January 14, 2008

In 2008 and beyond, look for more young gallerists to cut costs by collaborating—and thinking outside the booth.
Sharing a fair space is swiftly becoming de rigueur. Later this month
at Art LA, the up-and-coming Los Angeles fair, Rental Gallery, a New
York– and L.A.-based operation that allows international dealers to
lease its space, is subletting its booth to three galleries: New York–
and Aachen, Germany–based Adamski gallery and New York’s Eleven
Rivington and Participant, Inc. Stretching the model further, Rental’s
director, Joel Mesler, will also rent out a desk in the booth space by
the day to local galleries that want to stop by and show fairgoers
examples from a book of images. The trend continues in April, when
next, a new invitational in Chicago, offers a “smorgasbord of options”
to emerging dealers, says its co-director, Chicago gallerist Kavi
Gupta, including open exhibition space and booth sharing. (Artinfo, January 14, 2008)
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The
New Acropolis Museum debuts soon. Forty yeras in the making, it was
worth the wait. The New Acropolis Museum, nearing completion in the
Makriyianni neighborhood at the foot of the Acropolis, could very well
be a building for the ages. For 30 years, a succession of Greek
political administrations, archeologists, and historians have discussed
the need to replace the existing Acropolis Museum, located a few paces
from the Parthenon. With a wealth of objects excavated from the
Acropolis in the late 1800s, the old museum ran out of space almost as
soon as it was completed, in 1874, forcing significant treasures to
languish in storage for more than a century. More recently, officials
packed away sculptures removed from the Parthenon and other buildings
to prevent deterioration due to exposure to pollution and the elements.
(Artinfo, January 14, 2007)
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New York:

-Atsuko Tanaka and Akira Kanayama at Paula Cooper Gallery, www.Paulacoopergallery.com
-Herve Saint Helier: Photos at Marlborough Gallery, www.Marlboroughgallery.com
-Transforming Reality: Pattern and Design in Modern and Self-Taught Art
at Galerie St. Etienne, www.gsaart.com
-Wall Sculptures at Castelli Gallery, www.castelligallery.com
-Robert Appleton at Paul Sharpe contemporary art, www.paulsharpegallery.com
-Vernita Nemec aka N’Cognita: “Segments of the Endless Junkmail Scroll”, 6-8pm at Thai Cafe

National:

— Group Show, "Abstract Expressionist Prints," @ Worcester Art Museum
Worcester, MA www.worcesterart.org http://www.worcesterart.org
— Group Show, "Embodying the Sacred in Yoruba Art," @ High Museum of
Art Atlanta, GA www.high.org http://www.high.org/index_flash.html
— Group Show, "Street Life: American Photographs from the 1960s and
70s," @ High Museum of Art   Atlanta, GA www.high.org
http://www.high.org/index_flash.html

International:

-Gary
Kennard: “Art and Mind- a Complete Theory of Art and the Brain?”,
Lecture, 6:30pm, at Louise T Blouin Institute, www.ltbfoundation.org