Arts news

• Cleveland Museum of Art Sues Manhattan DA’s Office Over Seizure of $20 M. Bronze Statue

  19-10-2023 23:43 via artnews.com
  
  The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) filed a lawsuit against the Manhattan District Attorney’s office on Thurday over the earlier seizure of a headless bronze statue, estimated to be worth $20 million. The museum stated in its lawsuit that it “does not question that the New York district attorney sometimes gets it right and returns true stolen items to foreign nations. Based on the evidence adduced thus far and the opinions of experts available to the museum, this is not one of those ti
  
  Read more

• Tension Over the Israel-Hamas War Casts a Pall Over Frankfurt Book Fair

  19-10-2023 23:14 via nytimes.com
  
  Heated debate over the conflict overshadowed the 75th gathering of one of the world’s largest literary events.
  
  Read more

• Vincent Patrick, Chronicler of Hustlers and Mobsters, Dies at 88

  19-10-2023 23:09 via nytimes.com
  
  A novelist and screenwriter, he wrote “The Pope of Greenwich Village” and “Family Business” and brought them both to the big screen.
  
  Read more

• $6 M. Kerry James Marshall Painting Leads Strong Sales at Paris + par Art Basel

  19-10-2023 23:01 via artnews.com
  
  In the opening days of the sophomore edition of Paris + par Art Basel, business appeared exceptionally roobust across the the fair’s participating exhibitors. While French galleries made up a third of the fair’s participants, US and Europe-based mega-galleries and mid-tier outfits saw very strong sales. David Zwirner reportedly sold a Kerry James Marshall painting for a staggering $6 million, in addition to works by Marlene Dumas, Alice Neel, and Michaël Borremans. Hauser + Writ
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Eve Bunting, 94, Dies; Tackled Adult Themes in Children’s Books

  19-10-2023 22:53 via nytimes.com
  
  Many of the more than 250 books she published explored contemporary social issues; others retold fables from her native Northern Ireland.
  
  Read more

• Columbus Letter Beloved by Thieves and Forgers Sells for $3.9 Million

  19-10-2023 21:52 via nytimes.com
  
  A rare pamphlet about Christopher Columbus’s first voyage was auctioned by Christie’s, which said it had taken pains to ensure this one wasn’t forged or stolen.
  
  Read more

• Dinosaur Footprints Safely Extracted from Colorado Golf Course

  19-10-2023 21:37 via artnews.com
  
  A dinosaur footprint was removed from the Fossil Trace Golf Course in Golden, Colorado on Wednesday, CBS News Colorado reported. A team of experts was tasked with removing the dinosaur footprint out of safety concerns. Earlier this month, the organization Friends of Dinosaur Ridge realized that more than 40% of the block containing the footprint was no longer attached to a larger wall. “If it did fall, it weighs so much, it was likely going to shatter itself. So rather than going the whole
  
  Read more

• Mato Peric On His Collection of “Popular Conceptual” Art

  19-10-2023 21:13 via artnews.com
  
  The centerpiece of a recent Michel Majerus survey at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Miami was a vast painting featuring an array of overlaid imagery: Woody from the animated movie Toy Story, graphic design from a box of ice cream sandwiches, and more. The lender of this 23-foot-long work was not a museum but the collector Mato Perić, who has obtained a reputation for buying what he calls “popular conceptual art” by the likes of Alex Da Corte, Cosima von Bonin, Heji Shin, A
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Mato Perić On His Collection of “Popular Conceptual” Art

  19-10-2023 21:13 via artnews.com
  
  The centerpiece of a recent Michel Majerus survey at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Miami was a vast painting featuring an array of overlaid imagery: Woody from the animated movie Toy Story, graphic design from a box of ice cream sandwiches, and more. The lender of this 23-foot-long work was not a museum but the collector Mato Perić, who has obtained a reputation for buying what he calls “popular conceptual art” by the likes of Alex Da Corte, Cosima von Bonin, Heji Shin, A
  
  Read more

• The Shindellas, an R&B Girl Group With an Unlikely Story

  19-10-2023 21:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The trio, brought together by a writing and production team and based just outside Nashville, are hoping for a breakout moment with their second album, “Shindo.”
  
