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53 articles, 2016-03-24 12:00 1 A Showcase of Independent Artists Education, Events & Awards A Showcase of Independent Artists offers established and emerging independent artists the opportunity to showcase their work on an international stage in NYC. Over the decades, has become the ultimate venue for independent artists to be discovered—not only by gallery owners and art publishers—but by collectors and enthusiasts... 2016-03-24 12:00 1KB artexponewyork.com 2 Directions & Parking Show Address Pier 94 711 12th Ave (55th Street & the West Side Highway) New York, NY 10019-5399 View Piers 92/94 in a larger map Parking On-Site Parking At Pier 92, 900 on- site parking spaces are available for cars, and... 2016-03-24 12:00 2KB artexponewyork.com 3 FOTO SOLO Booth Packages FOTO SOLO 2016 We are now accepting submissions for the inaugural! If you are a fine art photographer and are interested in exhibiting in this year’s show in April, we would love to see examples of your work. Please email our Managing Business Development Director, Rick... 2016-03-24 12:00 1KB artexponewyork.com 4 VIP Trade Registration ARTEXPO 2016 VIP OPENING NIGHT PREVIEW PARTY You are cordially invited to Artexpo’s VIP Preview Party, April 14th, 4PM–7PM VIP Trade Registration After April 9, 2016 if you are PRESS or MEDIA please contact Jaclyn Acree at [email protected] to RSVP for media access. Trade... 2016-03-24 12:00 971Bytes artexponewyork.com 5 Tickets General Admission Thursday April 14th (VIP Opening Night Preview Party, 4PM–7PM — Open to all attendees) Friday April 15th – Sunday April 17th • Multi-Day Pass: $40.00 each. Valid for entire event: Thursday’s VIP Opening Preview Party and Friday through Sunday... 2016-03-24 12:00 928Bytes artexponewyork.com 6 Show Guide Ad Upload AENY 2016 Show Guide Ad Upload Form 2016-03-24 12:00 602Bytes artexponewyork.com 7 Chanel Airline-Themed Pop-up Lands in Singapore Pedder on Scotts in Singapore has just opened a Chanel pop-up store, marking the first time the French brand has partnered with a multi-brand retailer in the city. 2016-03-24 07:30 1KB wwd.com 8 michael sans uses steel to form seemingly lightweight SANS N°056 series the collection includes one and two seaters, with several sizes of bright red powder-coated side tables. 2016-03-24 06:15 1KB www.designboom.com 9 Eerie and Sinister Worlds: RONiiA on Their New, Walker- Inspired EP The Minneapolis-based trio RONiiA—Fletcher Barnhill (Joint Custody, FUGITIVE), Nona Marie Invie (Dark Dark Dark, Fugitive), and Mark McGee (Father You See Queen, Marijuana Deathsquads)—will relea... 2016-03-24 06:24 920Bytes blogs.walkerart.org 10 Sound Advice: Laurie Anderson Artist and innovator Laurie Anderson's upcoming show at the Fitzgerald—a copresentation of the Walker, the SPCO’s Liquid Music Series, and MPR Live Events—is called The Language of the Future,... 2016-03-24 06:24 890Bytes blogs.walkerart.org
11 giordano hadamik wraps villa with natural stone façade in coastal italy nestled on a hill in the liguria region, the family home is composed of two half subterranean volumes arranged on a single floor. 2016-03-24 04:05 3KB www.designboom.com 12 Looking Back at Men’s Fur From cavemen to kings, rock stars to pimps, fur for men has always been a risky proposition. 2016-03-24 04:01 810Bytes wwd.com 13 Laurie Anderson at the Fitzgerald Theater: Danny Sigelman on The Language of the Future To spark discussion, the Walker invites Twin Cities artists and critics to write overnight reviews of our performances. The ongoing Re:View series shares a diverse array of independent voices and op... 2016-03-24 06:24 1007Bytes blogs.walkerart.org 14 State Changes: Marvin Lin on Vicky Chow and Tristan Perich’s 1-Bit World For Sound Horizon 2016, our series of free in-gallery music performances, we’ve invited critic and Tiny Mix Tapes editor Marvin Lin to share his perspective on each installment of this three-part p... 2016-03-24 06:24 967Bytes blogs.walkerart.org 15 FUSO cuts warehouse to create patios that let light flow through offices in paris to favor a playful and warm atmosphere, offices and meeting rooms were made of structural prefabricated wooden panels that enabled their fast implementation on site. 2016-03-24 02:15 2KB www.designboom.com 16 shanghai's long museum hosts career-spanning survey of olafur eliasson's work marking his first ever survey exhibition in china, olafur eliasson presents 'nothingness is not nothing at all' at shanghai's long museum, west bund. 2016-03-24 00:15 3KB www.designboom.com 17 Geminola to Close Its Doors in West Village Lorraine Kirke’s teacup-size concept boutique had cultivated a loyal following in its 12 years of operation. 2016-03-23 23:19 3KB wwd.com 18 bjarke ingels and carlo ratti discuss paris' europa city offering a mix of retail, culture and leisure facilities, europa city is conceived as a hybrid project that combines urban form with expansive landscaping. 2016-03-23 22:41 3KB www.designboom.com 19 Patricia Arquette, Chromat’s Becca McCharen Discuss Empowering Women The actor joined producer Anne Munger and directors Emily Harrold and Erin Sanger to talk representation in the film industry. 2016-03-23 22:29 3KB wwd.com 20 J. C. Penney’s $12 Million Club: Pay for Myron Ullman and Marvin Ellison The two executives, who split up ceo duties at J. C. Penney last year, were each paid handsomely for their efforts. 2016-03-23 22:25 2KB wwd.com 21 Guthy-Renker Said to Be Considering Sale of Proactiv One source says negotiations with Nestlé are under way. 2016-03-23 22:04 2KB wwd.com 22 Esquire’s Senior Fashion Editor Wendell Brown Departs for The Daily Beast Following an 11-year run at Esquire, Brown will join The Daily Beast. 2016-03-23 21:08 2KB wwd.com
23 lincoln navigator concept at the 2016 new york auto show the design team drew influences from luxury sailboats and yachts when creating the lincoln navigator concept. 2016-03-23 21:01 2KB www.designboom.com 24 Sotheby’s Celebrates Asian Abstract Art in “Brushwork” Auction Sotheby’s have announced a curated auction of abstract artists from the East and West that will lead off the auction house’s Contemporary Asian Art Spring Sale 2016. 2016-03-23 20:31 2KB www.blouinartinfo.com 25 Maxwell Osborne and Dao-Yi Chow to be Honored by Gordon Parks Foundation Janelle Monae and LaToya Ruby Frazier also will be recognized at this year’s gala. 2016-03-23 20:09 2KB wwd.com 26 Draymond Green on Dressing for the NBA at Barneys Opening in San Francisco At the Barneys men’s store opening in San Francisco, the Golden State Warriors player talks about style off the court. 2016-03-23 19:49 2KB wwd.com 27 EGO Third-Year Reading The University of Alaska Fairbanks’ English Graduate Organization annual reading will highlight fiction and poetry of third-year MFA students before they forge their own literary paths in Ala… 2016-03-23 19:42 2KB fairbanksarts.org 28 Downton Abbey Cast Attend Best of British Luxury Event at The Ritz in London Event was part of a series of initiatives aimed at showcasing British luxury to the Chinese. 2016-03-23 19:26 2KB wwd.com 29 Theater-Verite: Richard Nelson On His Ripped-From-the- Headlines Play “Hungry” The playwright draws on the current presidential race in his new trilogy “The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family.” 2016-03-23 19:04 6KB www.blouinartinfo.com 30 Celebrate Winter's End with Inverted Footage of Melting Snow Glenn Venghaus turns melting snow into something a bit more cinematic. 2016-03-23 18:55 2KB thecreatorsproject.vice.com 31 A Painter’s Portraits Explore the Politics of Style Artist Barkley L. Hendricks uses his kicky, cool aesthetic to explore fashion and freedom. 2016-03-23 18:50 4KB thecreatorsproject.vice.com 32 Photographer Annie Leibovitz Captures Badass 'WOMEN' in a New Series Among them are Malala Yousafzai, Gloria Steinem, and Laura Poitras. 2016-03-23 18:45 2KB thecreatorsproject.vice.com 33 Neo-Rococo Arrives in Jesse Mockrin's Paintings Mockrin’s paintings pair contemporary men’s fashion with Rococo paintings to create rich, sensuous scenes. 2016-03-23 17:50 4KB thecreatorsproject.vice.com
34 You Can Nominate Artists for the Turner Prize— While you know a lot of things about the Turner Prize, what you might not know is that you can actually nominate British artists to win it. 2016-03-23 17:33 2KB news.artnet.com 35 Poly Auction Hong Kong Announces 2016 Spring Lineup The auction house will offer more than 1,600 items, with a combined estimate of more than HK$700 million, at its spring sales next month. 2016-03-23 17:12 1KB www.blouinartinfo.com 36 AGi architects hides wall house in kuwait behind stone façade situated in a residential suburb of kuwait city, this dwelling designed by AGi architects protects its inhabitants with large fortress-like façades. 2016-03-23 17:09 2KB www.designboom.com 37 A Stunning Tribute to Cinema's Greatest Tracksuits It's your thing, do what you wanna do. 2016-03-23 17:05 2KB thecreatorsproject.vice.com 38 Musical Adaptation of ‘Roman Holiday’ Aims for Broadway The newest version of the musical, “Roman Holiday – The Cole Porter Musical,” is to be presented at the Golden Gate Theater in San Francisco starting on May 24, 2017. 2016-03-23 17:00 2KB rss.nytimes.com 39 The Kitchen Announces Spring Season The season opens with Joan Jonas’s “They Come to Us Without a Word II.” 2016-03-23 16:35 2KB rss.nytimes.com 40 Artist Carves the Entire Alphabet into Pencil Lead Taiwanese carver Chien Chu Lee also carves Instagram likes and Christmas presents. 2016-03-23 16:10 1KB thecreatorsproject.vice.com 41 studio job: MAD house opens in new york city studio job's MAD house hosts 57 pieces by design collaborators job smeets and nynke tynagel. 2016-03-23 16:02 3KB www.designboom.com 42 John Legend to Co-Produce Play About Dick Gregory The play, called “Turn Me Loose,” will star Joe Morton and will feature an original song by Mr. Legend. 2016-03-23 16:00 1KB rss.nytimes.com 43 See 10 Art Flicks at Tribeca Film Festival— Get your art and movie fixes at the Tribeca Film Festival, with artist documentaries and a feature film with Christopher Walken as a performance artist. 2016-03-23 15:28 5KB news.artnet.com 44 The Garage Museum's Spring Exhibition Series Taryn Simon, Rashid Johnson, and Viktor Pivovarov present three complex visual journeys at the Garage Museum. 2016-03-23 15:23 6KB news.artnet.com 45 Meet the Creative Polymath Turning Philosophers into Fighting Games Fred Di Giacomo is a writer, artist, and newsgame wiz who brings new meaning to 'multidisciplinary.' 2016-03-23 15:10 7KB thecreatorsproject.vice.com 46 Cat Art Show 2016 Features Norman Reedus "Cat Art Show LA 2: The Sequel" will be heading to downtown Los Angeles's Think Tank Gallery this weekend for its second iteration. 2016-03-23 15:07 2KB news.artnet.com 47 Paris Gets Set for Big Art Week: Fairs, Drawings, Design and More Paris Gets Set for Big Art Week: Fairs, Drawings, Design and More: Art Paris, Salon du Dessin, Drawing Now Paris and PAD Paris 2016-03-23 14:52 3KB www.blouinartinfo.com
48 Damien Hirst to Curate Jeff Koons Show at Newport Street Gallery Damien Hirst’s Newport Street Gallery will present a solo exhibition of work by American artist Jeff Koons from May 18 to October 16, 2016. 2016-03-23 14:24 2KB www.blouinartinfo.com 49 Tour Solomon's Temple in Young Magic's New 3D Musical Environment [Premiere] Vinyl Williams' psychedelic vision of Ancient Israel is the perfect immersive experience to match Young Magic's track, “Valhalla (Reprise).” 2016-03-23 13:30 3KB thecreatorsproject.vice.com 50 espen surnevik resurrects new våler church in norway oslo-based arhitect espen surnevik has completed the design of the new våler church in the norwegian county of hedmark. 2016-03-23 13:15 2KB www.designboom.com 51 Banksy Reigns at Sotheby's Street Art Exhibition Street artists garner a lot of attention at Sotheby's first street art exhibition in Hong Kong, 'They Would Be Kings,' which coincides with Art Basel. 2016-03-23 12:22 4KB news.artnet.com 52 Meet the Artist Quilting Flaccid Pink AK-47s Artist Natalie Baxter makes warm guns to have and to hold. 2016-03-23 12:20 5KB thecreatorsproject.vice.com 53 Someone Turned '2001: A Space Odyssey' into 569 GIFs Now you can watch Kubrick's sci-fi masterpiece in its entirety... on GIPHY? 2016-03-23 12:15 2KB thecreatorsproject.vice.com Articles
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1 A Showcase of Independent Artists Education, Events & Awards [FOTO SOLO] offers established and emerging independent artists the opportunity to showcase their work on an international stage in NYC. Over the decades, [SOLO] has become the ultimate venue for independent artists to be discovered— not only by gallery owners and art publishers—but by collectors and enthusiasts in search of exciting new works. Artexpo New York’s Topics & Trends Education Program adds the expertise of [FOTO SOLO]’s industry partners Digital Photo Pro and Outdoor Photographer to the slate of programs, making the four days of seminars a must for artists and photographers wanting to get expert perspectives on subjects ranging from art and the economy, small business management, art marketing, to social media for artists and more. In addition, at each show, prestigious awards are given to artists with exceptionally innovative works. 2016-03-24 12:00 artexponewyork.com
2 Directions & Parking At Pier 92, 900 on-site parking spaces are available for cars, and an additional 15 spaces are available for commercial trucks and shuttle buses. Open rooftop parking at Pier 92 is $35 for 10 hours or $40 for 24 hours. Please access Pier 92 parking via the automobile ramp at the intersection of 55th Street and the West Side Highway. All vehicles should follow signs for the NYC Passenger Ship Terminal parking. Please note that height restriction is 8’6”. *Parking spaces are dependent upon cruise activity. Click here to see additional nearby parking options. Take George Washington Bridge to 178th Street (Truck Route). Turn right onto Broadway. Follow Broadway to 55th Street. Turn right onto W 55th Street. Cross over the West Side Highway and turn left into the Passenger Ship Terminal – Pier 94. Lincoln Tunnel (from 95) – take 40th St. to 10th Ave. and a left on 55th St. George Washington Bridge – From NY Side take Rt. 9A, Henry Hudson Parkway south/downtown. Proceed south on Henry Hudson Pkwy to last exit at 56th St., stay right for thru traffic. Passenger Ship Terminal is 1 block ahead on right. Paid parking on roof. Rt. 80 or Palisades Parkway – to George Washington Bridge to NY side and follow directions for Henry Hudson Parkway. Proceed south on Henry Hudson Pkwy to last exit, at 56th St, stay right. Passenger Ship Terminal is 1 block ahead on right. Garden State Parkway – To exit 153 or N. J. Turnpike to Exit 16E (better). Then Rt. 3 E to Lincoln Tunnel, follow signs for Lincoln Tunnel. Exit tunnel and make left turn, travel north on 10th Ave., and left onto 55th St. Cross 12th Ave. and follow signs to Passenger Ship Terminal. Drive up the Ramp. Paid parking is on the roof. Holland Tunnel – follow signs for “Uptown” right on Hudson, left on Canal. Proceed four blocks to West St. and turn right. West St. becomes 12th Ave. Follow “Thru Traffic” signs. Continue north on 12th Ave. and follow signs to Passenger Ship Terminal. (Left at 55th St.) Queens Midtown Tunnel – when exiting bear right to 34th St. Go west on 34th to 12th Ave. Make right turn, go north to 55th St., make a left at 55th St. and follow signs to Terminals. Triborough Bridge – Follow signs to “Manhattan” and FDR Drive South. Take FDR S to 53rd St. Exit. Take 53rd St. crosstown to 11th Ave. Turn right, go two blocks (55th St.). There are several options for using public transportation to access Piers 92/94. The M31 and M57 buses run close by Pier 94. Click on the Metro Bus Schedule for map & schedule details. 2016-03-24 12:00 artexponewyork.com
3 FOTO SOLO Booth Packages We are now accepting submissions for the inaugural [FOTO SOLO]! If you are a fine art photographer and are interested in exhibiting in this year’s show in April, we would love to see examples of your work. Please email our Managing Business Development Director, Rick Barnett, at [email protected] and send two or three images of your work or a website link to your portfolio of artwork you would be exhibiting at the show. Now accepting applications. Deadline is April 3, 2016. Get yours in early to insure early jurying and best placement! 2016-03-24 12:00 artexponewyork.com
