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Astrapia, by Cristina Mittermeier (2016) Papua, New Guinea.
GREENWICH, CONN.- The Town of Greenwich is honored to host this exhibition at the C. Parker Gallery, featuring the photographs of Paul Nicklen and Cristina Mittermeier, two of the most globally celebrated photographers of our generation, says Fred Camillo, the Town of Greenwichs First Selectman. These artists / conservation champions have created some of the most iconic wildlife images of our modern-day culture, and are internationally acclaimed for harnessing the majestic beauty of their images to inspire change on our planet. The new exhibition is on view now, until June 26. Watch the video about their SeaLegacy.org foundation at ‒ youtu.be/NqVcwnBs4Cs. The C. Parker Gallery is thrilled to present the work of two of the most internationally acclaimed conservation photographers, says Tiffany Benincasa, the Gallerys curator and own ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A new exhibition at Newcastleâs Laing Art Gallery - Essence of Nature: Pre-Raphaelites to British Impressionists (27 May â 14 October 2023) - will trace the radically different approaches to British landscape painting, from the mid-Victorian era through to the 1920s. William Holman Hunt, The Plain of Rephaim from Zion, Jerusalem © the Whitworth, The University of Manchester.
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| The National Gallery of Art acquires painting by Mattia Preti | | Greta Grossman suite to anchor Hindman biannual Modern Design auction | | Exhibition at LaiSun Keane Gallery features works by Charles Yuen | 
Mattia Preti, A Man Cutting Tobacco, 1660s. Oil on canvas, overall: 103.19 x 90.49 cm (40 5/8 x 35 5/8 in.) National Gallery of Art, Washington. Patrons' Permanent Fund, Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund, and New Century Fund 2023.19.1
WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Gallery of Art has acquired A Man Cutting Tobacco, painted in Malta in the 1660s by the leading Italian Baroque artist, Mattia Preti (16131699). Unique for the 17th century in Italy and unusual within Pretis body of work, this painting straddles genres between portraiture and still life. It has been suggested by scholars that the figure might be a portrait of Cianferlì, an enslaved Middle Eastern man whom Preti taught to paint. This acquisition increases the diversity in the National Gallerys early modern Italian paintings collection, expands the historical stories that we can tell about global trade, and provides an opportunity to discover the true identity of this figure. A Man Cutting Tobacco depicts the subject sitting cross-legged in the foreground, cutting tobacco. Most of his head is shaved and ... More | | 
Greta Grossman (1906-1999), Bookshelf, model 6210, c. 1952. Glenn of California, Sweden / USA. Estimate: $5,000-7,000
CHICAGO, IL.- A suite of Greta Grossman furniture will highlight Hindmans Modern Design auction on May 24. Comprising more than 230 lots, significant works by other trailblazing women designers such as Ruth Duckworth and Toots Zynsky will also be presented. The sale will also include works by celebrated designers such as c, Dale Chihuly, Hans J. Wegner, Erik Kolling Andersen, and Karl Springer. Greta Grossman was a true innovator in the world of modernism, commented Hudson Berry, Hindman Director & Senior Specialist of Modern Design. We are excited to be able to bring to market this one-of-a-kind suite. It is not often that these types of Grossman designs are offered at auction. The rare furniture suite by the iconic Swedish designer and architect Greta Grossman comes from the Estate of Jeannette and Harold Strohm, Lafayette, Louisiana. Grossman achieved early success in ... More | | 
Saturnalia, 2023. Oil on canvas, 48 x 40 in.
BOSTON, MASS.- Charles Yuens discoveries are often of ambiguous domains populated by silhouetted figures engaged in mysterious activities involving books, rocks, clouds, trees, snow, pointing, and juggling. His figures could be school boys, musicians, shamans, animated shadows, anonymous individuals, or spirits. Sometimes their arms hang down to the ground, reminding us of our distant ancestors, the apes, from whom we split off around 7 million years ago in Africa. It is a world that exists apart from ours, yet speaks to us about our anxieties, such as climate change, the fear of others, and our relationship to science and knowledge. We are not sure how time is measured in Yuens worlds. Yuen is part of a pioneering generation of artists living and working in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, paving the way for its revitalization and gentrification. Although the painters never formed a stylistic movement, as each of them pursued their own trajectory, what many of this group shared ... More |
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| The Raclin Murphy Museum of Art announces winner in the category of Outstanding Catalogues for 2022 | | Lark Mason Associates announces a 'Gem of a Sale' from the estate of Mary Yturria | | Alexander Berggruen presents artist Hulda Guzmán's work in 'They Come from the Water' | 
The Raclin Murphy Museum of Art announces A History of Photography at the University of Notre Dame: Nineteenth-Century, is a winner in the category of Outstanding Catalogues for 2022.
