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In the picture: a vibrant art-filled home in Chicago
Blue walls, green ceilings… Inside the colourful home of a creative coupleDanielle Taylor, an Illinois native, moved into her top-floor Chicago apartment in 2020. When she and her then boyfriend, writer-director Curtis Taylor Jr, saw the building, it reminded them of something out of a Harry Potter film. Period features recalled Old Chicago with crown mouldings, hardwood doors and a quaint foyer exuding charm. “The apartment has beautiful bay windows, a spacious floor plan and plent -
From Deadpool & Wolverine to Ice Spice: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment
Marvel get sweary as Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman snap on the spandex, and TikTok’s favourite rap star finally releases her debut albumDeadpool & Wolverine
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Way back when, Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) was the irreverent, rebellious one, in contrast to the more earnest X-Men such as Professor Xavier. Now he’s paired with Deadpool, the guy who represents the zenith (or nadir) of snook-cocking superhero snark. Comic-book quippery with Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman. Continue re -
Just Stop Oil Activists Who Threw Tomato Soup at Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ Get Prison Time
via artnews.comTwo activists from the protest group Just Stop Oil have been found guilty of criminal damage after throwing tomato soup at Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers.On October 14 of2022, Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland threw soup at the painting, housed at the at the National Gallery of Art in London, before super-glueing their hands to the nearby wall.BBC News reported that Judge Christopher Hehir told Plummer and Holland they “came within the width of a pane of glass of destroying one of the m -
To Celebrate 60 Years of Andy Warhol’s Silent Film ‘Empire’, MoMA will Screen it from the Empire State Building
via artnews.comOn the night of July 25, 1964, Andy Warhol and filmmaker Jonas Mekas stood on the forty-fourth floor of the Time-Life Building and for six hours, trained a camera on the Empire State Building. 1,200-foot rolls of film later, they had Empire, an eight-hour-long stationery shot of the Art Deco masterpiece shifting beneath light and shadow, giving New York what Claude Monet gave Rouen in his famous studies, a monument to a monument. It’s worth a watch on any screen, but is best caught this we -
In MIT Exhibition, Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme Literalize the Disjointed Palestinian Experience
via artnews.comIn April 2019, Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme were in the West Bank filming their latest installation. For the work, the artist duo, who are both of Palestinian descent, spent three years filming the dancer Rima Baransi and electronic musicians Makmakkuk, Haykal, and Julmud performing—and remixing—traditional Palestinian or Arab songs and dances while standing primarily on land under threat of annexation by Israeli settlers. The performers were encouraged to select their own bits -
Climate Activists Slam Toyota’s Role in 2024 Paris Olympics with Guerrilla Art Campaign
via artnews.comThe eco-resistance is alive and well in Paris, where the Summer Olympic Games begin today. Activists have condemned Toyota’s sponsorship of the upcoming Olympic Games with over 100 guerrilla advertisements in key locations in Paris and five other major French cities, the Art Newspaper reports, drawing attention to the automaker’s greenhouse gas emissions. These guerrilla artworks, coordinated by Paris-based Résistance à l’Agression Publicitaire -
Has the Bienal FEMSA, the Crown Jewel of Mexico’s Art Scene, Become Too Sprawling for Its Own Good?
