| | The First Art Newspaper on the Net |   | Established in 1996 | Wednesday, August 5, 2020 |
 |
| | Will Superblue be the 'Infinity Room' writ large? | |
|
|
teamLab, Exhibition view, MORI Building DIGITAL ART MUSEUM: teamLab Borderless, 2018 - permanent, Tokyo © teamLab, courtesy Pace Gallery.
by Frank Rose
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- You could say the whole thing started with an argument over whether to sell tickets. It was late 2015, and Pace, the blue-chip New York gallery with outposts in London and Beijing, was planning to open its new space in Silicon Valley with a show by the Japanese art collective teamLab. It seemed a good fit: The whole point of Pace Art + Technology, as the new venue was called, was to bring art to the tech crowd, and teamLabs wildly colorful, highly kinetic electronic environments are an immersive celebration of art, science, technology and nature. But then the teamLab people said, Youre going to sell tickets, right? Marc Glimcher, Paces chief executive, was taken aback. I said, you cant sell tickets, he recalled recently. Why not? they asked. Because, he replied, art galleries sell art, not tickets. Then youre telling us that youre only in business to sell art to the ultrarich. No, no!and yet, he realized, th ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Artemis Gallery will hold its Art of Asia | Antiquity to Present Day auction on Thu, Aug 06, 2020 11:00 AM CDT. The sale features antiquities, ancient and works of art ranging from the third millennium BCE to the present from China, Japan, South and Southeast Asia, and Korea. Including jades, bronzes, lacquer, textiles, paintings, prints, sculpture, ceramics, metalwork, and other art forms in other media. In this image: Long Gandharan Schist Frieze 2 Buddhas + Attendants. Estimate $9,000 - $12,000.
|
|
|
| 
|
 | | Turmoil after a museum deletes 'Black Lives Matter' from postings | | Animal sculptures from the golden age of carousels find new home at Crocker Art Museum | | New exhibition at Centre Pompidou features works acquired by the museum over the past decade | 
In an undated image provided by Seattle Children's Museum, the Seattle Children's Museum. Seattle Children's Museum via The New York Times.
by Julia Jacobs
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- In the wake of the police killing of George Floyd and the protests that followed, institutions of every kind worked to figure out what they wanted to say. What sort of public statement should a shoe company release about racial injustice? How about a university? A theater? At the Seattle Childrens Museum, staff members decided to post lists of childrens books online that were anti-racist in their messaging and featured joyful stories about Black children and their families. Another social media post featured a museum program where children create their own support signs, not unlike the signs that activists bring to demonstrations, but typically softer. One declared I love everything, with drawings of heart-shaped balloons and peace signs. All of the posts started with a declaration: Black Lives Matter. Until they didnt. Hours after ... More | | 
Gustav Dentzel (American, born Germany, 18441909), Giraffe, ca. 1907. Basswood and pigments, 49 x 71 x 12 in. Crocker Art Museum, gift of Larry and Gail Freels, 2019.94.1.
SACRAMENTO, CA.- The Crocker Art Museum welcomed to its collection six hand-carved carousel animal sculptures by top makers from the golden age of carousels. The menagerie includes a deer, giraffe, horse, goat, bear, and greyhound, and is a generous gift from the renowned collection of the Freels Foundation. The golden age of carousels spanned the 1880s through the 1920s, when resorts and cities throughout the United States and England featured them in their amusement parks. Most carousel animals were horses and were based on the French 17th-century origins of the ride. Additional menagerie animals were later added, including lions, tigers, giraffes, deer, rabbits, goats, pigs, ostriches, bears, and dogs. The best carousel carvers were highly trained, their work literally sculpture in motion. Today, carousel sculpture is grouped into three basic carving styles: the Philadelphia Style, the Coney Island Style, and the ... More | | 
Firenze Lai, Human Chain, 2014. Huile sur toile, 85 à 70cm. Centre Pompidou, MNAM CCI, Paris. Don de Honus Tandijono en 2018 © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Audrey Laurans/Dist.RMN-GP © Firenze Lai.
