Helly Nahmad to Pair Modern Art With Greek and Roman Antiquities
Starting on November 4, there will be a clash of the ages over at Helly Nahmad in New York. For its forthcoming exhibition “Mnemosyne: de Chirico and Antiquity,” the gallery has partnered with...
View ArticleAlfredo Esquillo’s ‘Transfigurations’ Mix Surreal With Spiritual at ARNDT Berlin
Alfredo Esquillo’s first solo show at ARNDT is based around the motif of transfiguration, as its title suggests.The artist, born in the Philippines in 1972, examines the relationship between the...
View ArticleJulia Peyton-Jones to Step Down From Serpentine in London
Julia Peyton-Jones is to step down next summer after 25 years leading the Serpentine in London.Peyton-Jones, 63, is director and co-director of exhibitions and programs, joined in 2006 by Hans Ulrich...
View ArticleRadically Fragmented: James English Leary at Ray Smith Studio
Subversive and humorous wit zips through James English Leary’s group of 29 new paintings, which hang, through October 31, in the furnace room of an old foundry that Ray Smith converted into his studio...
View ArticleKwon Young-Woo, the Pioneer of Korea's Dansaekhwa Movement, at Kukje Gallery
Kwon Young-woo (1926-2013) was part of the first generation of South Korea’s modern artists, and the first class of Seoul University’s art school (1957); he also pioneered the monochromatic art...
View ArticleSoutheast Asian Abstraction Shines Bright at Sotheby’s Gallery
Sotheby’s Hong Kong has dedicated its selling exhibition to Southeast Asian abstraction. Showing in Singapore at the Fullerton Hotel until Nov 2, the 58 works by 20 modern and contemporary artists from...
View ArticleGeorg Baselitz Unveils New Works at White Cube HK
Celebrated German artist Georg Baselitz has just opened his first ever one-man exhibition in Asia at White Cube Hong Kong, featuring two previously unseen series of paintings, a new series of prints...
View ArticleDealer’s Notebook: Q&A with Gallerist Urs Meile
Swiss art dealer and collector Urs Meile launched his eponymous gallery in Lucerne in 1992 and has been working on an international level with Chinese artists since 1995, making Galerie Urs Meile one...
View ArticleJonas Wood’s Fractured Studies at Gagosian Gallery London
Gagosian Gallery is presenting American artist Jonas Wood’s first exhibition in London at its Britannia Street space. The new series of paintings is a continuation of Wood’s investigations of personal...
View ArticleEd Ruscha’s “Metro Mattresses” at Sprüth Magers in Berlin
“Metro Mattresses” at Sprüth Magers Berlin is an exhibition of new works by the Los Angeles-based painter and photographer Ed Ruscha. Closely associated with the pop art movement, Ruscha is perhaps...
View ArticleVIDEO: Claudia and Julia Müller’s Show at Maccarone
Swiss-born sisters Claudia and Julia Müller discuss their show, "Umkehrschub," at the Maccarone gallery in New York.
View ArticleSopheap Pich’s “Structures” at Tyler Rollins Fine Art
Leading Cambodian artist Sopheap Pich is currently holding “Structures,” a solo exhibition at Tyler Rollins Fine Art through December 19, 2015.Pich’s fourth one-man presentation with the gallery marks...
View ArticleCruising and the City: Tom Burr at Bortolami Gallery
In Tom Burr’s “Circa” at Bortolami in New York, there’s room for sex shops, Floridian mansions, gay-cruising parks in Switzerland, and the cult of the selfie. Bringing together bodies of work from the...
View ArticleVideo: James Nguyen’s Loaded “Exit Strategies” at 4A Sydney
Vietnamese-Australian artist James Nguyen is a rising star of the Asia Pacific art scene who works with drawing, installation, video, and performance and describes his interests as “the critical and...
View ArticleJagannath Panda Knows How To Whip Up A Trance
Watching Jagannath Panda at work in his studio was a longstanding dream that I had not been able to realize until now for various reasons. Recently, when I learnt about his upcoming solo show at the...
View ArticleThe Parasitic Poster: Making Sense of Cuban Propaganda in Brooklyn
“Aesthetically,” Susan Sontag wrote in 1970, “the poster has always been parasitic on the respectable arts of painting, sculpture, even architecture.” But what of those efforts that are parasitic on...
View ArticleRosa Barba Wins 2016 Prix International d’Art Contemporain
Berlin-based Italian filmmaker and artist Rosa Barba has won the Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco’s PIAC - Prix International d’Art Contemporain (International Contemporary Art Prize) for 2016.Barba...
View ArticleChung Chang-Sup at Galerie Perrotin New York
Galerie Perrotin, New York has just opened “Meditation,” its second exhibition devoted to the work of the late Korean artist Chung Chang-Sup, which runs through December 23. On display are some 19...
View Article5 Must-See Exhibitions in New York: Karl Haendel, Sheila Hicks, and More
Karl Haendel at Mitchell-Innes & Nash, through December 5 (532 West 26th Street)The Los Angeles-based artist fills the space with intricate graphite drawings, in shaped frames, depicting both...
View ArticleSaatchi Gallery Opens Three-Day Showcase of New Chinese Art
For three days only from November 6-8, London’s Saatchi Gallery is showcasing the work of three of China’s most exciting contemporary artists: Shen Qibin, Jin Feng, and Guan Ce. Titled “New Chinese...
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