SHINE NYC ART

25/07/2023

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Ever wonder about the artists who created the Audubon bird murals on security gates and apartment buildings in Washington Heights? With this two hour tour (starting at John James Audubon’s grave in Trinity Church Cemetery) learn all about the Audubon Murals.

10/06/2021

A history of Paisley https://www.maharam.com/stories/hristoff_paisley

Maharam Stories, Paisley, by Peter Hristoff

25/09/2020

Philip Guston Blockbuster Show Postponed by Four Museums

Cowards .https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/24/arts/design/philip-guston-postponed-museums-klan.html

The works that appeared to ignite concern include hooded Ku Klux Klan figures, a motif in Guston’s paintings since the early 1930s.

16/09/2020

Brooklyn Museum to Sell 12 Works as Pandemic Changes the Rules

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/16/arts/design/brooklyn-museum-sale-christies-coronavirus.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

Museums selling their art has long been frowned upon, but recent financial pressures have sent works to the auction block at Christie’s. The proceeds would pay for the care of the collection.

09/09/2020

Central Park Birder Turns Clash Into Graphic Novel About Racism

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/09/nyregion/christian-cooper-amy-comic-graphic-novel.html?smid=fb-share&fbclid=IwAR0pxjehUiVZOGHLes1BVICNZGwY3xWOUsT2e6tXYmIVqucI-GGR6wQTjJ8

The impressionistic novel from Christian Cooper features a Black teenager who looks at birds through binoculars and instead sees the faces of Black people who have been killed by the police.

08/09/2020

Calling NYC mural artists! https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?from=appsharedroid&jk=2ea467971fea861f&fbclid=IwAR3TmBadURgVJFOPWjlOAvG4A_oPLqqMaSVNDkZbZ_99tZSxY-_ete9zQS4

04/08/2020

Open House New York

Anyone out there with a video camera who can film me giving a tour in Washington Heights? There is no live Open House New York (https://ohny.org/weekend) weekend this year. I've been giving tours for the OHNY weekend for 8 years now. I'd like to be able to offer a virtual one this year. They don't pay me for the tours, so I can't pay anyone, but I'll buy you the cocktail of your choice or two.

21/07/2020

Fantastical Images of Birds From the 2020 Audubon Photography Award

https://hyperallergic.com/577246/2020-audubon-photography-awards/

Stunning photographs of birds might be the balm you need during these stressful times.

16/06/2020

How beret dare they: survey says artists are the most non-essential workers

I find it hard to believe that artist beat out telemarketer. And I only know a few mustachioed artists and not many that wear their beret in that jaunty, artist way https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/artists-the-most-non-essential-worker

Social media backlash prompts clarification from researchers after Singaporean newspaper poll paints artists in poor light

21/05/2020

Lin-Manuel Miranda invites you to NoMAA's Open Studios

NOMAA's Annual Arts Stroll is alive and well and virtual https://www.nomaanyc.org/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=uqW_AQw63a0&feature=emb_logo.

Open Studios are a much anticipated part of the Uptown Arts Stroll. NoMAA is continuing that tradition with our series of virtual tours with Uptown artists, ...

20/05/2020

Art dealers across the US struggling to survive as new report projects a 73% loss in revenue

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/adaa-covid-19-report

A survey conducted by the Art Dealers Association of America also reveals a 74% reduction in employment of contractors and freelancers due to coronavirus

20/04/2020

Fernando Miteff, 60, Graffiti Artist With a Generous Spirit, Dies

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/17/nyregion/fernando-miteff-dead-coronavirus.html?fbclid=IwAR2_nVXy41s2kPDtu5KQYjOnsta2kpoIhHdlLHPzqx4yOdvN6yG0cAwVpV4

He brought graffiti back to the subway, only this time his work would last for only the length of a ride.

31/03/2020

Suellen Rocca, Imaginative Artist Whose Influence Loomed Large on Chicago Scene, Is Dead at 76

Rest in Peace, Suellen Rocca. Via Carol Alisa at Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (mmoca.org). https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/suellen-rocca-dead-1202682512/?fbclid=IwAR3HQINIUENdWJMVlFPwwCFIRgG_mGkXYlPP0_gxnEa5jvCflE2J9eH03RM

She was one of the core members of the Hairy Who group during the 1960s.

