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The Art Gallery of Ontario continued its internationalist push Thursday as it appointed a Chinese curator with American experience to the key portfolio of modern and contemporary art. Born and raised in Shanghai, Xiaoyu Weng currently works as an associate curator at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. This summer, she will take up the role of modern and contemporary curator at the AGO in Toronto, a city she has never visited.
New Orleans Museum of Art announces extraordinary gift of photographs from Cherye and James Pierce
Robert Capa (American, born Hungary, 1913-1954), The Falling Soldier, 1936. Gelatin silver print, image: 9 1/2 x 14 in. Gift of Cherye R. and James F. Pierce, 57.21.
NEW ORLEANS, LA
.- Distinguished collectors Cherye R. and James (Jim) F. Pierce have gifted more than 260 photographs by master art photographers, ranging from the nineteenth century to the present, to the New Orleans Museum of Art.
The Pierces gift to NOMA is representative of their wide-ranging collecting interests. It includes vintage prints by Ansel Adams, Ilse Bing, Brassaï, and Heinrich Kühn, contemporary masterworks by Laila Essaydi, Deborah Luster, William Eggleston, and platinum prints by Frederick Evans, Manuel Alvarez-Bravo (commissioned directly from the artist), and Lois Conner. Their gift also includes several iconic images such as The Falling Soldier by Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bressons Behind t
Miles McEnery Gallery will open an exhibition of new paintings by Suzanne Caporael
Suzanne Caporael, 753 (wrack on blue), 2020. Oil on linen, 54 x 42 inches, 137.2 x 106.7 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY.
NEW YORK, NY
.-Miles McEnery Gallery will present an exhibition of new paintings by Suzanne Caporael. Book Eight, the artists eighth exhibition at the gallery, will open on 18 February at 520 West 21st Street and will remain on view through 27 March 2021. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated publication featuring an essay by art historian and philosopher David Carrier.
In Book Eight, Caporael continues her profound exploration of the nature of color, surface, and aesthetics. Her calm, yet invigorating paintings, composed of multiple veiled layers of oil paint, employ an aesthetic inherent to the experience of the real world. The artists ongoing investigation of rich colors, decisive placement of shapes, and juxtaposing fo
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From Feb. 7-10, the annual South Arts Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers started its spring selection of films; the first of the three documentaries was âCane Fire,â directed by Anthony Banua-Simon.
âCane Fireâ was selected from the hundreds of films that were submitted for review for the Southern Circuit Tour. According to Teresa Hollingsworth, program director for film and traditional arts at South Arts, this one specifically was chosen by members within the community.
âWhat makes the Southern Circuit Tour a little bit different than a film festival is that we have a programming staff that looks at the content of film and the films that are available,â said Hollingsworth. âWhat makes us really different is that our screening partners are involved in the decision making of selecting films, so for this season and folks from ETSU faculty and staff weighed in on what films they thought would be of most i
The Outrigger Promise with a bold pledge: guests will love their Hawaii holiday at Outrigger, and if not – the premier beach resort brand will credit the guest for a future stay, on the house. While some hotel chains have a satisfaction guarantee on the room product – this experiential promise is by all accounts an industry first.
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Hawaii is the #1 destination that U.S. travelers now day-dream about visiting, according to a recent coronavirus travel sentiment index report by Destination Analysts. Additionally, a study released this week from Hawaii Tourism Authority showed that 94% of recent visitors to Hawaii said their trip either met or exceeded their expectations. The Outrigger Promise enables adventure seekers, solo explorers, families and friends to book the future trip they have been dreaming about, with confidence.