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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — For the first time in his life, Gift Livingstone Sango, 65, saw a painting by his father depicting Jesus as a Black man.“My father used to draw Jesus as Black because God is for all of us. He is not a God of color,” said Sango. The painting done by his late father in the 1940s is part of a ...
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — For the first time in his life, Gift Livingstone Sango, 65, saw a painting by his father depicting Jesus as a Black man.“My father used to draw Jesus as Black because God is for all of us. He is not a God of color,” said Sango.The painting done by his late father in the 1940s is part of a historic ...
For the first time since 2018, Ballroom Marfa, the 19-year-old kunsthalle in far-west Texas, brought together supporters for a summer benefit on Saturday in Bridgehampton, New York. Hosted on co-founder Virginia Lebermann’s estate, the fête began with guests taking a golf cart past a potato field and down a long, winding driveway to a charming shingled cottage that veiled the property’s enormous value. (i.e. ...
Sotheby’s is planning to hold a live auction in Singapore for the first time in 15 years as part of a string of new moves in Asia. The efforts are designed to capitalize on the staggering growth of local collections and to diversify its activities beyond Hong Kong and mainland China as the region becomes increasingly fragmented. Sotheby’s modern and contemporary art sale in ...
Mike marks 10 years of the York Street Gallery A Ramsgate art gallery that was initially to be a five-year project will hold a celebration for its 10th anniversary next month. During the weekend of August 6-7 York Street Gallery will celebrate the milestone with special offers and complimentary drinks. In 2012 Mike Samson established the gallery in what was an empty shop next ...
The art dealer Daniel Elie Bouaziz has been indicted by the Southern District of Florida U.S. Attorney’s Office on charges of wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering. The disgraced Palm Beach gallerist stands accused of selling cheap reproductions of works by artists including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Banksy, but telling buyers they were the real deal. The F.B.I. raided one ...
A summertime music and arts festival may not be your usual venue for selling art, but then the annual Henley Festival in Henley-on-Thames isn’t your usual festival. While the principal players in the festival, which ended July 10, were the musicians and comedians taking the stage, from Tom Jones to Boney M, a slew of contemporary art installations were scattered across the site of ...
The longtime director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, which oversees the namesake New York museum and three other international outposts, will depart from his position in 2023 after 14 years there. For now, Richard Armstrong will continue to lead the Guggenheim Museum and work with the board in a search to fill the position. A representative said the Guggenheim did not provide a ...
