Harry Wallace, the chief of Unkechaug Indian Nation, views historical paintings that include battles with his people on the ceiling of the War Room at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., March 28, 2023. Gov. Kathy Hochul has ordered a review of art in the Capitol that shows Native Americans, often in ways that glorify violence against Indigenous people. (Cindy Schultz/The New York Times)
by Jay Root and Grace Ashford
NEW YORK, NY.- At an informal gathering last summer at the Executive Mansion here, Gov. Kathy Hochul shared an anecdote about making an unpleasant discovery there, not long after taking residence: a painting depicting the marriage of Pocahontas. The governor thought Pocahontas looked young and frightened, and had the painting removed. In its place went what she considered to be a more tasteful portrayal of Native people in Niagara Falls. But surely she was aware of a far more inflammatory display of art, just outside her executive office in the state Capitol: a century-old mural showing French explorer Samuel Champlain victorious in combat with an accompanying caption, “Champlain Killing First Indian.” No, Hochul replied. She and her top lawyer, Liz Fine, said they were unfamiliar with that artwork in the governor’s reception room, also known as the War Room for its many battle depictions. Fine said the matter would be looked into. Last week, the governor formalize ... More
NEW YORK, NY.- On 18 January 2024, preeminent American artist Cindy Sherman unveils her latest body of work for the first time in the United States at Hauser & Wirth’s Wooster Street location in New York City. The exhibition features approximately 30 new works and marks Sherman’s return to the historic SoHo district where, in the late 1970s, she debuted her now iconic Untitled Film Stills at the non- profit Artists Space, launching a career that has established her as one of the most recognized and influential artists of our time. Sherman’s ground-breaking work has probed themes of representation and identity in contemporary media for over four decades. Since the early 2000s, she has constructed personae using digital manipulation, meditating on the increasingly fractured sense of self in 21st century society and continuing an artistic exploration that has ... More
The Brazilian police said they were investigating the art dealer’s death and looking for witnesses.
by Zachary Small
NEW YORK, NY.- Manhattan art dealer Brent Sikkema, who represented prominent artists like Kara Walker, Jeffrey Gibson and Vik Muniz, was found dead in his Rio de Janeiro apartment Monday night. Brazilian publications reported that the gallerist, who helped found Sikkema Jenkins & Co., was discovered with stab wounds to his body after the local Fire Department was called to his apartment in the neighborhood of Jardim Botânico. “It is with great sadness that the gallery announces the passing of our beloved founder,” Meg Malloy and Michael Jenkins, his business partners, said in a statement. “The gallery grieves this tremendous loss and will continue on in his spirit.” The Brazilian police did not immediately respond to a request for comment. “Officers will listen to witnesses, are looking for more information and are carrying out other inquiries to shed light on the case,” ... More
The gallery is slated to open at 45 White Street with the first US solo of Czech artist Jakub Tomáš in March. Photo: Etienne Frossard.
NEW YORK, NY.-Asya Geisberg Gallery announces that after a decade in Chelsea, the gallery will relocate to Tribeca. The new, two-floor,1,350 sq ft gallery will be located at 45 White Street. The new space contains beautiful wood floors and 15 foot ceilings and provides more exhibition space than the original gallery space in Chelsea. This will allow the presentation of larger and more ambitious works on the first floor while simultaneously showing additional works in the private viewing room below. The gallery is designed by William Olmsted Antozzi Office of Architecture (WAO), a boutique design studio that works in the realm of public-oriented design. Antozzi has ten years of collaborations with the esteemed architectural offices Renzo Piano Building Workshop and Diller Scofidio + Renfro, where he worked on various cultural institutions. “For my original space, I was lucky when I found an intimate gallery already built out in C ... More
Installation view ‘Marking Time’ at Cooke Latham Gallery.
