newsletter                         september 02, 2016
Q&A: Diana Nawi
Diana Nawi "Breaks the Code" at EXPO Chicago 2016
by robin dluzen

Associate Curator at the PĂ©rez Art Museum Miami, Diana Nawi initially began her career in the arts in a studio program. Even so, Nawi knew early on that curating was her calling. After achieving a masters degree in contemporary art history at Williams College Graduate Program  in Massachusetts, she spent 10 years working in art institutions around the country, from small nonprofits to major museums. In recent years, ...
Photo: Diana Nawi, courtesy EXPO Chicago


Report: Southern California
Neighboring exhibitions offer complementary visions of modern art.

Two Orange County museums, separated by a mere eight miles on Pacific Coast Highway, are presenting illustrative yet divergent shows of modern art. Laguna Art Museum's "Peter Krasnow: Maverick Modernist," opened mid-summer and runs through September 25, with paintings and sculptures by this significant artist (1886-1979), whose works were, nevertheless, shown only sporadically throughout his career and afterward. Up in Newport Beach ...
Above, Left: " Interior with View of the Ocean," 1957,  Richard Diebenkorn,  Oil on canvas,  49 x 57 7/8 inches 
The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.,  Acquired 1958 Courtesy: Orange County Museum of Art

Above, Right: "Edward Henry Weston," 1925, Peter Krasnow,  Oil on canvas,  50 x 38 inches
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Gift of the artist Courtesy: Laguna Art Museum
News Briefs


Now Be Here, Los Angeles, 2016, Photo: Isabel Avila and Carrie Yury
Courtesy: Kim Schoenstadt and Hauser Wirth & Schimmel

733 Female Artists come together for group portrait at Hauser Wirth & Schimmel (8/28)

 Katy Siegel named senior programming and research curator at  Baltimore Museum of Art (8/30)

Atlanta Biennial re-opens after a nine-year hiatus (8/27)

Arts Alliance Illinois appoints Claire Rice as its new executive director (8/26)

Corinne Erni joins Parrish Art Museum as curator of special projects (8/25)

Artadia San Francisco releases names of five finalists for the 2016 Awards.  (8/24)


 "Son So & So," 2001,  Candida Alvarez,  Acrylic and Graphite.  Courtesy: DePaul Art Museum 

DePaul Art Museum announces acquisition of over 100 works by Chicago-based artists
museum connections: texas
"Jonathan Schipper, Cubicle"
at Rice University Art Gallery
October 16, 2016 - January 8, 2017

Jonathan Schipper, known for his time-based, kinetic installations, will create Cubicle , a new installation for Rice Gallery. Schipper's works reveal the flow of time as imperceptible until, as in life, we see the physical evidence of its passing. In his Slow Inevitable Death of American Muscle , 2008, two full-size automobiles crush into one another to simulate the force of a 30 mph head-on collision slowed down to unfold over several days. For Cubicle , Schipper will construct an office setting that will undergo subtle, yet inescapable changes over two months.. 

Above: "Slow Room," 2011, Jonathan Schipper
Courtesy: Rice University Art Gallery
Chinati Weekend
at the Chinati Foundation
Friday, October 7 - Sunday, October 9

Everyone is invited to Chinati Weekend 2016, Friday - Sunday, October 7 - 9. Highlighting the weekend is a celebration of Chinati's 30th Anniversary and the opening of two special exhibitions of artworks by Donald Judd.  
 
Chinati's entire permanent collection as well as the special exhibitions will be open to the public, free of charge, Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 am - 3:00 pm. Judd Foundation spaces will also be open to the public on Saturday and Sunday, free of charge. Related talks, sunrise viewing of works by Donald Judd and Robert Irwin, a citywide "Made in Marfa" event featuring local creative talent, and a music performance by Arto Lindsay are all free and open to the public as part of the celebration. ...

 
Above: "15 untitled works in concrete," Donald Judd. Courtesy of the Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas.
" Degas: A New Vision"
at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
October 16, 2016 - January 8, 2017

This fall, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will be the exclusive U.S. venue for Degas: A New Vision, the most significant international survey in three decades of the work of Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (1834-1917). While Degas's reputation has often been confined to his ballet imagery, the artist's oeuvre is rich, complex, and abundant, spanning the entire second half of the 19th century and the first years of the 20th. Opening October 16, Degas: A New Vision will assemble some 200 works from public and private collections around the world, and showcase Degas's abiding interests across painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, and sculpture.... 

Above:  " The Dance Class," c. 1873 ,Edgar Degas, oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection).
 

from the current issue


Spotlight: Houston Curators
With the departure of one leading figure, and several new additions to the city's art scene, Houston curators and directors discuss what makes the region so unique.
by nancy zastudil

As of September 1 of this year, Claudia Schmuckli, director and chief curator since 2009 at Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston, steps into her new role as curator in charge of contemporary art at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Her departure points a spotlight on Houston as the museum begins a national search for new leadership of its increasingly ambitious programming. What other arts leaders have been drawn to Houston and how are they making an impact? Conversely, how has this city made an impact on them?  ...
Above, from left: Rebecca Rabinow, Photo: courtesy Menil collection
Claudia Schmuckli, Photo: courtesy Blaffer Art Museum
Stephanie Mitchell, Photo: Brian Murcia. Courtesy:  Lawndale Art Center  
Bill Arning, Photo: Max Fields. Courtesy: Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
...
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inside sep/oct 2016:
On the Cover: Barbara Rossi
featured with Diane Simpson & Phyllis Bramson
"Made in LA 2016:" Artists to Watch
Appreciation: Claire Falkenstein
Artist Profile: Robert Hardgrave

Special Houston Focus:
Trenton Doyle Hancock
Dialogue: Houston Curators
Critic's Picks of Upcoming Shows 

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