  Read more

• 34 Things To Do In Chicago This Weekend: Arts In The Dark Parade ... - Block Club Chicago

  19-10-2023 20:36 via news.google.com
  
  34 Things To Do In Chicago This Weekend: Arts In The Dark Parade ...  Block Club Chicago
  
  Read more

• NYU Tisch Introduces Online Master of Arts Degree in Producing - New York University

  19-10-2023 19:13 via news.google.com
  
  NYU Tisch Introduces Online Master of Arts Degree in Producing  New York University
  
  Read more

• Kara Walker, Nan Goldin, Tilda Swinton Among 2,000 Cultural Leaders to Demand Ceasefire in Gaza

  19-10-2023 19:00 via artnews.com
  
  Nan Goldin, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Tilda Swinton, Barbara Kruger, and Kara Walker are among the more than 2,000 visual artists, writers, and actors demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza in an open letter circulating online. The signatories say the 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza are suffering a “collective punishment on an unimaginable scale” from Israel and call for “the end of the complicity of our governing bodies in grave human rights violations and war crimes.”&ldq
  
  Read more

• MSU College of Arts and Sciences elevates student success with ... - Mississippi State University

  19-10-2023 18:13 via news.google.com
  
  MSU College of Arts and Sciences elevates student success with ...  Mississippi State University
  
  Read more

• ‘Free Your Mind’ Does Little to Challenge the Brain

  19-10-2023 18:04 via nytimes.com
  
  A huge new performance space in Manchester, England, opened with a show that trumpets the building’s possibilities, but doesn’t push any boundaries.
  
  Read more

• Pittsburgh’s Andy Warhol Museum Announces $45 Million Expansion Proposal

  19-10-2023 17:36 via artnews.com
  
  The Andy Warhol Museum has proposed a $45 million expansion plan that would increase the institution’s footprint by more than 60%, according the Associated Press.The expansion is part of the museum’s “Pop District” initiative, which, according to their website includes a “multi-block public art initiative, a youth-focused, creative economy workforce program, flagship live event & performance venue.”The Pop District initiative was announced i
  
  Read more

• Pittsburgh’s Andy Warhol Museum Announced $45 Million Expansion Proposal

  19-10-2023 17:36 via artnews.com
  
  The Andy Warhol Museum has proposed a $45 million expansion plan that would increase the institution’s footprint by more than 60%, according the Associated Press.The expansion is part of the museum’s “Pop District” initiative, which, according to their website includes a “multi-block public art initiative, a youth-focused, creative economy workforce program, flagship live event & performance venue.”The Pop District initiative was announced i
  
  Read more

• American Museum of Natural History Holds 12,000 Human Remains, Including Indigenous and Enslaved People

  19-10-2023 17:33 via artnews.com
  
  The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) recently announced in an all-staff email last week it is updating its policy on its collection of 12,000 human remains, including repatriation procedures, new storage facilities, and the removal of them from display.Many of the skeletons the museum acquired came from Indigenous and enslaved people that had previously been buried in graves and cemeteries, according to recent reports in Hyperallergic and The New York Times. There are also the remains o
  
  Read more

• Review: Ballet Theater Revisits Its Past With a Hit and Two Misses

  19-10-2023 17:30 via nytimes.com
  
  Susan Jaffe presents her first New York season as American Ballet Theater’s leader, starting with a program of Alexei Ratmansky, Jiri Kylian and Harald Lander.
  
  Read more

• Arts Lawn, a community-centered space in Washington Park ... - UChicago News

  19-10-2023 17:15 via news.google.com
  
  Arts Lawn, a community-centered space in Washington Park ...  UChicago News
  
  Read more

• In Memoriam: Remembering Art Collectors Lost, From Emily Fisher Landau to Sam Zell

  19-10-2023 16:50 via artnews.com
  
  During the past year, a number of collectors died after a lifetime of buying art and, in the process, altering art history. From Chicago to Bangkok, these collectors showed that their practices could be serious endeavors with long-lasting impact on the communities and institutions they supported. To hear about the impact of five collectors, ARTnews enlisted museum directors, curators, and artists to speak about their time with figures like Aaron Levine, Chara Schreyer, and more.
  
