Creativity drives the arts and all progress
By Marilyn Delk - DCCA News
“Creativity is the process of using imagination and critical thinking to generate new ideas that have value.” So began an inspirational presentation by Cindy Foley, Executive Deputy Director at Columbus Museum of Art at the recent Creative Ohio Advocacy Summit organized and convened by Ohio Citizens for the Arts; Ms. Foley, who leads the museum’s Education Department, strongly believes creativity is not only an essential ingredient to producing art but also to progress throughout society and the world.
Her belief is reinforced by Nobel Laureate Thomas Sudhof, whose scientific work explains the presynaptic neuron (?!!), giving us a clearer view into how the healthy brain relays information. Upon receiving the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the acclaimed neuroscientist credited his success not to his science mentors but to his bassoon teacher! Sudhof believes that both art and science transcend t
Edward Tyler Nahem relocates to 980 Madison opening May 8 with group show
Frank Stella, Gray Scramble, 1968, Acrylic on canvas, 69 by 138 14 inches (175.2 x 351.2 cm), Signed and dated.
NEW YORK, NY
.-Edward Tyler Nahem announced its relocation to 980 Madison on New Yorks Upper East Side. Placing the gallery at the heart of this renowned arts building, the new space opens May 8 with a group show of leading Post-War and Contemporary master works. The exhibition includes Jean-Michel Basquiat, Alexander Calder, George Condo, Anselm Kiefer, Joan Mitchell, Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Ruscha, Frank Stella, and Kenneth V. Young. The relocation coincides with the appointment of Roxana Bruno as new Senior Director.
Rare books auction includes important source for the study of da Vinci s works
Luca Pacioli, Divina proportione, Venice, 1509. Estimate: 80,000.
HAMBURG
.- This masterwork would not exist if it hadnt been for Leonardo da Vinci. The friend and student of the acclaimed mathematician Luca Pacioli did not only give impetus to Divina porportione, but also made many drawings for this milestone of Renaissance geometry. On May 31 this important source for the study of da Vincis works will be offered in the Rare Books Auction at Ketterer Kunst in Hamburg with an estimate of 80,000.
LOGICAL: Aristotle created the Logica vetus, an impressive parchment manuscript with fundamental texts on logic in France around 1250. It contains the primary texts for logical education throughout the entire medieval era. This extremely rare medieval text compilation was seminal for scholastic thining in the 13th and 14th century and will now be called up with an estimate of 60,000.
Meet The Jackie Robinson Of Wall Street
Opener: Courtesy Reginald F. Lewis family Executive photo: Courtesy Reginald F. Lewis family Young Lewis: Courtesy Reginald F. Lewis family George Bush: Courtesy Loida Nicolas Lewis Michael Milken: Courtesy Loida Nicolas Lewis Airplane: Courtesy Loida Nicolas Lewis
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In 1987, a little-known New York lawyer became a master of the universe when he led a takeover of the food conglomerate Beatrice International, creating the first Black-owned billion-dollar company. Robert Smith, Michael Milken, Henry Kravis and others recall the life and legacy of Reginald F. Lewis.
On November 30, 1987, an army of 180 lawyers, accountants, financial advisors and corporate executives annexed six floors of prestigious New York law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, in a race to close a $985 million leveraged buyout of the food conglomerate Beatrice International. The deal (which would be worth some $2.3 billion tod
Buste de femme.Courtesy of Smith & Partners.
“This picture is one of the best-known of Picasso’s series of images of Dora Maar. The electric red lends an intensity that heightens the colors of Picasso’s muse’s face and clothing. The yellows, blues, and greens thrust themselves into a bold relief through their contrast with the near-monochrome background. It is a joyful rendition that was created at the height of the artists’ relationship. Anecdotally,
Buste De Femme (Femme à la résille) was one of the paintings with which Picasso was unable to part during his lifetime, only changing hands after his death, whereby it was inherited by his granddaughter, Marina.”