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For the Canadian Pavilion, Kapwani Kiwanga Considers the Hefty Historical Importance of the Tiny Venetian Seed Bead
via artnews.comAt the core of Venice’s history is trade. The floating lagoon has, for centuries, served as a meeting place for different cultures, both in terms of the people who visited La Serenissima and the goods they brought with them. Another well-known history is that of the city’s renowned glass factory on Murano island. But what has been almost forgotten to time is how the production of one specific glass object, conterie or Venetian seed beads, has had a lasting impact on the cul -
Mary Greenacre obituary
via theguardian.comMy friend Mary Greenacre, who has died aged 77, was an archaeological and museum conservator of distinction, possessing an innate empathy with fragile and precious objects.Mary specialised in ceramics, and came to understand prehistoric pottery, 18th-century terracotta sculpture and Delftware. She became conservator at the South West Area Museum Service in Bristol in 1969, where she met Francis Greenacre, curator of fine art at the City Art Gallery. They married within six months and became the -
Petrit Halilaj Brings Kids’ Doodles—and Balkan Memories—to the Met’s Rooftop
via artnews.comA giant spider currently looms over the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s rooftop, its face crumpled into a knowing smile. The arachnid would seem terrifying if it didn’t also play host to a friendly companion: a tiny bird who is perched atop one crooked leg, arms outstretched as though it were about to take flight.Together, the two form quite the duo. But depending on where you stand, they may both melt away into the skyline behind them, rendering them just another bizarre footnote in th -
Watch Belonging to Titanic’s Richest Passenger Sells for Record-Breaking $1.471 M.
via artnews.comA gold pocket watch recovered from the body of John Jacob Astor, the richest man on the Titanic, sold on Saturday at auction for a record–breaking £1.175 million ($1.471 million). It is the highest amount ever paid for Titanic memorabilia.The watch was sold by Henry Aldridge & Son in Devizes, England, to a private collector in the United States.Astor, a renowned businessman who made his fortune in the fur trade, was 47 years old when the Titanic sank in 1912. According to accoun -
Two Arrested at the Musée d’Orsay for Attempted Damage to Classified Property
via artnews.comTwo people were arrested on Sunday morning at the entrance of the Musée d’Orsay in Paris for being suspected of attempting to damage classified property.The pair were arrested around 11:30am local time and placed in police custody as part of a preliminary investigation. When they were arrested, they were “in possession of a white liquid – glue and a viscous whitish mixture – and were wearing flocked ‘Food Response’ t-shirts,” Le Figaro reported. T -
New Legal Filing Deems Bombing of Gaza’s Saint Porphyrius Church a ‘War Crime’
via artnews.comChicago-based human rights organization Justice For All has deemed the bombing of the historic Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza by Israel a “war crime” in a new legal filing submitted to the International Criminal Court (ICC). The group has called for an investigation in response.The church is the oldest active church in Gaza, and the third oldest in the world. Its structure was initially built in the 5th century, though the current iteration was built in the 12th century. It was n -
New Fair Founders Are Testing What Gallerists (and Collectors) Want in an Alternative
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.In September 2021, when Rachel Mijares Fick and Rebeca Laliberte launched the first iteration of Future Fair, they intended it to be a cooperative space where they could minimize the hierarchies so conspicuous at the major fairs. Their first in-person edition, held at the Starrett-Le -
Last Hours of Plato’s Life Revealed, Controversy at Nino Mier, Iranian Artist Arrested, and More: Morning Links for April 30, 2024
via artnews.comTo receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.THE HEADLINESPLATO’S LAST NIGHT. Researchers using new imaging techniques have made groundbreaking discoveries about the life and final hours of the Greek philosopher Plato, narrated in a papyrus scroll that was buried under the volcanic ash of the CE 79 Mount Vesuvius eruption. The scroll found in Herculaneum, a town near Pompeii, recounts how Pla -
Esther Mahlangu’s South African Retrospective Asks: Whose Abstractions Count as “Modern”?
