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| Exhibition of Pioneer Video Artist Nam June Paik Opens at The James Cohan Gallery |
NAM JUNE PAIK, Living Egg Grows, 1994, 2 small TVs, 2 medium TVs, 3 large TVs, 1 small egg, 1 medium egg, 1 large egg. Approximate overall dimensions: 36 X 108 X 216 inches. Copyright the artist. Courtesy James Cohan Gallery, New York.
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NEW YORK, NY.- James Cohan Gallery presents an exhibition of important works by the late pioneer of video art, Nam June Paik running through May 30. The exhibition consists of a number of works dating from 1972 to 1994, among them are Paik’s robot sculptures, live feed installations and other video sculptures. Commonly hailed as the father of video art, Nam June Paik asserted in 1965 that the television cathode-ray tube would someday replace the canvas. Known as one of the major proponents of the Fluxus movement of the 1960s and 1970s, Paik worked closely with artists John Cage, Joseph Beuys and Charlotte Moorman among others. He balanced a Utopian philosophy with a technical pragmatism and was known for creating works that drew on chance encounters between ideas, the object and the public....More
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| Of Rage and Redemption: The Art of Oswaldo Guayasamín Opens |
LONG BEACH, CA.- The Museum of Latin American Art presents today Of Rage and Redemption: The Art of Oswaldo Guayasamín, on view through August 16, 2009. The first exhibit of its kind in the United States in more than fifty years, Of Rage and Redemption: The Art of Oswaldo Guayasamín covers each of Guayasamín's major periods-his early paintings that reflect the plight...More
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| Silences, A statement by Marin Karmitz at Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art |
STRASBOURG.- Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Strasbourg presents Silences, A statement by Marin Karmitz, from April 18th to August 23rd 2009. “Throughout my career I have always been preoccupied with establishing bridges between what I was most familiar with, the cinema, and different disciplines, such as literature...More
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| Fine Art, Antiques & Decorations Auction, Saturday May 2, 2009 at Gray's Auctioneers |
CLEVELAND, OH.- Gray’s Auctioneers announced its 20th Fine Art, Antiques and Decorations auction to be held Saturday May 2nd at 1pm. Gray’s Auctioneers Llc has quickly established itself as the region’s premier auction house and appraisal facility, capitalizing on both its extensive industry experience as well as its strategic positioning in the upper Midwest region....More
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| Plug In - Re-Imagining the Collection - New Episodes at Van Abbemuseum |
EINDHOVEN.- The Van Abbemuseum presents today Plug In - Re-Imagining the Collection – New episodes. This exhibition project was launched by the Van Abbemuseum in 2006 as a new, experimental presentation of the permanent collection. In Plug In #49 EXposition INterior two regular visitors of the museum – grandfather and grandchild – had the opportunity to show what goes on in their heads by means of a choice of the collection. This resulted in two totally...More
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| VMFA Sets May 1, 2010, As Grand Opening For James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin Wing |
RICHMOND, VA.-The Grand Opening of the expanded and transformed Virginia Museum of Fine Arts will be May 1, 2010, VMFA Director Alex Nyerges has announced. The new James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin Wing “is now sealed and protected from the elements, allowing interior work to proceed full speed ahead,” he says. “In less than...More
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| 2nd Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art: Praxis: Art in Times of Uncertainty |
THESSALONIKI.- Praxis: Art in Times of Uncertainty is the theme of this year‘s 2nd Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, which runs from May 24 to September 27, 2009. The Biennale is organized by the State Museum of Contemporary Art with the support of the Greek Ministry of Culture, and is co-curated by Bisi Silva (Nigeria), Director of the The Centre of Contemporary Art in Lagos; Gabriela Salgado (Argentina), Curator of Public Programmes in Tate Modern and Independent Curator; and Syrago Tsiara, Director of the Thessaloniki Center...More
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| Daniel Schwartz - Travelling through the Eye of History |
ZURICH.- Helmhaus Zürich presents today Daniel Schwartz - Travelling through the Eye of History - Views from the Hinterland of War, on view through June 14, 2009. The exhibition "Travelling through the Eye of History" at the Helmhaus Zürich is breathtakingly topical. For it takes us to Central Asia, to the "global heartland". This region is constantly in the news as the scene of both interminable warfare and latent conflict. Yet this has not made it any more familiar to us. In this exhibition, and in his two books Travelling through the Eye of History and Schnee in Samarkand. Ein Reisebericht aus dreitausend Jahren [Snow in Samarqand. A Travelogue of Three Thousand Years], internationally acclaimed Swiss photographer and author Daniel Schwartz sets out to understand this geographically heterogeneous and politically complex entity both from the inside and from the European, Chinese and Persian-Arab perspectives.
