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Norman Mingo (1896-1980), Help Stamp Out MAD, 1963. MAD #78, April 1963. Watercolor on illustration board. James Halperin Collection, Courtesy of Heritage Auctions, HA.com. MAD and all related elements & © E.C. Publications. Courtesy of DC. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission.
STOCKBRIDGE, MASS.- Norman Rockwell Museum recently opened a landmark retrospective exploring the art, satire, and cultural impact of MAD Magazine, one of the longest-running humor publications in America. A counter-cultural touchstone and a venue for some of the nations best satirical art and writing, MAD rapidly evolved from a comic book series into a smash-hit magazine that spoke truth to power for seven decades. Running from June 8 through October 27, What, Me Worry? The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine presents iconic original illustrations and cartoons from MADs longtime regular contributors, dubbed the Usual Gang of Idiots, as well as next-generation visual ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Installation view, Director Nick Mitzevich, winter exhibition Gauguinâs World: Tōna Iho, Tōna Ao, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra 2024. Photo: Sam Cooper.
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| The spectacular transformation of a showman's mansion | | Artist Adam Umbach is "Finding Home" during his newest exhibition at Carver Hill Gallery | | Stolen 37 years ago, Theodore Roosevelt's watch finally returns home |
Martin Spollen and Chen Jie, who bought the James Bailey residence for $1.4 million in 2009, in New York on March 14, 2024. (Tony Cenicola/The New York Times)
NEW YORK, NY.- The James A. Bailey residence at St. Nicholas Place and 150th Street in Harlem, built in 1888 for the less flamboyant partner of the Barnum & Bailey team, is a three-ring circus of architectural elements: a Romanesque Revival tower, curvilinear Flemish gables, ... More | |
Adam Umbach, Fish Bait (salmon). 20 x 16 inches. Oil and acrylic on canvas. 2024.
CAMDEN, MAINE.- Beginning July 5 and running through July 28, Carver Hill Gallery presents Finding Home, an exhibition featuring 24 works by artist Adam Umbach. Known for experimenting with abstraction, geometric painting, and expressionism within his work, Umbachs chosen subjects, which often repeat through differing bodies of work, belong to a personal and familial iconography. ... More | |
The watch itself is fairly pedestrian, with an inexpensive coin silver case, the FBI said in a news release. Photo: Jason Wickersty, National Park Service.
NEW YORK, NY.- Theodore Roosevelts favorite pocket watch, which he carried around the world and wore in the White House, was returned Thursday to the presidents former home on Long Island decades after it was stolen from a mansion in Buffalo, New York. The watch itself is fairly ... More |
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| Solo exhibition of works by Edmund de Waal on view at Galerie Max Hetzler | | Exhibition of ceramic sculpture by Julia IsÃdrez on view at Kasmin | | Largest retrospective of Ron Mueck ever opens at Museum Voorlinden |
Edmund de Waal, elegie, V, 2023. Stoneware vessel with inscription. Height: 144 cm.; 56 3/4 in. Diameter: 72.5 cm.; 28 1/2 in.
BERLIN.- Galerie Max Hetzler is presenting letters home, a solo exhibition of works by Edmund de Waal at Potsdamer StraÃe 77-87, in Berlin. In his visual art, Edmund de Waal uses objects as vehicles for human narrative, emotion and history. His installations of handmade porcelain vessels, often contained in minimalist structures, investigate themes of diaspora, memory and ... More | |
Julia Isidrez, Gusano cienpies, 2024. Ceramic, 32 1/2 x 34 x 19 in. © Julia IsÃdrez. Courtesy of the artist, Gomide &Co, and Kasmin, New York. Photo: Charlie Rubin.
NEW YORK, NY.- Kasmin is presenting Mundo de Julia, an exhibition of ceramic sculpture by Julia IsÃdrez (b. 1967, Itá, Paraguay). On view at 297 Tenth Avenue from June 27 August 9, this marks the artists first solo exhibition in the United States and runs concurrently with IsÃdrezs presentation in Stranieri Ovunque Foreigners ... More | |
Ron Mueck, Ghost, 1998. Mixed media. Variable dimensions © Tate. Photo: Antoine van Kaam.
