The style of the works on show – fashioned in a variety of forms, from sketches to sculptures – at first seems cool, detached, geometrical.
LONDON.- If you’d attended the vernissage of the Marco Tirelli exhibition at the Cardi Gallery in the UK capital last night, you wouldn’t have met the artist Marco Tirelli in the flesh. Covid regulations, sadly, prevented him from attending the opening of his first major show in the UK. No matter: the exhibition is on all summer, and if you pay attention to the works – spread over four storeys of the gallery, based in a stunning Georgian townhouse in Mayfair – you will build up an intimate knowledge of the artist, all the same. Tirelli’s body of work is strongly metaphysical, and so his artistic aim is to reflect the inner workings of his mind. Tirelli, one of the art-world’s hardest working men, has built up a stellar reputation in his home country. He broke into the limelight with a duo exhibition with Sol LeWitt in 1990, and has since enjoyed solo shows in many of the major ... More
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Source Code for the WWW. Cryptocurrency Accepted. Current bid: 2,800,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.
NEW YORK(AFP).- Tim Berners-Lee's source code for the World Wide Web is the latest non-fungible token (NFT) to go up for sale. Sotheby's in New York is selling the program that paved the way for the internet we know today more than 30 years after its creation. The sale started June 23 and ends on Wednesday. Bidding had reached $2.8 million on Friday. The lot includes an animated version of Berners-Lee's nearly 10,000 lines of code and a letter from the British-born computer scientist himself. "Ten years ago, we wouldn't have been able to do this," said Cassandra Hatton, vice-president at Sotheby's, referring to the recent boom in NFTs. Hatton said this work is unique because of its importance for the creation of the World Wide Web. "That changed every aspect of your life," Hatton said. "We don't even fully comprehend the impact that it has on our lives, and the impact that we will continue to have on our lives." ... More
An installation view of “Writing the Future: Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation,” an exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, on April 29, 2021. Cody O'Loughlin/The New York Times.
by Julianne McShane
BOSTON(NYT NEWS SERVICE).- By 1984, 24-year-old Jean-Michel Basquiat had already broken into the mainstream art world. But the onetime street artist still couldn’t shake the legacy of his teenage years spent writing graffiti on the streets of New York City — mostly under the moniker of “SAMO,” which he often used to critique the commodification of art. “There was really no ambition in it at all,” Basquiat told the interviewer Marc Miller that year in an episode of “ART/new york,” a video series on contemporary art. “It was stuff from a young mind, you know what I mean?” But the artist was not alone in his teenage pursuits: He was part of a constellation of young graffiti artists who used New York City’s streets and subways as their canvases before going on to take both the art world and hip-hop ... More
The Swiss philanthropist Maja Hoffmann on the grounds of Luma, a 27-acre arts complex in Arles, France, June 16, 2021. James Hill/The New York Times.
by Roslyn Sulcas
ARLES(NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Workers in hard hats and masks pinned tape to the beige stone walls. Wires snaked underfoot. A carpeted room holding a shallow pond and complex speaker and projection systems awaited water, sound and film. It was two weeks — and counting — before the opening Saturday of Luma, a 27-acre arts complex in this ancient city that’s famous for its Roman ruins and one Vincent van Gogh. By the weekend, the wires will be tidied, the art installed, the huge doors of the complex’s Frank Gehry-designed central building thrown wide open. It will be a major milestone for a 13-year project that encompasses six buildings housing exhibition and installation spaces; an archive; a residence and rehearsal studio for artists and performers; a design ... More
In this file photo an NFT titled 'SHIFT//' by Mad Dog Jones is on display during a press preview of the Natively Digital: A Curated NFT Sale at Sotheby's on June 04, 2021 in New York City. Cindy Ord/Getty Images/AFP.
by Camille Malplat
LAGOS(AFP).- At only 29, Nigerian pop-artist Osinachi has sold paintings on Microsoft Word for several thousand euros, or the equivalent amount in ether, a cryptocurrency often used to buy digital art. One of his works, "Becoming Sochukwuma", shows a black dancer wrapped in a tutu made of African fabric, dreadlocks tied in a bun, swirling on a computer screen. But what makes the painting truly unique is its endorsement with an NFT (Non-Fungible Token) -- a set of data stored in a blockchain that is used as a certificate of ownership. The digital painting was sold in April for $80,000 worth of virtual money on the crypto-art market, a growing business in Africa's most populous country. Worldwide, NFTs, which serve as a unique identifier, have reassured collectors when buying online art and propelled digital artists to stardom. Between ... More
Diego Cortez stands in front of a painting of himself by the photorealist painter Curt Hoppe. Curt Hoppe via The New York Times.