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| Art Sway Presents Today Gayle Chong Kwan - Terroir and the Pathetic Fallacy |
SWAY, HAMPSHIRE.- Art Sway presents today Gayle Chong Kwan - Terroir and the Pathetic Fallacy, on view through June 14, 2009. Terroir and the Pathetic Fallacy is a large-scale installation inspired by ArtSway’s rural location, incorporating sculpture, photography and sound work, of an imaginary tourist resort which plays upon pagan myths and weather elements, made out of inert edible vegetables. ‘Terroir’ is an imaginary and all-encompassing tourist resort, populated by people whose real character is disguised through vegetable outfits and masks. A world of horrific beauty and pagan characters created out of inert materials into a landscape based upon the architecture and design of palaces of dictators and presidents....More
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| An Approach to the Museu Hawai - Fernando Bryce |
SITTARD.-Museum Het Domein presents he first museum solo in the Netherlands of Peruvian-German artist Fernando Bryce (Lima, Peru, 1965). The artist gained international renown with his encyclopaedic installations of scores, sometimes hundreds, of simple ink drawings reconstructing specific happenings in world history. The black and white drawings are based on historic source material the artist culls from newspapers, travel guides, magazines, pamphlets and books. The artist refers to his artistic method as ‘mimetic analysis’: by selecting, copying with great precision and placing existing images in new contexts, Bryce reinterprets his sources. The archives and atlases he produces as a result of this method together present a confrontational and sometimes ironic view of colonial and imperial history, from worldwide revolutions and South American history, whether or not witnessed by ...More
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| Art for Darfur Brings National Tour of Exhibit Darfur to Dallas |
DALLAS, TX.-Art for Darfur announced "Exhibit Darfur" - which aims to move the needle on political action within second quarter of President Obama's term -a stop on the national art tour. With the tour already underway, "Exhibit Darfur" unites Americans with one voice in a call for action. "Art for Darfur is honored to host Exhibit Darfur's national tour as it works to edify Americans on this very complex issue of injustice in Sudan," said Tiana Lightfoot, founder and co-director of Art for Darfur. "Art is a special way to communicate, in that the images do not need words. They simply demand action." Exhibit Darfur is integrated with Art for Darfur's annual silent auction to benefit Amnesty International's campaigns for Darfur, Saturday April 18th at 7:00pm.
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| The New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) Art Fair Announces Major changes: Moving to Miami Beach |
MIAMI BEACH, FL.- The New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) announced that the 7th edition of the NADA Art Fair will take place in Miami Beach, December 3-6, 2009. The NADA Art Fair will move to a new location in the stately ballrooms and beachside environs of the historic Deauville Beach Resort on Collins Avenue in North Miami Beach. The change marks an exciting transformation of the fair and a new experience for both exhibitors and visitors alike. NADA's non-profit model has always been a flexible and adaptable one, which is now responding to the needs of its exhibitors and the art world at large by creatively reinventing all aspects of the experience and presentation of new art in an art fair environment.
