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29 articles, 2016-07-28 18:00 1 Roberto Cavalli Taps Gian Giacomo Ferraris as CEO Ferraris succeeds Renato Semerari at the Italian fashion group. (0.01/1) 2016-07-28 09:51 1KB wwd.com 2 jade signature by herzog & de meuron nears completion jade signature is a beachfront tower in florida, designed by acclaimed swiss architecture firm herzog & de meuron. 2016-07-28 13:24 3KB www.designboom.com 3 19th century theatre converted into a bookstore in buenos aires francesco manzone lead the refurbishment of the 2,000 m² (21,000 ft²) performance venue, removing all of the seating and installing shelves in their place. 2016-07-28 13:20 1KB www.designboom.com 4 AFT aquitectos adds orange office block to cordoba's skyline AFT arquitectos has designed the LEED certification building, where the façade is made up of orange slats that change depending on the light and positioning. 2016-07-28 12:48 2KB www.designboom.com 5 slot stools project by luke gorden is an exploration into 'toolless furniture' 'slot stools' by luke gorden, are a pair of knock-down seats than can be easily assembled and disassembled, using only four components. 2016-07-28 12:16 1KB www.designboom.com 6 jaguar announces classic XKSS exclusive reproduction the story of the lightweight racer dates back to february 1963 and the intended 18-car special gt e-type race car project from that time. 2016-07-28 11:30 3KB www.designboom.com 7 Kanye West and Kim Kardashian Cover Harper’s Bazaar Icons Issue The couple will appear on the cover of Harper’s Bazzar’s September issue, which was shot by Karl Lagerfeld. 2016-07-28 11:00 3KB wwd.com 8 lucas wakamatsu's animated soda cans pop with personality for a fictional soda drink called 'resonance', lucas wakamatsu has designed the graphics and packaging for four unique cans. 2016-07-28 10:39 1KB www.designboom.com 9 gradoli & sanz architects' casa ricart in valencia this home by gradoli & sanz architects features two outdoor patios: one with an olive tree at its heart, and the other shaded and filled with vegetation. 2016-07-28 08:45 1KB www.designboom.com 10 “Noori Tales: Stories from the Indus Delta” by Malin Fezehai “Noori Tales: Stories from the Indus Delta” by Malin Fezehai at Kungsträdgården, Stockholm 2016-07-28 07:39 3KB www.blouinartinfo.com 11 Tehching Hsieh To Represent Taiwan at the 57th Venice Biennale The performance artist Tehching Hsieh will be representing Taiwan at the next Venice Biennale in a show curated by Adrian Heathfield. 2016-07-28 07:03 3KB news.artnet.com 12 Knoedler Fakes Give Rise to Diebenkorn Catalogue Raisonné When fakes showed up, the need for an inventory became obvious. 2016-07-28 07:02 2KB news.artnet.com 13 Flea Market Find: Alsatian Collector Returns Long Lost Dürer Engraving to Stuttgart Staatsgalerie The graphic work dating from 1520 was thought to have been lost during the Second World War and had been registered in the specialized “Lost Art“ database. 2016-07-28 06:42 2KB www.blouinartinfo.com 14 fireside audiobox by grey street design inside, an aluminum cylinder with flame ports sends small whips of orange up and down to the pitch and frequency of each song's sound waves. 2016-07-28 06:15 1KB www.designboom.com 15 Are We Finally Ready for Zvi Goldstein’s Radical Vision for A New Art World? With 'Distance and Differences', Belgium's S. M. A. K. museum is surveying four decades of the boldly unique artistic practice of Zvi Goldstein. 2016-07-28 06:11 6KB news.artnet.com 16 Giorgio Vasari, Father of Art History, Paints a First Draft of His Magnum Opus Read THE DAILY PIC on a little-known work by Giorgio Vasari, on view at ACA Galleries, that hints at the great historian he became. 2016-07-28 06:00 1KB news.artnet.com 17 Stolen Paintings by Salvador Dalí and Tamara de Lempicka Recovered After Seven Years The two major paintings by Salvador Dalí and Tamara de Lempicka were stolen from a Dutch museum in broad daylight. 2016-07-28 05:53 2KB news.artnet.com 18 teamLab's Largest LED Installation Yet Comes to Odaiba Yume-Tairiku 2016 Japanese art collective teamLab has staged its largest digital installation yet in Tokyo for the Odaiba Yume-Tairiku 2016 festival. 2016-07-28 05:51 3KB www.blouinartinfo.com 19 Datebook: Dorian Gaudin’s ‘Second Offense’ at Galerie Pact, Paris Showcasing a collection of artwork by French-American artist Dorian Gaudin, “Second Offense,” a solo exhibition, will be held at Galerie Pact in Paris from September 8 to October 15. 2016-07-28 04:57 1KB www.blouinartinfo.com 20 Datebook: Magali Reus at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam will present Dutch artist Magali Reus and her newly commissioned work “Mustard” from September 10 through November 27. 2016-07-28 04:29 1KB www.blouinartinfo.com 21 Director of Vienna’s Belvedere Museum Dismissed Over Misconduct Agnes Husslein-Arco admitted to charging inadmissible expenses and using museum staff for personal services. 2016-07-28 04:13 2KB news.artnet.com 22 Datebook: Yoko Ono, Sol LeWitt and Others at Modern Art Oxford Modern Art Oxford presents “Kaleidoscope: Mystics and Rationalists” to celebrate the gallery’s 50 year anniversary. 2016-07-28 04:07 1KB www.blouinartinfo.com 23 John Varvatos Taps Hozier for Fall 2016 Ad Campaign Alongside the campaign, the brand will release an original music video directed by Clinch and produced by Yard, a branding agency. 2016-07-28 04:01 2KB wwd.com 24 7th Edition of Busan Biennale Gets Experimental Busan Biennale 2016 will launch its 7th edition on September 3 at the Busan Museum of Art and KISWIRE Suyeong Factory, exploring the theme “Hybridizing Earth, Discussing Multitude.” 2016-07-28 02:43 2KB www.blouinartinfo.com 25 The Private Museum Debuts Sculptor Han Sai Por’s New Paintings The Private Museum in Singapore will present acclaimed local artist and Asia’s leading sculptress Han Sai Por in a solo exhibition entitled “Han Sai Por: Secret Landscape” from August 5 through September 25. 2016-07-28 01:41 2KB www.blouinartinfo.com 26 Datebook: Vintage Toy Animations at MINT Museum of Toys, Singapore Hand-drawn animations of vintage toys by the students of LASALLE College of the Arts will be on display at the MINT Museum of Toys from July 30 through August 31. 2016-07-28 01:34 1KB www.blouinartinfo.com 27 Hong Kong’s Grana Launches Swimwear The e-commerce retailer is selling mix-and-match bikinis and a one- piece model for her. There are also four styles of boardshorts for him. 2016-07-28 01:00 1KB wwd.com 28 Michael Lynch Named Interim Director of National Art School Michael Lynch CBE AM has been announced as the Interim Director of The National Art School in Sydney 2016-07-28 00:37 1KB www.blouinartinfo.com 29 Datebook: GCC Artist Collective’s New Exhibition at Mitchell-Innes & Nash “Positive Pathway (+),” an exhibition of works by artist collective GCC, will be on display at Mitchell-Innes & Nash in New York from October 13 through November 26. 2016-07-28 00:15 1KB www.blouinartinfo.com Articles

