Ephemera is a series of large paintings by artist Yvette Gellis that appears abstract at first viewing but, upon closer examination, reveals discernible fragments of representation. Perhaps Gellis explains it best herself: “the work teeters back and forth between the ambiguity of [Read More]
Yearly Archives: 2011
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The Royal Dublin Society (RDS) is set to welcome the general public, artists and galleries from Ireland and abroad to the RDS from November 4-6, 2011. Art Fair 2011 is Ireland’s largest and most popular Art Fair, attracting thousands of art lovers [Read More]
Earlier this year, the effects of the Great East Japan Earthquake led to the postponement of ART FAIR TOKYO, which had been established as an art event held annually during the cherry blossom season. With thanks to all those who offered support, [Read More]
For the fourth installation at Vancouver Art Gallery Offsite, renowned Vancouver sculptor Elspeth Pratt draws on architectural forms as inspiration to investigate how the built environment circumscribes public space. While her artworks negotiate the line between abstraction and representation, her ideas are [Read More]
Fine Art Asset Management LLC, a subsidiary of Emigrant Bank Fine Art Finance, LLC, announced that its Senior Fine Art Specialist, Nancy Harrison, has been appointed president of the Appraisers Association of America (AAA). Founded in 1949, AAA is the oldest non-profit [Read More]
The BMW Art Car Collection can now be seen for the first time within a virtual video tour on the Internet. For the first time, an extensive virtual overview of the origin, history and development of the collection is available on the [Read More]
DISASTER AREAS IS PRESENTED BY THE SOULS GROWN DEEP FOUNDATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH BILL LOWE GALLERY ON THE OCCASION OF THE NATIONAL BLACK ARTS FESTIVAL HONORING THORNTON DIAL IN THEIR INTERPRETATION SERIES: BLACK VISUAL ARTISTS – PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE Tornadoes, floods, [Read More]
Antonio Ratti Foundation hosts the XVII edition of its Advanced Course in Visual Arts. Entitled The Dream Seminar II, the course will have as Visiting Professor Susan Hiller (born in the USA in 1949 she has lived and worked in Britain since [Read More]
Under Destruction is a group exhibition featuring 20 internationally renowned contemporary artists that examine the use and role of destruction in today’s art. On view through August 7, 2011. Liz Larner, “Corner Basher,” 1988. Courtesy Private Collection. Fifty-one years after Swiss artist [Read More]
Art Platform—Los Angeles, the modern and contemporary art fair for Los Angeles, set to launch September 30th for invited guests, will present outstanding work by the region’s most innovative artists and will place emphasis on Los Angeles as a site of historical [Read More]
On Sunday, October 2, 2011 the streets of downtown Los Angeles will erupt in a parade of local artists and residents, complete with music, dancing and performance. The parade is the culmination of Trespass, a collaborative project between Arto Lindsay, Rirkrit Tiravanija, [Read More]
François Ghebaly Gallery and M+B announce The New Verisimilitude, a two-part group exhibition across both gallery spaces, curated by François Ghebaly. This exhibition explores new approaches to realism in the contemporary practices of ten artists working in different mediums (painting, sculpture, video, [Read More]
The Crawford Art Gallery announce a unique off-site video installation of Stalactite 2010 by Dorothy Cross at the old Malt Grain Store on the historic site of the former Beamish and Crawford Brewery, South Main Street, Cork. The Malt Grain Store has [Read More]
“The spirit of that conception, astray in the atmosphere haunted him. He proclaimed a republic of dreams, the sovereign territory of poetry… ” —Bruno Schulz (The Republic of Dreams) CRAC Alsace presents POUR UNE RÉPUBLIQUE DES RÊVES (For a Republic of Dreams) [Read More]