Monthly Archives: February 2011

When Vasily Kandinsky and Franz Marc formed the group Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) in late 1911, the artists predicted a watershed in the arts, a große Umwälzung (great upheaval) that would radically challenge traditional artistic production. Tremendous creativity and innovation [Read More]

SAM Art Projects presents Inci Eviner Broken Manifestos open through 3 April 2011. In residence at Villa Raffet as part of SAM Art Projects since August 2010, Inci Eviner is a Turkish artist who lives and works in Istanbul. One of the [Read More]

The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art presents Video Villa: New Paintings by Barbara Grad on view February 4–May 28, 2011. The paintings in Video Villa: New Paintings by Barbara Grad take as their inspiration the dynamic intersection of worlds seemingly at odds; [Read More]

The Morris Museum of Art presents I Will Tell You a Place Paintings by Brian Rutenberg on view through May 15.2011. Brian Rutenberg’s work is as grounded in Old Master painting and drawing as his sense of place and color is in [Read More]

Once again this year, the Berlinale is drawing a great many filmmakers and cineastes to Berlin. In parallel and by now an insiders’ tip, the Directors Lounge, developed by Berlin artists, is hosting for the 7th year in a row its own [Read More]

Queen Gallery is celebrating Family Day with our talented artist-family! Family Day is on February 21st this year and so from February 4th to 26th, 2011, we are celebrating the holiday by having a Family Fun Art Fair and we are inviting [Read More]

Sotheby’s next sale of Orientalist art in Paris, on March 30, will include a selection of works by artists who lived in Morocco. Several landscapes and scenes from Moroccan daily life by Jacques Majorelle reflect his close links to the country where [Read More]

Drawing Room presents Aleana Egan ‘At intervals, while turning open 3 February – 13 March 2011. Drawing plays a significant role in Egan’s work, with a sketchbook providing a repository for the noting down of ideas and experimentation with forms that undergo [Read More]

Bonhams will hold their inaugural sale of modern and contemporary Israeli Art and Judaica in their New Bond Street saleroom on May 24, the only auction of its kind in the UK. Giles Peppiatt, Head of Israeli Art at Bonhams, comments: “The [Read More]

The 12th Istanbul Biennial Untitled (12th Istanbul Biennial), 2011 open September 17–November 13, 2011. The 12th Istanbul Biennial will explore the relationship between art and politics, focusing on works that are both formally innovative and politically outspoken. The work of the Cuban-American [Read More]