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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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How Henri Matisse Revolutionized Traditional Art

James Porteous 5 March 2022 0 Comment

One of the first artists to step away from traditional painting altogether was French artist Henri Matisse Photo: The Parakeet and the Mermaid,” 1952–1953 by Henri Matisse. Accompanied by two works of Yves Klein....

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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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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...

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Curia: New Curated Streamer Forgoes Algorithm

James Porteous 23 September 2021 0 Comment

“There’s no algorithm here”: Curia aims to bring the human touch back to at-home viewing with curated collections of films that change monthly. 22 September 2021 | Chris Lindahl | Indiewire We’ve all been...

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Christie’s Auction to Offer Paintings by Radiohead Artist Stanley Donwood

James Porteous 21 September 2021 0 Comment

The artist behind Radiohead’s album covers since The Bends in 1996 is selling a series of six huge dystopian paintings at Christie’s online auction next month. Photo: Stanley Donwood, Residential Nemesis, 1999. Christie’s Images Ltd. 2021...

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BB King: Were any of his 15 children actually his?

James Porteous 19 September 2021 0 Comment

A new biography says paternity would have been impossible for the musician because he was sterile due to illness and an accident Photo: Bluesman BB King performing during the 40th Montreux jazz festival in...

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Reclaimed three-wheel ‘meter maid’ cars all the rage in San Francisco

James Porteous 17 September 2021 0 Comment

Many in San Francisco are reclaiming former Go-4 and Cushman parking enforcement vehicles for transportation and personal expression Photo: Maxime Philippe with her Go-4 Interceptor in San Francisco.Credit…Carolyn Fong for The New York Times...

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The Beach Boys / Feel Flows: The Sunflower & Surfs Up Sessions

James Porteous 27 August 2021 0 Comment

Forget the hyperbole. The music was always (and remains) solid and this reissue has been orchestrated by the record label that rejected it to begin with. Photo: Iconic Artists Group LLC / Brother Records...