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The McNays exquisite Seurat drawing (Silhouette de Femme) is the work I stood before when I was young and had the thought, Maybe I could become an artist, recalls Moffett.
SAN ANTONIO, TX.- The history of the first modern art museum in Texas inspires two new exhibitions on view at the McNay Art Museum. DONALD MOFFETT + NATURE CULT + THE McNAY and Marion Koogler McNays Legacy present contemporary reflections on the storied Museum and its founder through September 11, 2022. Artist and San Antonio-native, Donald Moffett, returns to his hometown for an exhibition that explores the natural world through a dynamic presentation of new artwork, masterpieces from the McNay permanent collection, and personal belongings from the artist. A longtime resident of New York City, Moffett grew up visiting the McNay in his youth, and cites a pivotal experience at the Museum that still resonates with him today. The McNays exquisite Seurat drawing (Silhouette de Femme) is the work I stood before when I was young and had the thought, Maybe I could become an artist, recalls Moffett. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Egenolf Gallery Japanese Prints presents Mount Yoshino Midnight-Moon from âOne Hundred Aspects of the Moon,â by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, a color woodblock print, dated 1886. The juxtaposition of beauty and violence is captured as this beautiful court lady, Iga no Tsubone, fearlessly confronts the ghost of Kiyotaka. Her long hair flows freely down her back as maple leaves float down beneath a shadowed full moon. The ghost is clutching at the title cartouche with his eerie fingers and glaring at her with yellow eyes.
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| Rare copy of first Marvel Comic sells for $2.4 million | | After criticism, film museum will highlight Hollywood's Jewish history | | Christie's to offer Andy Warhol's legendary Shot Sage Blue Marilyn | 
The book, Marvel Comics No. 1, published in 1939, is so valuable because the publisher used it to record the payments he owed to illustrators, an expert said.
by Alyssa Lukpat
NEW YORK, NY.- A rare piece of Marvel history, a publishers annotated copy of the first Marvel comic book, sold at auction Thursday for $2.4 million. The book, Marvel Comics No. 1, published in 1939, is so valuable because it is known as the pay copy, in which the publisher recorded the payments he owed to the illustrators, said Stephen Fishler, CEO ComicConnect, an online comic auction house. Fishler declined to identify the buyer, but said that the winner of the auction was a longtime comic collector in his 40s who lived outside the United States. He loved the condition of the copy and the story of how it was found, Fishler said Sunday. For collectors, comics that contain the first appearances of superheros like Batman and Spider-Man are precious. A 1962 copy of Amazing Fantasy No. 15, featuring Spider-Mans debut, sold last year for $3.6 million, which was believed to be a record. In January, a buyer spent $3.18 million for ... More | | 
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, Sept. 15, 2021. The Academys new museum, which tried to present an inclusive history of film, overlooked the role Jewish immigrants played in creating the industry. Rozette Rago/The New York Times.
by Adam Nagourney
LOS ANGELES, CA.- When the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, a 300,000-square-foot tribute to Hollywood, opened here last fall, it was lauded for honoring, in an industry historically dominated by white men, the contributions that women, artists of color and people from many backgrounds have made to film, an essential American art form. We want to ensure that we are taking an honest, inclusive and diverse look at our history, that we create a safe space for complicated, hard conversations, the museums director, Bill Kramer, said the day after the museum opened as he welcomed guests to a panel discussion titled Creating a More Inclusive Museum. But one group was conspicuously absent in this initial celebration of diversity and inclusivity: the Jewish immigrants white men ... More | | 
Andy Warhol, Shot Sage Blue Marilyn. Acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen, 40 x 40 in. / 101.6 x 101.6 cm. Painted in 1964. Estimate on request. © Christie's Images Ltd 2022.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies announced Shot Sage Blue Marilyn by Andy Warhol will lead its Marquee Week of sales in May. Poised to be the most expensive 20th century artwork to ever sell at auction, Shot Sage Blue Marilyn is among the most iconic paintings in history (estimate on request; in the region of $200 million USD). An unmatched example of 20th century art by the most important American artist, Shot Sage Blue Marilyn is one of the rarest and most transcendent images in existence. The work comes to Christies from the Thomas and Doris Ammann Foundation Zurich; all proceeds of the sale will benefit the foundation, which is dedicated to improving the lives of children the world over by establishing support systems centered on providing healthcare and educational programs. With one hundred percent of proceeds going to charity, the sale of this single painting will constitute the highest grossing philanthropic auction since The Collecti ... More |
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| Sumy Sadurni, photojournalist whose focus was East Africa, dies at 32 | | The Textile Museum of Canada and Toronto Biennial of Art open exhibition | | The Phillips Collection acquires work by DC-based artist Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi from the contemporaries fund | 
A demonstrator takes a break during a march in protest of climate change inaction in Wakiso, on the outskirts of Kampala, Uganda, on Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. Sumy Sadurni/The New York Times.
