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Baltic, GatesheadTwo exhibitions – one by a Marxist, lesbian, feminist active in the 80s and the other by a modern working-class artist – reveal the intersectionality of the female experience across space and timeThe fact that Franki Raffles is so little known is a travesty. The Jewish, Marxist, lesbian, feminist photographer worked for just over a decade, until she died in 1994, aged 39, while giving birth to
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Franki Raffles and Joanne Coates review – studies of women and class show how little things have changed
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President of Philadelphia’s University of the Arts Resigns After School’s Sudden Closure
via artnews.comThe president of Philadelphia’s 148-year-old University of the Arts resigned as the school prepared to wind down operations ahead of its sudden closure.The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Kerry Walk left her post as president on Tuesday, just days before the university is set to shutter, leaving the future of many current students uncertain. Walk had only become president of UArts in April of last year. A UArts spokesperson did not respond to ARTnews’s request for comment on the -
French Culture Minister Tweets About Pursuing New Policy To Deter Climate Activists
via artnews.comAfter a climate activist covered Claude Monet’s 1873 painting Poppies at Argenteuil with a large sticker at the Musée D’Orsay on Saturday, French culture minister Rachida Dati responded on X calling for a new law punishing activists. “Once again, a cultural institution and a work of art are targeted by iconoclasts: the painting “Les Coquelicots” by Claude Monet at @MuseeOrsay!” Dati wrote on Saturday. “This destruction of art by delinquents cannot -
Ace Gallery Founder Douglas Chrismas Found Guilty of Embezzlement
via artnews.comDoug Chrismas, the founder of the now defunct blue-chip Ace Gallery in Los Angeles, was found guilty on Friday of embezzling more than $260,000 from his gallery’s bankruptcy estate for which he acted as trustee and custodian.The verdict, which was first published in the Los Angeles Times, marks the end of a tumultuous career for the 80-year-old contemporary art dealer, who now faces a statutory maximum sentence of 15 years in federal prison.Allegations of fraud and dirty dea -
Art Historian’s Run for Mayor of Florence Faces Pushback from Italy’s Left Wing
via artnews.comEike Schmidt, a German art historian who formerly served as director of the Uffizi Galleries, has officially launched his campaign to become mayor of Florence. But a smooth road to office has been impeded by left-wing politicians in the city, who have accused him of denigrating a southern Italian region.Within Italy, Schmidt is being viewed as a potential asset to Giorgia Meloni, the right-wing Prime Minister of the country. Florence has historically been a left-wing city; if Schmidt, who calls -
MFA Houston Can Keep Contested Nazi-looted Bernardo Bellotto Painting: US Appeals Court
via artnews.comA United States appeals court has affirmed a prior ruling that the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) Houston can keep an 18th-century painting contested in a lawsuit by the heirs of its original German Jewish owner.Bernardo Bellotto’s The Marketplace at Pirna (ca. 1764), which has been part of the MFA Houston’s permanent collection since 1961, was once owned by the German department store magnate Max J. Emden, who lost much of his wealth due to Nazi persecution. A panel of three ju -
Discover Degas & Miss La La review – the death-defying trapeze artist who transfixed a master
via theguardian.comNational Gallery, London
This ingenious high-wire act of a show is a thrilling celebration of French impressionism, Black women and modernity – boasting an aerialist who could lift a cannon with her teethThe National Gallery is pulling out the stops to celebrate its bicentenary – but an old-school circus? With dancing dogs, clowns and elephants? Yet that’s what greets you in its ingenious and thrilling show about French impressionism, Black women and modernity.You walk in expec -
In His Mardi Gras Suits and Beadwork Paintings, Demond Melancon Creates Compelling Tensions between Representation and Opacity
via artnews.comBefore he considered himself an artist, Demond Melancon boiled lobster at the Louisiana chain restaurant Drago’s Seafood, washed dishes at Emeril’s, and poured concrete for Hard Rock Construction. He laid and smoothed the cement walkway in front of Arthur Roger, a gallery on Julia Street in downtown New Orleans. Over 10 years later, that same gallery now represents his work.“I used to work all day and bead all night. Now, I get to bead full-time. And this way is better,” -
Ace Gallery Founder Convicted, Court Settles Restitution Confusion with MFA Houston, El Museo del Barrio Reveals Details for Trienal, and More: Morning Links for June 4, 2024
