Daily Editra: June 28. Did you feed the cat?

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The 10 Vermeers On Display In New York Right Now

Lady Writing a Letter... by Johannes Vermeer (detail)

As of today, there's ten authenticated Johannes Vermeer paintings on public view in New York, the most of anywhere outside of the Netherlands. All of... Text by Marguerite de Ponty.
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Sunday

Photo by Quentin de Briey

A Sunday spent. What fine ways—to use up our time here. Yes, we’re the same. Yes, they feel the same way. Our insecurities! So it... Text by John Hudson White.
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Under the Sea

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Donald Kuspit: Dream Logic

Jeannie Four Roses (detail) Oil on linen 45 x 30 in. by Jamie Adams

UPTOWN—The show blends historic Surrealist masters—Carrington, Fini, Tanguy, De Chirico—with seventeen contemporary artists. But it doesn’t attempt the impossible comparison. As Kuspit points out, the... Text by dannik.
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Pasta Queen

Loredana Bertè. Photo by Achilleoliva.

ROME—Allow me to introduce you to Loredana Bertè if you don’t already know her—who in 1980 was already a thunderclap in Italy. In the early... Text by Liora Ashwood.
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Octopus

Still from Philippe Garrel film.

A reminder again not to allow oceanic thoughts so close to me so often. After a night of such allowances, a dream in which I... Text by John Hudson White.
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Legacy of Monica Vitti Honored at Lincoln Center

Photo: AFP

Monica Vitti, born Maria Luisa Ceciarelli in Rome in 1931, was one of the most versatile and influential Italian actors of the 20th century. Known... Text by Tasmin Blake.
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Popes and Dancers of Sculptor and Illustrator Francesco Messina

Francesco Messina

In 2022, the city of Rome hosted a comprehensive exhibition dedicated to Francesco Messina at Villa Torlonia. Titled Francesco Messina. Novecento Contemporaneo, the show brought... Text by dannik.
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Art Focus: Classical Aesthetics in a Post-Ironic Era

Slip House, the brand new gallery opened at the base of a 19th-century, three-story former carriage house at 246 East 5th Street.

EAST VILLAGE—Every two decades is a response to the previous two. After decades of irony, the purposeful ugliness of the 80s and 90s (“Anything that’s... Text by Cici Thompson.
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The Most Under-Rated Anti-Fascist Film Ever Made

Love and Anarchy (Lina Wertmüller, 1973)

Lina Wertmuller is not a household name—and that’s the scandal. While Bertolucci’s Il Conformista was showered with accolades, earning an Academy Award nomination for Best... Text by Dalia Morgan.
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Goings On: Art Openings In May

Richard Hawkins. New Paintings at Greene Naftali in New York

NEW YORK—Between fairs and the official listings and the soft-launches in someone’s cousin’s Chinatown loft, May represents an upward swing. Skip the overload and go... Text by Marguerite de Ponty.
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Language of Bamboo: Tradition and Innovation at Gucci’s Bamboo Encounters

Image courtesy of Gucci.

MILAN—Italy’s long affection for bamboo can be glimpsed beyond fashion and design. Franco Maria Ricci’s Labirinto della Masone, the sprawling bamboo maze outside Parma, stands... Text by Cici Thompson.
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A Musical Documentary On Athens Youth

Still from What We Ask of a Statue Is That It Doesn’t Move

Daphné Hérétakis’ What We Ask of a Statue Is That It Doesn’t Move is a captivating hybrid short that explores the psychic dissonance of living... Text by Dalia Morgan.
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Pynchon Returns with a Big Band Mystery

Thomas Pynchon in 1955, before he disappeared from public view. Photograph: Bettmann/Bettmann Archive

At 87, Thomas Pynchon is stepping once more into the literary spotlight—or just close enough to cast a shadow. Shadow Ticket, his first novel in... Text by Richard Aubern.
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On Memory With “Invention”

Still from Invention by Courtney Stephens

Courtney Stephens’ Invention is a film about memory disguised as fiction, or perhaps fiction disguised as memory. Co-written with actor Callie Hernández, the film unfolds... Text by Dalia Morgan.
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Plays: First Reading of The Wolf Is An Endangered Species

The signature of Conchata Ferrell, Sam's mother.

Lower East Side—In what, in this theatre critic's view, is becoming a growing convergence between the worlds of theater, and the special amalgamation of fashion... Text by Pina Lomb.
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Venice

Report from Millbrook, Jonas Mekas, 1966

T. came to a stop at a magazine, and said: I want walls like that. Only in Venice, I said. Well no, I’ve seen a... Text by John Hudson White.
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The Geometry of Motion and Zadie Smith

Photograph by Erich Höhne. Courtesy of Deutsche Fotothek.

