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| | West Harlem Art Fund kicks off the fall season with an all-female exhibition & public mural where NATURE MATTERS | |
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NEW YORK, NY.- Elements presented by the West Harlem Art Fund is a multi-disciplinary exhibition, that features an international roster of women artists in their exhibition space (NP/10) on Governors Island, beginning September 10th. Also featured is Floral Love Project, a participatory mural led by veteran artist Kraig Blue from September 10th through 12th, and the outdoor sculptural installation Garden Sentinel by NYC-based artist Michele Brody. Drawing inspiration from a Native American proverb Peace comes within the souls of men when they realize their oneness with the Universe when they realize it is really everywhere
it is within each one of us, artists were carefully selected to convey how nature continues to work in harmony with human life. Whether creating textile, using live petals, handcrafted design, or new media Sagarika Sundaram, Yi Hsuan Sung, Yalan Wen, and Valerie Hallier offer the public new approaches fo ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Monica Bonvicini, Stagecage, courtesy Galerie Krinzinger and the artist, photo Anna Lott Donadelily.
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| Pre-Viking gold treasure found in Denmark | | Prune Nourry unveils her new project at Galerie Templon | | French cinema's 'national treasure' Belmondo dies at 88 | 
According to initial examinations, the treasure could have been buried as an offering to the gods at a chaotic time when the climate in northern Europe dramatically turned colder after a volcanic eruption in Iceland in 536 sent ash clouds into the sky. Photo: Konserveringscenter Vejle.
COPENHAGEN (AFP).- An amateur archeologist has found 22 gold objects with sixth century symbols that could yield new details about pre-Viking peoples in Denmark, the museum that will house the treasure said Monday. Some of the objects have runic motifs and inscriptions which may refer to the rulers of the time, but also recall Norse mythology, Mads Ravn, director of research at the Vejle museums in western Denmark, told AFP. "It is the symbols on the items that makes them unique, more than the quantity found," according to Ravn, who said the treasure weighed about one kilogram. One piece even refers to the Roman emperor Constantine from the early 4th century, said Ravn. "The find consists of a lot of gold items, ... More | | 
Prune Nourry portrait. Photo: Evgen Bavcar.
PARIS.- Following her 2019 Catharsis exhibition at Galerie Templon, Prune Nourry unveiled her new Projet Phenix at the Parisian gallery. Phenix revives the tradition of portraiture and explores the intimate relationship between artist and model. Prune Nourry invited eight visually impaired people to pose in her studio. Blindfolded, without ever seeing them not before, during or after the project she created a bust of each model, simply through touching and listening. The models come from vastly different backgrounds. Some are blind since birth, others lost their sight through an accident or illness. All have however one thing in common: they have succeeded in overcoming their disability through their profession or voluntary work. Prune Nourry began by modelling the portraits in clay before moulding and casting them in fired clay and then firing them using the traditional technique known as Raku. Originally from Japan, the techn ... More | | 
In this file photo taken on March 9, 1963 French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo performs the "motorcycle on a line" stunt at the traditional Artists' Union Gala in Paris. AFP.
by Jean-François Guyot / Jürgen Hecker
PARIS (AFP).- Actor Jean-Paul Belmondo, one of postwar French cinema's biggest stars whose charismatic smile lit up the screen for half a century, has died aged 88 at his Paris home, his family announced Monday. Belmondo, who first came to fame as part of the French New Wave cinema movement with films like "Breathless" by Jean-Luc Godard, went on to become a household name, acting in 80 films covering a multitude of genres, including comedies and thrillers. "He had been very tired for some time. He died peacefully," the family said in a statement sent to AFP by Belmondo's lawyer, Michel Godest. Belmondo, who was born on April 9, 1933 in the wealthy Paris suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine, grew up in a family of artists. His father was a well- ... More |
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| 'Freedom Tower' - the skyscraper symbolizing New York's resilience | | Kenny Scharf's first exhibition in China opens at Almine Rech Shanghai | | Nick Cave digs deep, with a symphony in glass | 
People walk near the sight of Ground Zero and the Freedom Tower on the day that the United States officially ended its participation in the war in Afghanistan on August 30, 2021 in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP.
