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Jasper Johns, Flags I, 1973 © Jasper Johns / DACS, London.
LONDON.- With just one day to go until the 2020 US Presidential election, the British Museum announces that it has acquired a major million-dollar artwork by celebrated American artist Jasper Johns. The work Flags I, a 1973 colour screenprint features Johns iconic American flag motif and has been generously donated to the American Friends of the British Museum by Leslie and Johanna Garfield who have amassed one of the most comprehensive private collections of 20th century prints in the world. Johns is one of the most celebrated and sought-after living American artists, and Flags I is a masterpiece of his prolific career as a printmaker. The US flag, which he has used repeatedly since the 1950s, is featured twice in the print, presented as reversed and hanging downwards. It is printed predominantly in red, white and blue, but also includes areas of green, orange and black. The flag on the left has a matt finish while an additional layer of varnish gives the flag on the right ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Installation view of Female Minimal: Abstraction in the Expanded Field at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac. Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London • Paris • Salzburg
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| | Famed Iranian under #MeToo cloud faces art world repercussions | | Kasmin Gallery announces representation of George Rickey | | What a tail: whale sculpture saves runaway Dutch train |
Sara Omatali, an Iranian journalist now living in the United States, at home in Derwood, Md., Sept. 2, 2020. Gabriella Demczuk/The New York Times.
by Farnaz Fassihi and Catherine Porter
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- A famous and well-connected Iranian artist who has been accused by at least 13 women of sexual misconduct is starting to see signs of repercussions in the art world that once exalted him, both in Iran and Canada, where he has dual citizenship. The artist, Aydin Aghdashloo, whose work has been auctioned and shown around the world, is the most prominent figure to be accused in Irans burgeoning #MeToo movement. He has denied wrongdoing and taken legal action against at least one of the women. But their accounts, detailed in an Oct. 22 New York Times article, have been widely shared in Iran and generated more criticism of the artist. Aghdashloos Instagram account appears to have restricted comments since the Times article was published. Through his lawyers, Aghdashloo has demanded a retraction of the article. The ... More | |
George Rickey installs Study for Crucifera IV at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY. September 1979. Photo: Achim Pahle. © George Rickey Foundation, Inc.
NEW YORK, NY.- Kasmin announced exclusive worldwide representation of the work of American sculptor George Rickey (19072002). In Fall 2021, the gallery will present two concurrent exhibitions of work by Rickey, beginning with a major offsite installation of nine monumental kinetic sculptures on Park Avenue, as part of an ongoing program presented by The Sculpture Committee of The Fund for Park Avenue and NYC Parks' Art in the Parks program. Concurrently, three large-scale works will be exhibited in the Kasmin Sculpture Garden, on view from The High Line at 28th Street. Together these exhibitions will constitute the largest show of monumental sculpture by Rickey since the artists retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum, New York, in 1979. Eric Gleason, Senior Director at Kasmin, commented, "George Rickey is a singular entity in the history of 20th-century ... More | |
A photo taken in Spijkenisse, on November 2, 2020 shows a metro train that shot through a stop block at De Akkers metro station. Robin Utrecht / ANP / AFP.
by Sara Magniette
SPIJKENISSE (AFP).- A runaway Dutch metro train was saved from disaster on Monday after it smashed through a stop barrier but then came to rest on a giant sculpture of a whale's tail. Instead of crashing into the water 10 metres (30 feet) below, the front carriage ended up suspended dramatically in the air, propped up only by the silver cetacean. The driver of the train, which had no passengers on board, was unharmed in the fluke incident which happened just after midnight at Spijkenisse, near the port city of Rotterdam. In a twist of fate, the fortuitously positioned artwork is called "Saved by the Whale's Tail". "This is such a weird scenario," Carly Gorter of the Rijnmond regional safety authority told AFP. "The metro went off the rails and it landed on a monument called Saved by the Whale's Tail. So that literally happened. "Because of the whale's tail the driver actually was saved ... More |
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| | 'Bob Ross Experience' opens in Indiana, happy trees and all | | Yemen's ancient 'Manhattan of the Desert' risks collapse | | Don't eat the breakfast cereal. It's made of plastic. |
Shantelle and Brett Estes, a local couple who won the costume contest for "Best Bob Ross Pair," during the opening day of the "Bob Ross Experience" in Muncie, Ind., Oct. 31, 2020. Evan Jenkins/The New York Times.
