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The Americas Dream

William S. Smith — Thu, 09 May 2013 15:00:00 +0100

The event demonstrated the Tate's strong support outside of Europe, raising more than $2 million.

Keeping up with Anthony Elms at Independent

Leigh Anne Miller — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:00:00 +0100

Last fall Elms, an associate curator at the ICA in Philadelphia since December 2011, was appointed one of three curators of the forthcoming Whitney Biennial, the museum's last in its historic Breuer building uptown (the Whitney will move into a new building at the base of the High Line in 2015).

Keeping up with Chus Martinez at the Armory Show

Brian Boucher — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 09:00:00 +0100

Appointed to her post at El Museo in December, Martínez had just spent three years as part of the Documenta 13 curatorial team, while also serving as chief curator at MACBA, Barcelona. When you meet her, the dual role is not as surprising. She has more ideas in a single booth than others have in a day. She had just returned, she said, from a conference in Singapore, "where people are trying to articulate the Asian art scene." She deadpanned, "There is a lot of money in Asia now."

How to Do It with HUO and Massimiliano GIoni

Courtney Fiske — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:00:00 +0100

The New Museum's survey, "NYC 1993," furnished the discussion's broader frame. Curated by Gioni and three of his colleagues, the show distills one particularly decisive (and divisive) year in the New York art world. Its fulcrum was the Whitney Biennial, a constellation of urgent, socially conscious work then lambasted as patronizing, didactic and historically uninformed ("It's Called Art, Not Politics" one review was headlined). "NYC 1993" rehashes the Biennial's argument, since recuperated by many critics, by positioning its installation-heavy effort as equal parts art and historical cipher.

Successful Screenings at Art Rotterdam

David Ulrichs — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:00:00 +0100

Proud as punch, fair director Fons Hof opened the 12th edition of Art Rotterdam last Wednesday and, with it, "Projections," a new section focused on moving image artworks that featured 19 galleries. "Projections" was housed in a separate building across the street from the main fair and consisted of large freestanding screens arranged without booths. Flemish collector Alain Servais told A.i.A. that the new section was "well installed" and "collector-friendly, due to the lack of light, which meant collectors could walk unrecognized over the fair and focus on the art."

Hauser and Wirth Opens Giant New Gallery in Chelsea

Brian Boucher — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:30:00 +0100

"Dieter Roth. Björn Roth" (Jan. 23-Apr. 13) is the first exhibition on West 18th Street, and it includes installations, sculpture, video and prints by the father-and-son team, about half the works on loan from the Dieter Roth Foundation, Hamburg. Featured are more than 100 objects, created since the 1970s, some never before shown in the States.

Daniel Buren Has Earned His Stripes

Brian Boucher — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:40:00 +0100

The dealers threw a party for Buren at the tongue-twisting new Bocca di Bacco restaurant, on Ninth Avenue, not only to celebrate the exhibitions but also to mark the 51st wedding anniversary of Buren and his wife, Chantal.

In Kiev, Award Anxiety

Courtney Fiske — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:30:00 +0100

Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev was quick to dispel notions of a "return to painting," as in the 1980s vogue for neo-geo and expressionist styles. Speaking for her fellow jurors, she criticized the unnaturalness of awarding prizes to artists and lamented the power asymmetry between artists and curators. "I hope that next year we're not on the stage," she remarked.

Los Carpinteros Intoxicate Miami with Art Bar

Brian Boucher — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:30:00 +0100

Miami Beach has no shortage of watering holes, and they're active duringthe Art Basel Miami Beach (ABMB) fair, when buyers and sellers loosenup after long days at ABMB or at any one of nearly two dozen satellitefairs.

Performa Gala Raises Funds, Artists, Tempers

Brian Boucher — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:00:00 +0100

The night's honoree was Milly Glimcher, art historian and wife of Pace Gallery president Arne Glimcher. She was recognized for having organized the acclaimed Pace exhibition "Happenings: New York, 1958-1963" (Feb. 10-Mar. 17), which focused on documentation of that seminal period for performance art.