via artnews.comIn 1989 Esther Mahlangu (b. 1935) participated in “Magiciens de la terre” at the Pompidou Center in Paris. One of the first exhibitions to mingle artists from across the globe, it remains influential—largely for the troubling issues it raised. One critic, Rasheed Araeen, pointed out the “biases of the way in which the organizers of the exhibition selected artists—searching for the ‘authentic,’ bypassing anything truly modern in Third World cultures.&rdqu -
10 Museum Shows to See in New York This Week
via artnews.comMay is undoubtedly a market-oriented art month in New York, with Frieze quickly followed by another fair, Independent, and then a succession of big-ticket auctions to boot. But even as moneyed dealers and collectors flex their might, the city’s museums have plowed forward, mounting some of their most high-profile shows planned for this year.The polarizing Whitney Biennial continues its run at the Whitney Museum; the debate over its curatorial framework is sure to be a mainstay at gallery d -
Noisy, performative and unapologetically non-European: Nigeria welcomes a museum like no other
via theguardian.comThe John Randle Centre for Yoruba Culture and History in Lagos ‘pops with colour and sound’ in a dazzling departure from the colonial modelPhotographs by Ademola Olaniran and Jide AtobateleOpposite the Nigerian National Museum in central Lagos, a swimming pool and a memorial hall once stood as an integral part of the city, a popular congregation point that evoked a sense of pride.This year, decades after the compound fell into disrepair, a new pool is opening to the public alongside -
Senegal Postpones Dakar Biennale by Six Months amid Widespread Protests
via artnews.comThe 15th edition of the Dakar Biennale, in Dakar, Senegal, will not open on May 16 as originally scheduled: it has been postponed to November, the country’s ministry of culture has announced, citing “the national and international context, and the desire for new authorities in the sector to organize the Biennale under optimal conditions” that match its standards. The exhibition will now run November 7 through December 7.The late-stage announcement confirms recent rumors th -
Who Was Mary Cassatt and Why Was She So Important?
via artnews.comOne of the notable distinctions of the first exhibition of the Anonymous Society of Painters, Sculptors, Printmakers, etc. (later known as the Impressionists), held 150 years ago this year, was that women artists were welcome. The Impressionist exhibitions gave women—largely excluded from official contexts—the opportunity to show their work to a public audience, and the American artist Mary Cassatt took full advantage, participating in four out of eight of them. This year Cassatt&rsq -
18 Impressionist Artworks that Capture the Spirit of the Movement
via artnews.comBetween 1853 and 1870 under Emperor Napoleon III, Paris saw a radical transformation from medieval city to modern metropolis. This renovation saw old buildings razed and narrow streets erased in favor of wide boulevards and more open space for a cleaner and safer city.Just as the city of Paris—not to mention society itself—was transforming radically in the latter part of the 19th century, so too were the styles and subjects of some of the painters of the time. Bucking academic conven -
The Five Most Essential Books About Indigenous Art
via artnews.comIndigenous arts of North America are expressions of deep cultural traditions as diverse as the lands with which they are inextricably linked. Here are five key texts that survey the subject. -
Pope Visits Venice Biennale, Dakar Biennale Postponed, Vienna Actionism Show Protested, and More: Morning Links for April 29, 2024
via artnews.comTo receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.THE HEADLINESDAK’ART POSTPONED. The 15th edition of Dak’Art – Biennale de l’Art Africain Contemporain in Dakar, Senegal has been postponed at the last minute from its original May 16 opening date, to November 7. Reasons are due to “the national and international context, and the desire for new authorities in the sector -
Police busts, porn cinemas and glory holes: the wild art of sexual outlaw Dean Sameshima
via theguardian.comBusted for cruising in an LA toilet, he proudly turned his police documents into art. Now the Californian is bringing Being Along – his elegant hymn to anonymous hookups – to Venice and LondonVeer to your left in the main exhibition of the Venice Biennale and you’ll come across a painting bearing the words: “Anonymous Homosexual.” Round the corner, there’s a row of black-and-white pictures showing transfixed male viewers, seen from the back, watching a screen. -