WASSENAAR.- Voorlinden is presenting the largest retrospective of Ron Mueck ever, on display this summer and autumn. Thanks to his unprecedented craftsmanship and incredible attention to detail, the Australian-born artist creates stunningly realistic and intimate sculptures that convey universal human experiences and feelings. At Voorlinden you can see both very early ... More |
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| Captivating Tom Thomson exhibition travels to Whistler | | Gauguin returns to the Pacific in a National Gallery exclusive exhibition | | 5 international shows worth watching, from Kafka to a human kaiju |
Tom Thomson, Northern Lights, 1916 or 1917, oil on wood, 21.5 Ã 26.7 cm, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Bequest of Dr. J.M. MacCallum, Toronto, 1944, Photo: NGC.
WHISTLER.- The Audain Art Museum is presenting the special exhibition, Tom Thomson: North Star. This captivating selection of over one hundred paintings, which is the largest ever displayed, delves into the extraordinary talent and enduring legacy of Tom Thomson, one of ... More | |
Paul Gauguin, Te faaturuma (The brooding woman), 1891. Oil on canvas, 91.1 Ã 68.7 cm. Worcester Art Museum. Museum Purchase, 1921.186.
CANBERRA.- An Australian-first exhibition of French post-Impressionist artist Paul Gauguin (18481903) provides a unique opportunity to see over 140 of his iconic works of art at the National Gallery in Canberra from 29 June to 7 October 2024. Curated by Henri Loyrette, esteemed scholar of 19th Century French art. Gauguins World: Tōna Iho, ... More | |
'Kafka' takes a meta-fictional, Wes Anderson-ish approach to the life of the writer.
NEW YORK, NY.- The long-awaited American premiere of a new season of the German hit Babylon Berlin was the big news this week in the realm of international television series. But interesting shows from other countries arrive on an almost daily basis. Here are five recent series to check out. This six-episode miniseries on MHz Choice is a lot like a British country-house mystery, ... More |
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| Whitney Museum presents groundbreaking eco art project with a live citrus grove | | Director Rhana Devenport farewells AGSA | | Crocker Art Museum opens Raúl Gonzo's first museum exhibition |
Installation view of Survival Piece #5: Portable Orchard (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, June 29, 2024January 1, 2025). The Harrisons, Survival Piece #5: Portable Orchard. Photograph by Reagan Brown
NEW YORK, NY.- Survival Piece #5: Portable Orchard explores alternative, sustainable food systems in an imagined future where natural farming practices are obsolete. Artists Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison, often referred to as the Harrisons, conceived and designed the project in 1972, a period when environmentalist movements in the United States were taking ... More | |
Rhana Devenport. Photo Saul Steed.
ADELAIDE.- Art Gallery of South Australia Director Rhana Devenport ONZM launches important new contemporary exhibition at the completion of her tenure with the Gallery on 7 July, after six years of artistic success and achievement. On Friday 5 July she opens major survey exhibition Brent Harris: Surrender & Catch, exploring the work of senior Melbourne-based, New-Zealand born artist Brent Harris, presented from 6 July 20 October 2024. The exhibition, curated by Maria Zagala, Curator of Prints, ... More | |
Raúl Gonzo (American, born 1979), Green Cabinet, 2023. Digital print on archival paper, 30 x 30 in. Courtesy of the artist.