NOTRE DAME, IN. .- The Raclin Murphy Museum of Art at the University of Notre Dame announces A History of Photography at the University of Notre Dame: Nineteenth-Century by Curator of Photographs, David Acton, is a winner in the category of Outstanding Catalogues for 2022 from the Midwest Art History Society. The award was presented at the annual members meeting on March 31, 2023. Notre Dames prize is shared with the Cleveland Museum of Art for their catalogue on Netherlandish art. The University of Notre Dame is home to a nationally renowned photography collection. This volume of nineteenth-century work, the second in a two-volume pairing, explores the ideas and innovation of 100 years of creativity, from the pioneering work of William Henry Fox Talbot and Antoine-François-Jean ... More | | 
Diamond Ring. Photo Courtesy of Lark Mason.
NEW BRAUNFELS, TX.- Lark Mason Associates is presenting Fine Jewelry and Fashion from the Estate of Mary Yturria on iGavelAuctions.com, which opens for online bidding on May 30th through June 15th. Says Lark Mason: Mary was the quintessential style-setter in the 1950s and her jewelry and clothing reflects her sophisticated taste. As a stewardess for Pan Am Airlines during its heyday, she was able to experience the world and developed a love of China and Asia from her many trips abroad. She eventually met her husband Frank Yturria, whose ancestors were from one of Texas legendary ranching families. According to Mason, the couple spearheaded many civic projects in Brownsville, Texas and across the state of Texas, including the preservation of the endangered Texas ocelot and other native species and restoration of historic buildings throughout the Rio Grande Valley. Mary and Frank were very active politically, supporting the arts, ... More | | 
Hulda Guzmán, The favorite show, 2023. Acrylic gouache on linen, 60 x 37 in. (152.4 x 94 cm.).
NEW YORK, NY.- Alexander Berggruen is opening Hulda Guzmán: They come from water. This exhibition opens Wednesday, May 24, 2023 with a 5-7 pm reception at the gallery (1018 Madison Avenue, Floor 3, New York, NY). Water may be a body, lingering in the distance defining the horizon like a belt. Water may be the source of life for the flora and fauna that animate Hulda Guzmáns paintings. Water is a precious resource, a fact that is elevated by the state of Guzmáns lifelong home of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, an area in danger of more severe droughts from climate change. Guided by her pursuit of interconnection with the biotic forces around her, Guzmán summons water as a symbol for life and as a vessel for magic to enter her paintings. Her neighboring natural scenery, her affectionate animals, her soulful friends and family, the artist herself, and her paintings: They come from water. This ... More |
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| David Zwirner to represent Joe Bradley | | Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation and Art Vault announce 'Lust Severs' curated by Jennifer West | | Thomas J. Price: Beyond Measure now on view at Hauser & Wirth | 
Joe Bradley, Van Dongen, 2020-2022. Courtesy David Zwirner.
NEW YORK, NY.- David Zwirner has announced its representation of Joe Bradley. A solo exhibition of new work by the artist will be presented at the gallerys New York location in spring 2024. American artist Joe Bradley (b. 1975) is widely recognized for his expansive visual practice that encompasses painting as well as sculpture and drawing. Over the past twenty years, Bradley has constantly reinvented his approach to his art, creating a distinctive body of work that has ranged from modular, minimalist-style paintings and sculptures; to rough-hewn, heavily worked surfaces featuring pictographic and abstract elements; to recent refined and layered compositions that, as critic Roberta Smith notes, balance gracefully between representation and abstraction.1 The artist has consistently explored the possibilities of certain formal elementssuch as line and, above all, color combining references that are art histori ... More | | 
Jennifer West, Film Title Poem, 2016. Single-channel HD video (color, sound), transferred from 35mm optical print and negative, collection of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation.
