Jing Fong, the largest restaurant in New York’s Chinatown, on March 5, 2021, two days before it permanently closed. The owners did not come to a deal with their landlord, Jonathan Chu. Andrew Seng/The New York Times.
by Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura
NEW YORK(NYT NEWS SERVICE).- NEW YORK — Twice a week, Li Zhen Tan, a former dim sum server, plants herself in front of the Museum of Chinese in America in Chinatown and joins the fervent chants of dozens of others like her who have congregated there. “Bloodsuckers! Sellout!” she yelled recently, using a handkerchief to dab sweat from her face as the sun beat down. A man nearby shouted into a megaphone, alternating between English and Cantonese: “They think that because they speak better English, that they graduated from Ivy League schools, that they are better than us.” The invectives were aimed at a museum that has struggled to survive since it was founded in 1980 to preserve and exhibit the history of Chinese Americans. It received a big boost when the city awarded the institution $35 million out of $50 million distributed to local community projects in Chinatown in return for the expansion of a jail there. But the generous award has placed the museum at the center of a greater dispute o ... More
The artist Chuck Close at his home in Long Beach, N.Y., on June 17, 2016.
by Ken Johnson and Robin Pogrebin
NEW YORK(NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Chuck Close, who rose to prominence in the 1970s and ’80s with colossal photorealist portraits of himself, family members and fellow artists, but who late in his career faced accusations of sexual harassment, died Thursday in a hospital in Oceanside, New York. He was 81. His death was announced by his lawyer, John Silberman. At the end of the 1960s, a period when formalist abstraction and pop art dominated the contemporary scene, Close began using an airbrush and diluted black paint to create highly detailed 9-foot-tall grisaille paintings based on mug-shot-like photographs of himself and his friends. His first, and still one of his best known, is a self-portrait in which he stares impassively back at the camera through plastic black-rimmed glasses. He has messy, stringy hair, his ... More
Marble Head of a Woman from Magna Graecia, 4th C BC.
LONDON.-Colnaghi will present two masterpieces spanning art history for TEFAF Online 2021. Reflecting the gallery’s commitment to cross-category presentations and collecting, the selection encompasses a rare marble head from Magna Graecia and a significant Renaissance sculpture in terracotta. Each work is exemplary in its quality, provenance, and art historical significance. One of the most important marble and cast metal sculptors of the high Renaissance, Benedetto da Rovezzano (1474 – c. 1552) was also a master of terracotta sculpture. He created this Saint John the Baptist, in Florence around 1510, during the time when his contemporaries Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael were also active in the Tuscan city. Clad in a camel-skin tunic, the youthful figure of Saint John is portrayed glancing to the side with an exalted expression. The wooden base of the work is ... More
HAMBURG.- The Hamburger Kunsthalle illustrates the unique impact of the outstanding Renaissance artist Raphael (1483–1520) with a showing of around 200 prints, drawings, paintings, photographs and books from its own collection. Raphael was the superstar of his day, going from strength to strength during his brief lifetime as popes and other dignitaries entrusted him with the most prestigious commissions. With his paintings and frescoes, this fascinating master set new standards for European art that would endure for centuries. It would be hard to find another artist who achieved such a far-reaching impact through such reproductions and enjoyed such saint-like veneration, as witnessed by his appellation “il Divino” (the Divine One). This enormous influence is demonstrated above all by numerous works that emulate ... More
Paolo Veneziano: Art & Devotion in 14th-Century Venice is published by The Frick Collection in association with Paul Holberton Publishing. Photo: Joseph Coscia Jr.
