Hartwig Fischer, who resigned on Aug. 25, 2023, after having served as the director of the British Museum since 2016, in London, on Aug. 27, 2020. Since news broke in August that an employee had been fired over the theft of potentially thousands of items from its storerooms, the British Museum has faced renewed calls to give back contested objects and an uphill battle to raise funds for refurbishment. (Tom Jamieson/The New York Times)
by Alex Marshall
LONDON.- Almost three weeks after the British Museum was plunged into crisis by the revelation of thefts from its storerooms, the London institution said it would come under new leadership. On Saturday night, the museum said in a news release that Mark Jones, a former director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, in London, was to become its interim director, subject to British government approval. George Osborne, the British Museum’s chair, said in the release that Jones was “one of the most experienced and respected museum leaders in the world, and he will offer the leadership and grip the museum needs right now.” “His priorities are to accelerate the cataloging of the collection, improve security, and reinforce pride in the curatorial mission of the museum,” Osborne said. Jones, 72, who did not did not comment in the news release, replaces Hartwig ... More
Dahlia Elsayed: Real Feel, 2023. (installation view). Courtesy of the artist and Morgan Lehman Gallery.
NEW YORK, NY.-Morgan Lehman is now opening, “Real Feel,” an exhibition of new paintings by Dahlia Elsayed. This marks the artist’s first solo show with the gallery. At the heart of Elsayed’s practice is the examination of personal geography in the midst of displacement. Her work pairs notions of diasporan narrative with an insistence on belonging, creating a cohesive sense of place through formal elements arranged within pared-down geometric compositions. The artist describes what she does as, “creating myth pictures for placelessness.” Elsayed’s own history of familial displacement over multiple generations has shaped her perspective on subjects ranging from storytelling to memory, and imbues her work with a distinct urgency. In making the paintings on display, the artist was drawn to the idea of a “welcoming void”. In each composition, Elsayed arranges colored forms to emphasize a ... More
SEOUL.- Today, White Cube is opening their new gallery in Seoul’s Gangnam-gu district, coinciding with this year’s edition of Frieze Seoul. White Cube Seoul’s inaugural exhibition, titled ‘The Embodied Spirit’, brings together a group of leading international artists whose works explore ideas around philosophy, metaphysics and what motivates human behaviour. The inseparable nature of body and psyche, as suggested by the Greek philosopher Aristotle in his essay On the Soul (c.350 BCE), provides the basis for a selection of paintings and sculptures in the show. Curated by White Cube’s Global Artistic Director Susan May, exhibition highlights include paintings by Lee Jinju (b. 1980, Busan, South Korea) who uses traditional Korean techniques to consider the psychological process of individual memory and perception, and Louise Giovanelli (b. 1993, London, UK) whose works ... More
Elisabetta Sirani (Bologna, 1638–1665), Omnia Vincit Amor (Love Conquers All), signed and dated 1662, oil on canvas, 33 x 27 inches; 83.7 x 68.6 cm.
