Mixed media painter Laura Bedard predominantly uses acrylic and ink to produce soft, gentle, meditative works of art. She uses a very limited palette for each piece and invests heavily in textures and layers to create a shallow sense of space, evoking [Read More]
Yearly Archives: 2014
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Brooklyn, NY– In his inaugural solo exhibit at 440 Gallery, Jay Friedenberg’s digital images vibrate with a neon intensity. His photographs of New York City scenes are digitally manipulated, the colors and details pushed into surreal landscapes. In one image an inky [Read More]
The splendor of Byzantine Christian art—preserved through the ages in early Christian churches in both Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, and the Cappadocia region of Turkey—is the focus of this large-scale photography exhibition. Sacred Spaces: The Photography of Ahmet Ertug, [Read More]
Creative Time today announced that New Delhi-based artist Amar Kanwar has been selected as the winner of the 2014 Leonore Annenberg Prize for Art and Social Change. Generously supported by Creative Time board member Elizabeth K. Sorensen, the prestigious annual prize is [Read More]
In 2014 the Art Basel show in Basel features 285 leading international galleries, drawn from 34 countries across Europe, North and South America, Asia, and Africa. In addition to showing artworks ranging from modern masters to the latest contemporary works, this year’s [Read More]
The Abraaj Group Art Prize is an art prize for artists from the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. Uniquely rewarding proposals rather than completed works of art, winners are announced each autumn and go on to produce works which are [Read More]
The Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore, a research centre of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is looking for a Deputy Director for Exhibitions and Residencies. Background: The Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore is a research centre of Nanyang Technological University with the support [Read More]
Modern Art Oxford presents Barbara Kruger an exhibition on view 28 June–31 August 2014. Her instantly recognisable works incorporate bold slogans, colour and dramatic presentations of text and image to investigate strategies of power and influence at play in mass media and [Read More]
Self-taught UK artist Neil Masterman first started painting professionally in the 1990s and has gone from strength to strength. He experienced a particular thrill on seeing one of his paintings selected for the poster advertising the 2008 New York exhibition in which [Read More]
Through the use of digital photography, Australian-born Peter Watson captures and distorts beams of city light, which blur into brightly colored woven abstraction. With years of experience working with color theory in photo labs, Watson keenly delivers a pure optical vision, exploring [Read More]
Drawing on the quiet power and majesty of the natural world, Samantha Emery’s paintings are open and direct, inviting viewers into a surrealistic world of whimsy and color as she builds an emotional dialog into the complexity and wonders of life and [Read More]
Brooklyn, NY– In his inaugural solo exhibit at 440 Gallery, long-time Brooklyn-based artist Fred Bendheim brings a bolt of energy, bright color and visual bravado to the world of art. Bendheim constructs abstract, shaped paintings on cut-out surfaces. These “shapings” are usually [Read More]
Calvert 22 Gallery presents Close and Far: Russian Photography Now on view 18 June–17 August 2014. Close and Far introduces some of Russia’s most original young artists working in photography and film. Alexander Gronsky, Olya Ivanova, Taus Makhacheva, Max Sher, and Dimitri [Read More]
Turkey inaugurated its debut exhibition, Places of Memory, at its long-term pavilion at the prestigious Arsenale. One of the newest countries to participate in the 14th International Architecture Exhibition of la Biennale di Venezia, Turkey’s project Places of Memory is a thought-provoking [Read More]