by Catherine Triomphe
NEW YORK (AFP).- It is the skyscraper that replaced the Twin Towers in New York's skyline. Inaugurated in 2014, the One World Trade Center has become a symbol of resilience after the horror of 9/11. Commonly referred to as the "Freedom Tower," it is America's tallest building at 1,776 feet (541 meters) and an emblem of the US economic capital. From its conception, the tower had to testify to New York's durability -- looking to the future despite the tragedy -- according to one of its architects, Kenneth Lewis. As harrowing as the images were of the Twin Towers collapsing to the ground on September 11, 2001, no one questioned replacing them with another skyscraper, situated right next "Ground Zero." For the architects at SOM, which builds skyscrapers around the world, it was an opportunity to realize concepts that they had ... More | | 
Kenny Scharf, Arborifico, 2021 - Oil, acrylic & spray paint on linen with powder coated aluminum frame - 149.9 x 127 cm, 59 x 50 in / © Kenny Scharf - Courtesy of the Artist and Almine Rech - Photo: Charles White of JW Pictures.
SHANGHAI.- Almine Rech Shanghai is presenting Earth, Kenny Scharf's third solo exhibition with the gallery, and his first in China. In the early 1980s, in pursuit of his hero Andy Warhol, Kenny Scharf moved from Los Angeles to New York at age 19. There, Scharf met Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring and a group of like-minded artists. Together they brought Pop Art to the streets, put Warhol's "Soup Cans" onto the stage and started a new movement. Scharf's work resorts to pop culture and the politics of graffiti, but unlike Basquiat or Haring, his graphic motif and forms were inspired by cartoons such as The Flintstones Season (1960) and The Jetsons (1962). Not only did he retain the narrative in the animation, but in many cases, the paintings portray fragments or parts of an animation. In Scharf's fictive imagination, seldomly are there human characters; instead, cartoon animals, plants and unidentified species form ... More | | 
Nick Cave in front of his 2,000-square-foot mosaic in a new subway corridor under construction connecting Times Square and Grand Central Station in Manhattan. Cheryl Hageman/MTA Arts & Design via The New York Times.
by Laura Zornosa
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- On a blistering afternoon in late August, a dedicated crew of construction workers moved through the corridor connecting Times Square and Grand Central Station, home to the 42nd Street Shuttle. Here, under the streets of New York, more than two dozen figures made of vibrant glass danced along the subway walls. On Friday, MTA Arts & Design will officially unveil Every One, the first of a three-piece installation by artist Nick Cave, inside the new 42nd Street connector. The other two parts Each One at the new shuttle entrance and Equal All on the center island platform wall will be installed next year. The $1.8 million budget for the project, commissioned by MTA Arts & Design, is part of the overall project to rebuild and reconfigure the 42nd Street Shuttle, which cost more than ... More |
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| Bellmans to sell portrait of Mistress of Charles II of England | | Tom Engels appointed new artistic director of Grazer Kunstverein | | Victoria Miro opens the gallery's first solo exhibition of new paintings by Kudzanai-Violet Hwami | 
The oil on canvas measures 107 x 97 cm and shows the Duchess with a Cupid.
WISBOROUGH GREEN.- A portrait of Louise Renée de Penancoët de Kéroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth (5 September 1649 14 November 1734) attributed to Henri Gascars (French, 1635-1701) is included in Bellmans' Old Master, British & European Paintings auction on the 12th October 2021. The oil on canvas measures 107 x 97 cm and shows the Duchess with a Cupid. It was originally in a private collection in Gloucestershire from circa 1800 before it was sold by Lane Fine Art to the father of the present owner. It is estimated at £8,000 - £12,000. The Duchess has been painted by many established artists, including Sir Peter Lely and several times by Gascars. She famously accompanied Henrietta Anne Stuart, Duchess of Orléans, sister of Charles II of Great Britain, and sister-in-law of Louis XIV of France, when Henrietta visited her brother in Dover in 1670. Henrietta's sudden death meant Louise was unprovided for and Charles II appointed her a lady-in-wai ... More | | 
Tom Engels works as a curator, editor, writer, educator, and dramaturge at the intersection of performance and the visual arts. Photo: Alexandra Bertels.
GRAZ.- The search for a new artistic director for the Grazer Kunstverein attracted the large amount of 100 applicants from home and abroad. It was a difficult task for the jury to draw a shortlist from the variety of high-quality applications. Out of the candidates that were interviewed, the new artistic director was selected: Tom Engels (b. 1989, Belgium) will be the new artistic director of the Grazer Kunstverein from October 1, 2021 onwards. Engels succeeds Kate Strain, who after five successful years of directorship is leaving to establish Irelands first Kunstverein. Under her directorship, Grazer Kunstverein has developed a practice-based approach, inviting international artists to locate the production of new work in Graz, engaging with multiple publics and supporting the development of original, ambitious and often performative artistic projects. The jury, consisting of Georg Mayer-Heinisch, Alexander Isola, Stefan ... More | | 
Portrait of Kudzanai-Violet Hwami, 2019. Photo © Jo Metson Scott.