MTV Unveils New Art Breaks Videos

Brian Boucher — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:15:00 +0100

This is the second installment of a project that launched earlier this year with Mads Lynnerup, Tala Madani, Rashaad Newsome, Jani Ruscica in collaboration with Sinii Pelkki, and Mickalene Thomas. The project revives a series that aired in 1985 with videos by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Richard Prince and others.

Broad Museum Raises Gauntlet in Michigan

Austin Considine — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:00:00 +0100

Two exhibitions inaugurated what the museum says will be a perpetually rotating series of exhibits: "In Search of Time," a compelling collection of multi-media contemporary and historical art and "Global Groove," a collection of 12 video installations by artists from 10 different countries. (There are no plans for a gallery to house the permanent collection.)

ICI Awards Emerging Curators

Sarah Cascone — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 14:30:00 +0100

The winners were selected by Hans Ulrich Obrist, co-director of Serpentine Gallery, London, from a field of 15 candidates who were nominated by 15 international curators.

Mix and Match at Meditations Biennale

Saul Ostrow — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:30:00 +0100

This year, four curators—Denise Carvalho (the Americas), Friedhelm Mennekes (Europe), Fumio Nanjo (Asia) & Tomasz Wendland each would interpret the theme "the unknown" [through Oct. 30]. The selected artists were then installed in an integrated installation spread over five sites: a synagogue, a Jesuit Church, Zamek Castle Cultural Centre, the National Museum in Poznan and the Archdiocese Museum.

Quality Over Quantity at EXPO Chicago

Susan Snodgrass — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:30:00 +0100

A handsome, spacious design by Studio Gang Architects lent an air of sophistication with wide aisles, an easy grid layout and reflective conical forms dramatically suspended from the ceiling. "The fair has all the right ingredients," said Michael Solway, director of Cincinnati's Carl Solway Gallery, "a great location and good dealers," a sentiment echoed by many. The Solway Gallery, celebrating its 50th year, showcased, among other works, text-based Plexigrams by John Cage, small-scale video pieces by Nam June Paik and ceramic sculptures by Hannah Wilke.

Space is the Place: Trevor Paglen and Werner Herzog in Discussion

Brian Boucher — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:00:00 +0100

Hundreds gathered in New York's Bryant Park well before the seven P.M. start time yesterday for an evening devoted to "The Last Pictures," a new project by artist Trevor Paglen, sponsored by New York public art agency Creative Time. Paglen discussed the project with filmmaker Werner Herzog, following a reading by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tracy K. Smith.

In Jerusalem, a De-Politicized 'Season'

Paul David Young — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:00:00 +0100

Now in its second year, the Jerusalem Season of Culture is a two-and-a-half-month program of music, performance and art. The festival is an effort to establish Jerusalem as a city with diverse cultural offerings, not just a religious hotbed. Journalists were invited to experience the final days of the Season of Culture, which concluded this month. The Jerusalem Season of Culture was initiated by the Schusterman Foundation-Israel in cooperation with the Jerusalem Municipality and the Jerusalem Foundation. Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat has been an enthusiastic supporter from the outset.

Miners Make Pilgrimage to Manifesta

Chiara Zampetti — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:10:00 +0100

Curated by Cuauhtémoc Medina, Katerina Gegos and Dawn Ades, this exhibition focuses on the effects of coal on art. This exhibition examines how coal affected and defined artistic production, on the collective memory of the coalminers, and offers some contemporary reflections on the changes that incurred in the production system worldwide in the 21st century.

Ken Price Remembered at LACMA

Brian Boucher — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:30:00 +0100

A 600-seat auditorium was full with relatives, friends and fans of the sculptor, who, Barron pointed out, had a show at the Whitney Museum at the age of 34, but who remained less well known than his first-rate oeuvre would merit, perhaps because he worked in clay.

Castles Made of Sand

Brian Boucher — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:00:00 +0100

A lighthearted variety of Land art came to Queens, N.Y.'s Rockaway Beach on Friday via a sandcastle competition for artists, organized by New York public art organization Creative Time. Thirteen artist teams were invited to compete for gold, silver and bronze shovels.