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Sugimoto at Four Venues

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 5, 2008

Sugimoto at Four Venues

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 5, 2008

The traveling retrospective exhibition of works by Hiroshi Sugimoto (Season 3) is on view at the Museum of Art Lucerne in Switzerland through January 25, 2009. The artist has designed the exhibition, previously at the Neue …

Making Art Effable

by Catherine Wagley | Oct 29, 2008

Making Art Effable

by Catherine Wagley | Oct 29, 2008

For the exhibition Index: Conceptualism in California,  MOCA invited four Los Angeles poets to respond to artists’ work. Though the scope of the exhibition–Index  ambitiously explores the ways in which California artists …

James Turrell Awarded RIBA Honorary Fellowship

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Oct 27, 2008

James Turrell Awarded RIBA Honorary Fellowship

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Oct 27, 2008

The Royal Institute of British Architects’ (RIBA) Council, which each year awards Honary Fellowships to individuals who have contributed to architecture in the broadest sense, has named this season’s recipients. …

Looking at “Art in Odd Places”

by Hrag Vartanian | Oct 21, 2008

Looking at “Art in Odd Places”

by Hrag Vartanian | Oct 21, 2008

Since the days of 19th-century French poet and critic Charles Baudelaire, the flâneur has played a prominent role in our evolving notion of modern art. The flâneur, according to Baudelaire, …

Iceland of Fire, Water and Light

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Oct 20, 2008

Iceland of Fire, Water and Light

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Oct 20, 2008

This past week I was in Reykjavik, Iceland attending and participating in the Sequences Real Time Festival. Needless to say, it was a strange time to have come just days …

Arturo Herrera at Sikkema Jenkins & Co.

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 17, 2008

Arturo Herrera at Sikkema Jenkins & Co.

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 17, 2008

  An exhibition of new works by Arturo Herrera (Season 3) opens tomorrow, October 18, at Sikkema Jenkins & Co. and runs through November 15, 2008. Unlike Herrera’s earlier works that lay flat against the wall, this …

Cai Guo-Qiang Awarded 7th Hiroshima Art Prize

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Oct 17, 2008

Cai Guo-Qiang Awarded 7th Hiroshima Art Prize

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Oct 17, 2008

Cai Guo-Qiang (Season 3) has been awarded the 7th Hiroshima Art Prize, which comes with a solo exhibition at the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art. Opening October 25th, the …

Barbara Kruger at the Graduate Center, CUNY

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 14, 2008

Barbara Kruger at the Graduate Center, CUNY

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 14, 2008

People “Weekly,” the inaugural exhibition of the Amie and Tony James Gallery at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, opened this month and runs through February 28, 2009. The …

FLAG, Ruscha, Kruger, Brain

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Oct 10, 2008

FLAG, Ruscha, Kruger, Brain

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Oct 10, 2008

The FLAG Art Foundation last week opened the exhibition WALL ROCKETS: Contemporary Artists and Ed Ruscha, curated by Lisa Dennison. The title of the exhibition refers to a painting made …

New Lydia Fong Video

by Kelly Shindler | Oct 10, 2008

New Lydia Fong Video

by Kelly Shindler | Oct 10, 2008

The fine folks at San Francisco’s KQED just released a brand-new film and interview with Art21 artist Lydia Fong, on the occasion of her current show at Ratio 3 Gallery. …

Art21 Extended Play

Gabriel Orozco | “Obit”

by Wesley Miller | Oct 9, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Gabriel Orozco | “Obit”

by Wesley Miller | Oct 9, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Gabriel Orozco discusses his installation Obit (2008), on view at Marian Goodman Gallery in New York. Gabriel Orozco’s sculptures and photographs disrupt conventional notions of reality. Drawing our attention …

Matthew Ritchie Venice Video

by Wesley Miller | Oct 2, 2008

Matthew Ritchie Venice Video

by Wesley Miller | Oct 2, 2008

On Matthew Ritchie’s The Evening Line project at the Bienniale Architecture in Venice, via MINI Space blog: It’s not just about architecture here in Venice. Matthew Ritchie is an artist …

