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Brooklyn exhibitions. David Thomas and his monochromatic paintings on canvas at MINUS SPACE

Brooklyn exhibitions. MINUS SPACE is proud to present the exhibition David Thomas: Impermanences. This is the Melbourne, Australia-based artist’s first solo exhibition in the United States and it will feature a site-sensitive installation of monochromatic paintings on canvas, photopaintings on paper, and wall paintings.

Brooklyn exhibitions. David Thomas at MINUS SPACE

Since the late 1980s, David Thomas has been immersed in producing color field and later monochromatic work using an array of different media, including painting, photography, sculpture, and installation. His recent work lies at the confluence of Eastern and Western monochrome painting traditions and he deliberately situates his work in this world, as a part of our ever-evolving daily life. Thomas’ work is defined by its simplicity of color and form, reflective surfaces, commonplace imagery, forthright paint application, subtle humor, and shifting sense of temporality. Thomas encourages viewers to read his works slowly.

About his work, Thomas states, “I am drawn to the monochrome by its visual energy and its emptiness. I like its deceptive simplicity. A pure monochrome exists only as an idea, not as a physical reality. An actual monochrome is seen in relationship to something else, a background, a wall, or another color. Other things impact on it and it on other things as an intervention. The monochrome if used in certain ways can help us see and consider the world around it more attentively. I use it as a temporal device, as an interval in the world.”

Brooklyn exhibitions. David Thomas at MINUS SPACE

He continues, “The monochrome is complex. It exists as a painted surface as a material fact. It is a linguistic fact that comes out of specific cultural traditions of painting reflecting both local and global contexts. Whether it is an endpoint of a certain type of modernism as a reductive formalism, or whether it is an experiential field, or a disruption to our normal way of looking, the simple color field has the ability to generate questions in the world.”

TV Shows Today, April 30: Outlander, House Hunters Renovation, Cops

It’s Saturday and no doubt at all, because our Top#1 TV Shows Today, April 30 is for the series Outlander. Today’s episode: La Dame Blanche. Season 2. Episode 4. 9:00 pm. STARZ. From Wikipedia: Outlander is an American-British television drama series based on the historical time travel Outlander series of novels by Diana Gabaldon.

Our second choice is for House Hunters Renovation. Today: Two Chicago Lawyers Make a Case for Taking on a Full House Renovation. Season 8. Episode 5. 10:00 pm. HGTV.

And our last recommendation is for Cops. Today: Sidewalk Licker. Season 28. Episode 32.

8:00 pm. SPIKE.

TV Shows Today, April 30 Video: Outlander 2×04 Promo “La Dame Blanche” (HD)

Birthdays Today, April 30: James McVey, Dianna Agron, Travis Scott, Leigh Francis

He’s the lead guitarist and back up vocalist for the band The Vamps. He was born in Chester, England in 1994, he’s our Top#1º Famous Birthdays Today, April 30 and his name is…James McVey! From Yareah, we wish him and his family

 

The Vamps performing in London for their Wake Up World Tour, April 2016. Source: Wikipedia. Author: DebbyCatty

More famous birthdays today, April 30: Dianna Agron, actress born in Savanah. California in 1986; Travis Scott, rapper; and Leigh Francis, actor.

Happy birthday to all of them. Have a very nice day, dear friends.

I was on the yearbook staff, so I would take out film cameras and Nikons and take photos around school and at sporting events and things like that. We had a darkroom as well. I just loved it. I also saved up for a video camera to video my friends and cut and paste the videos together and I gave them to all of my friends for graduation.

Dianna Agron

What a world we live in. I want to be incredibly close to the heart of it all. To live honestly, truthfully and to be completely present is the ultimate enterprise.

Dianna Agron

Famous Birthdays Today, April 30 Video: The Vamps – I Found A Girl ft. Omi

New York auctions. Icons Lead Sotheby’s Spring Sale of American Art

New York auctions. Sotheby’s spring sale of American Art on 18 May 2016 includes works by some of the most iconic names in the category.

New York auctions

Auctions. From John Singer Sargent’s striking Poppies (estimate $4–6 million), to Norman Rockwell’s remarkable 1949 Post cover Road Block (estimate $4–6 million), the sale presents a range of styles and genres from the 19th and 20thcenturies. Highlights from the sale will be on view at Sotheby’s New York beginning 29 April, alongside Impressionist & Modern and Contemporary Art, with the full sale on exhibition beginning 14 May.

