In conjunction with the Denver Art Museum exhibition, New Territory: Landscape Photography Today, Robischon Gallery presents Gary Emrich: All Consumed. Work from this series is featured in New Territory, which explores unconventional contemporary landscape photography from around the world. For All Consumed, Emrich combines artist-generated and appropriated imagery to create distorted yet familiar landscapes.
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In a heist fit for a movie, several priceless pieces of the Swedish crown jewels were stolen in broad daylight on Tuesday. Part of a display at the Strängnäs Cathedral, the stolen objects include two crowns and an orb. Once buried with King Karl IX and Queen Kristina, the gold crowns encrusted in jewels and pearls date back to 1611. Built in the early 12th century, the gothic cathedral houses the tombs of several Swedish royals, and is home to one of the oldest surviving libraries in Sweden.
Not only will the halls and rooms of Carnegie Museum of Art (CMOA) overflow with sculpture, photography, painting, and installation when Carnegie International, 57th Edition, 2018 opens on October 13, the facade of the building will be transformed by art as well.
The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum is celebrating all that glitters in their latest exhibition of works from the permanent collection, Iridescence. A stunning visual effect found in nature, for centuries artists and craftsman have strived to replicate the vibrancy of this elusive quality. Through the exhibition, the Cooper Hewitt traces the history and impact of the optical effect that changes before your eyes.
Phillips presents an important collection of works by Raoul Dufy, to be debuted in Paris before highlights are exhibited in London, Hong Kong and finally New York in November where the majority of works will be offered in the 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale.
As part of their ongoing contemporary art series, this month the Denver Art Museum (DAM) debuts Eyes On: Julie Buffalohead, showcasing the work of the Minnesota-based artist and citizen of the Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma. Curator of Native Arts John Lukavic calls Buffalohead’s new body of work “exceptional,” saying the work connects people with “tribally specific narratives that are culture-bound, emotional, and sometimes evocative.”
Brooklyn polymath, Erik Zajaceskowski, has been making his imprint on the borough’s art and nightlife scenes for nearly two decades. Zajaceskowski and friends launched Mighty Robot, an illegal art and party loft, during Williamsburg’s cultural heydey in the late 1990s. During that time, he forged many connections that remain essential to his art making and curating. Mighty Robot eventually became Secret Project Robot, Zajaceskowski and Rachel Nelson’s acclaimed Bushwick performance space, music venue, and gallery.
This summer in Chicago, public art is being used as a call to action. Fifty-one 6 foot lighthouse sculptures that have been decorated by national and local Chicago artists, many with disabilities, are now on display on North Michigan Avenue, Chicago’s Magnificent Mile.
The Queens Museum presents the eighth Queens International. Since its inauguration in 2002, this biennial exhibition has highlighted the contemporary cultural production of Queens communities in formats driven by the artists represented, the perspectives of its curators, and current social and cultural issues. QI 2018, titled Volumes, follows in this tradition, and for the first time includes a partnership with the Queens Library.
Bonhams offered a number of high-quality furnishings, accessories, and art for their Home and Interiors Auction this morning. The total sale was £747,950, or $983,239 USD. Sets of silver candelabra from the Painted Hall in Greenwich were a highlight of the Auction. Commissioned in 1939, bearing the monogram of reigning monarch George VI, the meticulously cleaned and restored candelabra add elegance and grandeur to their surroundings.