  Read more

• A Columbus Letter Beloved by Thieves and Forgers Hits the Market

  19-10-2023 16:47 via nytimes.com
  
  A rare pamphlet about Christopher Columbus’s first voyage is on sale at Christie’s, which said it had taken pains to ensure this one wasn’t forged or stolen.
  
  Read more

• A Stunning Mark Rothko Retrospective in Paris Illuminates the Artist’s Lesser-Known Sides

  19-10-2023 15:40 via artnews.com
  
  For many, Mark Rothko is synonymous with color field painting—large swaths of red and burnt umber that float above moody monochrome-like backgrounds. But he did not arrive at that style overnight, and in Paris, the Fondation Louis Vuitton is tracing his evolution with a grand exhibition spread across four floors of its museum’s Frank Gehry–designed building.Collector and Fondation president Bernard Arnault states in the catalogue that this exhibition, on view until next April,
  
  Read more

• ‘The Vanishing Elephant’ Review: Bringing ‘a Thing of Wonder’ to Life

  19-10-2023 15:00 via nytimes.com
  
  This alluring spectacle at Stage 42, which aims to dazzle audiences 8 and older, makes powerful statements about the rights of both animals and human beings.
  
  Read more

• Takeaways from Britney Spears’s Memoir ‘The Woman in Me’

  19-10-2023 14:53 via nytimes.com
  
  The pop star’s new book, “The Woman in Me,” recounts her rise to fame, struggles that became tabloid fodder and her efforts to escape a conservatorship that long governed her life.
  
  Read more

• ‘Waiting for the Light to Change’ Review: Listless in a Lakeside Cabin

  19-10-2023 13:01 via nytimes.com
  
  In her feature debut, the director Linh Tran tries to capture the longing and inertia between adolescence and adulthood.
  
  Read more

• ‘To Kill a Tiger’ Review: The Survivor Who Refused to Be Shamed

  19-10-2023 13:01 via nytimes.com
  
  In this unflinching documentary, a young girl in rural India and her father fight an entrenched village culture to seek justice for her brutal rape.
  
  Read more

• ‘The Persian Version’ Review: A Bumpy Road Out of Iran

  19-10-2023 13:01 via nytimes.com
  
  An Iranian American woman navigates her family life and her personal life in this semi-autobiographical feature from Maryam Keshavarz.
  
  Read more

• ‘Silver Dollar Road’ Review: Black Land Loss Is Still Happening

  19-10-2023 13:01 via nytimes.com
  
  The 20th century saw a mass dispossession of Black farmers. This intimate documentary focuses on one family’s recent battle to keep their home in North Carolina.
  
  Read more

• ‘Another Body’ Review: A Cowardly New World

  19-10-2023 13:01 via nytimes.com
  
  This film, directed by Sophie Compton and Reuben Hamlyn, follows a woman as she attempts to find the person responsible for posting her face on a deepfake porn video.
  
  Read more

• ‘Young Soul Rebels,’ Isaac Julien’s 1991 Drama, Lands at IFC

  19-10-2023 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A newly restored print of Isaac Julien’s 1991 politically minded musical drama opens Oct. 20 at the IFC Center.
  
  Read more

• ‘The Pigeon Tunnel’ Review: Thinker, Player, Searcher, Spy

  19-10-2023 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Two master performers, the filmmaker Errol Morris and the writer John le Carré, circle the truth in this mesmerizing biographical documentary.
  
  Read more

• Rirkrit Tiravanija’s Bracing MoMA PS1 Survey Is One of the Year’s Best Museum Shows

  19-10-2023 13:00 via artnews.com
  
  Rirkrit Tiravanija’s lively MoMA PS1 show, a strong candidate for the year’s finest New York museum exhibition, is a challenging experience. This is not because the art included is tough—although it does offer plenty of food for thought (and, in a few cases, for digestion, too)—but because the work on hand calls on viewers to do more than merely see it.On at least three occasions, visitors are asked to lie down to experience the works. On two, they are given the opportuni
  
  Read more

• ‘Butcher’s Crossing’ Review: Perilous Country

  19-10-2023 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  This western about the gluttony of westward expansion is saddled with a miscast Nicolas Cage.
  
