An undated photo provided by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art shows “Folding Screen With Indian Wedding, Mitote and Flying Pole,” circa 1660–90, depicting an Indigenous wedding in Iztacalco, near Mexico City, on view in the exhibition “Archive of the World: Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500-1800.” The Los Angeles County Museum of Art shows artifacts and religious works designed to fire the imagination. Los Angeles County Museum of Art via The New York Times.
by Walker Mimms
LOS ANGELES, CA.- “El Siglo de Oro.” The Golden Age of Spain. The magnificent spring of culture that brought us “Don Quixote,” the Escorial palace, El Greco, and Velázquez. When I used that phrase at a party for Mexican Independence last month, an Ecuadorean man smiled and offered: “Of course those brutes had the time to think about art and literature because they were exploiting my continent.” They used gorgeous propaganda, those brutes, according to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The 93 artifacts in “Archive of the World: Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500-1800” reveal the sumptuous visual logic of the Spanish Empire, one of the most powerful and wide-reaching the world has ever seen, from the point of view of its colonial artisans. Take a resplendent painted folding screen from the late 17th century. It depicts an Indigenous wedding in Iztacalco, near Mexico City. As the newlyweds proceed through a valley of thatched roofs, a Moctezuma imperson ... More
Visitors on the National Mall in Washington, July 24, 2022. Tom Brenner/The New York Times.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Smithsonian’s Board of Regents said on Thursday that it had found two “optimal” locations for its new museums on the southwestern side of the National Mall, but legislative approval is just one of the hurdles still to be cleared before construction can begin on the National Museum of the American Latino or the American Women’s History Museum. For decades, advocates for new national institutions have fought to secure a position on the mall, where land is limited and often ribboned with rules that forbid construction. The board did not specify which museum might go where, and it will not make that decision until Congress agrees to the sites and adopts legislation that allows construction to go forward. Only one of the sites selected by the Smithsonian board directly fronts onto the mall’s promenade. That plot is located directly across the promenade from the National Museum of African American History and Culture. ... More
Corner, 2022.
BRUSSELS.- Antony Gormley asks how can still, silent objects cause us to move and be moved. In BODY FIELD, Gormley invites us to bring our own physical presence into a field of “sculpture as an instrument for awareness”. Immediately upon entering the gallery, the artist’s proposition is clear: the open end of a 155-meter-long steel tube lies on the floor in dialogue with a dark opening in a concrete bunker. Behind it, a drawing evokes the cosmic darkness of a black hole. Taken together, these three works acknowledge the body as a place, materialise its inner tensions, and affirm its need for shelter. The sculptural installation RUN III (2022) is both activating and activated: it transforms the architectural space but, at the same time, is animated by human interaction. The sculpture is a line that weaves through the gallery with horizontals at the domestic heights of chairs and tables, windowsills and ceilings, so that our familiarity with its geometry is both triggered and confuse ... More
Andy Warhol (1928-1987), Marilyn Monroe, from Marilyn Monroe, 1967. Silkscreen printed in colors on paper, 36 x 36 inches. Sold on Oct 26, 2022 for: $137,500.
DALLAS, TX.- The burgeoning desirability of art prints and multiples became that much clearer as Heritage’s October 26 Prints & Multiples Signature® Auction brought in $2,531,131 for the popular category. Andy Warhol, Helen Frankenthaler, David Hockney and Yayoi Kusama saw record auction prices for the kind of editioned works that artists have turned to again and again to refine their approaches to art making. "The prices for Pop Art, portraiture, and figurative works are up," said Rebecca Van Norman, Heritage's Director of Prints and Multiples. "Clients and buyers were worried about the market with inflation and the possibility of a looming recession, but the art market demonstrated its resilience today — our market is stronger than ever." Among Andy Warhol’s most successful images is his signature rendering of the original superstar, Marilyn Monroe. ... More
Inside the Museo Anahuacalli in Mexico City’s Coyoacán neighborhood in November 2019. The Museo Anahuacalli now houses Diego Rivera’s collection of pre-Columbian art. Adrian Wilson/The New York Times.
