Articles by Trong Gia Nguyen

Weekly Roundup

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 21, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 21, 2009

Proud Flesh is up through October 31 at Gagosian Gallery.  Sally Mann‘s (Season 1) new body of work focuses on a photographic study of her husband, taken over a period …

Weekly Round-Up

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 7, 2009

Weekly Round-Up

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 7, 2009

Happy Labor Day! Trenton Doyle Hancock (Season 2), Erick Swenson, and Alison Elizabeth will be making their Shanghai debut in a three-person exhibition at James Cohan Gallery.  The three young …

Weekly Round Up

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 24, 2009

Weekly Round Up

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 24, 2009

On view through October 4th at the Katonah Museum is Dress Codes: Clothing As Metaphor.  36 artists tackle wide-ranging issues from feminism to globalism using clothing as the medium. The …

Weekly Round Up

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 10, 2009

Weekly Round Up

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 10, 2009

Last year the Guardian asked its sports and art writers to swap pieces for a day. Tennis correspondent Steve Bierley reviewed a Louise Bourgeois (Season 1) exhibition, which Bob and …

Weekly Roundup

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 27, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 27, 2009

Currently showing at the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, There Goes the Neighborhood explores the many aspects of community, focusing on the evolution of architecture and landscape as it is …

Weekly Roundup

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 13, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 13, 2009

Maybe reviving the art market can take a page from Herb and Dorothy Vogel. Herb & Dorothy is a documentary playing now, that recounts the inspiring tale of how a …

Flash Points

Interview with Jackie Battenfield

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 30, 2009

Flash Points

Interview with Jackie Battenfield

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 30, 2009

As our Flash Points topic of Art and Economics comes to a close, I sat down and spoke with Jackie Battenfield, whose first book The Artist’s Guide: How to Make …

Weekly Roundup

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 29, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 29, 2009

Throughout 2009, 18 museums and galleries across the UK will be showing over 30 ARTIST ROOMS from the collection created by the dealer and collector, Anthony d’Offay, and acquired by …

Art21 Extended Play

Weekly Roundup

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 15, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

Weekly Roundup

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 15, 2009

Krzysztof Wodiczko is the sole artist representing Poland at this summer’s Venice Biennale. The striking video installation of milky windows depicts the shadows of immigrant workers as they take on …

Weekly Round-Up

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 1, 2009

Weekly Round-Up

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 1, 2009

A collaborative video installation by Raymond Pettibon and Yoshua Okon premiered last week at the  Armory Center for the Arts. The work  explores the tight-knit subculture of old hippies and …

Weekly Roundup

by Trong Gia Nguyen | May 18, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Trong Gia Nguyen | May 18, 2009

The Art of Caring: A Look at Life through Photography opened this past weekend at the New Orleans Museum of Art.  The show is comprised of over 200 photographs covering …

This Week’s Round-Up

by Trong Gia Nguyen | May 4, 2009

This Week’s Round-Up

by Trong Gia Nguyen | May 4, 2009

On April 22nd, the collector Donald Hess opened the world’s first James Turrell Museum in Colomé, Argentina. The 18,084sf space is based on a plan created by Turrell himself, and …

Flash Points

W.A.G.E. Against the Machine

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Apr 27, 2009

Flash Points

W.A.G.E. Against the Machine

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Apr 27, 2009

Last September, as part of Creative Time’s Democracy in America: The National Campaign event at the Park Avenue Armory, activist group Working Artists and the Greater Economy (W.A.G.E.) stumped for …

Weekly Round Up

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Apr 20, 2009

Weekly Round Up

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Apr 20, 2009

Robert Adams has won the 2009 Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography. Based in Astoria, Oregon, the Season 4 artist received the $61,000 prize at a ceremony in San Francisco …

Weekly Roundup

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Apr 6, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Apr 6, 2009

Tonight at the University of Southern California‘s Roski School of Fine Arts, Season 3 artist Krzysztof Wodiczko will engage in a discussion with Teddy Cruz and Marjetica Potrč about their …

First Spring Round-Up

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Mar 23, 2009

First Spring Round-Up

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Mar 23, 2009

Things to see: Mel Chin will be giving a free lecture on Tuesday, March 24, from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm, at the Arlington Arts Center as part of the …

This Week…

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Mar 9, 2009

This Week…

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Mar 9, 2009

Happy Monday with a busy week of activity from Art21 artists. Here are some highlights: This Thursday and Friday at the Guggenheim, created in response to the museum’s current The …

Sikander Curates at Cooper-Hewitt

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Mar 5, 2009

Sikander Curates at Cooper-Hewitt

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Mar 5, 2009

Season 1 artist Shahzia Sikander will serve as the ninth guest curator of the Selects exhibition series at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.  Past Selects guest curators have included artist …

Susan Rothenberg at Sperone Westwater

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Feb 18, 2009

Susan Rothenberg at Sperone Westwater

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Feb 18, 2009

At Sperone Westwater, pioneer painter Susan Rothenberg exhibits new works on canvas that depict fragmented compositions of the human body.  The thickly applied oil paintings are a departure from recent …

