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Roy Lichtenstein, La Sortie, 1990. Woodcut. The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein New York / Bildrecht, Vienna 2023.
VIENNA.- Andy Warhol to Damien Hirst. The Revolution in Printmaking is part two in the grand trio of print-themed exhibitions that the ALBERTINA Museum is showing this year. Among these, this presentation at ALBERTINA MODERN is of a special kind: printmaking post 1960 differs radically from the printed graphics of the previous five centuries. The prints in the ALBERTINA Museums Graphic Art Collection mirror the various tendencies of arts development internationally in light of outstanding examples. It is thus that American pop and minimal art as practiced by Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, and Donald Judd enjoy representation on an equal footing with artists from the German- speaking region such as Georg Basilitz, Jörg Immendorf, Anselm Kiefer, and Franz Gertsch. The collection also extends forward in time to encompass younger artists like Christiane Baumgartner and Michaela Konrad. In this context, novel appl ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Exhibition view "Klimt. Inspired by Van Gogh, Rodin, Matisse..." Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna
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| Sotheby's to offer a photographic collection of unguarded, intimate moments by Mary McCartney | | Rare textiles, militaria, jewelry, and fine art at Bonhams Skinner | | Krannert Art Museum exhibition examines how pattern helps make sense of the world | 
Lacing, 2003. Photo: Mary McCartney, courtesy Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Mary McCartney is set to take over Sothebys gallery on New Bond Street with her forthcoming exhibition Can We Have a Moment? Three Decades of Photographs in Britain this March - the artists first major survey of her works in the UK. All taken over the last thirty years, the exhibition will feature around 30 works, all of which McCartney describes as unexpected moments, captured on her camera in a split second, yet each carrying their own narrative waiting to be unraveled. From tender portraits to poignant images of nature, those taken behind-the-scenes or from inside an artists studio, together these images capture a vision of Britain through the lens of one of todays most exciting photographers. McCartneys love for photography began at an early age. Her mother, Linda McCartney, was also a photographer and always, in Marys own words, with a camera on her shoulder obse ... More | | 
Suzani (Uzbekistan, c. mid 19th century), estimated at $2,000 - 3,000. Photo: Bonhams.
BOSTON, MASS.- Bonhams Skinner will present a strong slate of sales in March which span a diverse range of collecting categories including rare textiles, militaria, jewelry, and Modern & Contemporary art. The month will begin with Rare Textiles featuring the Chet Gadsby collection and examples of textiles from across the globe. Followed by the sale of Important American Military Arms from the Steve Andrews Collection, which includes an impressive selection of rare and historic arms spanning the early federal era through the Civil War. Fine Jewelry and Watches will then present over 300 lots of antique, period, estate, and contemporary jewelry. European Art will feature a curated selection of 17th, 18th, and 19th century works highlighted by a large-scale painting, The Attack, by Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski. Lastly, the Modern & Contemporary Art sale will be highlighted by Window Box, an Alexander Calder painting, and ... More | | 
Mikyung Kim, Counting Numbers, 1996. Watercolor, graphite, and resin on paper. Gift of Sarah Ann and Werner H. Kramarsky. 2003-14-2 © Mikyung Kim.
CHAMPAIGN, ILL.- Pattern can both direct our actions and help us interpret our experiences. A new exhibition at Krannert Art Museum, Pattern and Process, asks viewers to consider how artists use pattern to understand the world. The exhibition includes a broad range of works by artists using pattern in very different ways, but I believe theyre all prompting the viewer to be more aware of and connected to our world. The works encourage more inquiry and reflection than provide answers, exhibition curator Kathryn Koca Polite said. Many of the works will be new to visitors. Around half of the 40-plus works were acquired within the last five years, and many are being exhibited for the first time, Koca Polite said. Using a broad definition of pattern, the exhibition is divided into three sections: Exploring Form and Function, Navigating Physical Worlds and Evoking ... More |
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| Newspapers drop 'Dilbert' comic after creator's rant about Black 'hate groups' | | El Anatsui to be next Hyundai Commission artist for Tate Modern's Turbine Hall | | Ackland Art Museum launches website is first site of its kind devoted to a collection of drawings | 
Scott Adams, who created the syndicated comic strip, also said that white people should get the hell away from Black people, prompting criticism from editors across the country. Image: Master Persuader - The Art of Charm Podcast Episode 605.
