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The Garment Factory, part a tour at The Tenements Museum in Manhattan on Feb. 24, 2020. The coronavirus pandemic has shuttered cultural institutions all over the world, withering their staffs and canceling long-planned initiatives but the prospects are particularly dire for small institutions like the Tenement Museum, whose very survival is suddenly uncertain. Todd Midler/The New York Times.
by Robin Pogrebin
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- The Tenement Museum, on Manhattans Lower East Side, has always seemed fragile, with its creaky floors and cramped rooms in which striving immigrants once made their homes. Now it seems downright breakable. The coronavirus pandemic has shuttered cultural institutions all over the world, withering their staffs and canceling long-planned initiatives. But the prospects are particularly dire for small institutions like the Tenement Museum, whose very survival is suddenly uncertain. They do not have large endowments or deep-pocketed donors and have long depended on admission fees to keep the lights on. This crisis is hitting cultural organizations harder than any in recent memory, said Eli Dvorkin, editorial and policy director of the Center for an Urban Future, a public policy think tank, which this month published the report Art in the Time of Coronavirus: NYCs Small Arts Organizations Fighting for Survival. Without more support for rent, payroll, ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Lévy Gorvy is presenting an online exhibition of twelve new ceramic works by Swiss artist Peter Regli. Generous in size and glazed with vivid hues, RegliÂs stoneware bowls transform functional vessels into sculpture. Known for his ambitious multi-media conceptual practice, the artist began making them over the past year, to serve as bases for large arrangements of fruits and vegetables in his home. Regli intends his new ceramic works to present food in ways that beguile the eye and mind, constantly changing as their contents are rearranged, consumed, and replenished.
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 | | Driscoll Babcock Galleries announces the death of Dr. John Driscoll | | Russia's Hermitage museum calls for state support | | Jenny Holzer releases new benefit edition celebrating 50th anniversary of Earth Day | 
A giant has passed from the art world a world that he loved so well, with an intensity and integrity rare to find.
by Glenn Adamson
NEW YORK, NY.- It is with tremendous grief that Driscoll Babcock Galleries announces the unexpected passing of Dr. John Driscoll from COVID-19 on Friday, April 10th. The family and staff of Driscoll Babcock Galleries mourn the loss of an inimitable scholar, gracious mentor, generous patron, and most importantly a great friend. His integrity, intelligence, kindness, humor, and dedication to art inspired all who knew him. A giant has passed from the art world a world that he loved so well, with an intensity and integrity rare to find. John Paul Driscoll died of COVID-19 on Friday, 10 April. The dimensions of this tragedy are hard to grasp, measurable only by the scale of the mans achievements and the vast scope of his knowledge, learning, and generosity. Only a year ago, on accepting the ... More | | 
The Egyptian Antiquities Hall of the Hermitage Museum. Photo: Andrew Bossi/Wikipedia.org
SAINT PETERSBURG (AFP).- The head of Russia's renowned Hermitage Museum said on Tuesday the government should ensure the survival of museums which are struggling during a coronavirus lockdown. Since the introduction of a ban on gatherings of more than 50 people in mid-March, museums across Russia have gradually closed their doors to the public. President Vladimir Putin then declared April a non-working month, encouraging Russians to stay home to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Hermitage chief Mikhail Piotrovsky said the museum had already lost half of its annual budget and was now in talks with the government in the hope to secure financial aid. "The state must ensure the survival of culture," Piotrovsky said during an online news conference. The museum earned 2.5 billion rubles ($32 million) in 2018. Piotrovsky said that once the ... More | | 
Leslie Diuguid working on the print ALL THINGS ARE DELICATELY INTERCONNECTED from her home studio in Brookyln, 2020. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth.
LONDON.- Hauser & Wirth has collaborated with Jenny Holzer on a special fundraising initiative to mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day on 22 April 2020. The artist has created a screenprint in a limited edition of 100 examples, featuring her iconic Truism, ALL THINGS ARE DELICATELY INTERCONNECTED'. Holzer's message speaks to the current global health and environmental crises now affecting the entire world. As the artist has stated: Every day is Earth Day. This project is part of Hauser & Wirths ongoing #artforbetter initiative, through which the gallery provides charitable support in response to both global and local causes. To acknowledge the landmark anniversary of Earth Day and the pandemic that is isolating people worldwide, 100% of the proceeds of sales of Holzer's ... More |
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| | The Brandywine mourns the loss of Betsy James Wyeth | | Morphy Auctions to roll out premium-grade automobilia/petroliana, May 13-14 | | Metro Pictures online exhibition brings together three artists who incorporate historical sculpture into their practices | 
Betsy James Wyeth, 1968, photographer unknown. Courtesy of the Wyeth Family Archives.
