This poster was featured as yesterday’s Receipt of Delivery post on Open Space.

Curator’s statement from the back of the poster: This is an exhibition about the use of immense space. Museums and other presenting organizations have been pathetically ignorant about featuring the art of women.

Image: Poster for Monumental Women, September 18–October 31, 1987, Somar Gallery Space, San Francisco

thesellart:

SFMOMA, by Parra

chagalov:

The photographers Manuel Alvarez-Bravo, André Kertész and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Céreste (France), 1979 -by Martine Franck

from Magnum

pacegallery:

Reblog of the day: We love this installation view of Fred Wilson’s works.  Be sure to listen to this Audio Guide on Whitney Museum’s website.

blackcontemporaryart:

installation view of Guarded View and Picasso/Whose Rules, Fred Wilson, both 1991

teachingliteracy:

The Death of Robat.

by Powerpig

blackcontemporaryart:

Chorus, Kiki Smith, 2012

on view until September 4th at 46th street and 8th Avenue in New York City at the Last Lot project space.

The rainbow-colored star clusters pay tribute to Josephine Baker, the American-born French burlesque dancer, singer and actress, who epitomized the sensuality and spectacle of the burlesque follies of the 1920’s. The first African American female to star in a major motion picture, and the quintessential entertainer of that time, Baker is also known for her support of the Civil Rights Movement and for her family of adopted children from all over the world, whom she called “The Rainbow Tribe.” Baker served as a muse to several influential artists based in Paris at the time such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Pablo Picasso. Smith, whose work often explores feminist themes through depictions of the female body and women from history and mythology, is drawn to the complexity of Baker’s career as an erotic and primitivist performer/showgirl, and a social and political activist.

artnet:

Remembering Henri Cartier-Bresson

“To take a photograph is to hold one’s breath when all faculties converge in a face of fleeing reality. It is at that moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson

Renowned French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson was born on this day in 1908. It was he who helped develop the ”life-reportage” style that has since influenced generations of photographers. 

artisandoflove:

Medicom Toy is gearing up to release a VCD (Vinyl Collectible Doll) version of the legendary Andy Warhol. The 23cm tall vinyl figure comes in two different versions, ‘Normal’ and ‘Silkscreen.’ The first is a cartoon version of the man with interchangable hair and a banana, while the second is a figurine of Andy’s famous silkscreened self portraits. Look for these to hit select Medicom retailers in October 2012.

WE NEED THIS IN OUR OFFICES. So cool.

Meta self-portraiture. Love it.

(via Photo by jrosier • Instagram)