by Eduardo Medina
NEW YORK, NY.- Hundreds of newspapers across the country will stop running the Dilbert comic strip after its creator said on a YouTube livestream that Black people were a hate group and that white people should just get the hell away from them. The creator, Scott Adams, who was behind the widely syndicated comic strip that mocks office culture, was widely rebuked for his comments by newspapers that had printed his work for years. The USA Today Network, which publishes more than 200 newspapers, said it will no longer publish the Dilbert comic due to the recent discriminatory comments by its creator. The Los Angeles Times said Saturday that it would end publication of the comic strip because of his racist comments. And the editor ... More | | 
El Anatsui, photo © Aliona Adrianova, 2019. Courtesy October Gallery, London.
LONDON.- Tate Modern and Hyundai Motor announce that El Anatsui will create the next annual Hyundai Commission. One of the most distinctive artists working today, El Anatsui is best-known for his cascading metallic sculptures constructed of thousands of recycled bottle-tops articulated with copper wire. Repurposing found materials into dazzling works of abstract art, Anatsuis work explores themes that include the environment, consumption and trade. His site-specific work for the Turbine Hall will be open to the public from 10 October 2023 14 April 2024. Anatsui was born in Anyako, Ghana in 1944 and has spent most of his career in Nigeria. Over a long-lasting and distinguished career as both artist and educator serving as Professor of Sculpture and Departmental Head at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka Anatsui has developed a highly experimental approach to sculpture, embracing a wide range of forms and materials inc ... More | | 
Frans van Mieris, Dutch, 1635-1681, Head of a Woman Looking Downward, c. 1660-65, black chalk on paper, sheet: 4 5/8 Ã 4 3/4 in. (11.7 Ã 12.1 cm), The Peck Collection, 2017.1.53.
CHAPEL HILL, NC.- The Ackland Art Museum at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has launched a new website on the leading edge of the digital humanities, peck.ackland.org. The website hosts an evolving body of scholarly content related to the Peck Collection, and it is designed to be a living resource, with ongoing research and new entries slated to be added. Peck.ackland.org is the only website of its kind devoted to a collection of drawings. It houses ultra-high-resolution images, giving visitors the ability to zoom in to examine the drawings and the structure of the paper on which they were made. Visitors can also see the verso, or reverse side, of each drawing, sometimes revealing sketches or notes by the artist long hidden behind the frame. The website allows viewers to examine the drawings in infrared light, revealing watermarks ... More |
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| Two photographs by Dread Scott acquired by National Gallery of Art | | Robilant+Voena in London presents six embroidered maps by Alighiero Boetti | | Donors pledge $55 million for Smithsonian's new Museum of American Women | 
Dread Scott, I Am Not a Man, September 9, 2002. Inkjet print, sheet: 55.88 x 76.2 cm (22 x 30 in.) National Gallery of Art, Washington. Gift of Funds from Michael Findlay and Victoria Findlay Wolfe 2022.136.1 © DREAD SCOTT.
WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Gallery of Art has acquired two photographs by the multimedia artist Dread Scott (b. 1965), whose work engages with some of the most significant social questions of our time. Made possible through a generous gift of funds by Michael Findlay and Victoria Findlay Wolfe, I Am Not A Man (2009) and On the Impossibility of Freedom in a Country Founded on Slavery and Genocide (2014) depict key moments from two of Scotts performances that confront the legacy of racism in the United States. These pictures, the first works by the artist to enter the collection, reflect not only Scotts desire to push formal and conceptual boundaries, but also his deep awareness of how history informs the present. His compelling images ... More | | 
Alighiero Boetti, Mappa, 1989.
