The 18th Contemporary Art Festival Sesc_Videobrasil wraps up its commemorative edition, consolidating its language diversity with a poignant competitive show, acknowledging the creative potency of art from the geopolitical South, and the power of video within the realm of contemporary art, aside [Read More]
Monthly Archives: February 2014
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Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen presents Marinella Senatore Public Secrets on 1 February–13 April 2014. Collaboration is the most important component of Marinella Senatore’s concept of art. The Italian artist (b. 1977) involves thousands of people in her elaborate projects as producers, writers [Read More]
The annual total prize value for the Sobey Art Award, Canada’s pre-eminent contemporary art award, has been increased to 100,000 CAD. In addition to the 50,000 CAD prize awarded to the winner of the Sobey Art Award, additional funding will increase the [Read More]
The bright, electric expressionist oil paintings of Russian artist Svetlana Malakhova are defined by the energy and the color that permeate each image. Inspired by the ordinary and extraordinary people and places she has encountered, Malakhova combines figurative subjects from the human [Read More]
In his striking photographs, Valerii Tkachenko depicts a world that seems to exist outside of time. While his pictures show contemporary cityscapes and nature scenes, there is also a painterly softness to them that brings what he calls “the historical aspect of [Read More]
Tatiana Abrantes’ Figurative Oil Paintings Explore the Human Experience studied Fine Arts in Johannesburg, and later on drawing and painting at the School of Arco in Lisbon. I am inspired by life, and ethnic themes influenced by my great love for Africa. [Read More]
Pioneering artist support organization Creative Capital is now accepting letters of inquiry for awards in Moving Image (formerly Film/Video) and Visual Arts. Artists can apply online at creative-capital.org/apply before February 28. Acting as a catalyst for the development of exceptional and imaginative [Read More]
French artist Sonya Dziabas paints gripping and enigmatic images that mix nostalgic iconography and contemporary figures with seductive and mysterious results. Her acrylic compositions, many of which incorporate collage elements that provoke startling variations in texture, generally feature either female figures or [Read More]
Spanish artist Sola combines three-dimensional elements with vivid color schemes in her abstract pieces to explore the process of transformation and to create a profound metaphor for a changing world. Within each piece she strives to show both what the world is [Read More]
International Surrealism Now began in Coimbra, in 2010, when Santiago Ribeiro conceived a major exhibition which was organized by the Bissaya Barreto Foundation. The event was presented in Conímbriga, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Conimbriga Monographic Museum (second most visited museum [Read More]
Brenda Ness-Cooper’s ultra-modern take on landscape painting pares down the genre’s descriptive aesthetic to find the inner character of each location. Ness-Cooper divides her watercolor work between unknown places of beauty – an empty beach, a private garden – and brand name [Read More]
William Marquina’s invigorating mixed media work is part collage, part fantasy, and an entirely serious trip into the unreal. An artist of many media, Marquina coaxes bas-relief images out of sheets of aluminum using paint and three-dimensional objects, and treating the metal [Read More]
Daelim Museum presents Ryan McGinley Magic Magnifier an exhibition on view through 23 February 2014. Daelim Museum brings together emerging and acknowledged artistic works within our everyday life while informing their values through exhibitions. Looking at McGinley’s past 14 years of works, [Read More]
apexart’s Franchise Program open call is an opportunity for anyone to submit a proposal for an idea-driven group exhibition taking place anywhere in the world—except New York City. Three winning shows will be part of apexart’s 2014–15 exhibition program. Proposals contain up [Read More]