4 VIP Trade Registration You are cordially invited to Artexpo’s VIP Preview Party, April 14th, 4PM–7PM After April 9, 2016 if you are PRESS or MEDIA please contact Jaclyn Acree at [email protected] to RSVP for media access. Trade attendees must bring the following identification to Artexpo New York: Join us for our opening night party from 4 – 7 p.m. Thursday, April 23 and enjoy cocktails and exciting events! 2016-03-24 12:00 artexponewyork.com
5 Tickets Children aged 12 and under get in FREE. For groups of more than 12, a group rate of $15.00 per person is available. Please Note: Above tickets include VIP Opening Preview Party but DO NOT include TRADE DAY Hours on Thursday, April 14, 12PM–4PM. If you have any questions regarding tickets please contact us at [email protected]. Trade attendees must bring the following identification to Artexpo New York: 2016-03-24 12:00 artexponewyork.com
6 Show Guide Ad Upload Please include your gallery name on all files. Files larger than 15MB can be sent to: [email protected], using one of these free services: • Dropbox: www.dropbox.com • WeTransfer: https://www.wetransfer.com/ • Hightail: https: https://www.hightail.com/ 2016-03-24 12:00 artexponewyork.com
7 Chanel Airline-Themed Pop-up Lands in Singapore More Articles By Pedder on Scotts in Singapore has just opened a Chanel pop-up store, marking the first time the French brand has partnered with a multi-brand retailer in the city. The pop-up, which runs through April 3, attempts to transport shoppers to a Chanel-themed airport terminal, in keeping with the direction of the spring-summer 2016 runway show. Displays feature a conveyor belt, laden with the new luggage and leather goods collection, and booths manned by mannequins decked out as stewards and stewardesses. “Collaboration and partnerships have become an important medium for retailers and brands to express different facets of their personality, Chanel Airlines x Pedder on Scotts allows Chanel to take their product out of their own stores and to express their seasonal focus in a bigger, broader and more creative way,” said Peter Harris, president of Pedder Group. “This juxtaposition of their own product in a ‘foreign’ space provides a different brand context.” 2016-03-24 07:30 Amanda Kaiser
8 michael sans uses steel to form seemingly lightweight SANS N°056 series michael sans uses steel to form seemingly lightweight SANS N°056 series all images courtesy of michael sans product design berlin based designer michael sans utilizes steel sheet metal for ‘SANS N°056′, a one-off series created for a private commission. the collection includes one and two seaters, with several sizes of bright red powder-coated side tables. handcrafted in germany, the concept uses rigid, visually heavy cubes in such a way that they look lightweight and balanced. various materials can be used to increase comfortability the works were created as a private commission by michael sans product design designboom has received this project from our DIY submissions feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers here. 2016-03-24 06:15 www.designboom
9 9 Eerie and Sinister Worlds: RONiiA on Their New, Walker- Inspired EP The Minneapolis-based trio RONiiA—Fletcher Barnhill (Joint Custody, FUGITIVE), Nona Marie Invie (Dark Dark Dark, Fugitive), and Mark McGee (Father You See Queen, Marijuana Deathsquads)—will release a new EP, Sisters, this Friday, March 25. Filled with richly atmospheric music, it derives its hypnotic power through its intricate dance between subtle intimation and emotional verve. On tracks […] 2016-03-24 06:24 By
10 Sound Advice: Laurie Anderson Artist and innovator Laurie Anderson’s upcoming show at the Fitzgerald—a copresentation of the Walker, the SPCO’s Liquid Music Series, and MPR Live Events—is called The Language of the Future, a name initially employed by a track on her 1984 album United States Live. Thirty years on, as the track’s ominous forecast of the digital age rings true, Anderson has continued to […] 2016-03-24 06:24 By
11 giordano hadamik wraps villa with natural stone façade in coastal italy giordano hadamik wraps villa with natural stone façade in coastal italy all images courtesy of GHA architects overlooking the ocean in the coast of italy, ‘villa N’ is a single family retreat completed by giordano hadamik architects / GHA. nestled on the verdant hills of liguria, the design of the villa explores the typical material, terrace and openings seen in the local buildings. the villa is composed of two half subterranean volumes arranged on a single floor the architecture is composed of two half subterranean volumes arranged on a single floor. the organization follows the topography of the ground and creates a central entrance leading to the large open-plan space to include a living, dining area and kitchen area on one end. the other half has been allocated for the five bedrooms that benefit from a private terrace. the villa has its own 4x14m infinity swimming pool the windows play a key role in the project maximizing views and light. large openings from create an effect of continuity between inside and outside. the sun deck in front of the living room opens up to an infinity pool overlooking the valley. additionally, the green roof contributes to the harmonic insertion into the landscape and minimizes the visual impact. in the living room, the large corner window of six meters which continues for another one and a half meters natural materials throughout the interiors – stone, wood, concrete and gypsum plaster – work together to bring a sense of warmth into the space. the furniture itself is bespoke and created by GHA; modular systems maximize space and efficiency. heat produced by the solar panels is used for underfloor heating in combination of integrated heat pump in the living room, the large six meter corner window continues for another one and a half meters to form one of the most significant points of the house. the hidden frame promotes a sense of lightness and transparency, all the while it frames views of the pool, landscape, patio, the valley and beyond. the sliding glass doors lead onto the patio which functions as a visual continuity between inside and outside the development of the scheme relied on incorporating principles of sustainability. the isolated subterranean shelf uses solar and renewable systmes to reduce the energy consumption to obtain passivhaus standards. meanwhile, the structure re-used natural stone obtained from the excavation for the facade cladding. all frames are hiddem, both from the outside through the natural stone cladding the natural stone façade have large openings facing the valley and the sea 2016-03-24 04:05 Natasha Kwok
12 Looking Back at Men’s Fur From cavemen to kings, rock stars to pimps, fur for men has always been a risky proposition, defining everything from sheer survival to power, ego and over-the-top ostentation. With a Seventies revival in full force for fall, statement coats were all over the runways — and hairy outerwear took center stage. Now let’s see how the selfie generation deals with it. 2016-03-24 04:01 WWD Staff
13 Laurie Anderson at the Fitzgerald Theater: Danny Sigelman on The Language of the Future To spark discussion, the Walker invites Twin Cities artists and critics to write overnight reviews of our performances. The ongoing Re:View series shares a diverse array of independent voices and opinions; it doesn’t reflect the views or opinions of the Walker or its curators. Today, artist, DJ, musician, and writer Danny Sigelman shares his perspective on Laurie […] 2016-03-24 06:24 By
14 14 State Changes: Marvin Lin on Vicky Chow and Tristan Perich’s 1-Bit World
For Sound Horizon 2016, our series of free in- gallery music performances, we’ve invited critic and Tiny Mix Tapes editor Marvin Lin to share his perspective on each installment of this three-part program. Following his February piece on Mary Halvorson, he turns to Vicky Chow and Tristan Perich, whose works Surface Image and Observations will be performed March 24. The series concludes April 28 […] 2016-03-24 06:24 By
15 FUSO cuts warehouse to create patios that let light flow through offices in paris FUSO cuts warehouse to create patios that let light flow through offices in paris (above) a glass façade and sun protection system replaced former industrial doors all images courtesy of FUSO atelierd’architectures / © clement guillaume located on the outskirts of paris, FUSO atelier d’architectures has transformed an 1800sqm storage facility into a workspace for a company that aims to welcome its subsidiaries on a site located strategically nearby their historic headquarters. the conversion of this warehouse into offices raised two critical points: natural light and thermal comfort. to solve them, the size of the volume (60m x 30m x4.3m) and the lack of façade openings were considered, leading them to create two main interventions: opening two exterior patios and creating closed spaces in the interior using prefabricated timber. to favor a playful and warm atmosphere, offices and meeting rooms were made of structural wooden panels. these elements were prefabricated using digital machining, enabling fast implementation onsite, without the need for lifting equipment. the acoustically treated space was structured without partitioning it in order to let natural light flood into the depth of the volume and to install all technical parts like networks, smoke detectors, and air conditioning. the patios were cut from the mass volume of the old storage room and are framed by floor-to- ceiling windows that let natural light flow inside, blurring the frontier between outdoor and indoor spaces. view from the open-space and the new patios the new patios allow an open partition of working spaces different sections intended for different uses designboom has received this project from our ‘DIY submissions‘ feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers here. 2016-03-24 02:15 Atelier Fuso
16 shanghai's long museum hosts career-spanning survey of olafur eliasson's work shanghai’s long museum hosts career-spanning survey of olafur eliasson’s work (above) the open pyramid, 2016 | © 2016 olafur eliasson all installations view at long museum, shanghai | all photos by anders sune berg, courtesy of the artist; vitamin creative space, guangzhou; neugerriemschneider, berlin; tanya bonakdar gallery, new york olafur eliasson: nothingness is not nothing at all long museum, shanghai now through june 19, 2016 marking his first ever survey exhibition in china, olafur eliasson presents ‘nothingness is not nothing at all’ at shanghai’s long museum, west bund. the monumental show brings together a diverse selection of artworks extending from eliasson’s early career to the present day, alongside a number of new installations conceived especially for the exhibit. each of the pieces have been chosen and organized with particular attention paid to their relationship with the vaulted, austere concrete architecture, designed by atelier deshaus. ‘I wanted to amplify the feeling of the cavernous museum galleries by installing artworks that invite visitors to look inwards,’ eliasson says, ‘to question how their senses work, and dream up utopias for everyday life.’ drawing from the building’s rectangular rooms and curved ceilings, eliasson selected artworks that complement the geometries of the space, particularly ones with circular, spherical, cuboid, or pyramidal configurations. pavilion-like installations create intimate areas within the galleries, while the vast interior is divided by precisely-curated artwork groupings. many of the pieces include elemental materials such as stone, ice, water, or light, while other optical devices, lenses, mirrors, and glass spheres reinforce the subjectivity of visual perception. for example, ‘the open pyramid’ — a large-scale, site-specific installation — invites viewers inside a giant mirrored structure where a landscape of light, shadow and reflection is echoed onto the surrounding environment. overall, the exhibition encourages the active engagement of the visitor, and highlights their active role in the discovery and co-creation of the world around them. ‘reality is what we make it to be,’ eliasson says, ‘it is what we see, sense, think, feel, and do. it is also what things, artworks, spaces, and cities do to us. art challenges our perspective on the world, turns it upside down, or suggests alternative views – I hope visitors to the exhibition will be inspired to undertake such inquiries. I see the questioning of what is as an opportunity. it makes that which we take for granted negotiable, open to change.’ detail of ‘bridge from the future’ 2016-03-24 00:15 www.designboom
17 17 Geminola to Close Its Doors in West Village More Articles By West Village frock purveyor Geminola will close by the end of May. Located at 41 Perry Street, the teacup-size concept boutique had cultivated a loyal following in its 12-year run. Its carefully curated, madcap display of reconstructed vintage clothing, housewares, accessories and distressed tutus are marked down at 50 percent off. Geminola owner Lorraine Kirke — who opened the boutique without formal retail experience in 2004 — told WWD that her decision to close the shop is not based on a singular event. “I just decided it was time to move on, the West Village is now just a completely different vibe. There’s just us [left] and the Perry Street Alcoholics Anonymous meeting…. It used to be a village and I don’t think the West Village is a village now — it’s a place for billionaires,” Kirke said. “I got divorced two years ago and had to sell the house and never got my [in-home] studio again. …I don’t have the space anymore and I didn’t have the visceral connection with it that I loved. Before, I was obsessed, but maybe I was filling the void for a bad marriage, which is funny, right? I was filling the void for a super bad marriage and maybe dresses were helping that, but then when it all went apart, I thought ‘Oh, I don’t need to do all this stuff.’” West Village passersby and residents knew spring had arrived when Geminola would hang its airy print dresses outside its doors. An amalgamation of her three daughters ’ names (Jemima, Domino and Lola), Geminola was an emporium of unique, feminine wares. Kirke would source vintage linens, laces, velvet and tulle, and transform them into magpie confections, accented with smatterings of antique floral appliqués and moiré ribbons. The one-off designs were strewn around the store, amid antique fixtures and curios — turning the shopping experience into that of a hobbyist pursuit. The boutique received widespread recognition when Kirke’s designs were featured in “Sex and the City.” The pallid aquamarine tutu that Carrie Bradshaw wears in the series’ final episode was sourced from the store. More recently Kirke’s daughter and “Girls” star Jemima was filmed wearing Geminola designs on the hit HBO show. Adding to Geminola’s frazzled fairy dust ambiance was its cast of outré shop girls. The boutique was known as a breeding ground for young, cool, ambitious creatives — a large swath of which have moved on and found success in an array of fields, from film to styling. Lena Dunham worked in the boutique during college. Said Kirke: “I have loved it all. I’m so grateful for the people who love this place and the fun and all the girls who came through here and worked here — I mean there’s got to be at least 100 of them, people who needed their first job, their college job.” Kirke is now weighing options of what to do with the remainder of her lease in the space. She is considering subletting but, “Can’t imagine why some young girl wouldn’t want to come in and continue it — I’d love for someone creative to come in and take it over and keep it going.” 2016-03-23 23:19 Misty White
