An-My Lê, Oak Tree House I, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, 2024, from Dark Star 2024. Inkjet Print, 48 x 60 in.
NEW YORK, NY.- Marian Goodman Gallery is presenting a solo exhibition of new work by An-My Lê, Dark Star / Grey Wolf, which will be on view until 22 February 2025. The exhibition follows on two important solo museum exhibitions in the United States including her recent 2023 career retrospective, Between Two Rivers/Giữa hai giòng sông/Entre deux rivières at MoMA, and the exhibition On Contested Terrain, at the Carnegie Museum, 2020-2021, which traveled to the Milwaukee Museum, WI, and the Amon Carter Museum, in Fort Worth, TX. In this exhibition, An-My Lê presents two new series of recent photographs, Dark Star and Grey Wolf, continuing her exploration of the contradictory nature of the manifest and the sublime within the contemporary American landscape, and the latter as a present-day locus of technology, power and ambition. In Lê’s work, scale is both temporal and historical, encompassing themes of displacement, war, memory, and resilience. These are present in her ear ... More
Suchi Reddy is an Indian architect, designer, and artist based in NYC.
MUMBAI.- Renowned architect and artist Suchi Reddy unveiled her latest installation, Chromacosm, at the Architecture and Design Film Festival, which ran from January 9 to 12, 2025, at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) in Mumbai, India. This groundbreaking immersive installation, created in collaboration with Asian Paints, celebrated the launch of the brand’s Chromacosm color library – the world's largest architectural paint system, featuring over 5,300 unique shades. Asian Paints’ journey to create the Chromacosm library drew from the rich and diverse traditions of India. Inspired by crafts like Ajrakh and Kalamkari, the collection bridged centuries of artisanal expertise with cutting-edge design and scientific innovation in color. Suchi Reddy’s Chromacosm installation brought this color library to life. Visitors walked through a forest of vertical rods transitioning from black to vivid hues, sy ... More
Portrait of David Lynch. Photo: Mark Berry / @mondovisions.
NEW YORK, NY.- Pace announced the passing of renowned artist and filmmaker David Lynch at age 78. Over the course of more than 50 years, Lynch nurtured a multidisciplinary practice stemming from his early work as a painter that spanned many other mediums, including drawing, photography, printmaking, sculpture, music, and film. Though he was an artist first and foremost, Lynch was widely known as the maker of avant-garde and intensely inventive films such as Eraserhead (1977), The Elephant Man (1980), Blue Velvet (1986), Lost Highway (1997), Mulholland Drive (2001), and Inland Empire (2006), as well as the television series Twin Peaks (1990-91) and Twin Peaks: The Return (2017). He received three Academy Award nominations for Best Director and one for Best Adapted Screenplay, and in 2020 he was awarded an honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement. In his art, Lynch often meditated on moments ... More
Victory Lap features a triumphant sperm whale, its formidable mass crushing a shattered whaleboat beneath it.
PALM BEACH, FL.- Renowned Danish sculptor Bjørn Skaarup unveils his latest masterpiece, Victory Lap, a dynamic and thought-provoking composition that reimagines the eternal struggle between humanity and the natural world. Inspired by the historic Broken Mast Monument in Sag Harbor’s Oakland Cemetery, this sculpture pays homage to the resilience and raw power of the oceans’ most awe-inspiring mammals while reflecting on the perils faced by whalers of a bygone era. Victory Lap features a triumphant sperm whale, its formidable mass crushing a shattered whaleboat beneath it. With breathtaking detail and sweeping movement, the work captures the whale’s victorious counterstrike, a vivid allegory of nature’s indomitable spirit. This powerful scene calls to mind the epitaph of the 1856 Broken Mast Monument, which commemorates six whaling ... More
This beautiful false door, measuring 700mm x 410mm and weighing 23kg, dates to the end of the Old Kingdom/beginning of the First Intermediate Period.
LONDON.- A remarkable piece of ancient Egyptian history, a limestone false door dating back over 4,000 years, is set to be auctioned by Apollo Art Auctions. The piece, estimated to fetch between £30,000 and £50,000, will go to live auction on January 25, 2025, at 1 PM GMT as part of their Fine Ancient Art, Antiquities & Jewellery sale. The starting bid is set at £10,000. This beautiful false door, measuring 700mm x 410mm and weighing 23kg, dates to the end of the Old Kingdom/beginning of the First Intermediate Period, specifically Dynasties VII-VIII (circa 2181-2160 BC). It features a recessed central panel, flanked by two columns and topped with a register of inscribed hieroglyphs. The false door belonged to Ima, a high official at the royal court. His status is evident from the titles inscribed upon it: "King's acquaintance," "Ki ... More
NEW YORK, NY.- David Zwirner is presenting Giorgio Morandi: Masterpieces from the Magnani-Rocca Foundation. Curated by art historian and Morandi scholar Dr. Alice Ensabella and organized in collaboration with the Magnani-Rocca Foundation, the exhibition features an extensive selection of works from across the revered artist’s six-decade long career, all on loan from the Foundation, located in Mamiano di Traversetolo (Parma), Italy. This exhibition is one of the largest in New York to focus on Morandi’s work since Giorgio Morandi: 1890–1964, the artist’s 2008 retrospective at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. It follows and builds on celebrated institutional presentations of the Foundation’s collection of works by Morandi at the Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, London, in 2023 and at Musée de Grenoble in 2021. ... More
The museum’s chief curator will assume leadership of the largest collection of British art outside the UK as public reopening nears. Photo by Nick Mead.
