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☆ A provocative new work from the artist behind that duct taped banana tackles gun violence in America
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Gareth Harris | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by The Art Newspaper, an editorial partner of CNN Style. (CNN) — The Italian artist and provocateur Maurizio Cattelan shines a light on gun violence and the divisions in US society in a new installation at Gagosian in New York City. “We live in a world where the rich are getting richer and the poor are becoming poorer,” Cattelan told The Art Newspaper. America was about wealth, and this new work is about violence and wealth,” he added. Read more stories from The Art Newspaper here.

Persons: —, provocateur Maurizio Cattelan, “, ” Cattelan, Solomon, Gagosian, Francesco Bonami, Maurizio Cattelan's, Kevin Frayer, ”, Read Organizations: The Art, CNN, Art, Guggenheim Museum, Gagosian, UCCA, Contemporary Art, Art Basel Locations: New York City, Brooklyn, Europe, ‘ America, United States, America, Beijing, China, Miami Beach

☆ JR punches a tunnel through Milan’s central railway station in latest optical illusion
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Leah Dolan | James Imam | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by The Art Newspaper, an editorial partner of CNN Style. CNN —The French street artist JR has unveiled perhaps his most complex Italian trompe l’oeil illusion piece yet, turning a square outside Milan’s Stazione Centrale railway station into a temporary exhibition site of epic proportions. Entitled La Nascita (The Birth), the piece evokes a rugged Alpine terrain with layered black-and-white images. However, while the Florence and Rome projects consisted of flat images mounted onto the fronts of the buildings, in Milan JR has tried to create a sense of depth. “While the exhibition is temporary, even when it’s gone visitors will never see (the station) in the same way,” JR said.

Persons: JR, ” JR, Piazza Duca D’Aosta, Covid, ”, ” Gabriel Bouys, —, Benito Mussolini, King Vittorio Emmanuele III, Palazzo Strozzi, Rome’s Palazzo Farnese, it’s Organizations: The Art, CNN, Art, Getty, Stazione Centrale, Milan JR Locations: Milan’s Stazione Centrale, Piazza Duca, AFP, Italy, France, Milan, Florence, Rome

☆ A riot of colors and religious iconography, this home was designed for apocalyptic times
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-14 | by ( Allison C. Meier | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Calling himself the Prophet Isaiah, Robertson spent years painting elaborate wooden cut-out shapes with symbols, including stars and crosses in a riot of colors, to adorn his home — inside and out. He said it was God moving his hand.”Preserving ‘something magical’Born in Jamaica in 1947, Robertson moved to Canada as a young adult before relocating to Niagara Falls in 2004. Despite having one of the country’s leading tourist destinations, the city of Niagara Falls has experienced a population loss since the 1960s, alongside the economic fallout experienced by many Rust Belt communities. Randy Duchaine/Alamy Stock PhotoAfter Kohler Foundation acquired the site, the art preservation company B.R. In October 2023, the site was gifted to the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area (NFNHA) for its future stewardship.

Persons: Isaiah Robertson, Isaiah, Robertson, “, ”, Fred Scruton, Isaiah’s, Scruton, Liesl Testwuide, God, Randy Duchaine, Christ, Braeden Howard, Sara Capen, Capen Organizations: The Art, CNN, Kohler Foundation, Howard & Associates, Seven Seals, Niagara, Heritage Area Locations: Niagara, Jamaica, Canada, Niagara Falls, Wisconsin, Western, York, Ontario

☆ Most countries have made ‘little or no progress’ in returning Nazi-looted art, report finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Carlie Porterfield | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Of the 47 nations that endorsed the 2009 Terezin Declaration, which incorporated the principles, seven have made major progress, three have made substantial progress, 13 have made some progress and some 24 countries have made little or no progress, according to Tuesday’s report. “This report underscores the critical need for advancement in art and cultural property restitution,” Gideon Taylor, the president of WJRO, said in a statement. The 13 countries that have made some progress include Argentina, Belgium, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland and Serbia. Frederick Florin/AFP/Getty ImagesMost countries that signed onto the Terezin Declaration have made little or no progress, according to the report. This marks the first governmental document on Holocaust restitution to be endorsed in nearly 15 years, a step WJRO said will help advance the restitution of art and cultural property.