29 articles, 2016-07-28 18:00

1 Roberto Cavalli Taps Gian Giacomo Ferraris as CEO (0.01/1) This confirms a WWD fashion scoop published on Thursday. Former ceo Renato Semerari is leaving the Italian fashion group over strategic differences. At the same time, Francesco Trapani is also leaving his role as president of Cavalli, effective Sept. 10. A former Bulgari ceo, before joining Clessidra – Cavalli’s parent – in 2014, Trapani was chairman of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton’s watches and jewelry division. His was an expected move, following Italmobiliare’s acquisition of Clessidra in May. Ferraris, who led Versace ’s turnaround as its ceo until May, brings to Cavalli years of experience in fashion luxury groups including Gucci, Prada and Jil Sander. “A deep knowledge of the sector and important professional experiences matured by Gian Giacomo Ferraris will allow Roberto Cavalli to consolidate its relaunch, a foundation of the development plans for the company,” said Clessidra. Ferraris defined Cavalli an “iconic brand, that I know and appreciate, loved by celebrities and trendsetters around the world.” The executive said that “in line with the shareholders’ mandate, we will immediately define new initiatives aimed at developing the maison in the long term.” 2016-07-28 09:51 Luisa Zargani

2 jade signature by herzog & de meuron nears completion jade signature is a beachfront tower in florida, designed by acclaimed swiss architecture firm herzog & de meuron. construction began in 2013, with the structure in the miami region now nearing finalization ahead of its slated completion in 2017. residences within the 57- storey building include 192 units, from 1-bedroom apartments to penthouses — in addition to six guest suites. amenities include a private pool and beach, while an exclusive clubroom with outdoor terrace is also provided alongside a health and wellness center. construction work is currently at the 50th floor image © aerial photography inc the building has been designed by herzog & de meuron, with pierre-yves rochon responsible for the scheme’s interiors. landscape architect raymond jungles has conceived a lush ‘botanical journey’ that surrounds the tower’s base, with three levels of car parking positioned underground. jade signature’s parallelogram footprint was derived from an extensive study of the sun’s movement throughout the day. strategically positioning the building at an oblique angle to the ocean maximizes exposure to the sun, allowing daylight to have an extended presence on the beachside landscape and residences. the development is located in sunny isles beach, florida image © aerial photography inc residences offer sweeping views both eastward over the ocean and westward over the bay and city. natural ventilation is provided by ‘flow- through’ layouts for all units with three or more bedrooms. curated by pierre- yves rochon, the two-story penthouse shown is only available for the upper penthouse buyer, and includes a $100,000 USD lalique glass table, as well as wall accents by baccarat. ‘jade signature’ is being developed by fortune international group. the tower’s completion is slated for 2017 image © aerial photography inc rather than designing yet another glass tower, a greater emphasis has been placed on the building’s structural qualities. ‘jade signature is very much about bringing the structure to the fore, so glass is protected from the sun and the heat and large terraces are provided throughout. that is what really works well in the miami climate,’ says herzog & de meuron. ‘the project uses structure in the most basic way, a structure that you have anyway, and turns it into something sculptural. this sculptural effect is not decorative; it comes from a combination of desired views and necessary visual protection. it is almost like an alphabet that we developed for the building: which wall can do what, which slab can do what, which column can do what. the structure is the architecture.’ see designboom’s previous coverage of the project here. interiors throughout the building have been curated by pierre-yves rochon image © jade signature the two-story penthouse offers views both eastward over the ocean and westward over the bay and city image © jade signature jade signature has been designed by swiss firm herzog & de meuron image © jade signature 2016-07-28 13:24 Philip Stevens

3 19th century theatre converted into a bookstore in buenos aires ‘el ateneo grand splendid’ in buenos aires opened in 1919 as a palatial theatre and has since been converted into a bookstore. originally designed by architects peró and torres armengol for empresario max glücksmann, it features expansive ceiling frescoes painted by italian artist nazareno orlandi, and caryatids sculpted by troiano troiani, resulting in a ecclesiastical structure. image courtesy of david in 2000, the building was leased by grupo ilhsa who decided to renovate the space, converting the 1,050 seat theatre into a book and music shop. local architect francesco manzone lead the refurbishment of the 2,000 m² (21,000 ft²) performance venue, removing all of the chairs and installing shelves in their place. much of the architectural splendour of the original structure, including artistic and sculptural details, as well as the auditorium lighting has been maintained, with thousands of books lining the walls of the mezzanine levels that offer views of the entire interior. the theatre boxes remain intact and offer a private space for patrons to delve into a good book; while the former stage, where tango artists francisco canaro, igancio corsini, roberto firpo and carlos gardel once performed, has now been transformed into a café. so even though ‘el ateneo grand splendid’ no longer functions as a theatre, one still experiences the grandiose feeling of one. 2016-07-28 13:20 Andrea Chin

4 AFT aquitectos adds orange office block to cordoba's skyline in the city of córdoba, argentina, AFT arquitectos have constructed the new corporate headquarters for ‘naranja’ to represent and accommodate the growing company and its team members. the architecture will effectively influence the surrounding environment, create opportunities and activate the areas for public use. the project is divided into three different buildings to make up ‘the factory’. rising at 12-storeys and occupying 30,000 square meters, AFT arquitectos hax devised the first building in cordoba to have LEED certification. facilities include underground parking, support areas for employees and visitors, an auditorium, inner and outer courtyards. the entrance esplanade showcases several sculptures and welcomes people into the flexible and planned interior. a distinctive element of the tower building is its envelope. the image and identity of the company targeta naranja is based on the concepts of ‘innovation, efficiency and joy’ and this has been translated by the architects as the multi-faceted and orange exterior of the structure. as well as adding a vibrant orange to the city’s skyline, at first glance, the building appears as a trapezoidal prism and depending on where it is being viewed, different angles have been achieved due to it being influenced by the internal programs. the double façade regulates the temperature and ventilation of the internal program and due to positioning of the different slats, the tone of the color varies and changes depending on the light and where it is being viewed. the image and identity of ‘naranja’ is based on the concepts of ‘innovation, efficiency and joy’ a vibrant color palette has been used throughout a variety of spaces have been created for the employees to work the rooftop terrace provides views over the city’s skyline 2016-07-28 12:48 Natasha Kwok

