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In 'City on Fire,' the New York of the early 2000s burns bright
NEW YORK, NY.- On the rooftop of the InterContinental Barclay Hotel in Manhattan, New York, last summer, a small group of people gazed awe-struck at an unremarkable morning sky, hemmed in by midtown skyscrapers. “Oh, my goodness, look,” one said. “My whole life, never seen anything like it,” said another. To the younger actors there to help re-create the night of Aug. 14, 2003, what they “saw” required a leap of imagination. But thanks to postproduction wizardry, viewers of the new series “City on Fire,” debuting May 12 on Apple TV+, will see what for New Yorkers during the regionwide blackout that night was so extraordinary: a night sky dotted with stars. The 2003 blackout had a distinctly communal energy compared with the blackout of 1977, which features prominently in the Garth Risk Hallberg novel “City on Fire,” on which the Apple ... More

Contemporary art takes the lead at Roland Auction's April 29th Estates Auction
GLEN COVE, NY.- Estates Auction featured hundreds of lots of Fine Art, Decorative Arts, 20th Century Modern, Antique & Vintage Furniture, Textiles, Silver, Gold and Silver Jewelry, Rugs, Collectibles, Asian Art and Lighting. Throughout the day, a wide selection of Modern and Contemporary Art took the lead as top sellers of the day. Bidding quickly shot up past the estimates on quite a few pieces. A George Grosz (German-American, 1893-1959) "Let Me Feel Your Pulse," Watercolor. Framed scene of various figures at work Inscribed lower left and signed. This watercolor originally was commissioned as one of many illustrations by George Macy of the Limited Editions Club & The Heritage Press. Label on reverse Rudolph Lesch Fine Arts and purchased by the consignor at Weintraub Gallery, NYC. [Art: 23 x 17 inches, Frame: ... More

"Austin Eddy: Even An Island Has The Ocean" opens at Berggruen Gallery
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Berggruen Gallery announced the opening of Even An Island Has The Ocean., an exhibition of recent work by Austin Eddy. This show marks his second solo exhibition with the gallery. Even An Island Has The Ocean. will be on view from May 5 through June 10, 2023. The gallery will host a reception for the artist on Friday, May 5, from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. Austin Eddy's works are characterized by their skewed perspectives and dimensional flatness. Through his unique use of color and pictorial style, Eddy creates a delicate balance between figuration and abstraction, resulting in a dynamic and thought-provoking body of work. Even An Island Has The Ocean. presents six new paintings, four works on paper, and three bronze sculptures, all exploring concepts of transience and solitude. In this exhibition, Eddy delves ... More

Howard University selects a new President, a historian
NEW YORK, NY.- Howard University, the renowned historically Black institution that was founded to educate freed slaves, has selected a historian of Latin America as its next president, as the university’s leaders hope to continue its trajectory of surging enrollment and research growth. Ben Vinson III, who has served as provost of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland since 2018, was chosen to be the 18th president of Howard, a 156-year-old university in Washington, D.C., that counts Vice President Kamala Harris, former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and author Toni Morrison among its alumni. He will assume the post Sept. 1. The move, announced by the university Tuesday, comes at an energized time for Howard, which has scored a series of wins in recent years, including record research expenditures and high-profile ... More

Kate Bush, Missy Elliott and Willie Nelson voted into Rock Hall of Fame
NEW YORK, NY.- The reclusive (but freshly relevant) experimental pop singer Kate Bush, the one-of-one rapper Missy Elliott and 90-year-old country stalwart Willie Nelson are among this year’s genre-spanning inductees to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The organization behind the museum and annual ceremony announced the lineup Wednesday, underlining how the new class reflected “the diverse artists and sounds that define rock ’n’ roll.” Rounding out the seven acts voted in by more than 1,000 artists, historians and music industry professionals are pop singer George Michael, who died in 2016; 1970s soul group the Spinners, who had been nominated three times prior; platinum-selling 1990s pop-rock singer Sheryl Crow; and the politically rambunctious rap-rock band Rage Against the Machine, who crossed the threshold after its fifth time on the ballot. ... More

UK's largest outdoor art installation to open at Wakehurst this Spring
SUSSEX.- Wakehurst, Kew’s wild botanic garden in Sussex, will soon be home to one of the UK’s largest outdoor art installations. Commissioned to wrap the Elizabethan Mansion, currently undergoing an extensive roof restoration, Planet Wakehurst is a bespoke photo montage from Australian-born artist Catherine Nelson. Using photography of plants from across the 535-acre site captured in summer 2022, the dazzling installation is a celebration of Wakehurst’s biodiversity, from the colourful blooms of the abundant Water Gardens to the towering Giant Redwoods of California in Horsebridge Wood. Measuring over 1550m2, Nelson’s UK premiere installation will form the equivalent of 25 double decker buses, wrapping around three sides of the Mansion. Nelson spent hot summer days in 2022 documenting the vast site and, over the course of six ... More

