| | The First Art Newspaper on the Net |    | Established in 1996 | Tuesday, July 19, 2022 |
| | Claes Oldenburg dies at 93; Pop artist made the everyday monumental | |
|
|
The artist Claes Oldenburg stands between two of his works during an exhibition at the Whitney Museum in New York on May 6, 2009. Oldenburg, the Swedish-born American Pop artist known for his monumental sculptures of everyday objects, died on Monday, July 18, 2022, at his home in New York City. He was 93. Evan Sung/The New York Times.
by Martha Schwendener
NEW YORK, NY.- Claes Oldenburg, the Swedish-born American Pop artist known for his monumental sculptures of everyday objects, died on Monday at his home and studio in the Soho section of Manhattan. He was 93. His death was confirmed by Adriana Elgarresta, a spokeswoman for the Pace gallery in New York, which, along with the Paula Cooper Gallery, has long represented him. Oldenburg entered the New York art scene in earnest in the late 1950s, embracing the audience-participation Happenings then in vogue and expanding the boundaries of art with shows that incorporated things like street signs, wire-and-plaster clothing and even pieces of pie. His approach to everyday objects, performance and collaboration has continued to influence generations of artists. An early project, The Store (1961), opened in a storefront in the East Village and sold absurd plaster facsimiles of everyday objects like a shoe or a cheeseburger out of a comic strip, only covered with the recognizab ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day World-renowned tapestry studio Dovecot presents the life and work of Renaissance Master Raphael (1483 - 1520) in a landmark digital exhibition and tapestry marking his 500th anniversary. In partnership with the Italian Cultural Institute and Magister Art.
|
|
|
| 
|
| Sheldon Museum of Art to house collection honoring writer Barry Lopez | | PinchukArtCentre reopens with a major group exhibition | | In Rome, a new museum for recovered treasures before they return home | 
Detail of Irrigators Tarp Directing Water, Fourth of July Creek Ranch, Custer County, Idaho by Laura McPhee.
LINCOLN, NE.- Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of NebraskaLincoln will be the repository for the Home Ground Collection, a group of more than 90 works donated by 50 American photographers to honor the writer Barry Lopez, who died in 2020 at age 75. For more than five decades, Lopez wrote about the landscape in lyrical prose that offered a vivid and passionate account of humankinds relationship with the natural world. Best known for Arctic Dreams: Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape, which received the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 1986, Lopez was the author of dozens of essays and works of fiction and nonfiction, including the recently released Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World. Toby Jurovics, director of the Barry Lopez Foundation for Art and Environment, praised the photographers who came together to honor Lopezs life and influence. When the Home Ground Collection was fir ... More | | 
Maxim Dondyuk, Residential building on Lobanovskoho Avenue on the outskirts of Kyiv in which shell got. The apartments were destroyed in the part of the building on the three floors - from the 18th to the 20th. 26.02.2022. Kyiv.
KYIV.- 144 days after the beginning of the full-scale russian invasion in Ukraine, the PinchukArtCentre (Kyiv, Ukraine) opened again on July 17th with When Faith Moves Mountains. The major group exhibition with over 45 artists, presented in partnership with, and thanks to M HKA and the Flemish Government puts the focus on Ukraine as a country open to the world and celebrates its deep roots and relation to Europe. Russian War Crimes exhibition is integrated into the context of When Faith Moves Mountains. The exhibition When Faith Moves Mountains brings together works chosen from M HKA/the collection of the Flemish Community, because of their emancipatory and empowering nature. More than 40 works from international artists are being lent. Even though the collection cannot be insured to any damages of war, ... More | | 
A terra-cotta head from 400 to 300 B.C., part of an exhibition at the Museo dellArte Salvata, or Museum of Rescued Art, in Rome, July 14, 2022. Gianni Cipriano/The New York Times.
