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I Am Hiphop, by Dave Cortes at the Egypt in Hip-Hop, Jazz, Soul & Funk exhibition, National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, the Netherlands, June 14, 2023. The exhibits exploration of how Black musicians have drawn inspiration and pride from the idea that ancient Egypt was an African culture has drawn complaints from Egyptians who identify more closely with Arab nations, who say it distorts their history and identity. (Ilvy Njiokiktjien/The New York Times)
by Vivian Yee
CAIRO.- A new Dutch museum exhibit declares, Egypt is a part of Africa, which might strike most people who have seen a map of the world as an uncontroversial statement. But the show at the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden goes beyond geography. It explores the tradition of Black musicians Beyoncé, Tina Turner, Nas and others drawing inspiration and pride from the idea that ancient Egypt was an African culture. The exhibit is framed as a useful corrective to centuries of cultural erasure of Africans. What might sound empowering in the United States and thought-provoking in the Netherlands, however, is anathema to Egypts government and many of its people, who have flooded the museums Facebook and Google pages with complaints occasionally racist ones about what they see as Western appropriation of their history. Many Egyptians do not see themselves as African at all, identifying much more closely with the predominantly Arab and Muslim na ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Rembrandt: True to Life is the most comprehensive exhibition of the prolific seventeenth century Dutch artist's work held in Australia in more than 25 years. Tracing Rembrandtâs extraordinary four decades-long career, the exhibition emphasises the artistâs innovations in printmaking through more than 100 etchings drawn from the NGV Collection, alongside important loans of paintings from public collections worldwide.
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| Rotterdam embraces new sculpture 'Moments Contained' by British artist Thomas J. Price unveiled | | Christie's presents a dramatic letter from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Baroness von Waldsttten | | Rembrandt: True to Life now on view at National Gallery of Victoria International | 
Thomas J Price, Moments Contained, 12 ft sculpture.
ROTTERDAM.- Moments Contained, a new 12 ft public sculpture by the British artist Thomas J Price has been unveiled in front of Rotterdams Central Station last Friday. The sculpture is donated to the City of Rotterdam by the Droom en Daad Foundation. The unveiling, which took place in the presence of the artist, the State Secretary for Culture and Media, Gunay Uslu, the Mayor of Rotterdam, Ahmed Aboutaleb and Wim Pijbes, Director, Droom en Daad Foundation. Thirty young female dancers performed a commissioned choreography for the unveiling, under the artistic direction of Sheree Lenting. The youngest artist is nine years old and the oldest is 38 years old. Thomas J Price comments: Moments Contained is about the experience of being dismissed as 'the other', of the strength of the individual despite preconceived attitudes towards status and value. The fictional woman can be described as stoic, but for me, she embodies resilience, self-con ... More | | 
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Autograph letter, signed, in German, (Vienna, shortly before 4 August 1782) Detail. Estimate: £300,000 500,000 / 350,000 - 570,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2023.