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| American Folk Art Dealers and Artists To Hold Festival in Napa Valley to Benefit San Francisco Museum |
NAPA, CA.-Folk Art enthusiasts will have a unique opportunity to indulge their passion for both antique and contemporary folk art at "Folk Art Festival 2009" to be held on Saturday May 2nd in the beautiful Napa Valley. This fund-raising event will benefit The Museum of Craft and Folk Art (www.mocfa.org) in San Francisco. "American creativity among the common people, past and present, has been a driving force in shaping the spirit of the American Folk," said Jennifer McCabe, Executive Director of the Museum of Craft and Folk Art. "On May 2nd this creative spirit will be particularly alive and well in the heart of the Napa Valley. For one day only, a group of knowledgeable dealers and talented artists are coming together to showcase many wonderful examples of both antique and contemporary American Folk Art for our benefit."...More
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| Group Exhibition at the DCCA Focuses on Portrayals of Contemporary American Culture |
WILMINGTON, DE.- The Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts announces the opening of a group exhibition, The American Scene, on view in the Dupont I and Dupont II Galleries from April 17 through August 2, 2009. The American Scene features works that address the concerns of a nation that is going through difficult times and that is trying to redefine itself with a changed global and domestic outlook. The opening for The American Scene will be held on May 1, 2009, from 5 to 9 pm during the Art on the Town Loop sponsored by the City of Wilmington. Related events at the DCCA include an Art Salad talk on April 15 and a symposium on April 17 & 18. The American Scene takes a look at the United States through the eyes of artists who concentrate on subjects that include the legacy of slavery and attitudes toward race, immigration, land use and development and infrastructure problems, what it means to be an American, and the notion of a shared culture and memories....More
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| Museum Adventures in Art continues April 18 & 25 |
TAOS, NM.- The Harwood Museum of Art, as part of the Museum Adventures in Art Program presents a special 2-part workshop on Saturday April 18th and 25th from 10-noon. This free program is funded by New Mexico Arts and is designed for all ages, with parent participation encouraged.
The theme of April's program is installation art --- but with a twist - using all recycled and discarded materials, gleaned from such places as the Taos Free Box. Artist/instructors Siena Sanderson and Anne Costanza will help children create a recycled room transforming the Harwood's new children's art gallery space, located outside the Fern Hogue Mitchell Education Center, into a three dimensional art experience....More
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| Daiwa Foundation Art Prize 2009 - Introducing British Artists to Japan |
LONDON.-After receiving over 800 applications, The Daiwa Anglo Japanese Foundation announced the short list for the Daiwa Foundation Art Prize: Marcus Coates: His film, installation and performance art focuses on the relationship between humans and other species. Coates is currently exhibiting in the 'Altermodern' Tate Triennial at Tate Britain. Adam Dant: Dant's art practice involves pamphleteering, map making and large, narrative sepia-ink drawings. Already inspiring interest in Japan, Fuji TV International has made a documentary about Dant and his work. Bedwyr Williams: Working in a variety of media, including performance and photography, Williams' work communicates the misunderstandings and misreadings relating to cultural identity. Williams has exhibited extensively all over the world and is the winner of the 2005 Arts Council Creative Wales Award.
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| Judging Books By Their Cover: A History of Bookbinding at the Bodleian |
OXFORD.- This summer, the Bodleian Library will celebrate the art and craft of bookbinding from both traditional and contemporary perspectives with two major exhibitions: AN ARTFUL CRAFT: Historic Bookbindings from the Broxbourne Library and other collections features masterpieces from two of the greatest bookbinding collections of the 20th century: the Broxbourne Library collected by Albert Ehrman (1890-1969) and the Wormsley Library formed by Sir Paul Getty (1932-2003). It also draws on other world-renowned historic collections in the Bodleian. This exhibition treats bookbindings as piece of art in their own right, as things worthy of curiosity and admiration. It celebrates the creativity of bookbinders across the centuries and from different cultures. The exhibit will feature the ...More
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| Stedelijk Goes West: The Cook, the Farmer, His Wife and Their Neighbour |
AMSTERDAM.-Stedelijk Museum presents The Cook, the Farmer, His Wife and Their Neighbour, a participatory project by the Slovene artist and architect Marjetica Potrč (b. 1953) and Wilde Westen, a group of young designers, architects and cultural producers, combines visual art and social architecture to redefine the village green. Community vegetable gardens become a tool by which the residents of Amsterdam Nieuw West reclaim ownership of their neighbourhood at a time when demolition and redevelopment are causing many to feel uprooted.Beginning April 18, 2009, the house at Lodewijk Van Deysselstraat 61, in Slotermeer, will be a meeting point open to the Cook, the Farmer, his Wife and their Neighbours, friends and guests, as well as those involved in the many local initiatives already taking place in Nieuw West....More
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