18 bjarke ingels and carlo ratti discuss paris' europa city bjarke ingels and carlo ratti discuss the architectural vision behind europa city all images courtesy of europa city offering a mix of retail, culture and leisure facilities, europa city is conceived as a vast hybrid project that combines urban form with expansive landscaping. designed by bjarke ingels group, the 800,000 square meter scheme seeks to combine dense urban development with open space. located 16 kilometers outside of paris, the city is carved into the landscape and covered in an accessible green roof with recreational areas, hiking paths and urban farms. europa city will be directly linked to the grand paris express metro, currently under construction, as well as charles de gaulle airport. in a new video, bjarke ingels sits down with fellow architect and innovator carlo ratti to discuss europa city’s ambitions and intentions. bjarke ingels and carlo ratti explain the architectural vision behind europa city ‘paris is a city that has been incredibly good at creating landmarks, like the arc de triomphe, the grande arche, and the eiffel tower,’ says bjarke ingels. ‘in 2024, when you arrive at charles de gaulle airport you’ll look out of the airplane and see this unusual hybrid of landscape and architecture — almost like a piece of land art. with europa city there is the possibility to be as bold as the parisians used to be when they created the paris we know today.’ ‘in 2024, I think that sharing will be a very powerful engine of urban life,’ adds carlo ratti. ‘ultimately, this has two very big advantages. not only efficiency, but it is also about the beauty of meeting other people.’ europa city is organized along an internal avenue of retail, entertainment and cultural programs. above, an accessible roof canopy features gentle sloping valleys and peaks that allow visitors to experience panoramic views of the parisian skyline. designed as a laboratory for sustainable technologies, europa city will showcase viable green implementations that not only save energy, but also improve the quality of the urban environment. a range of culture and leisure programs — such as concert halls, spas, skiing facilities, swimming pools and farms — form an urban ecosystem where resources are fed from one to another. waste heat from retail is channeled into leisure spas, while water is re-used as irrigation for the parks. it is also imagined that europa city will provide surrounding neighborhoods with district heating and cooling. the project is now in a public discussion phase, with construction set to get underway in 2019. europa city aims to open to the public five years later in 2024. spas, skiing facilities, and swimming pools all form part of the plan an urban ecosystem is formed where resources are fed from one to another it is imagined that europa city will provide surrounding neighborhoods with energy europa city is organized along an avenue of retail, entertainment and cultural programs europa city aims to open to the public in 2024 2016-03-23 22:41 Philip Stevens
19 Patricia Arquette, Chromat’s Becca McCharen Discuss Empowering Women More Articles By On Wednesday morning in the lower level of the Smyth Hotel’s Little Park restaurant, four women sat together to talk about inclusion. Producer Anne Munger, directors Emily Harrold and Erin Sanger and actor Patricia Arquette comprised the panel of power-broads who’d been assembled as part of the #ActuallySheCan campaign, which aims to empower women and encourage them to be their best selves by supporting other women. Seems like a modest proposal on a hot-button topic? Perhaps. But Arquette stressed that changing the culture surrounding the film industry’s inclination to keep women out of certain roles starts with conversation. “Only 7 percent of directors are female, even though we are 51 percent of the population,” she said. “I don’t think we’ve seen stories like the ones [Munger, Harrold and Sanger] are telling in their films through the female gaze. People’s experiences and stories need to be told.” Harrold, who directed a film on Cosme chef de cuisine Daniela Soto-Innes, acknowledged that while growing up her parents gave her unwavering support to follow her dreams, but once she entered the working world, reality set in. “As you step into the industry, you do start to notice things, like, oh, is he just saying that to me because I’m young, female and blonde? It’s not always overt, of course,” she said. “I’ve become more aware of how I’m perceived as a woman documentary filmmaker as time has gone on.” Becca McCharen, the designer of Chromat and the subject of the film Munger worked on, was on hand at the event to talk about her experience being trailed by a camera crew while she prepared her swim, lingerie and sportswear line for New York Fashion Week. Her collection, which she worked on in part with Intel, taps inclusivity in the broadest sense of the word. Tech elements such as bionics and heat-sensitive sports bras are worn by plus-size and transgender models. And Lauren Wassner, a runway veteran who lost her leg after suffering from toxic shock syndrome, walked in the fall Chromat show with a prosthetic. For McCharen, the future of fashion uses 3-D printing and body scanning for optimal personalization. It’s most important, she said, to cater to each individual’s shape. “As we’ve gone down the road with women’s lingerie, we’ve realized no bodies are the same. It’s so hard to just dictate sizes and how that fits for different people. In the future, I see everyone having a copy of their own body scan, and you’ll be able to download your clothes online and print it out in the color of your choice,” McCharen added. “I really love the idea of well-fitting clothing that’s custom-made for you being accessible to everyone.” Meanwhile, Arquette briefly touched on her famous Oscar speech, in which she called for equal pay for men and women after she won for best supporting actress in 2015. “I said to my boyfriend, ‘I’m gonna say something if I do win,’” she recalled. “‘I’m gonna lose some jobs over this. But I’m cool with it.’” Her conviction didn’t waver, either, when she was asked what she’d say to critics who claim it isn’t a woman’s “time” to be fully represented and included in the film industry. “That’s such a convenient argument,” she stated. “People need opportunities. You can’t just say their time hasn’t come. You can’t talk caveman to me.” 2016-03-23 22:29 Maxine Wally
20 J. C. Penney’s $12 Million Club: Pay for Myron Ullman and Marvin Ellison Myron “Mike” Ullman 3rd and Marvin Ellison split the duties of chief executive officer at J. C. Penney Co. Inc. last year and each logged compensation of more than $12 million. Ullman ceded the ceo post to Ellison on Aug. 1. Ullman’s compensation last year totaled $12.8 million and included a salary of $1.5 million and incentive pay of $4.7 million. He also received stock awards and options worth $5.4 million, although that value might not be realized given share price fluctuations and vesting schedules. The rest of his compensation tallied $1.3 million, which included $546,980 for personal use of corporate aircraft. That amounted to a pay bump for Ullman, who saw compensation of $9.7 million in 2014. Ellison’s pay totaled $12.1 million and included a salary of $1.4 million, and incentive pay of $3.6 million. Stock awards and options were valued at $6.7 million. The rest of his compensation totaled $379,786 in various benefits, including relocation costs of $104,124, personal use of corporate aircraft valued at $228,860 and a home security system for $44,469. Ellison joined the company from Home Depot in 2014 and served as president, taking some time to learn the ropes from Ullman. During his first year at the company his compensation tallied $19.6 million, driven by stock awards valued at $15 million and a $4.1 million bonus. Under their stewardship, J. C. Penney has been reworking and making up for losses during the misadventure that was Ron Johnson’s tenure as ceo, which led to bold merchandising moves and steep losses. Penney has regained much ground and had a good holiday season. Fourth-quarter adjusted earnings before interest, taxes and depreciation gained 40 percent to $381 million and the company ended the year with inventories in good shape and a slew of emerging strategies and formats. J. C. Penney’s is speeding the roll out of Sephora, increasing private brand offerings, and stepping up its value message to consumers. 2016-03-23 22:25 Evan Clark
21 Guthy-Renker Said to Be Considering Sale of Proactiv Direct-marketing beauty business Guthy-Renker is considering a sale of Proactiv, according to two industry sources. Guthy-Renker declined to comment. The brand is one of Guthy’s largest, bringing in an estimated $876 million in sales for 2014, according to data from Kline. One source estimates sales for 2015 were roughly $1 billion, and a potential deal could be valued at $2 billion or more. Nestlé, which owns roughly 23 percent of L’Orèal, is close to inking an acquisition agreement for the skin-care line, one source said, suggesting that the length of the non-compete with founders Katie Rodan and Kathy Fields has caused negotiations to move more slowly. The source said aside from that, most of the terms of a deal have been negotiated. Nestlé did not return a request for comment by press time. Proactiv was developed by dermatologists Rodan and Fields in 1995, and its multiproduct, acne-treatment regimen has been touted in infomercials by celebrity spokespeople including Adam Levine, Olivia Munn and most recently, Sarah Michelle Geller . (Rodan and Fields also developed the skin-care line Rodan + Fields.) Guthy-Renker, headquartered in Santa Monica, Calif., is also behind another acne-treatment line, X Out, as well as Meaningful Beauty and Wen hair care, which is facing a potential class- action lawsuit from consumers alleging the product causes hair loss. Guthy is also one of the backers of IT Cosmetics, which has reportedly considered an initial public offering. Other product lines in the business include Crepe Erase and Perricone Sub-D. Guthy-Renker ranked at No. 24 on WWD Beauty Inc’s Top 100 list with more than $1.8 billion in estimated sales for 2014. Proactiv has recently revamped its marketing strategy to cast a wider net, Megan Drogmund, senior director of brand management for Guthy, said at the WWD Beauty Forum in February. The goal is to use authentic stories and feature celebrities in spots of varying lengths to reach different target demographics, she said. 2016-03-23 22:04 Allison Collins
22 Esquire’s Senior Fashion Editor Wendell Brown Departs for The Daily Beast Esquire’s longtime fashion editor Wendell Brown is leaving Hearst Magazines , WWD has learned. Brown, who spent 11 years at Esquire, most recently in the role of senior fashion editor, is heading to The Daily Beast. WWD reached out to The Daily Beast for more information on his role there, but requests were not returned by press time. Brown was the second-most senior fashion editor at Esquire after fashion director Nick Sullivan. A spokesman from Esquire confirmed Brown’s departure, adding that the editor’s last day at Hearst is next week. During his tenure at Hearst , Brown helped launch Esquire’s “Big Black Book,” a biannual fashion supplement showcasing luxury goods and style-centric instructional guides. He also appeared on TV for the men’s glossy to talk about fashion trends. Prior to Esquire, Brown worked as a senior fashion editor for about a year at sister publication Harper’s Bazaar. He also served as an associate fashion editor at WWD and sibling men’s publication DNR, which closed in 2008. Although Brown’s departure has been characterized by sources at Hearst as a new stage in the editor’s career, it comes on the heels of a changing of the guard at the men’s glossy. In late January , editor in chief David Granger was let go after 19 years at Esquire. Town & Country editor in chief Jay Fielden , who was promoted to editorial director of that glossy, grabbed Granger’s job. Since news of Granger’s departure began circulating in the halls of Esquire, employees there have been buzzing about potential changes under the incoming editor. While Fielden’s reign hasn’t yet produced any seismic shifts at the magazine, it’s common practice that when a new editor takes the helm, a staff shake-up is soon to follow. Fielden officially starts his gig at Esquire on April 1. 2016-03-23 21:08 Alexandra Steigrad
23 lincoln navigator concept at the 2016 new york auto show lincoln adds massive gullwing doors to six passenger navigator concept all images courtesy of lincoln american automaker lincoln redefined the large luxury SUV market in 1997, and for the 2016 new york auto show, reanimated the ‘navigator’ for clients interested in better performance, more space and the latest gullwing door trend. the design team drew influences from luxury sailboats and yachts when creating the concept. this impacted everything from clean, contemporary lines and ‘storm blue’ paint on the exterior that mimics the grays and blues of sea and sky, to the teak finishes custom closet found in the trunk. the lincoln ‘navigator concept’ the ‘navigator concept’ features a 3.5 liter twin-turbo V6 engine delivering more than 400 horsepower that adapts to different road surfaces and changing weather conditions. drivers can choose several modes to improve ride and handling, with each mode accompanied by a matching digital animation on the dashboard. designers at lincoln took style cues for luxury sailboats and yachts inside, the leather-wrapped seats are rendered in light blue and adjustable in 30 different ways to best support occupants’ different body types. at the rear, a custom wardrobe management system holds gear, while a 360 degree camera and enhanced park assist feature create and image that allows drivers to see all around the vehicle. a lighting sequence welcomes passengers through power gullwing doors and deployable concertina steps. the gullwing doors access both the front and rear passengers the concept presented at the 2016 new york auto show 2016-03-23 21:01 www.designboom
24 Sotheby’s Celebrates Asian Abstract Art in “Brushwork” Auction Related Venues Sotheby's Hong Kong Artists Kazuo Shiraga Cai Guo Qiang Jiro Yoshihara Seo-Bo Park Sam Francis Kazuo Shiraga Sotheby’s have announced a curated auction of abstract artists from the East and West that will lead off the auction house’s Contemporary Asian Art Spring Sale 2016. Entitled “Brushwork — From Asia to the World,” the sale will feature 20 works by contemporary abstract artist who have mutually influenced each other from China, Japan, Korea, France, and the United States. Specifically, the exhibition will focus on how artists widen definitions of what brushwork could be in the post-war period, with works like “Enjihen (Crimson Rouge),” 2004, painted by Shiraga Kazuo using his feet, or “Sun Dial,” 1995, one of Cai Guo-Qiang paintings with gunpowder, question basic notions of what could be considered a brushstroke. Other works feature artists working with their bare hands or with blades. The auction will focus on how eastern abstract art influenced western, and vice versa, featuring works from members of the Japanese group Gutai like Kazuo and Yoshihara Jiro, whose body- focused practices can be seen as a precursor to performance art, as well as a painting from Dansaekhwa artist Park Seo-bo painted as a reaction to the ego-driven work of the Abstract Expressionists. Asia’s influence on Anglo-American art can be seen in the work of American artist Sam Francis featured in the auction, which was heavily influenced by time the artist spent in Tokyo engrossed in the local culture and Zen Buddhism. As Sotheby’s themselves wrote in a statement, “guided by an emphasis on spirituality, a focus on inner truth over mimetic representation, and the prioritisation of materials from nature, post- war Asian artists forged a unique aesthetic that inspired their contemporaries at home as well as the Western avant-garde.” “Brushwork — From Asia to the World” will be held April 3 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The public preview runs April 1-3 at Sotheby’s Hong Kong. 2016-03-23 20:31 Samuel Spencer
