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The Crystal Palace railway station in London, May 17, 2024. (Jeremie Souteyrat/The New York Times)
LONDON.- In the early 1870s, an emigre painter watched from a railway footbridge as a steam engine left a station on Londons suburban fringe. His name was Camille Pissarro, and he was developing a style of plein-air painting that would soon be called impressionism. Pissarro and a fellow emigre, Claude Monet, only stayed in London for a few months. By April 1874, they were among the painters holding the first impressionist exhibition in Paris, the subject of a retrospective that runs until July 14 at the Musée dOrsay and opens Sept. 8 ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day NAOMI In Fashion at the V&A, Supported by BOSS (c) Victoria and and Albert Museum, London.
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| Stranger, Outsider, Wanderer - An exploration of the non-ocular power to experience oneself | | Furniture by Philip & Kelvin Laverne dominates the list of top lots in Ahlers & Ogletree's sale | | 'Crown jewels of the Jewish people': Preserving memories of the Holocaust |
Luminous Abyss Xixi Qian 2024 Hard-ground etching & Aquatint printed on Somerset velvet white Framed 60cmÃ60cm .
LONDON.- Curators Gino Wong and Zishi Zhang present Stranger, Outsider, Wander: an exploration of the non-ocular power to experience oneself. This group exhibition poses the question seemingly participating in relational activities, yet experiencing the distancing estrangement of a homogenising society, what can individuals do, especially through the power of artistic ... More | |
Rare Philip LaVerne (American, 1907-1987) and Kelvin LaVerne (American, b. 1937) bronze and pewter chinoiserie Chan Li cabinet from around 1976, boasting figural decoration ($81,250).
ATLANTA, GA.- A rare circa 1976 Philip & Kelvin LaVerne bronze and pewter chinoiserie Chan Li cabinet sold for $81,250; a 2002 Neiman Marcus Edition Ford Thunderbird convertible roadster roared off for $18,150; and an oil on canvas equestrian painting by James McLaughlin Way finished at $15,730 at Ahlers & Ogletrees Modern ... More | |
Dani Dayan, the chairman of Yad Vashem, Israels official Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, on July 3, 2024. (Amit Elkayam/The New York Times)
JERUSALEM.- The pictures are haunting: black-and-white prints of a snow-covered barracks and paintings bordered by wire fences and skeletal trees, grim depictions of a World War II camp in France where Jews were interned before being transported to concentration camps. The artist, Jacques Gotko, created one picture using a background of crushed eggshells glued ... More |
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| PST Art extravaganza to start with a colorful bang | | The Colby Museum adds new works to its collection | | Monash University Museum of Art opens first Australian Solo exhibition by artist Candice Lin |
The artist Cai Guo-Qiang at his Lower East Side studio in New York, Feb. 29, 2016. (Clement Pascal/The New York Times)
LOS ANGELES, CA.- July 4 is over, but the fireworks here are not. Artist Cai Guo-Qiang, who designed the pyrotechnics for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, is developing what he calls a large explosion event for the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Sept. 15. The spectacle will be the start of PST Art, a $20 million, Getty-funded museum collaboration. Originally called Pacific Standard Time, PST Art consists of about 70 exhibitions developed by different Southern California museums and nonprofits, each featuring ... More | |
3, circa 1980s, by Martha Diamond. (Oil on masonite, 9 x 7 1/4 in.), gift of the Alex Katz Foundation, 2023.295.
WATERVILLE, ME.- The Colby Museum of Art recently acquired The Doorway, a significant new assemblage by internationally recognized Maine artist Daniel Minter, D.F.A. 23. Minter, who was featured in a conversation with artists Virgil Ortiz and Paula Wilson that opened the museums Summer Luncheon last year, created The Doorway for Colby, and it is among several recent museum acquisitions. Minter will participate in the 2024 DakArt Biennale of Contemporary African Art, and his work is also represented in collections of the Northwest African American ... More | |
Candice Lin, Lithium Sex Demons in the Factory, 2023. Commissioned by Canal Projects and the 14th Gwangju Biennale. Installation view, Canal Projects, New York, 2023. Image courtesy of the artist, Canal Projects and François Ghebaly Gallery. Photo: Izzy Leung.
