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Last chance to see: Exhibition by Arthur Simms, Lucy Fradkin and Philip Hinge at Martos Gallery
Lucy Fradkin, He That Climbs The Tall Tree Has A Right To The Fruit, 2020. Acrylic gouache, collage, pencil on paper with metallic thread, 18 x 18 in 45.7 x 45.7 cm. NEW YORK, NY.- In Arthur Simms’ Icema’s World and Lucy Fradkin’s Good Morning Alice and Other Stories, two artists reflect on the legacies they have come to share as a married couple. These exhibitions are each grounded in tribute to Simms’ mother, Icema Erica Simms (1924–2015), but also emanate into broader examinations of identity, and how it is informed both by those who came before us and those with whom we share our lives. Icema immigrated to New York in the 1960s, leaving her husband and children behind in Kingston, Jamaica, while she worked to facilitate their reunion, caring for an American family in Westchester. Icema is foundational to these two solo exhibitions—had she not endured her first lonely years in New York, Simms and Fradkin may never have met—however, the two artists reciprocate homage and elegy to one another’s families across the works on view. Simms’ work regularly alludes to his wife, her family, and their traditions, and among Fradkin’s most consistent subjects are her husband and his kin. In Ten, Ten, Icema as a Bird (2016), for instance, Simms memorializes his mother with the careful placement of a single stone, a Jewish tradition of remembrance he first encountered through the Fradkins. Fradkin’s Ginger Ridge (2001) is a portrait of Icema, titled for her hometown. Icema holds a cane in Ginger Ridge, an ambulatory signifier of her expatriation, and is enveloped in a nimbus of collaged birds—a species known to migrate.
The jewelry Shiona Turini never takes off
The jewelry Shiona Turini travels with in New York, July 1, 2024. Turini, the costume designer of “Lady in the Lake” and a stylist of looks for Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter,” understands the value of jewelry people wear every day. (Eva Woolridge/The New York Times)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra and Cactus Stars Launch The Kunes Clark Band
(Chipster) The Kunes Clark Band is singer/songwriter Jimmy Kunes (Cactus, Savoy Brown, Humble Pie) and guitarist/songwriter Angus Clark (Cher, Joe Lynn Turner, Trans-Siberian Orchestra). The two musicians have known each other for nearly two decades and have performed together in numerous projects in and around New York City. Now they decided to take care of some unfinished business and make an album of material, some brand new, and some based on material they demoed 14 years ago. Rounding out the lineup for this album are drummer Van Romaine (Steve Morse Band) and bassist Winston Roye (Soul Asylum), along with keyboardists Rob Clores (The Black Crowes) and John Deley (David Johansen).
Former HTT editor, David Gill, passes away
Livingston, N.J. — B2B editor David Gill, whose lengthy career in trade magazines spanned coverage of categories ranging from home textiles to mattresses to coffeemakers and endeared him to many in the industry, passed away on July 14. He was 69. Gill spent almost a decade, beginning in the...
Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews announce Farm Aid 2024
The 2024 edition of Farm Aid is set to return to New York for the third year. The annual event will take place on Saturday, September 21st at the Broadview Stage at Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, New York. The daylong festival will showcase how farmers are leading the way to mitigate climate change by sharing their stories on the Farm Aid stage and throughout the event.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Genesis announce partnership for The Met Facade Commission series
One of Carol Bove's four sculptures for the facade of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is hoisted into position during the installation process in New York, Feb. 24, 2021. (George Etheredge/The New York Times) NEW YORK, NY.- The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Genesis announced today a five-year partnership to...
NYPD Seeks Public Help to Identify Suspects in Series of Robberies Across Multiple Precincts
NEW YORK, NY – The New York City Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying suspects involved in a series of robberies impacting three precincts. The incidents, which…
Heavy metal vandal defaces NYC synagogue with menacing graffiti of red eye: cops
A heavy metal vandal defaced the steps of an Upper East Side synagogue with a menacing drawing of what appeared to be a red eye, cops said Tuesday. The unidentified man — who can be seen in security footage wearing a “Metallica” T-shirt — used what police believe was a red marker to draw the image on the steps of Temple Emanu-El on East 65th Street near Fifth Avenue just after midnight July 14, cops said.
Eric Adams-backed commission pitches change that would make it tougher for City Council to pass laws
A commission backed by Mayor Eric Adams dropped its controversial final report Tuesday – with recommendations for ballot measures that would make it tougher for the City Council to pass bills. The 123-page document from the Charter Revision Commission quickly became another salvo in the long-running power struggle between...
Fish falls from sky onto New Jersey couple’s Tesla — and here’s the likely culprit
That’s a pain in the bass. A fish dropped out of the sky and smashed into a New Jersey couple’s Tesla parked in their driveway, cracking the car’s windshield. Cynthia and Jeff Levine said they heard a crash outside of their Atlantic Highlands home — about a mile away from the nearest body of water, Raritan Bay, according to ABC 7.
Firefighter who responded to horrific Bronx apartment blaze promoted in touching FDNY ceremony
One of the firefighters who responded to the horrific 2022 Bronx apartment blaze — the deadliest fire in New York City in more than three decades — was among 75 FDNY members promoted in a rousing ceremony Tuesday. Jeffrey Facinelli, 47, was promoted from battalion chief to deputy...
Nets’ Dennis Schroder to make history as Germany’s Olympic flag bearer
Dennis Schroder led Germany to a world title. Now the Nets guard will lead his homeland in another way, as their first black Olympic flag bearer. Schroder has said for months that it would be a huge honor to be the first black to carry the flag for Germany, a country with an infamous racial history.
Rikers Island inmate with suspected scarlet fever dies after jail staff block medical help: records
A Rikers Island inmate with suspected scarlet fever died after jail staff repeatedly blocked medical workers from treating her, according to advocates and records. Charizma Jones, 23, died last week — more than two months after EMS personnel rushed her from the troubled jail to a Queens hospital, a letter from attorneys with The Legal Aid Society obtained by The Post states.
Married Papa John’s worker fatally shot in head during apparent mugging outside NYC home: ‘Act of pure violence’
A married Bronx Papa John’s worker who twice won “employee of the month” was fatally shot in the head early Tuesday during an apparent mugging outside his home, according to law enforcement sources and his grief-stricken co-worker. Idriss Cherif El Farissy, 28, had just parked his car...
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