LONDON.- The act of ‘marking’ time and human experience has endless historical iterations. Intangible moments are physically rendered in graffiti, carved names, tallies on a prison wall, tattoos, notches on a bedpost, blocks in a quilt, lines in a diary. Likewise, all artworks are made at a particular moment and reflect something of the person, place and time from which they come. Albeit the breadth of politics surrounding the work's inception, or a transitory interaction of light and object in an artist’s studio. ‘Marking Time’ brings together Marco Bizzarri, Enej Gala, Johnny Izatt-Lowry, Pia Ortuño and Orfeo Tagiuri whose works all explore the elusive connection between mark making and memory. Pia Ortuño creates paintings that have the weight of sculptures or, alternatively viewed, sculptures that can be read as paintings. Much of her work stems from her Costa-Rican roots, a rich aesthetic language that spans from pre-Columbian spiritualism through to post-colonial ... More
Portrait of Diane Simpson. Photo by Topical Cream for PIN-UP Magazine.
NEW YORK, NY.-James Cohan is announced the representation of Chicago-based artist Diane Simpson. The artist will have her debut solo exhibition with the gallery next month, opening February 15, 2024 at 48 Walker Street. Simpson is represented in collaboration with Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago and Herald St, London. For over four decades, Diane Simpson has created rigorously constructed sculptures originating from clothing, furniture, utilitarian objects, and architectural sources. Attentive to the formal qualities of these vernacular references, Simpson playfully oscillates between two and three dimensional space by translating her subjects to schematic drawings and then, using the same tricks of pictorial illusion, transforming them back into actual space. The results are curiously flattened three dimensional versions of familiar objects rendered in a wide range of materials, from linoleum to perforated metal. On the occasion of the newly anno ... More
Installation View - Almine Rech NY - Tursic & Mille Sweet Nothings on the Upper East Side. Photo: Thomas Barratt. Courtesy of Almine Rech.
NEW YORK, NY.-Almine Rech New York, Upper East Side is presenting Sweet Nothings, Tursic & Mille's seventh solo exhibition with the gallery, on view from January 11 to February 24, 2024. With an artistic partnership spanning more than two decades, painters Tursic & Mille have been at the forefront of contemporary painting, redefining the limits of the medium in empirical work in which the materiality of paint, the concept, the process and images shape a personal way of thinking in painting. With their landscapes, erotica, portraits and abstract compositions, Tursic & Mille blur pre-existing hierarchies between all kinds of images, aiming to go forward with the history and genre of painting as it exists in the 21st century. Their latest exhibition presents a profound exploration of painting itself through five series of new works: The exhibition opens with a thought-provoking piece titled Mouse. The artists discovered a deceased rodent ... More
Kasper Sonne, Last Goodbye, 2023. Oil on linen, 230 x 185 cm, 90.5 x 72 inches.
BRUSSELS .-Maruani Mercier is now hosting Last Goodbye, the debut solo exhibition of our newly represented artist Kasper Sonne. From his Brooklyn studio of ten years to his childhood home that he lived in again upon returning to Denmark, the paintings in in the exhibition depict physical places that carry a meaningful significance to the artist. Whether these places are attached to emotions that are positive, melancholic, or somewhere in between, the works immortalize evocative memories wherein he also seeks closure. The cathartic process of painting them presented a salutary last goodbye, and, similarly to the nature of the eponymous song by Jeff Buckley which inspired the exhibition’s title, there remains a nostalgic affinity for these places. The source materials used in the paintings are comprised of personal images from his archive from the last 15 years. Like a collage, he pieces together various fragments to create a single i ... More
Romare Bearden. Tidings, 1973. Gift of Argosy and Bond Street Partners. Photo by Rachel Watson.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Starting today through to June 1, 2024, Newcomb Art Museum is presenting three distinct exhibitions – Legacy Traces: Recent Additions to the Museum Collection, Victory Workers, and William Edmonson: A Monumental Vision. Each exhibition is independent, representing different themes that are carefully considered in relation to the museum’s mission to build upon its institutional legacy and highlight contributions of the American South to the fields of art, craft, and design. Legacy Traces: Recent Additions to the Museum Collection marks the campus debut of 21 works and considers how the museum’s acquisition practices have evolved in step with the institution’s growth and global trends in art. Victory Workers features representations of African American labor by artists of the 20th century and reveals the contributions of underrecognized workers who serve within and beyond their respective communities. The traveling e ... More
Atkinson currently leads the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) in Washington D.C. Courtesy Smithsonian American Art Museum, photo by Libby Weiler.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The Board of Directors of the Museum of Craft and Design announced the appointment of Nora Atkinson as its new Executive Director. Co-founder and Executive Director, JoAnn Edwards, will retire after over 20 years of visionary and distinguished leadership. Atkinson currently leads the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) in Washington D.C. She brings to MCD 20 years of experience in some of the leading American art museums focusing in craft and design where she has served in leadership, fundraising, curatorial, and community programming roles. Board Chair Neil O’Donnell shared the news earlier today, saying “We are thrilled that Nora Atkinson has chosen to bring her enthusiasm and ideas to MCD. She has a distinguished record of innovation and accomplishment that bodes well for the future ... More
Stevens & Williams vase in the Iris design, 18 inches tall, boasting incredible color and quality and one of the nicest examples Woody Auction has sold. It brought $20,000 on April 1, 2023.