5 slot stools project by luke gorden is an exploration into 'toolless furniture' slot stools project by luke gorden is an exploration into 'toolless furniture' ‘slot stools’ are a pair of knock-down seats than can be easily assembled and disassembled, using four single components; tubular legs, leather fabric, robe and tapered walnut dowels. the design project is an exploration into ‘toolless furniture’, requiring no hardware, or manual in order to be constructed. each stool is held together by tension rope the design by luke gordon, builds upon a DIY aesthetic, by using a series of components that can be assembled to form the playful yet contemporary furniture piece. each stool is held together by a tension rope, which interlaces the treated leather which is wrapped around the seat of the chair. the tapered dowels easily slot into the base of each leg, making a bold contrast against the fluorescent orange of the tubular parts. each stool is held together by a tension rope the project is an exploration into ‘toolless furniture’ tapered dowels easily slot into each of the leg’s tubing each seat is made of treated leather with brass grommets each leg was bent on the diacro each dowel started as a ripped piece of walnut that were then turned on the lathe 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. 2016-07-28 12:16 Luke Gordon

6 jaguar announces classic XKSS exclusive reproduction jaguar classic XKSS: the british, luxury car manufacturer has announced that the hotly-anticipated continuation jaguar ‘XKSS’ will receive its world debut presentation in november this year at the los angeles auto show, california. production of the ultra-exclusive continuation jaguar ‘XKSS’ will be limited to just nine examples, designed by jaguar classic expert technicians and manufactured to the exact same specification as those produced in 1957. often referred to as the world’s first supercar, jaguar originally made the classic as a road-going version of the le mans winning ‘d-type’, and cars built in ’57 had been earmarked for export to the US, but disaster struck and a number were lost to the browns lane fire of the same year. now, 59 years later, jaguar will build the nine ‘lost’ ‘XKSS’ sports cars for a select group of established collectors and customers. tim hannig, director of jaguar land rover classic, said, ‘the continuation XKSS reaffirms our commitment to nurture the passion and enthusiasm for jaguar’s illustrious past by offering exceptional cars, services, parts and experiences.’ the expertise garnered by the jaguar classic team in producing the business’s first continuation model – the lightweight e-type launched in 2015, will be enhanced in the production process developed for the 2017 ‘XKSS’. lightweight e-type chassis number 15 is one of the famous ‘missing six’ produced as continuation models in 2015. owned by stratstone, chassis number 15 will make its racing debut this month at the le mans classic circuit de la sarthe. the story of the lightweight racer dates back to february 1963 and the intended 18-car ‘special gt e-type’ race car project from that time. only 12 of the 18 were built and delivered by the browns lane competitions department between 1963 and 1964, which gave rise to the infamous ‘missing six’. these missing chassis numbers – 13 to 18 – were found in 2014, and so the modern-day production by jaguar land rover’s new special vehicle operations division’s jaguar classic, got underway. the modern incarnation of the lightweight e-type saw jaguar classic deploy modern iterations of the company’s original 1960s tooling and production methods. replete with world-leading aluminium body technology, skilled hand craftsmanship, the six-cylinder ‘XK’ engine with its aluminium block, wide angle aluminium cylinder head and dry sump lubrication (derived from the le-mans winning ‘d-type’ of the 1950s), the 2015 lightweight ‘e-type’ is both original and innovative. all of the ‘missing six’ are built to period-exact dimensions and specifications, ensuring absolute authenticity and a modern-day build to the highest quality standards. 2016-07-28 11:30 Martin Hislop

7 Kanye West and Kim Kardashian Cover Harper’s Bazaar Icons Issue Kanye West and Kim Kardashian have landed their second magazine cover together. This time around they will appear on the September issue for Harper’s Bazaar’s Icons by Carine Roitfeld , which includes a 17-page portfolio featuring the omnipresent couple along with models Natasha Poly, Lara Stone and Lindsey Wixson. Karl Lagerfeld shot the editorial at his studio in Paris and Stephen Gan led creative direction. “Each season Stephen and I try to find icons who can make things more interesting,” said Roitfeld, who joined the magazine as global fashion director in 2012. “This time we were thinking about Kim and Kanye. They are a controversial couple and they will not please everyone, but we like them because they are different and represent positivity.” “I do think they are a couple that defines this era,” said Gan when asked about their selection as icons. “Kim and Kanye were the best example of music meeting fashion and meeting pop culture. There’s no denying how powerful and diverse they are as a couple.” Lagerfeld photographed the two in bed on top of his own antique sheets with cell phones, appropriately, in hand — Roitfeld said the designer wasn’t satisfied with the original sheets on set. According to Gan, the cover of the magazine, which shows West and Kardashian moments before they kiss, was a shot requested by the musician. “Kanye asked for it,” Gan said. “It happened at the end of the shoot and we don’t have many frames for it. The next day during another shoot Carine walked over to me and said, ‘I can’t take the image of the kiss out of my head.’” In the Q&A, which was conducted by Harper’s Bazaar executive editor Laura Brown, the pair talk about each others’ favorite body parts — they both choose an organ, the heart — and West’s love for Kardashian’s infamous nude selfies: “I think it’s important for Kim to have her figure. To not show it would be like Adele not singing,” West said. This is the third time Roitfeld and Gan have worked together on the Icons portfolio and cover, which will appear in 32 editions of Harper’s Bazaar globally. Previous icons include Lady Gaga, who was selected in 2014 , and Katy Perry, who was tapped last year. For the U. S. and U. K. editions, the portfolio will be wrapped by cosmetics brand Laura Mercier for both print and online. Similar to the past two years, Harper’s Bazaar will throw a party on Sept. 9 at the Plaza Hotel in New York to celebrate the issue. If history repeats itself, West will perform — both Perry and Lady Gaga took the stage to commemorate each of their respective covers — but the magazine was unable to provide official details. Bazaar has also partnered with Laura Mercier for the event in addition to Infor and Stella Artois. Roitfeld became an advocate of West and his ambitions in fashion early on — West affectionately called her “a real b—h” during his Yeezy Season 3 show at Madison Square Garden earlier this year — and her admiration for him has extended to Kardashian, who appeared on the September cover of the editor’s CR Fashion Book in September 2013. “I think Kim totally changed the proposition of the body in fashion,” Roitfeld told WWD. “She has a very curvy shape, which was different from what designers use on the runway. For Kanye, he’s a creative genius and getting into fashion wasn’t easy for him but he’s finally found his place.” 2016-07-28 11:00 Aria Hughes

8 8 lucas wakamatsu's animated soda cans pop with personality for a fictional soda drink called ‘resonance’, lucas wakamatsu has designed the graphics and packaging for four unique cans. illustrating kaleidoscopic compositions on otherwise simply branded goods, the brazilian artist turns ordinarily drab drinking vessels into colorful and creative containers worth collecting. wakamatsu, a designer from brazil, created four ‘sensations’ to subtly indicate the different flavors of the soda inside. drawn on one, a figure jumps through a multicolored wormhole that leads to an unknown abyss; another sees a hybrid-human surrounded by pink and purple polka dots; a third sees a female figure clouded in a fog of colorful and abstract shapes; and a final male illustration is encircled in planetary-like rings and enveloped by ameba-esque geometries. ‘the colorful forms in each one represent the beverage, pulsing in different vibes, being shaped by different frequencies,’ he describes. a series of animated gifs give life to the static imagery, adding an alternate and dynamic dimension to traditional packaging design projects. 2016-07-28 10:39 Nina Azzarello