by Elisabetta Povoledo
ROME.- Last month, Italian officials inaugurated a new museum here whose title sets a lofty agenda: the Museo dellArte Salvata, or the Museum of Rescued Art. Rescued art is a broad term, it turns out, and the museum will showcase the myriad ways in which artworks can be salvaged from thieves, from the rubble of earthquakes and other national disasters, from ancient shipwrecks in the Mediterranean or from the ravages of time by Italys expert restorers. Italian Culture Minister Dario Franceschini said at the inauguration of the museum that it would show the world the excellence of our work in all these fields. But it is telling that the museums first exhibition which runs through Oct. 15 focuses on the recovery of looted art and pays tribute to Italys ... More |
|
|
|
|
| Peeling paint in Hong Kong reveals work of newly relevant 'king' | | Mattel opens its vault to revitalize dormant brands | | New British Library exhibition examines the role news plays in society | 
Willie Chung, a collector, scrapes off paint that covered one of the works by the graffiti artist Tsang Tsou-choi in Hong Kong, May 18, 2022. Anthony Kwan/The New York Times.
by Austin Ramzy
HONG KONG.- Often shirtless in summer, smelling of sweat and ink, the aggrieved artist wrote incessantly and everywhere: on walls, underpasses, lamp posts and traffic light control boxes. He covered public spaces in Hong Kong with expansive jumbles of Chinese characters that announced his unshakable belief that much of the Kowloon Peninsula rightfully belonged to his family. During his lifetime, the graffiti artist, Tsang Tsou-choi, was a ubiquitous figure, well-known for his eccentric campaign that struck most as a peculiar personal mission, not a political rallying cry. But Hong Kong has become a very different place since Tsang died in 2007, and his work once commonly spotted but now largely vanished from the streetscape has taken on a new resonance in a city where ... More | | 
Three action figures that have not been on toy shelves in decades and are being reintroduced by Mattel: Pulsar, Big Jim and Major Matt Mason, in New York, July 14, 2022. Sonny Figueroa/The New York Times.
by Gregory Schmidt
NEW YORK, NY.- Barbie is about to reunite with some old friends. Mattel, the maker of the popular fashion doll, is dusting off three dormant lines that have not been on toy shelves in decades: Major Matt Mason, Big Jim and Pulsar. The reappearance of three action heroes is part of a strategy hatched by Ynon Kreiz, Mattels chief executive, to capitalize on the companys intellectual property by reviving old brands for new generations. Mattel will reintroduce the toy lines under an umbrella label called Back in Action this week at Comic-Con International, the pop-culture fan fest in San Diego. This is our toe in the water, said PJ Lewis, the vice president of global marketing at Mattel. Back in Action helps us maintain the validity of our IP and decide whats next. Kreizs strategy has helped Mattel ... More | | 
Breaking the News exhibition at the British Library. Photography by Justine Trickett.
LONDON.- Breaking the News (22 April 21 August 2022), supported by Newsworks, is a new exhibition examining the role news plays in our society. Delving into the national collection of news, housed at the British Library, the exhibition explores issues of choice, interpretation, truth and trust in the media. Spanning five centuries, Breaking the News goes beyond physical newspapers and includes newsreels, radio, television, the internet and social media. It interrogates what makes an event news, what a free press means, the ethics involved in making the news, what objective news is and how the way we encounter news has evolved. Presenting historical sources alongside contemporary coverage, from pamphlets reporting on the English Civil War to memes about Brexit, the exhibition reveals that whilst the themes that interest people do not generally change, the form and ownership of news does. From the first edition of John Miltons seminal de ... More |
|
|
|
|
| Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art introduces exhibition showcasing African American performance history | | Marilyn Monroe gown sold for $218,750, Captain America shield sold for $200,000 at Julien's TCM Hollywood Legends | | Independent 20th Century announcing details of the artistic program | 
Stepin Fetchit.