NEW YORK, NY.- Traditionally thought of as the father of Venetian painting, Paolo Veneziano (ca. 1295–1362) established the city’s reputation for excellence in this medium, and his achievements have long been celebrated by scholars. Nonetheless, Paolo’s work has received little attention outside of Italy. The publication Paolo Veneziano: Art & Devotion in 14th-Century Venice examines the long-dispersed panels of two of Paolo’s rare surviving altarpieces, along with other works by the artist and contemporaneous pieces in various media. Considered together, they offer new insights into Paolo’s practice and achievements. The authors also examine how the artist’s innovative and intricate work both reflected and engaged with advances in manuscript illumination, ivory carving, textile production, and metalwork. The lead authors are Laura Llewellyn (Associate Curator of Renaissance ... More
BASEL.- The 2021 edition of Art Basel will feature 272 leading galleries from across the globe presenting the highest quality of works across all media, from rare and historical masterpieces to new works by today’s emerging artistic voices. In addition to showcasing exceptional art within its Galleries, Features, Statements, and Edition sectors, the fair will also present 62 large-scale artworks in Unlimited; 20 site-specific projects as part of Parcours; two performative interventions by artists Monster Chetwynd and Cecilia Bengolea; an ambitious Film program; as well as the fair's renowned talks series, Conversations. 'The scale and ambition of this year's Unlimited and Parcours are testament to the dedication of our participating galleries,' said Marc Spiegler, Global Director of Art Basel. 'They are boldly presenting complex projects, many conceived before the pandemic, which now take on new meaning.' Unlimited, Art Basel's unique ... More
Francisco de Goya (1746 - 1828), The Duke of Wellington, 1812-14 . Oil on mahogany, 64.3 x 52.4 cm. Bought with aid from the Wolfson Foundation and a special Exchequer grant, 1961.
LONDON.- Photographs of documents relating to the dramatic theft on 21 August 1961 of Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery have been released to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the crime this weekend. A reward notice from the Metropolitan Police, a handwritten ransom note, and a statement on the Gallery’s position following the ransom demands, are among the newly-photographed papers held in the Gallery’s Research Centre. The images are released ahead of next year’s UK premiere of the film The Duke directed by Roger Michell and starring Jim Broadbent and Dame Helen Mirren which tells the story of the theft and subsequent trial of Bunton. In July 1965 Newcastle-upon-Tyne taxi driver Kempton Bunton confessed that he had taken the Gallery’s painting but following a high-profile trial, he was ... More
Kyser & Rex Co., Mikado cast-iron mechanical bank, red-table version, extremely rare and one of the best examples known. Provenance: The Schroeder Collection. Estimate $80,000-$120,000.
VINELAND, NJ.- On September 10 and 11, Bertoia’s will add yet another chapter to the legacy of one of America’s greatest antique toy and bank collections as they auction Part II of the Aaron and Abby Schroeder Collection. In total, 896 lots will be offered. Considered by many to be in a league of its own, this vast and storied collection contains some of the rarest and most exquisite toys ever to reach the auction marketplace. It was lovingly assembled over several decades by the late songwriter/record producer Aaron Schroeder (1926-2009) and his wife and business partner of 49 years, Abby Schroeder. Together, the Schroeders built a powerful international music-publishing network. The collection’s holdings include an extraordinary selection of late-19th to early 20th-century American cast iron, including premier mechanical and still banks; ultra-desirable horse-drawn and bell toys, and early American tin and clockwork ... More
The 190-plus lot auction will also present numerous other rarities, with estimates outside the two star items ranging from just a few pounds up to £1,800. In all, Ewbank’s expect the auction to make around £66,000.
WOKING.- Two extremely rare sealed items from the Pokémon trading card game, each valued at up to £15,000, will headline the launch sale of Ewbank’s Auctions’ new Trading Cards department on August 25. The Pokémon TCG sealed Base Set Booster boxes each date to 1999 and come in the original shrink wrap, containing 36 sealed booster packs. The vendor has kept them in mint condition since running the gift shop where these were kept as wholesale products. “Base Set is the first ever Pokémon set released in English back in 1999 and features some of the most expensive and iconic cards such as Charizard, Blastoise and Venusaur,” says specialist Roy Raftery, one of the UK’s leading experts on trading cards. “Both boxes are sealed, authenticated and in immaculate condition.” Another collection consigned here comes from a former employee of Wizards of the Coast – distributors of Pokémon – who worked for th ... More
Marina Tyquiengco is a scholar of global Indigenous art with an emphasis on Native American art and Aboriginal Australian art.
