The $900,000 Librarian Nov 9, 2008
It was here that a rare photograph by celebrated contemporary artist Cindy Sherman sold for over $900,000--three times Christie's asking price. In "Untitled Film Still #13," Sherman poses as a librarian, gazing beyond the shelves of books that surround her. (Forbes)
Art.view: Sold to the brave Oct 26, 2008
So did works by Howard Hodgkin, Anish Kapoor and Cindy Sherman. Christie's Images Limited. (The Economist)
Coats of many colors Aug 28, 2008
Robert Longo and Cindy Sherman are just two of the artists who came out of Hallwalls. Visitors in the 70s included Laurie Anderson, Eric Bogosian, Spalding Gray and many others. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Portrait of the artist: Katie Mitchell, director Jul 15, 2008
Latest theatre reviews. I was called the "princess of darkness". (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Girlz on the hood Jun 24, 2008
Prince is not just an appropriationist, though he first appeared on the New York scene in the mid-1970s as just that, and as the then partner of Cindy Sherman, for whom success came much more quickly. In the end, Prince's problem is that he's just not as good as Bruce Nauman or Matthew Barney, or Sherman at her best. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
* [ART JOURNAL] Photojournalists or artists with cameras? Jun 4, 2008
Cindy Sherman Untitled, 2000. PHOTO COURTESY OF TATE MODERN. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Exhibitions at The Met: Early 2009 Mar 29, 2008
Images by Richard Prince and Cindy Sherman demonstrate how B movies and magazine advertising determined the postwar American sense of identity. Louise Lawlor and Sherrie Levine examine myths and legends of modern art and their relation to the museum and art history. (Suite101.com)
New art center in Madrid opens Mar 3, 2008
The complex, inaugurated Feb. 13 by King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia, opens with a modest show of about 30 pieces from the foundation's permanent collection, including works from artists such as American artist Cindy Sherman and Britain's Cornelia Parker. Its first major show was expected to open Feb. 21 with works by Polish sculptor Igor Mitoraj. (USA Today -- Travel)
Renzo Piano's LA museum opens to public Feb 18, 2008
Important pieces by Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns and Roy Lichtenstein shift the weight back toward pop art and its progeny, which rule again on the floor below, with ensembles of work by Damien Hirst, Cindy Sherman and Jean-Michel Basquiat. The visitor leaves BCAM with a question not intended by the museum and its benefactors: Who could warm to this particular constellation of artworks as anything but a triumph of conspicuous consumption or speculative investment. (San Francisco Chronicle)
L.A.'s Broad museum opens doors Feb 8, 2008
On display are a set of Basquiat paintings, including his well-known "Horn Players," 51 Cindy Sherman photographs and Robert Therrien's gigantic dining room set, "Under the Table." The Broads appear to be fans of concrete imagery and works with words on them; there are no abstract expressionist paintings -- works that most contemporary art museums would consider essential to a collection. The ground floor is devoted to the museum's centerpiece, two Richard Serra steel sculptures from 2006,... (Variety)
Teacher shows students the value of art Jan 17, 2008
Cindy Sherman, Annie Leibovitz and Olivia Parker," she added. Maggioncalda's teaching goals go way beyond her desire to perfect her students' brush strokes or improve their dexterity with camera gizmos. "I want to give my students an opportunity to learn not only about the history or art or photography but also how to create and develop an appreciation for the arts," she said. "For example, after they've taken a photo class, I hope they've opened their minds to see the world in a different way.... (Springfield Sun, PA)
Fort Worth:Part cosmopolitan,part cowtown Jan 14, 2008
The five glass pavilions appear to float on a shallow reflecting pool; inside, skylights illuminate works by the likes of Roy Lichtenstein, Jackson Pollock, and Cindy Sherman. 3200 Darnell St., 817/738-9215, , $10. (MSNBC -- Travel)
More of this story Dec 29, 2007
Curator Connie Butler spent eight years on the project, working under the belief that feminism has been overlooked, in her words, as "the most influential international 'movement' of any during the postwar period." The variety of art in MOCA's Little Tokyo location through July 16 was simply astounding: painting, sculpture, photography, film, video and performance art by figures such as Yoko Ono, Betye Saar, Judy Chicago and Cindy Sherman. From L.A., the exhibit traveled to Washington, D.C., New... (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Art Basel Miami Beach: Fashion begins its move into the art world Dec 6, 2007
