Review: Jacqueline Humphries at Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans
The verbiage surrounding Humphries’s large-scale abstract paintings—including the two series at the Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans (through February 28) of silver-pigmented works and canvases...
View ArticleDealer’s Notebook: Q&A with Gallerist Chantal Crousel
Since she opened her eponymous Paris space in 1980, French gallerist Chantal Crousel has risen through the ranks of the Paris art scene to become one Europe’s leading dealers and the representative of...
View ArticlePace London Puts Hoyland, Caro, and Noland in the Spotlight
“John Hoyland, Anthony Caro, Kenneth Noland” at Pace London until January 16 is one of the must-see gallery shows in London for the month of January. Taking as its point of departure the friendship...
View ArticleHeman Chong: An Arm, A Leg and Other Stories in South London
“An Arm, A Leg and Other Stories” at the South London Gallery is a multifaceted installation by Singapore-based Malaysian artist, curator, and writer Heman Chong whose multidisciplinary practice spans...
View ArticleWhy a Consignor is "Horrified" at a Top New York Gallery
Has a New York dealer discovered a new business model for selling work at an art fair?Last month, a top New York secondary-market gallery displayed a Calder gouache that had been lent to it “on...
View ArticleA.R. Penck’s Seminal Early Works at Michael Werner Gallery, London
“A.R. Penck: Early Works” at Michael Werner Gallery is the first comprehensive exhibition in London of German painter, sculptor, and graphic artist A.R. Penck’s rarely seen early work from the 1960s...
View ArticleIzumi Kato at Galerie Perrotin New York
Izumi Kato opens his first US solo exhibition at Galerie Perrotin in New York on January 7, almost exactly two years after his first one-man showcase outside his native Japan, also hosted by Galerie...
View ArticleThe Alluring Art of Allen Jones at Galerie Gmurzynska St. Moritz
Galerie Gmurzynska is presenting a showcase of works by British pop artist Allen Jones at its St. Moritz space in Switzerland until January 31. The exhibition features sculptures and paintings from the...
View ArticleSneak Peek: Ai Weiwei Takes Over Le Bon Marché in Paris
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei is taking over Le Bon Marché, an upscale department store in Paris, with a giant installation titled “Er Xi, Air de Jeux” (or Child's Play).The commissioned artworks...
View ArticleRobel Temesgen’s Sublime Spiritscapes at Tiwani Contemporary
“Adbar” at Tiwani Contemporary in London is young Ethiopian artist Robel Temesgen’s first UK solo exhibition. With a practice that is focused on painting but which also encompasses installation, video,...
View ArticleSteve McQueen’s Latest Film and New Neon at Marian Goodman Paris
Marian Goodman Gallery in Paris has launched its 2016 season with an exhibition by British artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen.While McQueen is best known as the Oscar-winning director of “12 Years a...
View ArticleThomas Hirschhorn’s Potent Pixel Collages at Chantal Crousel
As the title suggests, “Pixel-Collage” at Galerie Chantal Crousel in Paris is an exhibition of new collages by the Paris-based Swiss artist Thomas Hirschhorn. Collages of both two and three dimensions...
View ArticleBrisbane’s Institute of Modern Art Reveals 2016 Program
Brisbane’s Institute of Modern Art (IMA) has revealed its 2016 program, announcing a lineup of exhibitions and events that continues the institute’s commitment to commissioning and presenting works by...
View ArticleAsta Gröting Touches Friends, Creates Ghosts at Carlier Gebauer in Berlin
The physical world meets the metaphysical at Asta Gröting’s show “TOUCH and Ghost” at Carlier | Gebauer in Berlin.Gröting is a contemporary artist, film maker - and a ventriloquist - based in Berlin....
View ArticleGagosian Rome Probes Artistic Process in “Prototypology”
“Prototypology” at Gagosian Gallery Rome is an ambitious project to say the least. Described as an “index of process and mutation,” the exhibition explores research and development in the work of 30...
View ArticleQ&A: Abigail McEwen on "Concrete Cuba"
Though accelerated by the growing scholarly and institutional attention to the global history of modernism, and lubricated by the art market’s heightened interest in Cuba, the arrival in New York from...
View ArticleDealer Notebook: Lim Wei-Ling of Wei-Ling Gallery on Malaysian Art Scene
Name: Lim Wei-LingHails from: Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaPresides over: Wei-ling GalleryArtists represented: Amin Gulgee, Anurendra Jegadeva, Chin Kong Yee, Chong Kim Chiew, Choy Chun Wei, H.H. Lim, Hamidi...
View ArticleBrian Belott Puts Puff In His Stuff
Brian Belott is a little miffed that painting is so popular these days. When he graduated—in 1995, from the School of Visual Arts, after getting kicked out of Cooper Union for painting a mural of, he...
View ArticleLofty Ambition: Neil Jenney Frames Himself
“They come from all over the world to suck up art,” explained sculptor Robert Lobe, referring to the collectors who descend upon New York in the fall auction season. “On Sunday and Monday, they don’t...
View ArticleTate, NGS Add Phyllida Barlow to Artist Rooms Lineup
British sculptor Phyllida Barlow, who was awarded a CBE for services to art in the 2016 New Year’s Honours list, has been announced as the fortieth artist to be included in the ARTIST ROOMS collection...
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