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Re-envisioning Women: Richard Avedon at the Gagosian GalleryOlivia Fales | Dec 16, 2013
For a photographer whose portfolio abounds with beautiful women, Richard Avedon had an eye for unconventional beauty. His solo exhibition at the Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills, which spans six decades of work memorializing women …
2013 Biennial | deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln MAAnna Dunbar | Dec 12, 2013
Currently on view at deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, MA is the museum’s 2013 Biennial. The exhibition focuses on the New England art scene and includes twenty-one artists from each New England state …
A Common Thread. Antique and Contemporary Mosaics at Istanbul Archaeological MuseumOlivia Fales | Dec 11, 2013
Ravenna Mosaics, a special exhibition at the Istanbul Archaeological Museum, sheds light on the robust and versatile tradition of tile work, an age-old medium. It also raises persistent questions about the value of reproductions: because …
If it’s not one thing, it’s your mother. Home Truths at the Photographers’ GallerySarah El-Taki | Dec 10, 2013
This week I went to see the new exhibition at the Photographers’ Gallery, Home Truths: Photography, Motherhood and Identity. To my recollection I have never given birth or had children so I felt it would be …
Gen X – A painting path for light diversMara Bertoni | Dec 9, 2013
Gen X is a group exhibition combining international artists born in between the Sixties and the Seventies. Their works are displayed within the spaces of the Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea of the Republic of …
Mingei: Are You Here? at Pace LondonSophie Mayer | Dec 6, 2013
Mingei: Are You Here? Is the current exhibition at Pace London, open till January 18th. Situated in trendy Soho (Lexington Street) this gallery space is on the first floor, you haveto be buzzed into the …
Candice Breitz, The Woods, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, Los AngelesAstra Price | Dec 5, 2013
In traditional fairy tales, a character’s entry into the woods often acts as a point of loss and discovery. Hansel and Gretel lose their way, Little Red Riding Hood realizes that her Grandma is not …
Riccardo Benassi – Techno Casa at Marsèlleria, MilanLuca Piatto | Dec 4, 2013
Techno Casa is what Benassi’s stream of consciousness looks like. Marsèlleria embodies the artist, starting from the outfitting to the structure: the introducing video as his shaking hand, the first floor as both the head …
Allora & Calzadilla’s first time in Milan for Fondazione Nicola TrussardiEleonora Salvi | Dec 3, 2013
Entering the Cusani Palace feels like leaving the chaotic noise of the city of Milan to step into a great carillon. With the exhibition Fault Lines, Nicola Trussardi Fundation presents for the first time in …
The Portrait Room. Portrait#5: Benoît PypeMichela Alessandrini | Dec 2, 2013
Benoît Pype handles the minuscule, collects the useless, and acclaims the waste. Benoît Pype is a 28 years old French artist. Exhibited in several galleries and contemporary art centers in Paris and abroad, he …
Francesco Fabbri Prize for Contemporary Art 2013: The winners – Photo galleryDroste Effect | Dec 2, 2013
The Francesco Fabbri Foundation has announced this year’s winners of the Francesco Fabbri Award for Contemporary Art. The prize is divided into two sections, Emerging Art and Contemporary Photography, respectively awarded to Luca De Angelis …
Mira Schendel at Tate ModernGowri Balasegaram | Nov 29, 2013
There is a definite philosophical calm to Mira Schendel’s graphic works. Standing by her Objetos Gráphicos – transparent sheets of acrylic restraining an avalanche of inscrutable text on rice paper – I find myself thinking …