by Annabelle Williams
NEW YORK, NY.- Sumy Sadurni, a prolific photojournalist who documented human rights struggles, political resistance and gender issues in East Africa through a piercing and intimate lens, died March 7 in Kampala, Uganda. She was 32. Her brother, Jorge Sadurni Carrasco, said she died in a car accident. Sadurni, a freelancer, traveled the world but was best known for her work in her adopted country, Uganda. Her photographs for Agence France-Presse appeared in some of the worlds leading newspapers, including The New York Times. She reported on the fractious 2021 presidential election in Uganda, focusing on Bobi Wine, the opposition leader who challenged the countrys longtime president, Yoweri Museveni. ... More | | 
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TORONTO.- The Textile Museum of Canada and Toronto Biennial of Art announce their partnership in the presentation and tour of the exhibition Double Vision: Jessie Oonark, Janet Kigusiuq, and Victoria Mamnguqsualuk. Curated by Candice Hopkins, Senior Curator at the Toronto Biennial of Art, the exhibition is on view at the Textile Museum February 16 August 14, 2022. Double Vision debuts at the Museum as a key component of the 2022 Toronto Biennial of Art (March 26 June 5, 2022). The Museum partnered with TBA to provide free and accessible arts programming across Toronto and surrounding areas during the presentation. We are thrilled to launch our 2022 programming with such a significant partnership, said Emma Quin, the Textile Museums Director and CEO. Double Vision builds on years of Museum exhibitions and partnerships that have focussed on textiles that reveal deep Indigenous ... More | | 
Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi, Work in progress to be completed in 2022, Acrylic on individual 6 x 6 in. Masonite panels, 36 x 54 in., The Phillips Collection, Contemporaries Acquisition Fund, 2022, Image courtesy of the artist
WASHINGTON, DC.- Through its 20202022 Contemporaries Acquisition Fund, The Phillips Collection has recently acquired a work by DC-based artist Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi (b. 1981, Tehran, Iran). Created with acrylic on individual Masonite panels and incased together as a floor-piece, Ilchis work (to be completed in spring 2022) fluctuates between abstraction and representation, depth and flatness, evoking unknown landscapes and inner psychological spaces. While her paintings merge fluid layers of poured paint with imagery derived from old Persian paintings and illuminated manuscripts, Ilchis intricately executed tile worksincluding the Phillips piecejoin geometric patterns taken from Islamic architecture with the ... More |
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| A Hollywood production (made in Liverpool) | | Matisse set to draw attention at Bonhams Impressionist & Modern Art sale in London | | The Salmagundi Club hosts two-day fundaraising auction event April 8th and 9th | 
Lynn Saunders, the head of the Liverpool Film Office, in Liverpool, England, Feb. 2022. Saunders hopes that adding studios will keep productions in town and stimulate the local economy. Francesca Jones/The New York Times.
