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Ashley Bickerton, an artist who became the toast of the New York art world in the 1980s only to leave the scene in a surprise move during the ’90s, died Wednesday at 63 in Bali, Indonesia. Last year he was diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, which affects the nervous system and can be debilitating. A representative for Gagosian, the mega-gallery that Bickerton began representing earlier this year, confirmed his death. Gagosian is planning a show of his work for 2023. During the 80s, Bickerton became known for a seductive work that parodied consumer impulses. He made mixed media pieces that he called self-portraits, yet they were only composed of logos for TV channels, car companies, cigarette manufacturers and more. And at one point he even trademarked himself, SUSIE (full name: Susie Culturelux), which he said would act as an “Index/Name Brand/Artistic Signature” for future art historians. related articles But as his style changed, he began to elude...

Vincent Van Gogh loved the light in Provence so much that he moved to the southern French city of Arles in 1888 for one of the key years of his short life. So how fitting that a new building, brilliantly reflecting that light, has made Arles an important center of contemporary art. Called Luma, it was designed by Frank Gehry, known for his Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, which took inspiration from Van Gogh’s famous painting The Starry Night. At the long-awaited opening last summer, 600 art and architecture bigwigs, including names like Norman Foster, tucked into Michelin-starred bull tataki, ushered in by a trumpet fanfare, and gushed admiration for this brainchild, commissioned by Hoffmann-La Roche pharmaceutical heiress Maja Hoffmann, who grew up in the area. Luma, above, in Arles was designed by Frank Gehry, who took inspiration from Van Gogh’s famous painting The Starry Night Gehry says his Luma design was influenced not only by The Starry Night (above) but also by Arl...

Welcome to the Art Corner, a podcast from Artnet News that delves into the places where the art world meets the real world, bringing each week’s biggest story down to earth. Join us each week for an in-depth look at what’s most important in museums, the art market, and much more, with input from our own writers and editors, as well as artists, curators, and other top experts in the field. . This special episode of the Art Corner is produced in partnership with Belmond. Recently, four photographers got a dream assignment. They were sent to the Mayan Riviera to capture the uniqueness and beauty of the landscape. But it wasn’t all as peaceful as it sounds. The creators battled hurricane season and extremely tight deadlines to get the shots they wanted. The result of their hard work is “Fotografía Maroma,” a collection of photographs commissioned by Belmond. The images will be displayed at Maroma, Belmond’s hotel in the Riviera Maya, when it reopens in May 2023. Before then, however, ...

Minas House / studio mk27 © Joana France + 36 Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest Whatsapp Or https://ift.tt/NDpo2WS © Joana France Text description provided by the architects. Minas House is Studio mk27’s first project in Minas Gerais, interior of Brazil. Right outside Belo Horizonte, which means beautiful horizon, the house floats above the Minas Gerais mountains. On a particularly steep terrain, two concrete slabs draw strong horizontal lines. Elevating it up to 10 meters above the ground, a series of stilts emerge, disguised between the tree trunks of the garden, recreating the original rainforest. Drawing a clear contrast to the neighboring pharaonic ramparts, which occupy such a dramatic site, suspending the house on stilts allows rainwater to drain and the house to breathe. © Joana France From the street, the house appears to be nothing more than a simple wooden box. The volumetric complexity consisting of 3 boxes and two platforms...

American Folk Art carved and painted Sir Walter Raleigh tobacco merchant figure, attributed to the shop of Samuel Robb, made $121,500 and sold to a trade buyer by telephone. MOUNT CRAWFORD, VA. — The Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates November 17-19 Premier Americana Auction was a notable event and produced robust prices in several categories. It was one of the firm’s strongest Americana sales to date. The three-day format comprised more than 1,500 lots of high-quality material and generated very strong levels of participation for the firm, a good indication of continued strength in the diverse Americana market. With a busy gallery on each day, competition was intense during each session with several thousand registered bidders participating online, by telephone, in-house and through absentee bidding. Day One has the San Francisco, collection of Donald Putterman; material extracted from the Bennington Museum, Bennington, Vt.; and property of the Litchfield, Conn., estate of Peter ...

Browsing Turkish rugs, Art Deco table lamps and Louis XVI-style sideboards on 1stDibs is a beloved ritual among designers eager to enliven their interiors with dazzling, hard-to-find pieces. For the sixth year in a row, the global online marketplace aims to further empower these professionals with its annual interior design trends survey—and as of today, results are in. Based on input from 880 members of the 1stDibs Trade 1st Program and conducted by strategic research consulting firm Surveys & Forecasts, LLC, the survey highlights what’s in store for home design in 2023—and what’s poised to disappear. “We have access to a large community of experts and leaders in the space who have their finger on the pulse of all aspects of design, including what trends come and go. So we wanted to tap into their knowledge and share their insights with our larger audience of design lovers,” explains Anthony Barzilay Freund, 1stDibs’ editorial director, of the impetus behind this ongoing resear...

The increasing popularity of social media apps and other such creative platforms has also increased the popularity of content modification tools like photo editing apps or video editing apps. Just taking the example of the best photo editing apps, this category of apps allows users to edit their pictures to bring out hidden creativity. Among such leading names in the photo editing genre, Batched is also a top key player. The multi-photo editing app is designed to provide users with a fast, user-friendly but also smart photo editing tool for free that can be helpful for the users to edit their photos as quickly as possible and that too without any limitations. The recently launched AI Masking Tool is a smart tool that reduces the time invested in photo editing activities. The tool is focused on eliminating the time invested in selecting objects to delete. We will discuss this great feature in depth under features of Batched, one of the good photo editing programs out there. Further...