Persons: CNN —, —, restitutions, ” Gideon Taylor, WJRO, Frederick Florin, Antony J, Blinken, ”, Stuart E, “, Colette Avital Organizations: The Art, CNN, Jewish, Organization, Washington Conference, Washington, Palais Rohan Museum, Getty, WJRO, US State Department, of Holocaust Locations: Nazi, Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Netherlands, Argentina, Belgium, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Strasbourg, AFP, Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Ireland, Russia, Spain, Turkey, New York, Washington, Israel

☆ Italy donates 3D-printed replica of statue destroyed by ISIS to Iraq
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( James Imam | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Italy has donated a reconstructed Assyrian statue to Iraq in a gesture former culture minister Francesco Rutelli described as a “miracle” of Italian cultural diplomacy. Constructed in the ninth century BC, the 5-meter-tall (16-foot) “Bull of Nimrud” was destroyed by ISIS fighters in 2015, before Italian artisans made a copy of the monument using 3D-printing technology. The replica, which was previously displayed at the Colosseum in Rome and the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, has now been permanently relocated outside the entrance to the Basrah Museum in the Iraqi city of Basra. "The Bull of Nimrud," a full-sized reconstruction of the bull figure from the ancient Assyrian city Nimrud, on display in the "Reborn from Destruction" exhibition at the Colosseum in October 2016. The “Bull of Nimrud,” which stood at the site and is a symbol of the Assyrian civilization, was among the destroyed monuments.

Persons: Francesco Rutelli, Nimrud, ” Gennaro Sangiuliano, ” Rutelli, Civiltà, meanwhile, Klaus Blume, Nicola Salvioli, ”, Shalmaneser III, Ashurnasirpal, Abdul Latif Rashid Organizations: The Art, CNN, CNN —, ISIS, UNESCO, Basrah Museum, Associazione, Facebook, of Bel Locations: CNN — Italy, Iraq, Rome, Paris, Iraqi, Basra, “ Italy, Nimrud, Mosul, Ashurnasirpal, Palmyra, Ebla, Italy

☆ Caspar David Friedrich: The German artist’s rise from obscurity to fame
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Catherine Hickey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Caspar David Friedrich's work "Man and Woman Contemplating the Moon." Staatliche Museen zu BerlinThe Berlin exhibition, “Caspar David Friedrich: Infinite Landscapes,” will examine the Nationalgalerie’s role in rediscovering the artist at the beginning of the 20th century. Thanks to the royal purchases, Berlin has one of the most significant collections of Friedrich works in the world. SHK/Hamburger Kunsthalle/bpkThe German museums were in discussion about loans from Russia before February 2020, Verwiebe says. In 1974, long queues formed for a Friedrich exhibition at the Hamburger Kunsthalle marking his 200th birthday.

Persons: —, Caspar David Friedrich, Alte, Dresden’s, Caspar David Friedrich's, “ Caspar David Friedrich, Birgit Verwiebe, Friedrich, Clemens Brentano, Heinrich von Kleist, Frederick William IV, ”, Frederick William III, Charlotte, Tsar Nicholas I, Friedrich's, Verwiebe, — Hitler, London’s Tate, Christina Grummt, Friedrich sketchbook, Gerhard Richter, Julian Charrière, Olafur Eliasson, Ulrike Rosenbach, Kehinde Wiley, “, ” Grummt Organizations: The Art, CNN, Hamburg’s Kunsthalle, zu, Berlin Academy, SHK, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Staatliche, Villa Grisebach, Kunst, Metropolitan Museum of Art Locations: Germany, Weimar, Greifswald, Friedrich’s, zu Berlin, Berlin, Dresden, Oakwood, ”, Russia, Hermitage, St Petersburg, Hamburger, Ukraine, German, Villa, Greenland, Hamburg, Winterthur, New York

☆ Artist Carl Andre, known for minimalist sculptures and a murder trial, dies at 88
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Wallace Ludel | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

American artist and sculptor Carl Andre pictured at London's Whitechapel Gallery in London on March 15, 1978. Andre’s work often consisted of industrially fabricated forms made from simple, raw material — such as metal, granite, wood, and brick — arranged in free-standing patterns. His death passing was confirmed on Wednesday by the Paula Cooper Gallery, with which the artist had worked since 1964. “My father always said, ‘I am old school and European, and my wife does not work,’” Andre told the magazine. Ken Hively/Los Angeles Times/Getty ImagesIn 1970, after just over a decade in New York, Andre received his first major museum survey, at the Guggenheim Museum.

