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Although Lance Dehne’s work appears to be abstract in nature, he comes across as very technical in his placement. Some of his work appeared on architectural-type paper, emphasizing his industrial and methodical style Lance Dehne at 500x Gallery in Dallas, Texas Shae Moore Courtesy of the artist. Although Lance Dehne’s work appears to be abstract […]

From January 23rd to February 14th, Fernando Ayuela’s exhibition "Abundance" will be shown at the Broadway Gallery in New York. This impressive exhibition is the culmination of Ayuela’s three-year obsession with the idea of plenty. Fernando Ayuela: Communication in Abundance Kate Hickey Fernando Ayuela, HESET, The Goddess of Plenty. Courtesy of artist. From January 23rd […]

Have you seen those awful horse-y sculptures made out of driftwood and garbage by Deborah Buttersomething on Park Avenue? Gawd! I can’t stand that stuff! Worst of all, I think my mom has a picture of one of ‘em in her bathroom. NYC January and February Christopher Chambers Damien Hirst, The Virgin Mother, 2005. Painted […]

For artists, it may be the last frontier, this city without walls on the banks of the Passaic: Newark. Activity is brewing. Gallery spaces are sprouting. There is Aljira and City Without Walls, a gallery at Newark-Rutgers, factory space converted to artists studios. New York city is 15 minutes away by PATH. Parking is plentiful. […]

Visit Yayoi Kusama in her studio in Tokyo and you’ll find her at several canvases, simultaneously, motivated to give to each at the same moment. This working process, often in a series, is partly captured in her recent exhibition at the Matsumoto City Museum of Art. Yayoi Kusama, Red Polka Dots and Flowers Midori Yoshimoto […]

With "History of History," Hiroshi Sugimoto’s personal collection of ancient traditional Japanese and East Asia artworks, being shown alongside his own photographs at the Japan Society in New York City, and the artist’s first major retrospective "End of Time," currently at the Mori Museum in Tokyo–both exhibitions will be traveling to the Smithsonian Institute in […]

The art of the Lithuanian, Paris-based artists Svai and Paul Staninkas originates from an interesting yet seemingly idiosyncratic and maybe even an altogether contradictory topos. Svai and Paul Staninkas, Sex and Death Raul Zamudio Svai and Paul Stanikas, Your Father, Your Sons and Your Daughter, 1997. The art of the Lithuanian, Paris-based artists Svai and […]

All that is ever stored, placed in safekeeping, or shored up against the elements and against time, has already inevitably entered the realm of the fragment. Colette’s Storeroom of the Imagination lan Jones Colette, Mata Hari and the stolen potatoes” Mischtechnik auf Leinwand All that is ever stored, placed in safekeeping, or shored up against […]

In late August, Hurricane Katrina devastated America’s Gulf Coast. Horrific images of Americans in the most dire of circumstances were broadcast into our living rooms and across the world. Bodies bloated and floating. Resurrections Katrina / Latin Collector Gallery, NY Dwayne Rodgers . Courtesy of the artist In late August, Hurricane Katrina devastated America’s Gulf […]

In the exhibition "Active Ingredients: Film, Stone, Plastic, Pigment," four artists whose mediums are radically different are brought together to explore how their depiction of reality synthesizes a common thread within their work, creating a very interesting dialogue with the pieces represented in this show. "Active Ingredients" / Broadway Gallery, NY Jason Bryant Jason Bryant, […]