by Francine Prose
MEXICO CITY.- Within hours of arriving in Coyoacán — a leafy, tranquil, beautiful neighborhood in the southwest part of Mexico City — I was searching the internet for long-term rentals in the area. It was pure fantasy that my family could move there. It seemed as if my family and I had found the ideal base for exploring Mexico City, a place I’d always loved. Its sidewalks lined with brightly colored houses and tenderly nurtured vegetation, Coyoacán is an oasis of tranquility, almost like an island surrounded by the roiling 24/7 energy of the nation’s vibrant capital. The neighborhood’s appeal has been obvious for centuries, long before it was engulfed by Mexico City’s sprawl, in fact before it was even a village. Conquistador Hernan Cortés is said to have lived here around 1520 (after the destruction of the Aztec capital), ... More
G. Schirmer will publish more than 400 pieces by Jewish composers, allowing them to be heard on a wider scale.
NEW YORK, NY.- As fascism spread in Europe in the 1930s, Jewish artists and composers struggled to have their music heard. They faced persecution by the Nazis, and were banned by orchestras and cultural institutions because of their Jewish identity. Many fled abroad. As a result, hundreds of works by promising composers were lost or neglected. But a group of researchers and publishers is now working to ensure that their music is heard again. G. Schirmer, a major music publishing house, and Exilarte, an organization at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, announced Thursday an initiative to publish more than 400 pieces by Jewish composers whose careers were disrupted by the Holocaust, making it possible for them to be performed and recorded on a wider scale. “Our understanding of the 20th century is incomplete without these composers,” Robert Thompson, the president of G. Schirmer, said in an interview. He added that it was vital to guarantee that “composers who were ... More
Installation view, artwork, left to right: Michael Kagan, Apollo, 2021, polyresin, fiberglass, and steel, 249.0 x 175.3 x 249.0 cm. Michael Kagan, Aldrin, 2021, oil on linen, 61.0 x 61.0 cm.
TOKYO.-MAKl Gallery has begun the presentation of the exhibition "To The Moon", Brooklyn-based artist Michael Kagan's first solo presentation in Japan, at Tennoz ll, Tokyo, The exhibition features paintings, sculptures, and works on paper all referencing iconic moments from the first and last crewed missions to the Moon¦ Apollo 11 and Apollo 17, The diverse selection of works tactfully yet breathlessly unveil a story of challenge and triumph that resonates deeply with our collective memory. Central to the show are two monumental sculptures which epitomize the artist's recent foray into three- dimensional media, Apollo is the artist's interpretation of the Apollo 11 capsule, a detachable portion of the spacecraft designed to bring its crew safely back to Earth, Notably, it is the only piece of the Apollo 11 rocket that survived the trip—Kagan treats the capsule as a hero in its own right, with the reverence as one would a religious ... More
Marjolijn de Wit, "Fizz", 2022, oil on canvas, 19.70h x 15.75w in.
NEW YORK, NY.-Asya Geisberg Gallery has begun the presentation of “Sorry for the Damage” by Marjolijn de Wit, an exhibition of oil paintings by the Netherlands-based artist. Exuberant and lush, the paintings are in a relatively small scale for the artist, whose oeuvre includes larger canvases and floor installations, as well as collage based works that are inspired by or incorporate ceramic pieces. In her third solo exhibition, De Wit hones in on the startling disconnect between the advertising and the editorial content of National Geographic magazines from the 1970’s and 80’s. Seen from the vantage point of our time, the articles and imagery that promote the wonders and diversity of the earth are negated by a lifestyle bent on our planet’s ruination. Extraction of gems, minerals, or fossil fuels, luxury underpinned by unseen carbon footprints; food delivered from every corner in every season at an environment ... More
Menu, La Conga, c. 1937. New York City. The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, Promised Gift of Vicki Gold Levi, XC2022.05.5.2
MIAMI, FLA.- Drawing largely from a recent gift of rare album covers, vintage photographs, and other items documenting Cuba’s rich music and cultural traditions, The Wolfsonian–FIU presents Turn the Beat Around, on view October 28, 2022 through April 30, 2023. Never timelier, as the U.S. stands on the brink of fully resuming immigrant visa processing in Havana, Turn the Beat Around focuses on the exciting musical fusions that resulted during an earlier era of close diplomatic ties, easy travel, and cultural exchange. “We are thrilled to be presenting this exhibition celebrating the Afro-Cuban roots of the rumba, conga, Latin jazz, mambo, cha-cha-cha, and salsa,” said chief librarian and exhibition curator Frank Luca. “Turn the Beat Around examines the visual means ... More
A Navajo Man's Wearing Blanket, Second Phase Chief's Pattern c. 1865.
DALLAS, TX.- The way our world looks today is built on the sensibilities of gifted people who came before us. Artisans and designers have for centuries shaped our current taste; our very nature determines what we consider useful and beautiful, and earlier artists tapped into that reflex. The visual and utilitarian world we live in today is grounded in part by Indian, Pre-Columbian and Tribal makers whose creations – from yesterday and today – continue to inspire and mesmerize us. On Nov. 11, Heritage presents an auction brimming with historical and contemporary offerings that collectors and institutions alike understand as significant. The weavings, jewelry, pottery, and tools that make up this auction are both reassuringly familiar and wonderfully new to our eyes. “This auction encompasses wonderful works from across the globe,” says Delia Sullivan, Heritage’s Senior Specialist of Ethnographic Art. “The Americas, the Pac ... More
Procter & Gamble, Larry & Rhonda Sheakley and many generous donors give to the museum’s most ambitious fundraising effort in its 141-year history.