LONDON.- On 6 July 2023, Christies Classic Week Exceptional Sale will present an autograph letter from one of the worlds greatest composers Mozart (1756-1791) to his close friend Baroness von Waldstätten. The letter (estimate: £300,000500,000) by 26-year old Mozart declares that he will need to get married within two days in order to save his future wife from the scandal of being dragged out of his house by the police. The autograph letter in Mozarts hand, in German, comprises two pages and was written in the summer of 1782 whilst in Vienna. At the time the letter was written, Constanze was known to be cohabiting under the same roof as Mozart, which prompted her mother, Cäcilia Weber, to send in the police to reclaim her daughter from Mozarts house to save her reputation. This prompted Mozart to declare the only solution ... More | | 
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn Tobit and Anna with the kid, 1626. Oil on canvas, 39.5 Ã 30.0 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, the Rijksmuseum-Stichting, the Prins Bernhard Fonds and an additional government funding (Photo: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
MELBOURNE.- Rembrandt: True to Life is the most comprehensive exhibition of the prolific seventeenth century Dutch artists work held in Australia in more than 25 years. Tracing Rembrandts extraordinary four decades-long career, the exhibition emphasises the artists innovations in printmaking through more than 100 etchings drawn from the NGV Collection, alongside important loans of paintings from public collections worldwide. The exhibition follows the evolution of Rembrandts work from his early years in Leiden in the 1620s through to his final years in Amsterdam in the 1660s. This significant breadth of work allows audiences to appreciate the inventive ways in which Rembrandt approached his subject matter, his brilliant re- imagining of biblical ... More |
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| Banksy from the private collection of Sir Paul Smith leads Bonhams sale | | Lisl Steiner, colorful creator of black-and-white photographs, dies at 95 | | The stars are shooting again on the Tiber | 
Banksy (b. 1975), Congestion Charge, 2004 (detail). Estimate: £1,200,000-1,800,000. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- Congestion Charge (2004), a rare Vandalized Oils painting by British art rebel, Banksy, from the private collection of the British fashion and design titan, Sir Paul Smith, leads Bonhams Post-War and Contemporary Art Sale on Thursday 29 June in New Bond Street, London. Sir Paul Smith acquired the work from Banksys Santas Ghetto exhibition in London in 2004, and it has remained in his distinguished collection ever since. The work, which has never before been offered at auction, has an estimate of £1,200,000-1,800,000. Over several decades, Banksys irreverent humour and perceptive satire of British social and political issues have earned him widespread recognition and international acclaim. Characterized by a bold stencilling technique, his universally recognisable works are fiercely sought after by collectors globally. His Vandalized Oils, also referred to as Crude Oils, were made famous through the now iconic ... More | | 
Lisl Steiner in Pound Ridge, N.Y., in 2006. (Susan Stava/The New York Times)
by Alex Williams
NEW YORK, NY.- Lisl Steiner, a flamboyant photojournalist who was celebrated for her intimate, emotive images of history-tilting figures such as Fidel Castro, John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr., as well as luminaries of music, stage and sports, died June 7 in Mount Kisco, New York. She was 95. Her death, at a hospital, was confirmed by her friends Ingrid Rockefeller and Vivian Winther, who had been collaborating with her on a documentary about her life. Shooting for publications including Newsweek, Time, Life and National Geographic, Steiner was known for her flamboyant attire, her trademark explosion of fiery-red hair, her sassy personality and her uncanny knack for connecting with her subjects, whom she jokingly referred to as victims. She had the ability to upend her subjects with surprising questions and her electric presence, ... More | | 
The entrance to Cinecittà Studios in Rome, May 19, 2023. (Gianni Cipriano/The New York Times)
by Elisabetta Povoledo
ROME.- Past the monumental entrance of Romes Cinecittà Studios, enormous screens tower over what is normally the movie studios front lawn, enclosing a sizable and off-limits backlot for the filmmaker Luca Guadagninos Queer, starring Daniel Craig. Studio 5, a stage beloved by Federico Fellini, has been reconfigured into a series of medieval rooms and courtyards for a Netflix adaptation of Giovanni Boccaccios Decameron. Not far away, British director Joe Wright has commandeered five studios for the eight-episode series M: Son of the Century, based on Antonio Scuratis bestselling novel about Benito Mussolinis early years. And, on a recent morning, crew workers scampered up scaffolding to tighten bolts and run cables on an enormous set, originally built for HBOs Rome, soon to backdrop Those ... More |
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| Christie's 3.0 announces an on-chain auction of digital art | | Gerald Peters Contemporary Santa Fe opens exhibitions by Fernando Andrade, Tom Birkner, and Gil Rocha | | François Ghebaly hosts an exhibition by Jaime Muñoz in NY | 
Mad Dog Jones, A Gust of Wind. Estimaate: 15 20 ETH.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies 3.0 announced Cartography of the Soul, an on-chain auction of digital art to benefit the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). Curated with 1OF1, Christies has assembled more than 30 new or recently executed artworks, many of which reflect the artists own profound experiences with psychedelics. Sale proceeds will be donated to support the research of and public education about potentially life-saving psychedelic therapies led by MAPS, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The sale features digital artworks from a number of todays leading artists including DeeKay, IX Shells, Sam Spratt, Killer Acid, Dustin Yellin, Justin Aversano, Mad Dog Jones, Nadya Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot and more. A highlight of the sale is Self-Discovery by DeeKay, estimated to achieve 40 50 ETH. Another exciting lot is Sam Spratts IOU One Edition of 256, which invites ... More | | 
Fernando Andrade, Liberty, 2022. Graphite and $100 Note on Hand-Cut Paper, 22 1/2 x 27 1/4 inches @ Gerald Peters Contemporary.