Persons: Carl Andre, — Carl Andre, Paula Cooper, Ana Mendieta, Andre, ” Andre, George Andre —, “, Margaret Johnson, ‘, ’ ” Andre, ”, Frank Stella, Stella —, “ They’re, They’re, Ken Hively, Peter Schjeldahl, “ Andre, Mendieta, Helen Molesworth, Angeles’s Museum of Contemporary Art —, “ Carl Andre, Melissa Kretschmer Organizations: The Art, CNN, Phillips Academy, Kenyon College, Army, Northeastern University —, Tate, Los Angeles Times, Guggenheim Museum, The New York Times, Dia Beacon, Angeles’s Museum of Contemporary Art, Artforum Locations: London, American, New York City, Quincy , Massachusetts, United States, Sweden, “ The, Andover , Massachusetts, Beverly Hills, New York, Greenwich Village

☆ Spain Museum Can Keep Nazi-Looted Painting, Judges Say
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-11 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A US court said Spain could keep a priceless painting looted by the Nazis from its Jewish owner. The Spanish-backed nonprofit didn't know the painting was looted when it bought the collection, the judges said, giving it a stronger claim within Spanish law. Advertisement"Under California law the plaintiffs would recover the art, while under Spanish law they would not," they wrote. "Thus, Spanish law must apply." It argued that neither the Spanish state-backed nonprofit nor Thyssen-Bornemisza knew the painting was stolen when he bought it.

Persons: —, Lilly Neubauer, Camille Pissarro's, Neubauer, Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen, Bornemisza, Claude Cassirer, Sam Dubbin, Spain's, Consuelo Callahan Organizations: Service, Saint, Business, Madrid's, Nacional Thyssen, Guardian, Madrid's Museo Nacional Thyssen, US, Appeals, Art, Los Angeles Times, Thyssen, Times Locations: Spain, Germany, Paris, Pissarro's, Spanish, California

The upheaval at Documenta is just one example of how Europe’s art world is being torn by debates about Israel and Gaza, as some institutions have moved to postpone the shows of artists who have criticized Israel. Documenta was initially staged in 1955 as the first large-scale exhibition in West Germany of the art of the European avant-garde. It was a direct response to the Degenerate Art Show, the denunciatory exhibition of modern art staged by the Nazis in Munich in 1937. Although the mural was taken down, it set off a monthslong debate in Germany’s art world about antisemitism, Palestinian activism and Germany’s relationship to formerly colonized countries. Hoskote said Documenta was one of the art world’s greatest events, partly because it had always been a forum for new ideas.

Persons: Documenta’s, — Simon Njami, Gong Yan, Kathrin, Inés Rodríguez, —, ”, Bracha Lichtenberg Ettinger, Ranjit Hoskote, Anaïs Duplan, Ai Weiwei, ” Ai, Ai, Galerie Max Hetzler, Lisson’s, Claudia Roth, Documenta, Hoskote Organizations: Venice Biennale, Folkwang, Israel, Art Newspaper, Galerie Max, Berlin, Die Locations: Israel, Kassel, Germany, Gaza, Venice, India, Essen, Haitian, United States, B.D.S, London, Lisson, New York, Paris, West Germany, Munich, Nazi, Indonesia

☆ An American soldier stole a 300-year-old painting during World War II. It made an unusual journey back to Germany.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Marielle Descalsota | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A stolen painting was returned to Germany after going missing for over 78 years. Someone had previously tried to sell the painting in the Chicago art market in 2011. AdvertisementAdvertisementA stolen painting belonging to Germany made an unusual journey home on Thursday after going missing for over 78 years, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. AdvertisementAdvertisementAlte Pinakothek and researchers at Art Recovery International verified the painting as being Lauterer's original artwork in 2022, Marinello told Insider. It's not the first time a stolen painting has been recovered from US soldiers who served in World War II.

