Art Movements

by Tiernan Morgan
October 6, 2017

John Sloan, “The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire” (for New York Call, March 27, 1911), charcoal, ink, and gouache on board, sheet: 18 7/16 x 14 11/16 inches, Delaware Art Museum, gift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1991 (© Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York)

Theresa May wore a bracelet emblazoned with images of Frida Kahlo at the Conservative Party conference. The prime minister’s keynote speech was widely panned as a disaster; May had to be handed a lozenge after struggling with a cough, two letters from a party slogan fell off the wall behind her, and a prankster managed to evade security and interrupt the speech. "Can I just point out that Theresa May is wearing a bracelet of Frida Kahlo, a member of the Communist party who LITERALLY DATED TROTSKY," tweetedGuardian writer Hannah Jane Parkinson. Musicians Florence Welch and Calvin Harris later took to Twitter to complain about the use of their music at the conference.

Beginning November 1, small groups of tourists will be permitted to climb to the fifth and highest level of the Colosseum in Rome.

Performance artist Deborah de Robertis was charged with exhibitionism and assault following an incident in which she exposed her genitals in front of the Mona Lisa at the Louvre. De Robertis stated that her performance — during which she shouted “Mona Lisa, my pussy, my copyright” — was a tribute to a work by Valie Export.

St Hugh’s, the Oxford University college where Aung San Suu Kyi studied PPE (philosophy, politics and economics), removed her portrait from display following widespread condemnation of her response to the Rohingya crisis. On Wednesday, Oxford city council voted unanimously to strip the Myanmar leader of the Freedom of the City of Oxford.

A small painting by Renoir, “Portrait of a Young Girl with Blond Hair,” was stolen from an auction house near Paris a day before it was due to be sold.

An American Journey: The Art of John Sloan, the first full-career retrospective of the artist’s work to be staged, will open on October 21 at the Delaware Art Museum. A founder of the Ashcan School, Sloan is best known for his street scenes of New York City.

Beginning November 1, small groups of tourists will be permitted to climb to the fifth and highest level of the Colosseum in Rome.

Performance artist Deborah de Robertis was charged with exhibitionism and assault following an incident in which she exposed her genitals in front of the Mona Lisa at the Louvre. De Robertis stated that her performance — during which she shouted “Mona Lisa, my pussy, my copyright” — was a tribute to a work by Valie Export.

The Tate acquired works by Dorothy Iannone, Mary Beth Edelson, Hannah Black, and Lawrence Abu Hamdan through the 2017 Frieze Tate Fund.

Dorothy Iannone, “Wiggle Your Ass For Me” (1970), acrylic on canvas, mounted on canvas, 1900 x 1500 mm, from Air de Paris, Paris

Obituaries

Vern Blosum, “Rescued” (2015), oil on canvas, 72 x 48 in (courtesy ESSEX STREET, New York)

Vern Blosum (1936–2017), artist. Best known for his works mocking Pop art.

CeDell Davis (1926–2017), blues guitarist and singer.