WATCH NOW - stream the film

We are THRILLED to announce "a woman like that" is NOW AVAILABLE for streaming from our own website!

Watch the film in HD (the paintings look GREAT!) on your computer, ipad or TV!

For individuals, the cost is $4.99 for 7 days of access
 

For institutions the cost is $299 for a DVD or Blu-ray Disc

Students; teachers - the website has Artemisia links, art work info, a biography and a film timeline

Let us know what you think, and spread the word to your friends and colleagues!

The DVD/Blu Ray will be released later this year.

NY premiere this Saturday at Rosendale Theatre

Tonight at 7:30 at the Rosendale Theater in Rosendale NY we will have our NY premiere.  It really is true that while we have been traveling the country and beyond from Toronto, Canada to our upcoming screening April 10th in Cleveland, Ohio, we have not had any public screenings in NY - this is the first. My old UC Berkeley friend Nicole Quinn contacted us and made it happen. We are really grateful Nicole is also a great filmmaker, writer and artist.

While at RSA (Renaissance Society of America) conference in Montreal I had a really great phone interview with Lynn Woods. Her piece about the film can be seen in the almanac weekly.

She asked a lot of provocative questions and I think she really gets at the story of "a woman like that."

You should also check out the Rosendale Theatre Collective it is a really cool community arts organization.

EXCITING!!!! - artemisia exhibition milan september 2011 - january 2012

For a while now we have been hearing about an upcoming exhibition in Milan dedicated to Artemisia  - here is the information and here is a google translation of what it says, (I cannot vouch for the translation)

"The first Italian anthology dedicated to Artemisia Gentileschi, the protagonist of the seventeenth century European artist, who had to wait three centuries to be internationally renowned for the quality of a painter.  The exhibition, curated by Roberto Contini, gives space not only to her paintings from the room, but to her entire artistic production with about 40 works on display, showing a complete artist who knew how to deal with a range of pictorial genres and themes very broad . The set design and construction are by Emma Dante, director and playwright of international renown."



Una mostra: An exhibition: 
Comune di Milano – Cultura City of Milan - Culture 
24Ore Cultura – Gruppo 24Ore Culture 24Hrs - 24Hrs Group 



A cura di: Posted by: 
Roberto Contini Roberto Contini 



Ufficio Stampa: Press Office: 
Giulia Zanichelli Giulia Zanichelli 
Tel. 02 30223739 Tel 02 30223739 
E-mail: giulia.zanichelli@24orecultura.com E-mail: @ giulia.zanichelli 24orecultura.com 

And here is another link - that states, "from 23 September 2011 to 30 January 2012 is expected "Artemisia Gentileschi" directed by Emma Dante yet at the Palazzo Reale."

Not sure what Emma Dante is directing or what the set design and construction pertains to - but here is her facebook link. 

NOW we just have to figure out how to screen our film "a woman like that" during the exhibition! Help - any and everyone!

Artemisia painting at auction, Christies January 26th 2011

Artemisia's "The Penitent Magdalene" is coming up for auction at Christies on January 26th 2011. 

We were pleased to see that the estimate is set at $800,000 to $1,200,000. In 2006 we filmed the auction of an Artemisia painting at Christies and that sold for $45,000. During our film screenings people in the audience gasp at that low selling price.

We've heard about the sale from many people. Along with the new signed portrait at Sperone Westwater there is a lot of action on the Artemisia front.

You Will Meet A Tall, Handsome Stranger… On The Bowery

This is an article by David Cohen about the newly discovered Artemisia portrait at Sperone Westwater. It appeared in yesterday's, New York Sun. We were keen to find out further information about the discovery and the future exhibition in Milan.

"The new Artemisia was acquired under a different attribution. During restoration the monogram AG emerged in the trinkets on the young man's chest, and after lengthy analysis experts are agreed now on the portrait being from her hand. It is to be included in a large public exhibition of her work in Milan later this spring. This tall handsome painting is likely from the period just after she gained independence from her father, Orazio's workshop."

Also a nice link to the portrait.

New Discovery! Artemisia Gentileschi rare signed portrait unveiled! In NYC through February 19th!

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Yes, really, a new Artemisia Gentileschi portrait! We were truly excited when this appeared in our Google Alert a couple of weeks ago. While we have all read that in her time Artemisia was renowned for her portraits - and the Portrait of a Gonfaloniere has been well known - it is really exhilarating when new works appear.

The preview was last night at the recently opened Norman Foster designed Sperone Westwater gallery on the Bowery. The exhibition is presented in partnership Robilant + Voena.

There he is at the far end of the gallery.

His identity is unknown but Artemisia's initials are worked into the jewelry that is at the center of his blouse. 

It is a really beautiful painting. (although this is a bad photograph of it)

This is the gallery's description: ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI, (Rome 1593 - after January 1654 Naples), Portrait of an Unidentified Man, 1630-1635, Oil on canvas, 204.5 x 109.2 cm / 80.5 x 43 in, Monogrammed AG on the silver trinkets, detail.

"The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated, scholarly catalogue" - Judy Mann, the curator of the Artemisia portion of the 2002 father/daughter exhibition wrote the catalogue entry. Here is a version of Judy Mann's essay - I think that in the catalogue her essay is even more extensive.

I was told by Marco Voena that the painting has already been sold to a collector of contemporary portraits in New York City - so you best go see him now before he disappears behind the closed doors of this private collection. At the front desk you can pick up this great large format postcard to send to your friends or hang on your wall.

 

Marco Voena also confirmed that there is an UPCOMING, FALL 2011,  ARTEMISIA EXHIBITION SCHEDULED IN MILAN - He kindly said he would help us get in touch with the gallery - it would be great to show our film during the exhibition! We will keep you posted as we get more details about that exhibition.