NEW YORK, NY.-Robert Simon Fine Art opens the fall art season with a “one-woman” show devoted to the 17th-century painter Elisabetta Sirani. Titled “Elisabetta Sirani: Maestra of Baroque Bologna,” the exhibition includes five rare oil paintings by the artist, three masterful drawings, and her most important etching—drawing from the gallery’s inventory, as well as loans from private and public collections. The exhibition is the first devoted to the artist outside of Italy. Famously described by her contemporaries as “the glory of the female sex, the gem of Italy, and the sun of Europe,” Elisabetta Sirani (1638–1665) was one of the most innovative, prolific, and successful artists of the Bolognese school during the 17th century. Her career spanned barely ten years, having been cut short by her tragic death at age 27, and was distinguished not only by her remarkable oeuvre, but by ... More
John Rosini in his office at Rosini Furniture Service in Mineola, N.Y. on Aug. 26, 2023. (Lanna Apisukh/The New York Times)
by Corey Kilgannon
NEW YORK, NY.- Rosini Furniture Service is a business that seems like a front for a tennis museum. In the inconspicuous storefront with a faded sign along an industrial stretch of Herricks Road in Mineola, New York, on Long Island, across from a truck repair shop, the smell of shellac and the clatter of tools emanate from rear workrooms. But all around the margins are displays of the sport’s memorabilia and history. About 15 years ago, the restoration service’s owner, John Rosini, an avid player and tennis history buff, began collecting old rackets and marveling at how similar their construction and handiwork was to fine furniture. His collecting grew to include photos, trophies and other items, which he began displaying for friends and any interested customers. “Someone might come in to get a chair refinished and start looking around and suddenly ... More
NEW YORK, NY.-David Richard Gallery is opening Nancy Genn: A Painting Survey, Works from the Late 1950s through 2023, on view as of today. The presentation focuses on the many series of paintings produced throughout the artist’s eight-decade career that explore not only how we see, but also experience color in the natural world. Genn has studied the interplay between color, light, and surfaces through the many different lenses from which we view nature. This is Genn’s debut exhibition with the Gallery and although she has recently been exhibiting internationally, this is her first solo exhibition in New York in 26 years. This presentation, a survey of paintings by Nancy Genn (b 1929, San Francisco, CA) includes 22 representative works from 14 selected bodies of work that include: Mistral, Evolution, and Celestial Space series from the late 1950s and 1960s; the Ocean Views and Sea Currents from the 1970s; examples of the Lumin ... More
SOUTH KOREA.-Christie's and Hyundai Card are unveiling "Heads On: Basquiat & Warhol", marking the first joint exhibition of these two art legends in Seoul in over three decades. Opening in September at STORAGE by Hyundai Card, this exhibition will present a meticulously curated selection of exceptional masterpieces by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol, who became great friends and prolific collaborators in the 1980s. The exhibition contributes to a major international moment for art in South Korea, coinciding with Frieze Seoul and Kiaf art fair, and serves as a testament to Christie's continued commitment and enthusiasm for empowering and propelling the country’s dynamic art scene forward. "Heads On: Basquiat & Warhol" leads a dance between the revelations of two of America's greatest artists, whose visual philosophies remain as relevant today as ever before. The exhibition brings together a selected ... More
LONDON.-Hamiltons Gallery has opened the exhibition Summer – Seventies – Saint-Tropez, the first solo show of photographs by Philippe Garner, a figure already well known and respected as a long-standing champion of photography through a fifty-plus years career as an auction specialist and historian. The images – all shot on Kodachrome film, notable for the rich and vibrant saturation of its colours – take us back half a century to discover now-long-erased traces of an old Provence in and around Aix-en-Provence, where Garner was born. A discrete suite of images made on the now-legendary La Voile Rouge beach of Saint- Tropez capture the spirit of its raffish, chic-bohemian heyday. Garner explains: ‘I was twenty-three when I took the first of these pictures. Thinking back to those years, I recall how driven I already was to make images that captured the essence of all ... More
Khaled Ben Slimane (Tunisian, b. 1951), Untitled 10, 2018. Glazed ceramic. Sara Guyer and Scott Straus Contemporary African Art Initiative made possible by the Straus Family Foundation.
MADISON, WIS.- The Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is unveiling more than 40 recent additions to its permanent holdings in “Insistent Presence: Contemporary African Art from the Chazen Collection,” starting today. The works produced between 2011 and 2022 offer depictions of past and present life in Africa and invite visitors to reflect on their lives, relationships and the 21st-century world. The exhibition features 24 artists that span the continent, from Tunisia and Egypt to Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Mozambique and South Africa. Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania are also among the countries represented in the exhibition. The works came to the Chazen as part of the Contemporary African Art ... More
“Portrait of Anne Minich. Courtesy of Aaron Richter”.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- In 1974, Anne Minich (b.1934) crossed the country and found herself sitting in the kitchen of a Berkeley apartment, covered with a towel, while photographer William Bruce Hale proceeded to shave her head and document the results at her request. This radical act of depersonalization emphasized a break with social norms, while her bare head announced political and personal agency. Its shape rendered in silhouette became both ungendered and ageless, and was subsequently introduced by the artist into a series of works - loosely referred to as ‘The Head Series’ - over the course of the next 49 years. Featuring loans from institutions and private collections alongside works never- before seen, Containing Multitudes: Anne Minich’s Head Series, 1974 - 2023 at Commonweal assembles for the first time over thirty original works from this introspective and enigmatic series. Heavily ... More
The playwright Nathan Louis Jackson at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, where his “Broke-ology” was being presented in New York, on Sept. 9, 2009. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
NEW YORK, NY.- Nathan Louis Jackson, an acclaimed playwright who grappled with serious issues like the death penalty, homophobia and gun violence — and was also known for his work on television shows like “Luke Cage,” a Netflix series about a Black superhero — died Aug. 22 at his home in Lenexa, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City. He was 44. His wife, Megan Mascorro-Jackson, confirmed the death. She said that she did not know the cause, but that Jackson had had cardiac problems over the past few years, including an aortic dissection and an aortic aneurysm. Jackson was still attending the Juilliard School when his play “Broke-ology” premiered in 2008 at the Williamstown Theater Festival in Massachusetts. The story of a Black family in a poor neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas, where Jackson grew ... More
The annual festival started as an impromptu bonfire, but now attracts tens of thousands of revelers a year. How did it get here?
