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Lisson Gallery Shanghai presents a dynamic array of new works by Laure Prouvost
SHANGHAI.- This Spring, Laure Prouvost presents her inaugural exhibition with Lisson Gallery in Shanghai, titled 'Pulled Towards You'. Showcasing a dynamic array of new works, Prouvost invites viewers into her world through paintings, a new tapestry from her celebrated series We Will Keep You Cool, and sculptures in Murano glass. The exhibition also offers a multi-sensory experience with a film installation and a hidden VR adventure nestled within a hanging basket. Prouvost's signature visual language resonates throughout, exploring themes of language, motherhood and ecological consciousness with her characteristic blend of intimacy and humour. This exhibition is an extension of Prouvost’s major solo show ‘Above Front Tears Oui Float’, presented in The Light Hall at Norway’s Nasjonalmuseet in October 2022, which subsequently travelled ... More

Freeman's | Hindman appoints Dianne Batista as SVP, Jewelry & Watches based in New York
NEW YORK, NY.- Freeman's | Hindman announces that Dianne Batista has joined the merged firm as Senior Vice President, Jewelry & Watches, expanding the team of experts in the firm's New York office. Batista will lead the development of Freeman's | Hindman's jewelry and watch presence in New York and the greater Northeast region. Batista will work closely with SVP, Head of Department, Jewelry, April Matteini, and the Chicago, Philadelphia, Palm Beach, Denver, Detroit, and San Diego Jewelry and Watches team to build the firm’s Important Jewelry auctions. Batista brings 30 years of deep and wide-ranging jewelry experience to this role. Before joining Freeman’s | Hindman, she was the Director of Jewelry & Watches and Senior Specialist at Rago/Wright Auction House. Prior to joining Rago/Wright, she consulted independently ... More

How do you turn 'urban decay' into a garden?
NEW YORK, NY.- “Don’t throw it ‘away.’ There is no ‘away.’” That waste-conscious message was scrawled on the back of a decades-old pickup in the Nebraska town where Martha Keen grew up. The doctor who drove it could have afforded a new one, but no: The truck had plenty of life left in it. Onward. The phrase “there is no away” has become a tenet guiding Apiary Studio, a Philadelphia landscape firm founded in 2015 by Keen’s partner, Hans Hesselein, a landscape architect. Keen joined him soon after, and now the couple design and build outdoor urban spaces, many of them in residential settings, using as light an environmental touch as possible and creatively reusing what each site has to offer. Yes, even slabs of old concrete, as well as what passes for soil in those urban settings. Really, it’s more like the stuff of a landfill, Hesselein ... More

After five centuries, stars rise in Istanbul
ISTANBUL.- On May 3, Zeyrek Cinili Hamam, a 500-year-old public bathhouse, reopened in Istanbul after a 13-year, $15 million-plus restoration. Named for its original cobalt-and-turquoise cladding (cinili is the Turkish word for “tiled”), the hamam is the jewel of the Zeyrek district, a historic neighborhood in Istanbul that is now a UNESCO World Heritage site. Visitors can enjoy a traditional Turkish bath under soaring domes pierced with star-shaped skylights that send shimmering rays into the rooms. A typical hourlong bath costs 95 euros (about $101) and includes an exfoliation scrub and a massage accompanied by the soothing sound of water splashing into marble basins. Just as in Ottoman times, anyone who can afford the entrance fee is welcome, regardless of faith, class or profession. Restoring the bathhouse, which was built from 1530 to 1540, was Bike Gursel’s self-described obsession. ... More

George Takei keeps faith with democracy
NEW YORK, NY.- I was born April 20 of 1937. Pearl Harbor was bombed on Dec. 7, 1941. I had turned 5 by the time a morning arrived that I can never forget. Two months after Pearl Harbor, in February 1942, Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, decreeing that all Japanese Americans — 125,000 of us by the latest count — on the West Coast were to be imprisoned with no charge, no trial and no due process, only because of how we looked. A few months after the order was issued, we saw two soldiers marching up our driveway in Los Angeles carrying rifles and shiny bayonets. They banged on our door with their fists and one said, “Get your family out of this house.” At the time Henry was 4, I was 5 and my baby sister was not yet 1. My father had had the foresight to prepare a box of underwear tied with twine for each of us. He ... More