25 Maxwell Osborne and Dao-Yi Chow to be Honored by Gordon Parks Foundation More Articles By Estée Lauder Cos. Inc. chairman Leonard Lauder and his photographer wife Judy Glickman Lauder will receive the third annual Gordon Parks Patron of the Arts Award. Given their shared interest in art, they may have great reason to speak with another honoree, LaToya Ruby Frazier, a 2015 MacArthur fellow winning artist and photography professor at the Art Institute of Chicago. Musician and composer Janelle Monae will also be on hand to receive an award and her next project will offer a different kind of salute. Monae will appear along with “Empire” actress Taraji P. Henson and Octavia Spencer in the upcoming film “Hidden Figures,” which is based on Margot Lee Shetterly’s upcoming book “Hidden Figures: The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race.” A Cover Girl model and fashion show frequenter, Monae will add to the stylish crowd. Co-chairs for this year’s event include Karl Lagerfeld, Usher, Grace Miguel, Alexander Soros, Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz. The Gordon Parks Foundation will also honor Bryan Stevenson of the Equal Justice Initiative. In its 10th year, the foundation’s executive director Peter W. Kunhardt Jr. that its educational outreach and exhibition has expanded greatly. In addition, the “Invisible Man: Gordon Parks, Ralph Ellison in Harlem” exhibition will bow at the Art Institute of Chicago on May 21 with a Steidl-published companion book. In addition, GPF’s scholarships at FIT, YoungArts, Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, Harlem School of the Arts, SUNY Purchase, the Ghetto Film School, New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.” Like some of the multitasking honorees, the self-taught photographer Parks, excelled in several fields — as a composer, author and filmmaker. He was also Life magazine’s first African- American staff photographer and writer. Children have also taken to Parks’s life story, considering children’s author Carole Boston Weatherford won a NAACP Image Award last month for her book with illustrator Jamey Christoph, “Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America.” 2016-03-23 20:09 Rosemary Feitelberg
26 Draymond Green on Dressing for the NBA at Barneys Opening in San Francisco Green recently began working with his friend and stylist, Los Angeles-based Vick Michel, who also has a sports background, but the basketball star shared that he’s always loved fashion. (Pro tip: Green likes Amiri jeans.) Here’s what he had to say about the competitive world of the NBA — sartorially speaking. I love basketball and it’s a chance to do something that I love to do for a living. And now you speak fashion — it’s something I enjoy, to be here and be a part of this. You know, we get this platform and it’s huge and I think sometimes you can use it the wrong way. I try to just do my best to not only help myself but to, more importantly, help others. I think that part of the reason I always loved it was because, for a long time, I couldn’t afford it. We all want what we can’t have. For a long time, I always had these visions of what I wanted and could never get. Even then, you take what you get, you shop where you can, you make do with what you have. So that’s the interesting thing — putting stuff together that others may not see. Putting something together and they’re like, “Man, what’s that?” And all of a sudden you see them and they’re right up that same alley. It’s fun. I used to look at it as, like, man I’m getting dressed to walk in the gym, take it off, go on the court, put it back on and go home. But the more I started to do it, the more you fall in love with it. I go with the model of look good, play good. You go to the game looking good, you play good. It makes you feel better about yourself. If you feel confident going into the gym, I think that confidence rolls over. Me and Andre? I think me. Although Andre dresses very nicely. He is always very, very, very well- dressed. I don’t think he’s as versatile as me when it comes to dressing. But that’s the only thing. But you have to give him a lot of credit. Sometimes I look at Andre, and I’m like, “Hey man, what’s that?” “What kind of jeans or shoes are those?” He’s very well-dressed, but I don’t think he can get as versatile as me. A part of it is our personalities. My personality is a little louder than his, which allows me to do more. If Andre did some stuff, it just wouldn’t fit him because it’s not his personality. But Andre is very, very well-dressed, all the time. He can be going on a flight, and he is always well-dressed. No matter what. 2016-03-23 19:49 Maghan McDowell
27 EGO Third-Year Reading The University of Alaska Fairbanks’ English Graduate Organization annual reading will highlight fiction and poetry of third-year MFA students before they forge their own literary paths in Alaska and beyond. Come support these great writers in the Bear Gallery on March 26 at 7pm! A little about this year’s readers: Chelsey Zibell was raised in the village of Noorvik in northwest Alaska. She obtained her BA from UAF in English and Inupiaq Eskimo. She is working on an MA/MFA in Poetry. Chelsey’s goal is to teach high school English in rural Alaska. Craig Sanders is a candidate for the MFA in fiction at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where he serves as fiction editor for Permafrost. He received his BFA in creative writing and BA in political science at Penn State Erie, the Behrend College, in 2012, and you can find his fiction in The Carolina Quarterly and Monkeybicycle. He loves dogs, punk rock, and bowling, and his biggest influence as a writer is “I Shall Be Free No. 10” by Bob Dylan: “He’s a weird monkey, very funky.” Regan Campbell is a Fiction MFA finishing his third year at UAF. His work has appeared in Fading Light: An Anthology of the Monstrous and nowhere else that sounds even half as metal. When the whole writing thing doesn’t pan out, he’s thinking about taking up a different hobby, like becoming a race car driver on outrageously perilous Brazilian rally circuits. Maeve Kirk is originally from the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it town of Bonners Ferry, Idaho. After graduating from Lewis-Clark State College in 2013 with a BA in Publishing Arts, she journeyed north for an MFA and some inspiration. After graduating in May, she’ll return to the lower 48 with a collection of short stories, a new appreciation for thick socks, and much gratitude toward everyone who has helped her become a stronger writer and better person over the last three years. Her work has been published in Talking River, Permafrost, and Passages North. 2016-03-23 19:42 fairbanksartsassociation
28 Downton Abbey Cast Attend Best of British Luxury Event at The Ritz in London Lord Julian Fellowes , Phyllis Logan and the series’ director Liz Trubridge were among the dinner guests at the hotel’s Music Room, which was filled with props and costumes from the series. Trubridge reminisced about the beginnings of the period drama: “We set out to do a trilogy that would take place before, during and after the First World War, because there was so much social change at the time. However, we didn’t know if there would be a continuation after the first season, all we could do was work hard and create something we are proud of. We were also aware that if we were not successful there wouldn’t be many period dramas for a while.” The series’ global success — particularly in America and China — came as a surprise, according to Fellowes. “When Americans love you, they love you fiercely,” he said, remembering a recent trip to New York where a fan followed him into a Barnes & Noble store and begged him to keep the character of Edith happy. “As for the response from China, it was rather shocking, we have 600 million followers. If we are entertained by the same things, we can’t be that different.” Among the other guests were Chinese bloggers taking part in the showcase of British luxury brands, which also included Vertu, Chivas Regal and Astley Clarke. Trubridge said she treasures the award that “Downton” scooped at the Shanghai TV Festival. “This kind of international exposure created so many opportunities for us. Designers and jewelers started offering the most exquisite pieces for Lady Mary (actress Michelle Dockery) to wear, with security sometimes sitting next door waiting for the shoot to finish, so that it could be returned. Not to mention our amazement when Ralph Lauren presented a collection inspired by the series’ country attire with models walking down the catwalk to a ‘Downton Abbey’-themed tune.” Fellowes said he only had to voice his views a few times regarding the costumes. “Sometimes the costume designers would shy away from traditional clothing, but this is what men used to wear at the time. So if I saw a blue tweed suit, for instance, I would say ‘Absolutely not.'” 2016-03-23 19:26 Natalie Theodosi
29 Theater-Verite: Richard Nelson On His Ripped-From-the- Headlines Play “Hungry” Related Venues The Public Theater On March 5, the day that his play “Hungry” opened at the Public Theater, Richard Nelson made two adjustments to his drama about the Gabriels, a middle-class family living in the New York hamlet of Rhinebeck. One had to do with the weather, the other had to do with politics. After watching the Republican presidential debate the previous evening, the dramatist was inspired to add the reactions of his characters to the slugfest. Mary, a retired doctor, says that she would vote for Megyn Kelly, the Fox News anchor who moderated the debate, “if she wasn’t a Republican.” Her sister-in-law Joyce, a local caterer, observes, “It feels like we’re all about to go over a cliff.” Her sister, Hannah, a costume designer living in Brooklyn, wryly concedes, “God, it’s going to be a very long eight months.” Nelson introduced this new form of “theater-verite” in “The Apply Plays,” a tetralogy covering significant events surrounding the Obama presidency produced from 2010 to 2013 at the Public. “Hungry,” which plays through April 3, is the first in a new Nelson trilogy called “The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family.” The subsequent plays will open, respectively, in September and on election night in November. “It’s not verite so much as being so specific in time and place that we feel we’re being allowed into a world that’s truthful,” said Nelson. “That specificity has paid dividends in a kind universality.” While a feverish political season rages outside the modest home of the Gabriels, it is allowed to only occasionally seep into the discourse of a family reunion occasioned by the death of Mary’s husband, Thomas, a playwright. Among those also gathered are his brother George, a piano teacher and cabinetmaker; Karin, Thomas’s ex-wife, an actress and teacher; and Patricia, the family matriarch. While Hillary Clinton gets mentioned most, Trump is mentioned only once by name and Bernie Sanders receives a cameo when Hannah’s son is said to “feel the Bern.” In a chat with ARTINFO, Nelson, a veteran playwright (“James Joyce’s ‘The Dead’”), explains why the conversation around the Gabriels’ kitchen table is of more import to him than the tantrums of our roiling political scene. Well, I think the word “hungry” is used in a lot of different meanings in the play. I think the word is richer than just angry. It’s about many things — an emptiness, a need, a desire. I think the word itself is broader and deeper. I don’t know. I think anger is perhaps an element but again it’s more complicated than that. Anger is just a lashing out in a certain way. With the Gabriels, they’re seriously trying to figure out where they belong. They’re trying to ask questions: what is happening? And where do I fit in? I think that society has monetarized so much. The discrepancy between the very wealthy and the middle class has widened. There’s a feeling of where does one belong? Where does one’s moral beliefs fit in? Where do your priorities fit in a society that puts their values somewhere else? I think it’s a sense of fairness, and trusting each other, a sense that there is a value to art and culture. A place where their soulful things matter greater than pure economic things. Some people are so wealthy, money is thrown around in such ways that the value of something gets diluted or confused. So, we all know stories of people paying huge sums of money for a particular thing — housing, for example, where the idea of $2 million apartment was unheard of and now it’s almost an average. The $70 million apartment is an absurd concept. It exists. It certainly could be applied to that. Sure. That’s pretty good. In a way, it really doesn’t make any sense. If money really doesn’t matter to you, then it’s meaningless. It’s confused. It’s not so much contempt as fear. They’re questioning who these people are. Hannah [the caterer] sees [rich] people on one hand and knows these people want to do good and are trying to go do good things. At the same time, she hears them speak in such a way that they feel they’ve earned everything they’ve got. There are different signals being sent. That’s not hatred. That’s confusion. Absolutely, yeah. There’s a sense of being preyed upon. The world outside feels suddenly dangerous. Certainly dangerous to the mother, and to the others as well. You’re at the mercy of people. Absolutely. It was calibrated in “Hungry” in telling the stories of these people and then constantly seeing where I felt these people would be in terms of the overt politics of the given time. You can imagine events where there would be a need to talk about it and other times when there’d be very little talk about it. The question is raised but it’s not answered. We are at just the start of the political season so we’ll have to see how that is worked out over the next two plays and how the campaign goes over the course of the next eight months. No! No! I root for my country first and foremost. I don’t know. It’s very surprising. But I’m a writer, not a politician. Mostly what I am interested in is trying to describe people as richly as I can and put them in a context as best I can. What I think politically, that’s just another can of worms. As a citizen, we’re in an odd and surprising place. Absolutely. It’s an unsettling time. Well, I’m not looking… the mother lode for me is a group of people in Rhinebeck who are just trying to survive and move forward with a lot of things in their way, whether it’s in the political arena, the personal arena, the health arena. Just to watch them try to pull out something good from themselves and from each other. 2016-03-23 19:04 Patrick Pacheco
30 Celebrate Winter's End with Inverted Footage of Melting Snow Screenshot from Threat of Snow With springtime officially here, it’s time to bid adieu to icy precipitation from the sky. Glenn Venghaus’ short video, Threat of Snow , captures those fleeting moments of snow melting, but with a spatio-temporal twist: the video shows the snow rising from the wet ground, and reforming into piles of ice crystals, stopping at plenty of icy, abstract views in between. The one-minute video was made by inversing, then retiming, images of melting snow over several days. No special effects or animations were used—just a special lighting setup and precise filmography. The inverse colors give the snow an eerie, abysmal look, while the retiming makes it appear to sprout from puddles of water. The composition and unnatural timing of the shots abstracts the snow, so it’s less like watching paint dry and more like watching some sort of monstrous, generative, natural disaster. The crackling, droning music doesn’t help to make the video any less ominous. Watch the whole video below, and let’s hope it’s the last glimpse of snow you’ll see until next winter. Threat of Snow from Glenn Venghaus on Vimeo . Check out more of Glenn Venghaus’ videos here . Related: Watch Massive Snow Murals Come to Life Snow Falls Like Gems in Alex McLeod’s Hyperrealistic Animation In Japan, Snow Sculptures Are Serious Business 2016-03-23 18:55 Alyssa Buffenstein
