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Gina Rinehart demands National Gallery of Australia remove her portrait
via theguardian.comNGA rebuffs efforts by billionaire to take down painting by award-winning artist Vincent NamatjiraGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe mining billionaire Gina Rinehart has demanded the National Gallery of Australia remove her portrait from an exhibition by the award-winning artist Vincent Namatjira.The image, arguably an unflattering picture of Australia’s richest woman, is one of many portraits unveiled at the Canberra gallery as part of the Archiba -
A Little Art Education by Lynn Barber review – pocket portraits that are a breath of fresh air
via theguardian.comStar interviewer, provoker of the Chapman brothers and the woman who made Howard Hodgkin cry… Barber’s slim book about her obsession with artists – particularly those who smoke – is wonderfully entertainingErnest Hemingway, who knew a lot of artists, said the essential gift for a writer was a bullshit detector, and Lynn Barber’s crackles and wows like a Geiger counter during her adventures in the art world. The author of An Education, which was made into a film sta -
Serpentine pavilion 2024 review – Minsuk Cho’s multi-use design is bold and playful
via theguardian.comKensington Gardens, London
The South Korean architect has incorporated a climbing structure, a cafe and a library into an unpredictable space meant for coming together“Do a belly flop.” “Spread your arms like Jesus and then jump.” The photographers at the press view for the Serpentine pavilion are calling to me: I’ve ascended a rope climbing structure that is part of the design, and they fancy a shot of a moderately respectable gent flying on to a net underneath. If -
Runner-up: Observer/Anthony Burgess prize 2024 – Anna McGee reviews Florence’s new museums depository
via theguardian.comA runner-up in our annual arts writing prize, Anna McGee celebrates the freeing from storage of thousands of previously unseen artworks, now on display at the city’s Santa Maria Novella museumRead the winning entry for the 2024 Observer/Burgess prizeAnna McGee is a PhD student of Florentine Renaissance art and architecture. She most recently published her work in the London Review of BooksFlorence has too much art. It’s heaving with it. Some is on display in the city’s 30-odd p -
Discover Degas & Miss La La; Nan Goldin: Sisters, Saints, Sibyls – review
via theguardian.comNational Gallery, London; Gagosian Open, 83 Charing Cross Road, London
Degas’s masterpiece gives up its secrets in a fascinating show, while Nan Goldin pays powerful tribute to her sister, who took her own life at 18What can an image really tell us of a person? Two new shows turn upon that evergreen question. The National Gallery’s latest exhibition is ostensibly about one of Degas’s most famous subjects, Miss La La, Paris circus star, drawn and painted by him many times but to -
Glamour to ghost town: the fate of one Cypriot beach resort – in pictures
via theguardian.comOnce a glamorous destination that attracted the likes of Elizabeth Taylor and Abba, the Cypriot resort of Varosha was abandoned on 14 August 1974 when Turkey invaded. For 50 years, the town has been deserted, but in 2020 it was opened up to tourists. British-Cypriot writer and editor Alex Christofi and his father were some of the first people to be granted admission, while Alex was researching his new book on the history of Cyprus. “I felt quite dissociated as it was difficult to process w -
Shruthi Rajasekar shares her unique process of fusing genres
via artsjournal.comShruthi Rajasekar, composer and vocalist, shares her process for curating programs that fuse genres and disciplines. -
Provincial Spanish town challenges cities by showing 120 Renaissance works
via theguardian.comMajor art exhibition in Alba de Tormes aims to break cultural stranglehold of Madrid and BarcelonaIn an elegant but unfinished basilica 100 miles from Madrid as the crow – or in this case the stork – flies, some of the hidden and long-dispersed religious treasures of the Spanish Renaissance have been gathered together for an unlikely and potentially pioneering exhibition.Although Alba de Tormes has a rich and turbulent history – it is home to both the illustrious House of Alba -
Left-behind Spanish town challenges cities by showing 120 Renaissance works
via theguardian.comMajor art exhibition in Alba de Tormes aims to break cultural stranglehold of Madrid and BarcelonaIn an elegant but unfinished basilica 100 miles from Madrid as the crow – or in this case the stork – flies, some of the hidden and long-dispersed religious treasures of the Spanish Renaissance have been gathered together for an unlikely and potentially pioneering exhibition.Although Alba de Tormes has a rich and turbulent history – it is home to both the illustrious House of Alba -
