For the 54th Venice Biennale, the Danish Pavilion will host an international group exhibition, curated by Katerina Gregos, which will explore the very timely and complex issue of freedom of speech. The question of freedom of speech is one that is being [Read More]
Monthly Archives: May 2011
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Von Lintel Gallerypresents its fourth exhibition of new paintings by Australian artist Tim Maguire. On view through June 4, 2011. Tim Maguire’s large canvases are full of lush plant life—tightly cropped angles of multi-colored poppies in various stages of bloom and decay. [Read More]
Office for Contemporary Art Norway presents ‘The State of Things’ at the 54th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia on 1 June–17 November 2011. The Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA), as commissioner of Norway’s representation at the 54th Biennale di [Read More]
Art is the attempt to mend a bereavement, the loss of completeness and the descent into a partial and fragmentary world. In this regard, creation is the development and healing process of the artist who uses form as the crystal-clear evidence of [Read More]
Announcing Open to the Elements, an intensive week-long research and design residency presented by Headlands Center for the Arts for those who are and would like to be architects, philosophers, environmental designers, artists, and ecologists. Headlands’ urban wilderness, situated in a military [Read More]
Australian artist Andrew Rogers announces the first exhibition devoted to the entire Rhythms of Life project, the world’s largest contemporary land art undertaking. From May 7-30, the non-profit arts organization 18th Street Arts Center (www.18thstreet.org) will present Andrew Rogers: Time and Space, [Read More]
The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1 announce a 14-month initiative to examine new architectural possibilities for American cities and suburbs in the context of the recent foreclosure crisis in the United States. Organized by Barry Bergdoll, MoMA’s Philip Johnson Chief [Read More]
The sixth annual artLA, the original Los Angeles International Contemporary Art Fair, will be staged at a breathtaking new location at the J.W.Marriott Ritz Carlton in Downtown Los Angeles. artLA, the original Los Angeles International Contemporary Art Fair, showcases innovative work from [Read More]
Ctrl+Z Publishing and Gallery USF, Bergen present “We Who Feel Differently” (wewhofeeldifferently.info) a new database documentary, book, and online journal by artist Carlos Motta. …People are not provoked by those who are different. What is more provoking is our insecurity: When you [Read More]
Three special art events will take place in June 2011. Shortly after the opening of the Venice Biennale on the 4th of June, the major survey exhibition based in Berlin will begin on June 8th in various locations throughout Berlin, followed by [Read More]
SculptureCenter presents Time Again, an exhibition on view May 9–July 25, 2011, that explores the language of repetition, bringing together works that destabilize conventional ways of seeing and considering what is past and what is present. Engaging gesture, image sequence, material affect, [Read More]
Knoedler & Company presents an exhibition of paintings by Conrad Marca-Relli. On view MAY 5–JULY 29, 2011. Conrad Marca-Relli,Cityscape, ca. 1952, Oil on canvas, 36 1/2 x 61 1/2 inches Born Corrado di Marca-Relli in Boston, Massachusetts. Marca-Relli and his family moved [Read More]
Gagosian Gallery in New York presents an Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Arshile Gorky, on view MAY 6 – JULY 1, 2011. Centered on the recent discovery of Untitled (Pastoral), a painting from 1947 that has never before been exhibited, “1947” [Read More]
Bonhams & Butterfields, will offer contemporary art from the Golden State during the firm’s Made in California auction on May 24, 2011. Simulcast between Los Angeles and San Francisco, the sale features art by prominent Bay Area Figurative Artists and the best [Read More]