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☆ Barbara Gladstone, 89, Dies; Art Dealer With a Personal Touch and Global Reach
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Will Heinrich | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Barbara Gladstone, an art dealer whose eye for spotting talent and knack for nurturing it helped her to build one of the largest and most influential contemporary art galleries in New York, died on Sunday in Paris. She was 89. Her gallery said her death, in a hospital, was caused by an ischemic event, whose symptoms are similar to those of a stroke. Ms. Gladstone, who was on a working trip to Paris, lived in Manhattan. What brought these disparate artists together on her list was her abiding interest in them personally and the devoted way she husbanded their work.

Persons: Barbara Gladstone, Gladstone, Robert Rauschenberg, Keith Haring, Elizabeth Murray, Matthew Barney, Mario Merz, Alighiero Boetti, Richard Prince, Robert Bechtle, Shirin Neshat, Wangechi Mutu, LaToya Ruby Frazier Organizations: Italian Arte Locations: New York, Paris, Manhattan, Italian

☆ Nairy Baghramian: Rubble Rouser Outside the Met
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Roberta Smith | More About Roberta Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

That is, the four domed niches embedded in the neo-Classical facade of the Met’s main entrance on Fifth Avenue. Each niche frames a plinth and is in turn framed by a pair of robust columns two stories high. The three artists chosen thus far — Wangechi Mutu, Carol Bove and Hew Locke — have done well enough, but it may be best to lower expectations. The Met’s facade is an oppressive windmill to tilt at. All use the past to enliven the sculptural present, erase boundaries between styles and cultures and employ new materials and techniques.

Persons: Mutu, Carol Bove, Hew Locke —, Huma Bhabha, Leilah Organizations: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Center Locations: New York, Iranian, Berlin, Europe, Dallas

☆ Can She Revive the Largest Museum on the African Continent?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Roslyn Sulcas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Kouoh said that she decided to take the job after many conversations with Black colleagues. Kouoh has changed “how the local community see Zeitz,” said the Cape Town-based artist Igshaan Adams, who recently spent eight months in residence there. What influences come from an artist like Issa Samb or Gerard Sekoto to younger artists today? “There is a lot of mutual support, of generosity and care across the continent. I am part of that generation of African art professionals who have pride and knowledge about the beauty of African culture, which has often been defined by others in so many wrong ways.

Persons: Kouoh, Black, ”, Zeitz, William Kentridge, Carsten Holler, Wangechi, Igshaan Adams, “, Koyo, — Tracey Rose, Johannes Phokela, Mary Evans —, Issa Samb, Gerard Sekoto, haven’t, won’t, Okwui Enwezor Locations: Zeitz

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