30/03/2020

How Two Children Are Keeping Their Father’s Design Legacy Alive

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/16/t-magazine/george-nakashima-legacy.html?smid=fb-share&fbclid=IwAR3Ww3KHWd4UIr5LM9HzVsvBAeiPHuyndDelJTnw8gsSWkV3DmpyPSmod4Y

A pair of Pennsylvania homes constructed by the Japanese-American furniture designer George Nakashima have become an enduring testament to midcentury folk craft.

30/03/2020

Vincent van Gogh painting stolen from Netherlands museum

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/vincent-van-gogh-painting-stolen-singer-laren-museum-netherlands-a9435666.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR1HdiLH5Cr2UeodYm9ns_ebcN0aLFsKz1nT4SK0d8urkKVwLRwCMMVqC6I =1585576562

Museum directors ‘shocked and incredibly pi**ed off’

30/01/2020

Over 3,000 Materials From the Black Mountain College Archives Will Be Digitized

https://hyperallergic.com/540010/over-3000-materials-from-the-black-mountain-college-archives-will-be-digitized/?fbclid=IwAR0wfXSMybmroNYGCXVewJlZekBCRyPy714uI3rtpGrNKryk9st5CnoRcCg

Thanks to a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources, the Asheville Art Museum will digitize its largely hidden Black Mountain College Collection.

04/12/2019

Support your local bookstores!

03/10/2019

Kehinde Wiley and Simone Leigh Are Among the Finalists to Replace a Controversial NYC Monument

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/sims-monument-kehinde-wiley-simone-leigh-wangechi-mutu-vinnie-bagwell-1666792

Kehinde Wiley, Simone Leigh, Wangechi Mutu, or Vinnie Bagwell will be chosen by the city's Percent for Art to replace J. Marion Sims monument.

25/09/2019

Nearly 30% of birds in U.S., Canada have vanished since 1970 | Cornell Chronicle

Insightful article from the Cornell Chronicle.
The Audobon Mural Project aims to address the 314 species of North American Birds that are climate threatened with a subset of over 100 species classified as climate endangered. Join me on Sunday, October 6 for a tour of the northern stretch of the Audubon Murals in Washington Heights from 10am-Noon. More information and registration at https://www.musae.me/heightsitesshinenycart/experiences/592/the-hidden-audubon-murals-of-washington-heights?fbclid=IwAR2V4d_38uxAaOOHN8HpuAUg_KAbdNbKC-jJ6lFuTMoCaVSo291Xbxd2heg

A team of scientists from seven institutions has published research that shows a massive loss of nearly 3 billion breeding adult birds since 1970, with devastating losses among birds in every biome.

04/08/2019

The Other Art History: 7 Women of Minimalism

https://www.artspace.com/magazine/art_101/the-other-art-history/other-art-history-7-women-of-minimalism-56188?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=080419_Magazine_OAH%20Minimalism_Active%20Non-Buyers&utm_term=Active%20Non-Buyers

Though men dominated the Minimalist movement of the '60s and '70s, a slew of recent retrospectives prominently feature women Minimalists. Here are 7 that helped pioneer the movement.

29/07/2019

Dora Maar, More than a Surrealist Muse

https://hyperallergic.com/510447/dora-maar-more-than-a-surrealist-muse/

The Centre Pompidou's Dora Maar honors Picasso’s famous muse for the pivotal part she clearly, and often daringly, played in the establishment of the European avant-garde.

25/07/2019

Warren Kanders Resigns From Whitney Museum Board After Months of Controversy and Protest

Interesting that he resigned on his own, I wonder had he not would the Whitney have demanded his resignation? I think not, which should tell you something. https://hyperallergic.com/511052/warren-kanders-resigns/

His wife, Allison Kanders, simultaneously resigned from the museum's painting and sculpture committee. The news comes after months of protests and an emerging boycott, with eight artists withdrawing from the 2019 Whitney Biennial.