Brisbane’s GOMA to Present “Cult Japan” Film Program
Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) has announced that it will present an eight-week celebration of Japanese cinema from July 3 to September 2, 2015. Title “Cult Japan,” the program features more...
View ArticleLee Kit’s “The Voice Behind Me” at Shiseido Gallery
TOKYO — Hong Kong-born artist Lee Kit is currently holding a solo exhibition at Shiseido Gallery entitled “The Voice Behind Me,” which runs through July 26, 2015.Born in Hong Kong in 1978 but now based...
View ArticleVIDEO: Yang Zhichao on His “Chinese Bible” at SCAF, Sydney
Beijing-based artist Yang Zhichao’s monumental performance installation “Chinese Bible,” 2009, is currently on show at the Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation in Sydney as part of the exhibition “Go...
View ArticleLea Lublin Retrospective in Munich Challenges Gap Between Art and Life
A woman caring for her baby at a museum. To the unobservant outsider this scene may seem commonplace, but for conceptual artist Lea Lublin, this action was extraordinary. In 1968 Lublin performed “Mon...
View Article5 Shows & Events to See this Week in Berlin
Esther Schipper: Christoph Keller, Grey MagicGerman artist Christoph Keller studied mathematics, physics, and hydrology, as well as liberal arts and film, all of which inform his artistic practice and...
View ArticleQ&A: Anthony Haden-Guest on “The Last Party” and New York Club Culture
Writer, cartoonist, and now curator Anthony Haden-Guest has organized a new show at White Box gallery that looks at New York City club culture, spanning the mid-1970s to the early ’90s. It is a milieu...
View ArticlePinPoint: On Katsushika Hokusai at The Museum of Fine Arts
Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) was the first Japanese artist to be internationally recognized, and his art continues to inspire the imaginations of viewers two centuries later. Drawing from its...
View ArticleDoug Aitken Launches 30 Day Happening at London’s Barbican
Saturday, June 27 marks the launch of American artist and filmmaker Doug Aitken’s “Station to Station: A 30 Day Happening” at the Barbican Centre in London. Billed as a “living exhibition” that...
View ArticleGallery ZAK BRANICKA Aims to Quantify the Ephemeral Concept of Infinity
Capturing or quantifying the concept of infinity is frequently the subject of works of art. Gallery ZAK BRANICKA in Berlin has made it the focus of its upcoming group show “The Admirable Number Pi”...
View ArticleMarina Abramovic’s Paradigm-Shifting Australian Power Play
Superstar Serbian performance artist Marina Abramovic is on a one woman mission to reempower and reenergize contemporary art, which she says has lost its power. And she’s chosen Australia to launch two...
View ArticleVIDEO: Reveling in Sunflowers — Santi Moix’s “A Moment” at Paul Kasmin Gallery
Paul Kasmin Gallery’s 297 10th Avenue space has received a bright splash of color in the form of Catalan painter Santi Moix’s latest series, “A Moment,” which features large-scale canvases based on...
View ArticleChen Wei's "Noon Insomnia" Shows Contemporary Picture of China
Using photography as his medium, Chinese artist Chen Wei aims to counter the chaos of his nation’s development with a slower, deliberate execution of his work. A survey of 12 representative works by...
View ArticleDamien Hirst to Open New London Gallery with John Hoyland Show
Damien Hirst’s newly built Newport Street Gallery in Lambeth, South London will open on October 8 with a major exhibition of works by the late British abstract painter John Hoyland, realizing Hirst’s...
View Article“Dansaekhwa” Shows Context is Everything in Venice Collateral Event
Context is everything, even in abstraction. That is the message of an intriguing exhibition titled “Dansaekhwa,” which is currently at the Palazzo Contarini-Polignac, Venice (a collateral event of the...
View ArticleMonika Sosnowska’s Distorted Architectural Models in Paris
Cahiers d’Art’s solo exhibition of internationally renowned polish artist Monika Sosnowska focuses on a series of architecture-inspired paper models as well as a selection of maquettes produced by the...
View ArticleVIDEO: Game Changers With Dominique Lévy
In the first episode of ARTINFO’s “Game Changers,” Dominique Lévy discusses her journey into art dealing, and shares her insights on the art market and the future of the art world. Lévy studied art...
View ArticleLittle Cactus Flowers: Art in the Shadow of #Grexit
I was in Athens last week, listening to a curator from Los Angeles as he attempted to tease out some apparent similarities between Salt Lake City, Utah, and the former East Germany. The occasion for...
View ArticleLuke Heng Focuses on the Art of Observing with "The Waiting Room"
Luke Heng is an emerging artist in the Singaporean art scene, but his universal approach to art draws no national identification. In his latest solo exhibition at FOST Gallery titled “The Waiting...
View ArticlePieter Vermeersch’s “Degree Zero” at Galerie Perrotin
Known for his sophisticated, conceptual take on monochrome abstract painting, Flemish artist Pieter Vermeersch opens his first solo show in Hong Kong on July 3 at Galerie Perrotin.Born in 1973,...
View ArticleLondon’s Saatchi Gallery Announces Rolling Stones Exhibition
London’s Saatchi Gallery has announced that it will present the first international exhibition dedicated to The Rolling Stones from April to September 2016. Titled “EXHIBITIONISM,” the comprehensive...
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