9 gradoli & sanz architects' casa ricart in valencia located in valencia, spain, ‘casa ricart’ is a residential scheme realized by gradoli & sanz architects. defined by its traditional yet distinctive façade, the property is situated in the historic benimaclet neighborhood of the city. at the heart of the home there are two modest sized internal courtyards. gradoli & sanz architects decided to organized the internal program around these two patio spaces: one that sits in transition between the living room and kitchen, while the other is shaded, intimate and filled with vegetation. large timber-framed doors mark the boundaries between inside and outside; the larger patio features a large olive tree with a staircase that gives the residents access to a roof terrace. the interior is warm and relates back to its existing context. this is highlighted with the concrete and brickwork used predominantly throughout, with a bookshelf that runs the length of the horizontal wall. the house is organized around two patios bedrooms and the private programs is located upstairs timber-framed doors slide open for access to the patio while the kitchen and services can be found at the rear of the dwelling the patio with the olive tree seen from the rooftop terrace the property is located in the benimaclet neighborhood in valencia 2016-07-28 08:45 Natasha Kwok

10 “Noori Tales: Stories from the Indus Delta” by Malin Fezehai While the world is contemplating water wars in the coming decades, the water and sanitation crisis at hand is a blaring reality in most parts of Asia. In Thatta, southeastern Pakistan, climate change and water scarcity have had an immediate impact on the lives of people there, most importantly on schoolchildren. Documenting this very situation was on Swedish-Eritrean photographer Malin Fezehai’s mind as part of a project in collaboration between WaterAid and the H&M Foundation. The exhibition, “Noori Tales: Stories from the Indus Delta,” opens as part of the Kulturfestivalen in Stockholm on August 15. Thatta, one of the most badly affected areas in Pakistan due to the floods in 2010 and 2011, has seen a gradual seeping of saline water inland, leading to a host of other problems such as crop failure, groundwater contamination and the depletion of forest cover. Apart from WaterAid’s on-ground efforts to construct drinking water points and sanitation blocks at schools, the idea was to also commission a photographer who’d document these changes so as to illustrate opportunities for more such programs elsewhere. Fezehai’s photographs adhere to the traditional photojournalistic aesthetic, relying more on the literal sense of the narrative. The focus is more on the schoolchildren, whose determination to attend school stands out despite the lack of facilities and the damage caused by erosion to the buildings. Fezehai’s lens is also sympathetic to their cause, often following them as they make their way through the lakes into the compound of their school and inside the classroom. One striking image from the series is that of a boy climbing out of the canal after a swim in the Noor Muhammad Thaheem village in Thatta. With just one hand out of the water on land and his head still looking down at the river, Fezehai’s frame suggests the struggle as well as joy of engaging with a water body that is the indispensable to the livelihood of all. Most of the other photographs are what one would expect out of a commissioned project such as this, offering a peak into the daily lives of the people who live in the village without trying to establish an alternate narrative or visual style. In the past, Fezehai has received the World Press Photo Award in 2015 (the first iPhone image to receive the honor) and even this exhibition is in line with her general practice — being focused on communities that are displaced and dislocated. How it will impact the audience in Sweden when it goes on display will be interesting to watch, especially since it will open in the week when water will be thought of much more than a free commodity. 2016-07-28 07:39 Paroma Mukherjee

11 Tehching Hsieh To Represent Taiwan at the 57th Venice Biennale The Taipei Fine Arts Museum ( TFAM ) has announced that performance artist Tehching Hsieh will be representing Taiwan at the 57th Venice Biennale in 2017. Hsieh is a critically acclaimed New York-based artist whose work is determined to derail the status quo. In 1974, Hsieh came to the US as an illegal alien and his art has since centered on defying the established socio-political hegemony. From 1978, Hsieh embarked on a controversial series of five “One Year Performances,” wherein he adopted time as the medium through which to express ontological and existential difficulties. The “One Year Performances” series explored self-discipline, physical, and psychological imprisonment, notions of freedom and vulnerability, as well as the limits to normalized human behavior and relationships. In 2009, Cage Piece (1978–1979), which saw spend a year locked in a wooden cage, was presented at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and Time Clock Piece (1980–1981), wherein he ‘punched in’ every hour of every day for a year, was shown at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in the same year. Related: Columbia Student’s Performance Art Catalyses a Full-Fledged Protest Movement “It is a great honor to represent Taiwan at the 57th Venice Biennale,” the artist said in a statement . “This exhibition is a rare opportunity to show previously unseen early works that I made in Taiwan, and to develop new understandings of my ‘One Year Performances’ in New York. I am grateful for the support of the nominating committee, the director of TFAM Ping Lin, chief curator Chaoying Wu, and for the opportunity to collaborate with curator Adrian Heathfield.” Hsieh is sure to continue to rage against the machine at the Venice Biennale, with an exhibition curated by the renowned British curator Adrian Heathfield, who holds particular experience in time-based arts such as live art, dance, and experimental theater. Heathfield’s research is devoted to performance, and he co-authored the publication Out of Now: The Lifeworks of Tehching Hsieh with the artist. “It will be a great joy to make the most extensive and in depth exhibition of Tehching Hsieh’s work to date, spanning distinct decades, continents and artistic propositions,” the curator said in the statement. “The historic halls of the Palazzo delle Prigioni Venice, the former prison of the Palazzo Ducale, are an ideal setting for the work of an artist who understands more than most, the meaning and cost of ‘doing time,’ and the nature of lives lived at the edges of what we call society.” Related: Artist Gets Arrested After Locking Himself in a Cage to Protest Mass Incarceration Hsieh’s work has a way of drawing out collective cultural anxieties and, over the past 20 years, the Taiwanese art scene has seen a shift in the power structures of the international contemporary art community. In the announcement of Hsieh’s nomination, TFAM acknowledged this, classing the choice as an attempt to redress this imbalance, to stimulate bilateral dialogues with pan-European and global cultural contexts as well as to boost the standing of Taiwan’s burgeoning contemporary art scene. 2016-07-28 07:03 Naomi Rea

