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Philadelphia’s City History Museum Was Doomed. Thank Goodness A University Has Taken It Over.
via msn.com“Interviews with more than a dozen museum professionals suggest that the Philadelphia History Museum ended up in (storage) far from the heart of the city because it was too diffuse, its vast collection too randomly accumulated, its many narratives unexplored, and its funding sparse and never assured.” – MSN (The Philadelphia Inquirer) -
Louvre, Guggenheim Among Major Museums Awarded Conservation Grants
via artnews.comBank of America, which has a division that focuses on cultural philanthropy, has announced the 24 institutions that its giving funding to as part of a long-standing conservation program, which has been in affect for over a decade. Among the biggest ones receiving funds are the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York and the Musée du Louvre in Paris.The exact grant amounts given to each institution have not been disclosed.The initiative, Bank of America Art Conservation Project, has since -
Sotheby’s to Offer Four Paintings by Joan Mitchell in ‘Momentous’ May Auction
via artnews.comSotheby’s will offer four major paintings by Joan Mitchell as part of its contemporary evening sale on May 13, spanning the artist’s career, with estimates ranging between $1 million and $20 million. All four paintings, Untitled (1954), the large-scale canvas Noon (1969), Untitled (1973) and the diptych Ground (1989-1990) have been consigned from the same private collection.Notably, Noon was painted after Mitchell’s permanent move to Vétheuil, France, where she lived at -
The 10 Best National Pavilions at the Venice Biennale, From a Cut-Up Giraffe to Body Horror in a Church
via artnews.comTypically, the Venice Biennale’s national pavilions play second fiddle to the main exhibition—which is ironic, considering that there is about as much art, if not more, on view in them than what’s contained in the Arsenale and the Giardini combined. But this year, with a main exhibition that called into question the notion of countries altogether, it was not possible to ignore the national pavilions.Even before the Biennale began, controversy surrounded the Israel Pavilion, who -
Robert Indiana Gets a Revealing Survey in Venice, Where ‘Love’ Is Just One of Many Emotions Explored
via artnews.comThe simultaneously eccentric and emblematic Americanness of Robert Indiana is on prismatic display in Venice, where a career-spanning survey titled “The Sweet Mystery” opened at the historic Procuratie Vecchie in Piazza San Marco as one of the collateral events around the Venice Biennale. Born under the name Robert Clark to a mother who waited tables at a roadside diner and a father who worked for the energy company Phillips 66, the artist grew up in the American Midwest during the G -
Our Critics Predict the Golden Lion Winners at the 2024 Venice Biennale
via artnews.comWhile the last professional preview day for the 2024 Venice Biennale is Friday, the week’s hullabaloo technically ends on Saturday morning, when the exhibition opens to the public and the Biennale’s jury announces the winners for the Golden Lions at 11 am (local time). The Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement were announced last November, ahead of the artist list being released in January. Those went to Italian-born Brazilian artist Anna Maria Maiolino and the Paris-based Turki -
A Quick Scribble by Michelangelo Sold for Over $200K at Christie’s New York
via artnews.comA small drawing by Michelangelo, accompanied by a letter from the artist’s last direct descendant, has sold at Christie’s New York for $201,600, far outstripping its highest estimate of $8,000.Found affixed to the back of a frame, the drawing of a block of marble contains the Italian word “simile”, or “similar” in English. It is believed that Michelangelo drew it while working on the Sistine Chapel ceiling, according to a Christie’s specialist. The ident -
Venice Diary Day 2: The Vatican Sent Me to Prison
via artnews.comThe Venice Biennale’s most exclusive and elusive show is at a women’s prison. Put on by the Vatican pavilion,the show is at Giudecca Women’s Prison; the bouncers are prison guards, and it’s hard to get an appointment. It seems that the prison, and the Vatican, care little for art world credentials—as it should be. But many visiting Venice for the opening aren’t used to hearing “no.”After I showed up for my appointed time slot—which I booked a -
A ‘Succession’-Level Series On Art Fraudster Inigo Philbrick is Coming to HBO
via artnews.comEXCLUSIVE: HBO is teaming up with Doctor Who producer Bad Wolf to develop a series about Inigo Philbrick, the flamboyant art dealer jailed for committing more than $86 million in fraud.Bad Wolf has secured the rights to All That Glitters, an upcoming memoir from Orlando Whitfield, who was a close friend and business partner of Philbrick.The Sony-owned production company is in the early stages of developing the HBO series, which Whitfield hopes can be like& -
National Portrait Gallery reveals shortlist for global painting prize