Persons: —, Johann Franz Nepomuk Lauterer, Christopher Marinello, Marinello, Lauterer, It's Organizations: FBI, Service, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Art, International, Chicago, Alte Locations: Germany, Chicago, Bavarian, Munich, Vienna, Italy, Dessau

☆ Six paintings stolen from Dutch town of Medemblik left on art detective’s doorstep
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Senay Boztas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by The Art Newspaper, an editorial partner of CNN Style. (CNN) — Six paintings stolen from an old town hall in the small coastal town of Medemblik in north Holland have been returned via an unusual doorstep delivery to an art detective nearly 40 miles away in Amsterdam. Brand, dubbed the "Indiana Jones of the Art World," made international headlines last month after recovering a stolen work by Van Gogh. A spokeswoman for the Medemblik municipality told The Art Newspaper that the find was a surprise. “But,” he added, “I have asked for a book voucher.”Read more stories from The Art Newspaper here.

Persons: Arthur Brand, Van Gogh, Holland, ”, “, Brand, Indiana Jones, ” Brand, King Radboud, Prince William of Orange, Maurits of Orange, Count Jan van Nassau, Queen Wilhelmina, “ It’s, Radboud, Jeroen Broeders Organizations: The Art, CNN, Art Newspaper, France, Getty Locations: Medemblik, Holland, Amsterdam, AFP, Nuenen, ”

☆ Roman Abramovich and ex-wife Dasha Zhukova amassed a 'stupendous' art collection worth almost $1 billion, leaked documents reveal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Roman Abramovich and his ex-wife have an art collection worth close to $1 billion, leaked documents revealed. Works by Freud, Hockney, and Picasso are among the 367 items in the collection, The Guardian reported. Before oligarchs' assets were seized by the UK last year, Zhukova took majority control of the collection. Filip FilipovicAbramovich was among seven Russian oligarchs sanctioned by the UK in March last year. His assets, including Chelsea soccer club, were frozen and his $700 million superyacht, on which pieces from the art collection are believed to be displayed, was seized.

Persons: Roman Abramovich, Freud, Hockney, Picasso, Zhukova, Dasha, OCCRP, Monet, Andrew Renton, Francis Bacon's, Abramovich, Lucian Freud's, Cate Gillon, Vladimir Putin's, Putin's, Filip Filipovic Abramovich, Meritservus Organizations: Guardian, Service, The Guardian, Goldsmiths, University of London, Chelsea soccer, Government Locations: Wall, Silicon, Cyprus, London, Ukraine, Britain

☆ Picasso masterpiece depicting his young mistress sells for $139 million at Sotheby’s auction
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A Picasso masterpiece entitled “Femme à la montre” fetched more than $139 million on Wednesday, becoming the second most valuable work by the artist ever sold at auction. The 1932 oil painting took center-stage at a two-day event at Sotheby’s in New York, at the sale of late philanthropist Emily Fisher Landau’s private collection. She is pictured here in front of Fernand Léger's "Étude pour Les Constructeurs" in her home in Manhattan in 2002. In a statement announcing the sale in September, Julian Dawes, Sotheby’s head of Impressionist & Modern Art for the Americas, said: “Picasso’s ‘Femme à la Montre’ is a masterpiece by every measure. Andy Warhol's 1986 self portrait will also be auctioned as part of Fisher Landau's collection.

Persons: CNN —, ”, Emily Fisher, Emily Fisher Landau, Fernand Léger's, ” Marie, Thérèse Walter, Picasso, London’s, Julian Dawes, Sotheby’s, ” Picasso, Walter, Olga Khokhlova, Galerie Georges Petit, Fisher Landau, Andy Warhol's, Fisher, Mark Rothko, Andy Warhol, Willem de Kooning, Jasper Johns, Ed, fenêtre, Thérèse, Picasso’s Organizations: CNN, London’s Tate, Art, Galerie, Lloyds Locations: New York, Manhattan, Paris, Americas, Russian, Ukrainian, Georgia, London, Marie

☆ Picasso portrait of mistress Marie-Thérèse Walter could sell for over $120 million at auction
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A Picasso masterpiece entitled “Femme à la montre” is expected to fetch more than $120 million when it goes up for auction this fall. Sotheby'sThe piece, which measures 51¼ x 38 inches (130 x 96.5 centimeters), depicts Picasso’s lover and “golden muse” Marie-Thérèse Walter, who featured in many of his portraits. In a statement announcing the sale, Julian Dawes, Sotheby’s head of Impressionist & Modern Art for the Americas, said: “Picasso’s ‘Femme à la Montre’ is a masterpiece by every measure. The artist painted “Femme à la montre” in August 1932, soon after the retrospective at the Galerie Georges Petit in Paris ended. Andy Warhol's 1986 self portrait will also be auctioned as part of Fisher Landau's collection.

