James Oesi

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Nigerian-born, Los Angeles–based artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby moved to the US at the age of 17 (after winning the green card lottery in her home town) to train as a painter at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art and, later, Yale University. Here, as in many of her portraits, Crosby gives an intimate portrayal of her interracial marriage and day-to-day life in America. She combines photo-transfer processes with painting and collaged fabrics, fusing Nigerian and American materials, images, and cultural traditions. Learn about Crosby and other immigrant artists: mo.ma/crossingborders. Our digital exhibition “Crossing Borders,” presented as part of our #CitizensBorders initiative, showcases works from MoMA’s collection by artists who immigrated to the U.S., often as refugees in search of safe haven. Explore at mo.ma/crossingborders [Njideka Akunyili Crosby (b. Nigeria, 1983). “And We Begin to Let Go.” c. 2013. Acrylic, pastel, charcoal, collage, Xerox transfers, and marble dust on paper. Promised gift of Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine Farley.]

Tomoo Gokita at Taka Ishii

Manfred Pernice at Lulu

Tiling

Villa d’Este, Lago di Como

60 3/8 x 43 ¾ inches (153.4 x 111.1 cm)

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 With its metallic waves and twisted reflections, this Frank Gehry masterpiece looks as out of place in the financial district as it would in any other part of New York City – in a beautifully unexpected way. Unlike many structures around it, this one serves no business or financial purpose – just an unusual apartment building and a tourist attraction whose saturated, colorful sameness and differentness are best photographically explored through the various angles and views from the nearby Brooklyn Bridge.

“What you do when you paint, you take a brush full of paint, get paint on the picture, and you have faith” –Willem de Kooning. Happy Birthday, Willem!

Mathieu Bernard Martin ©.

[Lyubov Popova. Untitled from Six Prints. (c. 1917-1919). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. General Print Fund, Edgar Wachenheim III Fund, and Harvey S. Shipley Miller Fund and by exchange: Nina and Gordon Bunshaft Bequest and Gift of Victor S. Riesenfeld]

Cy Twombly - April 25, 1928 - https://vimeo.com/100872015

Just scored this kinda homoerotic photo from 1899 in a #Beyoglu bookstore 👍🏼

(Owen Luder Partnership)