Tag Archives: Exhibitions

Sugimoto and Tryon at the Freer Sackler

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 22, 2008

Sugimoto and Tryon at the Freer Sackler

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 22, 2008

On view through January 25, 2009, the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery exhibits 22 pastels by American landscape painter Dwight William Tryon (1849–1925) alongside six black and white photographs by Hiroshi Sugimoto …

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Celebrating Four Months…

by Joe Fusaro | Aug 20, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Celebrating Four Months…

by Joe Fusaro | Aug 20, 2008

Looking back, the Teaching With Contemporary Art column is off to an exciting beginning in our first four months. Since early May, we have had the opportunity to feature writing …

Meat After Meat Joy

by Sarah Sliwa | Aug 16, 2008

Meat After Meat Joy

by Sarah Sliwa | Aug 16, 2008

Zhang Huan, My New York, 2002, still from video performance. Courtesy of Pierre Menard Gallery. One of the last shows I saw in the United States before leaving for Belgium …

U.S. Embassy in Beijing

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 13, 2008

U.S. Embassy in Beijing

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 13, 2008

On the occassion of the 2008 Olympic Games, the new American Embassy in Beijing opened last Friday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Though not as prominent as the architectural “monuments” of …

Quiet on the set: keep noise to a Minimum

by Sarah Sliwa | Aug 13, 2008

Quiet on the set: keep noise to a Minimum

by Sarah Sliwa | Aug 13, 2008

I was rereading a batch of the previous posts to avoid being redundant, but that won’t stop me from piggybacking. Ben Street’s post “Best Supporting Artists” reminded me of a …

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Reality or Fiction at the Hirshhorn?

by Julie Thomson | Aug 13, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Reality or Fiction at the Hirshhorn?

by Julie Thomson | Aug 13, 2008

Another exhibition of contemporary art to see this summer in Washington D.C. is The Cinema Effect Part II: Realisms through September 7, 2008 at the Hirshhorn. A two-part exhibition, the …

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 …

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Positively Puryear

by Julie Thomson | Aug 8, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Positively Puryear

by Julie Thomson | Aug 8, 2008

There is no substitute for seeing Martin Puryear’s sculptures firsthand. Martin Puryear at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., spanning the museum’s two buildings, offers such an opportunity …

Elusive Signs: Bruce Nauman Works with Light

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 6, 2008

Elusive Signs: Bruce Nauman Works with Light

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 6, 2008

Elusive Signs: Bruce Nauman Works with Light–on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla–focuses solely on the Season 1artist’s neon sculptures and light-room installations. The exhibition consists …

Give Up and Laugh About It

by Emily Liebert | Aug 4, 2008

Give Up and Laugh About It

by Emily Liebert | Aug 4, 2008

The other day I had accidentally hit the strikethrough function in Microsoft Word and so as I was typing my carefully chosen words, they were simultaneously being crossed out. “Okay, …

Richard Serra at Kunsthaus Bregenz

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 4, 2008

Richard Serra at Kunsthaus Bregenz

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 4, 2008

Currently at the Kunsthaus Bregenz is a major exhibition of more than 60 drawings by Richard Serra (Season 1). It is the first comprehensive presentation of Serra’s graphic work shown …

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 …

“Qué Hay Que Hacer Mas?”: Reflections on “The Disasters of War” at Peter Blum SoHo

by Emily Liebert | Jul 31, 2008

“Qué Hay Que Hacer Mas?”: Reflections on “The Disasters of War” at Peter Blum SoHo

by Emily Liebert | Jul 31, 2008

    I’m hard-pressed to remember the last time I found a thank you note from a President Elect presidential candidate in a gallery exhibition’s press file. But there it …

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Slowing Down and Visualizing Approaches, Part 2

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 30, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Slowing Down and Visualizing Approaches, Part 2

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 30, 2008

Following up on last week’s column, I was thinking about ways to slow down during the summer months and properly recharge for the upcoming school year. I also got to …

Shahzia Sikander at Ikon Gallery

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 29, 2008

Shahzia Sikander at Ikon Gallery

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 29, 2008

  Works by Season 1 artist Shahzia Sikander are on view at Ikon Gallery July 30 through September 14, 2008 in what constitutes the artist’s first major solo exhibition in the UK and her largest to-date in …

Badlands at Mass MOCA

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 28, 2008

Badlands at Mass MOCA

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 28, 2008

Badlands: New Horizons in Landscape is currently on view at MASS MOCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art).  The exhibition considers the traditions of landscape painting and picks up the thread …

Berliner Salon: Obama, Brotherhood and XV. Rohkunstbau

by Emilie Trice | Jul 26, 2008

Berliner Salon: Obama, Brotherhood and XV. Rohkunstbau

by Emilie Trice | Jul 26, 2008

  After Obama‘s electrifying speech at the Siegessäule this past Thursday, it seems appropriate to mention the fifteenth installment of Rohkunstbau, a trilogy entitled THREE COLORS-  BLUE WHITE RED, the final chapter of which (RED) opened two …

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 …

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Slowing Down and Visualizing Approaches

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 23, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Slowing Down and Visualizing Approaches

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 23, 2008

While vacationing locally this summer (since that’s all anyone has gas money for) and taking the necessary steps to slow down in order to feed your imagination and even your …