LONDON.- Robilant+Voena's opened the London exhibition, Alighiero Boetti Mappe, bringing together six embroidered maps, all from private collections. The exhibition offers a rare opportunity to see these extraordinary works that are an iconic part of Boettis oeuvre. Individually, these maps offer a snapshot of time and place; together, they chart a geo-political history of the late twentieth century and raise questions about authorship, agency and our understanding of the world. As a collective entity, the mappe of Alighiero Boetti (19401994) encapsulate the essence of an artist whose practice was simultaneously conceptual, collaborative, playful and revealing. Famously stating that he invented nothing, Boetti used the existing framework of the world map to initiate the creation of around 150 embroidered maps, each reflecting a specific geo-political reality from its moment of production. ... More | | 
In an undated image provided by the Smithsonian Institution, Lisa Sasaki, the interim director of the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum. (Smithsonian Institution via The New York Times)
by Zachary Small
WASHINGTON, DC.- Without a building or even a determined site, leaders for the Smithsonians proposed American Womens History Museum have spent the past two years drumming up anticipation and support from donors. On Monday, the institution announced more than $55 million in gifts that will help solidify its financial future, though it has yet to receive final congressional approval. Together, we will create a museum that celebrates the women who have helped build this country, Lisa Sasaki, the museums interim director, said. These donations are pivotal in the realization of this vision. Among the major contributors are fashion designer Tory Burch, Walmart billionaire Alice ... More |
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| Christie's appoints Emmanuel Danan Global Managing Director Christie's Luxury | | Lawrie Shabibi opens the first solo exhibition of Berlin-based Timo Nasseri at the gallery | | CAC Cincinnati premieres group exhibition using plant life to examine ecology, race and queerness | 
Luxury purchases are the major point of entry for new clients to Christies, and continue to drive the online sales platform, contributing more than half of all lots offered online. © Christie's Images Ltd 2023.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies announces the appointment of Emmanuel Danan as new Global Managing Director of Christies Luxury. Reporting to Francis Belin, President of Christies Asia Pacific, who oversees the Luxury, as well as the Asian and World Art departments globally, Emmanuel joins Christies following the business nearly billion-dollar year in global sales of Jewels, Watches, Wine and Handbags in 2022. Based in Paris, as of February 20, Emmanuel will direct all aspects of Christies luxury business across both live and online auctions and Private Sales and will work closely with colleagues across the specialist departments in New York, London, Geneva, Paris, and Hong Kong. Francis Belin, President of Christies Asia Pacific commented: Emmanuel joins us at an exciting moment for Christies-- following our record year and growth across the Luxury ... More | | 
Timo Nasseri, Atlas, 2022, Acrylic and oil on canvas, 197 x 400 cm, 77 1/2 x 157 1/2 in. Courtesy of the artist and Lawrie Shabibi; Photo by Studio-Nasseri.
DUBAI.- Lawrie Shabibi is pleased to present All Borrow Their Light, the first solo exhibition of Berlin-based Timo Nasseri at the gallery. Offering a comprehensive glimpse into Nasseri's oeuvre, the exhibition comprises a carefully curated selection of paintings and sculptures from various stages of the artists practice that contemplate concepts of mathematical and geometric thought models. The exhibitions focus is on a new large-scale painting entitled Atlas (2023) which extends to 4 metres in length and develops his earlier series entitled I Am a Sky Where Spirits Live (2022-2023). In these paintings Nasseri applies forms inspired by the Razzle Dazzle camouflage used by the British and US Navy in World War I and II as a tactic to avoid detection. The vibrantly coloured recurring forms on the canvas are reminiscent of geometric patterns in a gigantic kaleidoscope and incorporate elements of camouflage from t ... More | | 
Emily Hanako Momohara, detail of In Transit, 2018/23. Installation view, Ecologies of Elsewhere. Photo: Wes Battoclette, 2023. Image courtesy of the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH.
