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Carol Bove’s Great Guggenheim Retrospective Transcends Time and Space

Carol Bove’s Great Guggenheim Retrospective Transcends Time and Space

Published by José Betancourt

Lionel Ziprin’s unlikely rediscovery really got going with a walk-in safe in Carol Bove’s Brooklyn studio. It was a big safe, and an old one—Bove initially had to use a car jack to pry open its metal door—and it became the unlikely home for all things related to Ziprin, a doyen of the Lower East Side art scene of the 1950s and ’60s who was all but forgotten in the intervening decades. After Bove came into possession of Ziprin’s poetry and drawings via his daughter Zia in the early 2010s, she began to exhibit them alongside her own sculptures. Suddenly, Ziprin became the subject of mainstream discourse in the New York art scene: in 2014, Frieze published a lengthy profile by my colleague Andy Battaglia that praised Ziprin, a practitioner of Kabbalah, for his “intensely networked and wildly idiosyncratic mind.” Related Articles Generally, Ziprin is not a figure seen often in New York museums: neither MoMA nor the Met owns any works by him. But this week, a drawing by Ziprin officially entered museum walls …

Guggenheim Union Rallies Outside Carol Bove Reception for Contract

Guggenheim Union Rallies Outside Carol Bove Reception for Contract

Published by José Betancourt

On Wednesday in Manhattan, VIP guests trickled into the Guggenheim Museum to celebrate its buzzy Carol Bove show, while outside, its unionized staff—conservators, archivists, educators, front-facing staff, and others—rallied for a second contract that the group hopes will be more robust.   The Guggenheim staff, who voted to join UAW Local 2110 in 2023 after more than two years of negotiations with management, are back at the bargaining table under renewed urgency. Last year, the museum cut 20 jobs—7 percent of its staff—across multiple departments, marking its third round of layoffs in five years.  Related Articles At the time, museum leadership cited an “overall financial picture” that “is not where it needs to be” as the reason for the job cuts, which were framed as part of a broader “reorganization.” The museum’s union said it had not been given advance notice of the layoffs. In February 2025, a grievance was filed against the museum, and contract negotiations have since positioned job security as a top priority.  Anton Sherin, an archivist at the Guggenheim since 2009, told ARTnews, “I’m a …

From the Archive: “The Mystery of JonBenét Ramsey” | Joyce Carol Oates, Alissa Bennett

From the Archive: “The Mystery of JonBenét Ramsey” | Joyce Carol Oates, Alissa Bennett

Published by José Betancourt

In the June 24, 1999, issue of The New York Review of Books, Joyce Carol Oates wrote about the murder of JonBenét Ramsey and dissected America’s fascination with “the category of nonfiction known as ‘true crime.’” Click the “Subscribe” link in the player above to follow this podcast on your favorite listening platform. In this episode of Private Life, “The Mystery of JonBenét Ramsey” is read by writer Alissa Bennett. This reading accompanies the Private Life episode featuring Oates discussing her novels, essays, and the improbability of her life. You can also read “The Mystery of JonBenét Ramsey” on our website here.  Source link

Carol Bove Reveals Miró Mural Typically Hidden in Guggenheim’s Walls

Carol Bove Reveals Miró Mural Typically Hidden in Guggenheim’s Walls

Published by Jenni Sidey

Carol Bove‘s rotunda-filling Guggenheim Museum show in New York may be billed as a retrospective, but it’s not a solo show in the traditional sense: it also features works by a range of artists interspersed throughout. In fact, the crown jewel of the show is not a sculpture by Bove but a mural by Joan Miró that’s always on hand at the Guggenheim—even though the general public typically can’t see it. Composed of 190 ceramic tiles, the work is a 19-foot-long mural titled Alicia (1965–67) that Miró produced in collaboration with the ceramicist Josep Llorens Artigas. It’s now viewable near the ramp leading up to the second level for the first time in more than 20 years. Related Articles According to a text within the show, the mural was commissioned in 1963 by Harry F. Guggenheim, who was at the time the president of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation to pay homage to Alicia Patterson, the Newsday editor who was married to Guggenheim and died that same year. Most of the time, the mural is …

Joyce Carol Oates on True Crime, Her Improbable Life, and Joan Didion | Joyce Carol Oates, Jarrett Earnest

Joyce Carol Oates on True Crime, Her Improbable Life, and Joan Didion | Joyce Carol Oates, Jarrett Earnest

Published by José Betancourt

In the third episode of Private Life, Joyce Carol Oates joins Jarrett Earnest for an expansive conversation on everything from Joan Didion to serial killers. Click the “Subscribe” link in the player above to follow this podcast on your favorite listening platform. They discuss “New York: Sentimental Journeys,” Didion’s essay from the Review’s March 7, 1991, issue about the Central Park Five, the rush to judgment in a sensational murder case, media mythmaking, and sentimentalized narratives about crime. The conversation also touches on the state of long-form criticism, true crime’s grip on pop culture, and the elusive art of the novella, and Oates reflects on her writing (including three essays about murderers that she wrote for the Review: “‘I Had No Other Thrill or Happiness,’” “The Mystery of JonBenét Ramsey,” and “Death in the Air”) and the improbability of her life.  Joyce Carol Oates’s many novels, essays, short stories, poems, and works of criticism have addressed subjects ranging from boxing to Marilyn Monroe, often exploring the dark underbelly of American life. She is a Visiting Distinguished Professor at …