SANTA FE, NM.- Gerald Peters Contemporary is presenting We The People, an exhibition of new graphite drawings by Texas-based artist Fernando Andrade. The work continues the artists decade-long examination of human vulnerability and increased gun violence. A native of Acuña, Mexico (located six miles south of Del Rio, Texas), Andrades first iteration of the series focused on the violent activities of drug cartels along the U.S.-Mexico border. Now, the artist turns his attention to the prevalence of gun violence within our communities and schools. Utilizing his meticulously executed drawings, Andrade depicts children both singularly and in small groups smiling and playing with what appear to be stick guns. Closer examination reveals the gun shape to be cut away and replaced with 100-dollar bills. The softness ... More | | 
Jaime Muñoz, Loves Utility, 2023.
NEW YORK, NY.- François Ghebaly is presenting Machina, Jaime Muñozs first solo exhibition with the gallery at its New York location. In April of 2023, to the disquietude of many city-dwellers, the NYPD announced its reintroduction of American robotics manufacturer Boston Dynamics canine robot to the fleet. The four-legged robot, with its retractable proboscis- like armature, uncanny gait, and unmistakable A-08 designation, features centrally in Los Angeles-based artist Jaime Muñozs work Diagram drawing #7 (2023), part of his newest exhibition entitled Machina. Drawn in inky grisaille, and against a background depicting the gauntlet of an armored figure, the robot and its constituent image appear at once hyper-mechanical and primal. Muñoz adapts the gauntlet from J.R.R. Tolkiens fictional Nazgûl, a cadre of powerful knights who were corrupted by the mind-bending influence of the Rin ... More |
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| Works by César A. MartÃnez acquired by The Museum of Modern Art | | Gillian Jason presents Canadian-Vietnamese artist Michelle Nguyen exploring explores shapeshifting and metamorphosis | | Eco Tone: Courtney Egan featuring collaborations with Natori Green on view at the Knoxville Museum of Art | 
César A. MartÃnez, Serape: 26 Apr 1980, 1980, Acrylic and graphite on paper, 22 1/4 à 30" (56.5 à 76.2 cm). Museum Acquisition, The Edward John Noble Foundation.
SAN ANTONIO, TX.- Ruiz-Healy Art is happy to announce that The Museum of Modern Art, New York, has acquired three unique works by Chicano artist César A. MartÃnez as part of an acquisition from the The Edward John Noble Foundation. MartÃnez began his Serape series in the late 1960s, as an ode to the Color Field movement and as a reaction to contemporary art from a cultural standpoint. In his Serape series, MartÃnez illustrates traditional Mexican embroidery, spotlighting the colorful and bright palette that both lends to beauty and cultural appreciation. We see concepts of Abstract Expressionism harmonizing over Contemporary visuals, both visualizing emotion and internal messages for the viewer and artist alike. Born in 1944 in Laredo, Texas, MartÃnez graduated from Texas A&I University, Kingsville in 1968. A trailblazer of the Chicano ... More | | 
Michelle Nguyen, Shapeshifter, 2023. Oil on canbas 145.180 cm. Photo Courtesy of Gillian Jason Gallery.