  Read more

• Madison Arts Center brings theater to Pittsburgh's Hill District - 90.5 WESA

  19-10-2023 11:30 via news.google.com
  
  Madison Arts Center brings theater to Pittsburgh's Hill District  90.5 WESA
  
  Read more

• After 47 Years, the Emerson Quartet Has One More Weekend

  19-10-2023 11:03 via nytimes.com
  
  The group, famed for its rich vitality, easy power and a vast repertory that it recorded prolifically and toured tirelessly, is saying farewell.
  
  Read more

• Thurston Moore on His ‘Sonic Life’

  19-10-2023 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  He helped change the trajectory of rock music with Sonic Youth. But in his new memoir, “Sonic Life,” he’d rather talk about the musicians who enriched his world.
  
  Read more

• Manhattan’s Uptown Armory’s Art Show Benefits a Downtown Group

  19-10-2023 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  A former actress and a felon turned mentor team up for an annual art show that benefits a 130-year-old social service organization.
  
  Read more

• ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Review: An Unsettling Masterpiece

  19-10-2023 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  Martin Scorsese’s three-and-a-half-hour epic, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, is a romance, a western, a whodunit and a lesson in the bloody history of the Osage murders of the 1920s.
  
  Read more

• ‘Golden Bachelor’ Brings Something New to the Mansion: Grief

  19-10-2023 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  When “The Bachelor” squeezes widows and widowers through its melodrama machine, the franchise finally finds true heartbreak.
  
  Read more

• At the Morgan Library and Museum, Money is the Focus

  19-10-2023 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  The museum at the J. Pierpont Morgan mansion uses paintings, books and a clump of coins to examine the ubiquitous role of money through the ages.
  
  Read more

• The Brazilian Artist Chico is Rediscovered

  19-10-2023 11:01 via nytimes.com
  
  A wave of new interest in the artist of Indigenous descent known as Chico shines a light on his dreamlike paintings of animals and the issues of authorship and autonomy that affected his life.
  
  Read more

• The Artist Yinka Shonibare Pushes Back Against Cultural Colonialism

  19-10-2023 11:01 via nytimes.com
  
  Yinka Shonibare, in a New York show, uses African styles and traditions to highlight their integral role in the foundation of modern art.
  
  Read more

• Barbara T. Smith and The Messy Energy of Turning Life into Art

  19-10-2023 11:01 via nytimes.com
  
  The veteran performance artist Barbara T. Smith has a sweeping show at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
  
  Read more

• The Artist Kay WalkingStick Reframes the American Landscape in New Show

  19-10-2023 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In her largest New York museum show, Kay WalkingStick, an 88-year-old Cherokee painter, reminds us that “we’re all living on Indian Territory.”
  
  Read more

• In Santa Fe, a New Museum Brings the Local Art Scene Up to Date

  19-10-2023 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The first show at the new Vladem Contemporary, which opened last month, spotlights works from 1970 to 2000 and centers on New Mexico artists.
  
  Read more

• A South Florida Museum Showcases Food and More, Made of Glass

  19-10-2023 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  An exhibit at the Lowe Art Museum will feature fun and nostalgic works by the artist John Miller. Just don’t take a bite.
  
  Read more

• Liberal Arts students soak in Irish literature and art while studying ... - Pennsylvania State University

  19-10-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Liberal Arts students soak in Irish literature and art while studying ...  Pennsylvania State University
  
  Read more

• Liberal Arts students embrace Spanish history and culture in Cadiz - Pennsylvania State University

  19-10-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Liberal Arts students embrace Spanish history and culture in Cadiz  Pennsylvania State University
  
  Read more

• Liberal Arts student intern advocates for human rights in South Africa - Pennsylvania State University

  19-10-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Liberal Arts student intern advocates for human rights in South Africa  Pennsylvania State University
  
  Read more

Follow @Arts_news_USA on Twitter!