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Returning to the Figurative. Body Language at Saatchi GalleryDimitra Gkitsa | Mar 4, 2014
I visited Saatchi Gallery with the impression of seeing an exhibition about 19 emerging international artists that “explore the physical body and present a variety of reflections on the human form”, as claims the gallery …
The Portrait Room. Portrait#8: Jonas HermenjatMichela Alessandrini | Mar 3, 2014
Jonas Hermenjat is not ashamed of being human. Inebriated by life, he throws up art. Jonas Hermenjat is born in 1983 in Geneva, Switzerland and is an alumnus of HEAD (Haute Ecole d’Art et …
American Invasion: Lynch, Burroughs, and Warhol at The Photographers’ GalleryStacey Harbour | Feb 27, 2014
The Photographers’ Gallery celebrates three iconic artistic talents from the good old US of A with their current trio of exhibitions: David Lynch: The Factory Photographs, Taking Shots: The Photography of William S. Burroughs, and Andy Warhol: …
Christo and Jeanne-Claude at the Museum of Contemporary Art San DiegoCatherine Nueva España | Feb 26, 2014
The well-designed exhibition X-TO + J-C includes both early sculptures (including from the Packages series) and draft sketches, collages, photographs and films of later and larger monumental work, including The Gates, Wrapped Reichstag, and Wrapped …
Colorimetry Uses Color as InstigatorKimberly Nichols | Feb 25, 2014
Four years ago, the Lancaster Museum of Art and History (MOAH) went through a major renovation with its groundbreaking new building alongside the hiring of Andi Campognone, noted Southern California curator and arts-professional, to manage …
Cold Current. Norwegian Contemporary ArtMatilde Soligno | Feb 25, 2014
The Cold Current Norwegian Contemporary Art exhibition is the result of the collaboration between two culturally active European cities: the city of Reggio Emilia, and the city of Bergen and its Academy of Fine Arts. The …
Photojournalism and Reportage. From the Collection of Galleria Civica di ModenaMatilde Soligno | Feb 24, 2014
Photojournalism and Reportage. Images from the Collection of Galleria Civica di Modena opened last Saturday, 22nd February 2013 in the exhibition spaces of Galleria Civica in Modena, Italy. Opening reception photo gallery below Curated by …
Tammy Rae Carland at Jessica Silverman GalleryCatherine Nueva España | Feb 21, 2014
Jessica Silverman Gallery, which has had a strong focus on conceptual art since its opening in 2008, is an ideal space for the work of local Bay Area artist Tammy Rae Carland. Live from Somewhere, …
Out of the Shadows, I See Vultures. Vivian Maier’s PhotographyJoel Hagen | Feb 20, 2014
I’m 12 feet down the hallway of the Vivian Maier exhibit and I’m trying not to cry and I’m trying to figure out a reason. I walked in with a cursory sense of the photographer. …
Dialogues in Walsall – Chiharu ShiotaLaura Onions | Feb 19, 2014
Dialogues is an exhibition built around personal experience. Memories, history, life and loss are encapsulated within Chiharu Shiota’s installations, videos and drawings. Inherently about being human, the body is absent in the literal sense as …
Books, books everywhere. LA Art Book Fair 2014Olivia Fales | Feb 17, 2014
You’d think a gathering of hip and beautiful people might verge on pretentious, but the LA Art Book Fair was a cliché-trumper. A colorful scene flooded the galleries of The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA with …
ECAL Photography: New and old shots at Carla Sozzani GalleryEleonora Salvi | Feb 17, 2014
From still lifes to portraits on monochrome backgrounds, to return to lomography and step into analog: those shots that build the current visual culture that passes through the filters of Instagram and Tumblr. On show in …