SACRAMENTO, CALIF.- Raúl Gonzo: Color Madness showcases the bold, campy, and colorful photographs of Sacramento-based photographer Raúl Gonzo. Each highly saturated image contains satirical and humorous nods to childhood, consumerism, Pop art, television game shows, Alfred Hitchcock films, and standards of beauty. This show presents a selection of photographs taken from 2015 through ... More |
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3D Digital Collections: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Most significant exploration of El Anatsui's practice ever staged in the UK opens at Talbot Rice GalleryEDINBURGH.- Talbot Rice Gallery opened a major exhibition of Ghanaian artist El Anatsui. The most significant exploration of El Anatsuis practice ever staged in the UK, Scottish Mission Book Depot Keta spans five decades of work and extends to the buildings façade, turning it into an open-air gallery this summer. The exhibition opens with a monumental new work made specifically for Talbot Rice Gallery. It journeys through a large selection of Anatsuis iconic large-scale sculptural wall hangings made with reclaimed metal from the bottling industry in Ghana and Nigeria (made between 2002 to 2024). This includes the grandmother of these forms, Womans Cloth (2002), the first of its kind on loan from the British Museum, and a sleeping chamber in which to quietly observe Royal Slumber (2023). The exhibition also includes a selection ... More Persons Projects opens "Tensional Integrities"BERLIN.- Persons Projects is presenting its summer exhibition Tensional Integrities. This exhibition brings together a group of artists who infuse into their works through their use of line, sound, space, and color to form a condition of visual and physical harmonious tensity. This presentation represents five distinctly different material approaches in how they pursue their own narratives in exploring their innate sensibilities. Niko Luoma plays with illusion and three-dimensionality. His photographs are created by using the analogue process of exposing light through colored filters onto the same negative many times. He then digitally folds them only once along one of the lines connecting the key points. The starting point of the Pictures series is the film negative itself and its standard rectangular format with four corners and one center. ... More "Nick Mele: Pages & Play" exhibition debuts at Newport Art MuseumNEWPORT, RI .- The Newport Art Museum opened the exhibition of lifestyle photographer Nick Mele: "Pages and Play." "Pages and Play" transports viewers into enchanting interiors where the unique charm of various locations, including Newport, comes to life. Meles photographs capture the essence of Newport and other vibrant locales, from Palm Beach to Cuba, depicting domestic scenes brimming with unfiltered joy reminiscent of carefree childhood days. Each image invites viewers to step into a world of whimsical delight and timeless elegance. As Nick Mele reflects, "Newport is a town full of history and teeming with characters. It was a magical place to spend my summers growing up and it's a true honor to exhibit my work at the Newport Art Museum." Nick Mele is celebrated for his whimsical approach to American luxury and elegance, ... More The Royal Scottish Academy presents 'Constructed Narratives: Three Academicians' this summerEDINBURGH.- This summer, the Royal Scottish Academy presents Constructed Narratives: Three Academicians, an exhibition of work by Aberdeen-born artists Lennox Dunbar RSA, Ian Howard RSA and Arthur Watson PPRSA. Constructed Narratives was first shown at Aberdeen Art Gallery in winter 2023, and this new iteration of the exhibition focuses on the significance of construction, whether physical or implied. Dunbar, Howard and Watson each use building, layering and installation in different ways to create their own narratives, and works on view explore how these themes have shaped their careers. Four North East Artists, an exhibition curated by Arthur Watson PPRSA for the Scottish Arts Councils Fruitmarket Gallery in 1983 has acted as the starting point for this presentation of Constructed Narratives. Four North East Artists brought ... More Christine Sun Kim presents a newly commissioned mural at the HenrySEATTLE, WA.- Christine Sun Kim (b. 1980, Orange County, California; based in Berlin, Germany) is a path-breaking artist whose work across drawing, video, and performance explores the social and political dimensions of sound. At the Henry, exhibiting in Seattle for the first time, Kim presents Ghost(ed) Notes, a newly commissioned mural that animates the museums east façade with her signature visual approach. Deeply informed by the power of non-verbal communication, much of Kims artwork combines aspects of graphic and musical notation of American Sign Language. The resulting compositions have a unique grammar and structure that engage both Kims own experience of being Deaf in a hearing-dominant society and collective conditions that shape whose voices have social currency. Kims work begins to remedy the lack ... More Step into a moment suspended in time and get lost in AGWA's new immersive art experiencePERTH.