LONDON.- Victoria Miro is presenting When You Need Letters for Your Skin, the gallerys first solo exhibition of new paintings by Kudzanai-Violet Hwami. Based in the UK, Kudzanai-Violet Hwami was born in Gutu, Zimbabwe and lived in South Africa from the ages of nine to seventeen. Her paintings combine visual fragments from a myriad of sources, such as online and archival images, and personal photographs, which collapse past and present. Powerful nudes are a point of departure and in this exhibition of new works, Hwamis first with the gallery, the artist considers existence in a time and space as much digital as physical where people are investigating their sexual, spiritual and political identity. Collage, in which the artist uses sources including family photographs, online archival images and vintage pornographic photographs, is a starting point. Hwami digitally edits and layers her chosen elements with furthe ... More |
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| Magazzino Gallery at Palazzo Contarini opens a solo show of works by LucÃa Vallejo Garay | | Adama Delphine Fawundu's transcendent work featured at Princeton University Art Museum's downtown gallery space | | Spain's 'Fallas' festival returns after pandemic pause | 
Lucia Vallejo Garay. Photo: Courtesy of Lucia Vallejo Garay.
VENICE.- LucÃa Vallejo Garay presents her Venetian solo show "Fragilité" at Magazzino Gallery at Palazzo Contarini Polignac from September 4 to October 30, 2021. Curated by Nadja Romain, the exhibition takes place in the context of the Venice Glass Week and presents a new series of works by the Spanish artist in dialog with Murano glass and the legacy of Venetian master Giorgione. The show marks Vallejo's first exploration of glass and reveals an experimental body of works made of glass and canvas made possible by the expertise of Venetian-based company LagunaB. "When I was doing some research years ago for a dissertation on the authorship of the painting of Christ and the Adulteress I instantly fell in love with Giorgione. It was his soul that captivated me, his introspective, mysterious character. There is something about his paintings, about the gaze of his characters. His colors of course also interest m ... More | | 
Adama Delphine Fawundu, Aligned with Sopdet, 2017 (detail). Inkjet print; 74.9 Ã 112.4 Ã 4.4 cm (frame). Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund (2021-90).
PRINCETON, NJ.- A selection of works by multimedia artist Adama Delphine Fawundu that explore cultural inheritance and collective creation through photography, fabric-making and video is on view in Gathering Together/ Adama Delphine Fawundu. The installation includes 10 works by Fawundu acquired by the Princeton University Art Museum earlier this year. The exhibitions title simultaneously alludes to Fawundus artistic practice, which gathers together multiple strands of history; to the installation, which assembles several bodies of her work across a range of media; and to this shared moment as we begin to gather together again. Gathering Together is on view Sept. 4 through Oct. 24, 2021, at Art@Bainbridge, the museums gallery project in Bainbridge House (1766), one of the oldest buildings in Princeton. The ... More | | 
Ninots (cardboard figurines) burn as one installation of the Fallas Festival is put on fire in Valencia on September 5, 2021. JOSE JORDAN / AFP.