12 Knoedler Fakes Give Rise to Diebenkorn Catalogue Raisonné After 21 years in the making, Yale University Press will release a catalogue raisonné of the works of Richard Diebenkorn , the California painter who forged a distinct West Coast brand of Abstract Expressionism, in October 2016. It’s the first exhaustive catalogue of the artist’s work. The project is a direct result of the need for a definitive catalogue after the emergence of fake Diebenkorns being offered on the market by the disgraced dealer Ann Freedman at New York’s Knoedler & Company gallery. Those works began to show up just a year after the artist died, in 1993. Related: Richard Diebenkorn’s Daughter Challenges Ann Freedman’s Story at Knoedler Forgery Trial The four-volume set will survey the artist’s unique works, including sketches, drawings, paintings, and sculpture. Weighing in at 2,000 pages, the publication catalogues more than 5,000 works and include an essay by art historian John Elderfield, former chief curator of painting and sculpture at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, among other contributors. Overseeing the project is curator Jane Livingston, who organized a 1997 retrospective of the artist at New York’s Whitney Museum of American Art. Born in Portland, Oregon, Diebenkorn lived most of his life in the San Francisco Bay Area, studying art and art history at Stanford University and studying at the California School of Fine Arts on the G. I. Bill after two years in the Marine Corps. He would later teach there; among peers was painter Clyfford Still. Diebenkorn would move to Los Angeles in 1966 to teach at the University of California, settling in a neighborhood known as Ocean Park, the name that would attach to many of his works thereafter. Related: Clyfford Still Museum Makes Rare Loan of 9 Major Works Diebenkorn showed his work with the Marlborough Gallery and Knoedler & Co. in New York, and had a nationally traveling retrospective in 1976–77, organized by the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, in Buffalo, New York. Elderfield organized a major show of his work in 1988–89. The artist’s works are in dozens of public collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Diebenkorn’s auction high currently sits at $13.5 million, set for one of his trademark canvases, Ocean Park #48 (1971). That price was paid in November 2012 at Christie’s New York. Ten of the artist’s canvases have sold for more than $5 million since 2007. 2016-07-28 07:02 Senior Writer

13 Flea Market Find: Alsatian Collector Returns Long Lost Dürer Engraving to Stuttgart Staatsgalerie Related Venues Staatsgalerie Stuttgart Artists Albrecht Durer A long lost copper engraving by German artist Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) has found its way back to the southern German Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. The graphic work dating from 1520 was thought to have been lost during the Second World War and had been registered in the specialized “Lost Art“ database. According to the Staatsgalerie, the work recently surfaced at a flea market in the French town of Sarrebourg, where it was discovered by an Alsatian collector who returned his find to the institution’s graphics collection. The Dürer engraving shows a majestic view of the Virgin Mary with Baby Jesus, protected by an angel, and belongs to a 15 part series of Mary and Jesus depictions the artist created at different stages of his career. The works are considered particularly valuable for their intimate style. As the Staatsgalerie explained in a statement, the engraving in question was presumably stolen from its deposit in the French occupation zone shortly after the end of the war. It had been registered as lost in the institution’s inventory list ever since. According to the graphics department’s curator Hans-Martin Kaulbach the work was returned “in excellent condition,” including the original Staatsgalerie mount. The Staatsgalerie’s internationally renowned graphics collection comprises more than 400,000 works by over 12,000 artists; among them 250 graphic works by Dürer from all phases of his career. 2016-07-28 06:42 Lisa Contag

14 fireside audiobox by grey street design the ‘fireside audiobox’ by one-man oregon-based studio grey street design merges the mesmerizing natures of music and fire into a single bamboo and tempered glass speaker unit. inside, an aluminum cylinder with flame ports sends small whips of orange up and down to the pitch and frequency of each song’s sound waves. ‘fireside audiobox’ is bluetooth enabled, with propane burner and battery power. grey street design is currently seeking funds on kickstarter here. flames respond to sound waves to create a unique audio and visual experience control sound, & flame, connect via input/output or bluetooth, recharge with an internal li-po battery 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. 2016-07-28 06:15 Gabe Ruane

15 Are We Finally Ready for Zvi Goldstein’s Radical Vision for A New Art World? The history of art is replete with names that never receive due exposure or do, fleetingly, and are later forgotten. And while unearthing the visionary works of under-represented artists has recently become a sport—mostly played out in curated sections at art fairs around the world—in the absence of commercial interest, artists’ entire legacies can be eradicated. The major exhibition “Distance and Differences,” surveying the life’s work of artist Zvi Goldstein at the S. M. A. K. in Ghent, Belgium, is not only a long overdue look at this unique position, it is also essentially what saved the artist’s work from literal eradication. “I was going to send it all to be destroyed,” Goldstein told me at the opening of his show last month, “I couldn’t keep it in storage anymore.” That’s not to say that Goldstein never received recognition—he is the recipient of several awards, including the Emet Prize for Science, Art and Culture, in 2013—and has exhibited in over 40 solo shows, at Documenta 8, and several important biennials. And yet, artworks of his that weren’t in collections have just nearly escaped the crusher. Born in Romania in 1947, Goldstein emigrated to Israel with his family as a child, and although he has lived there for most of his life, his oeuvre and philosophy are shaped by a deep sense of not belonging anywhere specific, which, paradoxically, often frees one to feel at home just about anywhere. After studying art in Jerusalem, Goldstein traveled through Europe, living as a vagabond at first until attending Milan’s Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera. He enjoyed a fair amount of exposure after graduating in 1972, showing his early conceptual work at solo and group exhibitions with Arte Povera contemporaries, and working as an assistant to Sol LeWitt. However, by 1978, Goldstein experienced a deep crisis of faith in art. He felt that the late modernist and the post-modernist trends of the time marked the end of artistic expression, and that Western visual culture has exhausted its means of representation. Goldstein then decided to shift the focus to the peripheries. This drastic breach has led to an unusual, hard-to-categorize art making, which began with what may sound like an irrational restriction: That year, Goldstein laid out his “Methodology”—a chart listing all the works that he will ever produce, organized into six themes. In the nearly four decades that followed, Goldstein would go on to create works of art that adhere to one of the following groups in his hermetic system, sometimes coining new terms: “Perfect Worlds, Possible Worlds”; “Black Hole Constructions”; “Serial Constructions”; “Anomalies”; “Botanology”; and “E. T. N. O.” Having devised a plan for the production of artworks, Goldstein subsequently embarked on a series of solitary research trips to monastic communities and tribal societies all across Africa, Asia, and Asia Minor. Related: Are the Art World’s ‘Peripheries’ Becoming the New Centers? Painted on an entire wall in the museum, Methodology (1978-2014) is in fact the first work in the exhibition, and all the art pieces he produced up to 2014 are listed on it according to their respective category. The viewer thus finds under “Botanology” (a portmanteau for botany and genealogy perhaps?), works such as Vegetable Construct (1994). Vaguely resembling a musical score and a bouquet of flowers, the wall-mounted sculpture alludes to the non-European origins of plants and vegetables that are considered Western staples, much like the concept of cultural markers whose origins are a lot more fluid than we often acknowledge. In the intricate wall sculpture Reconstructed Memories (Lariam B) (2001- 2005), filed under “Perfect Worlds, Possible Worlds,” Goldstein channels the alienation, fears, and traumas of solitude and encounters with otherness, surely enhanced by the hallucinations that are a known side effect of taking the prophylactic malaria medication Lariam B. Related: Exploring the Troubled Mind of Eugène Gabritschevsky Objects such as a broken light bulb, a dried lizard, and a paper mountain are enclosed behind a shattered glass pane. There’s a table of countries visited and people met—often shamans and holy men—all reconstructed from memory. The work consists of items that allude to his personal experiences, like having been falsely accused of espionage and interrogated in custody in Chad. Goldstein is also a writer, philosopher, and a poet. His first book, On paper (2004), opens with a description of his interrogations, while his answers to the Chad police read like a radical manifesto that defines his work. We find excerpts of his texts in the final room in the show, presented in a so-called archive along with notes, sketches, and even collected materials for all the works that were thought up while devising his “Methodology,” back in 1978, and have not yet been produced. But perhaps more radical than his maverick approach—total, ahead of its time, and outside of, yet in contact with, the mainstream—is the aesthetic of the works he produced. Formally, they hold the sleek allure of the industrially manufactured. Not a single element in his sculptures is a readymade, and yet the artist’s hand and labor are entirely obliterated. Deceptively familiar- looking, his objects exude an air of Russian Constructivism, as he considers it the first movement to impact Western art from the margins. Related: After Brexit, Art Must Break Out of Its Bubble Meticulously produced, the body of work rejects the tropes that equate non- Western art traditions with hand-made, exotic, and gestural artifacts and replaces them instead with monumental apparitions that hark back to pre- Modern traditions. The most challenging aspect of his oeuvre however is the complete negation of post-colonial critique when creating from the so-called “peripheral avant-garde.” Instead, Goldstein’s model proposes something else entirely: inclusion rather than deconstruction; fluid hybridity rather than an epistemological discourse on Western dominance. It’s this inversion of imagery and denial of expectations that renders his vision timeless. Maybe we’re ready for it now. Zvi Goldstein, “ Distance and Differences ” is on view at the S. M. A. K, Ghent until 23 October, 2016. 2016-07-28 06:11 Hili Perlson

