It may be time to update your bucket list. This week UNESCO (The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ) designated 29 new World Heritage Sites.
Art News
The Seattle Art Museum presents Zanele Muholi: Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail the Dark Lioness (July 10–November 8, 2019), featuring photographs and large-scale photographic wallpapers from the South African visual activist’s ongoing self-portrait series.
Featuring aspects of 18th-century visual culture in a self-aware and witty way, the Hulu period drama Harlots plays off of modern understandings of this period’s style in an unconventional way. Taking the known facts into account and riffing off of them, this strategy gives the show a punk feel with sharp commentary.
On view July 9-November 10, 2019 at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Center, Gordon Parks: The Flávio Story explores one of the most important photo essays Parks produced for Life magazine and traces how its publication prompted an extraordinary sequence of events over several decades.
Textiles are and have been a defining force in India’s culture and history, so much so that in ancient Greece and Babylon, “India” was shorthand for “cotton.” The Fabric of India, The Ringling’s first major exhibition of Indian art, showcases the variety, technical sophistication and adaptability of Indian textiles from the 15th to the 21st century.
All heads turned and smiles lit up the room as two athletic Weimaraners, Flo and Topper, bounded excitedly through the crowd followed by their guru, famed artist/photographer, William Wegman. The occasion was the opening reception for Outside In, a mind-expanding exhibition spanning over four decades in the prolific career of one of America’s most beloved artists.
The Untitled Space is pleased to present a special exhibit and event with Artist Kat Toronto aka Miss Meatface, who will be visiting from London, UK for an artist talk, zine signing and solo exhibition curated by gallery director Indira Cesarine launching on July 2nd, 2019. The exhibit, which features a selection of artwork created over the last several years, including photography, ceramics, zines, and videos, will additionally be on view from July 8-13, 2019.
Thomas Gainsborough’s Going to Market, Early Morning, considered a masterpiece of 18th-century British landscapes, set a new record for the artist at auction this week. Selling for $10 million to an anonymous buyer at Sotheby’s London’s July 3 Old Master Paintings Evening Sale, the painting is one of several depictions of this subject matter.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, The Metropolitan Museum of Art will present visual representations of the moon from the dawn of photography through the present in the exhibition Apollo’s Muse: The Moon in the Age of Photography.
All four babes unite to discuss the amazing artwork of Ana Mendieta. Born in Cuba, but transported to Iowa as a preteen, Mendieta is known for her performance as well as earth-body works. The babes express their thoughts, feelings and speculation around Mendieta’s art as well as her way-too-short, but fascinating life.
