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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 -
Trove of 19,000 Artifacts Found at Residential Development in Southern England
via artnews.comSome 19,000 artifacts dating as far back as the Mesolithic period were discovered in the United Kingdom, Newsweek reported on Monday.They were found at a residential development project at Calthorpe Gardens, on the outskirts of the historic market town Banbury in southern England. The contractor Orbit Homes, which is overseeing the development, announced the find in a press release.A group of Mesolithic flint tools dating from 10000 BCE to 4000 BCE were among the oldest artifacts found.The remai -
Fire Extensively Damages 116-Year-Old Church in Toronto, Destroying Group Of Seven Murals
via artnews.comA recent fire in Toronto at a historic church built in 1908 has severely damaged the Canadian heritage site and destroyed religious murals painted by members of the Group of Seven.St. Anne’s Anglican Church has the unique distinction of being a Byzantine revival style church containing more than 15 artworks by J.E.H. MacDonald, Frank Carmichael, Frederick H. Varley and other members of the Group of Seven. The rare works depict scenes from Jesus’ life, a departure from the group&rsquo -
The Best Booths at Art Basel, From a Revisionist ‘Origine du Monde’ to Jellyfish-Like Creatures
via artnews.comArt Basel, the world’s biggest art fair, launched its 2024 edition with a busy VIP preview day on Tuesday. Some 285 galleries were on hand, including 22 first-time participants in the main, Statement, and Feature sectors—Karma, Tina Keng Gallery, Madelyn Gallery, Mayoral, Yates Art, and Parker Gallery among them.“We are witnessing a broadening of our collecting globally with new buyers entering the market, and securing a baseline of support for business alongside core audiences -
Brooklyn Museum Director’s Home Vandalized with Anti-Zionist Graffiti
via artnews.comThe home of Brooklyn Museum director Anne Pasternak was vandalized overnight in an apparent protest of her institution’s ties to Israel. Red paint was splashed across the front door and windows of Pasternak’s home. Unfurled between two columns was a banner that read: “Anne Pasternak / Brooklyn Museum / White Supremacist Zionist.” Beneath that statement, in a smaller, red font, were the words “Funds Genocide.” The residences of several Brooklyn Museum boar -
Video: Pakistani American Artist Shahzia Sikander On Reimagining Painting Traditions From Around the World
via artnews.comShahzia Sikander—who was profiled for the Summer 2024 “Icons” issue of Art in America—is a Pakistani American artist known for reimagining different painting traditions from around the world, as well as work in other mediums including sculpture, animation, installation, and video. As Eleanor Heartney writes in her profile, Sikander “juxtaposes imagery sourced from Indian court painting, Western Renaissance and Mannerist art, African tribal figures, Hindu and Pe -
Ouroboros: NGA’s polarising new four-year $14m artwork to close roads on its journey to Canberra
via theguardian.comLindy Lee was asked ‘to be as ambitious as you possibly can’ and to not even consider the cost of her project to ‘announce the NGA is here’Get our weekend culture and lifestyle emailLindy Lee was standing in the sculpture garden at the National Gallery of Australia, wondering what she was doing there. The gallery’s director, Nick Mitzevich, had taken her for a walk and they paused at a “pretty dull spot”, as Lee recalls it.That was when Mitzevich explain -
Spain publishes list of art seized during civil war and Franco dictatorship
via theguardian.comCulture ministry hopes to help people reclaim family property plundered by Franco regimeSpain’s culture ministry has published a list of more than 5,000 items plundered by the Franco regime – including paintings, sculptures, jewellery, furniture and religious ornaments – to help people reclaim their family property almost a century after it was taken for safekeeping following the outbreak of the civil war.The inventory, which is part of the government’s efforts to bring & -
Goldsmith University’s Art Gallery Closes Through October After Pro-Palestine Students’ Protest
via artnews.comAn art gallery at Goldsmiths University, London’s top art school, will shutter through October after pro-Palestine students occupied the space two weeks ago, calling for the university to sever any ties to Israel.Goldsmiths’s Centre for Contemporary Art said on Wednesday that it had been forced to close because its staff could not resume operations as usual.“We’re doing this because while the occupation continues, we are unable fulfil the terms required by our insurers fo -
