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Members of a pro-Trump mob storm the Capitol building to disrupt the recording of Electoral College votes to confirm the victory of President-elect Joe Biden in Washington, Jan. 6, 2020. Not long after Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) warned his Republican colleagues that their efforts to overturn an election would send democracy into a death spiral, fear surged through the Senate chamber. Erin Schaff/The New York Times.
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.- Barbara A. Wolanin did not leave her TV much Wednesday afternoon, watching terrified, she said, as hundreds of Donald Trump rioters rushed into the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol building where eight large, framed historical paintings hang. She once was curator for the Architect of the Capitol, the office that preserves and maintains the buildings art and architecture. She knew much better than most the horrific possibilities that were presenting themselves. What if rioters slashed John Tr
Plus, Damien Hirst puts his art on ice in Switzerland and technology is revolutionizing art authentication.
January 8, 2021
Supporters of US President Donald Trump sit inside the office of US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi as the protest inside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, January 6, 2021. Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images.
Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know on this Friday, January 8.
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Artists React to the Riots in DC – Artists including Dread Scott, Glenn Ligon, and Marilyn Minter were among the many public figures condemning the pro-Trump rioters who stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday afternoon. Photographs from inside the august building showed chaos and destruction with nary an arrest in view, and many artists compared the surreal images to those at Black Lives Matter protests, where peaceful demonstrators were often maced, kettled,
Miles McEnery Gallery now represents mixed media artist Douglas Melini
Douglas Melini, Untitled (Tree Painting, Full Spectrum Color/Blue), 2020. Oil on linen and acrylic stain on reclaimed wood with artist frame, 42 x 42 inches, 106.7 x 106.7 cm.
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.-Miles McEnery Gallery announced its representation of Douglas Melini.
Douglas Melini is a mixed media artist whose paintings and collages investigate color and space. His hard-edged abstract paintings use color, geometry and pattern to create an eccentric visual experience for the viewer.
For over the past twenty years, Melini has explored the abstract and pictorial nature of image making.
Most recently, Melinis work has engaged with the landscape, focusing on abstraction in nature. The artist refers to these new works as Tree Paintings. The paintings are made from weathered, reclaimed wood, then stained, and merged with paintings made from densely applied layers of oil paint on linen. The juxtaposition of the natu