LONDON.- The title of Michelle Nguyen's first solo exhibition, Ode to Proteus, in London at Gillian Jason Gallery refers to the mythological figure Proteus, a god capable of assuming many forms. From his shapeshifting abilities comes the adjective Protean, meaning "mutable" or "versatile", which has positive connotations of flexibility and adaptability. The concept of shapeshifting is central to Nguyens production. This new collection of works investigates how change pervades every sphere of our existence, with each artwork touching upon a specific area: from the ambivalent nature of grief, to the evolution of cultural beliefs, through the study of morphing creatures, both mystical and natural, to the constant transformation of our own identity. Rejecting the notion of static, monolithic reality, Nguyen believes that all things, visible, palpable, and abstract, are connected to each other and as such mutation ... More | | 
Courtney Egan, Autonomy (Pelvis with Red Orchid Cactus), 2022. HD video, silent, dimensions variable.
KNOXVILLE, TENN.- Eco Tone is a show at the Knoxville Museum of Art of Egans artwork from 2020 to present, including new pieces made in collaboration with another New Orleans artist, Natori Green. Courtney Egans projection-based sculptural installations deliver an experience that is both pleasing and disconcerting. The ethereal projections converging on walls, floors and sculptural elements are inspired by the growing frequency of human exposure to nature via computers or television. Egan creates stunning yet subtly impossible, hybrid tableaus, which envelop the viewer in a conversation between memory of the natural world and a new experience with a plant or flower. She explains the fundamental irony of the experience, stating, We get closer and farther away from the natural world simultaneously when we experience it through a technological ... More |
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 Bringing an iconic graphic design text to life, the latest exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design MuseumSEATTLE, WA.- From the stop sign to the emoji, symbols play an important and growing role in daily life. The current exhibition on view at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City, Give Me a Sign: The Language of Symbols examines the rarified stories behind many of the symbols that protect, empower and connect people. The exhibition will run May 13, 2023, to September 2, 2024. Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Symbol Sourcebook: An Authoritative Guide to International Graphic Symbols, this exhibition draws from the archive of the author and industrial designer, Henry Dreyfuss (19041972). Dreyfuss promoted the power of symbols to facilitate quick and efficient global ... More  An experimental master gets his due onstage in New YorkNEW YORK, NY.- Anthony Braxtons music is inherently theatrical. Its also serious, and hilariously entertaining. It is not, however, performed with a frequency that befits Braxtons stature, in a glaring, countrywide omission. More on that in a bit, but first: When seasoned practitioners of his work gather to explore some of his most overlooked pieces, which happened this past week at the Brick Theater in Brooklyn, that should qualify as a major event. On Thursday night at the Brick, the scrappy Experiments in Opera company pulled off a delirious debut performance of what its calling Anthony Braxton Theater Improvisations. The one-hour show proved delightful; and the small, cozy venue was rightfully sold out. The run continued through Saturday. Those who didnt make it can still dig into this side of Braxtons music, thanks to how doggedly he documents ... More  Jan Mot has announced their representation of Lili DujourieBRUSSELS.- Dujourie (°1941 in Roeselare, lives and works in Lovendegem, Belgium) has been developing a singular practice based on conjunctions of forms, materials and subjects. Through sculpture, collage, video, and photography, Dujourie's oeuvre bridges categories: indebted to abstraction, it frequently references the figure, including her own; while mostly muted in tone, color can burst forth unexpectedly; and fiercely in sync with the present, her work is steeped in history and classicism. The artist came to prominence in the late 1960s as part of a generation of artists reassessing the foundations of medium specificity. From her key early sculpture Amerikaans Imperialisme and her video and photographic work from the 1970s, to her sculptures in the 1980s and 1990s, to her more recent paper-based works, the dominant aesthetic codes of the time ... More  Monique Meloche Gallery is hosting 'There are many ways to hold water without being called a vase'CHICAGO, IL.