Archive for January, 2021
By: Art Forum on Sunday, January 31st, 2021 at 11:00 pm
Artist Robert Longo on working with charcoal and slowing images down.“Robert Longo: Storm of Hope” is on view at Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles through February 20, 2021.
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By: Art Forum on Sunday, January 31st, 2021 at 5:15 pm
Richard Feigen, whose astute and often prescient eye for underestimated art old and new made him one of the most influential dealers of the postwar era, has died at age ninety from Covid-19. Best known
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By: Arts Journal on Sunday, January 31st, 2021 at 3:30 pm
Of course, this feeling (and the lack of funding, and alarm about orchestras’ survival) started long before the pandemic, and long before the assault on the Capitol Building. But: “The trials of the past year have brought forth many of the qualities we already admired about classical music: its resilience, resistance, persistence and endurance. But permanence? I’m not so sure... | Read More
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By: Arts Journal on Sunday, January 31st, 2021 at 3:00 pm
Cohan founded an outpost of Martha Graham’s school in London in 1966, and, a couple of years later, The Place. That venture (including the London Contemporary Dance Group) “initially performed pieces from Graham’s and other choreographers’ bodies of work, but Mr. Cohan soon decided that going forward it would offer only works that had been specially created for its dancers.... | Read More
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By: Art in America on Sunday, January 31st, 2021 at 2:46 pm
Richard L. Feigen, an eclectic and influential art dealer whose galleries spanned Chicago, New York, London and Los Angeles—with clients around the world— has died at 90 from complications related to a recent battle with Covid-19, a representative for Feigen’s gallery said.
A collector since childhood, Feigen at various times showed work by a wide range of artists who had not... | Read More
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By: Arts Journal on Sunday, January 31st, 2021 at 2:30 pm
Mary-Kay Wilmers was one of LRB‘s co-founders in 1979, and after co-editing it since 1988 became sole editor in 1992. Two women will take over: “Wilmers will continue at the paper as consulting editor, with the LRB’s deputy editor Jean McNicol and senior editor Alice Spawls succeeding her.” – The Guardian (UK)
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By: Arts Journal on Sunday, January 31st, 2021 at 2:00 pm
Why did Jujamcyn switch from Ticketmaster to SeatGeek (more commonly a sports ticket app in the U.S.)? For one thing, SeatGeek is very commonly a contactless system, which now seems possible valuable for preventing viral spread. Also, there’s the ease of selling more things: “Beyond selling tickets, its technology could be used to allow customers to order food and drink, arrange... | Read More
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By: Arts Journal on Sunday, January 31st, 2021 at 1:30 pm
Brian Lin: “At the start of the pandemic, I emailed friends, colleagues, and mentors, all POC, to ask two questions about their literary lives. What is a recurring situation that’s destabilizing and hard to navigate? What guidance would you offer a fellow person of color for navigating such situations?” – Los Angeles Review of Books
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By: Arts Journal on Sunday, January 31st, 2021 at 1:00 pm
When Nawapan Kriangsak inherited the priceless art collection of her father, scholar and collector Douglas Latchford, she already had a plan in motion to return his art to Cambodia, from whence most of it came during that country’s civil war. Latchford’s death in 2020 ended extradition efforts after “federal prosecutors in New York charged him with trafficking in looted... | Read More
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By: Arts Journal on Sunday, January 31st, 2021 at 12:30 pm
The word for pandemic is absolutely Greek, but nearly everything else the Greeks discuss about COVID-19 is English – and a leading linguist is worried. “Far too many [English terms] are entering spoken and written Greek. On the television you hear phrases such as ‘rapid tests are being conducted via drive-through’, and almost all the words are English. It’s as if suddenly... | Read More
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