via theguardian.comThree works selected from 1,647 entries across 62 countries, with 50 selected for final displayThe artists Isabella Watling, Antony Williams and Catherine Chambers have been shortlisted for the National Portrait Gallery’s annual painting prize.In total, 50 portraits have been selected for final display as part of the competition, which is returning for its 42nd year with its new sponsors Herbert Smith Freehills. The winning artist will receive £35,000 – one of the largest prize -
French Sculptor Camille Claudel Steps Out from Rodin’s Shadow in New Getty Show
via artnews.comKnown in France as a giant of modernist sculpture, to the rest of the world Camille Claudel is mainly remembered as Auguste Rodin’s lover.Her tragic life, which included spending the last decades of her life in an asylum, has been immortalized on film by Isabelle Adjani opposite Gerard Depardieu in 1988’s Camille Claudel, and again by Juliette Binoche in 2013’s Camille Claudel 1915. A student, model, muse and lover to Rodin who bloss -
Meeting of the Minds: James Lee Byars and Seung-taek Lee’s Art Convene for an Introspective Collateral Event in Venice
via artnews.comCan two artists born in the same year, worlds apart, and never having met make work that is eerily similar to each other? That’s the premise behind one of the more thoughtful and introspective collateral events at this year’s Venice Biennale. The two artists in question are James Lee Byars and Seung-taek Lee, both born in 1932, in Detroit and in Kowon (present-day North Korea), respectively. Their parallel interests extend from the material and the immaterial, the performative, the l -
Alex Katz’s New Paintings in Venice Celebrate Grass, Water, and Clothes
via artnews.comAt 96, Alex Katz is showing new paintings of three highly different kinds in an exhibition that coincides with the Venice Biennale. “Claire, Grass and Water” at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini features 26 works made between 2021 and 2022, some of them in modes Katz hasn’t attempted before and some with a sense of scale bigger than he has worked with in his more than seven decades as a painter. Thirteen works inspired by midcentury American fashion designer Claire McCardell channel -
Jenny Holzer, Thelma Golden, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Jonathan Anderson and Larry Ellison Included In Time Magazine’s 2024 List of Most Influential People
via artnews.comThe most recent edition of Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world includes conceptual visual artist Jenny Holzer, curator Thelma Golden, photographer LaToya Ruby Frazier, designer Jonathan Anderson, and ARTnews Top 200 collector Larry Ellison.Other members of the list include journalist Connie Walker, entertainer Dua Lipa, entrepreneur Mark Cuban, and Prime Minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni.Jenny HolzerArtist Kiki Smith recalled encountering Holzer’s &ldq -
Michelangelo’s Scribble Sells, Maurizio Cattelan Sets the Record Straight, French Police Return Marie-Antoinette’s Bowl, and More: Morning Links for April 18, 2024
via artnews.comTo receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.THE HEADLINESMICHELANGELO’S POST-IT. A scribble by Michelangelo on a Post-it-like, small paper square (reports did, after all, say it was a “yellowed piece of paper”) sold for $200,000 at Christie’s in New York yesterday, over 33 times its estimated value. The drawing of a black square, or chunk of marble and the word “simile” [ -
Michelangelo’s Scribble Sells, Maurizio Cattelan Sets the Record Straight, an Inigo Philbrick Tell-All Book, and More: Morning Links for April 18, 2024
via artnews.comTo receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.THE HEADLINESMICHELANGELO’S POST-IT. A scribble by Michelangelo on a Post-it-like, small paper square (reports did, after all, say it was a “yellowed piece of paper”) sold for $200,000 at Christie’s in New York yesterday, over 33 times its estimated value. The drawing of a black square, or chunk of marble and the word “simile” [ -
Mexican Painter María Izquierdo Gets Her Due After Decades at the Venice Biennale
via artnews.comMaría Izquierdo was born in 1902 in San Juan de los Lagos, a commercial center and home to the Basilica de la Virgin de San Juan, the second-most-visited religious sanctuary in Mexico. Both these facts figure intimately in Izquierdo’s art starting in the 1930s. While Frida Kahlo became better known, Izquierdo ranks alongside her as an admired and studied in the pantheon of Mexican women artists—and foreigners such as Tina Modotti, Leonora Carrington, and Remedios Varo—wh -
Free expressionism: a fresh look at revolutionary art collective the Blue Rider
via theguardian.comA new exhibition shows how the early 20th-century German artists, helmed by Wassily Kandinksy and Gabriele Münter, created a space where creativity could flourish without the constraints of gender, sexuality or artistic expectationThe story of expressionist art, with its bold colours, off-kilter figures and presciently unsettling atmosphere of pre-first world war Germany, is usually told through the prism of two groups of artists: Die Brücke (The Bridge), operating -