16 Giorgio Vasari, Father of Art History, Paints a First Draft of His Magnum Opus THE DAILY PIC (#1601): It’s not often I come across Renaissance art on a trek through Chelsea galleries. On a recent reconnoiter, however, I discovered this 16 th -century painting, attributed to a young Giorgio Vasari, in the backroom of ACA Galleries , better known for showing neglected modernists. It’s not wrong – quite – to dismiss Vasari as a master of pastiche: Today’s Pic has obvious debts to Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael. But given that Vasari went on to write The Lives of the Artists , the first great work of Western art history, I wonder if we should think of this painting as giving an early hint of his historian’s eye. That is, rather than simply borrowing from his predecessors for the sake of their esthetics, he may be making art that’s about recording their presence in an artistic past that his painting narrates. In the far background of his scene I think I can just make out a few freestanding columns. Of course those could stand for the Roman world that Saint John and Mary and Christ came out of, and that Christianity superseded. But they could also stand for the Classical culture that lurked behind Vasari’s new conception of the history of “modern” art. The Daily Pic also appears at Artnet News. For a full survey of past Daily Pics visit blakegopnik.com/archive . 2016-07-28 06:00 Blake Gopnik

17 Stolen Paintings by Salvador Dalí and Tamara de Lempicka Recovered After Seven Years The art detective Arthur Brand announced yesterday via Twitter that two major paintings, one by Salvador Dalí and the other by Tamara de Lempicka , have been recovered seven years after they’d been stolen from a Dutch museum. The theft took place on May 1, 2009, at the Scheringa Museum of Realist Art in Spanbroek. In broad daylight, a group of armed masked men threatened staff and visitors with a gun and then escaped in a car with the two canvases, AFP reports. Related: Old Master Paintings Stolen Decades Ago Are Found in London Vault The artworks in question are Dalí’s 1941 surrealist painting Adolescence , depicting the Catalan artist with his nanny, and Lempicka’s 1929 languid and glamorous La Musicienne , which was famously featured in the iconic video clip of Madonna’s 1990 hit single Vogue . Madonna is in fact a serious collector of Lempicka’s work, and has even loaned several paintings to museums. Besides Vogue , works by Lempicka also appear in her videos for Open Your Heart , Express Yourself , and Drowned World/Substitute for Love , and were featured on the sets of her wildly popular Who’s That Girl and Blond Ambition tours. Related: Spanish Police Make Seven Arrests Over Francis Bacon Paintings Stolen in Madrid Brand told the Dutch daily De Telegraaf that the two paintings were given to a criminal gang in lieu of payment, a practice that is common among criminal groups. Related: Seven Soup Can Prints by Andy Warhol Worth $500,000 Stolen from Springfield Art Museum However, “this organization did not want to be found guilty of the destruction or resale of art works,” Brand said, and instead contacted him through a go- between to return the canvases. Brand then handed the paintings to Scotland Yard, who are in contact with the rightful owners, who wish to remain anonymous. 2016-07-28 05:53 Lorena Mu

18 teamLab's Largest LED Installation Yet Comes to Odaiba Yume-Tairiku 2016 Related Artists Yayoi Kusama Japanese art collective teamLab has staged its largest digital installation yet at the Odaiba Yume-Tairiku 2016 festival. Through August 31, festival-goers will be immersed in an alternate and colorful multi-sensory universe in teamLab's new exhibition “DMM. Planets Art,” presented in conjunction with Japanese internet company DMM.com. On the artificial island of Odaiba near Tokyo, this summer is nothing less than colorful, with interactive digital environments everywhere as the festival looks into a “World of Wonders.” teamLab has reproduced the largest iteration yet of their “ Crystal Universe ” installation for the event, alongside several other projects all pertaining to shapeshifting rooms with color and light in a 3,000-square-meter exhibition space. “Wander through the Crystal Universe” plunges the visitor into a galaxy of infinite LED lights structured as a labyrinth of virtual experiences, similar to Yayoi Kusama ’s Infinity Rooms. The gradients of lights change with audience interaction and movement within the three-dimensional light space. Additionally, visitors can walk on water among koi fish in “Drawing on the Water Surface Created by the Dance of Koi and People – Infinity.” By dipping their toes in a seemingly infinite pool, the audience’s movements shift the trajectory of the swimming koi fish in real time, leaving traces of multi-hued lines behind. When they come in contact with a person, the fish transform into flowers. Visitors also have the opportunity to witness explosions of vibrant flowers in a large dome, projecting kaleidoscopic images of petals that spread out into space in “Floating in the Falling Universe of Flowers.” Viewers can interact with the work with their smartphones by selecting butterflies and releasing them into the space. Neither recorded nor on a loop, each light and color installation functions entirely based on audience participation in real time, monitored by a computer program. teamLab explores the convergence of art, technology, and design. Their interdisciplinary collaborative practice is rooted both in ancient Japanese art and contemporary forms of Anime. The group looks into human behavior in the information era via a distinguishable Japanese sense of spatial recognition. teamLab’s works will also be on view around the world alongside their exhibition at the Odaiba festival, including “Between Art and Physical Space” at Borusan Contemporary in Istanbul through August 21, and a permanent installation at the ArtScience Museum in Singapore. 2016-07-28 05:51 Claire Bouchara

