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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Snoop Dogg’s son Cordell Broadus has just launched Champ Medici Arts Fund, a charitable venture to support emerging artists using blockchain globally. At Art Basel Miami Beach this season, he will present the first award of $1 million to the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation on Friday, December 2. Rush is the nonprofit cofounded by music mogul Russell Simmons and his brothers visual artist Danny Simmons and Joseph “Rev. Run” Simmons of Run-DMC hip-hop fame. Seeking artists of color, female artists, and anyone underrepresented, Cordell (Champ Medici in the Metaverse) sees this fund as an opportunity to give back while also advancing the NFT technology that has brought him success. “It’s just dope to see how I can contribute in my own way now, and try to get the new generation interested as well...” he said, “If you’ve got a message and you tryna create, I’m all for it, no matter what you look like. But I’d like to see … [Read more...] about Snoop Dogg’s Son Awards $1 Million to Simmons Family for Blockchain Philanthropy at Art Basel Miami Beach

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova’s cubist-futurist painting La Gare ( train Station ) fetched €963,000 (more than $1 million), surpassing the €500,000 to €800,000 estimate at auction this year. At the turn of the 20th century, two wildly talented and rebellious students, Goncharova and Mikhail Fyodorovich Larionov, met at the prestigious Moscow Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. They quickly became partners, sharing both a studio and a living space, and the art world was never the same. As founding members of the Jack of Diamonds, Moscow's first radical independent exhibiting group, the lovers and collaborators struck a mighty fist through the firmly settled foundation of Russian art. Always stirring controversy while creating revolutionary works, the couple settled in Paris where they spent the rest of their lives. Goncharova, a Russian avant-garde artist, painter, costume designer, writer, illustrator, … [Read more...] about Natalia Goncharova Earned Her Place In Art History

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Wearing a black suit and black gloves, 81-year-old French conceptual artist Bernar Venet carefully adjusted four of 25 flat-rolled steel bars leaning against the back wall before lunging and pushing the one furthest left. The domino effect created a clanging that left only two bars erect as the others toppled. Each bar weighs roughly between 110-198 pounds. Venet‘s performance of Accident (1995–2022) kicked off the opening of Gravity, featuring major large-scale works on view at Kasmin in New York’s Chelsea art district until December 23. The performance was conceived in Le Muy in Southeastern France in 1995 and most recently performed at the Kunsthalle Berlin in 2022. Building on the legacies of Dada, Fluxus, and Minimalism, the performance underscores Venet‘s re-imagining of the environment through art. The wall text framing Accident reads: “ENTROPY IS THE FUNCTIONAL QUALITY THAT MEASURES THE DEGREE OF … [Read more...] about French Conceptual Artist Bernar Venet Invites Us Into Chaos At Kasmin

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin When brothers Charles and Warren McArthur first got the idea for a hotel resort near Scottsdale, Arizona, in the 1910s, they knew exactly who to call: their third brother, Albert Chase McArthur, an architect who at the time was working alongside Frank Lloyd Wright. McArthur went on to design perhaps the greatest feat of his career: the Arizona Biltmore , a Waldorf Astoria resort, which today remains one of the only existing luxury hotels influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright, cementing the property’s position as an architectural masterpiece. Affectionately termed the ‘Jewel of the Desert’, the Biltmore is legendary in these parts. The resort has hosted presidents, dignitaries, and the dazzling elite of every generation—think Marilyn by the pool and Sinatra at the bar. So revered is its history that even today, the resort honors its past with on-site history tours, free to guests, hosted by one of the Biltmore’s resident … [Read more...] about The Iconic Arizona Biltmore Has Retained Its Effortless Style For Almost A Century—Surviving Renovations, Sales, And Upheavals

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin “I know it’s an unusual picture because there are not many made this way. I think it’s what we need today. New looking fresh pictures of a very beautiful world.” – David Hockney. Late November-Early December has gotten cold, damp, and grey in most places, even in our paradise of Santa Monica, and Venice, California. Fear not! Along comes David Hockney to cheer us up with his new exhibition 20 Flowers and Some Bigger Pictures . This collection of 20 iPad drawings of assorted flowers displayed in a vase, as well as several larger drawings, and a photographic drawing where we see Hockney seated both on the right and the left gazing at the work, will be exhibited globally concurrently in five cities this fall and winter: Annely Juda Fine Art, London November 3 – December 23, 2022; Galerie Lelong & Co., Paris November 3 – December 22, 2022; GRAY, Chicago November 4 – December 23, 2022; L.A. Louver, Los Angeles November … [Read more...] about David Hockney’s Beautiful World