by Eshe Nelson
LIVERPOOL.- For two decades, the Littlewoods building in Liverpool, a long, low-slung and cavernous space built to house a betting and mail-order company in the 1930s, sat abandoned. No one wanted to take on this crumbling hulk looming on the outskirts of the city. Until Lynn Saunders. She is the driving force to make it the center of Liverpools first film and TV studio complex. Its a beast of a site, said Saunders, the head of the Liverpool Film Office. It had been too intimidating for most prospective buyers. But amid a boom in TV and film production in Britain, Littlewoods Studios is now one of at least two dozen major plans to build or expand studio space across Britain. Streaming platforms like Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon ... More | | 
Henri Matisse (1869-1954), Femme couchée de la serie 'Thèmes et variations', D4. (Executed in 1941). Estimate: £180,000 - 250,000. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- In 1941 Henri Matisse (1869-1954) was recovering from a long illness at Hôtel Regina in Nice. Confined to his bed, the artist was unable to paint in front of an easel. Matisse however, found a solution. Resting a drawing board against a rolling table attached to his bed, Matisse continued to work with drawing becoming his primary means of artistic expression for the next two years. A drawing by Henri Matisse from this period, Femme couchée de la serie 'Thèmes et variations', D4, is one of the highlights of Bonhams Impressionist & Modern Art sale on Thursday 7 April in New Bond Street, London. The work on paper has an estimate of £180,000 - 250,000. Hannah Noel-Smith, Head of UK & Europe Impressionist & Modern Art, commented: In Femme couchée de la serie 'Thèmes et variations', D4, Matisse allows the ink lines to vary in ... More | | 
Francis Nguyen, Female torso, Marble, 13 x 6 x 6. Starting bid $2000.
NEW YORK, NY.- Americas oldest art auction, the historical New York City based Salmagundi Club will host a two-day fundraising auction event, being co-presented by Roland Auctions NY, on Friday, April 8th at 8pm and on Saturday, April 9th at 12 noon. Both sessions will be held live at the Salmagundi Club at 47 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10003, as well as online through Live Auctioneers. Roland Auctions NY will be conducting the actual auctions, on behalf of Salmagundi Club, to spotlight many of the clubs top emerging and established artists. The auction will feature all original portraits, still life, landscapes, photography and other genres, with all purchases to support both the artist and the club. Salmagundi auctions have operated continuously since the late 1870s. With starting prices as low as $150, all set at 30% of typical gallery prices, this is a unique opportunity to own a piece ... More |
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| Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts awards $400,000 to 18 grantees to support Los Angeles organizations | | Fernando Casasempere exhibits at London Mithraeum Bloomberg SPACE | | Templon opens an exhibition of works by Michael Ray Charles | 
Alison Saar, Hygiea, 2020. Installation view, Alison Saar: Of Aether and Earthe at Armory Center for the Arts, 2021. Photo by: Ian Byers-Gamber. Courtesy of the artist and Armory Center for the Arts.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts announced today the recipients of its second year of Organizational Support Grants, an initiative established in 2021 to address the immediate and pressing needs of Los Angeles arts organizations contending with the effects of the pandemic. These grants replace the Foundations previous Artist Project Grants, which funded specific projects. Eighteen grantees will receive unrestricted funding to support their organizations operations and programming. The Organizational Support Grants further Mike Kelleys philanthropic mission and honor his legacy by supporting organizations that are committed to risk taking, critical thinking and provocation in the arts. This years grantees are the 18th Street Arts Center; Active Cultures; Armory Center for the Arts; Beyond Baroque; Center for the Study of Political Graphics; Clockshop; ... More | | 
Fernando Casasempere, London Mithraeum Bloomberg SPACE 10 February 22 July 2022. All images: © Marcus Leith.
LONDON.- London Mithraeum Bloomberg SPACE today announced its latest contemporary art commission, Scratching the Surface by Chilean artist Fernando Casasempere. Inspired by the unique context of Bloomberg SPACE, situated directly above the ancient Roman Temple of Mithras, Casasemperes installation reflects the enigmatic nature of the Temple, which was originally discovered on the site in the 1950s. The artists large-scale ceramic elements connects the archaeological site with the space of the imagination, welcoming multiple narratives and interpretations. The site-responsive installation appears to meld with the gallery space, exploring the ways in which new layers can change the surfaces around us and transport the past into the present. A large sprawling ceramic form by Casasempere fill a corner of the room, echoing the textures and layers of large ceramic sculptures by the artist positioned throughout ... More | | 
Michael Ray Charles, (Forever Free) The Magic Man, 2012, acrylic latex and copper penny on canvas / latex acrylique et pièce de monnaie sur toile, 185 x 140 cm, 73 x 55 in., Courtesy Templon / Hedwig Van Impe, ©: Remei Giralt.
