Tag Archives: Exhibitions

Mark Bradford and Hurricane Katrina

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 10, 2008

Mark Bradford and Hurricane Katrina

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 10, 2008

Tomorrow, October 11, the Carnegie Museum of Art will host a public conversation between Art21 artist Mark Bradford (Season 4) and 2008 Carnegie International curator, Douglas Fogle. Topics include the artist’s rooftop installation Help …

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 …

Installing Art

by Rachel Gagnon | Oct 8, 2008

Installing Art

by Rachel Gagnon | Oct 8, 2008

Art installation = my favorite time to blog. In fact, while writing this, I found an embarrassing number of posts about installation in our archives. I think it plays into …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Storytelling

by Joe Fusaro | Oct 8, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Storytelling

by Joe Fusaro | Oct 8, 2008

This week’s column features more works and artist statements by Sue Chenoweth’s students at The Metropolitan Arts Institute in Phoenix, Arizona. For more on Sue and the Metropolitan Arts Institute …

Letter from London

Letter From London: Bacon Movies

by Ben Street | Oct 7, 2008

Letter from London

Letter From London: Bacon Movies

by Ben Street | Oct 7, 2008

  The current (brilliant) retrospective of Francis Bacon at Tate Britain ends with a montage of filmed interviews the artist gave, largely with David Sylvester as part of his extended sequence of …

Collier Schorr & Mark Bradford in Los Angeles

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 7, 2008

Collier Schorr & Mark Bradford in Los Angeles

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 7, 2008

On October 10, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art will host a public conversation between Collier Schorr (Season 2) and curator Christopher Bedford in conjunction with the exhibition Contemporary Projects 11: Hard Targets-Masculinity and …

Do-Ho Suh at Louis Vuitton in Paris

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 5, 2008

Do-Ho Suh at Louis Vuitton in Paris

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 5, 2008

On view at Espace Louis Vuitton through December 31, 2008, Metamorphoses: Korean Trajectories features Korean-born artists who work with ideas of transformation, particularly in the human figure, society and architecture. Since the 1988 Seoul Olympic …

First Opportunity at MAD and Last Chance at That Was Then…

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 26, 2008

First Opportunity at MAD and Last Chance at That Was Then…

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 26, 2008

Designed by Allied Works Architecture, the bigger and better Museum of Arts and Design opens this weekend in New York. Located in the dizzy vibrant Columbus Circle on the southwest …

Some Notable Links

by Hrag Vartanian | Sep 25, 2008

Some Notable Links

by Hrag Vartanian | Sep 25, 2008

The link is the lifeblood of any blogger and here are my picks for the week: >> According to AMNP, Patrik Schumacher of Zaha Hadid Architects hailed parametricism as the …

“Party at Phong’s House” Starts with a Plan for a Party & a Love of Abstract Art

by Hrag Vartanian | Sep 24, 2008

“Party at Phong’s House” Starts with a Plan for a Party & a Love of Abstract Art

by Hrag Vartanian | Sep 24, 2008

Artist Chris Martin admits that the initial idea behind the exhibition title, Party at Phong’s House, was to throw a party at Phong Bui‘s home in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The longtime …

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 …

Kelley and Pettibon in Political Correct

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 22, 2008

Kelley and Pettibon in Political Correct

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 22, 2008

On view through October 25, 2008, Blondeau Fine Art Services(BFAS) in Genève, Switzerland presents the exhibition Political Correct. Taking Martin Kippenberger’s 1994 painting Ohne Titel (Political Correct III) as its starting point, the exhibition is …

Pfaff in Albany, Pfeiffer in Berlin

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 22, 2008

Pfaff in Albany, Pfeiffer in Berlin

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 22, 2008

The College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York inaugurated its new art gallery at the Massry Center for the Arts this past weekend with a one-person exhibition by Season …

[St.] Raymond Pettibon[e]: 1978-1986

by Marc Mayer | Sep 19, 2008

[St.] Raymond Pettibon[e]: 1978-1986

by Marc Mayer | Sep 19, 2008

Yesterday, the New York Times published a review of the exhibition [St.] Raymond Pettibon[e]: 1978-1986 at Specific Object in Chelsea. The review and the press release sparked my interest though …

Art of the 1960s at the Blanton Museum of Art

by Erin Riley-Lopez | Sep 19, 2008

Art of the 1960s at the Blanton Museum of Art

by Erin Riley-Lopez | Sep 19, 2008

Two new exhibitions opening September 28, 2008 and running through January 18, 2009 at the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, Texas explore an overlooked chapter in regional art history. …

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 …

Agitators Collective at Jersey City Museum

by Erin Riley-Lopez | Sep 17, 2008

Agitators Collective at Jersey City Museum

by Erin Riley-Lopez | Sep 17, 2008

Be sure to catch a glimpse of the newest Agitators Collective installation, Be Wary (Evil Eye), on view at the Jersey City Museum in the Atrium Gallery from September 18 …

Nochlin on Bourgeois at Guggenheim Tonight!