by Sarah Bahr
MUNCIE, IND (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Lexi Vann was losing her race with Bob Ross. The 19-year-old from Carmel, Indiana, sporting a bushy brown Bob wig that defied the stiff Halloween afternoon breeze, dipped her brush into a pool of purple paint and began tracing the outline of a mountain range, taking her cue from an episode of The Joy of Painting on a screen set up on the lawn. But Ross, whose curly perm and soothing voice were at odds with his breakneck pace, finished his work, titled Sunset Aglow, five minutes ahead of her. As soon as he started going with the trees, I was lost, Vann said, her cheeks flushed. She was among the more than 100 fans of the PBS painter who made the trek in her case 50 miles, but others came from as far away as Arizona for the sold-out ... More | |
An aerial picture taken on October 17, 2020, shows a view of Shibam City in Yemen's central Hadramawt governorate. AFP.
SHIBAM (AFP).- Dubbed the "Manhattan of the desert" for its centuries-old skyscrapers, Yemen's ancient city of Shibam escaped damage in the civil war -- but faces collapse from disrepair amid rains and floods. Against a backdrop of cliffs looking like America's Grand Canyon, the UNESCO-listed World Heritage site is strategically built on a rocky spur high above the river valley of Wadi Hadramawt, in the arid centre of Yemen. Some of the hundreds of fantastical sun-dried mud-brick towers soar seven stories high, many dating back to the 16th century, all crammed inside a traditional fortified wall built for protection. The UN describes the city, once an oasis stop for the camel caravans on the spice and incense routes across southern Arabia, as "one of the oldest and best examples of urban planning based on the principle of vertical construction." But Shibam is struggling. The mud-brick constructions need constant ... More | |
Robin Frohardt in the cereal section of her public art installation The Plastic Bag Store, in New York, Oct. 29, 2020. Amy Lombard/The New York Times.
by Laura Collins-Hughes
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Wrapping around a corner in Times Square, the storefront had been hidden in plain sight since the tail end of winter, when so much of the citys creative life shut down, locked up and headed home to wait out the coronavirus. Playwright, director and puppet designer Robin Frohardt, best known for a delectable little piece of puppet theater called The Pigeoning, had been putting the finishing touches on a new show inside. Part art installation, part immersive puppet play, The Plastic Bag Store was meant to open in March, its space tricked out to look like an ecowarrior parody of a well-stocked grocery. Audiences would have been welcome to touch the faux merchandise (brightly colored replicas of fruits and vegetables, bakery items and more, all made from plastic waste), and invited ... More |
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| | Hamiltons opens an exhibition of exceedingly rare 'ferrotyped' prints from the 1970s by Helmut Newton | | Contemporary artists customise Fender guitars for auction | | Swann delivers top prices for portfolios in Fine Photographs Auction |
Winnie on Deck, Off the Coast of Cannes, 1975.
LONDON.- To mark what would have been Helmut Newtons 100th birthday on 31 October 2020, Hamiltons is presenting an exhibition of exceedingly rare ferrotyped prints from the 1970s. Helmut Newton: High Gloss, 21 October 2020 8 January 2021, features many of Newtons most famous photographs including Elsa Peretti, Rue Aubriot and Woman Examining Man. To accompany the exhibition and celebrate the centenary, Hamiltons is publishing a limited-edition book with illustrations of each photograph, with an essay by Newtons personal friend and renowned photography specialist Philippe Garner, and a second essay by Vasilios Zatse of The Irving Penn Foundation. In the 1970s, Newton made a small quantity of ferrotyped prints before he had developed a collectors market. These glossy prints were made to imitate the press and book styles of the 1930s when the sleek printing technique was associated ... More | |
Guitar by Joana Vasconcelos. Image © Louise Haywood-Schiefer.