SANTA FE, NM.- The Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation have announced the opening of Lust Severs, an exhibition that explores functional and experiential aspects of technology. Guest curated by pioneering film artist Jennifer West, this exhibition interrogates how the digital tools and physical materiality of technology mediate both bodily sensations and mental conceptions of the world around us. Featuring seventeen artists from the Thoma collection, Lust Severs also includes work by West that directly engages the themes of the exhibition. Playing to the often-discomfiting collision of the human body, culture, and technology, the title of the exhibition is taken from an auto-correct mistake that changed list servers to lust severs in an email chain. Spanning from the 1960s to the present, artworks displayed in the exhibition employ digital and analog video, ... More | | 
Thomas J Price, Grounded in the Stars, 2023. Bronze , black patina, 365.8 x 1 73.3 x 131.2 cm / 144 x 68 1/4 x 51 5/8 in. Photo: Kunstgiesserei St. Gallen.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Thomas J Prices multidisciplinary practice amplifies the visibility of marginalized bodies and challenges our preconceived attitudes towards power and value. Beyond Measure marks the British artists first comprehensive solo exhibition in the US, following his acclaimed public presentation Witness (2022) with The Studio Museum in Harlem, NY. Featuring an entirely new series of sculptures in bronze and marble, the exhibition expands on Prices intrinsic understanding of materiality and scale to respond to traditional art canons and social structures. Whether encountered in a gallery or in public spaces, Prices works draw the viewers attention to the nuances of conditioned behaviors and psychological frameworks, interrogating how we collectively occupy space. Beyond Measure is a celebration of the strength of everyday individuals, focusing on the ... More |
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| At Antwerp Art Weekend, collectors buy with their gut | | Kenny Schachter announces characters for POP PRINCIPLE: THE ART GAME, a new NFT Project | | Ireland Invites will showcase Irish visual art to the international biennale circuit | 
The Antwerp gallerist Sofie Van de Velde next to a 2023 installation by Dirk Van Saene, Even Oaks Lose Their Leaves, during Antwerp Art Weekend in Antwerp, Belgium, May 19, 2023. (Jussi Puikkonen/The New York Times)
by Scott Reyburn
ANTWERP.- At art fairs, people look too quickly, said Jason Poirier dit Caulier, founder and director of the Plus-One Gallery in Antwerp. He added: Here, they take a bit more time. They almost want to touch. Poirier dit Caulier was standing in a branch of his dealership, in front of an ingeniously illusionistic painting by Belgian artist Ritsart Gobyn, 37, that attracted plenty of up-close admiration during Antwerp Art Weekend, an annual celebration of the citys contemporary artists and gallerists that concluded Sunday. Although Gobyns artwork looked like a bare canvas with strips of masking tape and fragments from art books stuck to it, it was, in fact, a highly detailed 2D painting in oils, on display with 26 similar works ... More | | 
Kenny Schachter, Paris Hilton, 2023, NFT digital art, open edition.
NEW YORK, NY.- Daata, the leading platform for digital art, is pleased to announce a new expansive art and NFT gaming project with artist and critic, Kenny Schachter. POP PRINCIPLE: THE ART GAME, created by Kenny Schachter and powered by Daata, is an ecosystem of two teams: the traditional art world and the new guard NFT players. The game features characters in each camp. Art critic Jerry Saltz, legendary mega-dealer Larry Gagosian, and Yayoi Kusama are on the traditional art side, while Nigerian digital artist Osinachi, NFT-record shattering artist Mike Winkelmann (aka Beeple), Paris Hilton, and artist Refik Anadol, who is known for his large scale machine intelligence artworks, representing the crypto team. The Swiss art curator, Hans Ulrich Obrist, serves as a neutral player, paying homage to his home country. These familiar characters were created by Kenny Schachter and were released at Kenny Schachters exhibition at ... More | | 
Inti Guerro, Artistic Director of the Sydney Biennale, 2024, is the first visiting curator to come to Ireland as part of IRELAND INVITES. He is pictured alongside from left Mary Cremin, Head of Programming, IMMA; Barbara Dawson, Director, Hugh Lane Gallery and Ciarán Walsh, Deputy Director, Culture Ireland.
