VIDEO: Moscow Biennale Presents Modern Culture
VIDEO: Moscow Biennale Presents Modern CultureThe fifth Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, "More Light", brings together works of artists from 40 countries and over 70 artists.One of the largest...
View ArticleThe Definitive Sales Report From the Inaugural Sydney Contemporary
The Definitive Sales Report From the Inaugural Sydney ContemporarySYDNEY — Judging by the final attendance figures alone, the inaugural edition of the Sydney Contemporary art fair was a big success....
View ArticleGALLERY NIGHT [VIDEO]: Chelsea Art Trek, 8 Galleries in 1 Night
GALLERY NIGHT [VIDEO]: Chelsea Art Trek, 8 Galleries in 1 NightHundreds of people wound their way from gallery to gallery on two art walks through Chelsea Thursday night. The walks sponsored by BLOUIN...
View ArticleAspects of Travesty: Show to Revive 1970s Queer Subculture
Aspects of Travesty: Show to Revive 1970s Queer SubcultureThe Kunstmuseum Luzerne’s landmark 1974 exhibition of transvestism and queer imagery is to be recreated at Richard Saltoun Gallery this...
View ArticleLady Gaga Announces Australian ARTPOP Fan Art Gallery
Lady Gaga Announces Australian ARTPOP Fan Art GalleryLada Gaga has announced the launch of a pop-up ARTPOP Gallery Exhibition in Australia in 2014, to celebrate the launch her latest album of the same...
View ArticleBuyers Flock to Sotheby's “Les Lalanne: The Poetry of Sculpture”
Buyers Flock to Sotheby's “Les Lalanne: The Poetry of Sculpture”Buyers and viewers have been flocking to Sotheby’s for the private selling exhibition “Les Lalanne: The Poetry of Sculpture,” which...
View ArticleVIDEO: Houghton Revisited, Old Masters and the Hermitage
VIDEO: Houghton Revisited, Old Masters and the HermitageNORFOLK, UK — Modesty wasn’t on the agenda when Sir Robert Walpole, Britain’s first Prime Minister, commissioned the building of Houghton Hall in...
View ArticleVIDEO: Shoja Azari Takes the Long View
VIDEO: Shoja Azari Takes the Long ViewA buzz of activity greeted me when I entered Shoja Azari’s vast second-floor studio, located above SoHo’s bustling Canal Street, on a late-summer afternoon. The...
View ArticleVIDEO: Jonathan Schipper's Ever-Changing Salt Installation
VIDEO: Jonathan Schipper's Ever-Changing Salt InstallationJonathan Schipper’s latest show at Pierogi Gallery’s massive satellite space in Williamsburg, the Boiler, features a hand-built...
View ArticleONE-LINE REVIEWS: Pithy Takes on Brancusi, the Biennale, and More
ONE-LINE REVIEWS: Pithy Takes on Brancusi, the Biennale, and MoreOnce again, ARTINFO has sent its intrepid staff out into the art world, charged with reviewing the shows they saw in a single (sometimes...
View ArticleGame On: Tabor Robak Unveils His Sleek Virtual Worlds at Team Gallery
Game On: Tabor Robak Unveils His Sleek Virtual Worlds at Team GalleryIn a bedroom studio in Bushwick, a young man is making guns. The process is labor-intensive and complex, sourced from parts that...
View ArticleVIDEO: A Vivid Message of Peace from Yayoi Kusama
VIDEO: A Vivid Message of Peace from Yayoi Kusama Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama contemplates life and death in her sprawling debut exhibition at David Zwirnerin New York. The 84-year-old artist has...
View ArticleVIDEO: Luxembourg & Dayan Welcome César Back to the U.S.
VIDEO: Luxembourg & Dayan Welcome César Back to the U.S.The late French artist César Baldaccini’s work is being explored in a sprawling retrospective at New York’s Luxembourg & Dayan. “César”...
View ArticleAlex Prager on Staging Surveillance in Her "Face in the Crowd"
Alex Prager on Staging Surveillance in Her "Face in the Crowd" Alex Prager seems not to be having any trouble standing out in a crowd. The photographer and filmmaker has become an artistic force of...
View ArticleVIDEO: Alexander Calder “Shadows” On Venus Over Manhattan
VIDEO: Alexander Calder “Shadows” On Venus Over ManhattanYou might have seen Alexander Calder’s (1898- 1976) kinetic universe of oscillating metal sculptures in the light of the Guggenheim or the...
View ArticleREVIEW: Jerzy "Jurry" Zielinski at Luxembourg & Dayan, London
REVIEW: Jerzy "Jurry" Zielinski at Luxembourg & Dayan, LondonResurrecting a group of works that, with a few key exceptions, haven’t been seen much at all outside Poland, this exhibition makes the...
View ArticlePower 100 [VIDEO]: Gallerist Jack Shainman
Power 100 [VIDEO]: Gallerist Jack ShainmanA New York gallerist for nearly three decades, Jack Shainman has a finger firmly on the pulse of the thriving art scene in which he's made his name. Shainman's...
View ArticleDamien Hirst Spot Paintings Taken in Gallery Robbery
Two of Damien Hirst’s renowned “spot paintings” have been stolen from a commercial gallery in west London. They were taken in the early hours of Monday morning.The two works are Pyronin Y (2005) and...
View ArticleWatch This Space: Galini Notti Wins NEON Curatorial Award
It was announced this evening, 12 December, that Greek curator Galini Notti has won the NEON Curatorial Award for emerging curators. Iwona Blazwick OBE presented Notti with the award at a ceremony at...
View ArticleSantas Protest Serpentine’s Unpaid Labour
Protesters dressed as Santa Claus staged a protest at Serpentine Gallery over the weekend, the Guardian reported. The action was taken against advertisements the gallery had placed for unpaid work.The...
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