faced with mockery that followed her for the rest of her career. But to filmgoers, ... More
Upending expectations for Indigenous music, noisily
NEW YORK, NY.- Raven Chacon wasnt sure he should accept the commission that would soon earn him the Pulitzer Prize for music. A Milwaukee ensemble had asked Chacon a Diné composer, improviser and visual artist born on the edge of the Navajo Nation to write a piece for its annual Thanksgiving concert in 2021, slated for a 175-year-old cathedral downtown. The offer smacked of cliche, another act of holiday tokenism. My impulse is to turn down any Thanksgiving invitation, not because Im anti-Thanksgiving but because thats the only time we get asked to do stuff, Chacon, 44, said in a recent phone interview. But he slowly reconsidered, recognizing that performing on Thanksgiving in a cathedral (with an enormous pipe organ, no less) offered a rare opportunity to address the Catholic Churchs violent role in the conquest of Native ... More
Sargent's Daughters now representing Alex Anderson
NEW YORK, NY.- Sargent's Daughters is thrilled to announce representation of Los Angeles-based artist Alex Anderson (b. 1990, Seattle, WA). The artist will have his first New York solo show at Sargent's Daughters in 2023. We are happy to present a Q & A with the artist and an online viewing room. Click here to view the nine-work exhibition. Alex Anderson uses the delicate medium of ceramics as his main vehicle to explore the intersections of the sublime experiences that make up both the man-made and natural worlds, as well as deeper, more complicated issues of race and cultural representation. His artworks combine a dexterity in the medium with a confluence of baroque imagery and compositions, Japanese pop art references, and current contemporary fashion and design trends in order to probe the depths of reality, illusion and identity. ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Italian painter and etcher Agostino Carracci was born August 16, 1557. Agostino Carracci (or Caracci) (16 August 1557 - 22 March 1602) was an Italian painter, printmaker, tapestry designer, and art teacher. He was, together with his brother, Annibale Carracci, and cousin, Ludovico Carracci, one of the founders of the Accademia degli Incamminati (Academy of the Progressives) in Bologna. In this image: Selfportrait as a watchmaker.
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