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‘Beacon of the world’: ex-Uffizi chief vows to save Florence if elected mayor
via theguardian.comBacked by Giorgia Meloni’s party, Eike Schmidt says cracking down on burger stands, crime and overtourism will help restore statusThe former director of the Uffizi gallery in Florence has promised a crackdown on crime and burger stands in his quest to restore the Tuscan capital to is former status as a cultural “beacon of the world”.German-born Eike Schmidt, 55, is standing in the city’s mayoral election on a civic list backed by the prime minister Giorgia Meloni’s -
Houston’s Long-Awaited Rothko Chapel Expansion Breaks Ground
via artnews.comA $42 million expansion project aimed at adding new buildings, landscaping, and accessibility to the site of the iconic Rothko Chapel recently broke ground in Houston, Texas. Over the next two years, there will be construction of an administration and archives building, a new program center, a guest bungalow for visiting speakers and fellows, a plaza for events, as well as a meditation garden named after Kathleen and Chuck Mullenweg. Work onsite began on April 17.These additions follow a $30 mil -
Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art over Disputed Artwork
via artnews.comThe Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA) has become musea non grata to the Italian government after a years-long dispute over a Pentelic marble copy of a lost bronze by the ancient Greek sculptor Polykleitos depicting “the spear-bearer” Doryphoros, The Art Newspaper reported Friday.The over-six-foot-tall sculpture is currently at the MIA, but Italy claims it was looted in the 1970s from the archaeological site at Stabiae and, in February 2022, it requested that the Doryphoros -
Venice Biennale 2024 review – everything everywhere all at once
via theguardian.comFrom an alligator ride across Asia to an escape to outer space, the Venice Biennale’s ‘foreigners everywhere’ theme leaves our critic beguiled, tantalised – and frequently appalledVenice. Terrible. Foreigners everywhere, and it is even worse during the biennale, where the exhibition opened to the public on Saturday. Marked by unrest and protests, the 60th Venice Biennale leaves us uncertain of art’s ability to draw us together in a world in crisis. It is filled with -
Historic Wallace Neff–Designed Home Hits the LA Market for $10.8 M.
via artnews.comBack in the late 1920s, as he was easing into a lengthy architecture career that would endure for over six decades, Wallace Neff crafted this suburban Los Angeles retreat for early Montgomery Ward leader and Occidental College trustee Charles H. Thorne and his wife Belle. Now, after having been lovingly maintained by the same family for half a century, the alluring Spanish Colonial Revival-style home is on the market in Pasadena for $10.8 million.Sited in the foothills of the -
‘Great change is possible’: female artists grapple with social and political upheaval
via theguardian.comA new group exhibition brings together the work of 28 artists from America and beyond who use their work to cover how difficult times have inspired themAbraham Lincoln seated in a monumental chair. Thomas Jefferson standing tall surrounded by excerpts from the Declaration of Independence. Andrew Jackson raising his hat as his horse rises on its rear legs.Washington’s statues tell a heroic story, usually with a white male face. But the newest arrival, while carved from Carrara marble like a -
The Five Most Essential Books About Impressionism
via artnews.comAny art lover can conjure images of Impressionism, a mode of painting beloved for its lush landscapes and dazzling plays of light. But as these five texts show, the movement now celebrating its 150th anniversary was diverse in its reckoning with changing social dynamics. -
Italy Bars Loans to Minneapolis Museum, Elusive Star Trek Prop Resurfaces, Yoko Ono Wins Award for Lifetime Achievement, and More: Morning Links for April 22, 2024
via artnews.comTo receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.THE HEADLINESMUSEUM EMBARGO. Italy’s culture ministry has barred any further art loans to the Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA), because it claims the institution refuses to return a Roman marble statue of Doryphoros, which Italy believes was looted near Pompeii in the 1970’s. The MIA feels differently, and has argued the first or second-century sculpture -
Stephen review – fact blurs with fiction in powerfully raw study of addiction