Mark Dion Wins 2008 Lucelia Award

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 29, 2008

Mark Dion Wins 2008 Lucelia Award

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 29, 2008

  Mark Dion is the 2008 winner of the Smithsonian American Art Museum‘s prestigious Lucelia Artist Award. Given to an artist under fifty who has shown distinguished vision and achieved …

Kerry James Marshall in Southern California

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 23, 2008

Kerry James Marshall in Southern California

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 23, 2008

An exhibition of new paintings and drawings by Kerry James Marshall (Season 1) is on view at Koplin Del Rio Gallery in Culver City, California through October 24, 2008. PORTRAITS, PIN-UPS And Wistful …

New Maya Lin film on Spark

by Kelly Shindler | Sep 19, 2008

New Maya Lin film on Spark

by Kelly Shindler | Sep 19, 2008

Our friends at KQED’s Spark have just released a brand-new film on renowned Art21 artist and architect, Maya Lin. The film follows her as she plans, constructs, and installs her …

Art21 Extended Play

Gabriel Orozco | “Mobile Matrix”

by Wesley Miller | Sep 18, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Gabriel Orozco | “Mobile Matrix”

by Wesley Miller | Sep 18, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Gabriel Orozco discusses the process behind his sculpture Mobile Matrix (2006), a permanent installation for the José Vasconcelos Library in Mexico City. Gabriel Orozco’s sculptures and photographs disrupt conventional …

21 at the Brooklyn Museum

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 17, 2008

21 at the Brooklyn Museum

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 17, 2008

On September 19, more than forty pieces from the Brooklyn Museum’s expanding collection of contemporary art will go on long-term view in a newly renovated 5,000 square-foot space. 21: Selections of Contemporary Art …

Hubbard/Birchler: No Room to Answer

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 13, 2008

Hubbard/Birchler: No Room to Answer

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 13, 2008

Hubbard/Birchler: No Room to Answer is the first major survey in an American museum of works by Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler (Season 3). The exhibition is on view from September 14, …

Louise Bourgeois at Cheim & Read

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 12, 2008

Louise Bourgeois at Cheim & Read

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 12, 2008

While the major exhibition Louise Bourgeois is still on view at the Guggenheim, a display of recent sculptures and gouaches by the Season 2 artist recently opened at Cheim & Read. The sculptures, entitled Echo, date from 2007 …

Arturo Herrera at Gallery 16

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 10, 2008

Arturo Herrera at Gallery 16

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 10, 2008

  On view from September 12 through November 7, 2008, 15 years of Gallery 16: These Are the People in Your Neighborhood celebrates the fifteenth anniversary of Gallery 16 in San Francisco’s SoMA district.  Artists from the …

Laurie Simmons at Fashion Week

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 10, 2008

Laurie Simmons at Fashion Week

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 10, 2008

Segueing from the start of the New York fall art season last week to Fashion Week’s spring collections, we have neck and neck competition from the world of the critical …

Raymond Pettibon at Regen Projects

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 9, 2008

Raymond Pettibon at Regen Projects

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 9, 2008

On September 13, 2008, Regen Projects in Santa Monica, California will open the first segment of a two-part exhibition dedicated to works by Raymond Pettibon (Season 2). Part I, entitled Seminal Work (1978-1988), is on view …

Jenny Holzer Coming to Guggenheim

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 8, 2008

Jenny Holzer Coming to Guggenheim

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 8, 2008

As Carol Vogel of the New York Times reported, Season 4 artist Jenny Holzer will be illuminating the façade of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum starting September 26. The work …

Art21 Extended Play

Matthew Ritchie | “The Morning Line”

by Wesley Miller | Sep 4, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Matthew Ritchie | “The Morning Line”

by Wesley Miller | Sep 4, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Ritchie discusses his upcoming exhibition The Morning Line (2008) in his New York studio, with animated architectural schematics of the installation. The Morning Line will be on view …