DUBLIN.- Irish Museum of Modern Art, Hugh Lane Gallery and Culture Ireland announced a new 3-year pilot named IRELAND INVITES, aimed at showcasing Irish visual art to the international biennale circuit. IRELAND INVITES seeks to enhance international exposure for Irish visual artists by hosting biennale curators to undertake visits to studio and art institutions in Ireland. During their visit curators will have the opportunity to enhance their understanding of contemporary art practices in Ireland availing of the curatorial expertise of IMMA, Hugh Lane Gallery and Culture Ireland, who will facilitate research and create bespoke hosted trips for each visiting curator. Commenting on the new initiative, Annie Fletcher, Director, IMMA, Barbara Dawson, Director ... More |
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Remedios Varo and Norval Morrisseau, American Artists
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 Shrine owned by Lord Glenconner leads Bonhams India Art sale in LondonLONDON.- Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner, is probably most associated with the Caribbean island of Mustique, which he acquired in 1958, and his gift of a villa there to Princess Margaret. Lord Glenconner was, however, also a noted art collector and connoisseur: he was an early patron of Lucian Freud. Although his artistic tastes were eclectic, he had a particular fondness for Indian art. (He even commissioned the famous set designer Oliver Messel to create an Indian palace' on Mustique as a setting for his treasures). In the late 1980s he bought a magnificent and rare monumental marble and rock crystal lingam shrine which leads Bonhams India in Art sale on 7 June at New Bond Street, London. It has an estimate of £120,000 - 160,000. Made in the late 19th or early 20th century, the shrine is an abstract representation of the God Shiva, ... More  Tipu Sultan's sword makes 14 million at BonhamsLONDON.- Tipu Sultans fabled bedchamber sword sold for £14 million at Bonhams Islamic and Indian Art sale in London today (Tuesday 23 May 2023). It had an estimate of £1,500,000-2,000,000. This is a new auction world record for both an Indian and Islamic object. Nima Sagharchi, Group Head of Islamic and Indian Art, said: The sword has an extraordinary history, an astonishing provenance and unrivalled craftsmanship. It was no surprise it was so hotly contested between two phone bidders and a bidder in the room. We are delighted with the result. Of the many weapons removed from the palace of Tipu Sultan after the fall of his royal stronghold at Seringapatam on 4 May 1799, few have such resonance nor such a close connection to Tipu Sultan, the Tiger of Mysore, than the Bedchamber Sword, found in his private quarters after ... More  Gagosian announces the extension of landmark exhibition celebrating Richard Avedon's centenaryNEW YORK, NY.- Gagosian announced the extension of Avedon 100, the landmark exhibition marking the centenary of Richard Avedons birth. Gathering 150 photographs selected by prominent artists, designers, musicians, writers, curators, and fashion world representatives, the exhibition has already drawn more than 13,000 visitors to the gallery in just over two weeks and will remain open to the public until July 7, 2023. Kara Vander Weg, senior director at Gagosian, commented, From the first conversations we had with the Richard Avedon Foundation about the centenary nearly two years ago, the enthusiasm for the project has been nothing short of extraordinary. What began as an idea to bring together 100 notable voices in celebration of Avedon quickly swelled to more than 150 individuals eager to share their personal experiences ... More  Shared Space: The New Era (1987-2010): Photographs from the Bank of America CollectionGREENSBORO, N..- The Weatherspoon Art Museum at UNC Greensboro is hosting the exhibition Shared Space: The New Era (1987-2010) | Photographs from the Bank of America Collection which opened earlier this month on Saturday, May 13, 2023. The exhibition will remain on view through August 5, 2023. Shared Space explores an evolving social landscape captured in photographs and video created over the span of nearly 25 years. Twenty-three artists from twelve countries explore how the physical spaces in which we interact from city streets to rural landscapes have evolved alongside our access to a virtual global village.Artists from the United States, Canada, the Czech Republic, Germany, Great Britain, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, and Switzerland offer a view into the complexities of this ... More  International artist Bruce Munro to debut "Field of Light" public artwork on Manhattan's East SideNEW YORK, NY.- Internationally acclaimed artist Bruce Munro will debut his immersive public art installation Field of Light, spanning more than six-acres from 38th to 41st Street on First Avenue, just south of the United Nations, at the proposed mixed-use Freedom Plaza being developed by the Soloviev Group. Scheduled to open in Fall 2023 and remain in place for 12 months, Field of Light will transform this six-acre site into a welcoming art installation for members of the community and all New Yorkers, as well as present meaningful opportunities for engagement and educational programming. Made possible by the Soloviev Foundation, Field of Light will honor New York City as a beacon of freedom and hope around the world. Inspired by the human connection to the stars, the essential elements of our universe, the Freedom Plaza installation ... More  Fiona Crisp's 'Weighting Time' showing across two venuesSUNDERLAND.