LONDON.- An art auction aimed at supporting The Big Issue and its network of sellers in a time of crisis, is open for registration. Goldie, Gavin Turk, Jamie Reid, Lauren Baker and Rugman are among 21 creative geniuses who have generously lent their talents to create extraordinary works for the auction, which will be held by The Auction Collective on Wednesday 4th November. The Big Art Auction is a collaboration between The Big Issue Group and Creative Giants and has been made possible by a donation from Fender of a collection of iconic Stratocaster guitars. The project was also kindly supported by Art Below. The nine artists who have customized the iconic instruments are: Gavin Turk, Goldie, Bran Symondson, Lauren Baker, Vhils, Joe Rush, Jamie Reid, Rugman, Joana Vasconcelos. And alongside the customised Stratocasters there are also a range of limited edition ... More | |
Manuel Ãlvarez Bravo, FotografÃas, deluxe edition, signed and inscribed, with three photographs, Mexico, 1945. Sold for $20,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- Our market continues to be dynamic and varied, said Deborah Rogal, director of the photographs and photobooks department, of the October 22 sale of Fine Photographs at Swann Galleries (the first for Rogal as head of the department). We saw strength in the FSA and other Depression-era photography as well as in other classical material. The bidding was also lively for Mexican photographers, and of course, the vernacular material continues to attract both niche and fine art collectors. The house offered a selection of works from the Estate of Evelyne Daitz, a pioneering photography gallerist who helped set the foundation for the market and the ways in which the medium is considered and collected today. Top offerings from the collection included the portfolio Robert Doisneau, complete with 15 ... More |
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| | Christie's to offer 130 works created by major figures of photography | | Make some noise and move: A choreographer provides instructions | | Newfields to acquire contemporary installation El Tendedero/The Clothesline Indiana |
Richard Mosse, Hot Rats. Estimate: 24.000-35.000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020.
PARIS.- On November 10th, Christies will be holding its Photographs auction, focusing on 20th and 21st century photography. 130 works created by major figures of photography will be shown, such as August Sander, Constantin Brancusi, Man Ray, Irving Penn, Helmut Newton, Guy Bourdin and Richard Avedon. The Photography department is pleased to present an ensemble of some of the most famous and emblematic images of the 20th century, including a magnificent portrait by Helmut Newton, Elsa Peretti as a Bunny, which will be one of the highlights of the sale (estimate 120,000 180,000). An icon of New York fashion, Elsa Peretti poses before the lens of the fashion photographer in 1975, in a suit designed by the designer Halston. Lascivious, she is captured on the terrace of her flat in an outfit suggesting intimacy, posing before the dizzying space of Manhattan. The artist defines his signature style, loaded with ... More | |
The choreographer Yanira Castro in New York, Oct. 29, 2020. Josefina Santos/The New York Times.
by Siobhan Burke
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- About 50 people sat in front of their computers on a recent afternoon, banging on pots and pans with kitchen utensils. In a departure from common Zoom etiquette, everyone was unmuted and making as much noise as possible. What began as an attempt to find a synchronized beat quickly unraveled into clanging, joyful chaos. This group activity, based on a choreographic score called Thunderous Clash, was an online introduction to a largely offline project, Yanira Castros Last Audience: A Performance Manual. Before participants left the Zoom event, they received a PDF of the score basically a set of written instructions so that they could try it in full on their own. (The complete Thunderous Clash, inspired by the form of pot-banging protest known as a cacerolazo, Spanish ... More | |
Installation view of Mónica Mayer (Mexican, b. 1954), El Tendedero/The Clothesline Indiana (detail), conceived 1978, activated 20192020 in collaboration with Women4Change, mixed media, various dimensions. Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Gift of the Artist and Women4Change, with the generous support of Ann M. Stack. Photo by Samantha McCain Veach.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.- The Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields is acquiring El Tendedero/The Clothesline Indiana by Mónica Mayer (Mexico, b.1954). Mayers social-practice installation transforms a clotheslinea traditional symbol of feminine rolesinto a forum on sexual violence against women by inviting participants to anonymously answer questions like Where do you feel safe? on pink notecards and to pin them to the clothesline. Led by Women4ChangeIndiana with support from the Indiana Coalition to End Sexual Assault & Human Trafficking (ICESAHT), El Tendedero includes notecards from all 92 of Indianas counties. This statewide exhibition, which began in September 2019 ... More |