Eternal Twilight at the New Museum

by Amy Mackie | Jul 21, 2008

Eternal Twilight at the New Museum

by Amy Mackie | Jul 21, 2008

Several Art21 artists temporarily engage in a moment of symbiosis in the New Museum’s new group exhibition, After Nature, curated by Massimiliano Gioni with the assistance of Jarrett Gregory and …

Collier Schorr at Villa Romana

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 21, 2008

Collier Schorr at Villa Romana

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 21, 2008

Villa Romana in Florence is currently exhibiting Collier Schorr’s Blumen, the second installment of the artist’s Forest & Fields project. For the last fifteen years Schorr (Season 2) has been …

Berliner Salon: Fashion Week and the Paparazzi

by Emilie Trice | Jul 18, 2008

Berliner Salon: Fashion Week and the Paparazzi

by Emilie Trice | Jul 18, 2008

Yesterday inaugurated Berlin Fashion Week, which will continue through the weekend, bringing a number of “celebrities” to town, as well as designers, models and the ubiquitous hangers-on. It’s a pretty …

MANIFESTA 7

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 18, 2008

MANIFESTA 7

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 18, 2008

Dubbed “The European Biennial of Contemporary Art, ” Manifesta 7 begins on July 19 and runs through November 2. The exhibition occurs in a different city every two years, but this is the first time Manifesta will take place …

SIDE X SIDE

by Amy Mackie | Jul 17, 2008

SIDE X SIDE

by Amy Mackie | Jul 17, 2008

Art and activism have been intimately engaged throughout contemporary art history, reiterating the notion that the personal is political. In 2007, Art:21’s Season 4 addressed activist strategies (in particular, the …

Eleanor Antin at San Diego Museum of Art

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 16, 2008

Eleanor Antin at San Diego Museum of Art

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 16, 2008

Eleanor Antin: Historical Takes opens this weekend at the San Diego Museum of Art. The exhibition is the first to focus on Antin’s recent series of large-scale tableaux photographs based …

Socially Acceptable

by Amy Mackie | Jul 15, 2008

Socially Acceptable

by Amy Mackie | Jul 15, 2008

My biggest pet peeve in New York City is watching men (and women) of all walks of life, hack and cough, then swiftly discharge a slimy wad of saliva on …

Last Chance: The Old, Weird America

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 15, 2008

Last Chance: The Old, Weird America

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 15, 2008

Closing at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston on July 20, The Old, Weird America is the first museum exhibition to explore the widespread resurgence of folk imagery and history in …

Pretty Ugly at Maccarone and GBE

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 14, 2008

Pretty Ugly at Maccarone and GBE

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 14, 2008

Pretty Ugly is a dual-part summer show that just opened at Gavin Brown Enterprises and Maccarone Gallery in the West Village. The neighboring galleries conceptually explore the back and forth …

Berliner Salon: Richard Serra at Kunst Werke

by Emilie Trice | Jul 11, 2008

Berliner Salon: Richard Serra at Kunst Werke

by Emilie Trice | Jul 11, 2008

Last weekend Kunst Werke opened an exhibition of films by Ricarda Roggan, Albrecht Schäfer and Art:21 Season 1 artist Richard Serra. Serra’s part of the exhibition, entitled Thinking on Your …

Mark Bradford at Artpace

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 9, 2008

Mark Bradford at Artpace

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 9, 2008

Artpace annually invites nine artists to conceive and create new art projects as part of their International Artist-in-Residence program in San Antonio, TX. Each residency is for a period of two months …

Allora & Calzadilla’s Munich Harmonies

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 9, 2008

Allora & Calzadilla’s Munich Harmonies

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 9, 2008

Check out this interview and footage from Vernissage TV’s coverage of Allora & Calzadilla’s (Season 4) concurrent exhibitions at Kunstverein München and Haus der Kunst in Munich. Kunstverein München includes …

Berliner Salon: Sugimoto at the Neue and Street art in F-hain

by Emilie Trice | Jul 4, 2008

Berliner Salon: Sugimoto at the Neue and Street art in F-hain

by Emilie Trice | Jul 4, 2008

As previously posted, Hiroshi Sugimoto’s retrospective opened today at the Neue National Galerie. Having seen the show in the context of Mies van der Rohe’s brilliantly minimal architectural monument, I …

Nancy Spero Retrospective at MACBA

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 4, 2008

Nancy Spero Retrospective at MACBA

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 4, 2008

Appropriately enough, Nancy Spero’s Dissidances opens on Independence Day at the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA).  Long an active voice in contemporary political and feminist art, the exhibition includes …

Hiroshi Sugimoto Retrospective in Berlin

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 4, 2008

Hiroshi Sugimoto Retrospective in Berlin

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 4, 2008

Opening today, Neue Nationalgalerie presents the work of Hiroshi Sugimoto (Season 3) in what constitutes the Art21 artist’s most comprehensive retrospective exhibition in German-speaking countries. Berlin is the third stop for this traveling exhibition, which also goes to.Düsseldorf, Salzburg (Austria), …

Collier Schorr: Freeway Balconies

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 2, 2008

Collier Schorr: Freeway Balconies

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 2, 2008

Freeway Balconies, a group exhibition curated by Collier Schorr (Season 2) is on view July 5 through September 21, 2008 at Deutsche Guggenheim in Berlin. The exhibition is “at once …