Mary Cassatt at Work review – stunning show blows the Mother’s Day card cliches away
via theguardian.comPhiladelphia Museum of ArtThis exceptional exhibition celebrates a trailblazing impressionist – one of the original group – who took the labour of women in her time seriouslyMary Cassatt’s paintings of mothers and babies were relegated to the untouchable category of “sentiment” by 20th-century critics and art historians. They have now become better known to many people as Mother’s Day cards rather than fine art. But 19th-century critics commented on the very l -
Curator Stefanie Hessler Talks Pirate Symbols and Distilleries for Art Basel’s Public Art Sector
via artnews.comWith the 2024 edition of Art Basel in Switzerland now officially underway, one component that often gets overlooked—amid the frenzy over artworks selling for multimillion-dollar sums on the first day—is Parcours. Taking place outside the cold convention center on the Messeplatz at public and historic spaces across the city, Parcours is a packed showcase of site-specific installations, sculptures, and performances that are free—yes, free—to the public. This year’s it -
Glued to Hitler: what Brecht’s overlooked collages tell us about how fascism takes hold
via theguardian.comThroughout his life, the great German playwright made punky montages that explored how Nazism infested the country he had to flee. Why have they taken so long to come to light?Bertolt Brecht believed that theatre should not merely entertain its audience but make them think politically. To achieve this effect, thought the German playwright and poet, a play should not be polished – but jarring. Actors should break out of character to address their audience, plotlines should be broken up and -
VP of Education & Community Engagement – Pacific Symphony
via artsjournal.comThe Vice President of Education & Community Engagement will be responsible for designing, developing, and evaluating all education and community engagement programs. Supervising a professional staff and committed volunteers, they will oversee the delivery of programs, ensuring there is alignment between artistic priorities and educational initiatives. Reporting to the President & Chief Executive Officer, the Vice President of Education & Community Engagement will play a pivotal role -
On Art Basel’s First Day, Sales Roll In and the Art World Breathes A Sigh of Relief
via artnews.comOn Tuesday, the first day of VIP previews for the bellwether Art Basel fair in Switzerland, several dealers admitted they had waited with bated breath for how the day would turn out amid the apparent market slowdown—or “correction,” as it has often been called.“We were all waiting. We were watching the auctions very intently, and they did well. We didn’t know how this was going to go,” Samanthe Rubell, the president of Pace, told ARTnews.Art Basel CEO Noah Hor -
Why Is Parthenon Marbles Repatriation So Compelling?
All repatriation cases matter greatly to those involved, but that of the Parthenon marbles has become famous far beyond the dispute between the key parties of Greece and the UK. Why, then, do they resonate so deeply? – The Conversation -
Latin-American Literature Doesn’t Really Exist
via themillions.comWhat I’m trying to say is that, if one thinks about it for a moment, it becomes clear that “Latin America” does not exist as a material reality. Much like the utopia of transnational friendship envisioned by the Mexican architects of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the region exists only in the imagination. – The Millions -
The Impoverishment Of Critics
via yalereview.orgWhatever is going on in the life of the critic is going to show up in her reading; it can’t not. Reading, writing, and thinking have experiential texture. The place and context in which I do those activities shapes them. – Yale Review -
AI Is Going To Change Music Forever
Just as The Bomb reshaped all of warfare, we’ve reached the point where AI is going to reshape all of music. – Persuasion -
Pirates: The Story Of How Music Got To Be Free
via theguardian.comStarting back in the 1980s, an illegal demimonde of teens began. Their initial goal was to strip the copyright protections off video games. By the 90s, some of the same teens got the notion to apply that practice to the data on coveted CDs. – The Guardian -
Overhauling “Suffs” For Broadway
via nytimes.com“When (the) show … staggered to its Public Theater premiere in April 2022, few people would have bet (on its) future. Yet here we are with Suffs on Broadway, where it received generally positive reviews and six Tony Awards nominations, two for Shaina Taub’s score and book. What happened?” – The New York Times -
