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ONLINE: Stephen Fleischman Lectureship
March 24, 2021
Sculptor and performance artist Martin Kersels.
A California native and graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, Martin Kersels is a sculptor, performance artist and videographer who often uses himself as a subject in his projects, which have been exhibited around the world. His first solo exhibition took place at the Madison Art Center, the forerunner to today s Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, and Kersels will give a Facebook Live talk on his work and relationship to Madison as part of the lecture series named for retired director Stephen Fleischman.
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About the Artist: Martin Kersels was born in Los Angeles, California. After he graduated with an undergraduate degree in art from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1984, he became a founding member of the collaborative performance group SHRIMPS. This group worked together on movement-based performances until 1993. Returning to U
Bonhams to offer works of art from the Estate of Yvonne de Chavigny Segerstrom
Fairfield Porter (1907-1975) Yawl in the Channel 22 x 37 in (55.9 x 94 cm), Painted in 1974-75. Estimate: $700,000-$1,000,000. Photo: Bonhams.
NEW YORK, NY
.- Twenty-four works from The Estate of Yvonne de Chavigny Segerstrom will be sold in Bonhams auctions in New York and Los Angeles, from April through November 2021. Leading the group is Fairfield Porters (1907-1975) Yawl in the Channel, a magnificent landscape which will highlight the American Art Sale in New York on May 20. The painting is estimated at $700,000-1,000,000.
This masterwork by Porter, one of the leading representational American painters of the mid-20th century, was painted in the final two years of his life. The colorful landscape presents the artists mature painterly technique while still imbuing his own emotion, thoughts, and feelings into the work. The painting is a fantastic example of his commitment to a direct approach t
UCLA Library Ben Alkaly |
April 6, 2021
Gloria Werner, whose 40-year career at UCLA Library culminated with serving as university librarian from 1990 to 2002, died March 5 in Los Angeles. She was 80.
“During her distinguished career, Gloria’s future-forward thinking produced innovations that UCLA and other libraries continue to build upon,” said Virginia Steel, Norman and Armena Powell University Librarian. “Hers is a tremendous loss to our academic library community here in California, nationally and internationally. She was a true leader who inspired those who worked with her. We will miss her.”
Werner was born Dec. 12, 1940, in Seattle. She discovered a passion for the arts while attending Oberlin College, where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in art history in 1961. She went on to earn her master of library science degree from the University of Washington in 1962, arriving at UCLA that same year to begin graduate training in medical librariansh