- Monique Meloche Gallery isnow presenting through July 29th, 2023 Antonius-TÃn Buis second solo exhibition: There are many ways to hold water without being called a vase. With an intuitive sense of beauty and precision in practice, the exhibition offers the artists new series of hand-cut works on paper, portraits of individuals and artifacts that have shaped Buis exploration into their Vietnamese heritage, the poetics of queerness, gender fluidity, the politics of identity, and reshaping silence. Their works are a panorama of metamorphosis, portraits that bear witness to whole beings in their myriad complexities which are carved in precious detail to communicate each persons unique journey of breaking and becomingrejecting stereotypes, shame, and internalized racism experienced by the AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander) ... More  Monumental works of contemporary art explore the complex relationship between humans and the landRICHMOND, VA.- Three monumental mixed-media works on paper by contemporary artist Athena LaTocha form the powerful installation The Past Never Sleeps, on view through Jan. 14, 2024, at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA). Admission is free. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts presents art and exhibitions that can foster important dialogues in our community, said Alex Nyerges, VMFAs Director and CEO. Visitors to Athena LaTocha: The Past Never Sleeps will be drawn in by the immersive installation and inspired to consider their connection to and reliance on the environment. Driven by her interest in and respect for diverse landscapes, the artists work often explores the human impact on the land. My understanding of the land was influenced by both the rugged monumentality of the terrain and the impact of commercial ... More  Revisiting 'The Light in the Piazza' through an Asian American lensNEW YORK, NY.- Inside a New York City Center studio, at a rehearsal for the Encores! revival of The Light in the Piazza, two young lovers in 1950s Italy were meeting for the first time. This is my mother, Margaret Johnson, Clara, a suddenly smitten American tourist, said to Fabrizio, a local Italian. Johnson, Fabrizio repeated, connecting the name to a then-popular Hollywood star. Van Johnson?! Yes! Clara enthused. You are relative? Fabrizio asked. No, no, the mother, Margaret, cut in. And then, so too, did the director, Chay Yew. He turned to Ruthie Ann Miles, the Tony-winning actress playing Margaret, with a note. Van Johnson is white, Yew said, gesturing at his own Asian face. The group nodded. They started the scene again, and when Miles got to her line, she drew out the noooo while encircling her own Asian face with her finger to make the contrast exceedingly clear to the lovestruck ... More  Saskia Hamilton, poet who edited another poet's letters, dies at 56NEW YORK, NY.- Saskia Hamilton, a prizewinning poet who also shed new light on the tumultuous relationship between poet Robert Lowell and writer Elizabeth Hardwick with a 2019 book compiling their letters and those of their friends, died June 7 at her home in the New York City borough of Manhattan. She was 56. Her brother John said the cause was cancer. Hamilton joined the English department at Barnard College in 2002 and was made a vice provost in 2018. In a memorial posting on Barnards website, Linda Bell, provost and dean of the faculty, said her poetry was alive to the details of the quotidian. They ask us to notice those arcadian hours we make together, Bell wrote, quoting a line from Hamiltons poem This Hour (2017). In charting small everyday moments, they call our attention to the beauty of the ordinary world. Hamiltons first poetry collec ... More  Francesca Banchelli's exhibition Fire Song on view until July 15th at ADA ROME.- Francesca Banchelli's solo exhibition, titled Fire Song, recently opened at ADA, in conjunction with Tuttacittà , the first Rome Gallery Weekend in Rome. The exhibition, which will be open until 15 July 2023, revolves around a cycle of new paintings. Francesca Banchelli's work investigates the concept of time through painting and performance, elaborating narratives in which constellations of events are arranged on a single plane and without any hierarchy, staging a reconciliation between the individual, the collective and the natural world. According to a Sioux elder, the meaning of life is to address all the things we encounter with a song. Chants are a form of primordial and intelligible dialogue, through which the encounter is found, a place where different parts mutate in order to understand each other. The closeness that is established can reconstitute ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, German painter Kurt Schwitters was born June 20, 1887. Kurt Hermann Eduard Karl Julius Schwitters (20 June 1887 - 8 January 1948) was a German artist who was born in Hanover, Germany. Schwitters worked in several genres and media, including dadaism, constructivism, surrealism, poetry, sound, painting, sculpture, graphic design, typography, and what came to be known as installation art. He is most famous for his collages, called Merz Pictures. In this image: Kurt Schwitters, Mz 302, Linden, 1921. Collage on paper, 7 1/8 x 5 5/8 in. Private collection. © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn.
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