BOSTON, MASS.-The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, has appointed Marina Tyquiengco (CHamoru) as the inaugural Ellyn McColgan Assistant Curator of Native American Art. In this new position within the Art of the Americas Department, Tyquiengco will help shape the MFA’s commitment to Native American art and culture; build, display and interpret the collection through innovative exhibitions and installations; and work with colleagues across the Museum to build partnerships with Indigenous communities. Tyquiengco currently serves as Curatorial Assistant in the MFA’s Department of Contemporary Art and will transition into her new role in September. Tyquiengco is a scholar of global Indigenous art with an emphasis on Native American art and Aboriginal Australian art. At the MFA, she has been a member of the curatorial teams responsible for organizing the current exhibitions New Light: Encounters and Connections, which brings into ... More
MOSCOW.-The 9th International Contemporary Art Fair Cosmoscow, which will be held in the Moscow Gostiny Dvor (4, Ilyinka St) on September 10–12, 2021, with the support of Ruinart (official partner), Audi Russia (automobile partner), Hutton Development (partner), Breguet (watch partner) and Visa (partner), has announced the full line-up of participants for this year’s edition. 80 galleries, including 16 international members, will present their booths at the fair. This is the highest number the fair has seen in its history! The visitors of Cosmoscow 2021 will get acquainted with galleries from Austria, Argentina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, France, Germany, Georgia, Hong Kong, Norway, Poland, Russia, Switzerland, and the United Arab Emirates. Pearl Lam Galleries (Hong Kong) will make its debut at Cosmoscow this year, with it set to play a vital role in building international dialogue and leads to cultural exchange between Eas ... More
Jihei Murase (Japanese, b. 1957), Negoro Stripe Tea Caddy, 2019. Lacquer, H3 1/2 x W2 1/2 x L2 1/2 in, H8 4/5 x W6 x L6 cm.
NEW YORK, NY.-Ippodo Gallery, New York, is presenting Kōgei: The Art of Japanese Craft, a selection of crafts that celebrate summer and the Obon holiday season. The Japanese festival of Obon traces back to ancient Chinese and Buddhist rituals that honor one’s ancestors. During the holiday, from August 13th to 15th, many families visit ancestral graves and float paper lanterns with candles and incense down rivers and streams, representing the passing of the soul into the afterlife. Obon also signifies the season from late July through August when temples, shrines, neighborhoods, and schools hold public festivals and performances to bring communities together. To mark Obon, Ippodo Gallery has assembled a selection of works that engage with Buddhist practices, and the pursuit of nirvana, the escape from the cycle of suffering, death, and rebirth. The lotus's ascent from the dark, murky water ... More
The car is notable for being the first Alvis owned by Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader, CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar, DL.
LONDON.- This stunning 1954 Alvis TC21/100 Drophead Coupe was supplied new to Group Captain Douglas Bader one of the RAFs most famous pilots whose fighting career made him a legend. The car will be sold by H&H Classics at the Imperial War Museum Duxford, Wednesday, 8th September for an Estimate of £70,000 - £85,000. The car is notable for being the first Alvis owned by Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader, CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar, DL. It has matching chassis and engine numbers and has been well maintained since undergoing an extensive restoration during 2010-2012. It has been a frequent and well-respected visitor to the Goodwood Revival for many years. It is one of just 81 TC21/100 chassis to wear Tickford Drophead Coupe coachwork. The Alvis comes with extensive paperwork including works build sheets, owners handbook, sales brochure, period press articles and correspondence. ... More
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AllesWirdGut wins prize at urban planning idea competition: Islands for the Suburbs VIENNA.- The architecture office AllesWirdGut (based in Vienna and Munich) won an urban planning ideas competition, organized by the Berlin HOWOGE housing company, with a multifaceted urban expansion concept and took first place. The idea of the competition was to initiate a professional discourse on future requirements for urban districts on the suburbs of Berlin, Germany - detached from an exact location and the associated specifics. The focus of the task was on future-oriented and sustainable considerations on modularity, identity and flexibility of building types, the so-called puzzle pieces. Berlin is growing. Against the backdrop of steadily rising demand for affordable housing, the municipal housing company HOWOGE recently launched an ideas competition for urban neighborhoods in Berlin's suburbs. The competition was looking for urban expansion concepts ... More