‘I don’t know if I like it’: artist finally shown at Royal Academy after 31 attempts
via theguardian.comAlison Aye’s work will be seen alongside 481 other new exhibitors at the Summer ExhibitionArtist Alison Aye had a surprising reaction to being accepted for this year’s Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy. Founded in 1769, it’s the world’s oldest open submission show – a chance for hobbyist painters to hang next to Turner prize-winners and artists such as Tracey Emin and David Hockney, with everything for sale.The 58-year-old textile and collage artist, who is bas -
‘After months of social distancing, my whole family came together’: Matteo Fagiolino’s best phone picture
via theguardian.comThe Italian photographer on capturing a moment of peace on the Rimini riviera during a difficult timeAs a portraitist and wedding photographer, Matteo Fagiolino likes to reflect his subjects’ personalities in his work. This photograph was taken after the first Covid lockdown ended, at the beach at Torre Pedrera, a town on the Rimini riviera in Italy.“It was a summer afternoon after months of social distancing,” he says. “It had been so long since my whole family had spent -
From Bad Boys to Charli XCX: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment
via theguardian.comWill Smith and Martin Lawrence are back for more quippy explosion larks, and the singer returns with a sassy statement of intentBad Boys: Ride Or Die
Out now
Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are back, almost 30 years on from their first buddy cop outing, as Mike and Marcus, the eponymous bad boys. Treats in store include mafia hijinks, a frame job on Captain Howard (Joe Pantoliano), corruption in the Miami police department and, naturally, plenty of wisecracks. Catherine Bray Continue reading... -
Los Angeles, City Of Opera
via msn.comThe expected grandeur, the time and space business, the big emotions, big ideas and big voices, we’ve got it all. That’s to be expected. But what really sets opera in L.A. apart is the art form’s movement in new and profound ways can come from the unexpected sources. – Los Angeles Times (MSN) -
AI’s Art Style Problem
via news.artnet.comThis seems like the reality that these A.I. tools will force us to reckon with: They promise to do for style what the internet did for content, dramatically eroding its value by making it easily portable. – Artnet -
Neuroscience Study: Negative Artist Bio Information Influences Perception Of Their Art
via psypost.orgResearchers found that after learning negative information about the artists, participants rated the paintings less favorably. Specifically, paintings by artists associated with negative biographical details were liked less, found more arousing, and judged to be of lower quality compared to those associated with neutral information. – PsyPost -
Is AI Leading Us To Rethink Art?
via nytimes.comSo why are artists dabbling with A.I.? And do they risk being extinguished by it? – The New York Times -
Florida Grand Opera Appoints A New Director
via msn.comMaria Todaro, an accomplished singer, stage director, fight choreographer and arts entrepreneur is stepping into her biggest role yet, ushering in an ambitious rebrand for Florida’s oldest opera company as the Florida Grand Opera’s new general director. – Miami Herald -
The Cascade Of Calamities At Georgia Ensemble Theatre
via artsatl.orgFor over 20 years, co-founders Bob and Anita Farley successfully ran the company in an inner suburb of Atlanta, and they made plans to pass the reins and retire 18 months apart. But Bob suddenly died, and his successor as artistic director left town before starting the job. Then came the pandemic. – ArtsATL -
San Francisco Opera, On A Financial Cliff, Looks To Asia
via sfstandard.comAs the West’s oldest still-operational opera company faces a steep financial cliff, there’s another aria being sung across the Pacific Ocean—one SF Opera stands to benefit from. “If there was a big growth market for opera at the moment,” SFO Director Matthew Shilvock said, “it is in China.” – San Francisco Standard -
Scenes From The Fraud Trial Of Ozy Founder Carlos Watson
via niemanlab.org“Carlos was now in the mode of trying to manage the crisis,” co-founder Samir Rao (who has confessed and is cooperating with prosecutors) testified. “He said he needed to call members of the board and say that I had a mental break or mental health episode.” – Nieman Lab -
Archaeologists Discover Stunning Blue Room In Pompeii
via euronews.comThe stunning blue-ground walls are decorated with female figures representing the four seasons and allegorical representations of agriculture and pastoralism, according to experts. – Euronews -
Can Saudi Arabia Really Remake Itself Into A Welcoming, Glamorous Travel Destination?