31 A Painter’s Portraits Explore the Politics of Style Barkley L. Hendricks, Photo Bloke, 2016, oil and acrylic on linen, 72 x 48 inches, Inventory #BH16.001. © Barkley L. Hendricks. All images courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Barkley L. Hendricks has spent nearly the last six decades mixing photorealism with Pop references to render a distinctive laid-back cool that traces blackness through the fashion of identity. In the 1960s and 70s, when the black and white communities in America begin to develop distinctive forms of dress, Hendricks created large-scale portraits of everyday black Americans in dandy- meets-Black Power aesthetics, bearing both funk and disco influences. Present in Hendricks’ art are flâneur figures contrasted against flat, evocatively bright, monochromatic canvases. The canvases are sometimes circular or diamond-shaped and laced with European abstract undertones. Now 70, Hendricks recently opened a show of new paintings, Barkley L. Hendricks , at Jack Shainman Gallery. Barkley L. Hendricks, Passion Dancehall #5, 2016, oil and acrylic on linen, 48 x 48 inches, Inventory #BH16.004. © Barkley L. Hendricks. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York The exhibition features paintings that fall neatly in line with the earlier works by Hendricks. Anthem shows a female singing in front of a tricolor earthy backdrop. Photo Bloke shows a clean-cut figure in a pink suit paired with white Nike Air Force 1 shoes and a matching pink background. The works continue the artist’s ability to show, through capturing highly stylized, personal, and mundane moments, the sensibilities of his subjects. John Wayne and Passion Dancehall 5 , as do other, more recent works, reveal Hendricks' interest in rendering international black life and tastes. Barkley L. Hendricks, Roscoe, 2016, oil and acrylic on canvas, 41 1/2 inches diameter, Inventory #BH16.002. © Barkley L. Hendricks. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York In Barkley L. Hendricks , like the series of younger black artists working right now, responds to the spate of killings of unarmed black citizens in America. Hendricks uses his kicky, cool aesthetic, honed over the years, to make provocative pronounces about the police violence that has plagued black communities in recent memory. In the work Roscoe , a black male figure wears blue jeans and a blue long-sleeve T-shirt that says, in white, "Fuck Fox News” in the station’s font. The message is presented over warm stripes of yellow, purple, and orange. The painting, To Be Titled , is comprised of four smaller canvases that come together to depict a black youth wearing a grey hoodie with his hands raised up in the air. The gesture evokes Black Lives Matter protests in the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, in the aftermath of the shooting death of Michael Brown. The figure’s sweater is embossed with the words, “I no can breathe,” which reminds us of Eric Garner, and a red mark that evokes a high precision sniper rifle on the figure’s forehead. The figure in similar stance is repeated in the painting, In the Crosshairs of the States. What changes is that the circular work is installed on top of an American and Confederate flag. Barkley L. Hendricks, In the Crosshairs of the States, 2016, oil and acrylic on canvas, 35 1/2 inches diameter. Inventory #BH16.003. © Barkley L. Hendricks. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York The haunting works seem to conflate two separate killings of unarmed black males and the history of the Civil War to make a point about how violence seems to find black males, no matter the circumstance. The works also seem to suggest that Barkley has boldly turned his documentarian painting process to the concerns of injustice. In his current solo show, in the fashion of his figures, he captures the racism that has led to a great deal of anguish. Barkley L. Hendricks, To Be Titled, 2015, oil and acrylic on canvas, 4 paintings, each 12 x 12 inches,Inventory #BH15.004. © Barkley L. Hendricks. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York Barkley L. Hendricks continues through April 23 at Jack Shainman Gallery. Click here for more information. Related: Detroit Exhibition Showcases 30 Years of Black Contemporary Art "Black Lives Matter" Makes It to the Venice Biennale Making Black Men Visible—By Painting Them Together 2016-03-23 18:50 Antwaun Sargent
32 Photographer Annie Leibovitz Captures Badass 'WOMEN' in a New Series Laura Poitras, New York City, 2015 © Annie Leibovitz WOMEN New Portraits Exhibition by Annie Leibovitz with Exclusive Commissioning Partner UBS Laura Poitras is a badass woman. Not only has she consistently delivered unprecedented perspective on the surveillance state through documentaries like Citizenfour , but her very first solo show is at the Whitney Museum of American Art—an accomplishment in and of itself, on top of the immersive and novel way she presents her perception of the world. Poitras is among the women showcased in master portraitist Annie Leibovitz's latest series, WOMEN: New Portraits , to be shown at The Presidio’s Crissy Field in San Francisco. Each portrait contextualized the woman with the work that has made them influencial. She captures Paskistani feminist and education activist Malala Yousafzai in a classroom, African American ballet trailblazer Misty Copeland poised perfectly on the tips her pointe shoes, feminist icon and writer Gloria Steinem in her office, and noted technologist Sheryl Sandberg in a boardroom. Poitras is captured in the thermal imaging aesthetic that defines her show at the Whitney, and evokes the omnipresence of surveillance in general. Leibovitz captured these portraits, a continuation of the beloved Women series she's been adding to since 1999, on commission from financial firm UBS. "With these new portraits, Annie wanted to kick it up a notch," a representative of Leibovitz tells The Creators Project. The original photographs are populist slices of female life, but the new iterations find her subjects in their most powerful setting. The representative continues, "She wanted to focus on women who are more well known, and really keep the conversation about women going. " Annie Leibovitz, New York City, 2012 © Annie Leibovitz See the full series at Crissy Field in San Francisco. Check out more of Annie Leibovitz's work on her Facebook page. Related: Laura Poitras' First Solo Show Makes the Surveillance State Visible 5 Oscar-Winning Documentary Tips from the 'Citizenfour' Team This Photographer Put John Malkovich Into Iconic Portraits Of The Past Portrait Series Memorializes Maya Angelou and Other Female Activists 2016-03-23 18:45 Beckett Mufson
33 Neo-Rococo Arrives in Jesse Mockrin's Paintings L: School of Love; R: Love and Friendship. All images courtesy Night Gallery and the artist. Lush, sensuous, and enigmatic, Jesse Mockrin ’s paintings are markedly contemporary, yet beautifully allude to the past. The Progress of Love , the artist’s current show at Night Gallery in Los Angeles, is inspired both by current trends in men’s fashion and 18th century Rococo scenes. Aesthetically, Mockrin is drawn to Rococo’s luxurious depictions of wild foliage and ornate clothing, but her interest also extends into the realm of gender politics, which she explores with precise, careful brushstrokes. “The men and women in the Rococo are both powdered and rouged. They might both be depicted with flowers in their hair. The men's clothing in the period incorporated satiny fabric, embroidery, floral prints, ruffles and lace. Although those are things we would generally associate more with women's clothing now, it is their resurgence in contemporary menswear and the dissolving of those gender boundaries that first led me to make the visual connection with Rococo,” Mockrin tells The Creators Project. Gender relations in Rococo paintings are traditional, but, like the depiction of wild gardens, not without a dose of hedonism. Fragonard’s landmark Rococo painting, The Swing , for example, depicts a man pushing his wife on a swing, her shoe falling off her foot, only to be collected by her lover, who is hidden from her husband by an overgrowth of foliage. Mockrin crops this scene down to the dainty foot, lost shoe, and presumptuous, plucking hand. Of course, Mockrin does more than crop and copy: her style is more cartoon-like than the 1766 original, with clear, flat spaces of color giving the painting a graphic feeling, cleaning up the feathery daintiness of her Rococo inspirations. L: Garden of Love; R: Bloom “ The Swing by Fragonard is probably the most recognizable reference in the show, followed perhaps by the dress in my painting Bloom , which was inspired by Boucher’s Madame de Pompadour. To me, these two works, as well as others from the period from which I borrow for this show, are emblematic of overall Rococo themes I explore and play with in the work,” says Mockrin. The artist has worked with oils since she was a teenager, drawn to the natural feeling of the paint as opposed to acrylics, and the paint’s ability to be reworked over and over. Beginning with a dark ground and layering lighter pigments on top, the textures become less photorealistic, yet more luminous. Working without paint-thinning mediums like turpentine or linseed oil, Mockrin builds rich, matte surfaces. “I often work from drawings and photographs, but I freehand everything on the canvas. That process at times involves revisions: moving the eyes closer together or farther apart, raising or lowering an ear, or sometimes redrawing a hand several times until I'm happy with it. Oil gives me the freedom to do that and to follow what my eye views as right,” she elaborates. Installation view, The Progress of Love These surreal surface textures pair well with Mockrin’s compositional choice to crop her subjects in unnatural ways—so just one hand, or the top of a woman’s flower crown-adorned head, for example, is the subject of a scene otherwise occupied by wildlife. “The Rococo body is fluid, the gestures flowing and theatrical. The pinkie fingers are raised. It is these dramatic and romantic themes I am drawn to; a world that does not and cannot exist outside of the illusory space of painting,” Mockrin says. The Progress of Love is on view at Night Gallery until April 16. Related: Fairy Tale Women Come Alive in Laser-Cut Oil Paintings Meat the Fleshy Oil Paintings of Oda Jaune Computers Are Now Just as Good at Identifying a Painting as the Experts 2016-03-23 17:50 Alyssa Buffenstein
34 You Can Nominate Artists for the Turner Prize— Everyone knows that the Turner Prize, awarded by London's Tate, is one of the most prestigious in the art world. Everyone probably knows that it carries a £25,000 purse ($35,000 at current exchange rates), and that it often ushers the recipients into a new career stage. You've heard all about the smackdowns administered to the shortlisted artists and the victorious ones in publications worldwide. What many people don't know is that you can nominate artists yourself via a simple form on Tate's website. Yes, you, too, can have a part in art history, if make your recommendation before April 4. You'll need to come up with a British artist under fifty, and name an exceptional exhibition or other presentation of her or his work in the previous year. Past winners range from architecture collective Assemble (2015) to sound artist Susan Philipsz (2010), as well as video- and filmmaker Steve McQueen (who won in 1999 and would later go on to win an Oscar ). Some were more controversial than others, of course. Who could forget shark-in-formaldehyde specialist Damien Hirst 's 1995 win, which involved "a bisected cow and calf," or 2003 winner Grayson Perry , who is one of the only ceramicists to receive the award? Painter Malcolm Morley , who took home the first Turner Prize, named for English painter Joseph Mallord William Turner , in 1984. The shortlist will be announced on May 12, 2016. The 2016 Turner Prize Jury is made up of Beatrix Ruf, director of the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Simon Wallis, director of the Hepworth Wakefield; independent curator Tamsin Dillon; Michelle Cotton, the director of Germany's Bonner Kunstverein; and Tate Britain director Alex Farquharson. Follow artnet News on Facebook. 2016-03-23 17:33 Brian Boucher
35 Poly Auction Hong Kong Announces 2016 Spring Lineup Related Venues Poly Auction Artists Yayoi Kusama Wu Guanzhong Cui Ruzuo From what it’s touting as “the biggest oil painting on canvas to be auctioned” to a themed sale of works by Yayoi Kusama , Poly Auction will offer more than 1,600 items, with a total estimate of more than HK$700 million, at its spring sales in Hong Kong next month. The large oil painting, measuring 148 by 297 centimeters, is “The Zhou Village,” 1997, by Wu Guanzhong. Combining the Western oil painting tradition with scenes from China, Wu has been called the father of modern Chinese painting. Alongside this work, the auction house will offer one of his smaller pieces, “The Juma River in Shidu Town,” 1981, which comes with an estimate of HK$15 million to HK$20 million ($1.9-2.6 million). Another large-scale work on the auction block is Cui Ruzhuo’s six-panel ink drawing “The Grand Snowing Mountains,” 2013, measuring over twenty square meters. Heading a dedicated sale of the artist’s work entitled “Glossiness of Uncarved Jade,” the drawing carries an estimate of between HK$150 million and HK$200 million ($19.2-25.7 million). With it, Poly is hoping to beat the auction record it set for the artist’s work in 2014, when his “Landscape in Snow” garnered HK$184 million. Other themed sales include an auction of Buddhist art, a collection of Yan and Zhou dynasty bronzes, and a sale entitled “Convergences,” featuring a selection of works by Chen Wen Hsi. 2016-03-23 17:12 Samuel Spencer
36 AGi architects hides wall house in kuwait behind stone façade AGi architects hides wall house in kuwait behind monumental stone façade all images by nelson garrido situated in a residential suburb of kuwait city, this dwelling designed by AGi architects protects its inhabitants with a large fortress-like façade. appropriately titled ‘wall house’, the scheme meets the brief set by the client who wanted a ‘large shell’ to protect his family — including his three daughters. the design incorporates four patios, which have been developed three-dimensionally. hidden behind imposing stone elevations, these secluded external spaces allow residents to spend time outdoors without being overlooked by prying eyes. the home is situated in a residential suburb of kuwait city internally — at ground level — a large lattice delineates an enclosed living room surrounded by gardens and patios. above, a shared living room extends onto a terrace where friends and family can relax, chat, eat and socialize. this particular open air veranda is connected with the mother’s private garden on the lower level without any shared sightlines. the sheltered nature of the terraces means that residents are protected from the region’s strong sun, while vegetation and greenery are able to grow freely throughout the home. the house’s unconventional configuration creates a series of versatile ‘free zones’ that the architects say will encourage new ways of occupying the residence. an atrium is populated with greenery and vegetation plants are able to grow freely throughout the home a shared living room extends onto a terrace where friends and family can relax patios are sheltered from the region’s hot sun various living spaces are organized around the atrium 2016-03-23 17:09 Philip Stevens
37 A Stunning Tribute to Cinema's Greatest Tracksuits Tracksuits are sexy. Image: screenshot from Leisure on the Lens Terrycloth Juicy Couture, or three-striped Adidas? In Travis Greenwood and Robert Jones ’ movie supercut, nobody has to choose. The writer and video editor co-produced an aspring viral video called Leisure on the Lens: Tracksuits in the Movies , a mashup of Hollywood stylists’ greatest moments in athletic wear. WIth footage from 74 movies, cartoon and live action, blockbuster and obscure, the video doesn’t discriminate against less-popular tracksuits. Nor does it preference tracksuits worn for the sake of exercise over those worn for fashion. There are evil villains in tracksuits, Mean Girls in tracksuits. Bill Murray wears a red one, Will Ferrell wears a black one. The women of Pitch Perfect dance their tracksuits off, while Uma Thurman bloodies hers. There are Americana tracksuits, shiny silver tracksuits, shiny gold tracksuits, leather tracksuits, short sleeved, long sleeved, zipped, unzipped, clean, and sweaty tracksuits. Some tracksuit-wearers work out, a few run triumphantly down the beach, and still others just sit there, contemplating their life in tracksuit. Set to the funky soundtrack of the Isley Brothers’ “It’s Your Thing,” the compilation will inspire you to do your thing, and change immediately into your favorite tracksuit. Check out the whole thing below. See more of Greenwood’s video compilations on YouTube . Related: 36,000 Kung Fu Kids Star in M. I. A. and GENER8ION’s New Video There’s a Nightclub Where All Fictional Characters Meet WTFashion Trend: Net Artists Wearing Under Armour 2016-03-23 17:05 thecreatorsproject.vice