John Singer Sargent painted Poppies in 1886, (estimate $4–6 million) while at work on Carnation Lily, Lily, Rose, one of his most important works now in the collection of the Tate Britain. In the wake of the scandal caused by his daring portrait of Madame X,Sargent departed for England from Paris. He sustained a head injury while swimming on a boat trip along the Thames, and a friend brought him to Broadway, a nearby village in the English Cotswolds, to recuperate. He began working on Carnation Lily, Lily, Rosealmost immediately, painting with a newfound freedom to portray anything that inspired him. The present work is likely the only surviving depiction of the splendid poppies he observed in a garden there, and was most recently included in the museum exhibition Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse, co-organized by the Royal Academy of Arts and the Cleveland Museum of Art.

The May auction also will offer Sargent’s Staircase in Capri (estimate $1.8–2.5 million), inspired by the artist’s travels to the Mediterranean island in the summer of 1878. The painting was first owned by Auguste Hirsch, a French artist with whom Sargent shared a studio in Paris in the late 1870s.  It was later acquired by Pamela Harriman, who served as the United States Ambassador to France in the mid-1990s.

New York auctions. 18 MAY 2016. Full Exhibition Opening 14 May. Highlights on View Beginning This Friday.

Among the most sophisticated and complex compositions Rockwell created for the cover of The Saturday Evening Post, Road Block (estimate $4–6 million) demonstrates the artist’s distinctive sense of humor and unparalleled gift for storytelling–two of the qualities that have incited comparisons between Rockwell’s work and filmmaking. Regarding his 1949 painting, Norman Rockwell bemoaned: “Why, oh, why do I paint such involved and complicated pictures?”

The May sale also will include Rockwell’s Hobo and Dog (estimate $1.5–2.5 million), sold by The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Appearing on the cover of The Post on October 18, 1924, it features one of Rockwell’s favorite models of the period: James K. Van Brunt.

Originally acquired directly from the artist by Philadelphia publisher Leonard E.B. Andrews in 1986, The Prussian (estimate $2.5–3.5 million) is one of the best works in a series of images by Andrew Wyeth that depict the now famous Helga Testorf, a neighbor who became his primary muse for over 15 years. Wyeth executed this highly finished work in drybrush, a technique that allowed the artist to capture Helga’s physical likeness with a keen attention to detail, and to achieve a rich and sculptural surface.

Embodying Thomas Wilmer Dewing’s inimitable and highly sophisticated aesthetic, The White Birch (estimate $2–3 million) is a sumptuous landscape that he painted while staying in the artists’ colony of Cornish, New Hampshire. The work displays the wide range of diverse aesthetic sources that Dewing drew from during this period, as well as his ability to synthesize them into an aesthetic all his own. This masterpiece, which comes to auction in an original frame designed by Stanford White, also boasts an impressive exhibition history, having been shown extensively across the United States, Russia and Japan.

Additional highlights are two paintings by the modern master Milton Avery being offered by the Art Institute of Chicago. Pink Cock(estimate $500,000–700,000), was completed in 1943, as the artist developed what is now considered his mature aesthetic.  Lanky Nude (estimate $150,000–250,000), painted in 1950, represents Avery’s thoroughly modern interpretation of the traditional theme of the reclining nude. Both paintings showcase the unique manner in which Avery transforms a representational subject into an evocative, semi-abstracted arrangement of shape and color.

Several additional modernist examples lead a superb group of works from a Distinguished Maryland Collection, including Georgia O’Keeffe’s powerful 1955 painting, Black Patio Door–Small, the only work from this important series still in private hands (estimate $500,000–700,000).

Hockney by Randall Wright at the MFA in Boston

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston presents Hockney, a new documentary by Randall Wright that examines the work and personal life of the beloved artist David Hockney.

Hockney, a new documentary by Randall Wright

Hockney is the definitive exploration of one of the most significant artists of his generation. For the first time, David Hockney has given access to his personal archive of photographs and film, resulting in an unparalleled visual diary of his life. The film chronicles Hockney’s vast career, from his early life in working-class Bradford, where his love for pictures was developed through his admiration for cinema, to his relocation to Hollywood where his life long struggle to escape labels (‘queer’, ‘working class’, figurative artist’) was fully realized. David Hockney offers theories about art the universe and everything: “I’m interested in ways of looking and trying to think of it in simple ways. If you can communicate that of course people will respond, after all everybody does look.“ But as Hockney reveals, it’s the hidden self-interrogation that gives his famously optimistic pictures their unexpected edge and attack.