VALENCIA (AFP).- Valencia's "Fallas" festival wrapped up with fireworks and the burning of colourful sculptures on Sunday after returning to the eastern Spanish city following a pandemic-induced hiatus. The five-day festival is traditionally held in March but was cancelled last year as the Covid-19 pandemic swept Spain. This year, officials postponed the start of the UNESCO-recognised event until September 1. It was the first time that the festival was suspended since the end of Spain's 1936-39 civil war. Each year, residents make hundreds of colourful puppet-like sculptures -- some as big as a four-storey building -- out of wood, plaster and papier-mache for the festival. Called "ninots", the sculptures depict fairytale characters and cartoonish effigies of politicians and celebrities. One ensemble from this year's event was inspired by the hit ... More |
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Curator's introduction: Bellotto: The Königstein Views Reunited
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 Jane Birkin to skip French film festival after 'minor' strokePARIS (AFP).- British actress and singer Jane Birkin has cancelled her appearance at the American Film Festival in Deauville, France, as she recovers from a stroke, her family said Monday. The 74-year-old former partner and muse of French crooner Serge Gainsbourg "suffered a minor form of stroke a few days ago," the family said in a statement to AFP. "She is doing well," the statement added. Birkin was to discuss "Jane," a documentary about her by her daughter Charlotte Gainsbourg that was presented in Cannes in July, at the Deauville festival that opened Friday. Born on December 14, 1946 in London, Birkin has long been one of France's favourite English performers and remains indelibly associated with Gainsbourg and his moody melodies from the 1960s and 70s. "When I see the French liste ... More  88 galleries from 15 countries take part in Photo London's sixth editionLONDON.- Photo London returns to Somerset House for its sixth edition from 912 September 2021, with a preview on 8 September. Bringing together leading photography galleries and publishers from 15 countries, Photo London once again presents an innovative public programme of exhibitions, talks and workshops. Attendees will be able to plan their visit through the Photo London App & download the digital catalogue from photolondon.org. Photo London Digital also returns for its second edition from 928 September, with a preview on artsy.com on 8 September. The digital fair will supplement the physical event, allowing participation to those unable to travel and will feature curated picks by leading photography professionals. Commenting on the challenges they faced in mounting this sixth edition the Fairs Founders, Michael ... More  Review: The Met Opera reunites, with Mahler's 'Resurrection'NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- The Metropolitan Opera hardly ever plays concerts at home at Lincoln Center. But before Saturday evening, the company had opened its season with Mahlers Symphony No. 2, the Resurrection, once before. In 1980, a bitter labor battle kept the Met closed more than two months into the fall. When peace was reestablished, Mahlers sprawling journey of a soul, ending in ecstatic renewal, seemed just the thing and the symphony, with its enormous orchestral and choral forces working in intricate lock step, is nothing if not a paean to cohesion. The Resurrection Symphony almost chose itself, James Levine, then the Mets music director, said at the time. It was, he added, a way for the company to get in touch with itself again. If there has ever been another time this company needed to get in touch ... More  Upstate motels make a comeback, with an aim to captivateNEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Dana Bowen and her husband, Lindsay, both 49, initially had been looking to buy a roomy outpost away from New York City that could double as a vacation rental. The couple have an apartment in Brooklyn and a small house in the quaint village of Athens, in Greene County, and habitually scouted Catskill and Hudson Valley property listings looking for the one something big enough to host family and friends, and rent out the rest of the time. But they didnt want to be innkeepers. Bed-and-breakfasts felt too stodgy, and nothing quite fit what they envisioned: a place with a vibe or infrastructure that felt special, with ample private guest rooms and bathrooms, and enough space for sizable groups to gather. Like the rest of the world, social distancing wasnt on their radar until the arrival of COVID-19 when, suddenly, ... More  The unexpected Jewish past of Strawberry Hill House featured in online exhibitionTWICKENHAM.- As part of the events and activities celebrating the European Jewish Days of Culture festival, Strawberry Hill House has a free-to-see online exhibition exploring the lives of two of the historic west London villas former owners: Frances, Countess Waldegrave (1821-1879) and Herbert Stern, 1st Baron Michelham (1851-1919). There are also two loans to the house from private collections the Grant of Arms to John Braham (1817) and the Louis William Desanges painting, Strawberry Hill: The Drawing Room (1865). For many, Strawberry Hill House is synonymous with Horace Walpole, who built the neo-Gothic villa (1749-1776), and filled it with his collections. However, following his death in 1797, the house was passed to a succession of owners, including the formidable Frances, Lady Waldegrave, the daughter of the internationally ... More  Exhibition brings together nearly two decades of the work of the multidisciplinary Pakistani artist Bani AbidiCHICAGO, IL.