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ArtMaxwell RaabVivian Maier, Self-portrait, Chicago, Illinois, 19561956. © Estate of Vivian Maier. Courtesy of the Maloof Collection and Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York.It was with the quiet click of her Rolleiflex camera that Vivian Maier captured the world around her in permanent frames. From bankers to homeless people sleeping on park benches, to couples embracing, and often even herself: the range of subjects she photographed was extraordinary in the more than 150,000 negatives she shot during her lifetime. For nearly five decades, Maier meticulously documented the life around her wherever she went. Yet her works remained private, stored in boxes…

Welcome to Issue 240 of Landscapes on the Easel, a series in which artists reflect on their workspaces. This week, artists build their own studios, make their own paper, and cherish the creative community around them. Want to participate? Check out our submission guidelines and share a little about your studio with us via this form! All mediums and workspaces are welcome, including your home studio. Cheryl Edwards, Washington, D.C. Describe a typical day in your studio. I wake up early and sit on the porch with a cup of coffee. I thank the day and then start painting. In…

Art MarketMaxwell RaabPortrait of Jonathan Carver Moore. Photo by Kari Orvik. Courtesy of Jonathan Carver MooreJonathan Carver Moore often walks his dog past his eponymous gallery on Market Street in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district and stops to listen to passersby’s reactions to the artworks in the giant glass windows. It may seem like a simple eavesdropping exercise, but for Moore it’s a serious effort to take the local community’s opinions into account.“I know what it’s like to be an outsider,” Moore tells Artsy. As the first openly gay black male gallerist in San Francisco, Moore opened his gallery with the…

Taipei – There is another capital beneath the waves The exhibition at the Fengjia Museum guides visitors through three exhibition halls. The exhibition is a collaboration between artists Xu Jiawei, Zhang Tingtong and Zheng Xianyu, and includes two films that reveal the entanglement between the Taiwanese and Japanese sugar industries, namely “Crystal Seedlings” and the work of the same name. The film installation reflects on the conflict between commercial, colonial and manipulative forces that drive the course of history, opening one scene and unveiling the next, just like the passage of time. The exhibition begins in a building from the…

This autumn, the Courtauld Gallery will present Monet and London: Views of the Thames, an exhibition of paintings created by Claude Monet during his visits to London between 1899 and 1901. This is the first exhibition in the UK dedicated to these works, fulfilling the artist’s dream of showing them in London. The exhibition will open on 27 September 2024 and run until 19 January 2025 at the Savoy Hotel, just 300 metres from where Monet created these works. Monet’s most famous paintings come from his time in the French countryside. However, in recent years, his London series has gained…

There are many memorable moments in the new biography Candy Darling: Dreamer, Idol, Superstarby critics and former Village Voice Columnist Cynthia Carr. Sources say that Peter Hujar, whose prolific and sensitive record of queer New York in the 1970s and 1980s included a striking photograph of Darin on his deathbed, died 13 years later in the same room when the hospital floor was converted into a care center for people living with HIV. Carr also reveals that Darin’s funeral took place in the same room at Campbell Funeral Home on the Upper East Side as Judy Garland’s—a Hollywood connection Darin…

Model, beauty entrepreneur and reality TV star Kendall Jenner recently uploaded photos to Instagram from her recent visit to the Louvre in Paris at midnight, when the museum is closed to the public. She was barefoot, a detail that many people highlighted on social media. Rich and famous stars Keeping Up With The Kardashians She has been in Paris for the past week. In addition to visiting the Louvre, she also rode a horse Fashion World performances and traveled around with her boyfriend, Puerto Rican rapper and singer Bad Bunny. related articles The photo uploaded to Instagram on June 26…

Art MarketMaxwell RaabExterior view of Mira at Gathering Ibiza bar designed by Tai Shani, 2024. Image courtesy of Gathering. Located on Ibiza’s quieter north side, Gathering’s new space features a terrace with fluorescent pink bar stools and a breast-shaped chandelier designed by British artist Tai Shani as part of its in-house restaurant, named Mira after founder Alex Flick’s daughter, a fitting calling card for the London gallery’s experimental approach to projects. Just two years after Gathering opened in London in 2022, Flick has decided to expand to Ibiza, seeing the island’s potential as a hotspot for contemporary art, and the…

Although often introduced as a student of Mark Rothko and Clyfford Still, Abstract Expressionist painter Lawrence Calcano was a master in his own right. He had a successful career at a time when homosexuality was illegal in the United States, not to mention a social taboo, and despite these prejudices, he had his first solo show at the Martha Jackson Gallery in 1955. Jackson was a champion of avant-garde art and had exhibited the work of Willem de Kooning, which was well known. Miss (1950–53) series. Calcagno’s shows were equally successful, attracting Time MagazineThe review noted that the San Francisco…

After months of uncertainty, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council reached an agreement on a new 2025 budget that would restore funding for libraries, parks, museums and cultural institutions that had been slated for cuts. The new budget announced Thursday by the mayor’s office will restore $58 million to the New York, Brooklyn and Queens library systems; $53 million to cultural institutions and museums; and add $15 million to the city’s parks department for maintenance and cleaning efforts. The deal was reached before a midnight deadline on June 30, but full terms have not yet been…