via theguardian.comStephen Giddings gives a committed performance as a recovering alcoholic who’s started betting again in this often tense experimental docudramaThe line between fact and fiction is thin to vanishing in this Liverpool-set experimental docudrama, a study of addiction and how it rumbles down through generations. It’s directed by visual artist Melanie Manchot and is being shown as a multiscreen installation in Cornwall as well as screening in cinemas. Manchot worked with a Liverpool recov -
‘Luminous’ truck strap artwork wins prestigious Biennale prize in first for New Zealand
via theguardian.comCollective of Māori artists wins Golden Lion at Venice Biennale for Takapau, a large-scale installation inspired by woven matsA Māori artist collective’s dazzling, intricate canopy woven from reflective trucking straps has been awarded a prestigious global art prize– the first time a New Zealand artwork has won the award.On Saturday, the jury of the 60th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale awarded New Zealand’s Mataaho Collective the Golden Lion for be -
‘George’s machines’: museum devoted to George Wyllie opens on the Clyde
via theguardian.comThe Wyllieum will showcase work of ‘social sculptor’ who used humour to make serious criticisms of climate crisis and capitalismHe was the artist who sailed a paper boat past New York, set a straw locomotive on fire over the Clyde, and inserted a question mark into the word sculpture.George Wyllie, a prolific, self-taught “social sculptor” who worked with steel, stone, wood and paper, used humour to make deeply serious criticisms of the climate crisis, capitalism and Brit -
Does mysterious painting prove blue denim was around 200 years before Levi’s?
via theguardian.comWoman Begging With Two Children, by an unknown artist, shows what appears to be a denim skirt in 17th-century ItalyThe origin of the world’s most enduringly popular fabric is in dispute, as a new exhibition spotlights a claim that firmly links denim with 17th-century Italy and takes its history back 200 years.Blue denim, that all-American symbol of informality and a life lived on the open range, is already also contentiously attributed to southern France, while mod -
‘Most paintings should have been burnt’: Augustus John’s granddaughter attacks artist’s later works
via theguardian.comCelebrated painter ‘went down the drain from the 1930s’, claims Rebecca John in a new interviewThe granddaughter of Augustus John, Britain’s most famous and successful artist of the early 20th century, has delivered a damning critique of his later works. Rebecca John, the leading authority on the artist, says in her first interview for two decades that “most should have been burned. My grandfather went down the drain from the 1930s onwards, drank too much, lost his judgme -
Armed guards, reparations and the lives of others: Venice Biennale 2024 – review
via theguardian.comThere’s less glitz and glamour, more a mood of solemnity and concern at the 60th edition of the Biennale, with revelatory work from Nigeria, Bulgaria and the global south living up to the festival’s provocative subtitle, Foreigners Everywhere…Armed soldiers guard the Israeli pavilion, stamping out their cigarettes in the pale Venetian dust. The doors are locked. The artist probably had no choice but to close her installation, given the unending atrocities. A notice in the wind -
Kamilaroi Bigambul artist Archie Moore wins Gold Lion award at Venice Biennale
via theguardian.comVisual artist Archie Moore has been awarded the Golden Lion for Best National Participation at the Venice Biennale 2024 for his exhibition kith and kin, becoming the first Australian to receive the top honour. Moore brought the Australia Pavilion to life with a genealogical chart informed by 65,000 years of history. With kith and kin, Moore highlights our shared ancestry and humanity. Artwork commemorating Indigenous Australian history triumphs in Venice‘Very totemic and very Aboriginal&rs -
Leah Lowe talks about theatre’s role in environmental activism
via artsjournal.comLeah Lowe, Professor of Theatre and Director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy at Vanderbilt University, talks about the ability for theatre to impact environmental activism. -
Artwork commemorating Indigenous Australian history triumphs in Venice
via theguardian.comPrize for best national participation goes to Archie Moore, who becomes first Australian artist to win itThe artist Archie Moore has won the prestigious Golden Lion for best national participation at the 2024 Venice Biennale – the first time an Australian artwork has won the prize.With this year’s theme of “Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere,” Moore won the award for his artwork, kith and kin, at the Australia Pavilion. The work, which has involved the artist -