PARIS.- The exhibition Global(e) Resistance features works from more than 60 artists acquired by the museum over the past decade. With a strong focus on artists from the Global South, it aims to examine ideas and strategies of resistance in the context of contemporary artistic pratices. It also hopes to bring forth various theoretical questions, exploring the connections between aesthetics and politics, and how museums today relate themselves to politics as well as the different art scenes. Artists living in oppressive circumstances have long embraced the pratice of protesting through their art, be that political or even activist-like. The break-up of the colonial systems spurred many voices. Whether directly dealing with political matters or to question versions of our history and remembrance that were over-tenacious, these voices raised to embark on new paths of resistance. Furthermore, resistance has ... More |
|
|
|
| |
| | Firstsite opens a display of works by Phyllida Barlow | | 'Young Poland: The Polish Arts & Crafts Movement' to publish November 2020 | | Americans of varied backgrounds represented in new exhibition | 
Installation view, Phyllida Barlow, folly, British Pavilion, 57th Venice Biennale, Italy, 2017. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Ruth Clark © British Council.
COLCHESTER.- A display of works by one of the international art worlds brightest stars - Phyllida Barlow has just opened at Colchesters Firstsite gallery. The sight of the physical devastation to Londons East End, caused by Second World War bombing raids, is one of Phyllida Barlows earliest childhood memories. The destruction and repair of the urban environment has since become one of her principle inspirations. Placed in the welcome area of Firstsite, and leading the reopening of the gallery following the imposed lockdown, Firstsite highlights the parallel between these works and deconstruction of contemporary society and subsequent repair and recovery needed to our collective mental health in the face of this adversity. For more than 50 years, Phyllida has taken inspiration from her surroundings to ... More | | 
Cover of Young Poland: The Polish Arts and Crafts Movement, 1890 1918 featuring Pansies a repeating pattern mural decoration by Stanisław Wyspiański, Franciscan Church, Kraków (1897).
LONDON.- William Morris Gallery and National Museum in Kraków (NMK), in association with Lund Humphries and the Polish Cultural Institute, London, announced a major new publication, Young Poland: The Polish Arts and Crafts Movement, 1890 1918. This ground-breaking study is the first book in any language to explore the Young Poland (Młoda Polska) period in the context of the international Arts and Crafts movements. Edited by art historians Julia Griffin and Andrzej Szczerski - who uniquely combine expertise in Polish and British design - the book will be published in November 2020 ahead of a major exhibition on the subject at William Morris Gallery in Autumn 2021. The Young Poland movement emerged in the 1890s in response to the countrys non-existence for almost a century. From the end of the ... More | | 
Native American Man, England, London (possibly), ca. 1790. Oil on canvas. Museum Purchase, 2005-84.
WILLIAMSBURG, VA.- Early American Faces, a new assemblage of important paintings and watercolors from both the fine art and folk art collections in the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg, is on view to herald the expanded Art Museums. The exhibition illustrates the stories of early Americans from many walks of lifemen, women, children, free, enslaved, American Indian, African American and people of European descentall of whom are represented within the Foundations collections. Although small in number, the eight oil paintings and watercolors featured in the exhibition exemplify some of the highlights within the collections. Early American Faces opened on June 14 when the Art Museums reopened after being closed due to COVID-19 and will remain on view until December 31, 2022. In collecting the art and artifacts of early America, Colonial Williamsburg has long striven to represent the broad cult ... More |
|
|
|
| |
| | Congolese refugee artist seeks niche in Greece | | Krannert Art Museum prepares to reopen to the public | | Sotheby's Old Master Director Chloe Stead joins Colnaghi | 
Congolese artist and refugee Richard Lusakumunu poses for pictures in an atelier at the refugee camp of Diavata, near Thessaloniki, on July 28, 2020. Sakis MITROLIDIS / AFP.