Persons: Emily Fisher Landau, Fernand Léger's, ” Marie, Thérèse Walter, Picasso, London’s, Julian Dawes, Sotheby’s, ” Picasso, Walter, Olga Khokhlova, ”, Galerie Georges Petit, Fisher Landau, Andy Warhol's, Fisher, Mark Rothko, Andy Warhol, Willem de Kooning, Fisher Landau’s, fenêtre, Thérèse, Picasso’s Organizations: CNN, London’s Tate, Art, Galerie, Lloyds Locations: New York, Manhattan, Paris, Americas, Russian, Ukrainian, Georgia, London, Marie

☆ Treasures from Rothschild family collection fetch over $62 million at unprecedented auction
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Carlie Porterfield | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A vast collection of art, furniture, silver, ceramics, and jewelry long held in the private collection of the Rothschild banking dynasty sold for more than $62.6 million over several auctions at Christie’s New York. The sales, which concluded on Tuesday, marked the first dedicated auction in North America of works from the French branch of the long-time banking family. Coincidentally, the cameo last came to auction at Christie’s in 1899, when it sold for £3,750 (about £395,000 or $496,000, in today’s money), shortly before it is believed to have entered the Rothschild collection. We don’t get a bulk of this type of material coming up for sale anymore,” Rendell said. As for why the family chose to sell the collection now, Rendell believes it may have been a “rationalization” and a “generational shift” in attitude.

Persons: Rothschild, Baron James Mayer de Rothschild, Betty, Alphonse, Gerrit Dou’s, Claudius, ”, Jonathan Rendell, “ It’s, James Mayer de Rothschild, Rendell, ” Rendell, Read Organizations: The Art, CNN, Christie’s, Old Masters Locations: York, North America, Christie’s, Christie’s Americas, New York, Europe

☆ Treasures from Rothschild family collection could fetch $30 million at unprecedented auction
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Carlie Porterfield | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A vast collection of art, furniture, silver, ceramics, and jewelry long held in the private collection of the Rothschild banking dynasty is expected to sell for as much as $30 million over several auctions this fall at Christie’s New York. The sales will mark the first dedicated auction in North America of works from the French branch of the long-time banking family. A German silver-gilt mounted nautilus cup and cover estimated to fetch between $100,000 and $150,000 at auction. Coincidentally, the cameo last came to auction at Christie’s in 1899, when it sold for £3,750 (about £395,000 or $496,000, in today’s money), shortly before it is believed to have entered the Rothschild collection. As for why the family is selling the collection now, Rendell believes it may be a “rationalization” and a “generational shift” in attitude.

Persons: Rothschild, Baron James Mayer de Rothschild, Betty, Alphonse, Gerrit Dou’s, Claudius, ”, Jonathan Rendell, “ It’s, James Mayer de Rothschild, Rendell, ” Rendell, Read Organizations: The Art, CNN, Christie’s, ” Locations: York, North America, Christie’s, Christie’s Americas, New York, Europe

☆ Archaeologists unearth ancient Mayan nose jewelry at dig site in Mexico
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Claire Voon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by The Art Newspaper, an editorial partner of CNN Style. (CNN) — Archaeologists working in the ruins of Palenque, an ancient city in the southeastern Mexican state of Chiapas, have found a centuries-old, intricately carved Mayan nose ornament made of human bone. The central figure is a Mayan man, shown in profile wearing a headdress and a beaded necklace, and with the Mayan glyph for “darkness” on his arm. The bone was buried in what archaeologists believe was a ritual deposit, interred between 600CE and 850CE to commemorate the completion of a building. When worn, the ornament would have sat on the bridge of the nose, creating a continuous line from the forehead to the tip of the nose.

Persons: K, Arnoldo González Cruz, González Cruz, Janaab Pakal, Read Organizations: The Art, CNN, —, National Institute of Anthropology, of, Unesco Locations: Palenque, Mexican, Chiapas, of Palenque, 600CE

☆ Painting bought at thrift store for $4 could fetch $250,000 at auction
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Oscar Holland | Carlie Porterfield | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Her joke was no laughing matter, and the painting is now estimated to fetch as much as $250,000 at auction in September. According to specialists at Bonhams Skinner auction house, the seller unknowingly purchased the work at a Savers thrift store in Manchester, New Hampshire, while searching for frames to reuse. The Wyeth painting had been stashed against a wall along with mostly damaged posters and prints, according to the auction house. Bonhams Skinner auction house expects the painting to fetch between $150,000 and $250,000 at September's auction. Auction house specialists believe the publishing company Little, Brown and Company may have passed the work along to an editor or to the author’s estate.

