Goya Research Center launched in NYC – and more

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All about Goya. The Hispanic Society Museum & Library has announced the opening of the Goya Research Center this month at its home in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood. Art newspaper. The Research Center will be headed by the Director of the Institute, Guillaume Kientz– A Goya scholar who was curator of Spanish and Latin American art at the Musée du Louvre in Paris for nine years, he also organized an international symposium on the painter in 2013. „Goya is a very important artist. His range goes beyond Spain, or just the 18th and 19th centuries,” Kientz said. “He was really one of those humanitarian artists Leonardo Or Michelangelo Or Rembrandt, One who resonates through time and space.” According to Kientz, contemporary research on the Spanish master was thin. „So I thought it was our responsibility to raise a new generation who would dedicate their time and their gray cells to Goya.” The new project anticipates the 200th anniversary of the artist’s death in 2028.

Too far! The news shocked the French art world: Gene Place, the artistic director of the pioneering exhibition „Le Voyage à Nantes”, is stepping down after more than forty years of contributing to the cultural development of Nantes, which was dramatically affected by the bombings of World War II. „Let’s create tomorrow’s legacy” is his motto. To do so, Blaze turned to blue-chip contemporaries. Some borrowed existing jobs; Others, to create site-specific installations, span the streets for display. Last summer, the 12-year-old event attracted 750,000 visitors and 75 million euros. Mentioned in the last edition of Blaze Focus on nature. In an interview the worldHe recounted the moments that made an impact in his life.

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A pair of props from NBC’s original „Star Trek” series are going up for auction after disappearing for more than half a century—Captain KirkA legendary pacer and communicator to be exact. Items from the 1966 TV show are expected to fetch between $100,000 and $200,000 at a Nov. 9 auction in Hollywood by Julien’s Auctions and TCM. [Artnet]

Fighting inappropriate tagging with commissioned street art? The idea is to be tested in the French capital. The Paris city council has voted in favor of subsidizing art paintings on the metal curtains of some shops, hoping to curb the number of tags that cost „more than 6 million euros” to clean each year. The grants, totaling €41,600, will go to two shopkeeper associations interested in „beautifying the urban space”. [Beaux Arts]

Entitled „The Fabric of Life,” the Beaufort24 triangle consists of eighteen sculptural works spread across nine towns along the Flemish coast, from La Panne to Nacke-Heest. It features 68 kilometers of outdoor scenery Johann Creighton, Lucy + Jorge Orta, Richard DeaconContemporary art shows how men and nature can be connected. [IDEAT]

The island of Leros, located in the Dodecanese region close to Turkey, hosts the group exhibition „All Things Become Islands Before My Senses”, which is actually the second edition of a project launched last year by Berasma, founded in 2017. Gizem Naz Kudunoğlu And Burcu Fikretoğlu. „I was born in Turkey, but my family is from Greece. I wanted to create something that was a meeting point between the two,” Fikredoglu said. [Le Quotidien de l’Art]

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and JFK Millennium Partners (JMP), John F. 18 artists have announced, including the firm selected to build and operate the highly anticipated $4.2 billion Terminal 6 (T6) at Kennedy International Airport. Charles Keynes And Barbara KrugerSelected to introduce new public art commissions by 2026. [The New York Times]

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Art of Dressing (UP). Cooking is an art and so is choosing an outfit for it. French brigade-style „chef whites” may not be on the runway, but kitchen mainstays clogs and canvas overshirts have infiltrated some people’s sartorial lexicon. „In a fashion landscape defined by waste, there is something appealing about stocking one’s wardrobe with durable uniforms that evoke an active and aesthetic life. Clothing culture becomes an extension of a chef’s body, and their trusty tools—sharp knives, bench scrapers, seasoned wooden spoons—proudly become badges of honor. . Culture We asked six cooking stars to think about their go-to uniforms. [CULTURED]