On Monday, the Metropolitan Museum of Art made the return of three looted objects to Nigeria official. At a repatriation ceremony held today in New York, the museum also signed an agreement to partner with the Nigerian government to collaborate on art loans and scholarship. It is unclear whether the Met plans to send back more works from its holdings in the future, however. ...
In 2018, the New York alternative space White Columns presented “Hysteric Signs,” an exhibition of monumental wall pieces by Katz Tepper. The four works in that show, Hysteric Sign (Ribbed Tomato ‘n Grapes); Gaping Candle Tripod; Hysteric Sign (Distended J Bean); and I, Infected, articulated the artist’s lived experience of chronic illness by visually conflating the body’s internal workings with its external surroundings. With ...
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Romeo Power, Inc. (“Romeo Power”) (NYSE: RMO), an energy technology leader delivering advanced electrification solutions for complex commercial vehicle applications, has leased a new Class A, state-of-the-art headquarters and manufacturing facility located in Cypress, California. The facility will support Romeo Power’s expansion of battery development and testing capabilities adjacent to its production line, allowing for faster innovation and time to market. The ...
“Have you seen me?” the sign asked. Five photos of a gray-and-white cat were collaged onto a paper printout, which was slipped into a plastic sleeve and stapled to a telephone pole in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The lost cat’s name was Tiger, and, according to the sign, he weighed 20 pounds. He was approximately 6 years old. “Distinguishing features: slightly cross-eyed, very long (~24 in), ...
Can a piece of art be functional? Absolutely.Just in time for increased pedestrian traffic as downtown continues to reopen, Pleasanton Cultural Arts Council has installed two colorful signposts that point the way to the city's works of public art."Now that the pandemic is subsiding, we are ready to install the signposts and celebrate the return of downtown vitality and the lively role the arts ...
Kevin McNamee-Tweed’s proclivity for the fragment and for small to very small formats can make his shows read like trails of clues. “Probable Presence,” an assemblage of nearly seventy works dated between 2019 and 2021, feels like an unspooling of partial disclosures, an aggregation of winks and nods. Throughout his drawings, paintings, and works in clay, McNamee-Tweed borrows words and images from vintage comics, ...
Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know on this Friday, April 2. NEED-TO-READ This Entire Exhibition Is Full of Fakes – An exhibition of the work of Spanish Surrealist artist Maruja Mallo may have been entirely populated by fakes, according to a letter from ...
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, we may receive an affiliate commission. It seems as though there’s an ever-growing need for signage these days, and people all around the country have been digging deep into their elementary school poster board memory to make the biggest, brightest, and boldest of the bunch. While the most obvious ...