Hockney traces his struggle to escape labels, to live the American or Californian dream, but paradoxically never to break the ties to the childhood that formed him. Did Yorkshire awkwardness in his blood give him the willpower to survive relationship problems, and later the AIDS plague that killed the majority of his friends? Acclaimed filmmaker Randall Wright offers a unique view of this unconventional artist who is now reaching new peaks of popularity worldwide, and, at 78, is as charismatic as ever, working in the studio seven days a week.

Tickets may be purchased now at mfa.org/film, by calling the MFA Ticketing Line at 800.440.6975, or in person at any MFA ticket desk. Tickets are $9 for members, $11 nonmembers, and $5 for students at local universities.

Video: Hockney by Randall Wright. Official Trailer.

The Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Film Program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is funded by the Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family Foundation.

Film at the MFA is sponsored by Bank of America.

The Media Sponsor is The Boston Globe.

TV Shows Today, April 29: Grimm, The Vampire Diaries, The Originals

Well, it’s Friday and it’s time for vampires and special creatres. Our Top#1 TV Shows Today, April 29 s for Grimm. Today’s episode: The Taming of the Wu. Season 5. Episode 19. 9:00 pm. NBC. From Wikipedia: Grimm is an American police procedural fantasy television drama series. It debuted in the U.S. on NBC on October 28, 2011. The show has been described as “a cop drama—with a twist… a dark and fantastical project about a world in which characters inspired by Grimms’ Fairy Tales exist”, although the stories and characters inspiring the show are also drawn from other sources.

Our second choice is for The Vampire Diaries. Today: Kill ‘Em All. Season 7. Episode 20. 8:00 pm. CW.

And our last recommendation is for The Originals. Today’s episode: No More Heartbreaks. Season 3. Episode 19. 9:00 pm. CW.

We hope you enjoy the shows. Have a very nice day, dear friends.

TV Shows Today, April 29 Video: Grimm 5×19 Promo “The Taming of the Wu” (HD)

Birthdays Today, April 29: Uma Thurman, Jonathan Toews, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jerry Seinfeld

She starred on Tarantino’s Kill Bill, she was born in Boston in 1970 and she’s our Top#1 Famous Birthdays Today, April 29. We are talking about Uma Thurman and, from Yareah, we wish her and her family all the best in this special day. Congrats and happy birthday, Uma Thurman!

Uma Thurman, photographed in 2011 by Jiyang Chen, attending the Calvin Klein Collection Spring 2012 fashion show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City. Source: Wikipedia. Author: Jiyang Chen

Tall, sandy blonde, with sort of blue eyes, skinny in places, fat in others. An average gal.

Uma Thurman

I spent the first fourteen years of my life convinced that my looks were hideous. Adolescence is painful for everyone, I know, but mine was plain weird.

Uma Thurman

More famous birthdays today, April 29: Jonathan Toews, hockey player born in Winnipeg, Canada; Michelle Pfeiffer, fantastic actress born in 1958; and Jerry Seinfeld, comedian, producer and actor.

Happy birthday to all of them. Have a very nice day, dear riends.

Famous Birthdays Today, April 29 Video: Pulp Fiction | ‘I Want To Dance’ (HD) – Uma Thurman, John Travolta | MIRAMAX

London exhibitions. Black lives and experiences in 19th and 20th century

Black lives and experiences in 19th and 20th century. An important display of photographs, which will reveal some of the stories of Black and Asian lives in Britain from the 1860s through to the 1940s, opens next month at the National Portrait Gallery, it was announced today, Thursday 28 April 2016.

Eleanor Xiniwe, of the African Choir, by the London Stereoscopic Company 1891 ©Hulton Archive/Getty Image

Black Chronicles: Photographic Portraits 1862-1948 (18 May-11 December 2016), organised in collaboration with Autograph ABP, a London-based arts charity that works internationally in photography and film, will bring together some of the earliest photographs of Black and Asian sitters in the Gallery’s Collection.

These will be exhibited alongside recently discovered images from the Hulton Archive, a division of Getty Images. The display of over 40 photographs will highlight an important and complex black presence in Britain before 1948, a watershed moment when the Empire Windrush brought the first group of Caribbean migrants to Great Britain.

In addition, Black Chronicles: Photographic Portraits 1862-1948 will highlight new acquisitions including a series of portraits by Angus McBean, of Les Ballets Nègres, Britain’s first all-black ballet company and a selection of photographs of the pioneer of classical Indian dance in Britain, Pandit Ram Gopal, by George Hurrell.