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NEW YORK(NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Diego Cortez, an influential figure in New York City’s downtown art and music scenes who in 1981 curated a massive exhibition featuring dozens of artists that brought then-20-year-old Jean-Michel Basquiat to public renown, died Monday in Burlington, North Carolina. He was 74. The cause was kidney failure, his sister Kathy Hudson said. He died in hospice care at her house but had been living nearby in Saxapahaw. Cortez seemed to be everywhere in SoHo, Tribeca and beyond in the late 1970s and early ’80s. He co-founded the Mudd Club, a gritty, boundary-pushing nightclub that opened in 1978. He performed with Laurie Anderson and Kathy Acker; directed music videos for Blondie and the Talking Heads; mounted shows of drawings and photographs by rock singer-songwriter Patti Smith; and wrote “Private Elvis,” a book with photographs of Presley’s time in the Army that ... More
17 masterpieces produced by Leonardo da Vinci are being projected onto the walls and ceiling of the ground floor gallery thanks to digital technologies.
AMBOISE(AFP).- A new virtual gallery of Leonardo da Vinci's paintings that plunges the viewer into the Renaissance master's creative process opens Friday at the manor in central France where he spent the last three years of his life. The 12-minute immersive experience envelops the visitor with the paintings and the sketches that preceded them, projected onto the walls and rounded ceiling of a darkened gallery at the Clos Luce in the town of Amboise. Close-ups, notably of faces and hands from masterpieces such as The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne but also of fabric folds, flora and other details, deepen the viewer's appreciation of the artist's virtuosity. The Last Supper is shown in its stages, starting with the background, adding the table and finally Jesus and the Apostles. The virtual masterclass also delves into Leonardo's trademark sfumato technique -- the subtle blurring of the edges of images that creates a 3D effect -- and his mastery of perspective. "Nothing is left to chance in ... More
Frieda Toranzo Jaeger’s “Times Come to an End" (middle left panel), 2021, from the upcoming Human Resources show “Nuestrxs Putxs” that will be on display during Gallery Weekend Los Angeles. Courtesy of the artist, LAR Arts, and Reena Spaulings, New York via The New York Times.
by Jori Finkel
LOS ANGELES(NYT NEWS SERVICE).- A gallery association that formed here a year ago to promote artists online at a time when spaces were closed because of the pandemic is now organizing its first offline event: Gallery Weekend Los Angeles. The event, from Gallery Association Los Angeles, will run July 28 through Aug. 1, with at least 74 participating galleries and nonprofit organizations offering a mix of exhibitions and events such as artist talks and performances as well as some extended, late-night hours. The weekend is timed to overlap with Felix, an art fair at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel that debuted in 2019 and is expected to draw ... More
Daria Rybalchenko, 23, who grew up amid conflict in eastern Ukraine and donated a copy of "The Count of Monte Cristo" to the War Childhood Museum, in Kyiv, June 22, 2021. Oksana Parafeniuk/The New York Times.