Animal Rights Activists Plaster King Charles III Portrait with ‘Wallace and Gromit’ Stickers
via artnews.comJonathan Yao’s divisive portrait of King Charles III has been vandalized with stickers by two animal rights activists. The group Animal Rights shared a video on X, formerly Twitter, showing the protesters using rollers to plaster a picture of Wallace, from the animated film series Wallace and Gromit, over the monarch’s face. The portrait is on display at Philip Mould gallery in London through June 21.Also stuck to Yao’s painting was a speech bubble that said, “No cheese, -
Houston’s Stages Theatre Picks A New Leader
via chron.comWhen he moves to Houston in August to take on that role, he’ll become one of the first Black men to lead a major arts organization in the city. Dereck Charles Livingston is taking over the role from current artistic director Kenn McLaughlin, who is retiring after 18 seasons in the role and 25 seasons at the theater. – Houston Chronicle -
Former Vatican Staffer Arrested for Sale of Missing Bernini Manuscript
via artnews.comVatican authorities have arrested a former employee for attempting to sell a 17th-century manuscript by Gian Lorenzo Bernini that he allegedly stole from an official archive of the Holy See. The news was first reported by the Italian daily Domani.Bernini is renowned as a master of Baroque architecture, and the disappearance of the 18-page manuscript spurred an elaborate sting operation. The suspect allegedly met with Mauro Gambetti, head of administration at St. Peter’s Basilica, on May 27 -
Reviving London City Ballet, 28 Years After It Closed
via theguardian.comChristopher Marney “wants a company of dancers that reflect the present: a diverse lineup in age, ethnicity, experience and body type, and … an environment that treats dancers like grownups. (Yet) it’s a company that’s staying connected to the past, with a specific remit to revive forgotten gems by genius choreographers.” – The Guardian -
Large Study: Internet Might Be Good For Our Wellbeing
via nautil.usWe might look for clues in a new global study from Oxford University that spanned 16 years and surveyed 2.4 million people. The findings suggest that internet access and use may actually be positively associated with key measures of health and happiness, including sense of purpose, life satisfaction, and social well-being. – Nautilus -
Is The Five-Year Renovation Of The Pompdou Center In Trouble?
via artnews.com“A critical report from France’s court of auditors, who assess the use of public funds, revealed that the Centre Pompidou‘s economic model is unsustainable. The report outlines the financial strain on the museum caused by its forthcoming renovation, as well as its establishment of a new branch in Massy, France.” – ARTnews -
John Wormell obituary
via theguardian.comMy father, John Wormell (latterly John Linsey), who has died aged 97, was a painter who worked for many years as a senior lecturer in fine art at Hornsey College of Art in north London. He retired from the college at 56 to devote the rest of his life to his own work, producing a series of highly individualistic paintings that recalled the landscapes of his youth as he had recorded them in his sketchbooks from the early 1950s.Inclined to shun the limelight, he was perhaps out of sympathy with the -
A Bay Area Dealer Who Rewrote the History of Surrealism Makes Her Art Basel Debut
via artnews.comThese days, it is hard to imagine a time when everyone wasn’t talking about Leonora Carrington’s art. In 2022, the Surrealist artist’s writings lent the Venice Biennale its name. Earlier this year, a painting by her sold for $28.5 million at Sotheby’s following a 10-minute bidding war, setting a new auction record for the artist. Next year, a vast survey of her art will be staged in Italy.But in 2002, when dealer Wendi Norris visited the British-born artist at her home in -
Naples Announces New Mega-Museum As Part Of Massive Cultural Investment
Italy’s culture minister, Gennaro Sangiuliano, himself a Neapolitan, has showered funds on the ambitious cultural heritage projects in his hometown. “Naples is a global cultural capital, because of its history and identity,” Sangiuliano declared at the opening of the Unesco Cultural Heritage in the 21st Century in Naples in November. – The Art Newspaper -
Arcimboldo’s “Four Seasons” Paintings, Newly Restored, Are Back On Display At The Louvre
via news.artnet.comThe set of four paintings, each depicting seasonal plant matter assembled to resemble a human male figure, have undergone eight months of conservation work “that has improved their definition and chromatic range.” – Artnet
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