by Chantal Valery
THESSALONIKI (AFP).- Surrounded by cans of paint and canvas in his small studio in the Greek city of Thessaloniki, Richard Lusakumunu feels he has completed his "metamorphosis" from refugee to artist. "Art means integration, inclusion, breaking loneliness and living like everyone else," said Lusakumunu, who secured asylum in 2017 and is also active as a talent scout. Two years ago, the Congolese man created "Mazi" (Greek for "together"), an art collective bringing together 11 refugee and Greek artists living in Greece's second city. The collective is supported by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, non-profit NAOMI and the French Institute in Thessaloniki. It has already held two exhibitions at the institute and is planning a third on ... More | | 
Nancy Davidson and Lakshmi Ramgopal, Hive, 2019-2021. Installation view at Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Photo: Fred Zwicki.
CHAMPAIGN, ILL.- Krannert Art Museum is ready to welcome visitors back to the art museum on campus at the University of Illinois. Not only will visitors soon encounter new art exhibitions, they will also see added hand sanitizer stations, directional signs, a mask requirement, and a new timed reservation system to help community members plan their visit and check in at the door. Were thrilled to be able to welcome visitors againweve missed them so much. And KAM staff has been working with care and thought to get the galleries ready for visitors, says Museum Director Jon L. Seydl. KAM will reopen to the public at 10 am on Wednesday, August 19. KAM understands that not everyone will be ready or able to visit a public indoor environment right away, so we want to provide information that lets people know ... More | | 
Stead was instrumental in introducing many innovations at the auction house.
LONDON.- Colnaghi announced the appointment of Chloe Stead to the role of Senior Global Director. She will be based at Colnaghis London gallery at 26 Bury Street. Formerly an Old Master Specialist, Director in Sothebys Old Master department, where she worked for 11 years. Alongside running their biannual day sale, Stead was instrumental in introducing many innovations at the auction house, including its Old Master Friday Late events that opened up the galleries on New Bond Street to all, and curated an evening of academic lectures in between cocktails and DJs. She also co-curated an exhibition of paintings that included works by Rubens and Cranach with the fashion designer Victoria Beckham at her Mayfair boutique. Says Colnaghi Director, Jorge Coll: Chloe brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the gallery, and we are thrilled that she is joining us at what is a very exciting moment ... More |
|
|
|
| |
| | Eccentric, astonishing, fascinating - the extraordinary Tony Parker Collection comes to auction at Ewbank's in Surrey | | Future Generation Art Prize 2021 shortlist announced | | The Design Museum in London reopens with Electronic: From Kraftwerk to The Chemical Brothers | 
Tony Parker's home in the south of England was covered wall to wall, ceiling to floor in his beloved rock, pop and entertainment memorabilia.
WOKING.- What do a vampire hunters kit, a fossilised penis bone from a walrus, a Star Trek latex Borg mask and original memorabilia from the TV gameshow Bullseye have in common? The answer is the late Tony Parker, who died aged just 70 last year. A fine example of the ultimate collector, his home in the south of England was covered wall to wall, ceiling to floor in his beloved rock, pop and entertainment memorabilia especially linked to The Beatles as well as the historical, the quirky and the quaint. From gold discs and musical instruments, to movie costumes and photos of the stars, as well as an extraordinary range of taxidermy, he had it all, with countless additional items of interest from many and varied fields. Now Ewbanks Auctions are to offer around 300 lots from his collection in the dedicated sale, Magical Mystery ... More | | 
Teresa Solar.
KYIV.- PinchukArtCentre announced the artists shortlist for the 6th edition of the Future Generation Art Prize. Selected from over 11,700 entries by artists across almost 200 countries, the final list includes 21 artists and artist collectives, spanning five continents. Established by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation in 2009, the Future Generation Art Prize is a biannual global contemporary art prize to discover, recognize and give long-term support to a future generation of artists all over the world. Shortlisted artists are: Alex Baczynski-Jenkins (33, Poland), Wendimagegn Belete (34, Ethiopia), Minia Biabiany (32, Guadeloupe), Aziz Hazara (28, Afghanistan), Ho Rui An (29, Singapore), Agata Ingarden (26, France), Rindon Johnson (30, United States), Bronwyn Katz (26, South Africa), Lap-See Lam (30, Sweden), Mire Lee (32, South Korea), Paul Maheke (35, United Kingdom), Lindsey Mendick (32, United Kingdom), Henrike ... More | | 
Peter Keene, In Search of Daphne, The Oramics Machine Revisited, A Work in Continual Progress 2015-2018.
