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Marc Glimcher, president and CEO of Pace Gallery, is selling his Palm Beach home for $24.95 million with Sotheby’s International Realty. Built in the 1930s, this six-bedroom, waterfront Art Moderne residence, known as the “Boathouse,” was the first home designed by architect Belford Shoumate in Palm Beach, Florida. The 4,848-square-foot home features a unique nautical design with teak floors, porthole windows, and exposed railings. Located on Lake Way, the home has 65 feet of water frontage and access to the Intracoastal Waterway. Shumate’s design was his first commission in Palm Beach in 1937 and marked a departure from the Mediterranean…
American ArtThe Summer 2024 issue of ICON features a profile on Arlene Shechet, a sculptor known for her modest mixed-media work. As Glenn Adamson writes in his article, Shechet’s stunning exhibition of monumental sculptures, currently on view at Storm King Center for the Arts in upstate New York (through November 10), is “the latest evidence, and perhaps the greatest, of Shechet’s insatiable curiosity.” Dubbed “Girl Group,” the show features heavy metal sculptures made of aluminum and steel, redefined in bold colors like emerald green, chartreuse, and orange. in May, Aiya We caught up with Shechet at Storm King as she…
An independent report recently found that the EG Bührle Foundation’s provenance research into its collection was “inadequate” and that the foundation’s published findings omitted information about many of the works’ previous Jewish owners. The 165-page report was written by Raphael Gross, director of the German Historical Museum, and presented in Zurich on June 28. It was commissioned by the canton and city of Zurich and the board of the Swiss art museum Kunsthaus after critics accused the foundation of “whitewashing” the provenance of its collection. related articles The foundation is named after Emil Georg Bührle, who amassed his wealth through…
On Friday, performance artist Marina Abramović successfully led the audience in a seven-minute silence at Glastonbury, a British music festival that attracts more than 200,000 people each year, to commemorate “a dark moment in human history.” Later that evening, another artist also performed a surprise stunt: Banksy, who is known for his murals and graffiti works on city streets. At the Glastonbury Festival, Banksy threw an inflatable raft into the crowd during a performance by British band Idles. guardianWhen the raft incident was first reported, the band didn’t know about Banks’ stunt until after it happened. related articles Banksy’s latest…
On Friday, performance artist Marina Abramović successfully led the audience in a seven-minute silence at Glastonbury, a British music festival that attracts more than 200,000 people each year, to commemorate “a dark moment in human history.” Later that evening, another artist also performed a surprise stunt: Banksy, who is known for his murals and graffiti works on city streets. At the Glastonbury Festival, Banksy threw an inflatable raft into the crowd during a performance by British band Idles. guardianWhen the raft incident was first reported, the band didn’t know about Banks’ stunt until after it happened. related articles Banksy’s latest…
Updated: June 28, 2024 at 11:00 AM ET: On the evening of June 27, after this article was published, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Council Speaker Adrian Adams announced a comprehensive restoration of funding for libraries and cultural institutions, restoring $58.3 million in funding to the City’s three public library systems and $53 million in funding to the Cultural Institutions Group and Cultural Development Fund recipients. DCLA’s total budget has not yet been released. Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council will release the city’s adopted budget for fiscal year 2025 by July 1, following a year of…
Grant Wood’s masterpiece is reimagined for the 2024 election season (Editor Valentina Di Liscia/Allergicall social media screenshots are from Allergic） Last night, President Joe Biden and felon Donald Trump went head-to-head in a historic presidential debate that was somehow even more unprofessional than we had expected. The debate highlighted the broader crisis and desperation in America, underscoring the widespread perception that Biden’s campaign was vaguely directed toward elder abuse, while Trump’s campaign, while hilariously unserious, would have us hurtling toward unbridled fascism. As always, we have to find ways to laugh so we don’t cry, and last night’s depressing content…
Activists from ACT UP and Jewish Voice for Peace stage an art-filled event at the AIDS Memorial (Photo by Alexa Wilkinson, all images courtesy of Jewish Voice for Peace and ACT UP) Ahead of the grand opening of the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, activists from ACT UP and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) dropped two banners at the New York City AIDS Memorial in Greenwich Village, calling on President Biden to stop funding Israel’s ongoing attacks on Gaza. The event takes place in the early morning hours of June 28, during which Biden will visit the Lower Manhattan neighborhood,…
As soon as I walked into La MaMa Galleria, I knew I was in for a treat. A video played in the gallery’s front window, showing Korean artist Jiwon Rhie being repeatedly slapped by a hand-shaped installation she made. From the lines on her face to her bobbed hair that sways back and forth, it’s clear that Rhie’s fascination with movement and incongruity will take root in her Suddenly, the image explained everythingthe exhibition will run until this Sunday (June 30). Jiwon Rhie’s video work undercurrent (2023) series is displayed in the gallery’s front window At the entrance to the…
This article comes from Allergic’s 2024 Pride Month series, interviewing queer and trans elders in the arts community throughout June. When Deborah Bright began to study her Dream Girl In 1989, just four years after she came out, she launched the Bright Series, and she did more than just make a queer voice in the art world. In this photographic series, she inserts herself into classic film stills alongside leading women and men—infusing them with queer sexual tension with her sleek, androgynous image—playing with sexuality, desire, gender roles, and Hollywood’s untold queer history. As conservative backlash against LGBTQ+ and women’s…