MELBOURNE.- Monash University Museum of Art | MUMA is presenting the inaugural Australian solo exhibition by acclaimed Chinese-American artist Candice Lin. Renowned for her innovative use of natural materials and her playful exploration of marginalised and silenced histories, MUMAs exhibition The Sex Life of Stone is on view free to the public until 7 September ... More |
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| The Cleveland Museum of Art acquires Dutch ceramic flower pyramid and important Old Master and modern drawings | | Zentrum Paul Klee toopen first exhibition in Switzerland to provide an extensive insight into the modern art of Brazil | | Speed Art Museum presents Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Room LET'S SURVIVE FOREVER |
Flower Pyramid, c. 1690. Adrianus Kocx. Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in blue; h. 95 cm (37 3/8 in.). Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2024.27.a-.g
CLEVELAND, OH.- The Cleveland Museum of Art announced the acquisition of six new pieces including a Dutch tin-glazed earthenware vase produced by the Greek A Factory; a pen and ink drawing by Maarten van Heemskerck; and drawings by Maarten van Heemskerck, Fernand Léger, Gustave Moreau, Joseph Stella, and Sophie Taeuber-Arp. A trademark of Dutch material culture, blue-and-white pottery had its heyday ... More | |
Geraldo de Barros, Forma-objeto, 1951. Industrial paint on wood, 40 à 40 cm. Collection of Fábio Faisal. Photo: Michel Favre.
BERN.- From 7 September 2024 until 5 January 2025 the Zentrum Paul Klee will be showing Brasil! Brasil! The Birth of Modernism. It is the first exhibition in Switzerland to provide an extensive insight into the modern art of Brazil, and into the countrys history, literature, music, design and architecture. The exhibition will travel to the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Brazil is by far the largest country in South America, and a country with one of the highest populations in the world. ... More | |
©YAYOI KUSAMA. INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM LETS SURVIVE FOREVER, 2017. Courtesy of the artist, David Zwirner, Ota Fine Arts, and Victoria Miro. Collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario.
LOUISVILLE, KY.- On July 12, the Speed Art Museum will present Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrored Room LETS SURVIVE FOREVER. This installation marks the first time an Infinity Room has been presented in Kentucky. INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM LETS SURVIVE FOREVER (2017), which is on special loan from the Art Gallery of Ontario, envelops visitors inside a large, kaleidoscopic space with mirrored spheres ... More |
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| Director-producer Stanley Kramer's personal collection leads Heritage's July 25-26 Entertainment Event | | IMMA presents an immersive exhibition exploring intimacy by Dutch artist melanie bonajo in its stunning Baroque Chapel | | The five women who started a secret theater society |
High Noon (Columbia, 1952), Stanley Kramer Personal Book-Bound Script.
DALLAS, TX.- The moral compass of Hollywood. Thats how many describe Stanley Kramer, the late, beloved American director-producer whose legacy includes the Oscar-winning movies that broke with Tinsel Towns lockstep formulas, and introduced the world to the idea that cinema can spur seismic social change. Kramers output including Guess Whos Coming to Dinner, Judgement at Nuremberg and Inherit the ... More | |
melanie bonajo, When the body says Yes, still Big Spoon, 2022, Courtesy the artist and AKINCI.
DUBLIN.- IMMA (Irish Museum of Modern Art) presents When the body says Yes, an immersive installation by Dutch artist melanie bonajo opening on Friday 26 July 2024. melanie bonajo (they/them), is a queer non-binary Dutch artist, filmmaker, sexological bodyworker, and somatic sex coach and educator. The video installation, originally commissioned by the Mondriaan Fund for the Biennale Arte 2022, is part ... More | |
Lear deBessonet, who oversees the long-running Encores! series at New York City Center, in New York, April 30, 2024. (Ye Fan/The New York Times)
NEW YORK, NY.- It was their own secret society. Five women who worked together at the Public Theater, bonding over drinks and aspirations, sharing frustrations and ideas, commiserating and brainstorming and laughing. They gave their alliance a nickname: Women and Ambition cheeky because, as they saw it, ambitious remained such a loaded adjective for young women. ... More |