via artnews.comTo receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.THE HEADLINESEMBEZZLEMENT CONVICTION. Douglas Chrismas, the 80-year-old, notorious founder of Los Angeles’s defunct blue-chip Ace Gallery, has been convicted of embezzlement by a jury. The May 31 ruling in a Los Angeles court means the once powerful dealer, who has been the defendant in over 55 lawsuits, some of which were for stealing artworks and not paying art -
El Museo del Barrio Names Artist List for Its 2024 Triennial, with an Expanded, Global Focus
via artnews.comEl Museo del Barrio has named the 33 artists that will take part in the second edition of its triennial, which will run at the museum from October 10, 2024, to February 9, 2025.This year, the exhibition will take the title “Flow States – LA TRIENAL 2024” and be curated by El Museo’s chief curator Rodrigo Moura and curator Susanna V. Temkin, and guest curator María Elena Ortiz, who is a curator at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in Texas.The exhibition includes -
My National Gallery review – comforting celebration of the UK’s cherished art collection
via theguardian.comMuseum staff and familiar faces discuss their favourite paintings as the National Gallery turns 200, in a film that offers personal stories over scholarly pronouncementHere is a warm, civilised, and at points quite moving film about the National Gallery’s art collection, timed to coincide with the 200th anniversary of its founding in 1824. It essentially consists of a series of talking-head interviews – mostly National Gallery staff, but also a scattering of outsiders, including a ha -
UK galleries rushed to diversify art after Black Lives Matter, artist says
via theguardian.comSouth Africa-born painter Gavin Jantjes says institutions tried to buy work they ignored decades earlierBritish arts institutions deployed “kneejerk” and “stopgap” responses in the aftermath of the Black Lives Matter movement as they attempted to avoid criticism for the lack of diversity in their collections, according to the artist Gavin Jantjes.The South Africa-born artist, who was a key figure during the British black art movement of the 1980s, told the Guardian that u -
Phillips Leads Spring Auctions in Hong Kong With $12.6 M. Basquiat Painting
via artnews.comThe recent results of Christie’s and Phillips modern and contemporary evening auctions in Hong Kong provided additional data indicating a shift in the art market after several years of blockbuster estate sales and high-profile consignments.The sales included plenty of guarantees and several works by artists whose momentum has cooled amidhigher interest rates, ongoing geopolitical conflict, and concerns over the upcoming US national election. While Phillips’ spring evening sale in Hon -
‘No one sees us’: shining a light on New York’s homeless LGBTQ+ community
via theguardian.comAs part of the city’s Photoville survey, Dutch photographer Ernst Coppejans captures an often forgotten subcultureFor Dutch photographer Ernst Coppejans, what really surprised him about making his photo collection From the Streets to the Heart – which delves into the lives of unhoused queer youth and young adults in New York City – was the immense resilience of his subjects. “These people are so strong, in spite of all the difficulties,” he told me. “It makes -
Ansel Adams Estate Calls Out Adobe for Selling AI-Generated Art Using Photographer’s Name
via artnews.comIn an unusually public conflagration between an artist’s estate and a tech giant, the Ansel Adams Trust hit back at Adobe for selling AI-generated images using the famed photographer’s name.Adams, a member of the famed Group f/64, is best known for his images of the American West, whose vast forests and mountains he photographed in sleek black and white. On its stock photography website Adobe Stock, the company was selling pictures produced using generative AI that recalled Adams&rsq -
Artist Charged for Tagging Courbet’s ‘Origine du Monde’ with #MeToo
via artnews.comPerformance artist Deborah De Robertis was charged with the damage and theft of “cultural property” after tagging five artworks, including Gustav Courbet’s L’Origine du Monde, with the slogan #MeToo. A French prosecutor announced the indictment of De Robertis, as well as two others, on Monday.In early May, the women entered the Centre Pompidou-Metz in northern France and graffitied the glass pane protecting Courbet’s 1886 painting of a women’s nude torso and e -
Study: Links Between Conservative Political Viewpoints And Creativity
A new study reveals that conservatism is associated with less creativity, across 28 countries. – Psychology Today -
A slow handclap for standing ovations | Letters