Indigenous Artists Take Venice Biennale’s Top Prizes as Mataaho Collective, Archie Moore Win Big
via artnews.comWith the 2024 Venice Biennale now officially open to the public, the massive Italian art festival announced the winners of its three juried prizes during a press conference this morning.Related ArticlesOur Critics Predict the Golden Lion Winners at the 2024 Venice Biennale In the Venice Biennale's Historical Sections, Overlooked 20th-Century Figures Come into Focus The exhibition’s top prizes both went to Indigenous artists, with the Golden Lion for the main curated exhibition going t -
‘The model loved the departure from traditional portraiture’ – Kamzy Nuel’s best phone picture
via theguardian.comThe vibrant colours of Lagos take centre stage in this bold image by the Nigerian photographerWhen location scouting for this shoot, Kamzy Nuel was primarily hunting for colour. He settled on the National Stadium in Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria. “There are so many vibrant colours around, giving room to have as much as possible in the frame to work with,” the Nigerian photographer says.Hoping to “portray a fine blend of modernism and culture” in the styling, Nue -
From Abigail to Taylor Swift: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment
via theguardian.comA girl kidnapped by criminals turns out to be less innocent than she seems in a new horror flick, while the queen of stadium pop releases a new double albumAbigail
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Very loosely based on the 1936 horror Dracula’s Daughter, this new spin on the material sees a little girl kidnapped by a group of criminals, in the hope of extracting a hefty ransom from her Russian underworld mobster father. Unfortunately for them, Abigail isn’t quite the young innocent that she seems. Conti -
Weekend podcast: the extraordinary story of the biggest art fraud in American history, plus Zoe Williams on Liz Truss
via theguardian.comZoe Williams explores the greatest mystery of modern politics: Liz Truss’ self belief (1m15s), and Charlotte Edwardes delves into the extraordinary inside story of the biggest art fraud in American history (5m53s) Continue reading... -
Stolen Salvator Rosa Painting Returned To Oxford University Gallery After Four Years
via artnews.comA 17th-century painting stolen from an art gallery at the University of Oxford more than four years ago was recently recovered in Romania. Salvator Rosa’s Baroque landscape work A Rocky Coast, with Soldiers Studying a Plan was stolen from the Christ Church Picture Gallery on March 14, 2020. The two other works stolen that day, Anthony van Dyck’s A Soldier on Horseback (ca. 1617) and A Boy Drinking (ca. 1580) by Annibale Carracci , are still missing. They had been on display at the re -
The Virtual You Is Getting Closer
via wired.comIt would be a mistake to think that the algorithms in the room will remain mere observers. AI is more like an ambitious virtual worker seeking a promotion, or at least a more active role in the proceedings. One day an AI-powered service might actually run the meeting for you. And why not? – Wired -
Venice Diary Day 3: The Biennale’s Best Pavilions Capture the Absurdity of Art in this Moment
via artnews.comI have a favorite pavilion—if you’ll permit me a superlative, despite not having seen every single one. For five days, I ran around Venice pounding cappuccinos, my step count uptick fueled by FOMO. Still, this was not enough time to see everything I wanted. (Is it just me, or are there more good collateral shows than ever before?)Never mind—I can’t get the Austria pavilion out of my head. There, in the Giardini, the Ukrainian ballet dancer Oksana Serheieva rehearses at th -
Where The Money Is: Warner CEO Gets $50M This Year
David Zaslav’s 2023 pay consisted of a $3 million salary, and more than $23 million in stock awards, as well as $22 million in non-equity incentive compensation and $1.6 million in other compensation, including security costs. – The Hollywood Reporter -
Campus Ruckus: Back to the ’60s
via artsjournal.comWe geezers who were college students in the late Sixties felt a rush of déjà vu at the sight of -
Is It Okay To Throw Away Books?
via thewalrus.caA book is different from a pair of shoes or a scented candle—but is it that different? The kinds of excess we permit—even exalt—for books is unheard of for other categories of possessions. – The Walrus
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