CHADDS FORD, PA.- It is with great sadness that the trustees of the Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art announce the death of Betsy James Wyeth on April 21, 2020. Betsy was a catalyst in the creation and opening of the Brandywine River Museum of Art and was a visionary in the worlds of art and architecture. She was also a published author, art collector and a driving force in the career of her husband, artist Andrew Wyethserving as his muse, business manager and chief archivist of his work. Together with Andrew, she was a major benefactor in the fields of art and education. Born in East Aurora, New York, on September 26, 1921, Betsy Merle James was the daughter of the late Merle James and Elizabeth Browning James. The youngest of three daughters, Betsy was a graduate of East Aurora High School in New York and briefly attended Colby Junior College in New London, New Hampshire. Her family vacationed in, and ultimately moved to, Cushing, Main ... More | | 
Excellent circa-1940s porcelain sign advertising Harbor Petroleum Products, Long Beach, California. Boeing 314 Clipper airplane graphic, 8.9+ condition, 39 x 35in. Estimate $40,000-$60,000.
DENVER, PA.- For well over a century, the partnership of commercial art and groundbreaking technology has propelled American companies to global prominence by means of advertising signs. Whether depicting popular mascots like Mobils Pegasus and Sinclairs Dino, or the neon-illuminated likenesses of automobiles and gasoline logos, signage is a classic form of Americana that shows off the best of our nations ingenuity. Advertising collectors from coast to coast, and beyond, revel in the opportunity to bid in Morphy Auctions exciting Automobilia & Petroliana sales, the next of which is scheduled for May 13-14. While Morphys continues to comply fully with state and federal guidelines for businesses during the pandemic, the auction is primed and ready to run with the precision of a finely tuned Ferrari. A beautiful, fully illustrated catalog appears ... More | | 
Oliver Laric, Beethoven, 2016. Selective laser sintering, polyamide, aluminum base, 104 3/4 x 47 5/8 x 71 1/4 in, 266.1 x 121 x 181 cm. Installation view, 2016. "Photoplastik," Secession, Vienna. Courtesy of the artist; Metro Pictures, New York; Secession, Vienna.
NEW YORK, NY.- At the end of the world aliens blow up the White House ("Independence Day"); a meteor crashes into Paris against the backdrop of the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dames famous gargoyles ("Armageddon"); and we see Big Ben and St. Pauls in a central London left abandoned by zombie apocalypse ("28 Days Later"). Why does the world so often end in scenes like these in movies? When anything comes to an end we tend to look back at its past; when its the world thats ending civilization is that something. Hollywood uses grand monumentsobvious, nationalistic symbols of identification in these examplesbut more humble cultural productions can connect, and orient, us to the vast welter that is human history. In less troubled times we collect and preserve the parts that make up the sum ... More |
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| | Can fashion save itself? | | Bonhams Australia launches first live auction behind closed doors | | Shannon's announces highlights included in its online-only spring fine art auction | 
From left: Fashion designer Tom Ford; Anna Wintour, artistic director of Condé Nast and editor of Vogue; and Steven Kolb, chief executive of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, at a dinner in New York, Sept. 6, 2019. Krista Schlueter/The New York Times.
by Vanessa Friedman
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- The revelation of the crisis in retail caused by the coronavirus and the global response has coincided with the close of the first round of applications for A Common Thread, American fashions self-rescue plan. The initiative was created less than a month ago to help the independent designers, stores and contractors that make up the fashion ecosystem. Can the Council of Fashion Designers of America and Vogue succeed where the Small Business Administration has stumbled? In the 10-day application period that began April 8, more than 800 companies and individuals from 38 states applied for a slice of what is currently a $4.1 million fund, raised from industry supporters and private individuals, with ... More | | 
A polychrome enamelled porcelain figures plaque painted by Liu Xiren. Estimate AU $2,000-3,000. Photo: Bonhams.