DOUGLASS, KAN.-Woody Auction’s many fine auctions held throughout 2023, when taken together, showcased all the firm’s major categories: American Brilliant Cut Glass, art glass, firearms, furniture, primitives, artwork, Asian/Oriental, lamps, Carnival glass, porcelain, pottery, sterling silver, Native American and other quality antiques from the 1800s-1920s. It is the worldwide leader in fine cut glass. The first major event of the year was held on March 3rd-4th, a truly “brilliant” weekend that featured numerous collections of American Brilliant Cut Glass (ABCG) – over 900 lots in all. One of the top lots was an ABCG Flemish jug, emerald cut to clear, 13 ½ inches tall, in Pattern #50 by Dorflinger. The 3-pint jug, with a pattern cut handle and marked silver embossed collar, gaveled for a robust $15,000. A couple of weeks later, on March 18th, was Part 2 (the final part) of the Ron Blessing collection of pickle castors, ... More
Jaime Lauriano, Invasão de Pedro Álvares Cabral em Porto Seguro em 1500, 2023. Tinta acrílica, adesivos, impressão jato de tinta, miniaturas em chumbo e estampas sobre mdf, 142 x 200,5 x 4 cm.
NEW YORK, NY.-Nara Roesler New York is now showing Why don't you know about Western remains?, Jaime Lauriano's first solo exhibition in the United States, curated by Igor Simões. The show brings together around ten works, including paintings, sculptures, and a video, which are recent developments in the artist's research and developed mainly over the last year. With its title taken from the first verse of the song For Lennon e McCartney by Milton Nascimento, the exhibition focuses on works that examine the formation of the imaginary of Brazilian society. From a decolonial perspective, Lauriano addresses current issues, always taking into account the past of Brazilian and Latin American societies, founded on colonial exploitation and slavery, exposing a deeply violent and unequal contemporary reality. In order to poetically understand this historical conjuncture, the artist revisits visual elements that have helped create this situation, rangin ... More
Mitsukuni Misaki Color-Glazed Mud Vessel XX - 彩釉泥器, 2023 Ceramic, H11 3/4 x W13 3/8 x D6 3/4 in, H30 x W34 x D17 cm.
