Course of Action: Michael Parekowhai Unveils Nautical Masterpieces
The first work in Michael Parekowhai’s “The Promised Land” — the New Zealand artist’s largest exhibition to date — is approached from behind. A 23-foot-high replica of a suburban house located in...
View ArticleA League of Their Own: Women and the Art of Social Change
As the women’s affiliate of Tulane University, Newcomb College offered a range of educational opportunities, but the institution came to be associated with the young art students who developed their...
View ArticleConrad Shawcross’s Metaphysical Maquettes at Victoria Miro
“Inverted Spires and Descendent Folds” at Victoria Miro’s Gallery II in London is an exhibition of new sculptures in steel and cast bronze by British artist Conrad Shawcross who is best known for his...
View ArticleEnoc Perez’s Instagram Picassos at Galerie Nathalie Obadia
Galerie Nathalie Obadia has opened an exhibition of new paintings by Puerto Rico-born American painter Enoc Perez who is best known for his utopian paintings of modernist buildings as well as his...
View ArticleVIDEO: In Conversation With Elena Ochoa Foster
Elena Ochoa Foster speaks with ARTINFO about her journey in creating her artist book publishing company, Ivorypress, and discusses some of Ivorypress’s methods and successes.
View ArticleA Mad Mind at Work: Richard Dadd at Watts Gallery
Richard Dadd (1817-1886) is often viewed as a curiosity as much as a painter. Because he stabbed his father to death, supposedly obeying the voice of God or Osiris he heard in his head, and spent some...
View ArticleVIDEO: Robert Grosvenor at the Paula Cooper Gallery
“Hypervolumes in hyperspace” is how Robert Smithson once described Robert Grosvenor’s sculptures, and the description feels fresh nearly a half-century later. So too do the sculptures Grosvenor has on...
View Article5 Exhibitions to See This Week in Berlin
KW Institute for Contemporary Art: Fire and Forget. On Violence The new exhibition at Berlin’s KW Institute for Contemporary Art is definitely a must-see. Its title “Fire and Forget” is borrowed from...
View ArticleRobilant+Voena Reflects on Napoleon's Cultural Legacy in London
Though Napoleon Bonaparte was resoundingly defeated at the Battle of Waterloo, cultural institutions are taking the 200th anniversary of the event as an opportunity to celebrate and reflect on the...
View ArticleUnseen Steve McQueen Photos Reveal Barry Feinstein Behind the Lens
La Galerie de l’Instant will present previously unseen photos of American actor Steve McQueen in its Paris space from June 19-September 16, but the show is just as much about the man nicknamed the...
View ArticleStory of The Bharatanatyam Costume
While watching a dance performance, the first look unconsciously is taken at the costume and a more careful one if the performance is classical. Classical dance costumes boast of a rich cultural...
View ArticlePinpoint: On Charles Ray at The Art Institute of Chicago
Organized by the Art Institute of Chicago in partnership with Kunstmuseum Basel, with the full cooperation of the artist, Charles Ray: Sculpture, 1997-2014 surveys work produced by this celebrated...
View ArticleRichard Prince Subverts the Selfie at Gagosian London
Richard Prince’s appropriated Instagram portraits, currently on show at Gagosian’s Davies Street London gallery until August 1, have attracted plenty of attention of late, and not all positive. But...
View ArticleDealing in the Hamptons: Inside Halsey McKay
Halsey McKay is a breath of fresh air in the Hamptons. This upstart gallery, which recently celebrated its fifth year in operation, has brought an enviable roster of talent to East Hampton, including...
View ArticleForgotten No More: A Renaissance Workshop in Action
Few artists of the Renaissance enjoyed as much success in their day as Andrea del Sarto, who, from 1515 until his death in 1530, ran one of the most productive ateliers of his time in his native...
View Article5 Must-See Gallery Shows: JJ PEET, Huma Bhaba, and More
JJ PEET at On Stellar Rays, through July 31 (1 Rivington Street)Imagine if Richard Tuttle collaborated with Thomas Hirschhorn and you might have a handle on these amazingly weird wall sculptures, which...
View ArticleGabriel Orozco’s Japan-Inspired Marian Goodman London Show
An exhibition of new work by renowned Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco is currently on show at Marian Goodman’s London Gallery — the artist’s first exhibition in London since the 2011 retrospective at...
View ArticleYves Oppenheim’s Color Action at Galerie Max Hetzler, Paris
Galerie Max Hetzler of Paris is currently showing an exhibition of recent paintings and drawings by the Paris- and Berlin-based abstract artist Yves Oppenheim whose work evokes the color-field and...
View ArticleDealer's Notebook: Q&A With Mashael Al Rushaid of HEIST Gallery
Name: Mashael Al RushaidHails from: Saudi ArabiaPresides over: HEIST Gallery, Notting HillGallery’s specialty: Fine Art PhotographyWhen did you decide to start a gallery?Whilst working in a completely...
View ArticleSacred Secrets: Ernesto Neto and the Huni Kuin at TBA21
Since its founding by Francesca von Habsburg in 2002, Vienna-based Thyssen-Bornemiza Art Contemporary (TBA21) has had a strong focus on artistic projects directed at social and environmental concerns,...
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