38 Musical Adaptation of ‘Roman Holiday’ Aims for Broadway A musical adaptation of “Roman Holiday” will be staged in San Francisco during the spring of 2017, with a planned transfer to Broadway that fall, the show’s producers said Wednesday. The musical, which combines the plot of the 1953 film with the music of Cole Porter, has been in development for years — an early version was staged at the Muny in St. Louis in 2001, and a reworked version at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis in 2012. SHN, a theater owner in San Francisco, has agreed to present the newest version of the show at its Golden Gate Theater starting on May 24, 2017. The show, now with the title of “Roman Holiday – The Cole Porter Musical,” tells the story of a romantic day spent by a princess and a reporter sightseeing in the Italian capital. The film starred Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn, and Ms. Hepburn won an Academy Award for best actress for her performance. The musical is being produced by Paul Blake and Mike Bosner, the team behind the surprise hit “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,” which has been running on Broadway since late 2013, and is also playing in London and on a national tour. The book is being written by Kathy Speer, Terry Grossman and Mr. Blake. Mr. Blake has made a specialty of mining the classic American songbook for scores to musicals — he also wrote the book for, and co-produced, “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas,” which ran on Broadway over the Thanksgiving to New Year’s holiday periods of 2008-2009 and 2009-2010. 2016-03-23 17:00 By
39 The Kitchen Announces Spring Season Joan Jonas, whose “They Came to Us Without a Word” at the Venice Biennale last year was seen as a triumph , will bring a version of the work to the Kitchen to open its spring season. The season, which runs from April 6 through June 11, opens with Ms. Jonas’s “They Come to Us Without a Word II,” from April 6-8. Other programs at the Kitchen, the avant-garde performance and exhibition space in Chelsea, include more visual art, as well as music, dance and theater. In “They Came to Us Without a Word II,” Ms. Jonas explores themes of nature’s fragility amid rapid change with a mixture of video from the Venice pavilion and live performances. She will be joined by her longtime collaborator, the jazz pianist Jason Moran, who has also been busy uptown with a series of concerts to inaugurate the renovated Veterans Room at the Park Avenue Armory. Ms. Jonas’s engagement is followed by a series of performances by the American Contemporary Music Ensemble, performing concerts inspired by the minimalism, including works by Philip Glass, Steve Reich and Meredith Monk. Charlemagne Palestine joins the group on April 10 for a performance of his hypnotic “Strumming Music.” Later in the season, the band Xiu Xiu performs music from “Twin Peaks” (April 30), and Mike Iveson, known for his work with the theater company Elevator Repair Service, presents his play “The Tear Drinkers” (May 19-27). Among Mr. Iveson’s collaborators for the production is the video artist Charles Atlas. Another video artist, Ed Atkins, presents an exhibition about technology and representation in a solo show that runs from April 13 through May 14. Then, the experimental “On Limits: Estrangement in the Everyday” (May 24 through June 11), brings together 20 interdisciplinary artworks related to a wide array of themes, including racism, queerness and the environment. More information, along with a calendar and tickets, is at thekitchen.org . 2016-03-23 16:35 By
40 Artist Carves the Entire Alphabet into Pencil Lead Cyclists have the Tour de France. Chefs have the fugu fish. Ninjas have the Ninja Warrior Challenge. For those who carve miniature sculptures from pencils, using 0.6 mm mechanical lead is the pinnacle of difficulty. Taiwanese carver Chien Chu Lee calls his latest work in the medium, the alphabet carved consecutively one letter after the other, "a top level challenge. " Since 2010, Lee has carved E. T. and Buzz Lightyear, the Eiffel Tower and the San Shian Tai Bridge, flower fields and Instagram icons, and even a working chain from writing utensils. The alphabet, which you can peep in the Instagram above, represents Lee at the peak of his craft. It looks like it might break if you breathe too hard on it. It's "a real pro work of pencil carving," Lee says. Check out all the aforementioned miniature wonders and more in the Instagrams below. See more of Chien Chu Lee 's work on Instagram . Related: Mini Emoji Carved from Colored Pencils are :D It's Time to Reinvent the Pencil Artist Carves Tiny Pop Art Masterpieces on the Tips of Pencils [Exclusive Video] Creating Sand Castles With A Single Grain Of Sand 2016-03-23 16:10 Beckett Mufson
41 studio job: MAD house opens in new york city studio job turns new york's museum of arts and design into a MAD house studio job turns new york’s museum of arts and design into a MAD house photo by butcher walsh / courtesy of the museum of arts and design studio job: MAD house museum of arts and design, new york now through august 21, 2016 from now until the end of august, the museum of arts and design hosts 57 pieces by design collaborators job smeets and nynke tynagel of studio job — four of which make their debut at the exhibition. ‘MAD house’ is the first solo museum show in the US dedicated to the atelier, and emphasizes the elements of history, fantasy and irony that studio job has become best known for. two floors of the new york-based museum are transformed into an immersive design experience, featuring sculpture, lighting, furniture, floor coverings, wallpaper, drawings, and other objects created over the past 16 years. ‘for us, creation is more important than discipline,’ smeet says, ‘and with purpose and precision, we’re situating decorative arts within the twenty- first century. unlike most designers working today, we’re not coming from modernism,’ said smeets. ‘our contribution is that we’ve recovered a lost path. is that design? is that art? I’m not sure.’ photo by butcher walsh / courtesy of the museum of arts and design presented as if featured in a collector’s home, the pieces are organized by narrative rather than chronology. the exhibition highlights studio job’s expressive and opulent body of work, which combines ornamentation and monumentality with personal and sociocultural fictions. the pieces making their international debut include works like ‘sex cake table lamp’ and ‘sinking ship table’, alongside sketches and full-scale color drawings that document the creative process. additionally, four private commissions are shown publicly for the first time: the cast bronze ‘pitchfork and shovel’, stained glass ‘heart’ and ‘dr. crützen illuminator’, and ‘unity cabinet’ in marquetry. finally, the designers have created a sound piece made in the spirit of an audio tour for a private art collection. in it, job smeets and nynke tynagel play the role of art collectors who have acquired these works, recounting both real and imagined stories behind each object that speculate on the artists’ possible intent. photo by butcher walsh / courtesy of the museum of arts and design ‘studio job stands as one of the most distinctive contemporary design studios today,’ says ronald t. labaco, MAD’s marcia docter senior curator. ‘their exhibition concept organizes their work in loose, sometimes contradictory groupings around ideas such as love/lust, agrarian/preindustrial, and church/religion. these fluid categories underscore studio job’s desire for visitors to bring their own interpretation and personal experience to the artwork on view, in effect creating a metamodern dialogue rooted in engagement and storytelling.’ photo by butcher walsh / courtesy of the museum of arts and design 2016-03-23 16:02 Nina Azzarello
42 John Legend to Co-Produce Play About Dick Gregory John Legend, the Oscar-winning musician, has signed on to produce a new Off Broadway play about Dick Gregory , the influential comedian and civil rights activist. The play, called “Turn Me Loose,” will star Joe Morton, who is currently appearing in the television show “Scandal,” as Mr. Gregory. It will feature an original song by Mr. Legend. “People like Dick Gregory, Paul Robeson, Harry Belafonte and Nina Simone show me what the definition of an artist is – it isn’t just to make art but to speak truth to what’s happening, speak beauty into the world, speak love into the world and also get involved,” Mr. Legend said in a statement. “Turn Me Loose” is written by Gretchen Law. The play has had three workshops and readings, at Atlantic Theater Company, New York Stage and Film and New York Theater Workshop. The production will be directed by John Gould Rubin, the artistic director of the Private Theater ; it is scheduled to begin performances May 3 and to open May 19 at the Westside Theater. Mr. Legend is currently producing the comedy stage show “Neal Brennan 3 Mics” at the Culture Project, and on television is co-producing “Underground.” He, along with his producing partner Mike Jackson and their Get Lifted Film Company, will jointly produce “Turn Me Loose” with several others. 2016-03-23 16:00 By
43 See 10 Art Flicks at Tribeca Film Festival— There's an impressive roster of documentaries, feature films, and shorts that take place in the world of artists and museums on offer at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival. Taking place April 13–24, the festival includes documentaries on painter Elizabeth Murray and performance artist Chris Burden , and even a feature film that boasts Christopher "more cowbell" Walken as a deranged performance artist. Prizewinners also get awards in the form of artworks , this year selected by Institute of Contemporary Art Miami . deputy director and chief curator Alex Gartenfeld. Read on to learn more on our ten picks; follow the link in the title for full scheduling information. Tickets go on sale March 29. 1. The Family Fang Rare is the feature film about an avant-garde performance artist, and this could be the one you've been waiting for—it features none other than Christopher Walken in that role. Starring Nicole Kidman and Jason Bateman (who also directs) along with Walken and Maryann Plunket, The Family Fang tells the story of two unhinged artists who stage disturbing guerrilla performances. Instructed by their art-school professors that having kids ruins your career, the elder Fangs have children but force them to participate in their crazy stunts. It's based on a debut novel by Kevin Wilson (which I liked so much, I reviewed it for Art in America in 2011). 2. The Banksy Job This isn't your father's art heist film—it's a London caper where ex-porn actor AK47 sets out to pilfer a public artwork by the famous anonymous street artist Banksy , the creator of Dismaland , the mystery man behind the mockumentary Exit Through the Gift Shop , and, who knows, maybe a parking attendant. Directed by Ian Roderick Gray and Dylan Harvey, this documentary follows the man who calls himself an “art terrorist. " 3. First Monday in May The exhibition “ China: Through the Looking Glass ," at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 's Costume Institute, was the fifth-most-visited show in the museum's history, with 815,992 visitors. (It even beat the Alexander McQueen show, and by over 150,000 people.) The film documents the creation of the show by curator Andrew Bolton, and the glitz of the Met Gala , the star- studded annual event. It's directed by Andrew Rossi, who helmed Page One: Inside the New York Times and Ivory Tower , which looked at the skyrocketing price of higher education. 4. Maurizio Cattelan: Be Right Back Trickster artist Maurizio Cattelan 's hit Guggenheim retrospective, “All" (2011-12), pushed the museum to do the kind of show it had never staged before by suspending his sculptures in the middle of the rotunda. “I think he's probably one of the greatest artists that we have today," says hesitant New York dealer Adam Lindemann in the trailer, before adding, “but he could also be the worst. " See Maura Axelrod's documentary (which we previewed in 2014 ) and decide for yourself. 5. Everybody Knows…Elizabeth Murray Painter Elizabeth Murray , champion of the shaped canvas and MacArthur Foundation “genius," unabashedly explored the theme of domesticity in a career that spanned nearly five decades. Here, Kristi Zea, the producer behind beloved features like As Good as it Gets and Broadcast News , studies Murray's place in the New York art world and her death from cancer at 59 in 2007. 6. The Artists of Skid Row Mexican-born Ramiro Puentes says he kicked booze and drugs in the nineties, but became homeless all the same in 2009. When he got involved with a community arts program for mentally ill homeless people in Los Angeles, he discovered photography and launched on a life of art, documented by directors Molly Swenson and Tyson Saddler. 7. Burden Performance art hasn't been the same since Chris Burden had a friend shoot him in the arm. Directed by Timothy Marrinan and Richard Dewey, Burden goes deeper than the bullet hole, combining video documentation of 1970s performances with observations from colleagues (including a young Roger Ebert!) and film of the artist at his studio in recent years, before his death from cancer in 2015. 8. I Am a Pencil This six-minute film, inspired by the outpouring of support for the graphic artists murdered at the offices of Paris satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo , imagines the artist as a pencil. 9. Taylor and Ultra on the 60s, the Factory and Being a Warhol Superstar We're pretty sure the title of this fifteen-minute film, directed by Brian Bayerl, starring Warhol Superstar Ultra Violet and Lower East Side icon Taylor Mead, and featuring appearances by Salvador Dalí , Lou Reed, and Warhol Museum director Eric Shiner , says it all. 10. Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock David Bowie , Debbie Harry, Mick Jagger, Joan Jett, Alicia Keys, Snoop Dogg, Pharrell Williams —they've all posed for Mick Rock , who's been photographing musical superstars since the '70s. If you're into music videos, you may know the work of Barnaby Clay, who's directed such productions for the likes of TV on the Radio, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Gnarls Barkley; here, he shadows the man the London Times called "the music world's top snapper. " The 2016 Tribeca Film Festival will run April 13–24, 2016. Follow artnet News on Facebook. 2016-03-23 15:28 Brian Boucher