by Valerie Hopkins
KYIV(NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Daria Rybalchenko was 16 when war came to her hometown, Stanytsia Luhanska, in eastern Ukraine. That summer, in 2014, she bought a copy of “The Count of Monte Cristo,” the French adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, in Russian. She recalled reading it one evening when the sound of shelling woke her grandmother. The pair heard shooting in the distance, Rybalchenko said, a product of the ongoing fight between soldiers in the Ukrainian army-held territory where she lived and nearby Russian-backed militants. They concluded it was far enough away that they had nothing to worry about. She continued reading. Rybalchenko read other books ... More
D Head XLVI by David Bowie sets a new auction record, selling for CAD $108,120 at CowleyAbbott.ca
TORONTO.- A distinctive painting by music icon David Bowie garnered international headlines for its unique discovery and drew a bidding frenzy at Cowley Abbott’s Online Auction of International Art. The much-anticipated auction debut of D Head XLVI, which is part of a series of approximately 45 works on canvas that Bowie titled Dead Heads (or D Heads), sold for more than 10 times the low-end of the auction estimate to a private collector in the United States for CAD $108,120 (inclusive of Buyer’s Premium). The sale marks a new global auction record for a work by David Bowie, more than doubling the 2016 sale of a D Head series artwork for £22,500 (approximately $39,000 CAD) in the United Kingdom. Within the first hours of Cowley Abbott’s online auction, opening bids for D Head XLVI surpassed the auction estimate of $9,000 to $12,000; and within the first few days, it already set a new record. It continued ... More
LONDON.- From today, a visit to Windsor Castle includes a special display commemorating the remarkable life and legacy of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Britain’s longest-serving consort. An accompanying souvenir publication and official commemorative range are also available from today. Through more than 120 objects, Prince Philip: A Celebration charts significant events and achievements in The Duke of Edinburgh’s life, including his early life and naval career, his role as consort, his support for the sovereign at home and abroad, and his wide-ranging patronages and associations. The display is located in St George’s Hall and the Lantern Lobby, two spaces that were devastated by the Windsor Castle fire of 1992, and whose restoration was overseen by His Royal Highness as Chair of the Restoration Committee. A section of the display exploring Prince Philip’s role in the restoration ... More
Donna Huanca, GUERRERA PROTECTORA (pacha), 2021. Stainless steel, synthetic hair, oil paint, plastic. 79 x 79 x 13 in (200 x 200 x 34 cm). Courtesy the artist and Peres Projects, Berlin. Photo: Matthias Kolb.
MARFA, TX.- Donna Huanca presents a series of new works commissioned by Ballroom Marfa in her exhibition ESPEJO QUEMADA. Huanca creates experiential installations that incorporate paintings, sculptures, video, scent and sound. The profound experiences and memories of Huanca’s first visit to Marfa in 2005 inspired the work in the exhibition. The artworks draw on visual, cultural, and mythological cues informed by feminism, decolonialism and the artist’s personal and familial histories, while simultaneously engaging with the biodiversity, geology, and dark skies of Far West Texas. The sky was particularly striking for Huanca–animated with cosmic and extraterrestrial forces while also revealing the natural rhythms of the sun and moon. ESPEJO QUEMADA, Huanca’s first exhibition since the pandemic, uses mirrors as formal and metaphorical devices to respond to changing conditions. The title, which ... More
High Chest of Drawers. Possibly by Isaac Tryon, Middletown or Glastonbury, Connecticut, 1760-1790. Cherry, white pine and tulip poplar. Bequest of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Hennage, 1991-62. Courtesy of the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg.
WILLIAMSBURG, VA.- Earlier this year, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation announced the most significant single American decorative arts bequest in its 90-year history: The Joseph H. and June S. Hennage Collection with its more than 400 objects of various media including American furniture and miniature furniture, American silver and Chinese porcelain that will transform Colonial Williamsburg’s already renowned collections. To celebrate this momentous bequest, an exhibition of approximately 50 highlighted objects, A Gift to the Nation: The Joseph and June Hennage Collection, will open in the Miodrag and Elizabeth Ridgely Blagojevich Gallery at the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, one of the newly expanded Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg, on June 26, 2021 and remain on view through 2023. While only a fraction of the overall ... More
