Fine Art News

Kölnischer Kunstverein presents Stephen Prina. 11 June– 24 July 2011. The entire 1950s building by architect Wilhelm Riphahn, which houses the Kölnischer Kunstverein, will be engaged by the forthcoming Stephen Prina exhibition. Nine triptych paintings—Blind No. 9‒No. 17—will be mounted from the [Read More]

wenty-Ninth Street, the popular shopping and dining district near downtown Boulder, will be transformed into a first rate outdoor art gallery this summer when its premier annual Boulder Festival of the Arts on 29th Street returns for its fourth anniversary. This two-day [Read More]

After two months of working in-situ with a team of builders, engineers and sculptors, Adrian Villar Rojas presents The Murderer of Your Heritage, his last installation specially created for the 54th Venice Biennial. The piece is placed in a privileged space at [Read More]

Haus der Kulturen der Welt presents IN TRANSIT 11 Spectator Performing Arts Festival, open 15–18 June 2011. Opening: 15 June, 6 p.m. How does an audience come about, and how does this moment of publicity work? Is the “active” spectator the ideal, [Read More]

Alan Cristea Gallery presents a major retrospective of Julian Opie’s editions, from 9 June until 9 July, to coincide with the publication of an Editions Catalogue Raisonné. One of the most important protagonists of contemporary British art for more than two decades, [Read More]

Gagosian Gallery in London presents an exhibition of paintings and works on paper by Cecily Brown, on view from June 8th until July 29th, 2011. Drawing broad inspiration from many forbears, from Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Breughel the Elder, and James Ensor to [Read More]

The Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) announced today that, in partnership with New York City’s Department of Parks & Recreation, the 2012 LAGI design competition will be held for a site within Freshkills Park (the former Fresh Kills landfill) in Staten Island. [Read More]

Johansson Projects presents new work by Allison Gildersleeve and Katy Stone in Bramblur an exhibition that examines the material of nature and the nature of materials. Show runs June 23- August 18, 2011 Opening Reception: July 1, 5-8pm. Known internationally for her [Read More]

This exhibition brings together three pioneers of sound art, Max Eastley (born 1944, UK), Takehisa Kosugi (born 1938, Japan) and Walter Marchetti (born 1931, Italy). Each artist has developed a distinct approach to the problem of representing immateriality, while sharing a lightness [Read More]

PINTA, the Latin American Art Show opened on Monday 6 June, at Earls Court Exhibition Centre, in London. Presenting the very best in modern and contemporary Latin American art, the show follows last week’s record sale of Latin American art at Sotheby’s, [Read More]

Jack Vettriano and photographer, Jeanette Jones, have teamed up for an exhibition of their dance inspired works. Entitled, The Ballroom Spy, their joint exhibition will open at Heartbreak in London on Saturday 14th May and will run until Sunday 19th June, before [Read More]

NordArt opened on Saturday 4th June. Now with a dozen years behind it, the 12th summer exhibition brings together painting, graphics, photography, sculpture, and installations from 245 artists in 55 countries. Their works speak not only for themselves, but also and especially [Read More]

Ahmed Basiony (1978–2011) was a crucial component as an artist and professor to the use of new media technology in his artistic and socio-cultural research. He designed projects, each working in its own altering direction out of a diversity of domains in [Read More]

Modus Operandi Films and High Point Media Group presents CAMERAMAN: The Life and Work of legendary cinematographer Jack Cardiff. Jack Cardiff’s career spanned an incredible nine of moving picture’s first ten decades and his work behind the camera, including working on classics [Read More]