Matthew Barney’s CREMASTER 3, 2000. Cited by Kanye as inspiration for his new video Famous.
Photo by Chris Winget, © 2000 Matthew Barney.
Courtesy Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York.
Last week, Mary Heilmann shared her studio process with the Telegraph, New York Times Magazine spent fifteen minutes with Ai Weiwei, and Laurie Anderson let us in on her ten favorite books. Also:
- Catherine Opie received an honorary doctorate from California College of the Arts.
- Sally Mann won the 2016 Carnegie Medal for nonfiction for her memoir Hold Still.
- And when asked about his new music video for Famous, Kanye West said that Season 1 artist Matthew Barney is “his Jesus.”
Events & exhibitions
NYC
- Thursday, June 30th | 6-8pm—Luhring Augustine is hosting an opening reception for their latest exhibition Shapeshifters, featuring Elizabeth Murray, Robert Mangold, and Richard Tuttle.
- Thursday, June 30th | 7-8pm—Carrie Mae Weems will be signing books at the Strand to promote her new book of photographs: The Kitchen Table Series.
- Brian Jungen’s solo exhibition opened last week at Casey Kaplan, where it will remain on view till July 29th.
- Blackness in Abstraction is on view at Pace Gallery until August 19th, and includes work by Season 3’s Fred Wilson and New York Close Up’s Rashid Johnson. [Read a review in the Wall Street Journal.]
- Works by Tala Madani and Lucas Blalock are included in a new exhibition on bodily humor at Hauser & Wirth, open till July 29th.
- Team Gallery’s exhibition Golden Eggs features Barbara Kruger and is on view till August 5th.
- The International Center of Photography’s latest exhibition Public, Private, Secret, open till January 8, 2017, features Cindy Sherman. [See a slideshow of included work or read an interview with the curator.]
USA
- ASPEN, COLORADO—The Aspen Art Museum’s group exhibition The Revolution will Not Be Gray, opens this Friday, July 1st and includes work by Abraham Cruzvillegas, Glenn Ligon, and Season 8 artist Pedro Reyes.
- SAN DIEGO—This is the last week to see Do Ho Suh’s solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. The show closes July 4th.
LONDON
- Friday, July 1st, 6:30pm—Krzysztof Wodiczko is speaking at The Photographers’ Gallery in a special event hosted by FACT and the Liverpool Biennial.
- Making and Unmaking, a group exhibition with work by more than 70 artists, opened last week at the Camden Arts Centre and includes work by Louise Bourgeois and Yinka Shonibare MBE. [Read a review in The Financial Times.]
- Tania Brugera’s Tatlin Whisper #5, featuring two patrolling police officers on horseback, is being performed at the new Tate Modern Switch House until July 3rd. [Read a review in The Quietus.]
It’s impossible to include all the incredible exhibitions and art events happening this week in a single post. If there’s something you feel should have been included in today’s roundup, leave a comment below!