How a French novelist turns the tables on history PARIS(NYT NEWS SERVICE).- There is a scene in Laurent Binet’s latest novel, “Civilizations,” where a meeting between conqueror and conquered is brought to life in the vivid description of a tableau by the Renaissance painter Titian. It’s an imaginary scenario — of the Incas of Peru invading 16th-century Europe, not the other way around, which is what happened in 1532 — that haunted and inspired Binet. “There’s something melancholic in my book,” he said in an interview at his home last month, “because it offers the conquered a revenge that they never really had.” The reality for the Incas, like many other Indigenous populations, was that they were killed and exploited, Binet added. “That’s what both fascinates and horrifies me: You can think what you like of the past but you can’t change it.” Binet, 49, has made his name writing historical novels that blur the boundaries between ... More
Software for Less: Ben Grosser opens exhibition at Arebyte Gallery LONDON.-arebyte Gallery presents Software for Less, an exhibition examining the cultural, social and political effects of software on contemporary society, by US artist Ben Grosser. Grosser’s first solo exhibition in the UK, Software for Less, will take visitors on a journey through a pseudo tech exposition. Each work is presented as a product that could have come out of an alternative Silicon Valley, interrogating and reimagining how software is created, operated, and sold. The exhibition provokes the viewer to consider the influence software has on us, foregrounding social media platforms as the main impetus; how is an interface that foregrounds our friend count changing our conceptions of friendship? Who benefits when a software system can intuit how we feel? Ultimately, questioning how software moulds who we are. Grosser says: “The last twenty years have been characterized by the rise ... More
Pippa Harris appointed Chair of Charleston's Board of Trustees LEWES.-Charleston announced that Pippa Harris has been appointed as its new Chair of Trustees. Pippa Harris is an Oscar nominated, Bafta award-winning, film and television producer, who established Neal Street Productions in 2003 alongside Sam Mendes and Caro Newling. The company’s recent work includes the hugely successful The Lehman Trilogy for the National Theatre, as well as the multi-award winning First World War movie, 1917, which Pippa produced. She also produced Starter for Ten, executive produced Things We Lost in the Fire, Away We Go and the Oscar-nominated Revolutionary Road, as well as the feature documentary, We Are Many. For the last ten years, Pippa has also been the Executive Producer of the hugely successful BBC series Call the Midwife. Previously, she was the Head of Drama Commissioning for the BBC. Pippa has recently finished ... More
In memoriam: Beloved curator, educator, and friend Linda Eaton WINTERTHUR, DE.- The Winterthur community mourns the loss of their friend Linda Eaton, the retired John T. and Marjorie McGraw Director of Collections. Eaton passed the night of August 18, 2021, after a courageous battle against a long-term illness. Her contributions to Winterthur and the field of textile arts and history were numerous and invaluable. Her impact and influence are immeasurable. Eaton is recognized around the world for her leadership in the field of interdisciplinary textile scholarship. Over more than 30 years at Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, Eaton oversaw the acquisition, interpretation, care, and exhibition of the museum’s textile collection, which includes nearly 20,000 furnishings, articles of clothing, rugs, quilts, and needlework. A specialist in textile conservation as well as textile history, she advanced technical and scientific knowledge of textiles broadly. ... More
International jury panel for Louvre Abu Dhabi Art Here 2021 and The Richard Mille Art Prize unveiled ABU DHABI.- Louvre Abu Dhabi and Swiss watchmaking brand Richard Mille have revealed the jury for the inaugural edition of their contemporary art exhibition Louvre Abu Dhabi Art Here 2021 and The Richard Mille Art Prize. Composed of four members, the jury has been drawn from diverse artistic spheres including curatorial, architectural and institutional. The distinguished panel will first select a shortlist of artists to participate in the upcoming exhibition, from the ongoing open call for proposals, and following the exhibition launch will award a $50,000 cash prize to the 2021 recipient of The Richard Mille Art Prize. The 2021 jury members are H.H. Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, Chairman of UAE Unlimited, an art collector and patron of the Centre Pompidou, the British Museum, Sharjah Art Foundation, and an honorary patron of Art Dubai; Christine Macel, the Chief ... More