- Weighting Time is a survey exhibition currently showing across two venues - Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens and Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art - exploring 30 years of work by British artist Fiona Crisp. From the subterranean world of dark-matter laboratories to the midnight sun of the Nordic summer, Crisps work explores how we might connect to spaces and ideas beyond our own lived experience. Her practice interrogates the ontology of the photographic image a branch of metaphysics dealing with the nature of being - to reveal new understandings of our changing relationships to space, place and time. Her work also looks at how our world view is directed and framed through the use of photography. Across the two venues, Weighting Time reconfigures ... More  The Academy of Natural Sciences now showing Illuminating Birds: Drawing as a Way of KnowingPHILADELPHIA, PA.- The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University (the Academy) has now opened its newest exhibition Illuminating Birds: Drawing as a Way of Knowing which debuted May 20, 2023, and will continue through October 15, 2023. Housing one of the largest and most taxonomically complete bird collections in the world, the Academy will welcome visitors to celebrate ornithology or the study of birds through artworks, rare books and artifacts that document the beginnings of avian study in the U.S. Part gallery and part creative studio, Illuminating Birds will share writings and artworks from the Academys rich collections while also inspiring visitors to create their own with imaginative prompts. With more than 7,000 different species of birds represented in our collections, the Academy continues to be a leading ... More  Water Cities Rotterdam by Kunlé Adeyemi open at Nieuwe InstituutROTTERDAM .- Earlier this month Nieuwe Instituut, in Rotterdam, unveiled Water Cities Rotterdam. By Kunlé Adeyemi, a project comprising an exhibition, several floating pontoons, artist installations, and MFS IIR, a stunning seven-metre-high floating wooden pavilion on the insitutes outdoor ponds. The project marks the first presentation of Nigerian-Dutch architect Kunlé Adeyemis award-winning design in the Netherlands. The various components of Water Cities Rotterdam. By Kunlé Adeyemi at the Nieuwe Instituut form a testing ground to explore historical, present-day, and future design solutions for global climate change. Rising sea levels pose an acute threat to life in wetlands, coast lines and cities worldwide, prompting architects, designers and artists around the world to turn this urgency into innovation. ... More  Audiences are coming back to orchestras after 'scary' sales last fallCLEVELAND, OH.- Puccinis opera La Fanciulla del West ends with heartbreaking wistfulness, as a crowd of Gold Rush miners bids a sad farewell to the life theyve known. But for the superb Cleveland Orchestra, which recently finished a short run of concert performances of the piece, the 2022-23 season is ending happily, with little nostalgia for how things were going just a few months ago. At the first performance, a Sunday matinee, Fanciulla was enthusiastically received by an audience that the orchestra said was at about 70% capacity. Thats hardly a phenomenal number. But for Cleveland, it was more than satisfying after a grim fall for attendance. In interviews, orchestra leaders around the country echoed that sentiment, saying that things had been deeply disappointing early on this season for them, too and that their panic had ... More  'Time Shelter' wins International Booker PrizeLONDON.- Time Shelter, a novel in which a wave of nostalgia sweeps Europe and entire countries consider living in past eras, on Tuesday won the International Booker Prize, one of the most prestigious awards for fiction translated into English. Georgi Gospodinov, the books Bulgarian author, will share the prize of 50,000 British pounds, worth roughly $62,000, with Angela Rodel, who translated the novel into English. They received the award at a ceremony in London. A complex novel, Time Shelter centers on a psychiatrist who creates a clinic in Switzerland to help people with Alzheimers disease. The clinic includes spaces that re-create past eras in intricate detail to help patients retain their memories, and the experiment proves so successful that the idea is taken up far beyond the hospitals walls. Leïla Slimani, a French ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Italian painter Pontormo was born May 24, 1494. Jacopo Carucci (May 24, 1494 - January 2, 1557), usually known as Jacopo da Pontormo, Jacopo Pontormo or simply Pontormo, was an Italian Mannerist painter and portraitist from the Florentine School. His work represents a profound stylistic shift from the calm perspectival regularity that characterized the art of the Florentine Renaissance. In this image: Jacopo Carrucci, known as Pontormo (1494-1557), Portrait of a Bishop (Monsignor Niccolò Ardinghelli?), c. 1541-1542. Oil on panel; 102 x 78.9 cm. Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1961.9.83.
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