via artnews.comThere is no other exhibition in Mexico quite like the chameleonic Bienal FEMSA. Unlike most biennials, which take place in the same city every other year, each edition of the Bienal FEMSA is staged in a new state, meaning that the venues and sites change constantly. Local history museums, university galleries, artist-run spaces, and public squares are the sorts of locations that have hosted the event; climate-controlled white cubes have been rare.This year’s FEMSA continues that trend. The -
Summer Art Activities for Kids on Eastern Long Island
via artnews.comThe East End of Long Island, including the North Fork and the Hamptons, is known for its beautiful landscapes, beaches, farms, and vineyards, but that’s not all it has to offer. There is no shortage of art-forward activities for families and children to enjoy all summer long. Whether you are a summer resident or a weekend visitor, we have you covered with a list of the best art-related camps, workshops, and experiences for kids of all ages. -
Arts Spice Up the Olympics, Sotheby’s Opens Retail Store in China, Princess Diana Letters Go to Auction, and More: Morning Links for July 26, 2024
via artnews.comTo receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.THE HEADLINES(RE)TAIL AWAY. Sotheby’s embarks on a new journey with its first-ever retail store. The two-story 24,000-square-feet space, located at Landmark Chater, in Hong Kong’s Central financial district, is set to open this weekend, on July 27, and to burnish Hong Kong’s credentials as a global center for the arts. This project comes after the cit -
Mind-altering montage, Taylor Swift’s costume crawl and Constable goes west – the week in art
A major retrospective of Peter Kennard’s dissenting images, the V&A goes for Swifties and The Hay Wain arrives in Bristol– all in your weekly dispatchPeter Kennard: Archive of Dissent
The veteran montage artist and activist gets a retrospective of his incisive images.• Whitechapel Gallery, London, until 19 January Continue reading... -
In Rome, a Blockbuster Survey of American Figurative Painting Portrays a Chaotic Country
via artnews.comThis piece originally appeared in Reframed, the Art in America newsletter about art that surprises us and works that get us worked up. Sign up here to receive it every Thursday.When Realism was born in the mid 19th century, everyday scenes elbowed their way into the Western canon. Before that, religious and history painting had largely reigned supreme. In the aftermath of the French Revolution, Gustave Courbet and his ilk, galvanized by a successful proletariat struggle, -
London Bridge’s Bus Terminal Illuminated by New 190-Foot-Long Mosaic
via artnews.comPart of London Bridge, a grey steel and concrete product of the seventies, has been illuminated by a new 190-foot-long mosaic.The public artwork, titled In a River a Thousand Streams, is a collaboration between Camden’s London School of Mosaic (LSOM) and British artist and designer Adam Nathaniel Furman.First proposed in 2016, the mosaic was started in 2022 and comprises 250,000 glass pieces in 28 different colors along a wall at London Bridge’s bus terminal. Seventy volunteers helpe -
Dutch Chemists Finally Work Out How Rembrandt Achieved the Golden Lustre in His ‘The Night Watch’ Painting
via artnews.comChemists from Holland’s University of Amsterdam (UvA) have finally worked out how Rembrandt managed to embellish his The Night Watch (1642) painting with striking golden detail.They used high-tech spectroscopic techniques to identify the presence of pararealgar [yellow] and semi-amorphous pararealgar [orange/red] pigments in minute detail in the famous artwork. The research team concluded that the Dutch artist intentionally mixed these particular arsenic sulfide pigments with other pigment -
‘Smell it, it’s wonderful’: Dutch gallery designs tours for people with dementia
Kunstmuseum Den Haag tour sparks senses of people with dementia and their carersEight people approached a fragrant carpet of lavender in the Kunstmuseum Den Haag gallery. Four of them had dementia and four were their relatives and carers. “Put your nose nearer the ground and smell it, it’s wonderful!” called Annie Versteeg, 88, to Bwieuwkje Bruinenberg-Haisma, 90, in her wheelchair nearby.“This tour is about colour and here we have a colour and it goes with a smell,&rdquo -