- For the first time, acclaimed street artist Rone will exhibit at The Art Gallery of Western Australia in the historical Centenary Galleries in a fully immersive ticketed public exhibition. TIME RONE is an immersive art exhibition that breathes life into a lost era of Australian history. Hot on the heels of Rones sold out and highly successful TIME installation at Flinders Street Station, Melbourne, Rone brings his signature haunting murals to Perth and AGWAs historical Centenary Galleries, with new installations exclusively for Perth audiences. AGWA Director Colin Walker said, This is the first time the Centenary Galleries will feature an immersive experience and the first time theyve been fully opened in nearly 20 years. TIME will be an unmissable experience of 2024 and the hot ticket for winter in Perth, he said. ... More Experimental films fuel 'Slave Play' documentaryNEW YORK, NY.- Jeremy O. Harriss new documentary titled Slave Play. Not A Movie. A Play. is ostensibly focused on acting students rehearsing scenes from his provocative Slave Play, which was nominated for 12 Tony Awards in 2020. Thats only the beginning. The documentary, which is streaming on Max, becomes an examination of Harris artistic influences and why he wants his play to be seen solely as a work of theater. Part of the strategy is calling back to hallmark experimental documentaries. Its really important to pay homage to these figures who are just now starting to really get the celebration they deserve, but also opened the door for me to do what Im doing, Harris said in an interview. Here are some of the references that informed Slave Play. Not A Movie. A Play. ... More 36 hours in Portland, MaineNEW YORK, NY.- From the fishing piers and wharves lined up like piano keys along Commercial Street to the ocean views and Queen Anne-style homes atop Munjoy Hill, Portland, Maine, offers a lot for visitors to take in. And then there is the food. Maines largest city has long been nationally known as a top food destination, and just this year two Portland bakers won James Beard Awards. To host travelers, culinary or otherwise, five boutique hotels have opened since 2020. Hotel construction, high-end condo development and rising coastal real estate prices have exacerbated a housing crisis. But the elements that make this New England city such an attractive place to visit a dynamic creative economy, juxtaposition of the old and the new, and the distinctive character of a working waterfront endure. ... More 'White Chicks' at 20: Comedy beyond the paleNEW YORK, NY.- When the oversexed basketball player Latrell Spencer (Terry Crews) turns to his date to sing Vanessa Carltons A Thousand Miles, he does so to prove his total love of all things white. Spencer is the stereotypical embodiment of the lascivious muscular Black man intent on procuring a white woman to prove his own masculinity. Once you go Black, youre gonna need a wheelchair, he says. And yet, despite the broadness of his carnal desires, his performativity is the comedic soul to director Keenen Ivory Wayans astute racial-passing satire White Chicks. A gender-bending film (streaming on Hulu) that wields whiteface to interrogate the appropriation of Black culture into affluent, gendered white spaces, the film, upon initial release, was critically reviled. Roger Ebert named it the seventh worst movie of 2004. Who ... More Where can Sondheim's operatic musicals find a home?NEW YORK, NY.- Near the end of Stephen Sondheims musical A Little Night Music, the orchestra swells to what he is said to have called his Max Steiner moment, something out of Casablanca or Gone With the Wind. Désirée and Fredrik, former lovers who reconnect but nearly miss out on happiness again, come together and kiss. The instruments respond with a grand, emotive reprise of the shows 11 oclock number, Send in the Clowns. At a concert performance of A Little Night Music at David Geffen Hall on Thursday, the premiere of a new orchestration by Sondheims longtime collaborator, Jonathan Tunick, the 53-piece Orchestra of St. Lukes let out a fortissimo tutti. Strings and winds soared with the melody, but there was more: resonant, staggered chords to support it in the low voices, and florid counterpoint. It was a ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American architect Buckminster Fuller died July 01, 2024. Richard Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller (July 12, 1895 - July 1, 1983) was an American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor and futurist. In this image: U.S. Pavilion Montreal Expo 67. Buckminster Fuller, 1967. Image courtesy the Estate of R. Buckminster Fuller.
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