Tagged Contemporary Art

March 27, 2015

This spring, Jack Shainman Gallery presents How Iraqi Are You?, an exhibition of large scale linen paintings by Hayv Kahraman. This new series is based aesthetically on medieval Iraqi illuminated manuscripts, n...

Documenting landscape and tracing memory – Michelle Stuart at Parafin gallery, London

March 27, 2015

American artist Michelle Stuart will showcase an exhibition of recent works at London’s Parafin gallery. Known for her synthesis of Land Art, drawing, and sculpture, Stuart’s work explores the overlapping of na...

The Fine Arts Society at Art Central Hong Kong

March 1, 2015

A testament to the city’s importance to the international art collecting community, Art Central Hong Kong is the latest edition to the art fair calendar. Located just a ten minute walk away from Art Basel Hong ...

A Haunted Art Dollhouse at Luxembourg & Dayan

February 20, 2015

From next week, Luxembourg & Dayan’s townhouse on Manhattan’s Upper East Side will be transformed into a spooky cross between a dollhouse and a haunted house by Alex Da Corte. Die Hexe—“the witch” in German...

Sotto Voce at Dominique Lévi London

February 18, 2015

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The abstract white relief is the common denominator of the show Sotto Voce currently at Dominique Lévy Gallery in London. Sotto Voce will take your breath away, guiding the spectator through they history and pr...

German artist Jana Gunstheimer presents first ever Dutch solo show at GEM

February 7, 2015

Entitled Mental Duels, GEM's exhibition will feature Jana Gunstheimer’s pencil drawings and installations. With a degree in ethnology – a field in which cultural differences are explored by placing them in a pa...

2015 New Museum Triennial to open this February

January 30, 2015

The only recurring exhibition in New York that spotlights contemporary early-career artists, the 2015 New Museum Triennial will be open to the public on February 25. The Triennial provides a platform for an eme...

Chinese Whispers opens at The Fine Art Society

Stephanie Clair

January 20, 2015

Drawing on layered themes of reproduction, questions of authorship and authenticity, Rob and Nick Carter’s witty Chinese Whispers exhibition at The Fine Art Society certainly draws our attention to image percep...

Bachi da Setola in Miami Beach Art Basel

December 12, 2014

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Despite the common trend of Art Basel Miami Beach of bringing well-known pieces of pop art to satisfy the American taste, I was most surprised to find there Bachi da Setola by Pino Pascali, some of the most sop...

Louis Vuitton kicks off Playing with Shapes by Pierre Paulin at Art Basel Miami Beach

December 4, 2014

Louis Vuitton kicked off Art Basel Miami Beach festivities with a dinner to celebrate Playing With Shapes, an exhibition by furniture designer Pierre Paulin spearheaded by the French luxury house. The Design Mi...

Hong Kong Art Gallery Week 2014

December 3, 2014

While many may complain that Hong Kong’s art and culture scene is lacking, the growth of galleries and institutions—from the much-anticipated M+ Museum to the increasing prevalence of international blue chip an...

Contemporary Istanbul proves popular with record art sales

Stephanie Clair

December 1, 2014

Opened for its ninth edition last week, Contemporary Istanbul – Turkey’s biggest international art fair – exhibited a vast array of artistic wares from over 100 galleries across the globe. This year, visitor nu...

Gagosian Hong Kong presents Jeff Koons’ first major solo exhibition in Asia

November 26, 2014

Gagosian Hong Kong is presenting Hulk Elvis, Jeff Koons’ first major solo exhibition in Asia. Koons is known for his diverse array of sources, ranging from comic book characters and children’s art to figures fr...

In the Land of the Dead, Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow

Emily Rae Pellerin

November 25, 2014

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New York’s 24th Street Gagosian Gallery presents Takashi Murakami’s In the Land of the Dead, Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow. We know and love Murakami for not only his fine art but also his extension into co...

Frieze Masters 2014: focus on the collector

October 17, 2014

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There are many players in the art world: gallerists, artists, dealers, patrons of art ... however in my opinion the most interesting and fascinating has always been the collector. Many people may wonder wha...

Chris Ofili: Night and Day

September 4, 2014

This autumn, the New Museum will present Chris Ofili’s first major solo museum exhibition in the United States. Chris Ofili: Night and Day will occupy the museum’s three main galleries and showcase a diverse bo...

Sterling Ruby VIVIDS at Gagosian Gallery

August 27, 2014

Gagosian Gallery Hong Kong will present an exhibition of new spray paintings by Los Angeles-based artist Sterling Ruby. Rendered in a fluorescent pink palette, VIVIDS reflects Ruby’s ruminations on the ever-cha...

The image at breaking point

August 21, 2014

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“My body is the intention, my body is the event, my body is the result,” said Gunter Brus, co-founder with Otto Mühl, Hermann Nitsch and Rudolf Schwarzkogler of a new art movement called Vienna Actionism. A...

Hong Kong West Kowloon Cultural District: DECADE

August 20, 2014

Breaking free from the constraints of a traditional performance venue, Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District Authority (WKCDA) has launched digital exhibition DECADE. A cross-disciplinary, collaborative, a...

Monika Sosnowska’s Tower on view at Hauser & Wirth

August 18, 2014