19 Datebook: Dorian Gaudin’s ‘Second Offense’ at Galerie Pact, Paris Related Artists Dorian Gaudin Showcasing a collection of artwork by French-American artist Dorian Gaudin, “ Second Offense, ” a solo exhibition, will be held at Galerie Pact in Paris from September 8 to October 15. The gallery is known to link artists with their inspirations in art history. Gaudin's work will thus be highlighted through a piece by Italian artist Gianni Motti, named “ Revendication, Terremoto, Rhône-Alpes, ” 1994, lent by Galerie Perrotin. The title of the exhibition references the violent movement that the artist's installation will trigger in the gallery space 20 years after Gianni Motti recreated an earthquake, as well as the tensions in Gaudin's current home, the United States. 2016-07-28 04:57 BLOUIN ARTINFO

20 Datebook: Magali Reus at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Related Venues Stedelijk Museum Artists Magali Reus Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam will present Dutch artist Magali Reus and her newly commissioned work “Mustard” from September 10 through November 27. Reus is known for exploring the material and physical interaction between objects, the tension between public and private, and the relationship between what is aesthetic or flawed. Even though her earlier sculptures have similarities with common objects such as cooking utensils, fridges, and fold-down chairs, they still have an enigmatic quality. Her recent collection, created with support from Stedelijk and the Mondriaan Fund, includes objects predicated on a deep relationship with the body — both human and animal. 2016-07-28 04:29 BLOUIN ARTINFO

21 Director of Vienna’s Belvedere Museum Dismissed Over Misconduct The director’s job at Vienna’s Belvedere Museum will become vacant in 2017. Austria’s culture minister Thomas Drozda announced on Wednesday, July 27, that the contract of outgoing director Agnes Husslein- Arco will not be renewed due to violations of internal codes of conduct and compliance standards. According to the Hamburger Abendblatt , Husslein-Arco was found to have charged inadmissible expenses to the museum, as well as hiring museum employees for private services. The payments were reportedly sanctioned by museum accountant Ulrike Gruber-Mikulcik, who was fired last week. In a meeting with the board of trustees, Husslein-Arco acknowledged her wrongdoing and offered to repay the damages, a figure reported to be in the region of €13,000 to €30,000 ($14,300 to $33,000). But the board’s attempt to shed more light on the matter led to a much larger bill to foot: The auditing company charged €130,000 ($143,000) for an internal compliance report, which was the last straw. “With the current staff and structure I can’t see the museum returning to normality and building on its past successes,” Drozda explained. As for the outstanding bill of €130,000 for the auditors, he commented, “how they arrived at a six-figure sum is totally incomprehensible. You can be sure that this amount won’t be paid,” he added. After her admission of wrongdoing the board of trustees voted in favor of allowing Husslein-Arco to remain in her position until her contract runs out because of “undeniable achievements” in her 10-year tenure as director. “I accept the decision of the Federal Minister Thomas Drozda with regret,” Husslein-Arco told the Austrian press agency APA . Meanwhile, Der Standard reported that culture minister Drozda appointed Dieter Bogner as executive director to work alongside the outgoing director until her contract expires at the end of the year. During her tenure Husslein-Arco gained a reputation as a headstrong and resolute director, often criticized for her confrontational approach. However, the former director of Sotheby’s Austria and Salzburg’s Rupertinum undeniably revitalized the institution and positioned the Belvedere Museum as a must-see attraction in Vienna. 2016-07-28 04:13 Associate Editor

22 Datebook: Yoko Ono, Sol LeWitt and Others at Modern Art Oxford Related Venues Modern Art Oxford Artists Sol LeWitt Yoko Ono Dan Graham Karla Black Modern Art Oxford presents “Kaleidoscope: Mystics and Rationalists” to celebrate the gallery’s 50 year anniversary in the world of contemporary visual art and culture. The exhibition commenced in June, and runs through August 19 in the city of Oxford. The exhibition showcases artworks from across the globe. It brings back iconic works from the past, as well as creations by new artists, as part of a year-long program of displays, performances, and events. In a nutshell, the exhibition presents a snapshot of the unique works from the history of the gallery. “Mystics and Rationalists” features works by artists like Karla Black, Daniel Buren, Dorothy Cross, Ibrahim El-Salahi, Yoko Ono, Dan Graham, Sol LeWitt, and Amy Sillman. 2016-07-28 04:07 BLOUIN ARTINFO

23 John Varvatos Taps Hozier for Fall 2016 Ad Campaign “I had a connection when I first heard his song ‘Take Me to Church,’” said John Varvatos of the musician known as Hozier. “I call him a renaissance man. He’s a young man who looks at the world, at all the things that are happening, and how people are treated. He’s a bit of a poet, and he’s a very handsome guy. All the boxes kind of checked. He was already a customer and was such a pleasure to work with.” The musician describes his personal style as functional, and said he likes Varvatos’ work “from his shoes to his jackets.” “We shot at this place called the Art Factory, which is in New Jersey,” Hozier said. “There’s an old factory, and on top of that, a newer building. But it goes right down to these tunnels that are kind of embedded, built right into the rocks, right inside the mountain,” he added. “We did a lot of the shooting down there, which was cool. We did the live session of the song ‘To Be Alone’ which is on the debut album. So it was like an acoustic solo performance.” Alongside the campaign, the brand will release an original music video directed by Clinch and produced by Yard, a branding agency. Inspired by Bob Dylan’s concert performances in the Sixties and Seventies, the video will also feature Hozier performing “To Be Alone.” The campaign will break in the September issues of GQ, Vanity Fair and Robb Report, which hit newsstands in August. Next up for the brand is a new store opening in New York in August at the side of the World Trade Center in the new Oculus. “That’s only a few weeks away. It’s an amazing building, one of the architectural wonders of the world, really,” Varvatos said. “A very special place, it’s a kind of hallowed ground there. It’s been a long haul to get it open with a construction process there. But we’re very excited to finally see it come to life.” “We’re just continuing to push our brand globally,” Varvatos added. “We have a lot of global expansion with the brand right now. We just opened in Moscow, and we’re looking for additional stores around the world right now as our business in outside of the United States is very, very strong so we see a lot of opportunity with that.” 2016-07-28 04:01 Lorelei Marfil