NEW YORK, NY.-Ippodo Gallery presents Floating Vessels: Stoneware by Mitsukuni Misaki, the master ceramicist’s return to New York after six years. Over 30 of Misaki’s latest works from small vases to majestic containers are featured from January 18 to February 15, 2024. Stretching out like a boundless horizon, Misaki’s modern and hand-coiled forms signal those timeless ceramics of ancient peoples. Mitsukuni Misaki (b. 1951) ventures into the unknown with every new work, producing powerful yet enfolded objects that manifest the dual strength and subtlety of beauty. Born in Chiba in western Japan, he graduated Chuo University’s law department, yet a chance encounter with Fujio Koyama (1900-1975)—the scholarly authority on pottery and porcelain, and a potter himself—lodged a desire in Misaki’s heart to pursue ceramics. Traveling about the mainland, Misaki received training in four classical kiln techniques: ku ... More
Quote Art is a revolt against fate. Andre Malraux
More News
Following success of London exhibition, Carpenters Workshop Gallery presents 'Seeing Things' by Gareth Mason PARIS.-Carpenters Workshop Gallery Paris presents ‘Seeing Things’ by contemporary ceramicist Gareth Mason. For this exhibition, Mason has meticulously crafted significant new large sculptural works, each a testament to his mastery over the medium. Through a metaphorical cellar termed by Gaston Bachelard, Mason invites us to embrace ambiguity and “unbridle our minds”, much like the sacred caves of our ancestors. “All my pots are flights of fancy,” he says. His pieces echo the fascination for what lies within and beyond – a womb-like, cave-like mystery that captivates our intrigue and wonder. Dark clay blends, enriched with iron – earth’s abundant metallic element – and coarse, rocky inclusions, take centre ... More
'One Year! Photographs from the miners' strike 1984-1985' open at Martin Parr Foundation BRISTOL.- To coincide with the 40th anniversary of the miners’ strike this exhibition will look at the vital role photographs played during the year-long struggle against pit closures, including many materials drawn from the Martin Parr Foundation collection. The miners’ strike was one of Britain’s longest and most bitter industrial disputes, the repercussions of which continue to be felt throughout the country today. Ephemera relating to the strike—including posters, vinyl records, plates, badges and publications— will be placed in dialogue with work by photographers who documented the events in 1984-85. Collectively, the materials demonstrate the power and the contradictions inherent in using photography as a tool of resistance. The exhibition will include photographs by Brenda Prince, John Sturrock, John Harris, Jenny ... More
Monterey Museum of Art celebrates Chicanx artistry and California's agricultural legacy MONTEREY, CA.- The Monterey Museum of Art (MMA) is set to captivate audiences with its Winter Exhibition Series which showcases California's rich agricultural history and the vibrant Chicanx community. 'Seeing Chicanx: The Durón Family Collection' delves into the diverse narratives of the Chicanx community through an array of expressive art forms. This exhibition, running from January 18 to April 28, 2024, features a dynamic collection that speaks to the heart of Chicanx identity and experience in modern America. It's a vivid representation of the community's resilience, creativity, and cultural richness. During the Chicano Movement (1965-1980), individuals of Mexican heritage fought for cultural reclamation and resistance. As an act of solidarity, Armando and Mary Salinas Durón began collecting artworks that celebrated the local ... More
Neon, video and photography combined in 'anatomies d'un monde' by Marie José Burki GENEVA.- For her second solo show in Geneva, now opening at Xippas, Marie José Burki presents a body of work combining neon, video and photography. Faced with a world saturated with images, Marie José Burki focuses on precise elements of our world, fixing her gaze on details, suspending time and thus questioning our relationship to things, as when she reverses our point of view in Exposure: Flowers. The Leaves series seems almost unreal, while the Untitled works are more like an inventory, akin to botanical plates. The various forms of representation underpin different approaches to the world, and thus underscore the importance of the role of perception. “What do we really know? The borage, the dandelion, the tulip: do they evince any interest, whether in the names we have for them, or in our minute descriptions of them? The ... More
'Atelier dell'Errore: Die Werkstatt' includes commissions of gold leaf frieze for Palazzo Torlonia ROME.-Richard Saltoun Gallery is now presenting the first exhibition in Rome of Atelier dell'Errore (AdE), an artist collective dedicated to visual art and performance. Active since 2015 - but born from a 2002 project -AdE is hosted within the Collezione Maramotti in Reggio Emilia and is composed of 10 neuro-divergent, young artists. The collective has structured itself as an organism, or renaissance workshop, in which each artist is specialised in a particular phase or process of the project. Curated by Eva Brioschi, the exhibition, intitled Die Werkstatt [The workshop], offers a glimpse into AdE's artistic process and daily studio life. The works in the exhibition originated as a response to a monumental 22-metre long gold leaf frieze, Die Goldkammer, created by AdE for a room in Palazzo ... More