PARIS.- Templon is unveiling for the first time in almost two decades the complex oeuvre of one of the most radical African-American artists of his generation: Michael Ray Charles. The In The Presence of Light exhibition, curated by Hedwig Van Impe, features a spectacular series of a dozen unseen paintings and sculptures. A pioneer in exploring the representation of African-American communities within American history and pop culture, Michael Ray Charles created a sensation when he first emerged on the artistic scene in the nineties. The success of his shows at Tony Shafrazi Gallery in New York (1994 to 1999) quickly led him to exhibit extensively around Europe, including with Hans Mayer in Germany and, notably, Cotthem Gallery in Belgium and Spain. The controversial reception of his work, however, combined with a growing sense ... More |
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 The Philharmonic plans its return to Geffen Hall, with fanfareNEW YORK, NY.- For the past two years, the only sound coming out of David Geffen Hall, the home of the New York Philharmonic, has been the clamor of construction. That will change in October, when it reopens after a $550 million renovation. And the Philharmonic will announce its return there with fanfare: Aaron Coplands Fanfare for the Common Man, which is the first work of the orchestras 2022-23 season, a celebratory slate of about 150 concerts and events unveiled on Monday. Among the seasons highlights are a monthlong festival to inaugurate the hall; a series of premieres by composers, including Julia Wolfe and Caroline Shaw; concerts exploring issues like racism and climate change; and appearances by conductors who could replace the Philharmonics music director, Jaap van Zweden, after he steps down ... More  Historic Pong' Home Edition' prototype sold for $270,910 at auctionBOSTON, MASS.- An original prototype of an Atari' Home Pong' video game system sold for $270,910, according to Boston-based RR Auction. Originating from the collection of Allan Alcorn who revolutionized the video gameindustry in the 1970s as the creator of Pong, the first popular video arcade game. The unit was built with a finished Pong chip in a prototype circuit board in the base, featuring a hand-carved wooden mockup of the Pong system set upon the large black box. The system mockup features two potentiometer paddle control knobs, a red 'start game' pushbutton, and a central metal grille for its built-in speaker. The general design cues seen here-from the three-part layout to the gently angled control panel surfaces-are reflected in the production models of 'Home Pong,' beginning with the Sears Tele-Games (1975) ... More  Demand grows for Gregory Kondos: Painting triples estimate, sets auction record SACRAMENTO, CALIF.- An oil painting by world-renowned artist and beloved Sacramentan Gregory Kondos sold for $157,300, exceeding the Witherell's Auction House estimate of $25,000-50,000. The sale price doubled the previous auction sale record for a Kondos painting, which was $75,000, and this was the first Kondos painting to eclipse the six-figure mark at auction. Levee House is a 36 x 42 oil on canvas of the Steamboat Slough on the Sacramento River in 1989 (image below). The Kondos painting drew a flurry of inquiries, according to Witherell's Auction House. During the auction, there were multiple phone bidders, internet bids and live bidders in the room before it narrowed down to two phone lines. A southern California collector was the underbidder and a private collector based in Northern California placed the winning ... More  National Museum of Qatar unveils Pipilotti Rist's Your Brain to Me, My Brain to You installation DOHA.- The National Museum of Qatar presents Your Brain to Me, My Brain to You (2022), the first museum installation in the Middle East by internationally renowned Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist (b. 1962). The large-scale, immersive video installation follows the museum's tradition of commissioning site-specific artworks to meet the unique dimensions of its gallery space. Your Brain to Me, My Brain to You, on view from 21 March through 20 December 2022, will be accessible to hundreds of thousands of visitors expected for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. Rists installation curated by Qatar Museums Curatorial Advisor, Tom Eccles, and NMoQ's Head of Exhibitions, Bouthayna M Baltaji invites visitors to embark on a journey of self-discovery through a multisensory experience that inspires introspection and awe. Your Brain to Me, My Brain ... More  Dozens of pristine rock posters direct from Bindweed Press take center stage at Heritage auctionsDALLAS, TX.