Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More by Konrad Smoleński is a continuation of the previous explorations of this artist, who, being active for over a decade in the domain of visual arts, focusses his interest on sound. His works in the Polish Pavilion combine punk rock aesthetics with the precision and elegance typical […]
The website GOV.UK has won the Design Museum Design of the Year Award 2013. Deyan Sudjic, Director of Design Museum said: ‘GOV.UK is a remarkable success on so many levels. It makes life better for millions of people coping with the everyday chores, from getting a new passport, to paying their taxes. It’s a reflection […]
“I like to think that my art is like a sound that we enjoy hearing and makes us feel good,” says Nancy Stella Galianos. That musical metaphor is particularly appropriate for these canvases, in which the colors pulse with a sense of rhythm. Whether she is working through the subtle variations of one color or […]
Parallel to the exhibition in the Austrian Pavilion in Venice this year, a landmark publication titled Austria and the Venice Biennale 1895-2013 will be launched in Vienna today. This scholarly, 540-page publication presents for the first time a comprehensive overview of each individual exhibition, with the help of previously unpublished photographs, plans and correspondence drawn […]
Meredith Russell creates large, colorful, striking works of art using a playful mix of watercolor, gouache, pencil, ink, collage, and various other media. Her work inspires a sense of childlike wonder in viewers as they explore the textural surfaces, which, in a similar way to dance, embody life and joy, and signify positive motion, growth […]
Opening events: May 8–11, 2013, Wrocław Main exhibitions May–June 2013 18 venues / over 200 artists and participants. Exhibitions Opening May 8: BWA SiC, until May 19 RENOMA Department Store | Renoma WRO, until June 16 WRO Art Center | Mirosław Bałka, Nachtgesichten, until July 8 Opening May 9: National Museum | Lucas Abela, Vinyl […]
Lynne Hudson’s work is filled with light and with intense and expressionistic colors, so that her renditions of Renaissance-inspired figures take on an almost fin-de-siècle Symbolist nature. They are infused with a spiritual connection to something powerful, yet maintain an appealingly whimsical air. These large acrylic paintings portray forms that are flawlessly modeled, passionately emotional […]
At its annual meeting in March, the Collectors Committee of the National Gallery of Art made possible the acquisition of Piano/Piano (1963–1965/2011) by Richard Artschwager, a major example of the wooden sculptures that employ Formica as a laminate, for which he is known; Plaster Surrogates (1982/1989) by Allan McCollum, the last large grouping available of […]
Lismore Castle Arts presents Monuments an exhibition on view throughSeptember 2013. Monuments at Lismore Castle Arts features five artists whose work addresses the role that monuments and memorials play in our society. The exhibition includes sculpture, works on paper, video and performance, with notable pieces that include large fragments of a reconstruction of the Statue […]
Chile Pavilion at the Venice Biennale presents Venezia, Venezia an immersive installation by Alfredo Jaar on June 1–November 24, 2013. Alfredo Jaar has developed a critical practice of call and response through alert and advanced invocations to sites of crisis. Whether about violence and poverty, exile and migration, or other conditions of global or ideological […]
The event will be held from 14 September to 13 October 2013 at Songdo Beach, with the main theme “With Songdo: Remembrance-Marks-People.” It will present works by 35 artists. The Sea Art Festival in Busan was founded in 1987 and it organises exhibitions built around the sea, a natural environment and contemporary art thematic. The […]
Architect and writer Rem Koolhaas has been named winner of the Johannes Vermeer Award 2013. The jury made a unanimous decision, citing Koolhaas’s critical contributions to architecture and urbanism since his career began with the publication of Delirious New York in 1975. The Minister of Culture, Jet Bussemaker, will present the prize to Koolhaas on […]
