They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so former Daily Record journalist Laura Coventry has put down her pen and paper and picked up a camera. Laura Coventry And now viewers can judge for themselves the truth of the saying [Read More]
Margo Leavin Gallery presents Celebrating Hilldale, 1984-1995 an exhibition on view September 29th – October 22nd. Opening: September 29th 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM. As a Participating Gallery in Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980, Margo Leavin Gallery is pleased to [Read More]
Frank To, the young Glasgow-based artist with a growing international reputation as a leading contemporary figurative painter, is offering the public an opportunity to see his studio and works in progress at this week’s Wasps Artists’ Open Studios Weekend. The annual event [Read More]
The Fine Art Dealers Association and the Los Angeles Art Show, LLC announce that an agreement in principle has been reached with the Fine Art Dealers Association to acquire all of the assets of the Los Angeles Art Show, including the new [Read More]
Anna Barriball’s first major survey exhibition at MK Gallery, on view 30 September–27 November 2011, brings together drawing, video, photography and sculpture made over the last decade. Barriball’s early work often involves transforming ordinary items: Bag drawing, 2000, a disposable, white plastic [Read More]
SculptureCenter presents Sanford Biggers: Cosmic Voodoo Circus, on view through November 28, 2011. In Cosmic Voodoo Circus, Biggers exploits the carnival aesthetic to address profound issues of identity, the power of objects, as well as spiritual and cultural transmigration. At the center [Read More]
FotoFest is to present the 14th International Biennial of Photography and Photo-related Art, with a focus on Contemporary Russian Photography, from March 16 through April 29, 2012. Organized in conjunction with Moscow’s Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, IRIS Art Foundation and RIA [Read More]
Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces a Juried Art Competition with the theme “The Elements” for the Month of October 2011. All 2D artists, including photography and excluding video from around the world are called upon to make online submissions [Read More]
Gagosian Gallery Rome presents Dan Colen’s first major exhibition in Rome, on view SEPTEMBER 19 – OCTOBER 29, 2011. I’m interested in using the “real world” as a material and a force within my process. I like how these materials take some [Read More]
The Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) announce that Alberta-based writer, critic and curator Nancy Tousley will curate the 2013 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art. The exhibition, presented by ATB Financial, will be on view at the AGA from January 26-May 6, 2013. [Read More]
The FLAG Art Foundation presents Jane Hammond: Fallen, a monumental ongoing installation consisting of over 4,000 unique handmade leaves each inscribed with the name of a American soldier killed in the war in Iraq, on the 10th floor. The exhibition will be [Read More]
The Showroom presents Petra Bauer: Sisters! on view 29 September–19 November 2011. Preview: 28 September, 6.30–9pm, with film screenings at 6.30pm and 7.40pm. Petra Bauer, “Sisters!,” film still, 2011 A new video-installation, Sisters! is a collaboration between Swedish artist Petra Bauer and [Read More]
The jury of the International Contemporary Art Prize Diputació de Castelló, gathered on September 13th 2011, has decided to give the prize to the artist Esmé Valk (Wijhe, The Netherlands, 1977) “because her installation is an aesthetic and historical exploration of the [Read More]
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, has acquired Frank Stella’s Palmito Ranch (1961) from the artist’s landmark “Benjamin Moore” series, which ushered in a new current of Minimalism in American art. The acquisition is a combination museum purchase from the Caroline Wiess [Read More]