Tag: Robert
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See Robert Frank and June Leaf’s East Village Loft, Currently Listed for $6.5 M.
The extremely bohemian East Village loft that photographer Robert Frank and artist June Leaf called home for more than 40 years is on the market, with an asking price of $6.5 million. That hefty sum will gain you access to no small amount of Lower Manhattan lore, as the two artists made their home/studio at read more
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Sotheby’s to Auction $130 M. Robert Mnuchin Collection Led by $70–100 M. Rothko Painting
Sotheby’s is preparing to bring works from the collection of the late dealer and financierRobert Mnuchinto auction this May in New York, adding a fresh trove of blue-chip material to a season the house hopes will build on its blockbuster November and a strong start to the spring sales. The consignment is made up of read more
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Watermill Center Names Charles Chemin, Longtime Robert Wilson Collaborator, as Artistic Director
The Watermill Center, the interdisciplinary space in Water Mill, New York, founded by Robert Wilson, has appointed Charles Chemin to the role of artistic director. Chemin will take over the artistic vision of the organization, effectively succeeding Wilson, who selected Chemin for the role prior to his death in August 2025, per a release. Chemin read more
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Rare Collaborations Between Robert Rauschenberg, Laurie Anderson, Trisha Brown, and More Return—Highlighting the Playful Side of the Avant-Garde
Avant-garde dance can be much sillier than it seems. I was reminded of this—much to my delight—at a recent rehearsal for Set and Reset, a collaboration between icons that premiered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in 1983. Trisha Brown did the choreography, Laurie Anderson did the music, and Robert Rauschenberg did the costumes read more
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Birth of A Movement: The Art of Robert Williams – Hi-Fructose Magazine
In 1986, another in a long string little bands from the strip asked Williams for cover art. They wanted to use his 1979 painting “Appetite for Destruction.” “I told them what would happen,” says Williams. There were protests. A media frenzy. Chain stores refused to carry Guns N’ Roses. And, after the artwork was moved read more
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6 Books on Robert Smithson’s Shelf
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Remembering Harvey Pratt, Roger Allers, and Robert Burleigh
In Memoriam This week, we honor the designer of the Native American Veterans Memorial, a Disney animator, a picture book illustrator, and others. Harvey Pratt (undated) (photo by RedFeatherFriend via Wikimedia Commons; edit Lisa Yin Zhang/Hyperallergic, CC BY-SA 4.0) In Memoriamis published every Wednesday afternoon and honors those we recently lost in the art world. read more
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