LAS VEGAS, NEV.- Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art debuted today its newest exhibition Caldonia: Concert and Film Posters from The Ralph DeLuca Collection. Showcasing icons of American music, Caldonia features a collection of 44 vintage posters advertising performances and films featuring African American musicians and actors from the 1920s into the 1970s. Named and curated by Serubiri Moses, Caldonia offers a window into an era of Black performance history that is slowly disappearing from public memory. This selection of promotional announcements highlights performers as wide-ranging as Otis Redding, Jackie Moms Maybley, Thelonius Monk and Aretha Franklin. Many of the posters exhibited are themselves rare, but their true value comes from their historical context. Taken together, they bring to life the networks of Black artists and Black-owned performing arts venuesknown as the Chitlin Ci ... More | | 
Marilyn Monroe dress.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA.- Julien's Auctions, the acclaimed auction house to the stars, and Turner Classic Movies (TCM), the most revered purveyor of classic movies, held on Friday, July 15th through Monday, July 18th their headline-making HOLLYWOOD LEGENDS auction featuring a star-studded line-up of historic Hollywood memorabilia, wardrobe, props, jewelry and more used by some of the silver screens most legendary stars and pop culture icons, in front of a live audience in Beverly Hills and online with hundreds of bidders, fans and collectors from around the world participating at juliensauctions.com At the centerpiece of this four-day event, Juliens Auctions and TCM proudly presented a number of iconic artifacts representing Marilyn Monroe, including some of the most head-turning and storied items from the Hollywood icons legendary career. A figure-hugging embellished gown worn by Marilyn Monroe in her 1954 classic film T ... More | | 
Kate Millett, Bed, 1965, Carved wood, ticking fabric, paint, wooden legs, bedstead, milners forms, 60 x 48 x 60 inches, 152.4 x 121.9 x 152.4 cm. Courtesy of Salon 94 Design and Independent New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- Independent 20th Century announced the artistic program for this years inaugural edition, selected by founding curatorial advisor Matthew Higgs and co-produced in collaboration with leading international galleries. Over 70 artists, 22 solo and duo artist presentations and special projects have been commissioned especially for this new fair, presented by 32 galleries. Embracing a hybrid model and digital opportunities for storytelling, the fair will continue to present its critically acclaimed online platform, which will open the week before the event, from September 1, and run through September 30. Home to over 15 new features produced for Independent 20th Century, the online platform constitutes a research-oriented, digital preview to the physical fair. ... More |
|
|
|
|
| Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona presents a solo exhibition dedicated to Teresa Lanceta | | Forever Etched On My Mind: Gareth Nyandoro & Mostaff Muchawaya exhibit at Tiwani Contemporary | | Philippe Parreno brings to life Goya's now vanished home where he created his disturbing "Black Paintings" | 
Installation view. Photo: Miquel Coll.
BARCELONA.- For Teresa Lanceta (Barcelona, 1951), the act of weaving constitutes a triggering of critical imagination beyond the confines of materiality. For her, weaving is an open-source formula of rupture and repetition, from which it is possible to read, transform and convey a knowledge that is always complex and plural. Moreover, she conceives weaving as a technical knowledge dependent on a specific geographical, cultural and human context, be it, in her case, Barcelonas Raval neighbourhood, where she lived, or the Middle Atlas, which she visited every year for three decades. Both of these places fed her fascination for womens work and the non-verbal communication of stories and emotional bonds. The exhibition Teresa Lanceta: Weaving as Open Source traces the artists trajectory from the 1970s through to the present day and includes a broad selection of tapestries, weavings, fabrics, ... More | | 
Mostaff Muchawaya, Chiedza, 2022. Oil, ink and found objects on canvas, 214 x 160 cm. 84 1/4 x 63 in. Courtesy of the artist and Tiwani Contemporary.
LONDON.- Tiwani Contemporary presenting the duo exhibition, Forever Etched On My Mind: Gareth Nyandoro and Mostaff Muchawaya. The exhibition is a psychogeographical portrait of the town Ruwa, in Harare Province, Zimbabwe where both artists live and work. In their inimitable ways, Nyandoro and Muchawayas practices are committed to capturing the actions, mood and thought of life there; depicting the everyday struggle, tenacity and enterprise of its permanent and transitory communities, who are working and living in challenging economic circumstances. These experiences are tethered to the historical and present shifts in the landscape of the town, one of many established during the mid-1980s, transitioning from rural to more urbanised contexts. Nyandoros latest works: ink ... More | | 
Image of the film La Quinta del Sordo by Philippe Parreno. Photo © Museo Nacional del Prado.