36 hours in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- Minneapolis, with more than a dozen lakes and a sprawling urban park system, appeals not only to outdoorsy types but also to travelers seeking a robust cultural scene, top-notch restaurants and fun bars and breweries. In recent years, residents have struggled to recover from the killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police in May of 2020 and the protests and rioting that followed. But visitors today will find a resilient city primed for discovery, from the trendy Warehouse District, where nightlife hot spots have taken root within industrial brick buildings, to the growing northeastern arts district. The city is at its most welcoming in the springtime, when nature blooms and there are community events such as Art-a-Whirl, an annual festival of art, music, food and beer, held from May 17 to 19 across Northeast Minneapolis. ... More

Anya Taylor-Joy still can't make Sense of what she went through
LOS ANGELES, CA.- There’s nothing normal about making a “Mad Max” movie, and Anya Taylor-Joy knew that when she signed on to star in “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,” the newest film in George Miller’s long-running action series. “I wanted to be changed,” she said. “I wanted to be put in a situation in extremis where I would have no choice but to grow. And I got it.” Trials by fire don’t burn much hotter than the conflagration that consumed “Mad Max: Fury Road” (2015), the most recent film in the franchise, which was one of the most infamously difficult productions in Hollywood history. In the works for nearly two decades, the movie was shut down several times by studio executives, who feared they were producing a big-budget boondoggle. And the constant clashes between Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron, two of its stars, in the remote Namibian desert required outside intervention. ... More

Mary Wells Lawrence, high-profile advertising pioneer, dies at 95
NEW YORK, NY.- She splashed jazzy colors on Braniff airliners. She put the “plop plop, fizz fizz” into Alka-Seltzer. She warned Benson & Hedges smokers that long cigarettes might pop balloons or set fire to beards. And from Niagara Falls to Broadway, she reached millions with her “I (heart) NY” campaign. Mary Wells Lawrence, who grew up in Ohio, at 22 took her imagination and ambition to New York, where she broke through advertising’s male bastions of the 1960s, quit a prestigious job when she was denied a presidency, founded her own agency and dazzled Madison Avenue with vivid campaigns that became embedded in American culture. She died Saturday morning in London. She was 95. Her death, in a hospital, was confirmed by her daughter Katy Bryan. Wells Lawrence was the first woman to own and run a major ... More

Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza opens an exhibition of works by Robert Nava
MADRID.- Continuing with its programme devoted to the collection of Blanca and Borja Thyssen-Bornemisza, the museum is presenting an exhibition of the work of the American artist Robert Nava (born 1985). Curated by Guillermo Solana, this is the first solo museum exhibition by the artist. It features 17 large-format works, including Castle Back Flyer (2021) and Red River Storm (2023), both from this collection. From an early age, Robert Nava was interested and began to paint in an academic style. In 2008 he graduated from Indiana University Northwest with a degree in Fine Arts, and in 2011 obtained a Masters in Fine Arts from Yale. Today his work is represented in the collections of the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, the Art Institute de Chicago, the Institute of Contemporary Art in Miami, the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, the Museum ... More

Venus Over Manhattan opens a major solo exhibition of new and recent paintings by Chéri Samba
NEW YORK, NY.- Venus Over Manhattan is presenting a major solo exhibition of new and recent paintings by Chéri Samba, one of the preeminent artists at work in Africa today. Samba is a pivotal figure in the history of African contemporary art, celebrated for his vibrant and detailed paintings that depict everyday life in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as well as broader social, political, and economic issues facing his country, his continent, and the world. Born in 1956 in Kinto M’Vuila, DRC, Samba’s work transcends the local, and has garnered him international recognition, with his work held in major institutions around the world, including the Centre Pompidou, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Fondation Cartier. Following a retrospective of his work at the Musée Maillol in Paris, his exhibition at Venus Over ... More

All About Photo reveals the winners of All About Photo Awards 2024
LOS ANGELES, CA.- All About Photo unveiled the winners of this year’s All About Photo Awards 2024, celebrating the finest single images from photographers around the world. Visionary photographers, both professional and amateur, shared their unique perspectives and competed for international recognition as the next "Photographer of the Year," $10,000 in cash prizes and publication in the printed magazine “Special Edition All About Photo Awards 2024’ A panel of 8 expert jurors, including Clare Freestone, Curator of the Photography Department at the National Portrait Gallery, London, UK; Ann Jastrab, Executive Director of the Center for Photographic Art in Carmel, CA; Klavdij Sluban, Photographer and Founder of Le Masterclass; Dewi Lewis, Publisher and Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society; Priyo Widdi, Photographer ... More