Sotheby’s Hong Kong has announced the sale of an important private collection of contemporary Chinese Art on 3 April: The Ullens Collection – The Nascence of Avant Garde China, offering 106 masterpieces from the legendary Collection, which are expected to bring a [Read More]
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The exhibition devoted to the BACA laureate 2010: Francis Alÿs is on show until March 27th at the Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht. The BACA (Biennial Award for Contemporary Art) is the only major award for international visual art in the Netherlands. The price is [Read More]
RijksakademieLIVE #1 presents Real Artists don’t have Teeth, a monologue written by Dora García, performed by Jakob Tamm. After the performance Philippe Pirotte will moderate a discussion with the artist and the audience. Tinted by the artist’s characteristic dark humour, the monologue [Read More]
Superflex’ IHME Project 2011—The Longest Film Ever Made IHME is an annual Contemporary Art Festival in Helsinki, Finland that consists out of three different types of production: IHME Project – commissioned new work in a public space, IHME Days – forum for [Read More]
After a successful first year, Legacy Trust and VSA Michigan-Grand Rapids are again looking for adult artists with disabilities to compete in this year’s Legacy Trust Award Collection for ArtPrize 2011. A statewide art competition designed to encourage participation in ArtPrize, the [Read More]
The Institut d’art contemporain Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes Ppresents Hans Schabus Nichts geht mehr open 25 February–24 April 2011. Hans Schabus, “Demolirerpolka,” 2006. View of the exhibition “Fabricateurs d’espaces,” 17 October 2008 – 4 January 2009, Institut d’art contemporain, Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes. © Blaise Adilon The Institut [Read More]
Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Evening sale in London was led by Pablo Picasso’s iconic 1932 painting of Marie-Thérèse Walter, La Lecture, which sold to a round of applause for £25,241,250 /$40,711,612 / €29,744,296, more than double the low estimate (est. £12 – [Read More]
The second edition of INDEPENDENT, the award winning temporary exhibition forum devised by and for gallerists will take place at the former DIA Center for the Arts and building at 548 W 22nd Street March 3-6, 2011 during New York Art Fair [Read More]
M.C. Escher: Impossible Realities, on view at the Akron Art Museum now thriugh May 29, 2011, presents the rare and thrilling privilege of examining first-hand the masterworks of Maurits Cornelis Escher. One of the most brilliant yet enigmatic artists of the 20th [Read More]
De Appel presents Mika Rottenberg “Dough cheese squeeze and tropical breeze. Video works 2003-2010” on view 12 March–8 May 2011. Exceptional women, such as the powerful Heather Foster, the sizeable Queen Raqui (‘Her body Utterly Amazing, Her agility astounding’), and the super-tall [Read More]
Venezuelan-born Luis Pérez-Oramas will be responsible for the 30th São Paulo International Biennial to be held in 2012. Pérez-Oramas is expected to begin working as soon as the appointment is made public, putting together the curatorial team that will accompany him in [Read More]
The University of Virginia Art Museum presents Excavating New Ground: American Art in the 1970s on view through August 14, 2011. The 1970s opened with three momentous occurrences: the announcement of the breakup of the Beatles in April, the Kent State shootings [Read More]
Ayse Erkmen will represent Turkey at the Venice Biennale 2011, 54th International Art Exhibition. Erkmen was selected for the Pavilion of Turkey by the international curator Fulya Erdemci. The pair will be working with London-based curator Danae Mossman, as curatorial collaborator, and [Read More]
Magasin 3′s exhibition spaces will be filled with works by internationally acclaimed artists including Maurizio Cattelan, Fischli & Weiss, Claire Fontaine, Jeff Koons, Sigalit Landau and Sherrie Levine—many of them being shown in Sweden for the first time. Exhibition on view 17 [Read More]