MADRID.- With this production by Acciona Cultura and in collaboration with the Beyeler Foundation, Room 64-65 of the Villanueva Building has been transformed into an intimate space for the projection of La Quinta del Sordo, a work by Philippe Parreno which offers visitors to the Prado Museum the chance to travel back in time and experience the Black Paintings in the setting for which they were originally painted. The project describes an invisible space, the Quinta del Sordo, where Goya lived before he left for exile in Bordeaux. Between 1819 and 1824 he executed a series of fourteen works known as the Black Paintings directly into the walls of the two floors of his house. The building was demolished in 1909 but the paintings remain associated with their original location. The fourteen Black Paintings are on permanent display in Room 67 of the Prados ... More |
|
PLEASE SEND TO REAL LIFE: Ray Johnson Photographs
|
|
|
| More News |
 James Fuentes opens Offsight, a group show curated by Didier WilliamNEW YORK, NY.- James Fuentes is presenting Offsight, a group show curated by Didier William, on view from July 19 through August 12, 2022. The show includes work by Abigail Lucien, Leslie Smith III, Alex Jackson, Marianna Olague, Paul Anthony Smith, Widline Cadet, Mark Fleuridor, Destiny Belgrave, Raelis Vasquez and Cosmo Whyte. Something is always lost in representation. To relay a story, regardless of languageverbal, visual, and otherwisecontending with a certain degree of loss is inevitable. To that end, looking, particularly active looking, might be akin to mourning. The artists in OffSight fill this space of loss with acts of inventive, alchemical storytelling. What is lost in their works is not always immediately evident; some conditions are best kept between an artist and their process. What is unmistakable, however, is how each succeeds ... More  Cortona On The Move AlUla exhibition opens in ItalyCORTONA.- The 12th edition of international photo festival Cortona On The Move opens its doors today and will run until 2 October 2022. The festival showcases photography that engages in soul searching and unearthing buried stories through a programme of guided tours, events and exhibitions including Cortona On The Move AlUla which features the work of six specially selected photographers from Saudi Arabia, Italy, Slovakia and The Netherlands following their participation in the inaugural Cortona On The Move AlUla artists residency programme in AlUla, Saudi Arabia, earlier this year. These six artists will each exhibit works inspired by AlUlas rich heritage and culture, resulting from the residency programme which offered the opportunity to immerse themselves in the extraordinary landscapes and creative communities of AlUla ... More  Lend me a jukebox opera. Yuks and tenor required.NEW YORK, NY.- Comic operas tend to be crowd-pleasers: At last, a break from all the tragic deaths and doomed lovers. The problem is there arent that many to choose from. Opera companies can program Così Fan Tutte, Il Barbiere di Siviglia or LElisir dAmore and a handful of others only so many times. So, Francesca Zambello, artistic and general director of the Glimmerglass Festival, came up with a novel idea. I just said, Lets do a Rossini comedy that doesnt exist yet, she said in a recent video conversation. In other words, a jukebox opera Tenor Overboard, which is to have its premiere at the festival, in Cooperstown, New York, on Tuesday and run through Aug. 18. Although the jukebox format is common enough on Broadway, it is much rarer in opera houses. Baroque opera lends itself to the genre better than most ... More  Bruneau & Co. announces 337-lot Fine & Decorative Art auctionCRANSTON, RI.- The 337-lot Fine & Decorative Art auction, starting at 6 pm Eastern time, will feature fine items pulled from estates and collections across New England. Its online, with no live gallery bidding. A figural oil painting by the acclaimed Indian artist B. Prabha (1933-2001) and an aristocratic portrait painting by Francis Cotes (U.K., 1726-1770) are expected headliners in an online-only Fine & Decorative Art auction slated for Monday, August 1st, by Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers, starting at 6 pm Eastern time. Internet bidding will be on multiple platforms. More than just original artwork will come up for bid in the 337-lot auction, which will feature items largely pulled from prominent New England estates. This auction offers a wide variety of items from Chinese ceramics to numismatics and fine jewelry, said Travis Landry, a Bruneau ... More  Alistair Hudson appointed Artistic-Scientific Chairman of the ZKM │ Center for Art and Media in KarlsruheKARLSRUHE.