Holly Morrison, Planet Aid (detail), 2013. Ultrachrome print, 8 x 9 inches, Courtesy Holly Morrison. Clothes Shoes, a re-appropriated urban re-signing found on a Richmond thrift-recycling bin, describes not only the context, but perhaps the demographic of current graduate artists’ work. The found marker resonates with a generations’ zeitgeist—the urgency of creating and presenting their […]
Art Basel 43: Excellence in Art Led to Excellence in Sales
June 17, 2012 by Leave a Comment
It has not been like this for years, but we seem to curb the lul in sales performance in the world league art markets in the EU and US. Thank goodness. Art Basel management just reported that the 43rd edition of Art Basel in Switzerland closed last night (June 17, 2012) with excellent results. “The […]
Photographer Cindy Sherman, 1 more week in MOMA, NYC
June 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
American artist photographer and film director Cindy Sherman (1954, –) is currently being celebrated at home. Let me clarify this : celebrated in the lead museum of New York, the MOMA. Till mid-June. Sherman, Contemporary Master of Socially Critical Photography Cindy Sherman is recognized as one of the most important and influential contemporary artist of […]
Eve Leader, Canadian Artist Extraordinaire
June 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Represented (currently) by Granville Fine Art gallery, Contemporary artist Eve Leader has stood her ground on the Canadian passage of change toward truly innovative art. Canadian art has been so long synonym with either Aboriginal Art or
NY Art Book Fair, Sept 30–Oct 1
September 20, 2011 by 1 Comment
Printed Matter, Inc. Contemporary Artists’ Books Conference The NY Art Book Fair September 30–October 1, 2011 MoMA PS1 22-25 Jackson Avenue at 46th Avenue Long Island City, NY The Contemporary Artists’ Books Conference is a dynamic, two-day event focused on emerging practices and debates within art-book culture. For the first time, the Conference […]
San Francisco Art Institute MFA Applications Spring 2012: Apply Now
September 20, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The San Francisco Art Institute is one of those institutions that any artist always wished he/she could have gone there… at least for a semester. It’s that great of an inspiring place with lots of talented teachers and other artists who live/work there. In case you’re a budding artist, well, here is your opportunity: NOW […]
Art 42 Basel (2011)
June 8, 2011 by Leave a Comment
It’s coming up: Art Basil – time. Time to book your ticket for Switzerland, if you haven’t yet, is today. The world league art show in Basil will start June 14, 2011, and continue till June 19. As per previous years, Art Basil has a wide range of contemporary art disciplines that it aims to […]
Art Education is not art education is not art education
May 12, 2011 by Leave a Comment
3 art education opportunities + 3 countries + 3 art focal points + 3 art faculty = 3 totally different learning experiences: 1. MA Curatorial & Critical Studies; Frankfurt, Germany 2. Gwangji Bienanale Int’l Curator Course, China 3. MFA Graduate Programs, Maryland Institute College of Art, US The opportunities to study art are […]
New Job 2011: Chairman at the Pratt Institute?
December 13, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Yes, believe it or not, but the School of Art and Design at the Pratt Institute is looking for new chairmen or chairwomen for three of their departments: Art and Design Education Fashion Design Film/Video and Photography All three departments are located on Pratt’s historic 25-acre campus in the culturally rich and diverse neighborhood […]
Rose: Post-war Contemporary Artist Isa Genzken at New Museum
November 15, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Isa Genzken’s 28-foot Rose II Arrives on the Bowery Acclaimed German Artist’s First Public Sculpture in the US. Genzken’s Rose is the second work in the New Museum’s Rotating Façade Program Last Saturday, November 13, 2010, the New Museum unveiled acclaimed German artist Isa Genzken’s first public artwork in the United States, installed on the […]