Review: At Trisha Brown, a new voice with a family resemblance
NEW YORK, NY.- When choreographer Trisha Brown died in 2017, the life of the company that she had founded decades earlier was uncertain. Would her works, some of the finest in contemporary dance, survive? Would audiences still want to see them? So far, so good. New dancers have continued to join the company, performances have been plentiful and strong, and at the Joyce Theater on Tuesday night, both the group and the samples from Brown’s oeuvre looked in good health. But a company needs new works, and so for the first time, this group presented a premiere not by Brown. It’s a tricky assignment. There would be little value in a Brown knockoff, yet some mutually beneficial relationship to Brown’s work is necessary (even if that dynamic is often absent in the commissions of other companies whose founding choreographers are gone). Judith ... More

'Oliver!' returns, with darker twists intact
NEW YORK, NY.- It was 10 a.m. on a recent morning in a rehearsal room at New York City Center, and nine boys scurried around the space, clutching parasols of red and white lace, tin cups and jaunty pocket squares. “OK, everyone!” said Lorin Latarro, the choreographer of the show, a new staging of “Oliver!,” the Lionel Bart musical opening at City Center on Wednesday for a two-week run as part of the Encores! series. “Today we’re going to work on ‘I’d Do Anything.’” The boys gathered around Raúl Esparza, who is playing Fagin, the lovable London crime lord, in a battered brown hat with a buckle, tan overcoat and black fingerless gloves. “Would you risk the ‘drop’?” he sang, his eyes bugging as he grabbed his scarf and mimed a noose tightening around his neck. (Translation: Are you willing to go out and commit robbery and possibly ... More

A daughter of a Warhol superstar tells her story at last
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Alexandra Auder was almost born in the lobby of the Chelsea Hotel, then a febrile bohemian enclave on Manhattan’s West 23rd Street, but her mother, Viva, a Warhol superstar, managed to make it to the hospital as the staff egged her on. “A girl! I want a girl!” a bellman declared, helping her into a taxi. That scene was captured on videotape by Auder’s father, Michel Auder, a French filmmaker who kept his camera running day and night. Alexandra Auder was also the star of her mother’s 1975 book, “The Baby,” which Rolling Stone described as a female rendition of “On the Road,” but better written and funnier. At 52, Auder has finally pieced together her own version of events. Her decades-in-the-making memoir, “Don’t Call Me Home,” with a title inspired by a Thomas Wolfe novel and a line from a Nico song, began ... More

Chris Wheeldon's 'Dangerous and Exciting' adventure at City Ballet
NEW YORK, NY.- “It’s not you, it’s me,” Christopher Wheeldon said, stopping ballerina Sara Mearns, who was trying to work out a tricky movement phrase. She put her hands on her hips and laughed. “Don’t worry,” she said. “We’ve got three weeks. That’s like a year in New York City Ballet time.” It’s been a while — six years — since Wheeldon has made a dance on City Ballet time, a zone in which works are created exceptionally fast, with rehearsal slots limited by the company’s unusually varied repertory and emphasis on new work. But he knows it well. The British-born Wheeldon was a dancer in the company (he joined in 1993 at 19) and became its first resident choreographer in 2001. Even when involved in other ventures, he continued to create pieces for City Ballet. His new dance, “From You Within Me,” is his 22nd for the company. Set to Arnold ... More

Bassist covers all the Latin and jazz bases
NEW YORK, NY.- As he worked his way through a rice bowl at a Japanese restaurant near Columbus Circle in Manhattan on a recent afternoon, bassist, composer and arranger Carlos Henriquez reflected on the long history of Latino musicians in the jazz world. “In the 1920s, there was a bassist and tuba player called Ralph Escudero who used to play with W.C. Handy and Fletcher Henderson,” he said, arching his manicured eyebrows for emphasis. “We’ve always been part of this. So, I’m going to say, Hey, I’m from the South Bronx, I’m Puerto Rican and I love jazz.” Henriquez, who will lead an all-star band Friday and Saturday in a centennial tribute to mambo kings Tito Puente and Tito Rodríguez at Jazz at Lincoln Center, was about to join a rehearsal for the institution’s annual gala. Dressed down in a gray plaid flannel shirt and ... More

What would Karl have thought of it all?
NEW YORK, NY.- What would Karl have thought? Watching the stream of Lagerfeld-a-likes mount the steps of the Met on Monday night in their black and white, it was hard not to wonder. Yes, the evening’s dress code dictated “in honor of Karl,” the evening itself in honor of the opening of the Costume Institute exhibition dedicated to the designer’s work. Yes, Lagerfeld had made himself into a caricature, with his uniform of black jeans, high white-collared shirt, black jacket, fingerless gloves, black silk cravats and black shades. And yes, the gala itself often feels like high-fashion cosplay, with guests trying to outdo one another in the attention-getting sweepstakes. But Lagerfeld, who attended the party seven times and was a co-host once, in 2005 when the subject was Chanel, was also a man who had no truck with looking back, ... More

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