LONDON.- The Design Museum reopened its doors to the public with the temporary exhibition Electronic: From Kraftwerk to The Chemical Brothers, which was originally due to open on 1st April 2020. Tim Marlow, Chief Executive and Director of the Design Museum said: "This has been a positive week for many of the UKs cultural assets, including the Design Museum. We are hugely grateful to have been awarded funding from the Arts Council Emergency Response Fund. This investment is a lifeline that enables us to do the vital work of championing the design industry and showing the critical impact that design makes to our lives. There couldnt be a better exhibition to reopen with than Electronic: From Kraftwerk to The Chemical Brothers. A powerful statement about creative freedom across music, art, technology and design, which ... More |
|
"The Unicorn Purifies Water" from the Unicorn Tapestries | Insider Insights
|
|
| |
| | More News |
 Heritage Auctions' two-day Summer Sports Card event tops $9.4 million markDALLAS, TX.- Heritage Auctions two-day Summer Sports Card event, which wrapped late Friday, was, to borrow a phrase, hotter than July. By the time the final buzzer sounded, 1,971 bidders pushed the auctions tally past the $9.4 million mark. And it helped lay the groundwork for Heritages upcoming Summer Platinum Night Sports Collectibles Catalog Auction, which opened for bidding over the weekend and has already seen considerable action with several weeks to go before the August 29-30 closing. Last weekends sale checks in as our largest Summer Sports Card event to date, said Chris Ivy, Heritage Auctions Director of Sports Auctions. And we are very excited to be launching our Summer Platinum Night event on the heels of this amazing result, as the August event includes hundreds of incredibly significant, museum-worthy pieces. The strength ... More William 'Refrigerator' Perry's Super Bowl XX jersey coming to Heritage Auctions saleDALLAS, TX.- It was the centerpiece of one of the most memorable plays in Super Bowl history. Numerous factors led to the Chicago Bears dominant win over the New England Patriots Jan. 26, 1986. The Bears boasted arguably the greatest defense in history and an offense built around running back Walter Payton, considered by many to be the greatest ever to play the position. But the lasting image of that game for most fans was the touchdown scored by rookie defensive tackle William The Refrigerator Perry, and the jersey he wore in the Bears only Super Bowl victory is among the most intriguing lots in Heritage Auctions Summer Platinum Night Sports Collectibles Catalog Auction Aug. 29-30. The demand for the jersey, which is signed in the upper right chest by Perry, represents far more than his six points in a lopsided Chicago victory, ... More The Birmingham Museum of Art announces Nancy Hendrix as Director of DevelopmentBIRMINGHAM, AL.- After a national search, the Birmingham Museum of Art announced the appointment of Nancy Hendrix as its new director of development. Nancy has nearly a decade of experience in non-profit development and joins the BMA after more than three years as deputy director of development at the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama. She begins her new position at the BMA on August 10. As director of development, Nancy will manage the comprehensive fundraising program and integrated strategies of the Birmingham Museum of Art. She will oversee a team of membership, grants, and development officers to secure new donors and expand support from individuals, corporations, and foundations. We are thrilled to have Nancy Hendrix join the Birmingham Museum of Art to lead our fundraising efforts, at a time when arts ... More Helen Jones Woods, member of an all-female jazz group, dies at 96NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Helen Jones Woods was an African American jazz musician who toured the country in the 1930s and 40s, including in the Jim Crow South. This could be the start of a familiar story of racism on the road. But Woods journey has some distinctive wrinkles. Woods played trombone in the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, an all-female, multiracial ensemble so anomalous that the white members had to wear blackface in the South to avoid trouble. When the group split up in 1949 bruised by the road and feeling exploited financially Woods found the classical world no less racist. After her first performance with the Omaha Symphony, her father, who did not share her light complexion, picked her up, tipping off the orchestra that she was not white. They fired her, said Woods daughter Cathy Hughes, a founder ... More Coventry City of Culture Trust launch new brand identity and film inspired by the cityCOVENTRY.