Jewish Museum focuses on crucial period in New York: 1962-1964

Marjorie Strider, ‘Girl with Radish,’ 1963. Acrylic on laminated pine on Masonite panels, 72 by 60in. Collection of Ruth and Theodore Baum, New York / Palm Beach, Fla.
Marjorie Strider, ‘Girl with Radish,’ 1963. Acrylic on laminated pine on Masonite panels, 72 by 60in. Collection of Ruth and Theodore Baum, New York / Palm Beach, Fla.
Marjorie Strider, ‘Girl with Radish,’ 1963. Acrylic on laminated pine on Masonite panels, 72 by 60in. Collection of Ruth and Theodore Baum, New York / Palm Beach, Fla.

NEW YORK — The Jewish Museum presents New York: 1962-1964, an exhibition that explores a pivotal three-year period in the history of art and culture in New York City, examining how artists living and working in New York responded to their rapidly changing world. Installed across two floors, this immersive exhibition presents more than 150 works of art — all made or seen in New York between 1962-1964 — including painting, sculpture, photography and film, alongside fashion, design, dance, poetry and ephemera. The exhibition is on view at the Jewish Museum through January 8, 2023.

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African American magazine archives shared by Smithsonian and Getty

Singer James Brown is captured off stage around Memphis, Tenn. (Ted Williams/Johnson Publishing Company Archive). Courtesy Ford Foundation, J. Paul Getty Trust, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Smithsonian Institution
Singer James Brown is captured off stage around Memphis, Tenn. (Ted Williams/Johnson Publishing Company Archive). Courtesy Ford Foundation, J. Paul Getty Trust, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Smithsonian Institution
Singer James Brown is captured off stage around Memphis, Tennessee. The image comes from the Johnson Publishing Company archive, which will be shared between the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture and the Getty Research Institute. Photo credit: Ted Williams/Johnson Publishing Company Archive. Courtesy Ford Foundation, J. Paul Getty Trust, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Smithsonian Institution

WASHINGTON and LOS ANGELES – A consortium comprising the Ford Foundation, the J. Paul Getty Trust, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Mellon Foundation and the Smithsonian Institution, announced July 28 the official transfer of ownership of the acclaimed Johnson Publishing Company (JPC) archive to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) and to the Getty Research Institute, a program of the Getty Trust.

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Nicholson’s Joker costume runs away with $125K at Heritage

Purple suit worn by Jack Nicholson as The Joker in ‘Batman,’ $125,000
Purple suit worn by Jack Nicholson as The Joker in ‘Batman,’ $125,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions

DALLAS – Heritage Auctions’ two-day Hollywood & Entertainment Signature® Auction wrapped July 23 after realizing $4,330,594. Among the top lots in the July 22-23 event was the purple suit Jack Nicholson wore onscreen as the Clown Prince of Crime in Tim Burton’s 1989 film, Batman. The outfit, perfect for dancing with the devil in the pale moonlight, sold for $125,000 after a prolonged bidding war.

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Folk portraits, quilts and pottery enliven Jasper52’s Aug. 4 auction

1890 folk art portrait of a man, est. $900-$1,100
1890 folk art portrait of a man, est. $900-$1,100

1890 folk art portrait of a man, est. $900-$1,100

NEW YORK – A Juan Quezada Celado Mata Ortiz jar with a snake motif, a circa-1850s quilt with a tree border, and an 1890 folk portrait of a man identified as “Cy” will likely earn top lot status at Jasper52’s next Americana, Folk Art, and Outsider Art auction, which will be held on Thursday, August 4 at 6 pm Eastern time. As always, the sale is curated by Clifford Wallach, an expert in tramp art, folk art and Americana. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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500-year-old icon looted from divided Cyprus repatriated

The Church of Christ Antiphonitis in Cyprus, photographed in June 2016. A centuries-old Orthodox icon that was looted from the church in or after 1974 was returned in a ceremony held July 12. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Shirazbustan. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
The Church of Christ Antiphonitis in Cyprus, photographed in June 2016. A centuries-old Orthodox icon that was looted from the church in or after 1974 was returned in a ceremony held July 12. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Shirazbustan. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) – A 500-year-old Orthodox icon that was looted from a church in the breakaway north of ethnically divided Cyprus has been returned to the island. The icon of the Enthroned Christ, which Cyprus’ Antiquities Department dates to around the end of the 15th century to the early 16th century, was presented at a ceremony July 12 to the head of the island’s Orthodox Church, Archbishop Chrysostomos.

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