24 7th Edition of Busan Biennale Gets Experimental Busan Biennale will enliven the Korean city’s shores once again for its 7th edition this September. The event will be spread across two venues: the Busan Museum of Art and F1963 (KISWIRE Suyeong Factory). It will run from September 3 through November 30, exploring the theme “Hybridizing Earth, Discussing Multitude” curated by Yun Cheagab, the director of the How Art Museum in China. This year, the biennial will comprise three projects, one of which will consist of a variety of programs running alongside the two exhibitions at the Busan Museum and F1963. A comprehensive display of experimental art from China, Korea, and Japan, as well as an investigation of the “biennale” platform, are the predominant topics addressed in the three projects. The first project, entitled “an/other avant-garde China- Japan-Korea, ” will be held at the Busan Museum of Art and will turn the spotlight on experimental art which emerged from these three countries before the 1990s. Co-curated by three curators from the countries in question, this exhibition will feature 137 works by 64 artists. It will address pivotal artistic movements including periods of resistance which sparked a streak of avant-garde art: the Cultural Revolution and the Tiananmen Square Massacre in China; Japanese avant- garde art, such as the Gutai Group and Mono-ha, which arose after the bombing of Hiroshima in the 1980s; and Korea’s Dansaekhwa movement, bringing forth Happenings and Minjung art (People art) in the 1960s to 1980s. The second project, curated by Yun Cheagab, is titled “Hybridizing Earth, Discussing Multitude,” and will re-examine the “biennale” system through a presentation and scrutinization of its role and nature, raising new questions on contemporary art. It will take place at F1963, where experimental art by 56 artists will cover the entire space, “turning it into a ground for the public sphere of multitude and a new space for culture and art,” as mentioned in a press release. The third project will be a platform for discussion, academic, and educational programs to shed light on the theme, which will occur alongside the projects in both venues. “Busan Biennale 2016 will be an underlying question concerning ‘biennial’ as a form of exhibition, as well as a reflection on and criticism of the existence of artists,” said Yun Cheagab in a statement. 2016-07-28 02:43 Claire Bouchara

25 The Private Museum Debuts Sculptor Han Sai Por’s New Paintings Related Venues The Private Museum Artists Han Sai Por The Private Museum in Singapore will present acclaimed local artist and Asia’s leading sculptress Han Sai Por in a solo exhibition entitled “Han Sai Por: Secret Landscape” from August 5 through September 25. This exhibition will take a different stance on her lifelong artistic journey, in which her sculptures have always taken center stage. In collaboration with Yayasan Bali Purnati Center for the Arts, the museum is preparing an inaugural show which will place the limelight on the artist’s recent body of acrylic-based paintings. Widely recognized for her sculptural works of stones depicting organic forms, nature remains the artist's core source of inspiration for her paintings as well. A total of 15 acrylic-based works will be on show inspired by her recent Bali Purnati artist residency. Having immersed herself in Bali’s textured and natural scenery, Han Sai Por artistically interpreted its scenic landscapes and Indonesia’s untamed islands. The new series demonstrates her ability to capture the essence of Bali's topography. A few highlights include depictions of her visits to the volcanic regions of Mount Batur and Mount Agung, the beaches of Amed, Ketewel and Bias Tugel, and Jatiluwih’s rice terraces. Han Sai Por is one of Singapore’s leading sculptors and the recipient of the Cultural Medallion for Art in 1995. She is best known for her stone sculptures made of black granite and white marble, her two preferred materials. Last year, she was commissioned by The Esplanade in Singapore to create a large stainless steel installation, “Harvest,” in celebration of Singapore’s golden jubilee year. 2016-07-28 01:41 Claire Bouchara

26 Datebook: Vintage Toy Animations at MINT Museum of Toys, Singapore Related Venues Lasalle College of the Arts Hand-drawn animations of vintage toys by the students of LASALLE College of the Arts will be on display at the MINT Museum of Toys from July 30 through August 31. The exhibition will be accompanied by interactive sessions with the artists on August 19, 20, 26, and 27, from 7pm to 9pm. The animations will be showcased along with the toys that inspired the artworks. The sketches will be presented with behind-the-scenes concept art and photographs, which illustrate the thoughts behind the creative process. Each of the artworks is unique in its way of storytelling, highlighting the imagination of the LASALLE BA (Hons) Animation students. The exhibition brings together LASALLE’s practice-based learning and industry engagement with MINT Museum of Toys' initiative to reinvent the images of vintage toys in contemporary art forms. 2016-07-28 01:34 BLOUIN ARTINFO

27 Hong Kong’s Grana Launches Swimwear Hong Kong-based e- commerce retailer Grana is branching out into swimwear. On Thursday, the apparel company will start selling three styles of bikini tops, two styles of bikini bottoms and a one-piece model for her. Four styles of boardshorts for him will drop on Grana’s site over the weekend. Grana, which emphasizes high-quality textiles and affordable retail prices, said the suits are made of a flexible Sensitive-branded fabric that shapes to the body, offers UV protection and dries quickly. Grana already uses the Italian fabric in its underwear range. Prices range from 194 Hong Kong dollars to 458 Hong Kong dollars, or $25 to $59. Grana’s business model is similar to that of Bonobos or Everlane — it uses the Internet to cut out the middleman and passes the savings onto the consumer. Founded in 2014, the start-up retailer ships to 12 countries, including the U. S., Singapore, Australia and much of Europe. The brand claims to travel the world to source the best materials, like Irish linen, Japanese denim, Mongolian cashmere, Chinese silk and Peruvian pima cotton. In February, Grana said it had secured $3.5 million in a seed round of financing. The latest round was led by Golden Gate Ventures, and includes investments from MindWorks Ventures and Bluebell Group , a Hong Kong- based retail distributor of luxury brands across the Asian region. 2016-07-28 01:00 Amanda Kaiser

28 Michael Lynch Named Interim Director of National Art School Related Venues National Art School Artists Michael Lynch Michael Lynch CBE AM has been announced as the Interim Director of The National Art School in Sydney following the resignation of current Director Michael Snelling who is relocating to Hong Kong to support his partner Suhanya Raffel as she begins her new position as Director of Hong Kong’s M+ Museum. Mr Lynch will begin working with the National Art School immediately in a consultative capacity before taking on the position of Interim Director in September 2016. He will remain as Interim Director until early 2017 when it is anticipated that a new Director will be appointed. Commenting on his appointment, Mr Lynch said that the National Art School has an extraordinary history of creating great artists across genres. “I recognize the difficulties that face the School over the coming months and hope to work closely with staff and the Board to find a solution that best benefits the arts, National Art School and all interested stakeholders of which the students are paramount,” he said. 2016-07-28 00:37 Nicholas Forrest

29 Datebook: GCC Artist Collective’s New Exhibition at Mitchell-Innes & Nash Related Venues Mitchell-Innes & Nash “Positive Pathway (+),” an exhibition of works by artist collective GCC, will be on display at Mitchell-Innes & Nash in New York from October 13 through November 26. This is GCC’s debut show at the gallery and their first in the United States. GCC is an eight-member artist collective formed in 2013. The collective’s body of work includes photography, sculpture, and video. GCC is known to create artwork pertaining to the changing states of contemporary culture within the Gulf region. The exhibition centers on the pervasive trends of healthy living and positive lifestyles that are gaining impetus in the Middle East. GCC explores the ways in which these lifestyle attitudes are appropriated, employed, and transformed as part of greater political propaganda. The opening reception of the exhibition will be held on Thursday, October 13 at the gallery in conjunction with a panel discussion with all eight members of the collective. 2016-07-28 00:15 Atrayee Sengupta

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