by Callie Holtermann
NEW YORK, NY.- “Imagine a hallucinogenic state fair,” reporter Rick Marin wrote about Burning Man in The New York Times in 2000. The article described an environment of countercultural revelry, where hippies and Silicon Valley types cut loose in surroundings reminiscent of both “Mad Max” and Cirque du Soleil. But this year’s festival, held in a remote desert in Nevada, has been a very different scene. The event was pummeled by rain that began Friday night, leaving thousands of attendees trapped and dealing with thick sludge. With limited access to the site, attendees have been told to conserve food and water. Police are investigating the death of one participant. The extreme conditions have challenged the free-spirited atmosphere that has long been central to Burning Man’s allure. Below ... More
Ana Mazzei, Marionete Azul 2023. Photo courtesy of gb agency and the artist.
PARIS.- Ana Mazzei’s solo exhibition Love Scene, Crime Scene at gb agency is based upon a direct appeal to the senses by means of colour, shape, sound and movement. Firmly rooted in a studio practice, Mazzei’s work revels in its process and explores how disparate ideas and perceptions take on a physical form and materialize this state into a mise-en-scène in which sculpture acts as both actor and set piece to a quiet drama. To Ana Mazzei, art, architecture and landscapes construct a fiction that connects them, resulting in installations, paintings and objects. Some of the works operate on a smaller scale, such as the series of objects arranged on the floor formed by groups of small shapes made of felt, concrete or wood similar to the architectural models of old cities, amphitheaters or monuments. Beyond the formalist exercises, these works invoke unidentified stories that suggest hidden and impenetrable archetypal ... More
Quote Painting is nothing but an imitation of human actions. Nicolas Poussin
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Fontaine's Auction Gallery to offer fine & decorative arts this September PITTSFIELD, MA.-Fontaine’s will present an important two-part Fine and Decorative Arts auction September 23-24, sessions starting at 11 am, that includes over 800 lots of 19th/20th century lighting, art glass, fine silver, porcelain, marble and bronze statuary, paintings, American and European furniture, clocks, watches and jewelry. This auction will include the Harold F. Wright estate of McPherson, Kansas, the Anthony Vidakovich estate of Queens, New York, and various other private collections. Available bidding methods are Internet, phone and absentee. The action starts off strong the first day with many important pieces crossing the block in favorite categories buyers have long associated with Fontaine’s, especially lighting. Already attracting significant online interest is a massive and lavishly carved English oak tall case clock from the 19th ... More
Debbie Reynolds Vegas years in exhibition curated by The Neon Museum in collaboration with Todd Fisher LAS VEGAS.- In partnership with Todd Fisher and the Debbie Reynolds Estate, The Neon Museum is debuting a new exhibition called “The Persona, The Person: Debbie Reynolds in Las Vegas,” honoring the Las Vegas legacy of the legendary entertainer. From her years performing at the Riviera, Desert Inn and South Point to owning the Debbie Reynolds Hollywood Hotel, her impact on the city is being spotlighted during a limited run at City Hall’s Grand Gallery in downtown Las Vegas. The exhibition is a headlining experience in The Neon Museum’s second annual Duck Duck Shed, a citywide cultural, design and entertainment festival taking place October 4-7, celebrating the allure of Las Vegas’ past and present with behind-the-scenes tours, exclusive exhibitions and thought-provoking discussions. ... More