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 16, 2008

Nochlin on Bourgeois at Guggenheim Tonight!

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 16, 2008

Scholar Linda Nochlin discusses Louise Bourgeois’ “late style” within the context of the artist’s long and distinguished career. Focusing on the Bourgeois’ recent stuffed fabric sculptures, Nochlin contrasts this characteristic …

Letter from London

Letter from London: Hirst Among Equals

by Ben Street | Sep 15, 2008

Letter from London

Letter from London: Hirst Among Equals

by Ben Street | Sep 15, 2008

Art gets into the national news in the UK in four ways. One: a publically funded institution decides to purchase something of apparent worthlessness (a ‘pile of bricks,’ a can of poo) …

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 …

Surprise Barry McGee Show at Ratio 3

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 12, 2008

Surprise Barry McGee Show at Ratio 3

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 12, 2008

Everyone loves surprises. Barry McGee, aka Twist, aka Ray Fong, and now aka Lydia Fong, opened an unannounced exhibition last week in San Francisco at Ratio 3 Gallery. Things looked …

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 …

RADIO APARTMENT 22: GWANGJU 2008

by Erin Riley-Lopez | Sep 9, 2008

RADIO APARTMENT 22: GWANGJU 2008

by Erin Riley-Lopez | Sep 9, 2008

Last Sunday, September 6th, Nicole Caruth posted information about the 7th Gwangju Biennale. As a compliment to the events and festivities surrounding the Biennale, Abdellah Karroum will present RADIO APARTMENT …

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 …

Letter from London

Letter from London: Lackluster Blockbuster

by Ben Street | Sep 8, 2008

Letter from London

Letter from London: Lackluster Blockbuster

by Ben Street | Sep 8, 2008

Assuming they couldn’t speak our language, read our minds, develop a communicable form of sign language, or were made out of gas, a good way for aliens to gauge the …

Freeway Balconies Extended!

by Mary Cook | Sep 8, 2008

Freeway Balconies Extended!

by Mary Cook | Sep 8, 2008

Plan to be in Berlin anytime soon? If so, you are in luck – the exhibition Freeway Balconies, at the Deutsche Guggenheim has been extended and will not close until …

Laylah Ali at DeCordova

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 2, 2008

Laylah Ali at DeCordova

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 2, 2008

Laylah Ali: Notes/Drawings/Untitled Afflictions is currently on view at the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park. Ali’s new group of drawings and “notes” on display are scrawled vignettes derived from a …

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 …

Artists Respond at MCA San Diego

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 27, 2008

Artists Respond at MCA San Diego

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 27, 2008

Human/Nature: Artists Respond to a Changing Planet opened last week at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. The pioneering artist residency and collaborative exhibition project is the first of …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Contemporary Art Start at MoCA, Los Angeles

by Joe Fusaro | Aug 27, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Contemporary Art Start at MoCA, Los Angeles

by Joe Fusaro | Aug 27, 2008

Two weeks ago, from August 11-15, I had the pleasure of spending a week working with a number of outstanding art teachers at the MoCA, Los Angeles summer institute, Contemporary …

Remembering to Remember

by Mary Cook | Aug 27, 2008

Remembering to Remember

by Mary Cook | Aug 27, 2008

On view until September 21st at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is a collection of J.M.W. Turner’s picturesque paintings of the harrowing sea as well as some ships and their …

Dialog:City Launches in Denver

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 25, 2008

Dialog:City Launches in Denver

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 25, 2008

Dialog:City, the exciting community-oriented, art-political showcase in Denver taking place concurrently with the Democratic National Convention, opened this past Friday at an outdoor party with Mayor John Hickenlooper in a …

It’s Not Only Rock ‘N’ Roll, Baby!

by Sarah Sliwa | Aug 23, 2008

It’s Not Only Rock ‘N’ Roll, Baby!

by Sarah Sliwa | Aug 23, 2008

“London.” Pet Shop Boys/Martin Parr. Earlier posts by Marc Mayer and Ben Street have noted the relationship between pop culture, art, and music as well as recent attempts to curate …