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Ewan Mitchell emerges in 'House of the Dragon'NEW YORK, NY.- Like most people, Ewan Mitchell is accustomed to anonymity. So during a recent trip to Manhattan, he was surprised by what a hotel doorman asked when he arrived: You havent packed your eye patch? Mitchell does not normally wear an eye patch, but Aemond Targaryen, the one-eyed, dragon-riding warrior he plays in House of the Dragon, does. The actor is still getting used to strangers making the connection in public. I wouldnt think people would recognize me, but they do, he said. I think its because of my strong chin. This was on an afternoon in May, and Mitchell, 27, was sipping a Coke at the hotel bar. He wore a black Alexander McQueen suit and was preparing to attend the premiere of the second season of House of the Dragon, HBOs Game of Thrones prequel that follows two factions vying for the Iron Throne. ... More At Avignon Festival, theater's world gets widerAVIGNON.- Who belongs onstage at an international theater festival? Its a thorny question for programmers with limited spots to fill. Already-famous artists bring predictable box-office returns, yet the picture of the world they offer rarely extends beyond a small group of countries. The Avignon Festival, in France, is lucky to be able to go off the beaten track. Every summer, it pulls a large audience that comes to experience a city filled to the brim with theater, rather than individual productions. Artists in the official lineup typically play to sold-out crowds regardless of their reputation, and many Avignon directors have taken this as their cue to experiment. And this years edition, with Portuguese theater-maker Tiago Rodrigues at the helm, seemed to go even further. Of the 38 artists in the lineup, over half were new to Avignon, and many were ... More Ora-Ora announces latest solo exhibition by Huang Yulong in Hong KongHONG KONG.- Pioneering street artist Huang Yulong is in the spotlight for his first solo show in Hong Kong in nine years. Titled Miroku, the show will open at Ora-Ora in Hong Kongs Tai Kwun on July 11, 2024. The artist is famed for his skilled manipulation of ceramics, bronze and glass to create human forms which are tough and tactile, yet brimming with the relaxed showmanship and swagger of street life. With close to a decade having elapsed since his first solo show in the city, the artist is drawn to muse on time itself. The transience of beauty, life and the irrevocable passing of time are themes which are innate to human experience. The awareness of mortality is arguably the prime catalyst for all fields of human endeavour and social interaction, from the scientific to the artistic, from the philosophical to the theological. ... More A Brooklyn jewelry brand takes flightNEW YORK, NY.- On an afternoon this spring, Rony Elka Vardi and Leigh Batnick Plessner stood outside the Bedford Avenue storefront in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, that for years was a location of their jewelry boutique, Catbird. The cramped space, now a cafe serving coffee and Argentine pastries, has little more than 200 square feet. Its even tiny for a coffee shop, Vardi, 54, said. Catbird opened at that location in 2006, about two years after Vardi started the company. But over the course of a decade, it outgrew the tiny shop. In 2022, Vardi and Batnick Plessner started selling Catbirds selection of itty-bitty, layerable jewelry at a nearby space in Williamsburg about 10 times the size. By then they had also opened a store in downtown Manhattan; last year, they opened a second, in Rockefeller Center. Soon after came locations in ... More It's an old story: Great authors are not always great peopleNEW YORK, NY.- Is a single transgression enough to torpedo a writers reputation Virginia Woolf wearing blackface, for example? Or does the full-throated denouncement require a lifetime of racism, antisemitism, homophobia, sexism, Nazism or collaboration, along the lines of Jack London, Henry Miller, Thomas Mann or Jean Rhys? All are writers who are still read. But these are different times, and so the question arises anew with regard to recently named transgressors, Neil Gaiman and Alice Munro, both celebrated, even beloved figures. Lets go over what we know. With Alice Munro, the facts are straightforward and damning. According to an essay by Munros daughter Andrea Skinner in The Toronto Star, Munro stayed married to the man who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing her daughter. With Neil Gaiman, the issue is knottier. The author ... More Archaeologists find a marble statue in an ancient Roman sewerNEW YORK, NY.- Archaeologists in Bulgaria made an unexpected discovery in an ancient Roman sewer last week: A well-preserved marble statue, taller than a man. We found it by accident, said Lyudmil Vagalinski, scientific director of the excavation. It was amazing. A whole statue appeared in front of us. The discovery could illuminate how people in the area, modern-day Bulgaria, fought to preserve their religion as Christianity swept across the ancient world. The sewer may have been a hiding place used by pagans trying to protect the imposing statue from Christian zealots, who sometimes destroyed the heads of pagan deities. They seem to have succeeded: Researchers have not yet unearthed the entire statue, but the face and head show no signs of destruction. Its a miracle that it survived, Vagalinski said. ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Danish-French painter Camille Pissarro was born July 10, 1830. Camille Pissarro (10 July 1830 - 13 November 1903) was a Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter born on the island of St Thomas. His importance resides in his contributions to both Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. In this image: Camille Pissarro, La Place du Théâtre-Français et lâavenue de lâOpéra, effet de pluie, 1898. Huile sur toile, 73, 6 x 91, 4 cm. Minneapolis, Institute of Art, fonds William Hood Dunwoody © Photo : Minneapolis Institute of Art.
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