• November 30, 2007

    Date posted: November 30, 2007 Author: jolanta

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    The New Museum Facade; Shanghai Art Gallery

    International Top News

    The New Museum Facade

    If you’re wondering whether the New Museum’s monumental new home lives up to the hype, we’ll let the building answer for itself. As Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone’s rainbow-colored installation on the façade of the towering silver structure puts it, “Hell, Yes!” From the street, the blocky, 60,000-square-feet, seven-story building, designed by Tokyo-based architects Sejima + Nishizawa/SANAA, looks like a disaster waiting to happen. Each floor is stacked on the one below in what appears to be a haphazard manner, and the seemingly unstable structure soars perilously high above the Bowery. (Artinfo, November 30, 2007)
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    Shanghai Art Gallery

    In the early years of the Shanghai Gallery of Art, which opened in 2004, the press showered attention on its director Weng Ling, who was handpicked by Handel Lee, of Beijing’s Courtyard Gallery, considered by many to be one of the best galleries in China (Lee is no longer involved in the space).With a glittering background and experience in the jam-packed Beijing art scene, Weng brought major connections in both the art world and the government. (Artinfo, November 30, 2007)
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    Openings and Art Events on Tuesday, December 4

    New York City:

    — Brian Shure, “City Life- New Paintings”  @ Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery    www.artnet.com 
    — Chris Sauter, "Homemaker" @ Cueto Project.   www.cuetoproject.com 
    — Cui Fei, "Manuscripts of Nature" @ Cheryl McGinnis Gallery 
    — Holiday Party, "Art Meets Design" 6-9pm @ Rental Gallery  www.rental-gallery.com
    — Betti Franceschi, "Big Nudes" 5-7pm @ Pen and Brush  www.bettifranceschi.com
    — Group Show, 6-8pm @ Soho Photo Gallery   www.sohophoto.com
    — Dana Schutz, lecture 6:30pm @ School of Visual Arts  www.schoolofvisualarts.edu 
    — Stephen Johnson, "Digital Photography" 7pm @ School of Visual Arts  www.schoolofvisualarts.edu
    — Group Show, "Testimony to War: Art from the Battlegrounds of Iraq" 6-8pm @Visual Arts Museum www.sva.edu
               

    National:

    — Group Show, "The New Art Miami" 6-9pm @ Art Miami, Miami, FL  www.art-miami.com
    — Group Show,"French Kissin’ in the USA" 9pm-12am @ The Moore Space, Miami, FL www.themoorespace.org 
    — Group Show, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, Pierogi, Hales Gallery 3-9pm @ 2010 N. Miami Ave Miami, FL www.feldmangallery.com  

    International:

    — Whitney McVeigh “Head Series” @ Brick Lane Gallery, London, UK  www.whitneymcveigh.co.uk/ 

    Art Fair and Biennial Reminders from Art Fairs International

    — PragueBiennale3, May 16 to Sept 16, Prague, Czech Republic
    — Edinburgh Art Festival, July 26 to Sept 2, Edinburgh, Scotland
    — Art Nocturne Knocke, Aug 4 to 15, Knokke–Heist, Belgium
    — DigiFestival, Aug 15 to Sept 15, Florence, Italy
    — Helsinki Festival, Aug 17 to Sept 2, Helsinki, Finland
    — Montreal World Film Festival, Aug 23 to Sept 3, Montreal, Canada
    — ANTI Contemporary Art Festival, Aug 31 to Sept 30, Kuopio, Finland
    — The Mercosul Biennial, Sept 1 to Nov 17, Porto Alegre, Brasil
    — 10th Istanbul Bienniale, Sept 8 to Nov 9, 2007, Istanbul, Turkey
    — Time–Based Art Festival, Sept 9 to 18, Portland, USA
    — The Athens Biennial, Sept 10 to Nov 18, Athens, Greece
    — 20/21 British Art Fair, Sept 11 to 16, 2007, London, UK
    — Bienniale de Lyon, Sept 17 to Jan 6, 2007, Lyon, France

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