Author Archives: jolanta
Sundaram Tagore Gallery
Sundaram Tagore is a New York-based curator and gallerist. A descendant of the influential poet and Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore… Sundaram Tagore is a New York-based curator and gallerist. A descendant of the influential poet and Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore, he promotes East-West dialogues through his contributions to numerous exhibitions as well as […]
Hot Engage: Lobot Gallery Intimately West Oakland – Petra Bibeau
West Oakland?s emerged warehouse art venue LoBot Gallery is at an advantage that many art galleries never arrive at, all within its infancy of fours months, mostly in part to its founders? unique vision of the art scene in the Bay Area. Cofounders and artists Adam Hatch and Caleb Rogers fill a niche that was […]
Last Chance: Ilya Schar’s Mortal Colors – By Jamey Hecht
Klimt’s teeming backgrounds are here, as is Schiele’s strange mixture of elegance and ponderous sadness. Last Chance: Ilya Schar’s Mortal Colors By Jamey Hecht ââ¬ÅWhyââ¬Â Klimt’s teeming backgrounds are here, as is Schiele’s strange mixture of elegance and ponderous sadness. Consider "Why," a big canvass (34" x 49") with a prisoner […]
Adaptation Syndrome: Painting in Contemporary Image Culture – D. Dominick Lombardi
In the exhibition announcement for "Adaptation Syndrome: Painting in Contemporary Image Culture" curators Dinah and Paul Ryan ask, "When almost anyone can create an arresting visual image, how do painters respond?" This refers to the fact that, in this age of high technology and seemingly unlimited possibilities, "Contemporary culture has become in many respects more […]
Tell of Tales
While Beauty sleeps… A young girl gets trapped in a luxurious palace surrounded by a thick forest of thorns. Everyone in the palace is asleep. They should have woken up by now. While Beauty sleeps… A young girl gets trapped in a luxurious palace surrounded by a thick forest of thorns. Everyone in the palace […]
Tell of Tales
While Beauty sleeps… A young girl gets trapped in a luxurious palace surrounded by a thick forest of thorns. Everyone in the palace is asleep. They should have woken up by now. While Beauty sleeps… A young girl gets trapped in a luxurious palace surrounded by a thick forest of thorns. Everyone in the palace […]
Collector’s Night – Gina Vigna
Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "I ask not for the great, the remote, the romantic. I embrace the common." And a little bit of each was on display last Wednesday night at Collector’s Night, an evening of "Collecting, Collectors, and Collections." From a mint-condition 1969 Orange Sting Ray Schwinn to a compilation of scrap paper used […]
Noh-Opera ‘Macbeth’ Astounds Audiences of East and West Alike – By Keiko Kai
What is Noh? Noh is a traditional Japanese performance expressed through dance, music and poetry, and mainly based on legends and myths. Noh-Opera ‘Macbeth’ Astounds Audiences of East and West Alike By Keiko Kai Photo by TOMO UEHARA What is Noh? Noh is a traditional Japanese performance expressed through dance, music and poetry, and mainly […]
Not-Quite-Antiques Road Show – Shane Miller
Some years back, while trudging through a stint in the housekeeping department of a hotel located on the campus of a Midwestern University, I found myself in the middle of the annual convention of the NTHCS, or National Toothpick Holder Collectors Society, for the uninitiated. Not-Quite-Antiques Road Show Shane Miller Courtesy of The Poo Syndicate […]
Art Moscow – By Yulia Lanina
On May 25 and 30th "Expo-Park Exhibiting Projects" company held the annual International Visual Fair "Art Moscow", which included 45 galleries and non-commercial art organizations. Art Moscow By Yulia Lanina Igor Makarevich, Elena Elagina “Pagan” 2003 Installation, photocollage, object Courtesy of Artinfo.ru On May 25 and 30th "Expo-Park Exhibiting Projects" company held the annual International […]