CINCINNATI, OH.-The Cincinnati Art Museum has surpassed $65 million in dedicated fundraising to its visionary A New View campaign. The most ambitious fundraising effort in the museum’s 141-year history, the campaign’s goal is to inspire Cincinnatians and connect communities through the power of art. “The Cincinnati Art Museum is indispensable to what makes our unique region a vibrant place to work, to live, to play and to learn. Our job, each day, is to make art accessible to every member of our community,” shared Cameron Kitchin, the museum’s Louis and Louise Dieterle Nippert Director. “Thanks to these incredible gifts, we can be what Cincinnati has asked of its art museum: innovative, intentional, visible and interwoven into civic life.” A New View supports three key priorities in the museum’s recent community-sourced strategic plan: visitor experience and scholarship, community impact and outreach ... More
KwangHo Shin, Untitled [19p04], 2020, oil on canvas, 76.4 x 51.2 in, 194 x 130 cm.
NEW YORK, NY.-UniX Gallery is now presenting In-Your-Face, a new exhibition of KwangHo Shin since October 27th. In his depictions of the human form, KwangHo Shin transcends the boundaries of both classical figuration and contemporary abstraction. Oil paint, applied in heavy layers, becomes as visceral as flesh itself, each painted mark maintaining a supple, mobile life of its own. His signature impasto style with its gestural sculptural tactility transforms the traditional 2- dimensional format into almost a 3-dimensional bas-relief. These amalgams of paint and genres aim to accurately capture complex human psyche. Shin’s large scale colorful paintings directly confront the viewer and reflect on the variations of our mental states – from dark or melancholic to innocent and pensive. His monumental portraits explore the human face and its multitude of emotions. The ambiguity and avoidance of literal representat ... More
NEW SOUTH WALES.- The 24th Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship has today been awarded to six young Australian painters with the scholarship providing two types of residencies for the first time. Following a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19 related travel restrictions, the Art Gallery of New South Wales has this year awarded one artist a three-month residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris as well as five artists a two-week residency at Shark Island Institute Kangaroo Valley. This year’s Cité recipient is Bill Hawkins from Coburg, Victoria who also receives $40,000 in funding to further his art education while in Europe. Following the success of the reformatted 2020 and 2021 scholarships, five artists have been offered a two-week residency at Shark Island Institute Kangaroo Valley, NSW. ... More
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Britain's best known female street artist and LUAP join anonymous art auction for charity BIRMINGHAM.- Harry Styles, Rihanna and Adele all have one – and now you have the chance to snap up one of Bambi's works for yourself. The London street artist is joining several other famous artists in this year’s ‘anonymous heART project’. Bambi’s identity remains a closely guarded secret and her contemporary art is loved by many and can be spotted across London. She first came up on the art scene in 2010, when her tag appeared by a stencil portrait of Amy Winehouse in a doorway in Camden. Now you can buy one of her works for yourself, possibly for a bargain price! The artist, who often uses social commentary in her art, will take part in Heart Research UK’s annual ‘anonymous heART project’, where artworks created on A5 postcards are auctioned off with all money raised going to the charity. ... More
Mike Henderson awarded The Margrit Mondavi Arts Medallion DAVIS, CALIF.-Haines Gallery congratulates Mike Henderson on receiving the Magrit Mon" Hendavi Arts Medallion, awarded by the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at University of California, Davis. The Bay Area artist, musician, and filmmaker received the award on Saturday at the Manetti Shrem Museum's 2022 Fall Gala, where he was guest of honor. Henderson taught at UC Davis for over 40 years, retiring as professor emeritus in 2012. "At a time when students of color on this campus did not have ready mentors, Mike Henderson fostered the arts as a shelter, a place of freedom, for his students," said Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Mary Croughan, who presented the award. "I can think of no better reason for an award than the profound work of fostering creativity and uplifting student voices. ... More
Exhibition explores how ideas rooted in horror have informed the last 50 years of creative rebellion LONDON.- On October 27th Somerset House began the presentation of The Horror Show!: A Twisted Tale of Modern Britain, a major exhibition exploring how ideas rooted in horror have informed the last 50 years of creative rebellion. The show looks beyond horror as a genre, instead taking it as a reaction and provocation to our most troubling times. The last five decades of modern British history are recast as a story of cultural shapeshifting told through some of our country’s most provocative artists. The Horror Show! offers a heady ride through the disruption of 1970s punk to the revolutionary potential of modern witchcraft, showing how the anarchic alchemy of horror – its subversion, transgression and the supernatural – can make sense of the world around us. Horror not only allows us to voice our fears; it gives us the tools to stare them down and imagine a radically different future. ... More