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Tang Sancai Ceramics From the Collection of Susan Chen
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Telfair Museums hires new executive director/CEO
SAVANNAH, GA.- Telfair Museums has announced the hiring of a new executive director/CEO who will lead its three sites in Savannah starting in 2021. Benjamin T. Simons, 50, will join the museum on January 4, 2021. Simons has been the executive director of the Academy Art Museum in Easton, Maryland, since 2016. Before that, he worked for the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., and for more than a decade at the Nantucket Historical Association in Massachusetts. Simons holds a bachelors degree from Harvard University, a masters degree in literature from Yale University, and a masters degree in the history of art from the University of Londons Courtauld Institute of Art. He is a graduate of the Getty Museum Leadership Institute. Simons hiring, which came after a six-month executive search, was made official by Telfairs ... More
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts names new Curator of Twentieth Century Art
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts announced that Dr. Brittany Webb has been named Evelyn and Will Kaplan Curator of Twentieth Century Art. A member of the PAFA community since 2018, Dr. Webb is the Curator of the John Rhoden Collection. With her new curatorial appointment, Dr. Webb becomes the inaugural Evelyn and Will Kaplan Curator of Twentieth Century Art and the John Rhoden Collection. In her new role, Dr. Webb will oversee the Museums renowned collections, exhibitions, and programs of 20th century art, furthering PAFAs mission to celebrate and investigate the stories of American art. She will also support the School of Fine Arts by providing instruction for the student body at PAFA. Dr. Webb is currently organizing a major retrospective exhibition and catalogue of the work of the African ... More
One of the finest-known copies of 'Detective Comics' No. 27 heads to Heritage Auctions
DALLAS, TX.- Detective Comics No. 27, which hit newsstands in the spring of 1939 only to become one of pop culture's most vaunted, valuable and prized possessions, debuted the rough-draft Batman. Here for the first time was the hybrid hero who was equal parts Shadow, Green Hornet, Phantom Detective, Zorro and Scarlet Pimpernel; the not-so-superman who carried a gun and bled when shot; the good guy who shrugged when the bad guy fell to his death. But there, too, in artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger's six-page yarn "The Case of the Chemical Syndicate," were the hallmarks of the Caped Crusader to come: his secret identity as wealthy playboy Bruce Wayne, his friendship with Commissioner Jim Gordon, and the cape and cowl and costume that rendered him "the most flamboyant masked avenger of them all," in the words of Batman ... More
Your chance to live like and look like Ballers as items from acclaimed series head to auction
DALLAS, TX.- During its acclaimed five-season run on HBO, Ballers was the network's most-watched comedy since Sex and the City though, truth be told, the series set in the bruising world of pro football seldom played every down for laughs. For fans keeping tabs on Dwayne Johnson's football-star-turned-money-man Spencer Strasmore, John David Washington's walking off-the-field incident Ricky Jerret and an all-star supporting cast, creator Stephen Levinson's Ballers was as much a Sunday can't-miss as any NFL matchup. Beginning this week, one year after the show's stellar run, fans have an opportunity to own a piece of Ballers, as some 500 collectibles and keepsakes from the show head to auction for the first time. And, yes, those include the very shirts and suits off Johnson's back. HBO, Screenbid and Dallas-based Heritage Auctions have ... More
Bhanu Rajopadhye Athaiya's estate sale set to open a new chapter for Indian Modern Art
MUMBAI.- Following months of research, including primary sources from Ms. Athaiyas personal archives, Prinseps are set to host the first-ever auction dedicated to Bhanu Rajopadhye Athaiyas estate, with key works of art created during her years in association with the Progressives group. The 32 lot auction carries sketches, early fashion illustrations and paintings by Bhanu Athaiya. Auction highlights include an oil on canvas painting titled Prayers originally exhibited by Bombay Art Societys 1953 exhibition titled Progessive Artists Group, alongside K.H. Ara, F.N. Souza, V.S. Gaitonde and Krishen Khanna. In the predominantly male bastion of what has been categorized as the Progressive Artists Group or Bombay Progressives, the rediscovery of a suite of paintings and sketches by Bhanu Athaiya ( née Rajopadhye) opens up the possibility of an important reframing of a p ... More
New work by Tim Fishlock on view at Hang-Up Gallery, London
