Story of The Bharatanatyam Costume
While watching a dance performance, the first look unconsciously is taken at the costume and a more careful one if the performance is classical. Classical dance costumes boast of a rich cultural...
View ArticlePinpoint: On Charles Ray at The Art Institute of Chicago
Organized by the Art Institute of Chicago in partnership with Kunstmuseum Basel, with the full cooperation of the artist, Charles Ray: Sculpture, 1997-2014 surveys work produced by this celebrated...
View ArticleRichard Prince Subverts the Selfie at Gagosian London
Richard Prince’s appropriated Instagram portraits, currently on show at Gagosian’s Davies Street London gallery until August 1, have attracted plenty of attention of late, and not all positive. But...
View ArticleDealing in the Hamptons: Inside Halsey McKay
Halsey McKay is a breath of fresh air in the Hamptons. This upstart gallery, which recently celebrated its fifth year in operation, has brought an enviable roster of talent to East Hampton, including...
View ArticleForgotten No More: A Renaissance Workshop in Action
Few artists of the Renaissance enjoyed as much success in their day as Andrea del Sarto, who, from 1515 until his death in 1530, ran one of the most productive ateliers of his time in his native...
View Article5 Must-See Gallery Shows: JJ PEET, Huma Bhaba, and More
JJ PEET at On Stellar Rays, through July 31 (1 Rivington Street)Imagine if Richard Tuttle collaborated with Thomas Hirschhorn and you might have a handle on these amazingly weird wall sculptures, which...
View ArticleGabriel Orozco’s Japan-Inspired Marian Goodman London Show
An exhibition of new work by renowned Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco is currently on show at Marian Goodman’s London Gallery — the artist’s first exhibition in London since the 2011 retrospective at...
View ArticleYves Oppenheim’s Color Action at Galerie Max Hetzler, Paris
Galerie Max Hetzler of Paris is currently showing an exhibition of recent paintings and drawings by the Paris- and Berlin-based abstract artist Yves Oppenheim whose work evokes the color-field and...
View ArticleDealer's Notebook: Q&A With Mashael Al Rushaid of HEIST Gallery
Name: Mashael Al RushaidHails from: Saudi ArabiaPresides over: HEIST Gallery, Notting HillGallery’s specialty: Fine Art PhotographyWhen did you decide to start a gallery?Whilst working in a completely...
View ArticleSacred Secrets: Ernesto Neto and the Huni Kuin at TBA21
Since its founding by Francesca von Habsburg in 2002, Vienna-based Thyssen-Bornemiza Art Contemporary (TBA21) has had a strong focus on artistic projects directed at social and environmental concerns,...
View ArticleBrisbane’s GOMA to Present “Cult Japan” Film Program
Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) has announced that it will present an eight-week celebration of Japanese cinema from July 3 to September 2, 2015. Title “Cult Japan,” the program features more...
View ArticleLee Kit’s “The Voice Behind Me” at Shiseido Gallery
TOKYO — Hong Kong-born artist Lee Kit is currently holding a solo exhibition at Shiseido Gallery entitled “The Voice Behind Me,” which runs through July 26, 2015.Born in Hong Kong in 1978 but now based...
View ArticleVIDEO: Yang Zhichao on His “Chinese Bible” at SCAF, Sydney
Beijing-based artist Yang Zhichao’s monumental performance installation “Chinese Bible,” 2009, is currently on show at the Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation in Sydney as part of the exhibition “Go...
View ArticleLea Lublin Retrospective in Munich Challenges Gap Between Art and Life
A woman caring for her baby at a museum. To the unobservant outsider this scene may seem commonplace, but for conceptual artist Lea Lublin, this action was extraordinary. In 1968 Lublin performed “Mon...
View Article5 Shows & Events to See this Week in Berlin
Esther Schipper: Christoph Keller, Grey MagicGerman artist Christoph Keller studied mathematics, physics, and hydrology, as well as liberal arts and film, all of which inform his artistic practice and...
View ArticleQ&A: Anthony Haden-Guest on “The Last Party” and New York Club Culture
Writer, cartoonist, and now curator Anthony Haden-Guest has organized a new show at White Box gallery that looks at New York City club culture, spanning the mid-1970s to the early ’90s. It is a milieu...
View ArticlePinPoint: On Katsushika Hokusai at The Museum of Fine Arts
Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) was the first Japanese artist to be internationally recognized, and his art continues to inspire the imaginations of viewers two centuries later. Drawing from its...
View ArticleDoug Aitken Launches 30 Day Happening at London’s Barbican
Saturday, June 27 marks the launch of American artist and filmmaker Doug Aitken’s “Station to Station: A 30 Day Happening” at the Barbican Centre in London. Billed as a “living exhibition” that...
View ArticleGallery ZAK BRANICKA Aims to Quantify the Ephemeral Concept of Infinity
Capturing or quantifying the concept of infinity is frequently the subject of works of art. Gallery ZAK BRANICKA in Berlin has made it the focus of its upcoming group show “The Admirable Number Pi”...
View ArticleMarina Abramovic’s Paradigm-Shifting Australian Power Play
Superstar Serbian performance artist Marina Abramovic is on a one-woman mission to reempower and reenergize contemporary art, which she says has lost its power. And she’s chosen Australia to launch two...
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