How a Weekend Affair Spawned Unseen Photographs of Brigitte Bardot
Thirteen previously unseen photographs tell the story of how a notorious paparazzo befriended and bedded legendary star Brigitte Bardot over a weekend. From June 6-June 30 at Dadiani Fine Art catch “13...
View ArticleThe Deceptive Beauty of Raqib Shaw at Thaddaeus Ropac Paris
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac is presenting a series of new bronze sculptures and paintings by Indian-born, London-based artist Raqib Shaw at its Paris Marais gallery from June 6-July 5, 2015. It is Shaw’s...
View ArticleArt, Lovers: Romantic Teamwork in Bushwick's "Swingers WKND"
“Swingers WKND,” a pop-up exhibition on view Friday through Sunday at 2 St. Nicholas Avenue in Brooklyn, brings together the works of 11 artist couples. Curated by married collaborative duo Tribble...
View ArticleDid You Had Fun Last Night?: Olaf Breuning at Metro Pictures
Walking through his latest exhibition, “Life,” which opens at Metro Pictures in New York on Thursday night, Olaf Breuning evinces the neutrality that his native Switzerland is famous for. There are...
View ArticleAvant-Garde’s Outsider: Francis Picabia at Galerie Michael Haas
Francis Picabia’s oeuvre is as versatile as it is difficult to summarize. Playfully flaunting all expectations, he seems to escape easy categorization as a painter belonging to any particular movement....
View Article"Serial Classic" at the Prada Foundation
Soon after entering the new Prada Foundation in Milan, a visitor comes upon a row of muscular forms posing behind a sheet of glass. They are all nude, no sartorial flourishes covering the pearly...
View ArticleIan Hamilton Finlay Exhibition Reflects on French Revolution at Victoria Miro
Bringing meaning to the term multifaceted, even in death, is the philosopher, sculptor, poet, and gardener Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925-2006). From June 10-July 31 Victoria Miro Gallery I will exhibit the...
View ArticleThe Life Aquatic: Lynda Benglis's Watery Sculptures Delight at Storm King
In the late 1960s, sculptor Lynda Benglis railed against the apophatic austerity of her minimalist contemporaries, opting instead for the messy physicality of poured latex, dripped wax, and...
View ArticleSee Jim Dine's Imagined "City of Glass" at Galerie Templon, Paris
“Everything I’ve ever done, everything I continue to do, it all comes down to fire. I’ve spent 60 years feeding the flame, trying to make sure it doesn’t die down,” explains American Pop Art artist and...
View ArticlePainted in Chinese Black Ink
Rajinder Kumar Saini, a Delhi-based artist, has been painting in Chinese black ink since over 25 years. A retired civil servant, he has been working with water colors; painting in small formats and...
View ArticleIn the Now: Sam Falls at Ballroom Marfa
Drawing from the sun-bleached environs in which his exhibition is installed, at Ballroom Marfa from March 14 to August 16, Los Angeles–based Falls here takes Donald Judd’s unyielding geometry and lets...
View ArticleRichard Tuttle’s Fragile Poetic Fusions at Modern Art London
“Richard Tuttle: Separation” at Modern Art in London is a solo exhibition of new work by the renowned American sculptor Richard Tuttle – Tuttle’s third solo show with Modern Art. The exhibition...
View ArticleCory Arcangel “AUDMCRS - PSK - SUBG” at Thaddeus Ropac Paris
“AUDMCRS - PSK - SUBG” at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac Paris-Pantin is a solo exhibition of three works by the Brooklyn-based American technology artist Cory Arcangel who is best known for his innovative...
View ArticleR.B. Kitaj's Iconography on View at Marlborough Fine Art
A survey of R.B. Kitaj’s works at Marlborough Fine Art will trace the triumph and tragedy of the late artist’s life from the 1950s to his death in 2007. Referred to as one of the most significant...
View ArticleSydney’s Profound “Go East” Exhibition of Asian Art
Within the walls of the upper gallery at the Art Gallery of New South Wales and concurrently at the Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation in Paddington, something quite profound and exciting is taking...
View ArticleErnest Goh’s Kaleidoscopic Visions of Nature at Objectifs Gallery
Paying tribute to British naturalist and explorer Alfred Russell Wallace, who spent eight years in the Malay Archipelago studying its flora and fauna, photographer Ernest Goh encourages the viewer to...
View ArticlePinPoint: On The Spring/Summer Exhibitions at Grounds for Sculpture
Grounds For Sculpture (GFS) presents five new exhibitions by an outstanding group of artists, both established and emerging, including Jae Ko, Karl Stirner, Jonas Stirner, Lauren Clay, and Robert...
View ArticleGagosian London's Massive Survey Defines Spray Art
From blow pipes to aerosol paint to industrial paint compressors, artists have employed a myriad of methods to play with the forces of spray. Gagosian Gallery of London has organized a massive survey...
View ArticleBill Viola’s “Martyrs” at Auckland Castle’s St. Peter’s Chapel
Auckland Castle in County Durham, the former palace of the Bishops of Durham and one of Britain's most important historical sites, is presenting an exhibition of four works by the celebrated video...
View Article5 Must-See Gallery Shows: Albert Oehlen, Zoe Barcza, and More
Albert Oehlen at the New Museum, through September 13 (235 Bowery)“In front of Oehlen’s paintings, in fact, one has the impression of looking at the image of a painting rather than at the painting...
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