SYDNEY.- Bonhams Australia will hold its first live auction behind closed doors on Wednesday 13 May at 6 pm. The tightly curated, 73-lot sale features Asian Art with a focus on jade, Chinese Silver and ceramics, and highlights from the Grice Collection. Bidding is available via the Bonhams platform at bonhams.com where the auction will be streamed live in both video and audio. Bonhams also offers telephone bidding with a special service for Mandarin-speaking bidders. Bidding will also be available through the Invaluable platform. The Grice Collection includes an excellent selection of 30 pieces of jade carvings and export Chinese silverware, which is enjoying a surge in market appreciation. Its appeal has also been underlined by prominent private sales, such as the recent purchase by the Palace of Versailles of a 17th-century Chinese silver ewer - the only known surviving piece of silverware ... More | | 
Daniel Ridgway Knight, American (1839-1924), Summer Afternoon, Seine Valley, oil on canvas, signed, 32 ¾ x 25 ¾ inches, Estimate $35,000-45,000.
MILFORD, CONN.- Shannons recently expanded their online auction program in response to the developing stay home, stay safe public health initiatives, postponing their Spring catalog and opting to proceed with an Internet-only sale. The online auction will take place Thursday, April 30th at 2 pm Eastern. The catalog is now available on shannons.com and via Invaluable.com. There is no shortage of quality in Shannons 185-lot online auction. The sale is led by a Daniel Ridgway Knight painting titled Summer Afternoon, Seine Valley. The painting is of a young peasant woman in a colorful garden, with the Seine River visible in the background. Purchased in New York City at John Levy Galleries, the painting descended in one family for generations and is now being offered at a $35,000-45,000 estimate. Other highlights in American Impressionism include a watercolor Ravine at Arkville, New York by Walter Launt Palmer, Horse ... More |
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| | Two classic cars and two classic trucks will be auctioned by H&H Classics | | Chertsey antique dealer backs healthcare worker mum with NHS charity auction | | Free film on Royal Academy exhibition to be broadcast on Facebook | 
1933 Invicta 12/45 Saloon. Estimate £7,000 - £9,000.
WARRINGTON.- Two classic cars and two classic trucks which have survived the rigours of three decades of British weather with no protection, will be auctioned by H&H Classics on April 29th in an online sale. It is something of a miracle that these four vehicles have survived at all given the rain, wind, snow and sun of our climate. But, having done so, they are deserving of the best restoration a new passionate owner can lavish on them. The vehicles are part of much larger collection that Roger Nowell of H&H recently discovered standing in fields and barns on a Derbyshire farm. Roger comments: Each of these four vehicles are interesting and important and would make wonderful classic car and truck projects. Once they have had lots of TLC and are returned to concours condition each would be a proud addition to any collection. 1933 Invicta 12/45 Saloon: Engine number BA185, showing registration number 'AGH 64' though not recorded curre ... More | | 
Dame Emma Thompson DBE (British Actress, b.1959) - 2013 Maria Grachvogel bespoke dark grey wool coat, fully lined and with matching belt, UK size 10. Worn by Emma Thompson at Maria Grachvogels 2013 London Fashion Week show and when accompanying her mother (Phyllida Law) to Buckingham Palace to collect her OBE from the Queen.
CHERTSEY.- Antiques and collectables dealer Phil Mires, of Chertsey, has been inspired by his healthcare worker mum, who works at St Peters Hospital, to run an online charity auction in aid of the NHS. Hoping to raise a four-figure sum from 75 hand-picked lots from his own special stock, Phil has nothing but admiration for his mum, who as a Health Care Assistant (HCA) is being redeployed to help out with the COVID-19 pandemic. She is incredibly anxious and restless about what is going on, he revealed. Its not just the challenges at the hospital itself she has to contend with, she is also a carer for my nan (a widow in her late 80s) who suffers from dementia and has other underlying ... More | | 
EOS Painting the Modern Garden, Lieberman Villa. © Exhibition on Screen, David Bickerstaff.
