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Kikuo Saito's Tantalizing Abstractions Speak an Inscrutable Language  ARTnews Source link

Former trustees of the Orlando Museum of Art have spoken out about the circumstances of their dismissal amid fallout from an exhibition of paintings attributed to Jean-Michel Basquiat. Five ex-trustees told the Orlando Sentinel that museum leadership withheld information about the FBI’s investigation of the purported Basquiat artworks. According to their statement, the former board chair, Cynthia Brumback, did not inform the board that ...

Three artists who sued the Tate for victimisation, alleging breach of contract and race discrimination, have told of their experiences after it agreed to pay them a six-figure settlement.The action was taken after the institution told one of the women, who had been commissioned to lead a major year-long programme, that she could not work with Jade Montserrat, an artist who has made allegations ...

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 this Thursday, February 24. NEED-TO-READ Why Is Artemisia Gentileschi Only Now Being Recognized? – Critic Christopher Knight has penned an appreciation of 17th-century painter and protofeminist hero Artemisia Gentileschi, whom he dubs the “Frida Kahlo of European art.” ...

Aggrieved owners of NFTs from the online project, Art Wars, which is the centre of an ongoing dispute, are speaking out—as the art market continues to get to grips with the realities of digital ownership.The project was launched last year by the London-based artist and curator Ben Moore and the US-based developers, DeFi Network, but soon attracted headlines when some of high-profile artists responsible ...

By Alejandra Palacios Click here for updates on this story     MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin was in Milwaukee Saturday afternoon, Aug. 28. visiting the Pabst Theater to meet with recipients of a grant which provided funding to local entertainment venues affected by the pandemic. Senator Baldwin and local representatives in the arts community said the Shuttered Venue Operator Grant, known as SVOG, ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58)-- U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin was in Milwaukee Saturday afternoon, Aug. 28. visiting the Pabst Theater to meet with recipients of a grant which provided funding to local entertainment venues affected by the pandemic. Senator Baldwin and local representatives in the arts community said the Shuttered Venue Operator Grant, known as SVOG, made a big difference in keeping places like the Pabst ...

When the executive director of the ACLU, Anthony D. Romero, delivered a cautionary TED Talk titled “This Is What Democracy Looks Like” in early 2017, his presentation was, in essence, an art history lecture on Ambrogio Lorenzetti’s frescoes known as the Allegories and Effects of Good and Bad Government, painted between 1337 and 1339 for the town hall in the Republic of Siena. Projected ...

Filmmaker Jill Magid to speak at Aspen Art Museum Artist and film director Jill Magid will discuss and screen her 2018 documentary “The Proposal” at the Aspen Art Museum on Thursday. The documentary explores how far an artist is willing to go to democratize access to art. Source link

Two pioneering artists spoke on their work, the symbiosis of art and social justice, and creativity amid the coronavirus pandemic at a virtual event hosted by Harvard’s Office for the Arts Wednesday.The event — titled “Creativity and Courage: Two Artists Speak to Our Moment” and moderated by Office of the Arts Associate Director for Programming Alicia Anstead — featured musician and music entrepreneur Aaron ...