Hauser & Wirth Takes Representation of Carol Rama Estate

Hauser & Wirth Takes Representation of Carol Rama Estate

Published by Jenni Sidey

Hauser & Wirth, one of the biggest galleries in the world, has added yet one more artist to its roster: Carol Rama, whose estate Hauser & Wirth will represent alongside the Berlin-based Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi. Rama was one of the most celebrated artists of the 20th century. Working in Italy, she produced paintings about female sexuality that belonged to a style all her own. Often featuring bulging eyes and women with their tongues sticking out, these paintings do not cleanly conform to the tendencies of any artistic movement, making the self-taught artist a particularly fascinating figure within recent Italian art history. Related Articles Rama was known well before the dawn of the 21st century, and even won Venice Biennale’s Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 2003. But her art remained relatively obscure outside Italy until the past decade. A 2014 retrospective staged at the Museu d’Art Contemporani di Barcelona was followed by another at Paris’s Musée d’Art Moderne in 2015, the year of her death at age 97; yet another appeared at the New Museum …

Carol Burnett reveals the ‘dirty limericks’ Julie Andrews used to send her

Carol Burnett reveals the ‘dirty limericks’ Julie Andrews used to send her

Published by Daniella Wilson

Carol Burnett and Julie Andrews are friendship goals. The 92-year-old comedian first became friends with the Sound of Music actress in the 1960s. And their friendship has only blossomed over the last six decades. Both Carol and Julie are iconic actors. Carol has won many awards including seven Emmy Awards, seven Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award, and a Tony Award. And Julie has won an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, seven Golden Globe Awards, two Grammy Awards, and three Primetime Emmy Awards © Getty Images How did Carol Burnett and Julie Andrews first meet? During an appearance on Good Hang with Amy Poehler, Carol opened up about her friendship with Julie, 90. The two met while both performing on Broadway – Carol as Princess Winnifred in Once Upon a Mattress and Julie as Queen Guenevre in Camelot. Their friendship quickly took off, with Carol calling Julie “my chum” and saying: “We love each other, we are like – we’re sisters.” © Getty Images Their funny friendship “We went to a Chinese restaurant …

Carol Burnett shares the one warning CBS gave her about her show in 11-year run

Carol Burnett shares the one warning CBS gave her about her show in 11-year run

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Carol Burnett has claimed that CBS only gave her “one note” during the 11-year run of her eponymous comedy series. The 92-year-old comedian hosted The Carol Burnett Show on CBS from 1967 to 1978, alongside a core ensemble cast, including Vicki Lawrence, Tim Conway, Harvey Korman, and Lyle Waggoner. During Tuesday’s episode of Amy Poehler’s Good Hang podcast, Burnett reflected on her 11 years with the network, which has been in a period of turmoil since Bari Weiss was appointed editor-in-chief of CBS News in October. Her tenure has been marked by plummeting staff morale and heavy scrutiny over her editorial decision-making. “CBS left us alone,” Burnett said of the show, which had a 28-piece orchestra and up to 70 costumes per week. “There was one note in 11 years,” Burnett told Poehler, recalling how CBS approached her about a sketch …

BBC star Emma Vardy bids farewell days after Carol Kirkwood confirms exit

BBC star Emma Vardy bids farewell days after Carol Kirkwood confirms exit

Published by Daniella Wilson

BBC Breakfast star Emma Vardy has bid adieu to the programme, but it’s not goodbye forever. Returning to the sofa on Sunday, Emma, who is expecting her second child with husband, Aaron Adams, confirmed that she’s heading on maternity leave. “Right well, that’s nearly it for us today,” Emma told audiences. And my last show before mat leave!” After her co-presenter, Roger Johnson wished her “good luck,” the TV star noted that she would return. “I’ll be back… see you,” she said, signing off.  After wrapping up Sunday’s show, Emma followed up with some behind-the-scenes photos. Among them, the broadcaster was seen carrying a beautiful bouquet of flowers and a gift for her new arrival as she left the studio. As part of the post, Emma also recorded a video in her car. Admitting that it was a “strange feeling” to have left BBC Breakfast, the journalist joked that all she could do was “wait” for her little one to arrive.  “Thank you for all of the nice messages, and I will see you on …

Who is Carol Kirkwood as the presenter walks away from the BBC after 25 years

Who is Carol Kirkwood as the presenter walks away from the BBC after 25 years

Published by Sam Flores

She said although it was “hard” making the decision she feels it is the right one to take a step back. Speaking on camera, she said: “It’s been an absolute privilege to bring you the weather every day. My job is something I’ve never taken for granted and I’ve loved every minute. “From early starts and all manner of forecasts, I’ve shared it with incredible colleagues at BBC Breakfast, BBC Weather and programmes across the BBC. I’d like to thank them for their support and friendship which has meant the world. “And to those watching and listening at home – thank you for all the kindness you have shown me over the years, being part of your mornings has been a joy. This hasn’t been an easy decision to make, but it feels like the right moment to step away. I’ll carry with me the most wonderful memories.” “From major national moments to the everyday forecasts that are such an important part of our audiences’ lives, she has set the gold standard for our accurate, …