NEW HAVEN, CONN.- Martina Droth, an art historian and curator who has served in a series of prominent roles at the Yale Center for British Art (YCBA) over 16 years, will be the museum’s next Paul Mellon Director, Yale President Maurie McInnis announced today. Now the museum’s deputy director and chief curator, Droth has been an integral part of the YCBA team and an active member of the university community, the president wrote in a message to the Yale community, building “an impressive record of achievement through roles of increasing responsibility, from leading the research division and serving as curator of sculpture to her current post.” “The YCBA,” McInnis said, “will benefit from being led by an art historian and curator who has been instrumental in its success.” Droth begins her new role Jan. 15. Her tenure begins as YCBA prepares to reo ... More
James Siena (American, corn 1957), Acidic Non-Slice, 2005, gouache on paper, The Medford and Loraine Johnston Collection, promised gift to the High Museum of Art. Photo: Mike Jensen.
ATLANTA, GA.- In the mid-1970s, artist and Georgia State University professor Medford Johnston, along with his wife and collaborator Loraine, began collecting works by artists who were in the vanguard of contemporary art. Today, they hold one of the finest collections of postwar American drawings and related objects of its kind, now numbering more than 85 works. In 2025, the High Museum of Art will present “Thinking Eye, Seeing Mind: The Medford and Loraine Johnston Collection” (Jan. 17-May 25, 2025), featuring their collection, which is a promised gift to the museum. With works by artists including Sol LeWitt, Brice Marden, Elizabeth Murray, Martin Puryear, Ed Ruscha, Al Taylor, Anne Truitt, Stanley Whitney and Terry Winters, among others, the exhibition will demonstrate how establishing the parameters of an art collection requires infinite patience, focus, discipline and a keen eye. “The Johnstons have been friends ... More
Methodology of analysis. Sampling with polyvinylsiloxane. Photo: AISACM Project.
XOCHIMILCO.- Imagine a time when the bustling canals of Xochimilco were a vast, shimmering lake, dotted with small islands. Now, archaeologists have uncovered fascinating evidence of how the people who lived on those islands over 6,000 years ago transitioned from nomadic hunter-gatherers to settled farmers – with corn playing a key role. At the San Gregorio Atlapulco archaeological site, located on what was once an islet in the heart of Lake Xochimilco, researchers have discovered remnants of corn, beans, and other domesticated plants on ancient grinding stones. This remarkable finding sheds new light on a crucial period in human history, between 8,000 and 5,500 years ago, when communities in the Southern Basin of Mexico first began to settle down and cultivate crops. For nearly a decade, archaeologists have been carefully excavating and studying this important site. Now, laboratory analysis of grinding tools unearthed between 2013 and 2015 has provided concrete proof of ... More
Larry Fink, Oslin’s Graduation Party - Martins Creek, Pa., 1977. Gelatin Silver Print, 406.4 x 508 mm. Gift of Jeffrey Perry, 2010.3.29.
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Georgetown University Art Galleries opened two new exhibitions for the Spring season: Hung Liu: Happy and Gay, curated by Dr. Dorothy Moss and Georgetown graduate students, on view in the Maria and Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery; and CLoving: Photography from the Georgetown Collection, curated by undergraduate students in collaboration with Prof. Ian Bourland, in the Lucille M. and Richard F.X. Spagnuolo Art Gallery. The exhibitions will be on view from January 17- April 13, 2025. Hung Liu: Happy and Gay presents a selection of oil paintings and prints from a 2011-12 series by Hung Liu, the renowned Chinese American artist (born Changchun, China 1948 - died Oakland, California 2021). The images adapt and subvert Maoist propaganda cartoons that were published during the 1950s in small booklets for children in China. In the series, Liu revisits cartoons of her youth that were ... More
Antón Rafael Mengs, Self-Portrait, 1761 – 1769. Oil on panel, 63 x 50 cm. Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado.