The Art World Pauses Its Summer Holiday for Aspen’s Jam-Packed ArtWeek
via artnews.comEditor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday.Every summer, the art world is distilled into its purest, most potent form during Aspen ArtWeek, a full calendar of art fairs, dinners, parties, and gallery openings that this year runs July 30 to August 3. The week culminates, on August 2, with the storied ArtCrush Gala. Part dinner, part dance party, -
The New Director of Luxembourg’s Top Contemporary Art Museum Wants to Give the Country’s Culture an Edge
via artnews.comIt’s hard to think of a less radical place than Luxembourg City’s business quarter. The Kirchberg Plateau, as it’s known, is an administrative enclave of offices and people in suits bookended by the European Parliament’s Secretariat to the northeast and the European Court of Justice to the southwest. A stone’s throw from the latter is the Mudam Museum of Modern Art, Luxembourg’s biggest contemporary art institution. Its incumbent and fourth director, Bettina S -
Nine Must-See Exhibitions in Tune with the 2024 Olympics in France
via artnews.comGame on! With the Olympics and Paralympics being held in Paris this summer, French museums have been inspired to present exhibitions dealing broadly with sports in an effort dubbed the Cultural Olympiad. Many have a specific focus: Horses, for instance, are the subject of Versailles’s extensive display of artworks; the festival “Les Rencontres d’Arles” is all about photography; and one can find sports fashion–oriented projects in Paris and Lille. Other projects take -
Jane Fonda Partners with Gagosian for Second Art Benefit Against Toxic Drilling: ‘I’ll Be Fighting the Oil Companies Until the Day I Die’
via artnews.comActor and activist Jane Fonda has once again partnered with Gagosian gallery to present a second exhibition aimed at protecting neighborhoods from toxic oil drilling.In April, Fonda, Gagosian, and Christie’s partnered on a two-part benefit that was aimed at combatting a voter referendum on the California law SB1137, which was signed into law in 2022 and prevents new oil wells from being within 3,200 feet of communities across the state.“It’s the biggest setback in the country,& -
Jeremy Danziger obituary
My stepfather, Jeremy Danziger, who has died aged 75, was an artist, sculptor and proud stalwart of the 20th-century art school. Faced with the rise of conceptualism, he stressed the importance of learning the fundamentals of mark-making, perspective and drawing from life. His own work, while largely abstract, was founded on these qualities.Jeremy was interested in producing art based on experiments in mathematical probability and chance. Geometry was an obsession. He frequently made his own com -
UNESCO Decision on Whether Stonehenge Is in Danger Delayed Amid Controversy
via artnews.comUNESCO has postponed a decision to add Stonehenge to its “World Heritage in Danger” by 18 months, according to the Art Newspaper.The organization considered adding Stonehenge to that list because the UK government is planning to build a divided highway tunnel near the ancient monument. These plans have sparked intense debate and opposition from groups like the Stonehenge Alliance. Chris Todd, director of Transport Action Network, a partner with the Stonehenge Alliance, told  -
Qatar May Get a New Pavilion in Venice Biennale’s Giardini
via artnews.comQatar may become the first country in nearly a decade to build a new national pavilion in the Giardini, one of the main venues of the Venice Biennale.Pietrangelo Buttafuoco, the Venice Biennale’s controversial new president, announced a proposal for the pavilion on Thursday, noting that it was the result of a new deal between the city of Venice and the Qatar Museums. That agreement, reached in June, came after Qatar Airways resumed direct flights between the country and the Italian city. S -
Joy Gregory unveils billboard art project at Heathrow inspired by asylum seekers