via nytimes.comThe Kingdom “is now marketing itself to two sets of travelers with increasingly divergent — and sometimes contradictory — expectations: luxury tourists at ease with bikinis and cocktails, and pilgrims prepared for modesty and strict religious adherence. It’s hard to know whether the kingdom can satisfy both without antagonizing either.” – The New York Times -
Book Publishing Is A Collaborative Art. Time To Acknowledge Everyone Who Works On It
via lithub.comUnseen and unacknowledged labor is as central to book publishing as Republican politicians being overpaid to write books that no one except their own political action committee actually buys. – LitHub -
Hot In London: Immersive Theatre With A Meal
via artsjournal.comStriving for a high-level experience also means embedding accuracy into the menu itself. For The Great Murder Mystery, the team at the Lost Estate spent hours researching the cuisine and cooking styles of the 1800s, with the big inspiration coming in the form of the “Gordon Ramsay of the day”, the French chef Alexis Soyer. – The Stage -
To see work by many black artists, go to the V&A | Letters
via theguardian.comRosemary Haworth-Booth on how she started acquiring works in the late 1980s, when other galleries failed to take an interestGavin Jantjes is right to say that many British art institutions deployed kneejerk/stopgap responses in retrospective collecting (UK galleries rushed to diversify art after Black Lives Matter, artist says, 4 June). However, many provincial galleries like Bradford, Rochdale, Coventry and Birmingham were ahead of the game in either collecting or exhibiting. It was indeed the -
The Astoundingly Rapid Fall Of Conductor François-Xavier Roth
via van-magazine.comIt took about two days for this lavishly-praised maestro to lose or cancel all his future engagements, and he’ll likely be fired from his positions. Yet why was Roth’s behavior (sexting musicians) treated so much more harshly than, say, Gardiner’s or Barenboim’s (screaming and hitting them)? – Van -
Finally Fed Up With Instagram, Hundreds Of Thousands Of Artists Leave For Startup Rival
via techcrunch.comArtists have finally had enough with Meta’s predatory AI policies, but Meta’s loss is Cara’s gain. An artist-run, anti-AI social platform, Cara has grown from 40,000 to 650,000 users within the last week, catapulting it to the top of the App Store charts. – TechCrunch -
Here’s Benjamin Millepied’s First Big Event With His Paris Dance Project
via nytimes.com“The Paris Dance Project, which Millepied formed last year with Solenne du Haÿs Mascré, is not a dance company, but an organization that creates educational programs and accessible performances. La Ville Dansée (‘the dancing city’), part of the Cultural Olympiad …, is its biggest splash yet.” – The New York Times -
Folks In Portland, Maine Can’t Agree On Whether Or How To Expand The Museum Of Art
via msn.comThe museum’s director, backed by the city council, thinks it’ll take the amenities in a new $100 million building to attract visitors back to pre-COVID levels. Others think such a building doesn’t belong in Portland’s historic district and worry the museum can’t afford to operate and maintain it. – The Boston Globe (MSN) -
Remember When The Berkshire Museum Sold Its Norman Rockwells And Other Art? Here’s What It’s Doing With The Money.
via msn.comThe $53 million in proceeds from the 2018 sale is funding a major renovation and redesign of the building as the museum, located in Pittsfield, Mass., narrows its focus away from art to science and local history. – The Boston Globe (MSN)
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