The Art Fair Company, based in Chicago, announcess two art fairs under one roof at Chicago’s historic Navy Pier (600 E. Grand Avenue) Friday, Nov. 4 – Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011. Don Reitz, stoneware, 15 x 12.5 x 11.5″. Lacoste Gallery, Concord MA. For the second straight year, SOFA CHICAGO 2011, the critically acclaimed International […]
This display, on view 17 August 2011 – 18 March 2012, marks the 400th anniversary of the birth of William Dobson (1611-46), described by the antiquary John Aubrey as ‘the most excellent painter that England hath yet bred’. His career was tragically short but his surviving portraits are remarkable for their technical brilliance, directness and […]
The Museum Of Russian Icons has extended it’s exhibition “Exploring Sanctity: Paths to Sainthood Unveiled” until October 1. The new exhibition showcases twenty-four icons in the Museum of Russian Icons collection that illustrate the unique and iconoclastic journeys of ordinary people to religious sanctity. The exhibition emphasizes the wide-ranging paths to sainthood and the diverse […]
The anniversary issue celebrates the past and the future. For the 20th anniversary issue frieze asked 20 artists whose work has been on the cover of frieze to nominate a contemporary artist whose work inspires them. Artists, including Doug Aitken, Charles Atlas, Jeremy Deller, Tracey Emin, Louise Lawler, Richard Prince and Wolfgang Tillmans, tell us […]
Exhibition presenting Japanese artists Hideaki Kawashima, Makiko Kudo and Toru Kuwakubo on display from September 14 to October 14, 2011 fordPROJECT announces the opening of Reflections, a group exhibition showcasing three young Japanese artists, Hideaki Kawashima, Makiko Kudo and Toru Kuwakubo. The exhibition inaugurates a collaboration with the Tomio Koyama Gallery in Tokyo, widely recognized […]
The Gwangju Biennale Foundation and Artistic Directors, Seung H-Sang and Ai Weiwei, are pleased to announce the fourth edition of Gwangju Design Biennale, opening September 1, 2011. Titled Design is Design is not Design, the Gwangju Design Biennale will present 130 designers and studios from 44 countries. Inspired by the opening line of the Tao […]
For the fourth time, from September 10–November 11, 2011 the three cities of Mannheim, Ludwigshafen and Heidelberg will host Germany’s most exceptional photography festival. Entitled THE EYE IS A LONELY HUNTER: IMAGES OF HUMANKIND, the exhibition will include 56 artists from 32 countries, and is curated by Katerina Gregos (GR/BE) and Solvej Helweg Ovesen (DK/D). […]
This exhibition, on view September 16 – November 13, 2011, highlights work from the permanent collection created by former Museum School Faculty along with recent works made by current Faculty members. Exhibition organized by the Arkansas Arts Center. Arkansas Arts Center 501 East 9th Street Little Rock, AR 72202 www.arkarts.com
Scrap Electronics Repurposed as Art by Arizona artist Joe Drag uses computers to be junked at the local recycling center, reports Wired. Joe Drag Memory “Seeing the stack of old computers, the idea just struck me,” he says. “The motherboards can make for a really neat canvas. The complexity and patterns of all the circuits […]
