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"The Imagery of Chess Revisited" is an unusual exhibit at the Noguchi Museum that explores and recreates, for the first time in 60 years, one of the legendary events in the history of surrealism: the 1944-45 exhibition of the same name, organized by Marcel Duchamp and Max Ernst for the Julien Levy Gallery. Marcel Duchamp […]

The 3rd Valencia Biennial in 2005 we are currently presenting is dedicated to Water. We should bear in mind that back in 2000 the UN announced two fundamental goals to address the issue of water on the planet, now considered one of the most pressing problems for a large number of persons who still have […]

The theme of the third Bienal de Valencia is the ultimate metaphor for the life itself: water. Its ebb and flow, its fluid reaction to obstacles, its ability to fuse with other materials, its ability to nourish and its ability to drown. We travel to its shores in our dreams, we sit and let its […]

Paul Ryan’s exhibit "lift here and be happy" utilizes appropriated images from fashion magazines to execute his vibrant and enticing paintings. Paul Ryan, "Lift here and be happy" Ron Johnson Paul Ryan, introducing attention. Oil on canvas, 18 1/2 x 90 inches. Courtesy of artist. Paul Ryan’s exhibit "lift here and be happy" utilizes appropriated […]

"Pure and simple: it was a noble cause" is what Ronald Reagan said of the Americans’ presence in the Vietnam War. Rodney Dickson’s new show at the Engine Room Gallery in Northern Ireland is all about the aftermath of this "noble cause." Rodney Dickson, The Most Noble of Causes Suzie Walshe Courtesy of the artist […]

Nimbi and Penumbrae’s curatorial focus is artwork that explores the unknowable and unanswerable. The basis for the exhibition is the "elusive" in art, and thus lends itself to the possibility that the work can be vague conceptually or visually. The Elusive as Physical Experience, Nimbi and Penumbrae / d.u.m.b.o arts center, Brooklyn Leah Oates Kohei […]

Lung-Bin Chen studied at the Tung Hai University of Taipei and received his MFA from New York’s School of Visual Arts. He has received numerous distinguished fellowships including one from New York’s Joan Mitchell Foundation, as well as Japan’s Silver Prize of the Osaka Triennial. Lung-Bin Chen, Paper Buddha Fu Chia-Wen Lien Courtesy of the […]

There was a time when feminist and queer theory confidently used a language of possibility, dismantling Cartesian dichotomies all over the place. Artists, academics and others privileged enough to have time to think, took it as their responsibility to imagine for us all–and in so doing, brought about– the utopian future we humans deserve. Genesis […]

In one 24-hour period, six plays are written, directed and produced. There is no turning back, no matter what. Tina Fallon conceived this project, inspired by Scott McClouds? 24-Hour Comics, an event where artists create a 24-page comic book in 24-hours. Art Started and Completed in 24 Hours Danielle Sonnenberg Elizabeth Berkley and Andrew McCarthy. […]

From adolescence through old age, Picasso’s two great passions were women and art, and these came together in his erotic works. The most famous of these is his monumentally important painting of 1907, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (collection MoMA), which is viewed by art historians as the prototypical modern painting. Picasso Erotica / Leslie Sacks Fine […]