New Design Curator appointed at Milwaukee Art Museum MILWAUKEE, WIS.-The Milwaukee Art Museum today announced that it has appointed Shoshana Resnikoff as its Demmer Curator of 20th and 21st Century Design. With more than a decade of curatorial experience, Resnikoff comes to the Museum after five years as curator for the Wolfsonian-FIU, where she currently works with collections of 19th and 20th century European and American design and decorative arts. Resnikoff will assume the role of Demmer Curator beginning January 9, 2023. “We are thrilled to welcome Shoshana to the Museum’s curatorial team. Her expertise in design and decorative arts and her extensive experience developing exhibitions, shepherding significant acquisitions, and advancing critical scholarship will be a tremendous asset to our institution,” said Marcelle Polednik, Donna and Donald Baumgartner Director of the Milwaukee Art Museum. “ ... More
Artium Museum's exhibition program continues with shows by Jutta Koether and Iván Zulueta VITORIA-GASTEIZ.-Artium Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art of the Basque Country is presenting the exhibition Iván Zulueta’s Rapture dealing with the world of this Basque filmmaker and his constant experimentation with images. The museum opened the first exhibition in Spain of the artist Jutta Koether, Black Place, on 28 October, displaying works spanning more than three decades of her production. This programme of exhibitions and activities is part of the museum’s 20th anniversary celebrations. Artium Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art of the Basque Country, presents its programme of exhibitions for the second part of its period celebrating the 20th anniversary of the opening of this institution. The programme for the second half of 2022 begins with the exhibition Iván Zulueta’s Rapture, which deals with the figure and work of this Basque filmmaker ... More
The Rousset Collection of Asian Art 100% sold at Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr PARIS.- The two-day sale of the Rousset Collection of Asian Art on Tuesday 25 and Wednesday 26 October at Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr in Paris made a total of €14.5m in a sale of 371 lots with 98.53% lots sold (100% by value). This collection made four times its pre-sale estimate. Asaph Hyman, Bonhams Global Head of Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, said: “It is a great honour to have been entrusted with the outstanding Rousset Family Collection. The many fresh-to-the-market objects with exceptional provenance generated strong demand. This, together with attractive estimates, drove spirited competition across the world, with all the top ten lots selling above their high estimates and new auction records established in several categories. The extremely strong prices for Chinese paintings were remarkable. ... More
The art world came to Kosovo. What happens when it leaves? PRISTINA.- For an international art-world gathering, the visitors at Manifesta were younger than what you would expect. Last Thursday, at the Grand Hotel here, dozens of teenage girls roamed the corridors, posing in front of installations and snapping selfie after selfie next to paintings and video works. Enesa Havoli, 19, said she had “never been to exhibitions before,” and had decided to give Manifesta a try. “It’s so beautiful,” she added, just yards from an installation by Dutch artist Mette Sterre that featured a grotesque rubber sea monster. The 14th edition of Manifesta, a roving 100-day event staged every two years in a different European city, opened in July and runs until Sunday. ... More
'Reena Saini Kallat: Common Ground' opens at Compton Verney COMPTON VERNEY.- Autumn sees Compton Verney showcase a decade of Indian artist Reena Saini Kallat’s work, while introducing a number of new pieces created especially for the Warwickshire art gallery and park. From her studio in Mumbai, Kallat (b. 1973, Delhi) has become a world-renowned visual artist, with a particular interest in how political and social borders can act as divisions between countries and people – such as the ongoing effects of the 1947 partition of India, which her family experienced. Kallat’s thoughtful and compelling work distils the global and local through large-scale installations, drawing, photography, sculpture, and video. The largest exhibition of her work in the UK to date, this promises to be an immersive and thought-provoking show.
Common Ground opens with Chorus I (2015-19), ... More
P·P·O·W opens 'I'm Not Your Mother', a group exhibition NEW YORK, NY.-P·P·O·W is presenting I’m Not Your Mother, a group exhibition bringing together early landscapes by Carolee Schneemann with contemporary artists whose compositions reject misogynistic and romanticized depictions of nature and grapple honestly with the realities of our natural world today. Including works by Grace Carney, Jasper Francis Cropsey, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Jacci Den Hartog, Brook Hsu, Hortensia Mi Kafchin, Daniel Correa Mejía, Nohemí Pérez, Mira Schor, TARWUK, and Robin F. Williams, I’m Not Your Mother questions how we define motherhood and its damaging consequences for bodies both feminized and ecological. The history of western landscape painting is inextricably connected to ideas of consumption, ownership, and domination by a masculine vision over a maternally feminized land. ... More
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