Since her graduation from London’s Royal College of Art in 2010, Kate Groobey has enjoyed a rising profile on the scene, kick-started by having pieces from her degree show snapped up, and subsequently exhibited, by Charles Saatchi. I recently went to visit Groobey in her Dalston studio. Her degree show was a series of weird, […]

The festival here in Bucharest gathers the people who have worked and/or learned with him and allow them to pass on some of their knowledge and experience to the next generation for all to see. The 2012 festival is the first one ever, marking 100 years from his birth.We have events to discover the Maestro […]

As its title and subtitle imply, the human figure informs storytelling, whose attendant connotations of fantasy, intimacy, and attentiveness set the exhibition’s tone. Ernest Concepcion’s black-and-white paintings tell war stories through the lens of the news media and cinema. Further stressing cinema, Concepcion embellishes these war scenes with science fiction genre monsters, for instance, a […]

For the past decade, New York artist Tamara Zahaykevich has created works that navigate between painting and sculpture. Her objects either protrude from the wall or are set on pedestals. Her materials, which range from discarded foam core to old paint mixing palettes, are rooted in everyday life and lack pretension. Manifesting as characters with […]

Perusing the notion of imperfection seems to have become a minor and yet prevalent obsession in New York’s contemporary art scene. There appears to be, more than a confrontation with ugliness or an affinity for the lackluster, an appeal for the creation of the unclean and the informal in some of New York’s young artists. […]

   By Dounia Lomri Have you heard? Keith Haring is back… at the Brooklyn Museum. A very rich exhibit of his work from 1978-1983 has been put together, giving a reason for many to flock to Brooklyn. Haring was one of the few street artists who was been able to successfully transfer his public art […]

Born in Israel, artist Shirley Wegner lives and works in New York, creating sculpture, installation, and photographic works from ‘assembled’ landscapes that often reflect constructed stage sets. These scenes are reminiscent of wastelands or construction sites, but with a heavy layer of artifice with the result that her working methods are subtly visible in the […]

Upon entering OK Harris Works of Art’s this winter, the viewer was confronted with strange, large shiny objects that resemble birds, reptiles, mammals, and even a giant egg ready to hatch, all of mysterious origin. A closer examination revealed that they are made of plastic cutlery. Sasha Meret’s recent works are sculptural constructions of polystyrene […]

Of the many galleries and artists presenting work this year, there are a few booths that are definitely worth taking a second or third look.  Photographer Leslie Lyons’ portraits are dark and enigmatically enchanting, haunting in their provocation of introspective research. Uprise Arts’ Nick Meyer’s snapshots are naturally — and occasionally sparsely — lit glimpses […]

Many art fairs feel like overwhelming malls, filled with too many people and not enough interesting art.  Which is why Scope stands out as being a different kind of experience all together.  The SCOPE Art Show is one of the art world’s most monumental fair experiences in that it hosts special programming that is outside […]