The Geometry of Motion and Zadie Smith. Wassily Kandinsky, a painter of color and form, once envisioned a future where dance would shed its ornamental... Text by Marguerite de Ponty.
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The Spinning Room

Adam Stēch.

Our spinning room is always looking for sound advice. For general disagreements, suggestions, to send us your almanac, cassette, vhs, record, or secret love notes... Text by Richard Aubern.
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Five Questions for Greek Fashion Designer Kostas Murkudis

Photo by Martina Borsche

I think turbo-capitalism is destroying what we have painfully achieved as a species over recent decades. Text by Kostas Murkudis.
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Fiction: The Hand in the Waves

Photo by Lena Be

Why did I go out onto the balcony? The waves. That’s why. They were massive. Massive and black and smashing into the side of the... Text by Rupert Taylor.
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Basel: All For Sale

Painting by Maaike Schoorel

Located in the stunning, spaceship-like expo of Messeplatz, Art Basel faces Design Miami, another expo for the rich and curious, displaying furniture and aesthetic products... Text by Madina Tulakova.
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Music EDIT RAdar 1

Music Edit RAdar 2

This following list of music was created to represent the first iteration of Music EDIT RAdar. Best New Foreign ArtistsFettuccine (Italian), Silvana Estrada (Mexican), Tellavision... Text by Editors.
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La Chimera

16mm still from La Chimera.

Two Sentences On: La Chimera. 1. A whimsical film, shot on 16mm, "La Chimera" is a tale of tomb-robbing, and the shady market for looted... Text by Dalia Morgan.
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The Poetry of Materials

Photo courtesy of IBM

Textile art, or as Anni Albers said, "the poetry of materials," has had many lives. In the 40s, we loved fabric. 24 foot stage curtains.... Text by Pina Lomb.
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Beautiful Jokes

Still photo by Yorgos Lanthimos

Poor Things premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival in September 2023, where it won the Golden Lion. It was released in the U.S.... Text by Dalia Morgan.
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Five Questions for Franco Maria Ricci

Franco Maria Ricci in 1984, at the launch of FMR U.S.A. at the New York Public Library.

Caverns were probably the first labyrinthine structures human beings came into contact with, in a distant past. And I, too, rummaged through my own past,... Text by fmr.
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On Identity With Alexandra Kleeman

Photo by Aphra Natley

A cultural milieu is difficult to change—it exists across and within all of us. Text by Alexandra Kleeman.
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To Live and Die In Dime Square

Photo by Ernst Haas

Nobody calls it Dimes Square without modulating their voice like they’re quoting someone. Nobody calls this place Dimes Square because it’s not called Dimes Square.... Text by Melissa Mesku.
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The Thing About Not Being Heartbroken by Chloe Caldwell

Photo by James J. Williams III

I’ve never done this before, a reading stoned. I have zero anxiety. I drop $50 in the bookstore on tote bags and Anaïs Nin. Everyone... Text by Chloe Caldwell.
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The 10 Vermeers On Display In New York Right Now

Sunday

Under the Sea

Donald Kuspit: Dream Logic

Pasta Queen

Octopus

Metrograph and Grimm Gallery Collaborate on Louise Giovanelli’s New Works

Legacy of Monica Vitti Honored at Lincoln Center

Popes and Dancers of Sculptor and Illustrator Francesco Messina

Art Focus: Classical Aesthetics in a Post-Ironic Era

The Most Under-Rated Anti-Fascist Film Ever Made

Goings On: Art Openings In May

Language of Bamboo: Tradition and Innovation at Gucci’s Bamboo Encounters

A Musical Documentary On Athens Youth

Pynchon Returns with a Big Band Mystery

On Memory With “Invention”

Pol Taburet Transforms a Landmark in Madrid

Plays: First Reading of The Wolf Is An Endangered Species

Venice

The Geometry of Motion and Zadie Smith

The Spinning Room

Five Questions for Greek Fashion Designer Kostas Murkudis

Fiction: The Hand in the Waves

Basel: All For Sale

Music EDIT RAdar 1

La Chimera

Review: Venice Art No. 60

The Poetry of Materials

Beautiful Jokes

Five Questions for Franco Maria Ricci

On Identity With Alexandra Kleeman

To Live and Die In Dime Square

The Thing About Not Being Heartbroken by Chloe Caldwell

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