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The Castello di Rivoli, the most important contemporary art museum in Italy, recently ran a retrospective of Mario Merz?s work, curated by Pier Giovanni Castagnoli, Ida Gianelli and Beatrice Merz. The show served as a saturated chronological and developmental overview of what the MERZ Foundation, which opened in Turin at the end of April, will […]

Solvent Space has quickly become Richmond, Virginia?s hot new venue because of its experimental nature and overtly industrial feel. For its first show, installation artist James Hyde transformed the main gallery space "Pillow Talk" D. Dominick Lombardi James Hyde, Large Air Cushion, 2002. Vinyl, acrylic on linen, electric blower, 180 X 144 X 288 inches […]

The absence of a question mark after the title of this exhibition, "Can Buildings Curate"?on display at the Architectural Association in London until May 27?is pointed: of course buildings can curate. Can Buildings Curate: An exhibition celebrating the commingling of art, architecture and curating James Westcott Study from Rem Koolhaas’s AMO for the Hermitage museum […]

A ROXY MUSIC REUNIONIt’s been over 20 years since Roxy Music’s last album, Avalon, but there is a good news on the horizon: all five original members (Bryan Ferry, Paul Thompson, Phil Manzanera, Andy Mackay and Brian Eno) are planning to record a new album. The band already had a "reunion" tour four years ago […]

Influenced by much theological study, numerous journeys to India and in depth research into Eastern philosophy, Raffaella Corcione has been continuously developing her artwork. Predominantly defined by its experimental elements and variety, Corcione?s works explore bright colors, abstract forms and human figures; Corcione also plays with these elements in her sculptural works. Raffaella Corcione: Dialogues […]

With echoes of Picasso’s contorted figures, Degas’ dappled strokes and a Jungian exploration of The Self, Heidemarie Kull’s latest series illuminates the canvas. Kull explores the complexities of color and metaphors; her imagined figures and mysterious compositions are filtered through a melting pot of artistic and literary influences. Heidemarie Kull and the Art of Observation: […]

With dramatic, almost violent, strokes and textured layers, Xavier Busquets tries to capture the passion and pain of life, love and modern society. "I paint feelings," he explains, "feelings of friendship, feelings of beautiful sunny days, rain in New York . . . I try to put in an image something that escapes words. To […]

Anna VanMatre captures a prominent struggle, that of nature and man’s destructive interference with it. Drawing with pencil on paper, she depicts rising smoke and gases, voluminous plumes of steam and radioactive dust Sound Bites: Anna VanMatre NY ARTS courtesy of the artist "Anna VanMatre captures a prominent struggle, that of nature and man’s destructive […]

Andrea Bettin is a man living a double life. While at work as an engineer, his mind is always on art, what he feels is his true purpose. And yet, Bettin’s art seems to borrow from his scientific background, or else work within its context–exploring life’s peculiarities, attending to the details of nature. Andrea Bettin: […]

Every artist struggles with the specters of the Great Artists and Writers and Other Masters whose epithets we capitalize. Skilled artists can ape the styles of their favorites, but only for a select few does appropriation become reinvention. Debra Drexler: Resuscitating Gauguin Molly Kleiman Every artist struggles with the specters of the Great Artists and […]