- Coventry City of Culture Trust unveiled its new brand for the upcoming year-long programme, Coventry Moves. This creative vision is brought to life in the vibrant new brand design, website and powerful film telling the story of Coventrys history which features two Coventry-born artists; Grammy and Golden Globe nominated composer Clint Mansell, who provided the score, alongside a voiceover by actress Manjinder Virk. Movement plays an important role in the brand design strategy for Coventry Moves. It takes inspiration from the citys story, modernist built environment and celebrates the people, cultures and histories that have contributed to its international reputation. A city of welcome, a city of activists and pioneers, a city of peace and reconciliation, a city of innovation and invention, and now a City of Culture. Laura McMillan, Director ... More The Rockettes' 'Christmas Spectacular' is canceledNEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- For the first time in 87 years, the show at Radio City Music Hall will not go on, the owner of the venue said Tuesday. We regret that the 2020 production of the Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes has been canceled, Madison Square Garden Entertainment said in a statement, citing uncertainty associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Rockettes website, more than 75 million people have seen the dancers perform since the Christmas show began in 1933. During a typical busy season, each of the 80 Rockettes may perform up to four shows a day, with each one kicking up to 650 times. As the news broke, several of the dancers posted their own statements on Instagram. Christmas has officially been cancelled, wrote Samantha Berger, who has been performing with the ... More What is it like to watch live dance again? AmazingTIVOLI, NY.- It didnt bode well that the first live dance I was going to see since mid-March was one I had seen many times before. Sunshine, a Larry Keigwin war horse set to the Bill Withers classic Aint No Sunshine, can give a dancer the opportunity to really feel the music in all the worst ways. Its treacly stuff. So Im happy to say that as soon as Melvin Lawovi began to move, my chest tightened; I even sensed the horror some tears. Lately, for self-preservation, Ive been talking myself into believing that I can live without watching dance in person, and while that is true, I clearly miss it. A lot. Sunshine, which opened the outdoor Kaatsbaan Summer Festival under beautiful blue skies on Saturday, worked out just fine. That was also to the credit of Lawovi, a recent addition to American Ballet Theater, who never delivered a treacly moment as he ... More GOST Books to publish 'Hayal & Hakikat: A Handbook of Forgiveness & A Handbook of Punishment'LONDON.- The photographs in his book depict the hands of prisoners from the early 20th century Turkey, drawn from the photograph albums of Abdul Hamid II, the 34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Hayal & Hakikat (translated as Dream & Fact), by Cemre Yeşil Gönenli, takes the form of two booklets A Handbook of Forgiveness and A Handbook of Punishment which can be viewed side by side. Abdul Hamid II utilised photography as a tool for documenting the modernisation of the Ottoman Empire at the start of the 20th Century. A photography studio was build inside the Yıldız Palace and albums reproduced and sent across the world as a testament to the progress of the Ottoman Empire. Abdul Hamid II himself rarely left Istanbul but commissioned photographs so he could become acquainted with his own country, otherwise invisible to his eye. ... More |
|
Flashback On a day like today, Canadian painter Tom Thomson was born August 05, 1877. Thomas John "Tom" Thomson (August 5, 1877 - July 8, 1917) was an influential Canadian artist of the early 20th century. He directly influenced a group of Canadian painters that would come to be known as the Group of Seven, and though he died before they formally formed, he is sometimes incorrectly credited as being a member of the group itself. Thomson died under mysterious circumstances, which added to his mystique. In this image: This newly discovered Tom Thomson oil on board recently sold for $126,500.
|
|
| |
|
© 1996 - 2020