Author Archives: jolanta

 Pioneering video and multimedia artist Wang Jianwei is known for his conceptually complex, multi-faceted explorations of the contemporary Chinese reality. Using elements of theatre, philosophical inquiry, artistic methodology and “scripted accident,” he seeks to illuminate the in-between, that poorly defined grey zone where most of us live—and where most of the really interesting things happen. […]

Kurt Schwitters, a “grandfather figure” of the avant-garde in his native Germany and a master of European Dada and Surrealism, is finally conquering the hearts and minds of Americans thanks to this “extreme collage” experience, curated by Isabel Schultz (of Kurt Schwitters Archive at the Sprengel Museum, Hannover) in collaboration with Menil director Josef Helfenstein. […]

 Nothing says summer like a leisurely afternoon in the garden. The Katonah Museum of Art’s provides the perfect outdoor spot to eat lunch or escape for some peaceful moments beneath the magnificent 100-year-old Norway Spruce trees that stand sentry over the Sculpture Garden. On June 5, things will get even more interesting as five of […]

  On the occasion of Bushwick Open Studios, ARCH Production & Design NYC teams up with curator Claudia Eve Beauchesne to present A+, a multi-disciplinary exhibition of works by ARCH members and other Brooklyn-based artists. “Media mix freely and eclectic influences fuse into new forms. Art, design and architecture bleed into one another. A+ is […]

Henry Miller, Virginia Woolf, Antonin Artaud – Carl Köhler knew them all. At least, so it seems when facing his portraits. From the edgy, black lines of Franz Kafka, crudely cut in wood, to the airy blue shades used to capture the sensitivity of Joyce Carol Oates. Little known outside the borders of his native […]