MADRID.- The Museo Nacional del Prado has announced an exciting program for 2025, promising a year of rich artistic exploration. From monographic exhibitions of Old Masters to a fascinating look at the impact of Mexican iconography in Spain, and a celebration of women's contributions to art history, the Prado's 2025 season offers something for everyone. Following a 2024 season focused on thematic exhibitions, the Prado is returning to the intimate study of individual artists. Three giants from its collection will be the focus of major solo shows: El Greco and Veronese in the first half of the year, followed by Anton Raphael Mengs in the latter half. Kicking off the year is "El Greco. Santo Domingo el Antiguo" (February 18 – June 15), an exhibition that will reunite, for the first time since 1830, the majority of works El Greco created for the Monastery of Santo Domingo el Antiguo in Toledo. This significant ... More
Lucia Hierro (b. 1987, New York, NY), 10oz. Cafe Bustelo, 2022. Foam, digital print on cotton sateen, rubber band. 53 x 43 x 25 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles.
TAMPA, FLA.- The USF Contemporary Art Museum (USFCAM), within the USF College of Design, Art & Performance, presents X Factor: Latinx Artists and the Reconquest of the Everyday. X Factor opens Friday, January 17 with an Artists Conversation and Opening Reception. The exhibition is on view from January 17 through March 8, 2025. X Factor locates dynamic entry points into the ongoing discussion and expansion of the term Latinx through the work of fifteen of America’s leading contemporary artists. The exhibition grounds a series of redefinitions of “Latinity” in the everyday lives of its creators, especially where artworks and creative processes reconquer novel meanings from hackneyed and conventional ideas of ethnicity, race, class, politics, representation, and the various histories of US migration. Latinx ... More
Fernando Botero, Society Woman, 2003 (estimate: $800,000 – 1,200,000). Courtesy Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- On 8 February, Sotheby’s will bring down the hammer on some 100 lots in an unprecedented event that will mark the first ever international auction in Saudi Arabia’s history. Titled ‘Origins’, the auction will offer an array of Sotheby’s global offerings for both new and seasoned collectors. The two-part evening auction will comprise a sale of fine art by both home-grown Saudi artists alongside the leading names in international art history, digital art, and a showcase of all that luxury encompasses, including jewellery, watches, sports memorabilia and handbags. Prior to the sale, the contents of Origins will be showcased in a free exhibition in Diriyah’s Bujairi Terrace from 1 – 8 February, in a week-long celebration of art, luxury and culture for the public. This coincides with Diriyah Season, the annual themed festival that brings the cultural heritage of Diriyah to life through a captivating array of events and experiences, and ... More
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Haggerty Museum of Art's 40th anniversary celebration continues with four new shows MILWAUKEE, WI.- The Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University announced the Spring season of its 40th anniversary celebrations. Among the four new exhibitions is The Big 4-0 Vol. 2: New Views of the Collection, the second installment of an exhibition with collection highlights. All four exhibitions will run from January 17 through May 24, 2025. The Big 4-0, Vol. 2: New Views of the Collection reimagines the Haggerty Museum of Art’s six lower galleries for the spring semester, presenting an entirely new installation of outstanding works from the Museum’s own holdings. The exhibition expands on collection favorites such as Keith Haring and Salvador Dalí paintings with rarely seen works on paper brought out for the special anniversary. The show of modern and contemporary art contains distinct themes within each gallery such as artistic ... More
On Paper: Galerie Max Hetzler celebrates the versatility of paper in art, from Bridget Riley to KAWS LONDON.- Galerie Max Hetzler, London is presenting On Paper, a group exhibition exploring the potential of paper as a material across the works of several generations of artists. Celebrating its physical materiality and eclectic nature, the exhibition demonstrates the significance of paper as an autonomous and elevated medium in its own right. The exhibition opens with a selection of works by Bridget Riley (b. 1931). Working in the traditional medium of gouache on paper, her drawings meticulously map out various tessellations and colour combinations. At times annotated, Riley’s pulsating compositions provide insight into her working methods. For many artists, drawing represents the cornerstone of artistic practice. Eddie Martinez (b. 1977) develops his intricate pictorial universe through the act of placing pen and paint to paper, using ... More
Bruce Cohen's ethereal interiors: New paintings at Berggruen Gallery explore the mystical in the mundane SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Berggruen Gallery is presenting an exhibition of new paintings by California artist Bruce Cohen. This show marks Cohen's eleventh solo exhibition with the gallery and will be on view from January 16, through February 27, 2025. Drawing on influences from Dutch seventeenth-century painting and Surrealism, Bruce Cohen’s oil paintings portray ethereal interior scenes constructed from amalgamations of real and invented spaces. Beginning with an observation of light, Cohen creates small color studies and graphite renderings of light and shadow before transitioning to a collaging process, where memories, observations, and invented details come together to construct dreamlike scenarios. Cohen's tightly rendered compositions take on a cinematic, three-dimensional atmosphere with his usage of a crisp, hard edge ... More