LONDON.- Take a newspaper. Take a pair of scissors. Choose an article as long as you are planning to make your poem. Cut out the article. Then cut out each of the words that make up this article and put them in a bag. Shake it gently. Then take out the scraps one after the other in the order in which they left the bag. Copy conscientiously. The poem will resemble you. --Tristan Tzara, 1920 Artist Tim Fishlock continues to find inspiration in the cut-up technique first expounded in Tristan Tzaras instructions on how to make a Dadaist poem. Following on from his 2018 work The Future Leaks Out; an eye-popping, interactive artwork comprised of rows of text-covered wooden blocks that aimed to make poets of us all; The Poem Will Resemble You is a psychedelic, carnivalesque, hand cranked generator of five word slogans. The new work has ... More
Textile expert Laura Johnson joins Winterthur
WINTERTHUR, DE.- Laura E. Johnson has joined Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library as the new Linda Eaton Associate Curator of Textiles. Laura has a diverse, interesting background in both the science and interpretation of textiles, as well as textiles in design, says Eaton, the John L. & Marjorie P. McGraw Director of Collections and senior curator of textiles at Winterthur. She is a valuable addition to our fine staff, and we are thrilled that she has come home to us. Dr. Johnson joins Winterthur from Historic New England, where she served as associate curator beginning in 2010 until her promotion to curator in 2018 while working on a wide range of projects for its 37 historic properties and permanent collections. Johnson curated two exhibitions, Mementos: Jewelry of Life and Love from Historic New Englands Collection and Head to Toe: ... More
NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale receives $1.6 million gift from the Jerry Taylor & Nancy Bryant Foundation
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA.- NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale has received a $1.6 million gift from The Jerry Taylor & Nancy Bryant Foundation to endow an art curator position and provide funds for the Museums youth education programs. The impact of this gift to the Museum will be magnified thanks to Nova Southeastern Universitys newly established endowment challenge that matches interest on all new endowments up to 5% through 2025. The Museum has initiated a nationwide search to fill the curatorial role. We extend our heartfelt thanks to Nancy Bryant and Jerry Taylor for this outstanding gift, especially during these challenging times, and in recognition of their support the position will be named the Bryant-Taylor Curator, states Francie Bishop Good, chair of the Museums Board of Governors. We are deeply appreciative of Nancy and Jerrys ... More
Eddie Hassell, actor in 'Surface' and 'The Kids Are All Right,' dies at 30
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Eddie Hassell, an actor best known for a recurring role on the NBC show Surface and the movie The Kids Are All Right, died Sunday after being shot in Texas, according to his representative. He was 30. Hassell was shot outside his girlfriends apartment in Grand Prairie, a Dallas suburb, around 1 a.m., according to the representative, Alan Mills. He was shot in the abdomen and taken to a nearby hospital, where he died, Mills said. A call seeking additional information from the Grand Prairie Police Department was not immediately returned. Mills said he saw reports of Hassells death earlier Sunday on social media and contacted the Hassell family. A cousin of the actor confirmed his death, Mills said. Hassell appeared in 10 episodes of Surface, a sci-fi show staring actress Lake Bell, about a new, and often dangerous, ... More
Nikki McKibbin, 'American Idol' finalist, dies at 42
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Nikki McKibbin, a singer-songwriter from Texas best known for her third-place finish on the inaugural season of American Idol, died Sunday. She was 42. McKibbins death was confirmed by her husband, Craig Sadler, who said on Facebook that she was taken off life support early Sunday, four days after she experienced complications from a brain aneurysm. Her son, Tristen Langley, said she died in a hospital in Arlington, Texas. She was so loved that I know thousands of you will be grieving with us, Sadler wrote. McKibbin rose to national fame in 2002 as a contestant on American Idol, the Fox reality show in which singers competed for a record deal. Appearing with an unabashedly punk style, complete with a shock of dyed red hair, she was praised for her soulful covers, including Total Eclipse of the Heart by ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Italian painter Annibale Carracci was born November 03, 1560. Annibale Carracci (November 3, 1560 - July 15, 1609) was an Italian Baroque painter. In this image: Eugenio Riccomini, curator of the exhibition of Italian painter Annibale Carracci, stands next to the painting "I macellai" (The butchers) during the exhibit opening in Bologna, Italy, Thursday Sept. 21, 2006. Carracci, who lived from 1560 to 1609 was underpaid in his lifetime and undervalued for centuries after his death and at last is having a renaissance in his native Bologna. Carracci's mastery ranged from sympathetic and realistic portraits of common folk like butchers, to magnificent frescoes adorning palatial residences in Rome.
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