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Art MarketMaxwell RaabPortrait of Jack Shainman. Photo by Vincent Tullo. Courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Diederick Brackens, How to Approach a Foal2024. © Diedrick Brackens. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. “First, you have to really believe in art and love art,” Jack Scheinman tells Artsy from The School, the gallery’s 30,000-square-foot project space in Kinderhook, N.Y. The School, which opened in 2013, embodied Scheinman’s large-scale approach to project planning, a practice he will continue with his newest space in Tribeca, a 20,000-square-foot space in an Italian Renaissance-style building.The new space, which opens on…
On Saturday evening, June 29, the 32nd annual Levee Against Genocide march was held in Manhattan, and the Fogo Azul drum corps broke the tension with an intoxicating and upbeat beat. The organizing committee released a statement on its social media, which it later retracted. There were concerns about the safety of Jewish lesbians attending the march. However, thousands of participants – many of whom showed strong support for Palestine – joined the march from Bryant Park to the fountain in Washington Square Park. The statement withdrawn by the Dyke Parade Committee said anti-Semitism would not be tolerated under any…
Internationally renowned painter and sculptor Audrey Flack died on Friday, June 28, at the age of 93, in East Hampton, New York, of a sudden aortic dissection, her daughter Hannah Marcus and gallery owner Louis K. Meisel have confirmed. Flack is remembered for her groundbreaking work in Abstract Expressionism and as a pioneering female member of the Photorealist movement of the late 1960s and 1970s. Born in 1931 in Brighton Beach to Jewish immigrants, she spent much of her childhood moving around New York City, eventually settling in Washington Heights. In a 2021 podcast interview Allergy Editor-in-Chief Hrag Vartanian and…
ArtAdiola GayeIn this series, Artsy’s curators profile a group of emerging and noteworthy artists whose work is similar in style and spirit to established artists. This month, we feature artists in conversation with David Hockney. The acclaimed British artist’s paintings feature swimming pools, palm trees and characteristic interiors. With a career spanning more than seven decades, Hockney has been the subject of major retrospectives at venues such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Tate Britain, and his work has consistently fetched eight-figure sums at auction. He is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th and…
Published onword puzzle This midsummer puzzle includes Navajo weaver Roy Kady, the Tate Museum branch by the sea, Gee’s Bend quilters, pointillism and more. Support independent arts journalism As an independent publication, we rely on readers like you to fund our journalism and keep our stories and commentary free and available to everyone. If you value our reporting and want to support more of it, please consider becoming a member today. Support independent arts journalism As an independent publication, we rely on readers like you to fund our journalism and keep our stories and commentary free and available to everyone.…
Later this month, the Acropolis Museum in Athens will host a unique exhibition titled A Tale of Two Cities. The first half of the exhibition, which will run until July 16, will focus on the thousands of years of historical and cultural ties between Athens and the Egyptian city of Alexandria, while the second half of the exhibition will be held in October at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the Greco-Roman Museum. The exhibition’s mix of historical and contemporary features is typical of its organizer, French-Egyptian curator and art consultant Nadine Abdel Ghaffar. Nearly 10 years ago, Ghaffar founded the art…
On June 2, Sullivan+Strumpf opened a new, intimate studio space in Singapore’s Kallang district. The project space will complement the gallery’s local and international projects, showcasing works from the gallery’s warehouse or previews of future exhibitions or fair presentations. Sullivan+Strumpf Singapore Studio will kick off with a presentation of work by Singaporean artist Kanchana Gupta, whose Australian solo exhibition will open at Sullivan+Strumpf’s Sydney space from 15 August.After Gupta’s exhibition, the gallery will host a solo exhibition by Spanish painter Carmen Ceniga Prado in September. In addition to intimate exhibitions, the studio will host cultural events throughout the year to…
Ari Moore is an artist, teacher, and activist based in Buffalo. (All images courtesy of the artist) This article comes from Allergic’s 2024 Pride Month series, interviewing queer and trans elders in the arts community throughout June. Artist, teacher, and activist Ari Moore entered Buffalo’s art scene in the 1970s. Today, she’s focused on sharing her decades of knowledge with the next generation. “The art scene in Buffalo is growing, thriving, and dare I say, booming,” she said over Zoom. However, Moore’s time in the art world was not all smooth sailing. After teaching at the AKG Art Museum (formerly…
Many things are sliced in front of the camera BearThe FX series is set in a Chicago restaurant, but the newly released third season features something rather unusual: a human eye. The cracked Peeper appears in a montage in the ninth episode of the season, which also features footage of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger Red shoes (1948), Alfred Hitchcock dizziness (1958) and other famous films. The eyeball shot is also taken from a famous film by Salvador Dali and Luis Buñuel andalusian doga 1929 short film that is considered a cornerstone of Surrealism. related articles andalusian dogLike many other…
ArtArtArt We’re Obsessed With is a monthly series highlighting the art that Artsy staffers can’t stop thinking about, and why. From lesser-known artists our editors stumbled across at local shows to artwork that’s going viral on our platform, these are the pieces of art we’re obsessed with this month.Abdul Salam, Remember, on that day, We will roll up the universe like a scroll. (21:104)2024One of the largest paintings currently on Artsy, this ink painting on canvas by emerging South African artist Abdus Salaam is awe-inspiring in its sheer scale. The painting’s radiant, symmetrical forms bring a sense of tranquility and…