44 The Garage Museum's Spring Exhibition Series It's only been ten months since the Garage Museum for Contemporary Art opened the doors on its massive, Rem Koolhaas-designed Gorky Park location, and yet, everything from the expertly-curated gift shop to the cozy, constantly buzzing cafe feels as polished and purposeful as if it had been up and running for years. The institution's spring exhibition lineup, which includes Rashid Johnson's "Within Our Gates," Taryn Simon's "Action Research/The Stagecraft of Power," and Viktor Pivovarov's "The Snail's Trail" is no exception, bringing together three distinct perspectives with more in common than initially meets the eye. "Garage's spring season invites you to clear out the cobwebs of your mind—if you like, it's spring cleaning," said curator Kate Fowle during a press conference. "[One] theme or common thread that you'll find is that each artist presents us with work whereby facts are much stranger than fiction. " Simon's multi-part exhibition addresses hot-button topics like governmental treaties and nuclear power mainly through two series of sleek, attractive photographs, all of which contain significantly more backstory that initially meets the eye. Simon's is a heavily research-based practice, and in this context, her work helps bridge the gap between Johnson's ambitious installation and Pivovarov's highly conceptual paintings and works on paper. Situated directly below Simon's work, by the main entrance to the museum, is Johnson's site- specific, sculptural installation, which he and a team of friends and helpers spent two weeks erecting. "When he arrived at Garage, he was met with what he asked us to prepare, which was 71 metal beams, 420 plants, 175 lights, over 200 books, 1,200 pounds of shea butter, 12 carpets, and a number of other, smaller things, as well as two experts—one from the Moscow botanical garden and one from the museum," Fowle recalled. Johnson refers to the installation, which is made up of an artful hodgepodge of plants, books, television screens, and ornate rugs situated amidst a welcoming maze of metal boxes and softly glowing lights as "a brain. " Indeed, the marriage of high and low culture (W. E. B Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk meets a TV blaring Rocky IV ) feels simultaneously intellectual and inviting— a bit like being inside the buzzing mind of a thoughtful, hyperactive friend. And like the museum's beloved cafe area, it's the kind of place you just want to hang out in. "The goal is to create a series of contradictions, and it's not dissimilar from the contradictions that live in all of our experiences," Johnson said during an interview. "I think an artwork that, in a sense, doesn't focus on specifics about our experience, but allows you to be challenged with the more macro kind of concerns that so many of us have is one that, for me, becomes more successful. " While those unfamiliar with Russian culture will find Simon and Johnson's work more approachable, it was clear during the opening festivities that Pivovarov's exhibition was of the most consequence for the local audience. Dubbed by one museum worker as the "Russian Shel Silverstein," the 80-year-old artist is a seminal figure in Russia, having illustrated several popular children's books. While living in Moscow in the 1960s and '70s, Pivovarov and fellow artist Ilya Kabakov pioneered the Moscow Conceptualist movement, which reveled in samizdat works. Since the government at the time effectively banned any artwork that wasn't illustration-based, Pivovarov and his contemporaries created much of their work inside notebooks that could be both easily shared and easily concealed. After moving to Prague in 1982, Pivovarov began to work on a larger scale, producing painting and sculpture, but was also imbued with a sense of loneliness and isolation away from his colleagues and the art scene he knew. "The Snail's Trail" traces Pivovarov's career across 11 rooms, each of which reveals a particular emotional experience, ranging from romantic love to horror, death, and extreme isolation. These feelings are expressed through imagery, language, and concepts that are highly familiar to a Russian audience—some even loosely reference Pivovarov's own children's book illustrations— but that to outsiders come across as surreal. An in-depth exhibition guide, written by the artist and translated into English, helps provide context. "A child sees a world where the ego has not yet been separated from the id, and where subject and object are the same thing," Pivovarov writes in reference to iconic paintings like This is Radio Moscow (1992) and The Long, Long Arm (1972), which appear in the show's second room. "This is the paradise that will later be lost. This is also the place—the state of being one with the world—which we will always try to return to throughout our journey. " This notion of a journey, be it physical, mental, or spiritual, is one that's echoed throughout the Garage's spring exhibition series. For Simon, it's an often physical trip through the inner workings of social structures, one in which she consistently cuts through red tape to reveal the bizarre truths of human existence. For Johnson, it's a journey through the contents of his own heart and mind to identify the texts, films, objects, and ideas that have influenced him, and to finally create an environment through which these influences can be communicated to others. For Pivovarov, it's a journey through his own career, and ultimately, his psyche. For all of their differences, it's a unique gift of these three artists, as well as the museum's curators, to be able to condense and communicate such epic pilgrimages into something audiences can absorb. As Pivovarov writes: "Any journey begins with a moment of wonder…As we grow older, we lose the ability to feel it. " Follow artnet News on Facebook. 2016-03-23 15:23 Cait Munro
45 45 Meet the Creative Polymath Turning Philosophers into Fighting Games Nietzsche fighting Marx in Filosofighters. Art by Alisson Lima © Superinteressante magazine, Editora Abril São Paulo-based writer, multimedia artist, musician, and 'newsgame' pioneer Fred Di Giacomo redefines the meaning of multidisciplinary storytelling, working across various platforms from books and videos to games and infographics. In his short but successful career, he's created an online portrait of recent immigration to Brazil, as well as a point-and-click game about World War II Brazilian soldiers. Among his proudest achievements is a massive report on the nature of happiness. But by all accounts, the Brazilian artist's own story is as interesting as those he creates. Born in Penápolis in the economically challenged rural outskirts of São Paulo, Di Giacomo was raised by a pair of high school teachers who fervently believed in the power of education. His parents' activism was a huge influence on Di Giacomo, who soon turned into a young punk- rocker and became immersed in the subculture of zines and alternative blogs. He recently wrote a piece called " Rock, Rebellion And My Misguided Shame Of Brazilian Culture ," which discussed his years in the subculture from 1999-2003. "At that time, I thought journalism was a way to tell life-changing stories and build a better world," Di Giacomo says. "So I entered in a public university in 2002, studied journalism, and started to [experiment] with video, TV, radio, and internet. " After graduating college, Di Giacomo worked for one of Latin America's biggest media companies, Editora Abril , creating videos, interactive games, and infographics for a prize- winning teen magazine, Mundo Estranho. By the end of 2008, he began working with Rafael Kenski, "a pioneer in Brazil for Alternate Reality Games (ARG), a type of role-playing game (RPG) based on real life. " First, there was a game that "puts the player in the role of a forensic police officer" called CSI – ciência contra o crime. Next came Jogo da Máfia , designed to promote insight into the world of international drug trafficking. "A famous Brazilian journalist wrote about our work and called it 'newsgames.' That’s when we realized that what we’ve been doing already existed," Di Giacomo says. "The whole idea about newsgames is to use [a] video game’s simulation and immersion powers to inform, educate and tell real stories to people. As my parents did before me teaching in slums, I was also trying to inform and educate young Brazilian people, but in a more entertaining way. " In 2011, Di Giacomo and his colleagues created a game that became an international sensation: an unlikely union of philosophy and wrestling called Filosofighters (Di Giacomo says his friend Raoni Maddalena came up with the idea after watching a Monty Python sketch.) The next year, Di Giacomo, Otavio Cohen, and friends wanted to create a new fighting came, only casting scientists instead of philosophers. It is called Science Kombat. "The idea was the same: to explain basic information about science and famous scientists in a funny way," he says. "Each scenario is a representative place of the scientist's life. And the final boss is God, that morphs into various God-representations... We thought it would be a good metaphor for the battle of science against faith/superstition. We had the help of editor (and my wife) Karin Hueck to do the journalistic research, and we hired talented people like artist Diego Sanches and artist and sound designer Juliana Moreira Aparecida to help us. " Conceived in 2012, Science Kombat entered production last year and will be released on March 29. It was all conceived in the newsroom of Brazilian publication, Superinteressante , who are the ones who financed the newsgame. Around the same time, Harvard's NiemanLab took notice of their work. "I thought, 'Holy shit, I came from this shitty city, a.k.a., Penápolis, and now I'm on a Harvard website?'" Di Giacomo recalls. "We had created our newsgames from scratch, just trying to expand the boundaries of journalism. " Di Giacomo and his friends’s animated infographics were recognized by the Society of Publication Designers (SPD), and in 2012, his team's online portrait of recent immigration to Brazil went up against Snowfall by the New York Times. "Of course we didn’t win—but it’s still pretty cool, especially since our budget for this project was only about $700 USD," Di Giacomo says, adding, "I can only imagine how much NYT spent on Snowfall. Art by Alisson Lima Since Di Giacomo isn't exactly the type to be restricted to any one discipline, it comes as no surprise that he's also the author of two books. In 2012, his book of lullabies for grownups, Canções Para Ninar Adultos , was published, followed with Animal Haikus a year later. "Also in 2013, me and my wife were tired of the crazy life we were living in São Paulo—full of violence, pollution, traffic, expensive lifestyle, and social inequality," Di Giacomo says. "We started to ask ourselves about the meaning of life and about what we were doing with our days. So we decided to quit our jobs, move to Berlin (she is a German-Brazilian) and start a big investigation on happiness. We interviewed scientists, doctors, monks, artists and writers from all around the world about the basic questions of life. We called it Glück Project (Glück meaning “happiness” and “luck” in German) and we had a big impact in Brazilian media. " Illustration by artist Leonardo Mathias/Editora Patuá from the book Canções para ninar adultos, featuring Bukowski, Ginsberg, Poe, and Brazilian writer Nelson Rodrigues in the style of the Ramones' album cover. Currently, Di Giacomo is back in Brazil, putting the finishing touches on his latest newsgame while teaching journalism to economically challenged youths through a nonprofit called É Nóis. Finally, he's completing another pair of books as well, one about happiness for children called Felicidade tem cor , and another with "pop poems that talk about the social situation in Brazil, and our political and economical crisis. " No matter the medium, Di Giacomo always explores similar themes, examining the roots of economic inequality as well as the nature of happiness. And if newsgames are indeed the future of journalism, those are exactly the topics we'll need to learn more about. Click here to visit Fred Di Giacomo's website. Related: Fight with History's Greatest Scientists in an 8-Bit Game Marina Abramović Takes a Spiritual Journey to Brazil [Exclusive Trailer] Forget 4K, Lose Yourself in a Stunning 10K Timelapse of Brazil 2016-03-23 15:10 Tanja M
46 Cat Art Show 2016 Features Norman Reedus Cat lovers might want to book a flight to Los Angeles this weekend for a cat art show that's making its way to downtown LA's Think Tank Gallery. This edition, titled " Cat Art Show LA 2: The Sequel ," follows in the footsteps of CatConLa's debut in 2014, which the organizers state attracted visitors by the thousands. “Cats have been part of our lives for thousands of years," curator Susan Michals said in a statement. "The Egyptians frequently aligned them with gods, and artists like Picasso created masterpieces centered on cats. " This year's headliners include Mark Ryden and Marion Peck , artists who share an aesthetic affinity for painting cats and human figures with distorted proportions. Ryden's contribution, for example, is a Blythe doll-esque depiction of actress Amanda Seyfried grasping an excited cat. Other notable artists from the 70-strong lineup include commercial cat photographer Walter Chandoha , popular tattoo artist Kat Von D , and celebrity photographer Mick Rock . But perhaps the most surprising participant to join this year's roster is actor Norman Reedus , who plays fan-favorite character Daryl Dixon from the hit TV show the "The Walking Dead. " It turns out that when Reedus isn't hacking away at zombies, he's busy creating paintings and photos—sometimes involving feline friends. Cat-themed art is hardly new to the scene, especially given the niche's popular demand. A cat painting sold at Sotheby's in November 2015 for $826,000. This May, The Worcester Art Museum will be hosting a summer-long show of their own dedicated to cats titled " Meow: A Cat-Inspired Exhibition. " See below for a selected preview of the upcoming show. "Cat Art Show LA 2: The Sequel" opens at downtown LA's Think Tank gallery on Thursday, March 24 from 8 p.m to 10 p.m. The exhibition runs through Sunday, March 27 from 11 a.m. through 5 p.m. Follow artnet News on Facebook. 2016-03-23 15:07 Rain Embuscado
47 Paris Gets Set for Big Art Week: Fairs, Drawings, Design and More Related Events Art Paris Art Fair 2016 Salon du dessin 2016 Drawing Now Paris 2016 PAD Paris 2016 Venues Grand Palais Palais Brongniart Jardin des Tuileries Carreau du Temple Drawing Now Paris Artists Georg Baselitz Jean Fournier Security across Europe remains tight but the events are marking anniversaries with extra displays and features this time around. With most of the key events in the City of Light being staged from March 30 or 31 through to early April, Blouin ARTINFO offers a brief guide to the fairs to help plan your visit. The largest of the events, now going some 16 years and gathering 143 galleries from 20 countries, covers both modern and contemporary art. The four-day fair also plays up its international ties and for the first time features art from Azerbaijan, Colombia and Iran. After feting Russia, China, and Singapore in previous years, this time its focus switches to Korea as the fair’s guest of honor. About 80 Korean artists have been selected by curator Sang-A Chun. The generalist fair will also explore regions of Europe and its cities, such as Zurich, Munich and Milan. It has a balance of 48 percent of foreign galleries and 52 percent from France. The 58 newcomers include Bob Gysin (Zurich), Art Bartschi & Cie (Geneva), La Balsa Arte (Bogota), Silk Road Gallery (Tehran) and Studio Giangaleazzo Visconti (Milan). The fair also includes the “Promises” section that aims to highlight young, emerging talents and the “Solo Show” section that covers personal experiences. The façade of the Grand Palais, hosting the fair, will be illuminated by digital art projections. A total of 39 galleries will show more than 1,000 drawings as the event marks its silver jubilee: The 25-year Salon started in 1991 and now has Louis de Bayser as its chairman. The works on paper include Old Masters right up to contemporary. Its four newcomers this year are Hélène Bailly Gallery, Galerie Jacques Elbaz, Éric Gillis Fine Art, and Martin Graessle Kunsthandel. The Salon is also the first time a set of drawings solely from the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts will be shown in France: the Pushkin is guest of honor. Not to be outdone, Drawing Now Paris has 74 galleries and is also in anniversary mode, celebrating its 10 th edition. The black Pavilion of Art and Design temporary venue, familiar to Londoners from its appearances in Berkeley Square, will be popping up in the Tuileries to bring its mix of 20 th - century art, design and decorative arts to the center of Paris. The new gallery list includes Leclaireur, Armel Soyer, Le Beau, Rose Uniacke and more. 2016-03-23 14:52 Mark Beech
48 Damien Hirst to Curate Jeff Koons Show at Newport Street Gallery Related Venues Newport Street Gallery Artists Jeff Koons Damien Hirst Damien Hirst’s Newport Street Gallery will present a solo exhibition of work by American artist Jeff Koons from May 18 to October 16, 2016. Titled “Now” and curated by Hirst himself, the exhibition will feature more than 30 paintings, works on paper, and sculptures from Hirst’s collection, spanning 35 years of Koons’s career from 1979 to 2014. The exhibition will include works from Koons’s series “Inflatables,” “The New,” “Equilibrium,” “Luxury” and “Degradation,” “Made in Heaven,” “Popeye,” and “Hulk Elvis,” amongst others. “Now” is the first major UK show to be devoted to the artist since “ Jeff Koons : Popeye Series” at the Serpentine Gallery in 2009. Hirst was in his second year at Goldsmiths college when first saw Koons’s work, which he has been collecting for 12 years, in the 1987–1988 group exhibition “New York Art Now” at the Saatchi Gallery. Newport Street Gallery opened in Vauxhall, South London, in October 2015. Spanning five buildings, the gallery presents solo or group exhibitions of work drawn from Damien Hirst’s extensive art collection, On the opening of the gallery, Hirst said “I’ve always loved art and art deserves to be shown in great spaces, so I’ve always dreamed of having my own gallery where I can exhibit work by the artists I love. “I believe art should be experienced by as many people as possible and I’ve felt guilty owning work that is stored away in boxes where no one can see it, so having a space where I can put on shows from the collection is a dream come true.” 2016-03-23 14:24 Nicholas Forrest
