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Art is a dream in which we imagine our future

James Porteous 21 May 2022 0 Comment

The raid Shireen Abu Aqleh was covering when she was murdered took place in Jenin, the home of Palestine’s remarkable Freedom Theatre Photo: Tri-Continental Collage Art is a dream in which we imagine our future:...

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The Art of Psychogeography: How Places Make us Feel

James Porteous 25 March 2022 0 Comment

Psychogeography describes the effect of a geographical location on the emotions and behaviour of individuals Photo: Constant (Constant A. Nieuwenhuys) Tate London 25 March 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News Tate Museum...

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Performer falls into museum’s ‘cherished installation’

James Porteous 22 March 2022 0 Comment

Museum Director in Tehran fired after performer accidentally falls into a ‘art installation consisting of a 14 feet by 21 feet rectangle filled with oil. ‘…part of the performer’s body hit the oil, causing...

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Exhibit: David Hockney’s dazzling hues can make everything else look dull in comparison

James Porteous 14 March 2022 0 Comment

‘..there’s a Hockney blue and a Hockney red, in fact a whole palette of bright subtle hues that are totally his own. ‘ Photo: Grand Canyon I, 2017, acrylic on canvas by David Hockney. Photograph:...

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Watch: TCM Remembers (2021)

James Porteous 22 December 2021 0 Comment

A yearly tradition, TCM Remembers celebrates the life and work of bright lights that will never fade. 22 December 2021 | James Porteous | Clipper Media #TCMRemembers the performers, filmmakers and creatives we lost...

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Art Exhibit: Bob Dylan’s ‘Retrospectrum’

James Porteous 2 December 2021 0 Comment

Retrospectrum features over 180 paintings, drawings, ironwork, and ephemera, showcasing the development and range of Dylan’s visual practice, in tandem with that of his musical and literary canon. Photo: Bob Dylan, Rainy Night in Grand Forks,...

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The Queen of a Cherished New Orleans Restaurant Calls It a Night

James Porteous 19 November 2021 0 Comment

For nearly 40 years, Upperline has been a showcase for JoAnn Clevenger’s vibrant art collection and effusive hostessing. Photo: W. Rush Jagoe V (cropped) 18 November 2021 | Brett Anderson | The New York...

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On Frida Kahlo: Forging her own identity

James Porteous 19 November 2021 0 Comment

Her value is not in her stupendous auction prices, but in her hard-won road to artistic greatness 18 November 2021 | Guardian Editorial | The Guardian A late self-portrait by Frida Kahlo sold this week at a...

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Divorce American Style: Personal-art fire-sale auction nets $676.1 million

James Porteous 18 November 2021 0 Comment

‘The energy in the room among specialists and onlookers was tense, as pressure mounted over the postwar trove that had been kept together for nearly five decades.’ Photo: Sotheby’s New York headquarters during the...

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Andy Warhol Exhibit Big Hit in Tehran

James Porteous 22 October 2021 0 Comment

Photo: Fatemeh Rezaei, a retired teacher, stands next to a Marilyn Monroe portrait by American artist Andy Warhol at Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in Tehran, Iran, on October 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)...

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Little Amal: Art is also About Telling Uncomfortable Truths

James Porteous 21 October 2021 0 Comment

The puppet’s journey from Turkey to the UK charmed audiences – but also discomfited them. She is following the route that a child migrant from Syria might take. Photo: Little Amal walks along Folkestone...

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Jim Jarmusch’s Collages Are Ready for Their Close-Up

James Porteous 30 September 2021 0 Comment

The filmmaker has been quietly making small, eerie collages on newsprint for 20 years, with faces switched onto other bodies. Photo: “I can work on them anywhere,” Jarmusch said of his collages. “I make...