For every self-styled Cindy Sherman hoping to hit it big in the gallery world, there are scores of competent but doubtless overpaid journeymen (fees of $100,000 a day are not rare for top fashion photographers) toiling in advertising's lucrative fields. "For a long time in the quote unquote fine arts world, fashion was a dirty word," said Joshua Holdeman, international director of the photography department at Christie's. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
FULL STORY > Dec 3, 2007
December 3, 2007 -- AFTER years of wrangling, artist Cindy Sherman has approved a severely truncated version of the documentary "Guest of Cindy Sherman," by her ex-squeeze, filmmaker Paul Hasegawa-Overacker ... "Guest of Cindy Sherman" chronicles Hasegawa-Overacker's role as her noncelebrity boyfriend and includes interviews with Carol Kane, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Molly Ringwald, Eric Bogosian, Julian Schnabel, Eric Fischl and John Waters ... Known professionally as Paul H-O, the filmmaker was... (New York Post -- Gossip)
Contemporary (Art) Madness Oct 21, 2007
Post: Your collection includes works by Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns and Cindy Sherman that are held in both a private collection and a foundation. All of these will be available for Lacma curators to fill the new Broad Contemporary Art Museum (BCAM), to which you have given 60 million. (New York Post -- Business)
SF woman's travel-guide writing Oct 14, 2007
Some, for example, the large framed Cindy Sherman photo over the fireplace and the Picasso ceramic she picked up in Vallauris on the French Riviera for less than $20 and carried in a backpack all over Europe, have skyrocketed in value. Stitch's parents, born in the United States to Russian/Polish immigrants, had no interest in the arts. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Immodest proposals Oct 13, 2007
If the Naked Portrait exhibition piques the curiosity of innocent viewers, and prompts them to explore the staggering range of women's body art in the 20th century, to discover Gina Pane, Cindy Sherman, Kiki Smith, Mona Hatoum, Carolee Schneeman, Elke Krystufek, for example, I suppose we should welcome it, as long as we remain aware that we are looking at a major phenomenon through the wrong end of the telescope. The Naked Portrait 1900-2007 is at Compton Verney, Warwickshire, until December 9. (Guardian Unlimited)
Frosty, fabulous Melbourne Aug 23, 2007
There's Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, as well as more recent art stars such as Gilbert and George, Rachel Whiteread and Cindy Sherman. Curated by the National Gallery of Victoria from the Guggenheim's venues in New York, Bilbao, Venice and Berlin, the exhibition starts at post-war abstraction and continues through abstract expressionism, conceptual art, pop art and contemporary art. (NEWS.com.au)
JPMorgan and Pera Museum Partner to Tour Renowned Corporate Art Collection Aug 1, 2007
The exhibition will feature works by leading artists, including Dan Flavin, Josef Albers, Milton Avery, Romare Bearden, Jean Dubuffet, Roy Lichtenstein, Cindy Sherman and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Several pieces are included because of their association with American pop culture, including Andy Warhol's silkscreened images of Marilyn Monroe. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
John Szarkowski; curator elevated art of photography Jul 10, 2007
As young photographers such as Cindy Sherman made references in their work to painting, sculpture, movie stills and posters, "John had no affection for it,' Grundberg said. "He totally missed that boat. "He also resisted the homosexually explicit photographs of Robert Mapplethorpe despite what some critics saw as their historical significance.Mr. Szarkowski's polished writing style and his ease as a lecturer attracted an ever widening audience of people curious to learn what makes certain... (Boston Globe)
John Szarkowski, 81; photography curator Jul 10, 2007
As young photographers including Cindy Sherman made references in their work to painting, sculpture, movie stills and posters, "John had no affection for it," Grundberg said. "He totally missed that boat.". (Los Angeles Times)
Venues: The Art of Photography Jul 7, 2007
Many of the images are in black and white, but those in color, such as the photograph by Cindy Sherman -- a portrait of the artist posing as an aging, heavily made-up woman -- use a sharp contrast of bright color to focus the viewer's attention. Robinson explained that early in photography's history, a movement began that wanted to emulate painting so that the photographers would be more respected, such as in Edward Steichen's "Self-Portrait" from 1903. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Transformative experiences Jul 5, 2007
