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Come the late fall of 2006, this sleepy 17th century Dutch village will see the world’s first museum devoted solely to abstract art and abstract thought as it relates to the arts and sciences, global and corporate stewardship. What’s In a Name? Helen Levin Seymour Boardman, Green-Blue, 1959. Oil on canvas, 125 x 90 cm. […]

No�mie Lafrance trusts in fate. "I believe that things happen in the right time," says the 31 year-old choreographer, eyeing the ruins of Williamsburg?s McCarren Pool. Everyone Into The Pool Wiley Norvell Noemie Lafrance, Agora. Images courtesy of the artist. Noémie Lafrance trusts in fate. "I believe that things happen in the right time," says […]

Erik Korhel is a self-taught painter who has never had to bend to please anyone?doing so would be the end of art for a stand-up gentleman like Korhel. Head of the Class Dana Tosici Courtesy of artist Erik Korhel is a self-taught painter who has never had to bend to please anyone–doing so would be […]

Marnie Weber and her assistants match up arms and legs with torsos and pull costumes from garment bags that spill over like over-stuffed pi?atas. Marnie Weber: From the Dust Room @ Luckman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Kim Bockus Courtesy of artist Marnie Weber and her assistants match up arms and legs with torsos and pull […]

Whales have been the source of inspiration for Gulay Alpay?s works for over ten years. This December, Alpay will hold her New York debut exhibition at the Broadway Gallery, displaying what she describes as the transfer of the audio into visual. Song of the Whale Kate Hickey Gulay Alpay, Moonson. Courtesy of artist. Whales have […]

Obscure catchall titles are the glue that holds most summer group shows together. By the season?s end, one gets the impression that the conceptual centers of curators? brains have grown weary and have opted to rely on their rhetorical powers to pick up the slack. Foundation at Gallery Boreas, Brooklyn Shane McAdams Mike Womack, Untitled […]

In recent years, the Chinese State has positioned itself as a relatively more tolerant gatekeeper of public culture. Allowing the legitimate proliferation of contemporary art galleries and exhibitions, and protecting the 798 Art Factory space from being razed to make way for commercial real estate development by designating 798 as a cultural zone, this tolerance […]

In Istanbul, Turkey, an industrial building has opened its doors as a museum of contemporary art. Pinpointed at the Golden Horn, the new cultural oasis is placed where Turkey?s first thermoelectric power plant, Silahtara?a, halted its operations 20 years ago. Silahtarag�a Art Powerhouse Selma Stern Orhan Cem ?etin. Courtesy of gallery. In Istanbul, Turkey, an […]

It definitely helps when the artist you are curating is your father. Knowing the subtle nuances of his character, strengths, secret weaknesses and idiosyncratic working style of a person greatly contributes to the ultimate communicative factor in which the exhibition installation reaches the audience. Dieter Roth: The National Gallery, Reykjavik Art Museum-Harbor House and Gallery […]

In discussing a group show, what is often of supreme interest is how the artists have interpreted whatever commonality caused the curator to hang them together, even if that thread had been unknown to them at the times of creation Co-Conspirators: Artist and Collector: Chelsea Museum, NY Barbara Rosenthal Miguel Barcelo, Donkey Soup. Courtesy of […]