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Francis has recently proclaimed this The Year of Saint Joseph. Now is as good a time as ever to look at art from the perspective of labor. We can turn to Marxist theory to help inform our visual imagination rooting it in the charism of the working class. John Molyneux s new book
The Dialectics of Art offers a solid Marxist framework for the discerning viewer.
Molyneux is a British socialist, activist and writer, writing from outside of the academy without a specific art historical specialization. This brings with it certain self identified limitations namely the credibility that comes along with expertise but frees him to create a compelling, wide-reaching story of art in the age of capitalism, roughly from the Italian Renaissance to today.
Sarah Meister Named Next Executive Director of Aperture
Ms. Meister will serve as the primary creative force and public representative of Aperture, a nonprofit arts organization and preeminent publisher of photography.
Sarah Meister. Photograph by Naima Green
Aperture Foundation’s Board of Trustees is pleased to announce that Sarah Meister has been selected as its next Executive Director. She will begin her new role in May 2021. As Executive Director, Ms. Meister will serve as the primary creative force and public representative of Aperture, a nonprofit arts organization and preeminent publisher of photography, working closely with the Board and leading the staff of thirty-five to further the organization’s distinguished legacy and set its vision for its future. She will succeed Chris Boot, who will be returning to London after leading Aperture for the past decade.
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BOCA RATON, FLA
.- There is every reason this year to have a world view, says Irvin Lippman, the Boca Raton Museum of Arts Executive Director, as South Florida boldly ushers in the new year with the national premiere of Glasstress 2021 Boca Raton. Three years in the making, with 2020 being such a challenging year to coordinate an international exhibition of this size and scope, the effort serves as an important reassurance that art is an essential and enduring part of humanity. This is also a tribute to the resilience of Venices surviving the floods and continuing to make art through the pandemic. Most of these works in glass have never been seen elsewhere, and were handpicked by Kathleen Goncharov, the Museums Senior Curator who traveled to Italy in 2019. The new exhibition runs Jan. 27 through Sept. 5, 2021 and the Museum will feature online initiatives for virtual viewing. Watch the new video . More
Swann to offer curated sale focused on the artists of the WPA
Reginald Marsh, The Waterfront, New York, oil on canvas, 1943. Estimate $10,000 to $15,000.
NEW YORK, NY
.- On Thursday, February 4 Swann Galleries will offer the auction: The Artists of the WPA. The multi-departmental sale will feature paintings, prints, photographs, posters, books and related ephemera by artists whose careers were sustained by the Works Progress Administration. In the aftermath of the Great Depression, president Franklin D. Roosevelts New Deal and its related agencies represented an unprecedented investment in art and artists, setting the scene for the twentieth centurys art movements, and establishing the careers of diverse creatives, including women, Black artists, photographers, and muralists.