Energy Observer passed under the Brooklyn Bridge and continued north, past a wastewater-treatment plant on Randallâs Island, an oil-and-gas facility in Astoria, and a recently decommissioned prison barge in the Bronx.
The MFA has organised and hosted many major exhibitions during Teitelbaumâs time thereâincluding shows devoted to Ansel Adams, Hokusai, John Singer Sargent, Claude Monet and Jean-Michel Basquiatâthough none was as closely watched as a travelling Philip Guston retrospective that was controversially postponed due to concerns about the artistâs depictions of Ku Klux Klan members.
In the US, he notes, works by the underground comic icon Robert Crumb (who for years has been represented by the mega-gallery David Zwirner), have exceeded $700,000, while the original cover art for one revered issue of The Amazing Spider-Man, sketched by Todd McFarlane, went for $657,250 at Heritage Auctions in Dallas in 2012.
John James Audubonâs watercolour of two passenger pigeons, one of his best, captures a moment so intimate that, in truth, we should not be there to witness it: two birds sharing food, their bills locking as the female bends down to her more colourful mate, whose excitement is reflected in his arched back and fanned-out tail.
Serra was proud of his working-class roots and found a great deal of satisfaction in labour; he later set up a small removals company in downtown Manhattan called Low Rate Movers, together with his friends the composer Steve Reich, the writer and actor Spalding Gray and the artist Chuck Close.
âIn fact, I think there might be a certain generational shift in that too; a lot of younger people expect to be able to comment on things.â By the end of the project, the Walker had received more than 28,000 unique responses to its survey, which was offered in the four most-used languages in the region: English, Spanish, Somali and Hmong.
The studentsâ demands include a call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire, withdrawal from the IHRA [International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance] definition of antisemitism, protection of the right for free speech and the right to organise for Palestine, and to âdeclare and divest from any investments or financial interests, which make the institution and its members complicit in the genocide of Palestinian people.â
Her practice has evolved from an initial period of experimenting with theatrical stages and a curiosity with the moving image to performance-based works in an augmented documentary format and pieces where reality and virtual space coexist.
That exhibition, set to open June 22, will shine a light on some of the less widely seen parts of Weemsâs oeuvre, including recent shots of storefronts that were boarded up during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests.
Michael Pitts, an archaeologist and expert on Stonehenge, told BBC that the megaliths âare sensitive and they are completely covered in prehistoric markings which remain to be fully studied and any surface damage to the stones is hugely concerning.â
When Gruen arrived, Lennon was enjoying his presents: the knit tie, which Ono had made herself (a copy of the one he wore at school in Liverpool); the flag pin; and the Patek, in yellow gold, which had a rare and highly coveted double-stamped dial, meaning that both the watchmakerâs and Tiffanyâs logos were printed on it.
Students occupying the Goldsmiths Center for Contemporary Art (CCA) have said they were not told the gallery would be closing until October and had been attempting to negotiate with management before the closure was publicly announced.
Sara Nickelson graduated from Cranbrookâs MFA programme in painting this year after a decade working as a museum curator and gallery director, and is currently represented by Detroit's Louis Buhl & Co. An open call for the next cohort of residents will be launched in 2025.
