In The Seraphim, the second installment of Jesse Lenz’s ambitious photobook septology, “The Seven Seals,” the photographer delves deeper into his artistic vision, exploring the profound connection between destruction and renewal, terror and hope. Building on the vision of his first book, The Locusts, Lenz observes his children and their interactions with the surrounding environment,…
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Tomáš Netopil Takes Baton at Prague Symphony Orchestra
Prague Symphony Orchestra (PSO) welcomes a new Chief Conductor, Tomáš Netopil, who is set to assume the prestigious position with the commencement of the 2025/26 season, succeeding Tomáš Brauner. This transition symbolizes not just a change in leadership but also a renewed promise of musical excellence and cultural richness. Embarking on a New Symphony Renowned…
Juxtapoz Magazine – Cincinnati’s BLINK Will Be Back in 2024, and Giving a Call to Artists
With the highly anticipated return of the public art spectacle slated for October 17-20, 2024, BLINK, Illuminated by ArtsWave is calling for artists to make the queen city shine. As one of the most transformative art events, not to mention the nation’s largest light, art, and projection mapping experience, BLINK invites visionaries to join the…
A&L Berg Foundation Opens – ARTnews.com
Art patrons and philanthropists Allison K. and Larry Berg have announced the creation of the A&L Berg Foundation with two inaugural programs that aim to support emerging visual arts professionals and artist-led social practices. The foundation’s ESAP Fellowship offers research travel, networking and mentorship opportunities, peer support, and financial resources to curators, arts administrators, and…
Juxtapoz Magazine – Jim Mangan’s Meditation on Religious Succession, Zealotry and Fraternity
American photographer Jim Mangan began The Crick as a photographic survey of the unorthodox architecture of Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) houses in the Utah-Arizona border town of Short Creek. He soon found that the bigger story lay in a group of teenage boys navigating their disintegrating community, fractured after leader…
Juxtapoz Magazine – Jules de Balincourt Orchestrates the “Midnight Movers”
It’s quite a return to form, not so much as a painter but as a matter of location. Former Juxtapoz cover artist Jules de Balincourt is back in NYC, with Midnight Movers at Pace Gallery, his first show in his home city in over a decade. And what is interesting is that the nomadic nature of his…
The Met Transfers Ownership of Ancient Stone Sculptures Back to Yemen – ARTnews.com
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is transferring ownership of two stone sculptures dating to the third millennium BCE back to Yemen, but the items will remain on loan to the museum. The institution recently announced the shift in ownership of the marble rectangular mortar and a standing female figure after provenance research by its scholars…
Artist Xaviera Simmons Says Queens Museum Violated Agreement in Reusing 2022 Site-Specific Work “Align.” – ARTnews.com
Earlier this week, Brooklyn-based artist Xaveria Simmons accused the Queens Museum in an Instagram post of “institutional and curatorial negligence” after the museum repurposed a sculptural work by the artist for a later exhibition. In October 2022, the Queens Museum opened an exhibition by Simmons, with the text-based installation piece, Align, as its centerpiece. Titled…
Can You Dig It? Discover 13 Archaeological Sites Off the Beaten Path – ARTnews.com
There are many incredible archaeological sites around the world that offer records of the ways of life and beliefs of past civilizations. While a lot of them have become tourist meccas, such as Stonehenge, Pompeii, and Machu Picchu, others are more obscure—and yet, the wealth of information they have to offer is not any less…
Your NFTs Are Totally Worthless – ARTnews.com
A team of researchers have crunched the numbers to explain why you don’t see people hawking ugly cartoon apes on the internet as much anymore: NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, once vaunted as a revolution in crypto and digital art, are largely worthless. “Dead NFTs: The Evolving Landscape of the NFT Market” is a new report from dappGambl, a community of experts…