Persons: Wyeth, Skinner, Bonhams Skinner, Lauren Lewis, Andrew Wyeth, Jamie Wyeth, Lewis, ” Lewis, CNN Wyeth, Helen Hunt, Ramona, ”, Brown, Paul Allen’s, Andrew Wyeth’s Organizations: The Art, CNN, Boston Globe, Globe, Microsoft, Christie’s Locations: Maine, Manchester , New Hampshire, N.C, York

☆ Brice Marden, painter revered for his distinctive approach to abstraction, dies at 84
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Wallace Ludel | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Brice Marden, the abstract painter known most widely for his long, winding calligraphic mark-making that stood out against monochromatic backgrounds, has died aged 84. His death was confirmed to CNN by Gagosian, the New York gallery that represented him, via email on Thursday. "Uphill with Center" (2012-15) by Brice Marden. It’s just been an extra thing to think about.”Marden was born October 15, 1938 in Westchester County, just north of New York City. "Cold Mountain 6 (Bridge)" (1989-91) by Brice Marden.

Persons: CNN — Brice Marden, Larry Gagosian, “ Brice Marden, Marden’s, Helen —, —, Brice Marden, Marden, “, ”, ” Marden, Alex Katz, Jon Schueler, Richard Serra, Chuck Close, Celmins, Nancy Graves, Pauline Baez, Joan Baez, Jasper Johns, Johns ’, Édouard Manet, Francisco Goya, Francisco de Zurbarán, Johns, Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Nicholas, Helen Marden, Dorothea Rockburne, Robert Rauschenberg, Matthew Marks, Rosetta Stone Organizations: The Art, CNN, Gagosian, New York Times, Memorial Sloan Kettering, Boston University, Yale, Fine Arts, Rauschenberg Foundation, Jewish Museum, New Locations: New York, Tivoli , New York, Gagosian, Westchester County, New York City, American, Kansas City, Midtown Manhattan, Greece, Maryland

☆ Native American artist Jeffrey Gibson will represent the United States at the 2024 Venice Biennale
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Benjamin Sutton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by The Art Newspaper, an editorial partner of CNN Style. (CNN) — Jeffrey Gibson, the Colorado-born, New York-based artist who is a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and of Cherokee descent, will represent the United States at the 2024 Venice Biennale, becoming the first Indigenous artist to have a solo exhibition in the US Pavilion. Gibson’s work mixes many traditions, combining techniques from Indigenous beading, weaving, metalwork and more with the formal language of hard-edged abstract painting, Pop Art sculpture. For his exhibition in Venice, Gibson will create installations inside the US Pavilion, on its exterior and in its courtyard, incorporating elements of performance and multimedia in addition to static works. Jeffrey Gibson Brian Barlow“The last 15 years of my career have been about turning inward and trying to make something I really wanted to see in the world,” Gibson, reflecting on his selection for the Biennale, told The New York Times.

Persons: — Jeffrey Gibson, Gibson, Jeffrey Gibson Brian Barlow “, ” Gibson, Kathleen Ash, Louis Grachos, Abigail Winograd, Jeffrey, ”, Milby, Venice —, ” Winograd, Ruth, Elmer Wellin, Leigh Bowery, Simone Leigh Organizations: The Art, CNN, Colorado -, Mississippi Band, Choctaw, Institute of American Indian Arts, Bard College, Biennale, New York Times, Portland Art Museum, SITE, Portland Museum of Art, US State Department, Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art, Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College, Biennial, Gallery of Art, Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Denver Art Museum, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Seattle Art Museum Locations: Colorado, New York, United States, Venice, Santa Fe , New Mexico, Navajo, Portland , Oregon, SITE Santa Fe, American, Oregon, New Mexico, Clinton , New York, Bentonville , Arkansas

☆ Netherlands to return nearly 500 looted objects to Indonesia and Sri Lanka
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Senay Boztas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —The Dutch government is returning 478 objects looted during colonial times to Indonesia and Sri Lanka. “It’s the first time we’re following recommendations… to give back objects that should never have been brought to the Netherlands. A collection of jewels, precious stones and silver, the "Lombok treasure" was taken from the Indonesian island of Lombok in 1894. “But what changed is our viewpoint: these objects are to tell the stories of our countries, of our shared history of peoples. A ceremonial handover of objects to the National Museum of Indonesia in Jakarta will take place at the Museum Volkenkunde Leiden on July 10.

