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Qiu Zhijie at Galleria Continua, BeijingChiara Manzoni | Nov 28, 2013
Born in the Fujian province in 1969, Qiu Zhijie is one of China’s leading artists and one of the first to be exhibited outside of the national borders. Now it’s a foreign gallery, Italy-based Galleria …
Forrest Bess: Seeing Things InvisibleKimberly Nichols | Nov 27, 2013
Amongst a sea of plastic boobs, manicured humans, movie stars, gracious art donors and the crème de la crème of the Los Angeles art world scene at the recent annual Hammer Museum gala, I, with …
Sarah Lucas: SITUATION / Whitechapel GallerySusana Lopez Fernandez | Nov 26, 2013
Sarah Lucas is an English artist born in 1962. She studied art at The Working Men´s College (1982-83), London College of Printing (1983-84) and Goldsmith´s College where she was graduated in Fine Art in 1987. …
Room to Live: Contemporary, conceptual, CaliforniaCatherine Nueva España | Nov 25, 2013
California/Los Angeles occupies a definite place in my experience and imagination, having traveled there frequently for over a decade. It is both a place and a space for art and the creative process; a contradictory …
A Walk Through The Art. Arsenale, Venice BiennaleMatilde Soligno | Nov 24, 2013
NOV 24, 2013– The Venice Biennale closes its 55th edition today. Here’s a photographic walk-through of the Arsenale, with exhibition views of the space and many of the most interesting contemporary artworks. The 55th International …
Carlo Zanni: The Sandman and other projects from Mars at Paul Young GalleryDiana Gadaldi | Nov 22, 2013
On November 14th, Young Projects Gallery in Los Angeles hosted an exclusive one-day sale event featuring the work of some thirty new media artists from around the world. Because of the exceptional success of the initiative, …
Carrie Mae Weems is Photographer, Subject and Muse at Stanford University’s Cantor Arts CenterKay Rodriques | Nov 22, 2013
Perhaps not since Frida Kahlo, has a visual artist so brazenly inserted her own likeness into her creations. Thankfully, this preoccupation with self eventually extends into a larger world, the world of African Americans and …
Joel Shapiro at L.A. Louver Gallery, Los AngelesAsa Zabarsky | Nov 21, 2013
For an established sculptor to begin working in installation over the course the last decade could be dismissed as an obligatory gesture, an appeal to dominant trends in the art world. In the case of …
Only in England. Photographs by Martin Parr and Tony Ray JonesSarah El-Taki | Nov 20, 2013
People have always argued the relationship between science and art, especially when it comes to photography. This could be the reason for the Science Museums new Media Space that exhibited the anthropological photographs taken by …
New Tate film series 2. Unlock Art: Browsing the International Art MarketGowri Balasegaram | Nov 19, 2013
Just released is the the second film in the Unlock Art series, Browsing the International Art Market. This month’s presenter is actress and comedienne Sally Phillips, who has starred in Crackanory, Miranda and Smack The Pony. Phillips reminds us …
Vienna Art Week 2013 “Projecting Worlds.” An interview with curator Robert PunkenhoferVincenzo Estremo | Nov 18, 2013
Today – November 18 – Vienna Art Week opens its ninth edition. I met the curator of the event, Robert Punkenhofer, for a brief interview. Vincenzo Estremo: The title of Vienna Art Week’s ninth edition, …
A Walk Through The Art. Artissima 2013Droste Effect | Nov 16, 2013
If you missed last week’s edition of Artissima in Turin, here’s a walk-through of the art fair with photographer Peggy Ryan, with exhibition views of the most interesting contemporary art galleries. Artissima 2013 brought together …
