GALLERY NIGHT [VIDEO]: “'Pataphysics” at Sean Kelly
GALLERY NIGHT [VIDEO]: “'Pataphysics” at Sean KellyIn this week's GALLERY NIGHT, since it's the start of the fall art season and there were so many gallery openings to choose from, we decided to focus...
View ArticlePower Dealer Tim Blum on Opening Shop in the Crowded New York Market
Power Dealer Tim Blum on Opening Shop in the Crowded New York MarketLos Angeles-based gallery Blum and Poe is set to open shop in New York — but it won’t just be another “big box situation,” according...
View ArticleVIDEO: Lalanne's Grazing Sheep Take Over NYC Gas Station
VIDEO: Lalanne's Grazing Sheep Take Over NYC Gas StationYou’re more likely riding a horse than in a car if you need to refuel at the corner of 24th Street and 10th Avenue in Manhattan's Chelsea...
View ArticleVIDEO: Idris Khan, "Beyond the Black"
VIDEO: Idris Khan, "Beyond the Black"LONDON – How you see Idris Khan’s work has a lot to do with where you stand. Like his meticulously layered composite photographic works, this new set of black...
View ArticleVIDEO: Moscow Biennale Presents Modern Culture
VIDEO: Moscow Biennale Presents Modern CultureThe fifth Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, "More Light", brings together works of artists from 40 countries and over 70 artists.One of the largest...
View ArticleThe Definitive Sales Report From the Inaugural Sydney Contemporary
The Definitive Sales Report From the Inaugural Sydney ContemporarySYDNEY — Judging by the final attendance figures alone, the inaugural edition of the Sydney Contemporary art fair was a big success....
View ArticleGALLERY NIGHT [VIDEO]: Chelsea Art Trek, 8 Galleries in 1 Night
GALLERY NIGHT [VIDEO]: Chelsea Art Trek, 8 Galleries in 1 NightHundreds of people wound their way from gallery to gallery on two art walks through Chelsea Thursday night. The walks sponsored by BLOUIN...
View ArticleAspects of Travesty: Show to Revive 1970s Queer Subculture
Aspects of Travesty: Show to Revive 1970s Queer SubcultureThe Kunstmuseum Luzerne’s landmark 1974 exhibition of transvestism and queer imagery is to be recreated at Richard Saltoun Gallery this...
View ArticleLady Gaga Announces Australian ARTPOP Fan Art Gallery
Lady Gaga Announces Australian ARTPOP Fan Art GalleryLada Gaga has announced the launch of a pop-up ARTPOP Gallery Exhibition in Australia in 2014, to celebrate the launch her latest album of the same...
View ArticleBuyers Flock to Sotheby's “Les Lalanne: The Poetry of Sculpture”
Buyers and viewers have been flocking to Sotheby’s for the private selling exhibition “Les Lalanne: The Poetry of Sculpture,” which opened late last month and runs through this Friday (November 22)....
View ArticleVIDEO: Houghton Revisited, Old Masters and the Hermitage
VIDEO: Houghton Revisited, Old Masters and the HermitageNORFOLK, UK — Modesty wasn’t on the agenda when Sir Robert Walpole, Britain’s first Prime Minister, commissioned the building of Houghton Hall in...
View ArticleVIDEO: Shoja Azari Takes the Long View
A buzz of activity greeted me when I entered Shoja Azari’s vast second-floor studio, located above SoHo’s bustling Canal Street, on a late-summer afternoon. The Iranian-born artist was helping Shahram...
View ArticleVIDEO: Jonathan Schipper's Ever-Changing Salt Installation
VIDEO: Jonathan Schipper's Ever-Changing Salt InstallationJonathan Schipper’s latest show at Pierogi Gallery’s massive satellite space in Williamsburg, the Boiler, features a hand-built...
View ArticleONE-LINE REVIEWS: Pithy Takes on Brancusi, the Biennale, and More
Once again, ARTINFO has sent its intrepid staff out into the art world, charged with reviewing the shows they saw in a single (sometimes run-on) sentence. (To see our One-Line Reviews as an illustrated...
View ArticleGame On: Tabor Robak Unveils His Sleek Virtual Worlds at Team Gallery
Game On: Tabor Robak Unveils His Sleek Virtual Worlds at Team GalleryIn a bedroom studio in Bushwick, a young man is making guns. The process is labor-intensive and complex, sourced from parts that...
View ArticleVIDEO: A Vivid Message of Peace from Yayoi Kusama
VIDEO: A Vivid Message of Peace from Yayoi Kusama Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama contemplates life and death in her sprawling debut exhibition at David Zwirnerin New York. The 84-year-old artist has...
View ArticleVIDEO: Luxembourg & Dayan Welcome César Back to the U.S.
VIDEO: Luxembourg & Dayan Welcome César Back to the U.S.The late French artist César Baldaccini’s work is being explored in a sprawling retrospective at New York’s Luxembourg & Dayan. “César”...
View ArticleAlex Prager on Staging Surveillance in Her "Face in the Crowd"
Alex Prager on Staging Surveillance in Her "Face in the Crowd" Alex Prager seems not to be having any trouble standing out in a crowd. The photographer and filmmaker has become an artistic force of...
View ArticleVIDEO: Alexander Calder “Shadows” On Venus Over Manhattan
VIDEO: Alexander Calder “Shadows” On Venus Over ManhattanYou might have seen Alexander Calder’s (1898- 1976) kinetic universe of oscillating metal sculptures in the light of the Guggenheim or the...
View ArticleREVIEW: Jerzy "Jurry" Zielinski at Luxembourg & Dayan, London
Resurrecting a group of works that, with a few key exceptions, haven’t been seen much at all outside Poland, this exhibition makes the case for the late Zielinski’s (1943–80) relevancy in the 21st...
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