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Cige Beijing
CIGE 2012April 12 – 15, 2012 Supported by the Ministry of Culture of the People’s Republic of China, the Ninth Edition of the China International Gallery Exposition (CIGE2012) will take place at The Exhibition Hall of the China World Trade Centre in Beijing from April 12 to15, 2012 (Preview April 11). . With the […]
Robert Sagerman: It’s Time
Much like most art worth talking about, being in the presence of the new paintings by Robert Sagerman is the only way to really feel their significance. Recently on view at Margaret Thatcher Projects, the show is fittingly titled “It’s Time.” With each work listed by the number of paint dabs accumulated on the painting […]
Art Cologne
Art CologneApril 18 – 22, 2012 ART COLOGNE is traditionally a number one address for viewing, enjoying and buying top-of-the range artworks. Art lovers and collectors will find a broad range of modern and contemporary art in all price brackets and covering all movements. Approximately two hundred leading international galleries will be showcasing a […]
In Focus: 4 Walls In Berlin
Is Berlin the Bushwick of Europe? It’s a city vaster than Paris, newer than London and New York, and cheaper than all 3. In some ways it’s similar to NY, or how NY used to be – a city pinging with artists and still so many empty spaces. The galleries are supporting the emerging artists […]
Hype, Money, Celebrity: Cindy Sherman at MoMA
One has to be all eyes here. Cindy Sherman’s camera is busy. If her compositions aren’t bustling with vivacious color, they are pulsing with sensuality. Fashion unfolds too as well as centerfolds, fairy tales, horror movies, and portraiture. But this is not only photography. Unusual to her typical form of self-presentation, the artist employs other […]
In Conversation: Charles Gute Interviews Matthew Northridge
Charles Gute: In addition to your more labor-intensive sculptural works, you’ve been working on a series of smaller collages that seem more related to drawing. There’s a recurring landscape motif that feels almost like a travelogue—like they’re snapshots. But of what? Matthew Northridge: Each collage is an installment in a larger compendiumtitled The World We […]
Fiamma Morelli’s Otherworldly Abstractions
individual journey “The connotations are endless and provoke us to entertain ideas surrounding beauty, the sublime and ecstasy. “ Courtesy of the artist. FIAMMA MORELLI’S OTHERWORLDLY ABSTRACTIONS By: Jill Smith Fiamma Morelli’s artwork has a spiritual connotation. In her most recent work at Broadway Gallery, NYC. Flaming morning red is rushing ruthlessly through […]
Sirpa Miettinen: A Call To Action
uniqueness “In an age of global information, her works acts like a reminder that visceral mark making can have a significant affect on the viewer.” Courtesy of the artist. SIRPA MIETTINEN: A CALL TO ACTION By: Jill Smith Sirpa Miettinen is an artist who feels very connected to nature; she believes in a […]
KARNAL @ Tachi Gallery
KARNAL @ Tachi Gallery On March 15th, Tachi Gallery presents the opening of “Karnal,” the joint exhibition of artist Phillip Thies and seasoned artist Uccello. Former WWF wrestler Phillip Thies, known to fans by his stage name Damien Demento, continues to tap into the dark character he carved out in the early 90s, […]
Lisi Raskin’s Military
Lisi Raskin’s fascination with the military-industrial complex has long been central to her artistic practice. For over a decade, Raskin’s work has been moored to a Cold War narrative; in Julia Bryan-Wilson’s words, Raskin “performs, rather than enacts,” research. In 2005, the artist spent a month in Scotland looking for nuclear submarines. Since then, she […]