Artist known for photographic work was commissioned to create A Taste of Home in Terminal 4 tube stationThe UK needs more public art that confronts the major issues of the day, according to Joy Gregory, the award-winning artist who has just unveiled a new project at Heathrow airport inspired by more than 100 asylum seekers.Gregory, who is known for her photographic work and won the £110,000 Freelands award recently, was commissioned by Transport for London (Tfl) to create 24 billboards mou -
Bonaparte Letter Goes to Auction, Vandalized Works in Austria, Picasso Drawing Recovered by US Officials, and More: Morning Links for July 25, 2024
via artnews.comTo receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.THE HEADLINESUNDER THE HAMMER. A letter, estimated at £350 ($450) to £450 ($580), is to be sold at auction in Shrewsbury, reports the BBC. It was written by Lucien Bonaparte, Napoleon Bonaparte’s younger brother, while he was a paroled prisoner in 1813. In it, he seeks help to translate from French to English, his epic poem “Charlemagne”, -
The Harriet Jacobs Project Resurrects the Story of a Young Black Woman Who Escaped Slavery and Became an Icon of North Carolina
via artnews.comResting in the windowsills of the Chowan County Courthouse in Edenton, North Carolina, are the silhouettes of women appearing behind sheer floral curtains; their profiles overlook the large, closed doors of the two-story courthouse. Two Black women, Michelle Lanier and Johnica Rivers, approach the building with their hands clasped together as a larger group of 70 Black women trail behind them. Together, they walk the long, verdant lawn that extends from the shores of Little Creek to the courthou -
A Yoko Ono Retrospective at Tate Is the Latest to Argue for Her Importance
via artnews.comThe story goes that after leaving a recording session on November 8, 1966, John Lennon of the Beatles strolled into an installation in progress at the Indica Gallery in the Mayfair section of London. He was familiar with the place through his bandmate Paul McCartney and other acquaintances that included musician-producer Peter Asher, who co-owned the gallery with John Dunbar (husband of pop chanteuse Marianne Faithfull) and a third partner. Making his way around the space, Lennon perused such wo -
‘If people are upset, we’re doing something right’: the artists subverting the language of ads
Collectives such as Pattern Up use the visual signifiers of well-known brands to deliver satirical statements. ‘It’s something everyone can relate to – which is dark,’ they sayLabour’s landslide win in the general election saw many Conservative MPs experience a Portillo moment. Top Tories including Liz Truss, Penny Mordaunt and Jacob Rees-Mogg were unseated by discontented constituents. But, a few days before, something a wee bit different took place: a Portaloo mom -
Keep on Kicken! 50 years photographing Berlin and beyond – in pictures
From cold war subcultures to topless bridesmaids, a new exhibition at Kicken Berlin features half a century of groundbreaking images Continue reading... -
How Gina Rinehart and her backers pressured the NGA to remove her portrait
National Gallery of Australia director sent a warning to federal arts minister that mining billionaire was ‘rallying’ influential friends, documents revealFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe director of the National Gallery of Australia sent a warning to the federal arts minister that mining billionaire Gina Rinehart was “rallying” influential friends to voice complaints about a -
Parthenon Museum in Nashville Returns 500-Year-Old Mexican Artifacts
via artnews.comThe Parthenon Museum in Nashville, Tennessee, is returning over 250 ancient Mexican artifacts this month after holding them for more than five decades. The pre-Columbian tools, instruments, ceramic pots, and clay animal sculptures (including a grinning Mexican hairless dog) are being voluntarily returned to Mexico City by the museum following a special exhibition highlighting the effects of cultural looting in the art and antiquities trade. “For Metro Parks, the repatriation of these artif -
Barnes Foundation Cuts 12 Positions, Fires Curator in Newly Created Role
