Dominick Di Meo. Courtesy Corbett vs. Dempsey Dominick Di Meo, an artist who shook up Chicago’s art scene in the 1960s with surreal paintings and collages, only to gain a following far beyond the city late in his career, has died at 97. His death was announced on Sunday by his Chicago gallery, Corbett vs. …
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The Paris Olympics have unexpectedly closed galleries in the Saint Germain des Près area. Photo Chesnot/Getty Images Many galleries in Paris’s Saint Germain des Près area, one of the city’s major art hubs, were unexpectedly forced to close on Thursday, due to security measures put in place for the upcoming Olympic Games’s opening ceremony taking …
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Academy Museum of Motion Pictures-Entrance on November 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. Getty Images The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has been a commercial hit and a critical misfire. In an era of declining Oscar telecast ratings, the new institution’s robust ticket sales — there have been nearly 2 million visitors since it opened …
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Estrago patrimonial no prédio do Congresso Nacional, invadido na tarde deste domingo (8), por manifestantes bolsonaristas. É possível identificar objetos quebrados, cadeiras jogadas e vidros estilhaçados, além de extintores e mangueiras contra incêndio espalhadas pelo local. No Salão Nobre, a galeria de retratos oficiais de ex-presidentes do Senado Federal também foi depredada. Foto: Jefferson Rudy/Agência …
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Portraits of the artists from left to right bottom: 1) Candida Alvarez, photo Sarah Ayers; 2) American Artist, photo S*an D. Henry-Smith; 3) Ja’Tovia Gary, photo JerSean Gollatt; 4) Jorge González Santos, photo José Castrellón; 5) Every Ocean Hughes, photo Märtha Thisner; 6) Autumn Knight, photo courtesy the artist; 7) Young Joon Kwak, photo Joe …
Frida Kahlo. Photo Hulton Archive/Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES GO EUROPE, GO! Le Quotidien de l’Art focuses on the 11 European galleries that have never participated in Art Basel Miami since its creation in 2002. The American iteration of the fair, which will next …
‘Sadako and Thousand Paper Cranes’ in Seattle’s Peace Park before the theft. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons A bronze statue honoring a 12-year-old victim of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, was stolen from a Seattle park this weekend, according to local media reports. The statue of Sadako Sasaki, who died of leukemia caused by exposure to …
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Julieta González. Courtesy Wexner Center for the Arts The Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State University in Columbus has appointed Julieta González as its next head of exhibitions. She will begin in the role in October. González is a leading curator, with over three decades of experience at institutions across Latin America, …
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Meghann Ripenhoff, Littoral Drift #1184 (Roaring Fork River, CO 08.01.19, Draped on Boulder, Swirling Eddies), 2019. Courtesy of the Meghann Riepenhoff and Jackson Fine Art The Intersect Aspen Art and Design Fair announced Wednesday that it had awarded its inaugual Artist Award to Meghann Riepenhoff. Riepenhoff is known for her “camera-less photography” in which she …
The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, holds the brass plaque returned to him during the restitution ceremony at the royal palace in Benin City. Photo: Omoregie Osakpolor. Courtesy Stanley Museum of Art The University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art has become the first in the United States to restitue its holdings of Benin …
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