“Collect no crumpled papers and stuff in the corners, which attracts mice,” we were told as children. So excited so we pushed everything together to watch it for days in anticipation of spontaneous generation (of mice). That it has sometimes rustled in [Read More]
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The Affordable Art Fair Hampstead Heath is now open, 27 – 30 October 2011. Greg Bartley Moon Fairies, 2011, Photograph, Zebra One Art Gallery The fair brings together an impressive line up of contemporary UK galleries, in the idyllic setting of Hampstead [Read More]
World Premiere Elmgreen & Dragset Happy Days in the Art World Tuesday, November 1, 2011 Performa 11 (November 1–21, 2011) is the fourth edition of the internationally acclaimed biennial of new visual art performance presented by Performa, the leading organization dedicated to [Read More]
Ælia Media, an alternative arts radio station was launched on October 15, 2011, live from the heart of the historical university district of Bologna in Piazza Puntoni. Photo Antonella Morrone. Ælia Media is a participatory art project conceived by Pablo Helguera, winner [Read More]
The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation is delighted to announce the three artists shortlisted for the Daiwa Foundation Art Prize 2012: Jennifer E. Price, Tom Hammick and Haroon Mirza. Just over 700 artists submitted work for consideration this year by the distinguished panel of [Read More]
Gil Elvgren remains the unchallenged champion of American Pin-Up Art, as evidenced by the $191,200 price realized for his 1956 Fire Belle (Always Ready), one of the master’s greatest works, in Heritage Auctions’ Oct. 22 Illustration Art Signature® Auction, and by the [Read More]
The New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) announce the 9th annual NADA Miami Beach to be held at the Deauville Beach Resort (6701 Collins Ave) in its expansive Napoleon, Richelieu, and Le Jardin Ballrooms. NADA Miami Beach is recognized as the preeminent fair [Read More]
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents Glenn Ligon. America the first comprehensive mid-career retrospective of Glenn Ligon (b. 1960), widely regarded as one of the most important and influential American artists to have emerged in the past two decades. Organized [Read More]
Dublin City Gallery the Hugh Lane Presents Civil Rights etc. Rita Donagh and Richard Hamilton a major retrospective exhibition by two of Britain’s most respected artists, Richard Hamilton and Rita Donagh. on view through 15 January 2012. The exhibition includes works from [Read More]
Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces a Juried Art Competition with a theme of “Countryside” in which 2D artists (Including Photography & Excluding Video) from around the world are invited to make online submissions for inclusion into the Gallery’s December [Read More]
Lombard Freid Projects present From the Bellona Museum of Natural History, Jacob Feige’s third solo exhibition at the gallery. A new series of paintings, drawings and sound-sculptures continues Feige’s study of the American landscape, going beyond his fundamental fascination with land that [Read More]
The SKOR| Foundation for Art and Public Domain presents Actors, Agents and Attendants II: Social Housing—Housing the Social. November 4 and 5, 2011. Social Housing—Housing the Social is a two-day symposium that emphasises the relationship between the waning political and practical imperative [Read More]
The Abraaj Capital Art Prize, now in its fourth year, is delighted to announce its five winning artists for 2012. The artists, who were selected from a record number of submissions, have begun working on realizing the artworks they proposed which will [Read More]
The Royal Cornwall presents Out of Nowhere: Recent paintings by Noel Betowski on view until 28 January 2012. Entry is free. Noel Betowski, Outside. Photo: Bernie Pettersen Known as triptychs, huge paintings across three large canvasses adorn much of the wall space [Read More]