Every Day's Journey

Jim Lewis On the Everyday Life of Others There was a building in downtown Beirut known as the Yellow House, a neo-Ottoman pile made of ochre limestone. During the Civil War it stood on the city’s infamous Green Line, which divided the Muslim-controlled western sector from the Christian-controlled east. Because of its location, it was a popular hiding place for snipers; because of the snipers, it was a popular target for shells. By the time the war ended, in 1990, the place was a wreck; bombed out, pockmarked, and slated for demolition until a coalition of civic forces came together to reopen it as a war museum called Beit Beirut. As they were cleaning it out, they discovered a certain treasure, a time capsule, consisting of tens of thousands of celluloid negatives depicting life before the war, the archive of a photography studio that had once been housed there.

Art Basel in Miami Beach’s 15th edition: a landmark year, featuring strong sales across all sectors of the show This Sunday, December 4, Art Basel’s show in Miami Beach closed amidst high praise from participating galleries reporting healthy sales across all levels of the market. The show, whose Lead Partner is UBS, featured 269 world-class galleries from 29 countries who presented exceptional works, ranging from Modern masterpieces to contemporary paintings, films, sculptures and installations by established and emerging artists. In a challenging socio-political and economic landscape, this edition demonstrated that works of the highest quality presented by leading galleries continue to drive strong demand and solid attendance from serious international collectors. Several galleries chose to present powerful and emotive works that address these issues, which collectors responded to with great interest. Across the five show days, the fair attracted an att

Statement by President Clinton and Chelsea Clinton on World AIDS Day 2016 On this World AIDS Day we are proud to stand with so many others across the globe in reaffirming our commitment to ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic once and for all. Our global community is better positioned than ever to achieve this goal, thanks to the efforts of governments, multilaterals, businesses, civil society groups, and NGOs. Today more than 18 million people around the world are receiving treatment, including more than 11.8 million people who have access to lifesaving HIV/AIDS medications at lower cost through the work of the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI). The number of deaths attributable to HIV/AIDS is decreasing, and we continue to make important progress in reducing mother to child transmission. But there is still much more to be done. We must continue to work together to expand and improve testing, begin treatment without delay for everyone who is HIV-positive, and reduce the d

NADA Announces Artadia Award Recipient: PHILIP SMITH Philip Smith.  Night , 2016. 35mm film negative printed on watercolor paper, 24 x 34 inches. edition of 10. The  New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA)  and  Artadia  are pleased to announce  Philip Smith  as the recipient of the  2016 Miami Beach NADA Artadia Award , a $5,000 unrestricted, merit-based Award granted to one artist exhibiting at the fair. Smith’s work is exhibited at Locust Projects, booth 5.06 at NADA Miami Beach. A jury comprising two renowned curators, Jen Mergel, Robert L. Beal, Enid L. Beal and Bruce A. Beal Senior Curator of Contemporary Art and Interim Chair, Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and Jacob Proctor, Curator, the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society, University of Chicago, selected Smith. This is the eighth time NADA and Artadia have partnered to present the Award. Jurors Mergel and Proctor stated: “Smith is perhaps the least known