Individuals with extraordinary stories, from performers to dignitaries, politicians and musicians, alongside unidentified sitters, will collectively reveal the diversity of representation within 19th and 20th century photography and British society, often absent from historical narratives of the period.

They will include the celebrated portraits by Camille Silvy of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, one of the earliest photographic portraits of a black sitter in the Gallery’s Collection. Born in West Africa of Yoruba descent, Sarah was captured at the age of five during the Okeadon War. She was thought to be of royal lineage and was presented to Queen Victoria, as if a gift, from King Gezo of Dahomy. As Queen Victoria’s protégée, Sarah was raised among the British upper class and educated in both England and Sierra Leone. In 1862, she married the merchant and philanthropist James Pinson Labulo Davies.

London exhibitions. Black lives and experiences in 19th and 20th century.

Black Chronicles: Photographic Portraits 1862-1948 will also feature Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, a celebrated British composer of English and Sierra Leonean descent who was once called the ‘African Mahler’; Dadabhai Naoroji, the first British Indian MP for Finsbury in 1892; members of the African Choir, a troupe of entertainers from South Africa who performed for Queen Victoria in 1891; international boxing champion Peter Jackson a.k.a ‘The Black Prince’ from the island of St Croix; and Ndugu M’Hali (Kalulu), the ‘servant’ of British explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley, who inspired Stanley’s 1873 book My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave: A Story of Central Africa.

Black Chronicles: Photographic Portraits 1862-1948 will include original albumen cartes-de-visite and cabinet cards from the Gallery’s permanent Collection, presented alongside a series of large-scale modern prints from 19th century glass plates in the Hulton Archive’s London Stereoscopic Company collection, which were recently unearthed by Autograph ABP for the first time in 135 years and first shown in the critically acclaimed exhibition ‘Black Chronicles II’ at Rivington Place in 2014.

Dr Nicholas Cullinan, Director, National Portrait Gallery, London says: “We are delighted to have the opportunity to collaborate withAutograph ABP and present this important display – bringing together some of the earliest photographs from our Collection alongside new acquisitions and striking images from Hulton Archive’s London Stereoscopic Company collection.”

Renée Mussai, Curator and Head of Archive at Autograph ABP, says: “We are very pleased to share our ongoing research with new audiences at the National Portrait Gallery. The aim of the Black Chronicles series is to open up critical inquiry into the archive to locate new knowledge and support our mission to continuously expand and enrich photography’s cultural histories. Not only does the sitters’ visual presence in Britain bear direct witness to the complexities of colonial history, they also offer a fascinating array of personal narratives that defy pre-conceived notions of cultural diversity prior to the Second World War.”

Liz Smith, Director of Participation and Learning, National Portrait Gallery, says: “Beyond the significant display, the partnership with Autograph ABP will enable the National Portrait Gallery to provide a rich programme for schools, families and young people and a one-day conference. This will enable a fuller exploration of perspectives on identity and representation and for the images to reach a wider audience.”

DISPLAY:

Black Chronicles: Photographic Portraits 1862-1948 (18 May – 11 December 2016). The display is shown across three Collection rooms: Floor 1, Rooms 23, 31 and 33. Admission free.

Les Ballet Negres (On display from 18 May – 4 September 2016) in Room 31.

Pandit Ram Gopal (On display 5 September – 11 December 2016) in Room 31.

EVENTS:

In conjunction with the display will be a programme of events to engage young people and schools, including talks, lectures and a conference.

Beyond Borders at TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport in New York

On Sunday, May 8th from 6 pm to midnight, Storefront for Art and Architecture will host its 2016 Spring Benefit, BEYOND BORDERS, at TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport.

TWA Flight Center in 1962, Ezra Stoller. The first ever full color work of this iconic series will be available at the BEYOND BORDERS auction

The evening will present a silent auction of works by internationally renowned artists, architects, and designers, as well as a series of performances, cocktails, and stations with global food experiences. BEYOND BORDERS honors photographer and agency Ezra Stoller / ESTO / Erica Stoller, as well as architect and activist Teddy Cruz, whose work has been investigating the US-Mexico border for decades.

BEYOND BORDERS reflects upon a growing collective consciousness about spaces of difference and the desire to transcend them.