CINCINNATI, OHIO.- The Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) in Cincinnati is now premiering Ecologies of Elsewhere, a major group exhibition that encourages visitors to consider how plants, seeds, and botany generate sensuous systems of knowing and power, and examine the material, ritual, and spiritual qualities of plant life. Featuring work by an international group of 16 artists and artist collaboratives who use plants as medium or subject mattersuch as Johannesburg-based artist collaborative MADEYOULOOK, multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker Zheng Bo, abstract painter Michaela Yearwood-Dan¸ and interdisciplinary artist Rashid Johnsonthe exhibition includes new commissions and site-specific installations. Ecologies of Elsewhere is organized by the CAC and guest curated by Dr. Chandra Frank, an independent curator and Assistant Professor at the ... More |
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 "Sadik Kwaish Alfraji: Those Houses Behind the Army Canal"DUBAI.- Ayyam Gallery opens today Those Houses Behind the Army Canal, a solo exhibition featuring Sadik Kwaish Alfrajis recent body of work. This series is the second chapter of Alfrajis project Books of Passage, charting three generations of migration in his family. The first chapter, entitled The River That Was in the South (2019) was shown at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Ayyam Gallery in Dubai and the Cairo Biennale. Books of Passage consists of three chapters in which the artist explores how identity was formed in his grandfathers, fathers and his own generation. As he explores existential questions about the world around him, Alfraji collects and arranges personal and collective memories, in an attempt to understand and dissect them using the tools he works with as an ... More  Four dancers promoted to principal at New York City BalletNEW YORK, NY.- Early Sunday evening, just after New York City Ballets final performance of the season, four soloists received the kind of postseason gift every dancer dreams of: Emilie Gerrity, Isabella LaFreniere, Roman Mejia and Mira Nadon were elevated to the rank of principal dancer. They learned of their promotions onstage after the curtain fell on The Sleeping Beauty, receiving the news from Jonathan Stafford, the companys artistic director, and Wendy Whelan, its associate artistic director. During that ballets two-week run, and throughout the winter season, they had all made important debuts, including originating roles in the premiere of Justin Pecks evening-length Copland Dance Episodes. Nadon, the youngest at 21, is newsworthy beyond her shimmering technique and overall radiance. She is also the companys first ... More  Review: 'black odyssey' sails through Black past and presentNEW YORK, NY.- Imagine fitting the various arenas of Black history protests, from the March on Washington to Black Lives Matter; deaths, from the enslaved lost on the Atlantic crossing to Trayvon Martin; music, from Negro spirituals to Biggie Smalls into one of the foundational texts of civilization, so old that it predates the written word itself. Things are going to get a bit crowded. But that isnt to say that what poet-playwright Marcus Gardley has accomplished in his often stunning but also muddled black odyssey, which opened Sunday, is any less impressive for the sizable challenge it presents. Set in modern-day Harlem and beyond, black odyssey follows the journey of Ulysses Lincoln (Sean Boyce Johnson), a soldier in Afghanistan who unknowingly shot and killed the son of the sea god Paw Sidin (Jimonn Cole). The gods vengeful machinations, ... More  Noonans to sell the Haconby Celtic Fertility FigureLONDON.- It was at a detector rally in Haconby in Lincolnshire in 2022 that Paul Shepheard was searching a stubble field with his wife Joanne. She had just found a Medieval penny and he was hoping his luck would change when he got a signal on his new XP Deus II. Digging down 10 inches he uncovered what he thought was a large steel split pin commonly used to retain wheels on farm carts, which Paul knew as he loved to restore farming equipment when he was younger. After looking more closely, he saw the outline of a face and realised it was more significant. In fact, it was a bronze nude figure holding in his right hand an oversized phallus which is hinged for movement. Measuring 5.5cm high by 1.2cm wide, it will be offered at Noonans in a two-day sale of Ancient Coins and Antiquities on Wednesday and Thursday, March 8 ... More  Bruneau & Co. announces Winter Comic, TCG & Toy AuctionCRANSTON, RI.- Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers Winter Comic, TCG (Trading Card Games) & Toy auction is slated for Saturday, March 11th, beginning at 10 am Eastern time, online and live in the Cranston gallery located at 63 Fourth Avenue. Travis Landry, Bruneaus Director of Pop Culture, described it as certainly the most diverse sale we have ever had for the department. The auction opens with 125 lots of Golden, Silver, Bronze, and Modern age comics highlighted by a Fox Features Syndicate Famous Crimes #2 graded CGC 5.0; a copy of Marvel Comics Amazing Spider-Man #129 graded CGC 6.5; Marvel Comics Fantastic Four #48 CGC 3.0; and a Valiant Comics Adventures of Super Mario Bros. #1 CGC 9.8. The copy of Marvel Comics Amazing Spider-Man #129 (Feb. 1974), features the first appearance of the Punisher and the Jackal ... More  The Center for Exploratory & Perceptual Arts names Claire Leggett Executive DirectorBUFFALO, NY.