Sunny NY: A new, artist-run gallery opens in the East Village
The gallery is run by a team of artists, educators, and professionals who value social and artistic complexity.
NEW YORK, NY
.- Sunny NY is presenting Sunny Side Up, a group exhibition featuring Johnny Abrahams, Kadar Brock, Rick Briggs, Keltie Ferris, Andrea McGinty, Brian Kokoska, Shawn Kuruneru, Abby Lloyd, Lauren Luloff, Adrianne Rubenstein, Chloe Seibert, Clayton Schiff, Nicole Wittenberg and Margo Wolowiec. This is the gallerys inaugural exhibition. Sunny NY is an artist run gallery located in the East Village. The gallery originated in the pandemic against the rapidly changing landscape of New Yorks artworld. The title playfully highlights the steady optimism of artistic community in the face of adversity. For this exhibition, the gallery has painted the floors yellow. The artists in this show are preoccupied with a range of artistic approaches including process-based abstraction, issues of representation an
Prince Cloud guitar, Purple Rain shirt among music memorabilia up for auction
A Cloud guitar custom-made for Prince.
BOSTON, MASS
.-RR Auction s March Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale boasts a substantial music section featuring Prince with online bidding until March 10.
Among these extraordinary artifacts is a Cloud guitar custom-made for Prince. The breathtaking bright yellow custom Cloud guitar created for, owned and played by Prince. The guitar was custom-made by Minneapolis luthier Kurt Nelson in the early 1990 s. The neck-through guitar features a bright yellow finish, golden hardware, and cloud-inspired design to body, horn, and headstock, with a unique series of 18 black Prince symbols to fretboard and top of the neck.
Geneva s Museum of Art and History reopens and launches major transformation
Installation view. Photo courtesy of Julien Gremaud.
GENEVA
.-The Museum of Art and History in Geneva has begun a radical process of transformation towards a forward-looking museum model. First opened in 1910, the Swiss museum currently spans 7,000 sqm over five stories, housing an impressive collection of some 650,000 items ranging from archaeological artefacts to Byzantine art and Classical antiquities to modern paintings. Now, under the helm of its recently appointed Director Marc-Olivier Wahler, the historical institution is launching a new programming strategy aiming at critically re-contextualising and showcasing its collection. To mark this significant milestone, MAH has unveiled a new visual identity and announced expansion plans, leading on a major urban development project which will materialise as an inclusive and integrated museum campus at the heart of Geneva.
Tampa Museum of Art announces Branko van Oppen as Curatorial Consultant for Ancient Art
Van Oppen has published several books and articles.
TAMPA, FLA
.-The Tampa Museum of Art announced the appointment of Branko van Oppen as the Curatorial Consultant for Ancient Art. With his expertise in Hellenistic queenship (from the time of Alexander to the reign of Cleopatra, ca. 336-30 BCE), van Oppen will bring new perspectives to the Tampa Museum of Arts repertoire of Greek and Roman artone of the largest and most significant collections in the southeastern United States. Van Oppen was offered the position in 2019, but until travel restrictions are lifted during the COVID-19 pandemic, he will join the Museum remotely from the Netherlands, where he currently resides. As soon as travel restrictions are lifted, he will join the staff full-time in Tampa.
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