Norwegian artist Marianne Heske to present an installation in S-AR's Cylinder Pavilion MOSS.- As part of MOMENTUM 11 - House of Commons, Marianne Heske will present the installation, House of Commons, in the Cylinder Pavilion. The Norwegian artist responded to a call for projects to be presented in the Pavilion, one of three temporary installations designed by the Mexico-based architecture practice, S-AR for the biennale. Marianne Heske says: “The opportunity to present photo documentation in the Cylinder Pavilion of the process of moving the house from the rural countryside to the centre of Oslo in front of the Parliament building opens an opportunity for me to talk about my project, House of Commons, in another context, a Norwegian one." The presentation of House of Commons in the Cylinder Pavilion relates to an earlier eponymous work by Heske. In 2014, the artist came across a small red house beside the road in the municipality of Hobøl, a rural part of ... More
Japanese martial arts actor, 'Kill Bill' star Sonny Chiba dies: agent LOS ANGELES(AFP).- Sonny Chiba, a Japanese martial arts expert and actor who appeared in Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill," has died from Covid-19 complications, his agent said Thursday. He was 82. "Sonny passed away from Covid-19 yesterday," Timothy Beal told AFP. "Such tragic news. He was a great friend and an awesome client. Such a humble, caring and friendly man." Born Sadaho Maeda in 1939 in Fukuoka, in the southwest of Japan, Chiba studied martial arts throughout the 1960s, becoming a particular expert in karate. His skills landed him numerous roles in Japanese films and television series, including with the influential Toei studio, who recruited him in a competition for new talent. In the wake of Bruce Lee's worldwide success, Chiba made a name for himself outside Japan as an ultra-violent henchman in "The Street Fighter" trilogy. ... More
Levi jeans fragments, two Geronimo photos and a Bechtler gold coin lead sale RENO, NV.- Fragments of Levi jeans from the 1880s soared to $10,312, two period photos of the surrender of Geronimo in Arizona in the 1880s brought $5,125, and a circa 1838 one-dollar gold coin struck in North Carolina by Christoph Bechtler fetched $7,500 at Holabird Western Americana Collections’ Sizzling Summer Western Americana Auction, held August 5th thru 9th. The five-day mega-event, packed with nearly 3,000 lots of Native Americana, philatelic (stamps) and numismatics (coins), militaria, railroad collectibles, Americana, mining memorabilia, stock certificates, art and more, was held live in Holabird’s Reno, Nevada gallery, as well as online, via the platforms iCollector.com, LiveAuctioneers.com, Invaluable.com and Auctionzip.com. The Levi jeans fragments – which were unearthed in Eureka, Nevada – were the top lot of the sale and its biggest ... More
Oklahoma's gift to ballet: The Five Moons ballerinas NEW YORK(NYT NEWS SERVICE).- At the first Oklahoma Indian Ballerina Festival, in 1957, its founder, Moscelyne Larkin, danced Myrtha in Act Two of “Giselle” and Maria Tallchief performed an excerpt from “Swan Lake.” It was a festival created to honor five Native American ballerinas, all hailing from Oklahoma. But it would take 10 years, and the premiere of a ballet, “The Four Moons,” for the festival to really celebrate the dancers’ heritages as well as their artistry. As prima ballerinas in the 1940s through the 1960s in major companies, Yvonne Chouteau, Rosella Hightower, Larkin, and Maria and Marjorie Tallchief were transformative artists. This summer, the Five Moons Dance Festival, presented by the University of Oklahoma’s School of Dance, will celebrate their impact on 20th century ballet, honoring the significance of their Indigenous backgrounds. ... More
The Hong Kong Art Gallery Association announces the return of UNSCHEDULED HONG KONG.-The Hong Kong Art Gallery Association announced the return of UNSCHEDULED, a showcase of 15 Hong Kong galleries, which will take place from 2 to 6 September 2021 at the former TopShop location on Queen's Road Central. Established by the HKAGA during and as a response to the rise of COVID-19 in 2020, UNSCHEDULED is neither a traditional art fair nor a museum exhibition, but a platform for selling and networking for local galleries. After a successful first edition held at Tai Kwun last year, the return of the event will present solo exhibitions from 15 HKAGA gallery members, highlighting works that respond to the new venue as a past fashion retail center. The fair’s location in the former Topshop venue lends itself to wider accessibility for the general public to visit the fair along with the art community, and the opportunity to showcase special exhibitions in ... More
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February 20, 1910. Eero Saarinen (August 20, 1910 - September 1, 1961) was a Finnish American architect and industrial designer of the 20th century famous for varying his style according to the demands of the project: simple, sweeping, arching structural curves or machine-like rationalism. In this image: Eero Saarinen (1910-61) was one of the most prolific, unorthodox, and controversial masters of twentieth-century architecture.
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