Emma C. Bunker’s name is hard to avoid when strolling through the Denver Art Museum’s fifth-floor galleries. Visitors entering the Southeast Asian wing are welcomed to the Bunker Gallery, her name displayed in large white lettering, lit up on the forest green wall. The scholar’s gifts are featured in nearly every Asian art exhibit, which showcase exquisite wonders from across the continent: Palanquin hooks from Cambodia, mythical birds from Indonesia, bronze bracelets from Iran, tiles with lotus heads from Turkey. After Bunker’s death last year at 90, the museum dedicated an Asian art acquisition fund in her honor, celebrating six decades of contributions to a collection the museum touts as “one of the finest of its kind in North America.” A longtime museum consultant and leading scholar, Bunker helped assemble the Denver institution’s 7,000-piece Asian art collection through her relationships with some of the world’s biggest antiquities collectors. But those close … [Read more...] about How the Denver Art Museum became a “laundromat” for stolen Asian relics

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The 2022 holiday campaign of Saks, the luxury retailer, involves a partnership supporting the Elton John AIDS Foundation’s Rocket Fund. The campaign kicked off last week with a light show on Saks’ flagship Fifth Avenue facade and holiday window unveiling, plus a performance of “Your Song” by John. “Saks is proud to support the Elton John AIDS Foundation and partner with Sir Elton John, who shares our passion for self expression through creativity and fashion,” said Saks chief executive Marc Metrick. “At Saks, we are committed to connecting with our customers through unique experiences and impactful partnerships. We’re pleased to work with this incredible organization to provide our customers with an opportunity to give back this holiday season and look forward to sharing this meaningful campaign across the total Saks Fifth Avenue experience.” The partnership with the foundation includes a $1 million donation to … [Read more...] about Saks Fifth Avenue Partners With Elton John AIDS Foundation To Celebrate Holiday Season

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer provided a most apt description of Lincoln Center’s new David Geffen Hall —the revamped Avery Fisher Hall that is the home of the New York Philharmonic —at the hall’s recent ribbon-cutting ceremony. Presiding over the festivities with New York Governor Kathy Hochul, Schumer said, “Both Lincoln Center and the New York Philharmonic are an institution, not just in this great city but in the whole world. Any time the New York Philharmonic plays a note, the world hears it and the world listens. “So it’s been long overdue that the Philharmonic should have a concert space that befits its reputation and stature in the music world.” The hall is named after benefactor and entertainment mogul David Geffen, who donated $100 million to Lincoln Center in 2015 to renovate Avery Fisher Hall, called Philharmonic Hall when it opened in 1962 with acoustics that were highly criticized. In 2019 … [Read more...] about New York Philharmonic’s Revamped David Geffen Hall Opens At Lincoln Center, Welcoming Local Community

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Kyle Kuzma has made an impression on the courts of the National Basketball Association as well as the tunnels where players sport their latest threads. Kuzma has used the latter as an opportunity to make an impression on the fashion industry with the same flare on the court, gracing the PUMA runway during New York Fashion Week this past September. For many athletes, the connection to fashion is born at a young age. Many aspiring athletes look to professional athletes for their sneaker selection and music entertainers as style icons in all the finest labels. The Flint, Michigan native Kyle Kuzma has channeled this youthful energy into his brand Childhood Dreams , recently launching a collaborative capsule collection with PUMA. Kuzma relates his brand to the idea that this is “what really made me name the brand ‘Childhood Dreams.’ As a young kid, this is all I ever wanted to be - a basketball player - my priority all … [Read more...] about Kyle Kuzma Has Childhood Dreams That PUMA Is Helping Become Reality

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin On March 4, 1914, Mary Richardson walked into the National Gallery in London and headed towards the Rokeby Venus by Diego Velasquez with a meat cleaver. The painting was deemed to be the most beautiful woman in the world, and Spanish court painter Velasquez’s only nude. It is certainly striking, particularly in its meta self-reflection, in which the woman stares back at herself. Interestingly, the angle of the face is obscured in shadow, while the body is illuminated in a pale and central light. When this painting was made in the 17th century far predates the concept now familiar in 20th century art history: the male gaze. There was no feminist theory for the Spanish court painter Diego Velazquez, or even for British Mary Richardson 263 years later. Yet as an art student, Richardson looked at the Rokeby Venus and boiled with rage. Why should men—or anyone, really—have the power to oggle a woman as she desperately … [Read more...] about “Slasher Mary”: A Brief Introduction To Political Vandalism In Museums