- The Board of Directors of The Center for Exploratory & Perceptual Arts announced that Claire Leggett has been appointed Executive Director. Says Luke Cusack, President of CEPAs Board of Directors, Claire took over management of the organization and led us through an unplanned transition with poise and professionalism. Her demonstrable administrative strengths are a great fit for us as we plan for a second 50 years of CEPA successes. Leggett joined CEPA as Development Coordinator and was appointed Acting Executive Director following Véronique Côtés departure in August 2022. A Western New York local, Leggett received her MS in Arts Administration from Boston University and her BA in History from SUNY Cortland. Prior to her tenure at CEPA, Leggett worked in various community-focused nonprofits, most recently ... More  Gregory Peck's leather-bound "To Kill a Mockingbird" script soars past $84,000 at Heritage AuctionsDALLAS, TEXAS.- Gregory Peck's personalized leather-bound To Kill a Mockingbird script sold Thursday for $84,375 as Heritage Auctions presented Property from The Estate of Veronique and Gregory Peck. As expected, the gilt-stamped, photo-filled, Horton Foote-penned adaptation of Harper Lee's beloved novel was among the most sought-after and fought-over lots in an event that paid tribute to the careers and philanthropy of the Academy Award-winning actor and his philanthropist wife of nearly 50 years. Another highlight was a 35th-anniversary copy of the Pulitzer Prize-winning To Kill a Mockingbird inscribed by Lee to Veronique and Gregory, who won the Best Oscar as Alabama attorney Atticus Finch in 1963. Wrote Lee, "To Gregory and Veronique: You have a unique place in my heart. Harper." It sold Thursday for $35,000. "Harper Lee ... More  Dutch Museum Flehite presents American artist Philip HaasAMERSFOORT.- Museum Flehite in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, features a retrospective of the celebrated American artist Philip Haas from 25 February to 25 June 2023. For the exhibition 'Sculpture Breathes Life', the museum has been transformed into the seductive and compelling creative world of Haas. The museum presents a broad selection of sculptures, reliefs, video installations, photography, performance and monumental painting. The multidisciplinary artist is exhibiting in the Netherlands for the first time. Philip Haas enjoys international acclaim as a filmmaker and visual artist. His groundbreaking work reflects a sensuous and poetic dialogue with the history of art. Haas describes his creative process as "sculpting by thinking", creating his own contemporary visual vocabulary. The artist makes his sculptures principally from marble, bronze, resin, ... More  Ruth, Mantle, Aaron smash their way into the record books at Heritage's Winter Platinum Night Sports AuctionDALLAS, TX.- Its a ritual as old as time, watching Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio and Hank Aaron set records every time they step up to the auction block. Heritage Auctions Winter Platinum Night Sports Auction wrapped early Monday morning, and by the time the last bid rolled in, the nearly sold-out auction realized $22,291,645. More than 2,800 bidders help set new record highs for some of sports most coveted collectibles cards, photos, bats and jerseys and other tools of the trade. You never know what bidders are going to respond to, and this weekend we had a significant number of new records, some of which took us by surprise, says Chris Ivy, Director of Sports Auctions at Heritage. But thats the beauty ... More  Rijksmuseum's Slavery exhibition opens today at United Nations HeadquartersNEW YORK, NY.- At the invitation of the United Nations, the Rijksmuseum has staged a special version of its acclaimed Slavery exhibition first seen in Amsterdam in 2021. In New York, the ten personal stories from the original exhibition will be presented around a single object from the Rijksmuseum collection: wooden foot stocks (c. 1700-1850). Used during the Dutch colonial period, several people could be constrained in foot stocks like these as corporal punishment to prevent them from fleeing. For the conclusion of the exhibition on 30 March, the Rijksmuseum will organise a keynote discussion about 'museums and the colonial past' with experts from the United States, the Caribbeans and Europe, hosted by the UN in the ECOSOC Chamber at the UN. Founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative, Bryan Stevenson will be the featured speaker. ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, English illustrator John Tenniel was born February 28, 1820. Sir John Tenniel (28 February 1820 - 25 February 1914) was an English illustrator, graphic humorist, and political cartoonist prominent in the second half of the 19th century. He was knighted for his artistic achievements in 1893. Tenniel is remembered especially as the principal political cartoonist for Punch magazine for over 50 years, and for his illustrations to Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871).In this image: John Tenniel, A Conspiracy, oil on panel, August 1850. Private collection, UK.
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