Raw portraits of humanity's vulnerability at Fahey/Klein LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Fahey/Klein Gallery is presenting Soft White Underbelly, an exhibition of photographic works by Mark Laita. This powerful series reveals raw and real glimpses of humanity’s most vulnerable communities, encouraging a conversation around the individuals and realities that often go unseen. Soft White Underbelly, a metaphor for vulnerability, was born from Laita’s 2009 photo series Created Equal. These new portraits, shot against stark and simple backdrops, highlight the individuality and humanity of his subjects. By emphasizing the lived experiences of his sitters, Laita’s photographs eschew judgment and focus instead on storytelling. Each image in the series captures a sense of unguarded honesty and reflects the vulnerability and complexity of life on the edges of society. Soft White Underbelly explores ... More
Artpace exhibition honors the legacy of Dr. Frances Colpitt and Donny Walton through new works SAN ANTONIO, TX.- Artpace is presenting Songs for Fran and Donny, a group exhibition celebrating the profound legacy of the late scholar, curator, and educator Dr. Frances Colpitt and her husband, Donny Walton. Curated in collaboration with Artpace alum artists Constance Lowe and Hills Snyder, writer Jennifer Hope Davy, UTSA Gallery Director Scott Sherer, and TCU Gallery Director Sara-Jayne Parsons, the exhibition features new works by Artpace-affiliated artists inspired by their personal and professional connections to the couple. Running concurrently with Do you really believe that? is a touring exhibition opening at the UTSA Main Art Gallery that showcases Dr. Colpitt’s scholarship, pedagogy, and mentorship through selected artworks and ephemera. These presentations collectively honor her critical contributions to contemporary art and ... More
Prix Pictet 'Human' travels to Fotografiska Shanghai SHANGHAI.- The Prix Pictet presents its Human cycle in a comprehensive exhibition featuring 12 leading shortlisted photographers at Fotografiska Shanghai from 17 January to 9 March 2025. The Prix Pictet was founded in 2008 by the Pictet Group with the goal of harnessing the power of photography to draw attention to the critical issue of global sustainability. To date, there have been ten cycles of the award, each with its own theme highlighting a particular facet of sustainability. The nine themes are Water, Earth, Growth, Power, Consumption, Disorder, Space, Hope and Fire. Following the successful exhibition in Beijing this May, the Prix Pictet is delighted to present a full-scale exhibition of its Human cycle at Fotografiska Shanghai, returning to the city after showcasing its Hope exhibition in 2021. The exhibition at Fotografiska Shanghai ... More
Swann Galleries announces 'Abstract Beauty: The Collection of Patricia Scipio-Brim' NEW YORK, NY.- Swann Galleries African American Art department will present Abstract Beauty: The Collection of Patricia Scipio-Brim on Thursday, February 6. With over 80 artworks from the estate, this auction showcases postwar and contemporary Black art focusing on abstraction. It includes works by many important African American artists, including Charles Alston, McArthur Binion, Ed Clark, Beauford Delaney, Norman Lewis, Richard Mayhew, Alma Thomas and Jack Whitten. The auction will also feature a significant group of paintings by Sir Frank Bowling, OBE RA, the British painter born in British Guiana. Scipio-Brim was a successful New York lawyer who privately cultivated her practice of collecting over decades: visiting artist’s studios, museums, galleries and auctions, acquiring work by artists long before they reached ... More
High Museum receives NEA Grant for Arts & Well-Being Study ATLANTA, GA.- Today, the High Museum of Art announced it has been approved for a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Research Grants in the Arts award of $80,000 to support a two-year well-being study examining the social, emotional, intellectual, physical and spiritual effects of art museum visitation on diverse adult populations. With this award, the High becomes the first museum in the United States to lead an NEA research grant in the arts. “The High serves as a haven for connection and engagement, which is more important now than ever as we face the growing, national crises of loneliness and social isolation,” said the High’s Director Rand Suffolk. “We’re so grateful to the National Endowment for the Arts for their support of our research, which will quantify how art museums can change their communities, and individuals’ ... More
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On a day like today, English-Canadian painter and author Elizabeth Simcoe died
January 17, 1850. Dame Elizabeth Posthuma Simcoe (22 September 1762 - 17 January 1850) was an English artist and diarist in colonial Canada. Her husband, John Graves Simcoe, was the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada. Her diary gives an account of Canadian life. In this image: Ca. 1792 watercolour painting by Elizabeth Simcoe depicting the barracks at Queenston from the Simcoe Family Fonds.