- To collectors of vintage rock posters, KC Murphy's assemblage available in April at Heritage Auctions features only the very best of the very best 40 extraordinarily valuable, vaunted and crisp keepsakes from the Bindweed Press, near-mint memories pulled from a family friend's famed printing presses when Murphy was just a little girl living in the wilds of Sonoma County. Her historic collection contains the totemic, valuable vestiges of a bygone Bay Area once ruled by the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane and their psychedelic brethren. Her artworks available in the April 16 Music Memorabilia Signature® Auction advertise the 1967 Human Be-in at the Polo Grounds, the famed Family Dog shows at the legendary Avalon Ballroom, Joplin and her band playing Hells Angels ... More  As big shows of Russian art end in Europe, some wonder what's nextNEW YORK, NY.- A blockbuster show at the Louis Vuitton Foundation, on the outskirts of Paris, has been seen by more than 1 million people since it opened in November. Known as the Morozov collection, it includes paintings by Picasso, Gauguin, Renoir and Van Gogh, as well as some of Russians most renowned painters. The collection, which had never before been seen outside Russia, is so important to the country that President Vladimir Putin personally signed off on the works traveling to France. In more normal times, the works would be packed into boxes and returned to Russian museums after the exhibition closes April 3. Now, because of Russias invasion of Ukraine, it is unclear when those works will get home. Jean-Paul Claverie, a special adviser to Bernard Arnault, chair of LVMH, a luxury conglomerate that created ... More  Planned before war, a festival embraces new Ukrainian musicNEW YORK, NY.- The Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival returned for its third edition this past weekend, with a slate of works related to themes of nature and mythology. During an introduction at Merkin Hall, the audience was told that while the event may have become newly relevant in recent weeks, its spirit remained unchanged. (Indeed, it was planned long before the Russian invasion.) Yet the war loomed over these performances: Some artists couldnt leave Ukraine, and the concerts were adapted to accommodate their absences. And the festivals very existence has always been a rejection of President Vladimir Putin of Russias assertion that there is no real Ukrainian culture. Our critics were at two of the three programs: Forest Song on Friday, and Anthropocene on Sunday. The festivals first concert was a travelogue ... More  Christie's presents the Jacqueline Matisse Monnier CollectionPARIS.- Christie's will present the Collection Jacqueline Matisse Monnier on April 13, an exceptional and historic group of works that recounts the extraordinary life of one of the most important French artists, Henri Matisse. Comprising 78 lots, with an estimated total value exceeding 23 million, the sale will offer works originating directly from the artists and previously unseen on the market. These rare pieces, largely created by friends of the Matisse family, will be publicly displayed for the first time in Christies Paris galleries. The collection includes works by some of the greatest names of the 20th century, including Henri Matisse, Jean Dubuffet, the Giacometti brothers, Niki de Saint Phalle and Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne. Born in 1931, Jacqueline Matisse Monnier, called Jackie by her friends, had art running ... More  Exhibition of paintings and tapestries by Adrianne Lobel opens in New YorkNEW YORK, NY.- Adrianne Lobel: Paintings and Tapestries opens at 72 Warren Street Gallery on March 22, 2022, where it will be on view until April 17, 2022. This exhibition coincides with the opening of Mark Morris LAllegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), for which Lobel designed the set. Adrianne Lobel is a multidisciplinary American artist with an extensive career in stage design for ballet, opera, and theater, on and off Broadway, in major regional theaters, and in Europe. She has also been painting for over two decades. This exhibition brings together twelve paintings and twelve tapestries created over the last year in a secluded stone house in Rhinebeck, NY. Surrounded by fields and woods, Lobel works outdoors, creating small plein air paintings that become the basis for larger canvases ... More |
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Murillo: Picturing the Prodigal Son 
The 8 X Jeff Koons
Flashback On a day like today, Flemish-English painter Anthony van Dyck was born March 22, 1599. Sir Anthony van Dyck (22 March 1599 - 9 December 1641) was a Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England, after enjoying great success in Italy and the Southern Netherlands. He is most famous for his portraits of Charles I of England and his family and court, painted with a relaxed elegance that was to be the dominant influence on English portrait-painting for the next 150 years. In this image: The self-portrait was commissioned by the English King Charles I.
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