Ellen Harvey's Traveling Project "The Disappointed Tourist" opens at Rowan University GLASSBORO, NJ.- The Disappointed Tourist is an ongoing project for which Ellen Harvey is making paintings of lost sites suggested by members of the public in response to the question: Is there any place that you would like to visit or revisit that no longer exists? The exhibition has been traveling and growing since 2019 with 300 sites painted so far. Each painting includes the name of the site and the date on which it ceased to exist. Over the summer of 2023 the Rowan University Art Gallery & Museum, in partnership with Creative Glassboro, Glassboro Public Library, Glassboro Historical Society, and Heritage Glass Museum, solicited submissions from the local community. Nine suggested sites have been added to this new iteration of the installation including the Whitney Brother’s Glass Factory, Salem Oak, Bay Point, Zee Orchards, ... More
Tom Shales, TV critic both respected and feared, dies at 79 NEW YORK, NY.- Tom Shales, the Pulitzer Prize-winning television critic for The Washington Post whose scalpel-sharp dissections of shows he deemed dead on arrival earned him nicknames like the Terror of the Tube, as well as a reputation for the power to make or break shows, died Saturday in Alexandria, Virginia. He was 79. James Andrew Miller, a longtime collaborator and friend, said he died in a hospice facility from complications of COVID. Despite toiling in a political town far removed from the coastal capitals of the entertainment industry, Shales wielded enormous influence during his three-decade career, starting in 1977, as the Post’s chief television critic. Those whose fortunes were tied to the small screen considered him both a kingmaker and a high executioner in an era when network television’s hold on American culture ... More
Brian Barczyk, a reptile evangelist on YouTube and TV, dies at 54 NEW YORK, NY.- Brian Barczyk, a world-famous reptile expert whose upbeat videos attracted millions of fans on social media and who starred in the reality TV show “Venom Hunters” on Discovery, died Sunday at his home in Michigan. He was 54. The cause was pancreatic cancer, according to Stephanie Kent, a representative for The Reptarium, a reptile zoo that Barczyk founded with his wife, Lori Barczyk, in Utica, Michigan. Brian Barczyk’s love of reptiles began as a boy. He has said his earliest memory was coming across a ball python at the Belle Isle Aquarium in Detroit. “I remember that like it was yesterday, and ever since, I’ve just been obsessed,” Barczyk told the Hollywood Soapbox in 2016. “No one taught me this obsession. I always tell people, I was born with a reptile gene because it’s just in me. I spent every summer catching garter ... More
Charlotte St. Martin to step down as president of Broadway League NEW YORK, NY.- In a surprise announcement Tuesday, Charlotte St. Martin, who has served as president of the Broadway League since 2006, said she would be stepping down from her current role next month. As the leader of the league, a trade association representing producers and theater owners as well as presenters from around the nation, Martin has held one of the most pivotal positions in the theater industry. The league plays an important role in promoting Broadway, handles labor negotiations with the many unions representing theater workers on Broadway and on tour, and collects and distributes data about Broadway’s economic health and the demographics of its audience. The league also presents, alongside the American Theater Wing, the Tony Awards, which is the annual ceremony honoring the best shows and ... More
Ana María Hernando transforms tulle in major Madison Square Park installation NEW YORK, NY.- For her exhibition To Let the Sky Know/Dejar que el cielo sepa, Ana María Hernando (Argentinean American, b. Argentina 1959, lives and works in Denver) enlivens Madison Square Park’s winter landscape with a series of beauteous, atmospheric clouds and one cascading waterfall, all created in an abundance of tulle. The works are sited across three of the park’s lawns, where they float above the viewer and the ground plane. The public art project inaugurates the twentieth anniversary of Madison Square Park Conservancy's art program, a milestone year featuring four artist projects, a major publication documenting fifty commissioned exhibitions since 2004, a symposium with alumni ... More
The OnlineCasinosSpelen editors have years of experience with everything related to online gambling providers and reliable online casinos Nederland. If you have any questions about casino bonuses and, please contact the team directly.
The OnlineCasinosSpelen zonder CRUKS editors have years of experience with online gambling providers and reliable online casinos Nederland. If you have any questions about casino bonuses and, please contact the team directly.