Lea Michele ends 'Dream' run in 'Funny Girl' after reinvigorating show NEW YORK, NY.- “That was my dream come true,” Lea Michele gushed from the stage on Sunday after her final performance in “Funny Girl,” the Broadway revival that the actress breathed new life into when its future looked grim one year ago. Michele’s sudden addition to the production, which closed with its star’s exit, stretched its run to nearly 600 performances and allowed it to recoup its capitalization costs — far from a guarantee on Broadway. At Sunday’s matinee, the actress basked in the show’s success, and received seven standing ovations, including for the insistent barn burner “Don’t Rain on My Parade” and the reflective ballad “People.” “I was truly given the greatest gift that surpassed this dream and that was the unconditional true love and support from this cast, who has worked so, so, so hard,” Michele added. “I was embraced with open ... More
Soprano Ailyn Pérez doesn't feel like a beginner anymore NEW YORK, NY.- Ailyn Pérez didn’t get a chance to see the billboards in New York: the Metropolitan Opera’s advertisements for its coming season, featuring a portrait of her in spectral whites, her eyes closed as she comes face to face with a butterfly. She had been too busy appearing at San Francisco Opera’s centennial concert, rushing to Munich to sing Desdemona in Verdi’s “Otello” and flying to Santa Fe, New Mexico, to star in Dvorak’s “Rusalka.” On the outdoor stage there, she didn’t encounter any butterflies, but she did swallow an insect. “I started coughing,” Pérez, 44, said with a laugh during an interview last month on the grounds of Santa Fe Opera. “But this is my third opera here, and I’ve learned that you deal with the elements.” Friends have sent her photos of the New York billboards, which are a first for her. She has been performing at the Met ... More
Venice: Emma Stone is a bizarro Barbie in 'Poor Things' VENICE.- “What was I made for?” Though that’s a lyric crooned by Billie Eilish during the climax of “Barbie,” it could just as easily be a question asked by Bella Baxter, the protagonist of “Poor Things.” Played by Emma Stone in this new movie from director Yorgos Lanthimos (“The Favourite”), Bella’s backstory is a doozy: She’s a Frankenstein’s monster of sorts, saved after suicide when she’s discovered by a demented doctor (Willem Dafoe) who replaces her brain with the one of the unborn child growing inside her. And you thought Barbie’s creation myth was head-spinning! “Poor Things,” which premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Friday, often plays like a wild, art-house remix of Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster doll opus. It, too, is about a sheltered, childlike woman whose quest for knowledge forces her to venture out into the real world, where the complicated ... More
Leaping 'Into the Next Unknown': Robert Lyons on the end of New Ohio Theater NEW YORK, NY.- The last performance of the last show at the 74-seat New Ohio Theater, on Christopher Street in Manhattan’s West Village, was “Ultra Left Violence,” a poetical, political, work-in-progress play by the company’s artistic director, Robert Lyons. Wrapping up the New Ohio’s final Ice Factory festival on Aug. 12, it was thrillingly, even touchingly, weird. Mid-show, members of the convivial audience were given chalk — a motif in the production design — to cover the black-painted walls with their memories of the New Ohio and its predecessor, the Ohio Theater, on Wooster Street in SoHo. After the spectators returned to their seats, the performance continued with the frenzied, prolonged smashing of a watermelon, which sent chunks and juice flying. (Tarps and rain ponchos were provided.) Experimental work was the soul of the New Ohio, ... More
On a day like today, German artist Caspar David Friedrich was born
March 05, 1774. Caspar David Friedrich (September 5, 1774 - May 7, 1840) was a 19th-century German Romantic landscape painter, generally considered the most important German artist of his generation. He is best known for his mid-period allegorical landscapes which typically feature contemplative figures silhouetted against night skies, morning mists, barren trees or Gothic ruins. In this image: Two visitors watch the painting "Kreidefelsen auf Ruegen" from 1818 from painter Caspar David Friedrich at the museum Folkwang in Essen, Germany, May 2, 2006. The exhibition "Caspar David Friedrich - Invention of romance" shows a retrospective of the great German painter from May 5 to August 20, 2006.
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