April design news: the Dr Dolittle of design, an algae air purifier and Habitat at 60
via theguardian.comNew events at London Craft Week, a Marc Newson monograph and Porky Hefer’s animal sculpturesThis month’s news celebrates animals, craft and creativity. We’ve got a story on the upcoming London Craft Week, but don’t forget Clerkenwell Design Week. This vibrant district is home to fascinating studios and businesses, and this annual festival is always well worth a visit. Continue reading... -
How Judith Scott escaped a life in institutional isolation to become a great sculptor
via theguardian.comDeaf and with Down syndrome, Scott endured horrific conditions in institutions for 35 years. Then, when her twin enrolled her at an arts centre, a remarkable artist emergedBundles of fibre wrapped around shapes as if mummifying something sacred. Bicycle wheels tied tightly to a chair with scraps of kaleidoscopically coloured cloth. Supermarket trolleys filled to the brim with ropes, tubes, tassels. Forms evoking wings, animals or body-parts that seem to be conversing with each other. This is the -
‘A special bond between music and art’: Bath piano shop turns old parts into palette
via theguardian.comFrom an eagle to Elton John, the Played and Remade project enables artists to ‘make something magical’ from free materialsThe task of loading once-loved but now unwanted pianos into a van and carting them off to the recycling centre is a disheartening and melancholy one. So a music shop in Bath that scraps as many as 300 redundant and unfixable pianos a year has launched a project to repurpose the thousands of parts that make up each instrument into pieces of art.The Piano Shop Bath -
The Challenges Of Translation In Shogun
via vulture.com“Court etiquette of the Sengoku era, as well as the gender politics of the time, mean a lot of things cannot be said explicitly. Even if you speak the same language as someone, you can never fully know them, and yet you all have to work together.” – Vulture -
The Golden Age Of Mid TV
via nytimes.comHow did Donald Glover (Atlanta) and Maya Erskine (PEN15) become the poster chlidren for middle-range, middle-of-the-road, no-stakes characters? Their work is just fine in Mr and Mrs Smith, but … well. “What we have now is a profusion of well-cast, sleekly produced competence.” – The New York Times -
The Paramount Acquisition Drama Continues With An Ousted Longterm Executive
via variety.comBob Bakish “has been with Paramount and its Viacom predecessor since 1997. He was recruited by [Shari] Redstone in 2016 to help bring order to a company that had descended into public legal brawling among shareholders and a battle for control.” – Variety -
The Surprising Things The Walker Art Center Did To Its Gift Shop
via nytimes.com“‘It’s a shop disguised as an exhibition, or an exhibition disguised as a shop,’ Clark said. ‘We kind of built a house, and we blew the roof off,’ Altay added.”- The New York Times -
Losing TikTok Would Mean Losing A Lot More Than Fun Dance Videos
via time.comOne creator: “I don’t think that banning an app that many people have used to raise funds for each other, bring awareness to different issues, and hold people accountable … can even be argued as remotely an action that is being taken to care for the greater needs of the people.” – Time -
As Phones Become Mere Commodities, Apple’s Walled Garden Is Crumbling
via theverge.com“We’re a long way from the ‘wow’ moment of that first iPhone. It’s not all vibes, either” – some of it is legal decisions imperiling Apple’s monopolistic dominance. – The Verge -
Traditional Museums Are, Finally, Waking Up To Children
via nytimes.comAt the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver, for instance, an Art Crawl “is held three times a month for newborns through 14-month-old children, who can crawl freely through selected galleries and are encouraged to stop at each work to engage in an interactive activity.” – The New York Times -
Kerry Condon Is The Most Successful Irish Woman Actor
via irishtimes.comDid you know that? She’s happy if you don’t.– Irish Times -
Should The Louvre Move The Mona Lisa To Its Own Room?
via theguardian.com“Such a move would give visitors, many of whom visit the Louvre for the famous painting alone, a better experience, Laurence des Cars told the broadcaster France Inter.” – Agence France-Press (The Guardian UK)
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