Provocative Visions at The Met

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 29, 2008

Provocative Visions at The Met

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 29, 2008

On view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through March 8, 2009, Provocative Visions: Race and Identity—Selections from the Permanent Collection features acquisitions made from 1992–2007. Many are on view …

2008 Lucelia Artist Award Nominees Announced

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 25, 2008

2008 Lucelia Artist Award Nominees Announced

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 25, 2008

The Smithsonian American Art Museum recently announced the nominees for their annual 2008 Lucelia Artist Award. The nominees are: Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla, Mark Dion (both Season 4), Trenton …

Cai Guo-Qiang Responds to Olympics Fireworks “Controversy”

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 22, 2008

Cai Guo-Qiang Responds to Olympics Fireworks “Controversy”

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 22, 2008

Over 34 million people watched the dazzling opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Days later, eager buzz-killers were quick to point out that deceptive “augmentations” were actually employed …

Mel Chin’s FUNDRED in San Francisco

by Kristin Farr - SPARK | Aug 20, 2008

Mel Chin’s FUNDRED in San Francisco

by Kristin Farr - SPARK | Aug 20, 2008

Last Saturday, San Francisco Bay Area educators came together at the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park to learn about FUNDRED/PAYDIRT, an important and compelling project initiated by Mel …

McElheny and Mies in Cabinet

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 20, 2008

McElheny and Mies in Cabinet

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 20, 2008

In the current “Underground” issue of Cabinet magazine, Josiah McElheny (Season 3) contributes an essay titled Nowhere, Everywhere, Somewhere.  The paper investigates a series of photographs and mock-ups depicting an …

Vija Celmins Wins the Roswitha Haftmann Prize

by Marc Mayer | Aug 20, 2008

Vija Celmins Wins the Roswitha Haftmann Prize

by Marc Mayer | Aug 20, 2008

Art21 artist Vija Celmins (Season 2) is the third woman to receive the Roswitha Haftmann Prize, first awarded in 2001. This prize is hailed as the most valuable award in …

Electric Light Orchestra

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 11, 2008

Electric Light Orchestra

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 11, 2008

Subtler than the opening ceremony light show in Beijing, James Turrell’s (Season 1) new permanent light installation was recently unveiled at the Franklin Park Conservatory’s Palm House in Columbus, Ohio. …

Ursula von Rydingsvard in Wyoming

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 8, 2008

Ursula von Rydingsvard in Wyoming

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 8, 2008

  The University of Wyoming Art Museum recently mounted the exhibition Sculpture: A Wyoming Invitational. Pictured above on the Museum’s terrace is “Doolin, Doolin” by Art21 artist Ursula von Rydingsvard (Season 4). This …

Judy Pfaff at Bellas Artes

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 1, 2008

Judy Pfaff at Bellas Artes

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 1, 2008

Recent work by Judy Pfaff is currently on view from August 1-30 in the garden of Bellas Artes. Included are “three-dimensional drawings” that comprise Jardin de los Cuervos, an installation …

Smockshop in Chinatown

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 25, 2008

Smockshop in Chinatown

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 25, 2008

The Smockshop, Andrea Zittel‘s artist run enterprise that generates income for artists whose work is either non-commercial or not yet self sustaining, will be opening a store in Los Angeles …

Kara Walker in Malaga

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 23, 2008

Kara Walker in Malaga

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 23, 2008

The Black Road, a new installation by Kara Walker (Season 2), is currently on view at the Malaga Contemporary Art Center. Inspired by early cinematography, magic lanterns, and 18th century …

Roni Horn at Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 23, 2008

Roni Horn at Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 23, 2008

  July 24 through August 29, 2008, works by Season 3 artist Roni Horn will be on view at Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills, California. This is the artist’s first solo exhibition in the Los Angeles area in …