- On 1 April 2023, Alistair Hudson will assume the position of Artistic-Scientific Chairman of the Center for Art and Media (ZKM) in Karlsruhe. The decision was announced on Monday by the Foundation Board. The 53-year-old Briton will succeed Prof. Peter Weibel, who has headed the ZKM since 1999. Besides being in charge of scientific and artistic management, the Chairman is responsible for the conceptual development and strategic course of the Foundation. Dr. Frank Mentrup, Mayor of Karlsruhe and Chairman of the Foundation Board, on Monday in Karlsruhe: In these times, which are characterised by global crises accompanied by dramatic social and technological upheaval, we need new con-cepts and visions for the future. I am convinced that Alistair Hudson is the right person to set the future course for ZKM. ... More  Design landscape, interior & stage curtains: Taipei performing Arts CenterTAIPEI.- The 7th of August 2022 Taipei Performing Arts Center opens its doors! Inside Outside developed - in close collaboration with OMA -landscape and interior concepts and interventions. This included the interior concept for the theatres, rehearsal rooms, and the design of the public plaza, its surrounding landscape and streetscape, terrace and roof gardens and two large-scale theatre curtains. Click here to see a movie of the theatre. Birdseye view on the landscape and roof terraces. Two raised gardens, with individual trees like character actors on a stage, flank the public plaza on both sides. The strategically chosen local trees will together form a shading vegetal roof. Connective paths and circular rooms are cut-out of these two stage gardens, providing intimate places for shelter, relaxations and social interaction. The black ... More  The Beaverbrook Art Gallery opens gallery dedicated to the history of the fine arts program at Mount Allison UniversityFREDERICTON.- The Beaverbrook Art Gallery announced that a permanent gallery space dedicated to the rich legacy and continuing energy of visual arts at Mount Allison University is now open to the public. The faculty and graduates of the Fine Arts department in Sackville, NB, helped foster one of the most important art institutions in Canada. From its founding in the mid-19th century to the present day, many of Canadas most beloved and respected artists have taught at the Mount Allison School of Fine Arts or have graduated from its program. We are honored to present many of these significant individuals and their works in a new 1,000-square-foot gallery space, rotating the works and artists periodically to keep the narrative vibrant for visitors. The list of artists presently shown includes such luminaries as: Alex Colville, Mary ... More  Mattress Factory presents SHRINEPITTSBURGH, PA.- The Mattress Factory, Sibyls Shrine and Pittsburgh-based artist and curator Jessica Gaynelle Moss present SHRINE, a tripartite program that uplifts and recognizes Black m/others, artists, creatives, and activists by honoring creation of sacred spaces as sites of resistance and liberation struggle. SHRINE, through December 30, 2022, includes new immersive installations by six artists who bridge ancient practices with technology, the spiritual and physical, and the artificial and natural worlds. SHRINE provides insight into each artists process and practice of resistance, self-love and preservation. MFs Monterey Annex is transformed into a site of renewal, discovery and personal and collective healing. Naomi Chambers Mommies Vs. Aunties is playful, rooted in health, wellness and personal goal-building. A simulated ... More |
|
PhotoGalleries 
Brandywine Workshop @ Harvard Museums 
Set It Off 
Frank Brangwyn: 
Marley Freeman
Flashback On a day like today, French painter Edgar Degas was born July 19, 1834. Edgar Degas (19 July 1834 - 27 September 1917), was a French artist famous for his work in painting, sculpture, printmaking and drawing. He is regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism although he rejected the term, and preferred to be called a realist. A superb draftsman, he is especially identified with the subject of the dance, and over half of his works depict dancers. In this image: An auction house worker poses for the photographers behind a sculpture by Edgar Degas, ahead of an auction sale in central London, Friday, June 15, 2012.
|
|
|
|
© 1996 - 2021