ARTnews Tuesday January 18, 2022
Contemporary artists, gallerists, and auction houses are exploring ways to use non-fungible tokens as a way to extend their relationships in a new format that allows for an art experience beyond traditional art-world boundaries, notes Hyperallergic, which spotlights The NFT Handbook: How to Create, Sell and Buy Non-Fungible Tokens, a guide to NFTs. Meanwhile, Art News reports on JPG, a new website that aspires to be the Tumblr of the crypto world. “With JPG you can build your own NFT gallery, no matter who you are or what resources you have,” said María Paula Fernandez, a JPG cofounder. Read the full Story >>
Howard Greenberg Gallery Tuesday January 18, 2022
“Before street photography became a near-contact sport during fashion weeks in style-centric cities, the craft was honed by women photographers early in the 20th century,” notes WWD, which spotlights “A Female Gaze,” an exhibition on view at New York City’s Howard Greenberg Gallery through April 2. The exhibition surveys more than seven decades of work by 12 women photographers, including Berenice Abbott, Diane Arbus, Jodi Bieber, Esther Bubley, Helen Levitt, Vivian Maier, Mary Ellen Mark, Lisette Model, and Ruth Orkin. Read the full Story >>
THE HILL Tuesday January 18, 2022
A conservative Christian advocacy group has filed an appeal in a case of a New York wedding photographer who claimed she had acted within her right in refusing to photograph same-sex marriage ceremonies, reports The Hill. The Alliance Defending Freedom, which is listed as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, recently filed an appeal to overturn a federal court ruling that dismissed a lawsuit brought by Emilee Carpenter, who claimed that New York’s anti-discrimination laws violated her right to reject clients in same-sex partnerships. Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Tuesday January 18, 2022
Some things never go out of style. The Countess of Castiglione, for instance, has enthralled photo historians for decades, and her fame has only grown with the advent of social media. Born Virginia
Oldoini in 1837, she came from an aristocratic Italian family and entered into an arranged and loveless marriage at age 17 to Count Francesco Verasis da Castiglione. Widely considered to be … Read the full Story >>