Persons: Gunay Uslu, Cannon, ” Uslu, “, …, We’re, we’re, Lilian Gonçalves, Ho Kang, William V , Prince of Orange, Smeulders, ”, ” Smeulders, Gert, Jan van den Bergh, Bergh, Sanders, Van den Bergh Organizations: The Art, CNN, State for Culture, Dutch Council for Culture, National Museum of, Netherlands ’, East India Company, Nazi, Naturalis Biodiversity, Guardian, Art Newspaper, Museum Volkenkunde Leiden Locations: Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, Dutch, Lombok, Bali, Kandy, Netherlands, Indonesian, Europe, Leiden, National Museum of Indonesia, Jakarta

☆ Sorry, pizza purists — a fresco from Pompeii shows Romans were eating a precursor to pizza 2,000 years ago with fruit that resembles pineapple
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A fresco in Pompeii revealed a surprising feast: a bready food that looks like a pizza. It may not qualify as pizza as Pompeii didn't have access to tomatoes or mozzarella, researchers said. The food may be a pizza ancestor, which seems to have been covered in fruit, they said. Parco Archeologico di PompeiThe fresco, which has maintained its vibrant colors throughout the years, is a rare find for archaeologists. Pompeii "never ceases to amaze," said Italian culture minister, Gennaro Sangiuliano, in the press release about the fresco.

Persons: —, Pompeo, plater, Gabriel Zuchtriegel, Gino Sorbillo, Zuchtriegel, hasn't, Gennaro Sangiuliano Organizations: Service, Art, Guardian, Heritage Locations: Italy, Naples, Xenia, Regio IX

☆ Françoise Gilot, artist whose career transcended relationship with Picasso, has died at 101
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Benjamin Sutton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Françoise Gilot, a tireless artist who defied simple categorization — and efforts to define her merely as a footnote in the story of her former lover Pablo Picasso — died Tuesday in New York. The early years of her career coincided with World War II and the Nazi occupation of Paris. In 1970, Gilot married her second husband, Jonas Salk, a virologist who developed one of the first polio vaccines. "Paloma à la Guitare" by Francoise Gilot (1965) was part of Sotheby's (Women) Artists Sale in 2021 in London, England. In 2012, Gagosian staged the first exhibition of Gilot’s work alongside Picasso’s, “Picasso and Françoise Gilot: Paris–Vallauris 1943–1953,” which focused on works made during their relationship.

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☆ Madonna's 'Sex' photos go to auction for the first time at Christie's
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-12 | by ( Carlie Porterfield | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Prints of photographs from Madonna’s wildly popular 1992 coffee table book “Sex” will be available for purchase for the first time at Christie’s New York this fall, part of ongoing projects to mark the 30th anniversary of the controversial publication. In October, over 40 prints first published in “Sex” will go up for sale as part of a special standalone auction. “Thirty years on, ‘Sex’ is still somewhat controversial, but it still reads as a very body-positive, sex-positive book,” Himes said. “Sex” also featured Madonna’s then-boyfriend, rapper Vanilla Ice, and stars like supermodel Naomi Campbell and socialite Tatiana von Fürstenberg. The prints will go on display at Christie's galleries in London, Paris and New York before the October auction.

☆ New York repatriates three antiquities to Yemen after seizing them from Met board member
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Moira Warburton | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

April 28 (Reuters) - New York will return three antiquities worth $725,000 to the people of Yemen, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced on Friday, as part of a criminal investigation into a Manhattan-based private collector. The investigation into White by the Manhattan Antiquities Trafficking Unit "has allowed dozens of antiquities that were ripped from their countries of origin to finally return home," Bragg said. "These are just three of nearly 1,000 antiquities we have repatriated over the past 16 months." In December, the Art Newspaper, a trade publication, reported that the Manhattan district attorney's office had seized $24 million worth of antiquities from White's apartment. The Yemeni pieces will be on temporary display at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington until Yemeni authorities can safely repatriate them.

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