LONDON.- Using the work of Monet as a starting point, Painting The Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse gives viewers privileged access to the landmark RA exhibition, with additional filming in gardens and galleries throughout Europe, examining the role gardens played in the evolution of art from the early 1860s through to the 1920s. Arguably the most important painter of gardens in the history of art, Monet said he was as much a gardener as a painter. But he was far from alone in his fascination with the horticultural world, which is why youll also see masterpieces from Renoir, Pissarro, Sargent, and Matisse. The broadcast will feature a specially filmed introduction by Executive Producer Phil Grabsky, who will also be on-hand throughout the film to respond to audience feedback and questions. Exhibition on Screen Founder and Executive Producer Phil Grabsky says: It is the responsibility of arts organisations to use this oppor ... More |
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 Desert X Board launches artist emergency relief initiativePALM SPRINGS, CA.- The Desert X Board announced that it has established an emergency relief fund to support visual artists living in Southern California. The initiative, funded by the Desert X Board and team will provide emergency grants to artists whose economic well-being has been affected by lockdown, exhibition and museum closures, and loss of commissions and employment as a result of global efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. One-time unrestricted cash grants of $1,000 will be distributed on a rolling basis until all monies have been awarded. Visual artists working in various mediums who are living in Southern California, including the Coachella Valley and desert environs are invited to apply online now. At this critical time working artists need an easily-accessible route to financial assistance, said Desert X ... More Special digital preview screening and Q&A event for award-winning film White RiotLONDON.- Modern Films announces a special digital preview screening and Q&A event for the award-winning film, White Riot, directed by Rubika Shah. Winner of the Grierson Award for Best Documentary at the 2019 BFI London Film Festival, White Riot charts the birth of the hugely influential Rock Against Racism (RAR) movement, which grew from a group of like-minded political activists in an East London print shop to a vitally important national movement. Streamed exclusively online by Curzon Home Cinema on the anniversary of the RAR antifascist march on 30 April 1978, this special preview screening event, supported by Love Music Hate Racism, will take place on Thursday 30 April, 2020 at 8pm. As part of the preview screening, it will be available to view online for an exclusive 48 hour period on Curzon Home Cinema. The event will ... More Creative Folkestone Triennial 2020 postponed until September 2021FOLKESTONE.- Creative Folkestone have announced that the fifth Folkestone Triennial will now take place in 2021 due to the ongoing Covid-19/Coronavirus pandemic. One of the largest exhibitions of newly commissioned work presented in the UK, Folkestone Triennial was due to run from Saturday 5 September Sunday 8 November 2020 and will now be postponed until 2021. In the interim, Creative Folkestone will develop a programme of artistic activity that focuses on community, education, and digital projects. Creative Folkestone Artworks, the UK's largest urban contemporary (outdoor) art exhibition currently consisting of 74 permanent artworks by 46 artists continues to act as an inspiring resource for the town. Alastair Upton, Chief Executive, Creative Folkestone said: It is with a heavy heart that we announce that Creative Folkestone ... More University Archives auction features rare books, relics, manuscripts and moreWESTPORT, CONN.- Bob Dylans handwritten and signed lyrics to the classic rock song Like a Rolling Stone, a superb document signed by the British physicist Sir Isaac Newton, and discharge papers for a teenage soldier who lived to be 100 signed by George Washington are just a few of the highlights in University Archives next online-only auction, slated for Wednesday, May 6th. Telephone and absentee bids will also be accepted. The auction is packed with rare books, manuscripts, relics and more, many of them signed by historys brightest luminaries. Presidential items span the administrations of George Washington through George H.W. Bush (including 11 lots pertaining to Abraham Lincoln); Civil War and slavery (including Grant and Lee); and foreign (Vladimir Lenin, Napoleon, Catherine II and many others). The ... More Museum of Vancouver is working to document the collective history of the City in a time of self-isolationVANCOUVER.- On Monday, April 20, 2020 the Museum of Vancouver launched a crowdsourcing and narrative collection campaign named #IsolatingTogetherMOV As we isolate in our homes in an attempt to support health care workers and prevent the spread of COVID 19 into our communities, our lives have taken a dramatic turn. Our newly adopted social distancing lifestyles look and feel very different than the lives we were leading just one month ago, says Alan Kollins, Community Engagement Manager at the Museum of Vancouver, we acknowledge every (indoor) life has a story to tell, and MOV wants to hear yours. In an effort to learn how you are adapting to the limitations and opportunities of quarantine existence the museum would like to see, read and hear your stories, testimonies, performances, art and confessions of your new reality. The ... More Bass therapy gets Romans dancing and laughing in face of lockdownROME (AFP).