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Prince's handwritten lyrics for 'Nothing Compares 2 U' sold for $150,986 at auction BOSTON, MASS.- The handwritten lyrics for Prince's 'Nothing Compares 2 U' sold for $150,986, according to Boston-based RR Auction. The lyrics are from the collection of Prince's former assistant Therese Stoulil, which were given to her by Prince after leaving the position in 1996. In a detailed letter of provenance accompanying the sale, Stoulil describes how she came into possession of the lyric sheet. "There was a knock on my door, and I looked out the bedroom window and saw a black BMW in my driveway and immediately recognized it as Duane's, Prince's half-brother.” "I went downstairs opened the door, and he only said 'this is from Prince' then he got in his car and left. Once I realized what Duane delivered, I was both stunned and humbled," said Stoulil in the letter. "Prince would use white console marking tape to adhere the lyrics to his ... More
"The Painters of Pompeii" opens at The Oklahoma City Museum of Art OKLAHOMA CITY, OK.- Beginning June 26, visitors to the OKCMOA will be transported to ancient Rome through the incredible wall paintings, or frescoes, of Pompeii and Herculaneum. “The Painters of Pompeii: Roman Frescoes from the National Archaeological Museum, Naples” highlights the rarely explored world of the ancient Roman painter and offers a glimpse into their processes, materials and techniques through over 80 artifacts and artworks. Open through Oct. 17, this historic presentation of the art of ancient Rome will be presented exclusively at OKCMOA before returning to Europe. “In 79 CE, Mount Vesuvius erupted, covering the seaside resort towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum in ash and volcanic rock,” said Dr. Michael J. Anderson, OKCMOA president and CEO. “The eruption preserved Roman luxury villas and homes until ... More
Black Cat clock brings CA$11,210 in Miller & Miller online auction NEW HAMBURG.- An important Black Cat Shoe Dressing clock (known to collectors as “The Black Cat Clock”) sold for $11,210, and an early 20th century Peabody’s Overalls single-sided porcelain sign realized $8,850 in Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd.’s online-only Advertising & Breweriana sale held June 19th. All prices quoted are in Canadian dollars. “Antique and vintage advertising continues to flex its muscles,” said Ben Lennox of Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd. “A whopping 68 percent of the top 50 grossing lots from the 650-lot sale smashed past the high estimate. The desire for high-end advertising continues to climb at a feverish pace with both new and seasoned collectors looking to add rarities to their collections.” The iconic Nonsuch Black Cat Shoe Polish clock settled in as the top lot, just as one did almost 40 years ago, in 1982, at the famed ... More
Michael Landy's 'Welcome to Essex' opens at Firstsite COLCHESTER.- This summer Firstsite will host a major exhibition of brand new works by Michael Landy CBE RA (b.1963), that explore the urban myths, received wisdoms and blatant stereotypes about the county of his birth, Essex. For his first major public gallery exhibition in the UK for almost a decade - and on the 20th anniversary of one of his most famous works Break Down* - Landy has produced a series of ambitious new commissions based on the history of Essex, and his fascination with the county’s contemporary portrayal in popular culture. Welcome to Essex links the past and present by underlining how modern-day Essex has been shaped by Thatcherism (Margaret Thatcher once resided in Colchester and first joined the Conservative Party there) and how the Essex stereotype is reinforced by the media and TV shows such as Birds of a Feather ... More
A Requiem, derailed by the pandemic, arrives when it's needed most NEW YORK(NYT NEWS SERVICE).- You’ve probably heard a story like this before. Courtney Bryan’s Requiem was set to premiere with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in late March 2020. In a time of incalculable loss, her music became part of another kind of casualty: the sounds that vanished from stages around the world. Like many premieres originally planned for the past year, Bryan’s Requiem, written for the vocal quartet Quince Ensemble and members of the Chicago Symphony, was stranded in limbo. But through the orchestra’s turn to online programming and a season-ending series organized by Missy Mazzoli, its composer in residence, the piece was given a new date this week, when the latest episode of CSO Sessions lands on the streaming platform CSOtv. Maybe it’s actually more fitting that the Requiem be released now, as the United ... More
The Board of Trustees of the British Museum appoints George Osborne as their Chair LONDON.- The Board of Trustees of the British Museum announced the appointment of their new Chair, George Osborne. He is currently a Partner at Robey Warshaw and Chair of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, and was formerly Editor of the Evening Standard and Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Board approved the appointment unanimously. The British Museum Chair Search Committee, comprising seven Trustees and chaired by one of the Board’s Deputy Chairs Minouche Shafik, led an independent, open and thorough search process for a leader with a global perspective, with a demonstrable interest in culture and history, and a commitment to engaging local, national, and international audiences. George Osborne will be appointed by the Trustees to join the board as of 1 September 2021 and will succeed Sir Richard Lambert as Chair ... More