via artnews.comThe Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia has cut 12 positions from its full-time staff over the past six months, ARTnews has learned. The museum confirmed this to ARTnews in a statement.Between January and February, the museum, home to a significant collection of 19th and 20th century art, parted ways with three full-time employees, including two senior-level staff members. In April the museum conducted a round of layoffs, eliminating nine positions.The terminations in January and February were of -
The Academy Museum has a Pandering Problem that Can be Solved
via artnews.comThe Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has been a commercial hit and a critical misfire.In an era of declining Oscar telecast ratings, the new institution’s robust ticket sales — there have been nearly 2 million visitors since it opened in September 2021 — have turned it into a major Los Angeles draw, bolstered the Academy’s coffers and prompted inaugural museum director Bill Kramer’s ascension to CEO of AMPAS, the parent organization. Yet except for Regeneration, it -
Brazil Nears Total Restoration of Art Damaged in 2023 Insurrection
via artnews.comBrazil’s government has nearly completed its restoration of hundreds of artworks and objects that were vandalized during the 2023 insurrection, the National Institute of Historical and Artistic Heritage (Iphan) announced earlier this month. The collection, which includes contemporary and historical artworks, design objects, and artifacts, was targeted on January 8, 2023, when riots erupted in Brasília following the defeat of then-president Jair Bolsonaro by Luiz Iná -
Betty Grumble: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)
The performance artist and ‘sex clown’ shares her list of (mostly) wholesome clips: the cutest children, the best dog and the glitziest aerobics workoutGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailI am a person who believes in laughter. I work in live art. My main medium is performance. In art-making I revere legacies of border-riders, defiant sexualities, witches and rascals. I have been known as a sex clown and I am proud to invoke laughter.Some of the best laughing is out of absurdi -
Roman Mosaic Floor Found in Naples Waters, Project to Restore Vandalized Art in Brazil, ‘Mona Lisa’ Called Back to Italy, and More: Morning Links for July 24, 2024
via artnews.comTo receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.THE HEADLINESRESCUE OPERATION. The National Institute of Historical and Artistic Heritage (Iphan) has announced that an extensive project to restore art vandalized during the 2023 insurrection at the Brazilian government’s headquarters should be completed in December, reports The Art Newspaper. Hundreds of works of art and design, as well as historical objects we -
Anne Imhof’s ‘Wish You Were Gay’ Billboards Vandalized in Austria: An ‘Attack on Love’
via artnews.comSix billboards designed by artist Anne Imhof that are on view in Austria were partially torn by vandals on Tuesday, an incident that the artist described as “an act of violent aggression.”Imhof, who won the Golden Lion at the 2017 Venice Biennale for her memorable German Pavilion, was showing the billboards in Bregenz in tandem with a museum show in the city at the Kunsthaus Bregenz. The billboards read “WISH YOU WERE GAY,” a phrase that also acts at the title for Imhof&r -
The Breakdancers Of Paris Are Skeptical About Their Discipline’s Inclusion In The Olympics
via cntraveler.com“(They) worry this is yet another attempt at gentrifying their art form and ways of life. (Breaker) Anne Nguyen … argues that the ‘sportification’ of breaking will push dancers to forego improvisation and individual spirit. ‘Instead, they will be strategic, planning everything from A to Z, to get high scores.'” – Condé Nast Traveler -
It’s the art Olympics! The 20 greatest ever sporting artworks
From ancient fist-fighters to futurists on bikes, from starchy archers to a naked runner frozen in time … as the Games kick off in Paris, our critic ranks the finest depictions of sport in artSport, in particular athletics, gives artists great opportunities, as well as huge challenges. Running, jumping, throwing, fighting, swimming – these ways of using the human body offer much to sculpt, paint, photograph or film. And that has been true since ancient times. The Olympic Games were -
Sundance Film Festival Is Leaving Park City, Utah. Where Should It Go?