49 Tour Solomon's Temple in Young Magic's New 3D Musical Environment [Premiere] Screencaps via Watching the music video for experimental soul duo Young Magic 's "Valhalla (Reprise)" feels like stepping into a turbulent psychedelic acid poster, one of those tie-dye graphics you’re supposed to look at when ingesting foreign ideas. Visionary digital artist and musician Vinyl Williams , the creative mind behind Rioux’s 3D musical environmen t and The Quincey’s playable music video , to name a few, takes us on a tour through yet another warmly-hued virtual dreamland. This time it echoes a cyberdelic Ancient Israel, surrounded by palm trees and ethereal structures, encapsulated in what looks like bubble wrap floating in space. Williams’ visual frame is bent and twisted in this perpetuating glitch, a haunting deformation that perfectly complements the deep and ominous vocals of Young Magic singer Melati Malay. The walls of this virtual environment, along with the frame of the video, wax and wane in time with the music, giving this viewer a pressured sense of claustrophobia. Williams says his celestial world is his impression of King Solomon’s temple— if ancient Jerusalem was a female-ruled society. As the myth goes, King David, Solomon’s father, wanted to build the temple as a resting place for the Ark of the Covenant, a wooden chest with a golden lid containing the two tablets of the Ten Commandments. Alas, God ordered him not to, so when Solomon came to power he decided to carry out his father’s plan and erect the temple. Echoing The Da Vinci Code 's Dan Brown, Williams tells The Creators Project, “I replaced the Ark inside the temple with Joan of Arc, the young French heroine who received visions from Archangel Michael, Saint Catherine and Saint Margaret to recuperate France from British rule.” Singer Melati Malay says that, when it came to a visual treatment for the song, “Vinyl Willams’ interactive environments were the first to come to mind.” She tells The Creators Project, “For me, this album was a process of sifting through my family’s history to better understand the present, so naturally, it felt at home within the seeking, mirrored halls of [Williams'] Valhalla. " Video by Vinyl Williams, 3D Models taken from Archive 3D, 123D Catch, Sketchup Warehouse, TF3DM, Thingiverse "Valhalla (Reprise)” is the final song on Young Magic’s upcoming album, Still Life , set to release on May 13th via Carpark Records. Check out more works by Vinyl Williams on his website, here , and listen to some of Young Magic’s tunes on their website . Related: [Music Video] Vinyl Williams Puts on Kaleidoscope Eyes for "Space Age Utopia" Virtual Psychedelia: Enter Vinyl Williams' Surreal Jungle Enter a Virtual World of Glitches and Iridescence to Explore Rioux's Newest EP Playable Music Video Is Like 'Fear and Loathing' in Virtual Reality 2016-03-23 13:30 Nathaniel Ainley
50 espen surnevik resurrects new våler church in norway espen surnevik resurrects new våler church in norway with dual timber towers all images by rasmus norlander oslo-based architect espen surnevik has completed a contemporary church design in the norwegian county of hedmark. the ‘new våler church‘ is the result of the country’s second largest architectural competition which drew 239 participants from 23 different countries. the contest called for solutions that were both simple and intuitive. the building replaces the community’s original church that burned down in 2009, and recalls the form and the scale of the former structure. the scheme also includes an expanded cemetery and an outdoor memorial grove. the entrance is sited directly in line with the old church, forming an extension of the former nave the entrance is sited directly in line with the old church, forming an extension of the former nave. made entirely from locally sourced pine and birch — trees native to the surrounding forests — the scheme comprises two timber towers that mark the main liturgical spaces, the church hall and the baptistery. the two volumes rise from a shared cast concrete plinth, designed to symbolize the ‘bedrock’ of the church. the scheme is made entirely from locally sourced pine and birch the interior is clad with birch, while individual light bulbs are hung from the ceiling. behind the altar, a series of irregularly shaped apertures flood the nave with natural light. adjacent rooms house other functions, and allow groups to congregate in more intimate settings. the entire project seeks to explore the current role of church buildings, as religious and social beliefs continue to evolve. new types of functions and gatherings mean that buildings of this kind must accommodate a wider range of events — something that has been considered throughout the resurrected design. the church comprises two towers that mark the liturgical spaces, the church hall and the baptistery the project recalls the form and the scale of the former structure a series of irregularly shaped apertures flood the nave with natural light individual light bulbs are hung from the ceiling adjacent rooms allow groups to congregate in more intimate settings the entire project seeks to explore the current role of church buildings the scheme is located in the norwegian county of hedmark 2016-03-23 13:15 Philip Stevens
51 Banksy Reigns at Sotheby's Street Art Exhibition Sotheby's Hong Kong Gallery is giving contemporary art collectors in Asia a taste of the evolution of street art through some of the world's most prominent influencers in its newest exhibition, They Would Be Kings. In this show, which coincides with Art Basel in Hong Kong, works by internationally renowned artist Bansky are on display alongside creations by New York- based KAWS , as well as Keith Haring , Invader, Ron English, and Hong Kong's own Tsang Tsou Choi, better known as the “King of Kowloon," made famous for his obsessive urban calligraphy painting from the 1950s onward. The curator behind the event is Steve Lazarides , a London-based street art dealer who is known for representing Bansky around the time street art emerged in the art collectors' scene. While that relationship ended in 2009, he continues to showcase his collection, most recently curating an exhibition with Sotheby's in London in 2014. In his London show, Lazarides brought together many of Bansky's greatest pieces, both from his own collection and privately owned work never before displayed to the public. Lazarides brings in other street art greats in the Hong Kong exhibition at S|2, Sotheby's haute couture private gallery, taking viewers back to the 1960s to the pioneering works of Brooklyn- based artist Jean-Michel Basquiat and social activist artist Keith Haring. These give way to present-day symbols of the style like Brian Donnelly, better known as KAWS. Some of the works on display are most likely pretty familiar to Chinese collectors, who have been paying attention to Western street art exhibition debuts in China in the last few years. For example, the KAWS Clean Slate sculpture came to Hong Kong in 2014 and made its first appearance in Shanghai early last year. Street art has been growing in popularity among investors around the globe in recent years, but it's also a category of contemporary art that has been pushing its way to the forefront of Chinese consciousness, especially as China's rich grapple with a slowing economy and look to diversify assets through investments in the Western art market. In fact, the timing of Sotheby's event follows a series of major street art exhibitions and events in Hong Kong that have been garnering attention ever since Bansky's work first made its debut in Hong Kong in 2008. In 2014, Hong Kong kicked off its first international street art and graffiti festival, Hkwalls, which gives both international and local artists a platform for showing off their work. Following that, Pearl Lam Galleries in Hong Kong's Soho area hosted a street art exhibition Hidden Street late last year, which showcased the creations of nine Hong Kong-based artists. Lam told Art Radar at the time that she thinks urban art has grown in popularity in Hong Kong, but “it has been underrated for many years. " The title of Sotheby's exhibition borrows a term within the graffiti artist community, “kings," a status symbol so declared by Basquiat that he used crowns in his work. In this case, it also refers to the tastemakers in urban art as a whole, and it's through these artists that collectors can get a sense of the practice, one that Lazarides believes is a “philosophy" more than anything else. “[Street art] is about a sense of freedom from the frankly boring and blinkered confines of the traditional art world," he says. “These artists forged their own path; they bludgeoned their way into the public consciousness, and then were finally noticed by the art world. " Sotheby's They Would Be Kings is on display until March 26. —Jessica Rapp This story was submitted by artnet News content partner Jing Daily . Follow artnet News on Facebook. 2016-03-23 12:22 Jing Daily
52 Meet the Artist Quilting Flaccid Pink AK-47s Baxter in her Brooklyn apartment. Copyright at Josh Simpson. Artist Natalie Baxter is acutely aware of America’s complicated relationship with guns. Born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky, the 29-year-old was exposed to firearms from a young age. She came to accept them as a common component of America at large. It wasn’t until December 2014 that Baxter, now living in Brooklyn, began to question the complex and often emotionally charged role guns play in American culture. While visiting a friend back home, she noticed his display of handguns above the fireplace, which she interpreted as a mix of tradition and reverence for gun ownership. The wall of guns felt odd to her, yet weirdly intriguing. She immediately went home and began sewing a pillow shaped like a shotgun. And so the series Warm Gun was born. Photos from Baxter’s exhibition at Institute 193. Almost two years later, Baxter has made over 100 hand-sewn, pastel-colored guns—often quilting them during her hour-long commute to work. Each gun is modeled on a gun of Baxter’s choosing. Hand-sewn, they are not exact replicas but instead playful interpretations of a wide range of fire-arms. The material that composes each “warm gun” is usually a pastel color—some even have floral patterns giving them a playful and approachable quality. They could easily blend into a toy store. Earlier this month, Baxter’s first solo show of Warm Gun sculptures, OK-47 , opened at Institute 193 in Lexington. Baxter works mainly in the medium of video, photography and sculpture. Her work often explores issues surrounding gender, identity, and place—especially related to American subcultures whose own definitions of masculinity and femininity are shifting. Baxter sewing a “Warm Gun” on her way to work. Credit Josh Simpson. Her past work includes an in-depth investigation into her Appalachian heritage, where she profiled women between the ages of 5-85 living in Eastern Kentucky. The documentary, which Baxter filmed herself, presents a series of individual portraits of women (including her grandmother) who share their thoughts on coal mining, jobs, and drugs, and how these influence their daily lives in Eastern Kentucky. Warm Guns took root in the same setting of Eastern Kentucky, a place that has become a source of inspiration as well as a stage for much of her work. Here, she learned to quilt with her grandmother, practicing an age old folk tradition typical of the region. Image courtesy the artist “I began the project in the wake of Ferguson, Tamir Rice, Trayvon Martin. Black Lives Matter marches were happening all across the country and police brutality and gun violence were hot media topics and fresh in everyone’s minds. So looking at this entire wall covered in guns felt uncomfortable and strange and something I would never see anywhere in my new of New York City,” she tells The Creators Project. Baxter began to envision a wall of guns—not handguns or shotguns—but hand-stitched replications. The hobby-cum-project allowed Baxter to juxtapose the two worlds she inhabited— liberal artistic New York City with the more pro-gun South. Having always been interested in the themes of gender and identity, she used her new venture as an opportunity to explore the relationship between American gun culture and masculinity. Her cuddly creations spark a dialogue among audiences with polarizing views. Because of the appearance of these pink or floral gun cushions, there is an inviting element to Baxter’s project—that puts outsiders at ease —making them pause to consider the pivotal role of guns in American cultures—as well as their deleterious effects throughout the country. Gunday Munday, part of an ongoing weekly series about various guns and their origins. Copyright Josh Simpson. She says, “You also have to understand where people are coming from in the context of the gun debate. Stricter gun control laws sound unnecessary to the rancher in Montana but logical to someone living in New York City.” As Baxter’s project continues to gain momentum, she notices how the intertwined issues of gender and guns have pushed her to do more research. She’s especially interested in the rise of women in gun culture. Baxter says, “There are a lot more women purchasing firearms, going target shooting, and carrying guns than in years past.” Related: American Gun Show Exhibition Explores a National Obsession 3D-Printed 'Liberator' Guns Become a Chandelier Sculpture From Guns To Drums: Pedro Reyes Turns Weapons Of Hate Into Musical Instruments 2016-03-23 12:20 Molly Hannon
53 Someone Turned '2001: A Space Odyssey' into 569 GIFs Images via GIPHY Welcome to 2001: A GIF Odyssey , one of the most courageous feats in GIF-making history. Digital producer and copywriter Jean-Baptiste Henri Franck Cyrille Marie Le Divelec , otherwise simply known as JB, has chopped up all of Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi epic into a series of 569 GIFs. Using GIPHY as his platform, JB has uploaded this remarkably strenuous endeavor so you can watch the entire film in the image format. You’re probably thinking, if the entire film is in GIF format, how are you supposed to hear it? Indeed the GIF series is silent, but JB hard-burned the subtitles into every GIF reproduction so you can read along as the film progresses. Plus, it’s not like there is a whole lot of talking, anyway. JB’s motivation behind the project is carefully laid out in a trailer he uploaded to YouTube last week. The series acts as a sort of experiment in copyright infringement, meant to test the limits of the " Fair Use " doctrine and the vim and vigor of Kubrick copyright laws, so to speak. For those who have yet to deal with a DMCA takedown, “Fair Use” is both a legal principle that delineates the limited use of copyrighted material without permission from rights holders, and an affirmative defense in place to help protect the author of creative works from exploitation and theft. JB tells the Creators Project, “I am trying to see where we can go in GIF-making while keeping GIF limitations. The fact that GIFs are soundless or contain only 256 colors gives me a little “buffer” against some pure copyright infringement arguments.” In due time, JB hopes to embed the GIF series onto a standalone website of his own creation, which will also include the film’s classical score that he ensures us can be found on the internet, copyright-free. But for now, JB has decided to keep his GIF experience mute and “pure.” You can watch 2001: A GIF Odyssey on its GIPHY channel, here , and head over to JB’s website for more work by the artist. Related: Watch Full Movies From Start To Finish In A Single GIF Enter a Cyber Trance with This Warped and Looping GIF Series Miyazaki's Movie Posters Make the Best GIFs GIF Six-Pack: A Taste of the 2016 Academy Awards 2016-03-23 12:15 Nathaniel Ainley
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