“At Storefront, our programming, including events, exhibitions, publications, competitions, and platforms, produces a space of reflection, and our annual fundraiser is not an exception. BEYOND BORDERS invites us to discuss, debate, and question the poetics and politics behind identity and society’s lines of division.” -Eva Franch, Executive Director and Chief Curator.

The event will present more than fifty works as part of the BEYOND BORDERS auction. Some of those featured include artists such as Shirin Neshat, Enoc Perez, Alfredo Jaar, Keith Sonnier, and James Welling; architects such as Denise Scott Brown, Rafael Moneo, Thom Mayne, David Adjaye, and Álvaro Siza; and designers such as Misha Kahn, Molly Findlay, Lindsey Adelman, and Apparatus.

A specially commissioned photographic edition of TWA Flight Center by Richard Barnes will be available at the auction, as well as the first ever color edition of a photograph from the iconic series of the terminal by Ezra Stoller. Three works will be highlighted in a live auction by auctioneer CK Swett during the event.

Hosted by James Steven and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey as well as Tyler Morse and MCR Development, BEYOND BORDERS will be the last public event to be held at the iconic terminal before its redevelopment. The building, designed by Eero Saarinen, opened to the public in 1962, and has been out of use since 2001.

“There have been many bittersweet moments in considering the TWA building over the years. Now, with preservation in mind and major changes on the way, the early images have an enduring presence and an even stronger impact as we anticipate the future.” -Erica Stoller, 2016 Storefront for Art and Architecture honoree.

With music by José Parlá and Stefan Ruiz, the event will mix musical traditions and styles to go beyond notions of geography and time. A series of events and performances by artists, including a message by Waris Ahluwalia, will take visitors beyond the borders of our current limits of consciousness.

“The TWA building is a symbol of progress — architectural, technological, and cultural. It’s also a reminder of what can be lost — ambition, innovation, and tolerance. BEYOND BORDERS unapologetically address all of the hopes and fears of our contemporary condition. ” -Charles Renfro, Board President.

A limited number of general admission tickets are available to the public. Tickets start at $450 for the main event and $75 for the after party. Please see here for details and to purchase.

BEYOND BORDERS AUCTION WORKS BY:

Lindsey Adelman, David Adjaye, Apparatus, Alejandro Aravena, Richard Barnes, Sebastiaan Bremer, Bower, Teddy Cruz, David Deutsch, Tara Donovan, Sam Durant, Romain Erkiletlian, Molly Findlay / Mother of Thousands, Fort Standard, Liam Gillick, Terence Gower, Paul Graham, Jamie Gray, Paula Hayes, Tyler Hays for BDDW, Steven Holl, Cody Hoyt, Alfredo Jaar, Ania Jaworska, Misha Kahn, Anna Karlin, Ladies & Gentlemen Studio, Paul Loebach, Thom Mayne, Giancarlo Mazzanti, Christina McPhee, Rafael Moneo, Antoni Muntadas, Nendo, Shirin, Neshat, Sarah Oppenheimer, José Parlá, Enoc Perez, Denise Scott Brown, Kate Shepherd, Álvaro Siza, Keith Sonnier, Jan Staller, Ian Stell, Ezra Stoller, Do Ho Suh, Stephen Talasnik, Janaina Tschape, Clement Valla, Yvonne Venegas, Lawrence Weiner, James Welling, and Jeff Zimmerman.

BEYOND BORDERS. Sunday, May 8th, 2016. TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport.

6 – 7 pm: Private Auction Preview [For Artists and Members of the Benefit Committee Only].

7 – 9:30 pm: General Admission.

9:30 pm to midnight: Taking OFF After Party.

#beyondborders

@storefrontnyc

TV Shows Today, April 28: Scandal, The Blacklist, The Big Bang Theory

It’s Thursday and it’s time for Olivia Pope and her ‘gladiators’, it’s time for Scandal. Today’s episode: Buckle Up. Season 5. Episode 19. 9:00 pm. ABC. From Wikipedia: Scandal is an American political thriller television series starring Kerry Washington. Created by Shonda Rhimes, it debuted on ABC on April 5, 2012.

Our second choice is for The Blacklist. Today: The Artax Network. Season 3. Episode 20.

9:00 pm. NBC.

And our last recommendation is for The Big Bang Theory. Today’s episode: The Fermentation Bifurcation. Season 9. Episode 22. 8:00 pm. CBS.

We hope you enjoy the shows. Have a very nice day, dear friends.

TV Shows Today, April 28 Video: Scandal 5×19 Sneak Peek “Buckle Up” (HD)