Archive for January, 2021
By: Art in America on Friday, January 22nd, 2021 at 4:14 pm
In 2019, when Charles Stwart was named CEO of Sotheby’s, he knew 2020 was going to be a year of big changes. But he got more change than expected, when, due to restrictions around the coronavirus pandemic that began in March, his first full auction season faced a global shut down. Yet when your mission is to continue to move a 276-year-old company into the digital future, more change is... | Read More
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By: Art in America on Friday, January 22nd, 2021 at 4:12 pm
With the San Francisco Art Institute, one of the most highly regarded art schools in the U.S., facing pushback over recent moves it has made over its future, board chair Pam Rorke Levy has resigned. Photographer Lonnie Graham, who has been on the SFAI board since July, will take over her post effective immediately. The school also announced that John Marx had been named vice chair of the... | Read More
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By: Arts Journal on Friday, January 22nd, 2021 at 4:01 pm
“Faced with the photo evidence, Pham then allegedly admitted to climbing over torn-down fences to get inside. But still, he insisted his reasons were benign: He just wanted the rare opportunity to view ‘historical art,’ investigators said.” – Washington Post
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By: Art Forum on Friday, January 22nd, 2021 at 4:00 pm
Arts consultant and curator Laura Domencic has been appointed executive director of the Erie Art Museum, Pennsylvania. The Pittsburgh native will assume her new role on February 8, replacing interim
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By: Arts Journal on Friday, January 22nd, 2021 at 3:32 pm
Over the past few decades, this ethos of cheerless duty has been overtaken by the imperative to love your work. Graduation speakers, human resources departments, and motivational memes keep telling us we ought to merge passion with profession. But work remains stubbornly unlovable. Especially for workers in the United States, the hours are long, wages have not remotely kept up with... | Read More
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By: Dallas Art Dealers Association on Friday, January 22nd, 2021 at 3:16 pm
Among the countless self-care commitments and workout goals, transitioning to a more sustainable lifestyle can be one of the more daunting New Years resolutions. But Sofiya Deva, a former marketing VP who recently launched her own sustainable luxury brand, This Same Sky, doesn’t think it has to be overwhelming. “I think the biggest misconception about … Continued
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By: Art Forum on Friday, January 22nd, 2021 at 3:16 pm
The Moscow Union of Artists (MUA) has said that more than seven hundred Moscow-based artists are facing eviction and the destruction of their workspaces by the Russian government, according to a report
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By: Arts Journal on Friday, January 22nd, 2021 at 3:01 pm
Compared with other American companies, Opera Philadelphia is laying claim to the mantle of making new material during the pandemic. Still, what’s most notable about OperaPhila.tv is not its mere existence, but the strength of the work on offer. – The New York Times
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By: AO Art Observed on Friday, January 22nd, 2021 at 2:35 pm
The Prado in Madrid will rehang its collection to focus more on non-Spanish artists and women. “There are artistic phenomena and artists who have been totally excluded until now – not just women but aspects as important as social painting, which hadn’t found a place in the 19th-century collection,” says director Miguel Falomir, “or painting from different […]... |
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By: Arts Journal on Friday, January 22nd, 2021 at 2:30 pm
Are conspiracy theories truly more prevalent and influential today, or does it just seem that way? – NiemanLab
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