Heritage Auctions first to top $900K in weekly Comics and Comic Art sales DALLAS, TX.- Less than a week after its record-smashing $22.4 million Comics & Comic Art Signature auction, Heritage Auctions, the world's largest comics auctioneer, set a new world record for the largest weekly comics auction ever held when its Sunday & Monday Comic Books Weekly Select Auction and its Wednesday Comic Art & Animation Select Auction amassed $904,285 in total sales. The Comic Books Auction reached $759,941 in sales, while the Comic Art & Animation Auction brought $144,344. Add in Tuesday’s $64,715 Video Games and Trading Card Games auction, and the department’s weekly sales climbed to an even $969,000, smashing the previous record of $799,725. The record for any weekly comics auction is $799,725, but that sale included video games and comic art, but the new total sets a new standard for events dedicated ... More
Grove Square Galleries opens a solo exhibition by Zimbabwean artist Marc Standing LONDON.-Grove Square Galleries is presenting The Whispering Tongues (24 June – 6 August 2021), a solo exhibition by Zimbabwean artist Marc Standing. Created during his return to Africa in early 2021, this new series of mixed media paintings marks a homecoming for the artist, celebrating and reconnecting with the heritage and culture of his native continent. Through his uniquely abstract fusion of texture, layer and colour, Standing’s latest body of work is enriched by the magic and mythology of his motherland, and illuminated by recurring themes of identity, self-discovery and personal expression. Working organically and subconsciously, Standing’s painting begins through an intuitive process of dye washes and mark-making. Drawing on elements of surrealism, abstraction and collage, as well as more figurative motifs, he allows himself ... More
Ten contemporary artists explore the diverse cultures and people of New England SHELBURNE, VT.- This summer, Shelburne Museum presents New England Now: People, the second exhibition in a new biennial series featuring regional contemporary artists. On view June 26 through October 17, New England Now: People will feature 10 contemporary artists from New England’s six states in a multi-media group exhibition celebrating the communities and peoples of New England. New England’s diverse population—representing a multitude of ethnicities, cultures, and traditions—shapes and defines this beautiful and complex region. The 10 participating artists in the exhibition, representing each New England state—from such cities as Providence, Rhode Island, and Hartford, Connecticut, to small towns like Gorham, Maine, and Middlebury, Vermont—mirroring a small reflection of the region. Some of the artists identify as female, ... More
Nara Roesler opens a group exhibition curated by Raphael Fonseca NEW YORK, NY.-Nara Roesler New York is presenting On the Shoulders of Giants, a group exhibition curated by Raphael Fonseca, one of Brazil’s most acclaimed emerging contemporary art curators. On the Shoulders of Giants showcases Brazilian artists from different generations, whose practices investigate the relations and tensions between ideas of time and memory. The works presented delve into an ample array of propositions on these themes, proposing different aesthetic and conceptual interpretations. The exhibition foregrounds contemporary engagements with popular and ancestral narratives, exploring how they coexist and intertwine with modern day contexts, in hope of developing collective memory. It is necessary to admit failure: I don’t recognize the past, and I don’t believe in the future. But my feet are in a hurry because ... More
Hong Kong artists revive city's bygone era with miniatures HONG KONG(AFP).- In a packed metropolis where old buildings are frequently replaced by gleaming skyscrapers, two Hong Kong model makers are trying to preserve the city's architectural past -- in painstakingly detailed miniature form. Stepping into Tony Lai and Maggie Chan's studio is like walking into a time machine, if that time machine also shrunk everything around except yourself. In one corner, an entire fairground is laid out, complete with moving rides and a revolving ferris wheel. On the other side, a tiny reenactment of the city's fire dragon festival is underway. Elsewhere is a meticulously recreated revolving restaurant and an entire housing block, complete with window laundry and the fast disappearing neon signs that once lit up Hong Kong's streets with kaleidoscopic abandon. The two artists share a common passion in bringing their childhood ... More
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September 26, 2024. Milton Glaser (born June 26, 1929) is an American graphic designer. His designs include the I ❤ NY logo, the psychedelic Bob Dylan poster, and the Brooklyn Brewery logo. In this image: Milton Glaser, Concrete Poetry, exhibition poster, 1968.
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