July 2, 2024
ELLSWORTH KELLY
To celebrate the centenary of the artist’s birth, “Ellsworth Kelly. Shapes and Colors, 1949-2015” is the first exhibition in France to offer a broad overview of the work of this significant artist of the second half of the 20th century - both in terms of its chronology and in terms of the media on display. Organized with Glenstone Museum (Potomac, Maryland) and in collaboration with the Ellsworth Kelly Studio, the exhibition brings together more than 100 works: paintings and sculptures as well as drawings, photographs and collages. The exhibition has been supported by loans from international institutions (the Art Institute of Chicago, Kröller-Müller Museum, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Tate, Whitney Museum) as well as private collections.
Amsterdam Museum to Return a Matisse Work Sold Under Duress in World War II
The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam says it will return an Henri Matisse painting that has been in its collection since 1941 to the heirs of its former owner, a German-Jewish textile manufacturer and art patron who sold it to fund his family’s escape of the Netherlands’ Nazi occupation.
The museum announced the return of the work, “Odalisque,” on Tuesday after the Amsterdam City Council received “binding advice” from the Dutch Restitutions Commission, a government committee that rules on cases of Nazi-looted art.
The Louvre and d'Orsay
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Yesterday's newsletter
The Kinkster is dead, long live the Kinkster!
Say Kaddish for Richard Samet Friedman, singer/songwriter, author, humorist and mensch. Founder of Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys he composed and sang THEY AIN'T MAKING JEWS LIKE JESUS ANYMORE and RIDE EM JEWBOY, a parable of the Holocaust sung here by his fellow chess player, Willie Nelson. It is alleged that Janet Suzman smuggled it into NELSON MANDELA'S Robben Island cell where it became his favorite song.
I hope readers didn’t miss Clay Risen’s obituary for Kinky Friedman, of Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys, detective novelist, Texas Monthly columnist, thrice-failed political candidate and author of immortal songs that are mostly unquotable in a family newspaper. Bret Stephens, NY Times
Love the Kinky interview. Maybe the smartest American ever. Lionel Sosa, San Antonio, TX
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T,What a great surprise to see that photo. One of my all time favorites.Wouldn’t hurt to mention that I took the photo.He’s kissing my girlfriend Miriam, while his girlfriend puffs away on her cigarette.Classic.Leonard )Pitt)
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