- Laughing in the face of the coronavirus lockdown gripping Italy a troupe of performers complete with DJ and thumping-bass sound system is bringing dance fever and comedy to Rome's densely-packed working class neighbourhoods. Residents of all ages in the Italian capital's San Basilio district threw open their windows to take in the "Under the same sky" show being performed in their very own pine-filled courtyard. "It's a very popular show. We have a DJ, I play songs to get them dancing, even at their windows," the group's star, electric violinist Andrea Casta, told AFPTV. "We alternate with the cabaret and a comedian. We also invited a singer from the neighbourhood. It's an open space and we'll continue to go to the suburbs of Rome and to other cities." The performers also dropped by The Corviale, a vast housing development ... More DC to resume sales of some new comic booksNEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- After an absence of nearly a month, some costumed superheroes are planning to return to the pages of comic books and to the stores that can still sell them. DC, the publishing home of Superman, Batman and the Justice League, said that it would resume selling some new comics to retail stores on April 28, and has set publishing schedules for the weeks of May 5 and May 12. Only five DC comics were initially announced for publication on April 28, a considerable reduction from the period before the coronavirus pandemic effectively shuttered the industry, when publishers like DC and Marvel were releasing dozens of new titles to stores each week. Those new DC titles include The Dreaming No. 20, which concludes a long-running story set in the Sandman universe; and a reprint of Batman No. 89, which ... More Award-winning artist Amar Kanwar joins scholars in a public virtual roundtable ABU DHABI.- The NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Art Gallery will host its first ever virtual roundtable, entitled In Light of COVID-19: What Looks Different Now, featuring artist Amar Kanwar, in dialogue with NYUAD scientists, scholars, and cultural-sector professionals. Taking place on Wednesday, April 22 at 6pm UAE time, the roundtable will explore the effects of COVID-19 on how we see points of connection that, pre-pandemic, may not have been as tangible in our day-to-day lives. The COVID-19 crisis shines a light on the impact of decisions made by individuals and governments, on our communities and ecosystems, making visible the interconnectedness of our world. The conversation ties into the larger questions of Kanwars exhibition at The NYUAD Art Gallery, The Sovereign Forest, which shows the connections between farmlands, a forest, ... More Henry Grimes and Giuseppi Logan, lost and found jazz stars, are both goneNEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- The lives of Henry Grimes and Giuseppi Logan already felt like the stuff of legend long before they came to an end last week just two days and one borough apart from complications of the coronavirus. Grimes, a bassist, and Logan, an alto saxophonist, were once the two biggest disappearing acts on the jazz avant-garde. Each shot to prominence in mid-1960s New York and then vanished, quickly and darkly, for decades. And then, in the new millennium, they both mounted triumphant returns. Though they were never close friends or collaborators, their stories now feel cosmically linked. For a couple of artists whose music was about individual expressive freedom as well as interdependence, it is fitting that Grimes and Logan would now take their respective places in history side by side. Both Logan ... More Football shirt exhibition goes onlineMANCHESTER.- Strip! How Football Got Shirty, opened at the National Football Museum in November and has been a huge hit with visitors. With the museum closed during the coronavirus crisis, curators have now transferred highlights from the physical exhibition to the internet. Visitors can enjoy in-depth analysis, opinion, and discussion by the exhibition curators and shirt industry insiders into what makes certain shirts so special. Don your kit and get involved here As part of the online action, the nation is also asked to take part in the ultimate poll to decide the Greatest Shirt of All Time (G.O.A.T). For the first time vote whether Crystal Palace away (1976-77) is really better than Juventus (1989-90) or if Wales (1976-79) can really put Denmark (1986-88) to the sword. Watch interviews with Ina Franzmann - designer of the classic Adidas ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Australian painter Sidney Nolan was born April 22, 1917. Sir Sidney Robert Nolan OM, AC (22 April 1917 - 28 November 1992) was one of Australia's leading artists of the 20th century. His oeuvre is among the most diverse and prolific in all of modern art. He is best known for his series of paintings on legends from Australian history, most famously Ned Kelly, the bushranger and outlaw. Nolan's stylised depiction of Kelly's armour has become an icon of Australian art. In this image: Sidney Nolan, Death of Sergeant Kennedy at Stringybark Creek, 1946, enamel on composition board, 91.0cm x 121.7cm, Purchased 1972, Courtesy National Gallery of Australia.
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