Insider art: Vatican sets up Biennale pavilion at Venice women’s jail
via theguardian.comPope Francis to attend installation that includes short film featuring Zoë Saldaña and Giudecca inmatesOriginally a convent dating to the 13th century, and once a reformatory for prostitutes, the Giudecca women’s prison, set on an island in the Venetian lagoon, will this summer perform a quite different role: as the official pavilion for the Vatican at this year’s Venice Biennale.Pope Francis is due to attend on 28 April – the first pontifical visit to the Biennale -
Welsh National Opera Has To Reduce Again After Funding Cuts
via bbc.comThe funding received from Arts Council England (ACE) was cut by 35%, which led to WNO performances in Liverpool being cancelled in 2022, while operas in other English cities went ahead as planned. – BBC -
Report: Lloyds Bank Estimates Taylor Swift Fans Lost More Than £1M In Ticket Scams
via bbc.comThe bank said more than 600 of its customers had come forward to report being scammed, losing an average of £332 each – with some losing £1,000. It added that 90% of the reported ticket scams started on Facebook. – BBC -
For Venice Biennale Artists, a Very Real Halo Effect in the Market
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.The Venice Biennale was essentially an art fair when it opened in 1895, an exhibition built specifically to establish a market for what was then considered contemporary art. From 1942 until 1968, there was even an official office, run by Italian art dealer Ettore Gian Ferrari, that helped find buyers fo -
Culture Is Arguably The UK’s Biggest Industry. So Why Isn’t The Government Supporting It?
Even a hard-nosed economic perspective suggests that arts provision warrants support, rather than a freeze. By the government’s own estimates, the creative industries contribute around £126 billion to the UK economy. That’s more than the car industry, for instance, or aerospace, oil and gas. – The Conversation -
At the Venice Biennale’s Contemporary Showcase, Living Artists Examine Queer and Indigenous Legacies
via artnews.comAs the international art world has descended on La Serenissima this week, the 2024 Venice Biennale began the first of its preview days on Tuesday morning, with visitors heading to either (or both) of its main venues: the Arsenale and the Giardini. Curated this year by Adriano Pedrosa, the closely watched artistic director of the Museu de Arte de São Paulo, the exhibition, titled “Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere,” focuses on Indigenous artists and artist from th -
NPR Editor Who Criticized The Broadcaster, Resigns
via nytimes.comBefore he resigned from NPR, Mr. Berliner was on a five-day suspension from the network for violating company policy against working for outside organizations without securing permission. – The New York Times -
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 -
Masterpieces Saved Notre Dame Cathedral Fire to be Exhibited in Paris
via artnews.comA new exhibition at the Mobilier National in Paris will showcase masterpieces that have been restored since the devastating fire at the Notre Dame cathedral in 2019. The national furniture collection’s exhibition, opening on April 24, includes paintings, tapestries, liturgical furniture, and a 82-foot-long rug commissioned by the 19th century French monarch Charles X. Of the 22 paintings set for the show the Mobilier National exhibition, 13 works are from the series titled “the Mays& -
Masterpieces Saved in Notre Dame Cathedral Fire to be Exhibited in Paris
via artnews.comA new exhibition at the Mobilier National in Paris will showcase masterpieces that have been restored since the devastating fire at the Notre Dame cathedral in 2019. The national furniture collection’s exhibition, opening on April 24, includes paintings, tapestries, liturgical furniture, and a 82-foot-long rug commissioned by the 19th century French monarch Charles X. Of the 22 paintings set for the show the Mobilier National exhibition, 13 works are from the series titled “the Mays& -
Small Presses Lost Their Distributor. Now What?
via nytimes.comSmall presses play a crucial role in the American literary landscape, publishing books that have artistic merit but little commercial potential. Without S.P.D., it could be far more difficult for small presses to get their books to readers, or for those books to exist at all. – The New York Times -
Art Dealer Arrested by Spanish Police Over Looted Egyptian Artifact Offered at TEFAF
via artnews.comSpanish national police recently arrested an antiques dealer for selling a stolen Egyptian sculpture dated from 1450 BCE. The artifact was offered by a Swiss gallery during the TEFAF Maastricht art fair in 2022 for €190,000 ($202,000).The suspect was charged with money laundering, smuggling, and falsifying documents. “The arrested person was perfectly aware of the illicit origin of the Egyptian bust seized in the Netherlands,” stated a press release from Spanish authorities. The
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