Say It Ain’t Sew

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Feb 18, 2009

Say It Ain’t Sew

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Feb 18, 2009

Andrea Zittel’s traveling Smockshop makes its first appearance in Europe today before sadly closing shop for good.  This is the final opportunity to experience Zittel’s economic experiment, which invites other …

Fred Wilson at 92nd Street Y

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Feb 16, 2009

Fred Wilson at 92nd Street Y

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Feb 16, 2009

The 92nd Street Y continues its excellent conversations program this Thursday night with Art and Insight: Fred Wilson.  The Season 3 artist is best known for works that blur the …

Innovations in Sculpture at the Bruce Museum

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Feb 13, 2009

Innovations in Sculpture at the Bruce Museum

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Feb 13, 2009

The very ambitious Innovations in the Third Dimension: Sculpture of Our Time is up now at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut.  Spanning the bronze age of Auguste Rodin to …

Oliver Herring on Task at Tang

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Feb 12, 2009

Oliver Herring on Task at Tang

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Feb 12, 2009

Currently on view at the Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College is Oliver Herring‘s Me Us Them, an exhibition culling fifteen years of work by the Season 3 artist. The …

Not So Weird Science

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Feb 6, 2009

Not So Weird Science

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Feb 6, 2009

A new weekly series of discussions and salons dedicated to collaborations of art and science began last month at the Chicago Cultural Center. ARS SCIENTIA puts artists in the same …

Laurie Anderson in Cleveland and Manhattan

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Feb 4, 2009

Laurie Anderson in Cleveland and Manhattan

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Feb 4, 2009

This Saturday at the Ohio Theatre at Playhouse Square, Laurie Anderson will be performing Burning Leaves, a retrospective of songs and stories that culls pieces from her acclaimed solo shows …

Bruce Nauman in St. Louis

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jan 28, 2009

Bruce Nauman in St. Louis

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jan 28, 2009

Just opened this week at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis is Dead Shot Dan, an exhibition exploring the element of humor in the work of Bruce Nauman. The title …

On the Road Again in San Jose

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jan 22, 2009

On the Road Again in San Jose

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jan 22, 2009

With spirits lifting, gas prices lowering and fun-employment escalating, and although it may not be the wisest of economic choices under the sun, the roads nonetheless seem paved with more …

The State of the Art of the Church

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jan 20, 2009

The State of the Art of the Church

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jan 20, 2009

I for one, am extremely excited by the Vatican’s participation in the upcoming Venice Biennale, as Ben Street mentions in Yes We (Vati) Can! After watching Rick Warren deliver the …

Sugimoto + U2

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jan 14, 2009

Sugimoto + U2

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jan 14, 2009

Word on the street is that one of Hiroshi Sugimoto‘s images will be used as the cover for U2‘s upcoming album No Line on the Horizon, scheduled for release March …

Nancy Spero at Galerie Lelong

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jan 9, 2009

Nancy Spero at Galerie Lelong

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jan 9, 2009

Nancy Spero‘s Un Coup de Dent opened this week at Galerie Lelong, New York. The Season 4 artist exhibits an early body of expressionistic works referred to as the Black …

24-Hour Marathon at the Guggenheim

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jan 6, 2009

24-Hour Marathon at the Guggenheim

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jan 6, 2009

Tonight, starting at 6pm, the Guggenheim hosts a 24-hour durational event concentrating on the concept of time, including its “myriad philosophical, psychological, biological, sociological, poetic, aesthetic, and economic manifestations… geared …

Krzysztof Wodiczko to Represent Poland at 2009 Venice Biennale

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Dec 23, 2008

Krzysztof Wodiczko to Represent Poland at 2009 Venice Biennale

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Dec 23, 2008

Krzysztof Wodiczko has been chosen to represent Poland in next year’s Venice Biennale, the 53rd International Art Exhibition.  No stranger to the canals, Wodiczko also participated in the 42nd Venice Biennale in 1986, …

Tropic of Miami

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Dec 18, 2008

Tropic of Miami

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Dec 18, 2008

In addition to the fairs themselves, one of the highlights during Art Basel Miami Beach is the bevy of private collections and foundations. This is the kind of thing that …

Flash Points

Top Billing at the Guggenheim

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Dec 16, 2008

Flash Points

Top Billing at the Guggenheim

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Dec 16, 2008

I’ve been reading a few reviews of the Guggenheim’s anyspacewhatsoever exhibition recently, including Merrily Kerr‘s insightful take a few days ago. Coupled with the launch of Flash Points and its …

Visionaire 55 Surprise

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Dec 12, 2008

Visionaire 55 Surprise

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Dec 12, 2008

  Collaborating with the House of Krug, Visionaire has just released its new issue packed with goodies.  Keeping in line with the magazine’s tradition of producing unusual, thematic, and multi-formatted …

Merce Cunningham at Dia: Beacon

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Dec 10, 2008

Merce Cunningham at Dia: Beacon

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Dec 10, 2008

This does not help you now, but the Merce Cunningham Dance Company performed this past weekend at Dia: Beacon. The fifth in a series of eight signature, site-specific performances titled …