via msn.comAfter 40 years, the festival seems to be acknowledging that it has outgrown its hometown. Last week organizers announced six finalist candidates for the new host city, and Nate Jones rates them. – Vulture (MSN) -
John Mayall, “The Godfather Of British Blues,” Dead At 90
via msn.com“A multi-instrumentalist who sang and played guitar, keyboards and harmonica, Mr. Mayall was better known as a bandleader who had a superb eye for talent and a steadfast devotion to the purity of the blues.” He also helped launch the careers of Eric Clapton and Fleetwood Mac. – The Washington Post (MSN) -
US Authorities Recover Picasso Drawing Involved In 1MDB Scandal
via artnews.com“The US Justice Department has reached an agreement with Jasmine Loo Ai Swan, the former general counsel of Malaysia’s sovereign investment development fund (1MDB), to recover a $1.27 million drawing by Pablo Picasso … (purchased) using misappropriated 1MDB funds from a bond sale underwritten by Goldman Sachs.” – ARTnews -
Museum in St. Petersburg Facing Fine for Showing ‘Nazi Propaganda’ Painting by Belarusian Artist
via artnews.comSt. Petersburg’s Erarta Museum – which holds the largest private collection of contemporary art in Russia – is staring down a raft of administrative charges after exhibiting a painting that Russian authorities say contains “Nazi symbols.”The case was brought on July 12 before the Vasilevsky District Court in the west of St. Petersburg, where the museum is located, although it’s not clear when the authorities pressed the charges. A hearing has not yet been sche -
Tourist In Florence Filmed Grinding Herself On Nude Statue Of Bacchus
via cnn.comThe sculpture, a replica of the 16th-century original (kept in the Bargello Museum) by Giambologna, is on a street corner near the Ponte Vecchio. Bacchus appears to be undamaged from the moment of passion, which, of course, the amorous young lady posted on social media. – CNN -
BBC To Eliminate Another 500 Jobs
via deadline.com“The BBC will lay off 500 more staff by March 2026 as its annual report paints a worrying financial picture including a near-doubling of its deficit to almost £500M ($646M). BBC headcount has fallen by 2,000 – or 10% – over the past five years.” – Deadline -
Brett Whiteley and Sidney Nolan works among former Melbourne lord mayor’s acollection to be sold at auction
Twenty artworks from Ron Walker’s deceased estate to go under the hammer, along with seven Arthur Boyd paintingsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe former Lord mayor of Melbourne Ron Walker was known for his billion dollar property deals, casino developments and a knack for snaring major sporting events such as the Grand Prix and Commonwealth Games. But tonight a very private passion of the busin -
US Feds Recovers $1.2 M. Picasso Drawing Allegedly Bought with 1MDB Funds from Christie’s Auction
via artnews.comThe US Justice Department has reached an agreement with Jasmine Loo Ai Swan, the former general counsel of Malaysia’s sovereign investment development fund (1MDB), to recover a $1.27 million drawing by Pablo Picasso that had sold in May 2014 at Christie’s.The original forfeiture complaint filed by federal prosecutors last August alleged that Loo purchased Picasso’s Trois femmes nues et buste d’homme (1969) from Christie’s using misappropriated 1MDB funds from a bond -
The Internet Memes Defining Kamala Harris
via nytimes.comIt helps that the Harris memes booted up shortly after Biden’s disastrous debate. It makes it feel as if the internet manifested her candidacy. Her boosters are now tipsy with their collective power. – The New York Times -
Paris Art Galleries Abruptly Shut Down For Olympics Security
via artnews.comMany galleries in Paris’s Saint Germain des Près area, one of the city’s major art hubs, were unexpectedly forced to close on Thursday, due to security measures put in place for the upcoming Olympic Games. – ARTnews -
Artists Andra Ursuta, Michaël Borremans Star in Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Queer,’ Set to Premiere in Venice
via artnews.comLuca Guadagnino’s Queer, one of the most closely-watched offerings set to debut next month at the Venice Film Festival, features two artists among its stars: painter Michaël Borremans and sculptor Andra Ursuta.A representative for David Zwirner gallery, which represents both artists, confirmed that Borremans and Ursuta appear in the film, whose cast also includes Daniel Craig and Omar Apollo. It remains unclear, however, what roles they play in it.Based on a 1985 novel of the same nam -
An Immersive Show That Takes Away Your Sight
via timeout.comAlthough virtually “taking away” one of their five senses, the show banks on spectators’ reliance on their four other forms of perception: the venue features a 3D -surround sound experience, a chemical company was tapped to create some of the scents used during the show… – Time Out New York -
Top Editor Quit Struggling LA Magazine
via thewrap.comFor months, the outlet has faced complaints from freelancers who say that the new owners, prominent L.A.-based trial lawyers Mark Geragos and Ben Meiselas, have refused to pay freelance writers, reporters, photographers and graphic artists. – The Wrap
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