- The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago is presenting Bani Abidi: The Man Who Talked Until He Disappeared, an exhibition that brings together nearly two decades of the work of the multidisciplinary Pakistani artist Bani Abidi. Organized by Sharjah Art Foundation and originally presented in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2019, the exhibition uses humor to explore transcultural connections. Informed by her upbringing in Karachi and experiences in other metropolitan cities including Chicago, where she studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Abidi approaches cultural hybridity and cosmopolitanism as a master storyteller, using video, photography, sound, and installation to uncover the influence of cultural and political power struggles on everyday life. Abidis unexpected protagonists blur the lines between ... More  Michael K. Williams, Omar from 'The Wire' actor, is dead at 54NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Michael K. Williams, the actor best known for his role as Omar Little in the HBO series The Wire, was found dead on Monday in his home in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, the police said. He was 54. Williams was found about 2 p.m., according to the New York City Police Department. The death is being investigated and the citys medical examiner will determine the cause, the police said. His longtime representative, Marianna Shafran, confirmed the death in a statement and said the family was grappling with deep sorrow at this insurmountable loss. Williams grew up in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, where he said he had never envisioned a life outside the borough. But before he was 30, he had parlayed his love for dance into dancing roles on tours with singers George Michael ... More  Venice Film Festival: Elena Ferrante, Olivia Colman and resort horrorVENICE (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Are we our best or worst selves when we go on vacation? Sure, these trips are taken with good intentions, but when youre determined to relax, that determination can look an awful lot like work. Throw in bad weather, a crying child or downed hotel Wi-Fi, and sometimes you arrive back home in a more bedraggled state than when you left. When it comes to chronicling just how easily a vacation can push people to the edge, Hollywood has been racking up a lot of frequent-flyer miles lately. The recent spate of film and TV projects about good trips gone bad even led Vulture film critic Alison Willmore to coin the phrase resort horror, a term that could apply not just to M. Night Shyamalans Old, an actual horror film about rapidly aging beachgoers, but also to HBOs The White Lotus and Hulus Nine Perfect Strangers, ... More  This theater brings nature right into the dramaBUSSANG (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Hundreds of productions have been performed at the Théâtre du Peuple, a 126-year-old playhouse in this village 45 miles from the border with Germany. Yet no matter how good the actors, they are often upstaged by the theaters unusual backdrop: a steep forest, visible right behind the stage. Framed like a painting by a wooden wall, the view brings nature into the proceedings and visitors cant get enough of it. This summer, two hours into And Their Children After Them, a new production by Simon Delétang, the otherwise plain set was lifted to reveal the trees beyond. The scene drew oohs and aahs from the audience, followed by spontaneous applause. This indoor-outdoor setup in the Vosges Mountains has sustained the Théâtre du Peuple (or Peoples Theater) through many incarnations. Founded ... More  Colonial-era royal carriage stirs up modern backlash in NetherlandsAMSTERDAM (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- In 1896, the city of Amsterdam decided to build Queen Wilhelmina a very special gift: a carriage covered in gold. The Golden Coach was designed to represent the entire kingdom and its resources, with leather from Brabant, cushions filled with flax from Zeeland and teak from the Dutch colony of Java. A prominent Dutch artist of the era, Nicolaas van der Waay, was commissioned to make panel paintings on all four sides. One of them, Tribute from the Colonies, depicts a virgin on a throne. On the left, Africans in loin cloths bow down before her. On the right, Southeast Asians in colorful batiks present her with gifts, as representations of the Dutch East Indies colony. All of these component parts glorifying the empire would have been appreciated by most Dutch people in that era. But it is precisely these elements ... More  Belgian artist Maarten Vanden Eynde's first retrospective exhibition opens at Mu.ZEE OstendOSTEND.- Mu.ZEE Ostend is presenting the first retrospective exhibition of the Belgian artist Maarten Vanden Eynde (b. 1977), Digging up the Future. The exhibition presents an overview of the artists practice from 2000 until now, a period that is not just marked by vast technological progress but also by successive crises, social, economic as well as environmental. The industrial revolution, the consolidation of global capitalism and now the Internet and big tech have radically altered the ways in which we live, work and think. In the meantime, the worlds population and, consequently, consumption and energy use, have steadily increased, confronting us with the finiteness of raw materials, extreme weather phenomena such as those seen in Europe this summer, an abundance of waste and the loss of the planets biodiversity. From a distant ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American painter Grandma Moses was born September 07, 1860. Anna Mary Robertson Moses (September 7, 1860 December 13, 1961), better known as "Grandma Moses", was a renowned American folk artist. She is often cited as an example of an individual successfully beginning a career in the arts at an advanced age. In this image: While Mamie Eisenhower points out a feature on the Grandma Moses canvas of their Gettysburg farm President Dwight Eisenhower smiles his pleasure Jan. 18, 1956, as he receives the painting, a gift from the Cabinet to commemorate the third anniversary of his inauguration. A gold serving dish, on the table before them, was presented on behalf of the Nation's Republican women. From left to right are President Eisenhower; Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey; Mrs. Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. At left is Vice President Richard Nixon.
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