The subjects include artist Cindy Sherman, composer Philip Glass, and Close himself. Each portrait has a poem written by New York writer Bob Holman. (Toronto Star)
Read Indepth Article Jun 17, 2007
In the company of photographers like Cindy Sherman, Lori Simmons, James Cassebere, Jeff Wall and Gregory Crewdson, Nix continues in this tradition, probing with the innocent wonder of a child with a new chemistry set, gleefully manipulating her worlds to a point just short of destruction. . (AbsoluteArts.com)
Microsoft's art collection has some hang-ups Jun 9, 2007
Hanging in the halls of Microsoft's sprawling corporate campus are 4,500 pieces of contemporary art, some by such artists as Chuck Close, Takashi Murakami and Cindy Sherman. The software company spends just a sliver of its billions on art, so full-time curator Laura Matzer is working with what she's got to gain respect for the collection in the art world, while balancing the quirks like those ubiquitous posters of working within a 76,500-person global corporation. (USA Today)
Kilik cruises in Cannes competition Jun 4, 2007
"A lot of painters were trying to make movies -- David Salle, Cindy Sherman." Those films didn't do well. Schnabel had to finance the $3 million film by putting up paintings as a guarantee. (Variety)
Karen Kilimnik: Finding meaning in scatteredness Jun 1, 2007
The artists most often identified with it - like Kilimnik, Sylvie Fleury, Cady Noland and, to some extent, Jessica Stockholder - are women, as are those artists' most important precursors, among them Yvonne Rainer, Joan Jonas, Barbara Bloom and the photo-based generation grouped around Cindy Sherman. It could also be seen as including F. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Well-heeled art collector publishes lulu of a novel May 29, 2007
The apartment today has a distinctly modern if comfortable feel, with its earth-toned furniture from the 1940s and '50s and art collection that includes Warhol, Diane Arbus, Jeff Koons, Damien Hirst and Cindy Sherman. "We don't live in a museum," Ganek says as she sits in the spacious living room. (USA Today -- Life)
Andy Warhol Painting Sells for $71 Million May 18, 2007
2 million; and a Cindy Sherman photograph, "Untitled No. 92," bought for about $2. 1 million. (Newsmax)
Warhol's `Crash' Leads Christie's $385 Million Postwar-Art Sale May 17, 2007
A roomful of pinstriped dealers, millionaires and billionaires, including Teddy Forstmann and Michael Ovitz, watched artist records tumble one after another: Warhol, Damien Hirst, Jasper Johns, Cindy Sherman and the roll call went on. All but four of the 78 lots sold, with 56 selling for more than $1 million. (Bloomberg)
Pop, trash, kitsch combine artfully at Rose Museum May 11, 2007
Also in this gallery, works from the Rose's permanent collection by Alex Katz , Cindy Sherman , and other artists and pieces of modern furniture are gathered into an ensemble resembling an art collector's living room. What all this adds up to is something paradoxical. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Table for 39: Apr 27, 2007
At around the same time, artists like Cindy Sherman, Barbara Kruger, and Laurie Simmons were using photography and ironic references to Hollywood heroines and fashion magazines to "perform" feminine identity in their art. Their style was cool and cerebral and had little to do with the earnest, craft-oriented creations of the previous generation. (Slate)
Karen Finley's 'Nation Building' comes to Emerson College Mar 5, 2007
"I had a career going before the lawsuit, and I was bitter that it couldn't take its course like those of artists like Eric Bogosian and Cindy Sherman," she says. She went into psychoanalysis for seven years to sort out her feelings about what happened in the '90s, she explains. (Boston Globe)
Drawing on lost memories Mar 1, 2007
Like Morimura and Cindy Sherman , Chung inserts himself into the scenes. He uses this forum to take a tongue-in-cheek view of race in America, among other topics. (Boston Globe)
If You Build It They Will Come Feb 24, 2007
It's now roughly 30 years since the artist Cindy Sherman first put on makeup and a wig, arranged herself into some B-movie poses in B-movie settings and pointed her face toward her own camera to ask the questions: So what's real here. Is this a picture of me. (Time.com)
Stand up for Studio Arena Jan 17, 2007
" Why them, and not Studio Arena Theater? And if that's part of the theater's culture, that may explain a lot. Poor, poor, stupid, sports-besotted, supposedly culture-averse Buffalo, sitting there with chicken wing sauce and blue cheese smeared over its face and wielding a foam "We're No. 1" finger in its living room during Bills and Sabres games. Bless the wings - and Bills and Sabres. But I'm fed up to here frankly with the moronic and despicably condescending assumptions made about Buffalo... (Buffalo News -- Arts)