via theguardian.comKarl Sabbagh is frustrated by people leaping up at the end of every theatre performance, while Sarah Sheen would rather art lovers left their phones at homeIn addition to the increasing frequency of smartphone use in theatres and concerts (Letters, 27 May), may I draw your attention to another insidious practice that is spoiling the enjoyment of visits to the theatre. Standing ovations, originally, I believe, accorded only to extraordinary performances of particularly high acclaim, are now initi -
Ancient Monument Seahenge May Have Been Built to Fight Climate Change
via artnews.comA prehistoric timber circle on the Eastern coast of England’s country Norfolk known as “Seahenge” may have been constructed to perform rituals intended to curb severe weather, according to Heritage Daily.The article cites a study recently published by the international academic journal GeoJournal, which posits that the monument, along with its larger sister structure Holme II, located just 109 yards away, was built during a time when abnormally long and severe winters -
Massive Copyright Lawsuit Over 1000 Reggaeton Songs Moves Forward
via variety.comA federal judge has denied the motion to dismiss a massive copyright lawsuit targeting over a 1,000 reggaeton songs from such globally recognized acts as Bad Bunny and J Balvin. – Variety -
Philadelphia’s University of the Arts Abruptly Closes: ‘We Could Not Ultimately Identify a Viable Path’
via artnews.comPhiladelphia’s University of the Arts, a school that dates back more than a century, abruptly announced its permanent shuttering last Friday, leaving the future of current students there uncertain.The University of the Arts, or UArts as it is known for short, was founded in 1876, and has been considered one of the top art schools in Philadelphia. Its alumni include Harlem Renaissance sculptor Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller, Precisionist painter Charles Sheeler, photographer Irving Penn, video ar -
Ghost Bikes Are Street Art, But Who Are The Artists?
via nytimes.com“The bikes — completely white, including tires, spokes and pedals — serve as stark memorials, both an alert to passers-by that a cyclist was killed and a reminder of the dangerous conditions cyclists face.” – The New York Times -
Australian photography auction – in pictures
via theguardian.comThe Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh), the proud custodian of more than 3,860 photographs, is holding a fundraising auction in Melbourne, with the proceeds of the sales shared equally with the contributing artists Continue reading... -
In Search Of Books That Elicit Feelings, And Maybe Some Connection
via reactormag.com“I am staring in horror at something on my phone or laptop, and no matter how many other people are also staring in horror at that thing, somewhere, many of us are sitting alone. We look, and we look, and then there’s another thing, and another.” – Reactor Magazine -
Inside The Last Of New York’s Original Artist Lofts
via theguardian.comOne artist lost hundreds of paintings in a loft fire before the city made laws about loft safety; another says it’s not easy because “there is no super” when something goes wrong. But others say their lofts are like a “parallel universe” compared to the rampant greed they see beyond their window. – The Guardian (UK) -
Libraries Are About So Much More Than Books
via mprnews.orgTake Minneapolis, for instance. “What separates Minneapolis’s library from the rest is their intensive approach to serving people who are homeless and frequent the library” and that includes books, safe places to sleep, snacks, and more. – MPR -
A Plea And A Manifesto For More Middle School Books
“I am here on my knees begging the publishing industry not only to publish books for younger teenagers, but to create a new publishing category that encompasses that unrecognized in-between age.” – School Library Journal -
In An Unexpected Development, Disney Princesses Have Been Leading A Diversity Charge On Stage
One nonbinary Black actor who played Belle says, “I was really encouraged to do my own interpretation, … and I got to have a say in my costumes—like, I wasn’t in a blue dress, I was in a blue jumpsuit, and wore red Doc Martens boots.” – American Theatre -
Monet Vandalized in Paris, Philadelphia Art School Closes, Christie’s Hackers Threaten to Auction Stolen Data, and More: Morning Links for June 3, 2024
via artnews.comTo receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.THE HEADLINESMONET’S POPPIES VANDALIZED. Claude Monet’s famous 1873 bucolic Impressionist painting of a woman and child walking through a field of red poppies that all but engulfs them was vandalized Saturday at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris by a climate activist from the group Riposte Alimentaire [Food Response], reports Francesca Aton for ARTnew -
Bringing Nollywood To Hollywood
via nytimes.com“In the past decade, Daniel Oriahi has made over 25 movies. But the filmmaker hit a new career breakthrough when the Tribeca Festival accepted his latest, The Weekend.” – The New York Times
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