Postwar & Contemporary Art
The Saatchi Gallery’s “Gesamtkunstwerk: New Art from Germany” opened today as a showcase for 24 of Germany’s best artists, and while some of the names are familiar — Julian Rosefeldt, Thomas Zipp, Josephine Meckseper, and Andro Wekua among them — others are decidedly under the radar, at least on the...
A cultural renaissance has invaded Toronto over the past decade, with new structures like the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts sprouting up and festivals like the Nuit Blanche, Luminato, and the Toronto International Film Festival occurring regularly. This week, it's Art Toronto's turn in the...
Leaner and meaner, New Orleans's Prospect biennial returned this weekend, bringing an eccentric mixture of local and international art to 13 venues throughout the Crescent City. The show was founded three years ago by curator Dan Cameron with a big ambition: to aid in healing New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina by giving it an...
The Frieze Art Fair opened yesterday to energized crowds who were hungry to see what galleries brought to London's premier art fair — even if they didn't particularly feel like opening their wallets. What follows is a list of top ten best booths to see at the fair, in no particular order, and then the single worst thing at Frieze.[...
The City of Angels takes its place on the art-fair map this fall, welcoming Art Platform and Pulse as well as Art L.A. and Fountain. At the same time the Getty Research Institute's citywide event Pacific Standard Time kicks off, making this the perfect season for culture buffs to visit L.A. ...
Manyartists have dabbled in jewelry design to create one-of-a-kind symbols of love forthe women in their lives. Alexander Calder made pieces for his daughter. PabloPicasso gave brooches, rings, and carved amulets for his lovers Dora Maar andMarie-Thérèse Walter in the 1930s. Over the course of six years, curator DianeVenet gathered 187...
You know the story: Art Forum closed and all eyes were on Art Berlin Contemporary, allowing ABC (as it is called) to almost double in size — from 70 to 120 galleries — almost overnight. But to put on an exhibition/fair in Berlin titled "About Painting" — the only reaction is, really? In a city known for its innovative, creative...
The art advisory profession has been around for ages, but its popularity has exploded over the last decade. Before that, clients mainly relied on working with trusted dealers or relying on their own personal tastes. But increasingly, wealthy collectors are looking for a third party with art, and art-world, expertise but no monetary stake...
A sprawling mass of white-painted rope appeared to have crash-landed on the floor of Victoria Bartlett's VPL storefront in Soho on Monday night. Laying beneath it — or really woven into it — were two near-nude models, prone and relatively inert. This theatrical, one-night-only performance/installation was the brainchild of artist Orly...
The latest data coming out of the art market continues to defy belief. Fresh on the back of Christie's announcement that it made $5 billion in sales in 2010, marking the single biggest year in the company's 245-year history (with Sotheby's, meanwhile, posting its second-highest total), we were told last month that China's fine-art...
