NEW YORK, NY.- Blum & Poe announces its new exhibition Requiem for the Sun: The Art of Mono-ha. This exhibition examines the postwar Japanese artistic phenomenon Mono-ha (School of Things), following the solo exhibition of Mono-ha’s key ideologue, Lee …
The Brooklyn Museum unveils the first in a series of art installations set in its period room
BROOKLYN, NY.- Playing House is the first in a series of “activations” that invite artists to place site-specific artworks in the Brooklyn Museum period rooms. These “activations” will forge new connections between the past and the …
Major Islamic art exhibit opens at Brigham Young University’s Museum of Art
PROVO, UT.- The largest traveling survey exhibition of Islamic art ever assembled in the United States opened this week at Brigham Young University’s Museum of Art. The BYU MOA is the premiere venue for “Beauty and Belief: Crossing Bridges with th…
Innovative exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery showcases the art of contemporary aboriginal artists
VANCOUVER, BC.- Surprising and often provocative, Beat Nation: Art, Hip Hop and Aboriginal Culture is an innovative exhibition featuring the work of contemporary Aboriginal artists from across the continent. Beat Nation presents a generation of artists…
World record setting $8.79+ million Heritage Auction comics event stands as the greatest comics auction ever
NEW YORK, NY.- Heritage Auctions Feb. 22-24 Vintage Comics & Comic Art Signature® Auction has officially become the single greatest comics auction ever conducted, realizing $8.9+ million over three days, completely obliterating the company’s prev…
Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf: Adel Abdessemed’s second solo exhibition on view at David Zwirner
NEW YORK, NY.- David Zwirner presents an exhibition of new works by Adel Abdessemed. Spanning both of the gallery’s 525 and 533 West 19th Street spaces, Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf is Abdessemed’s second solo exhibition since he joi…
Weserburg opens exhibition dedicated to the pioneer of Art Informel painting: Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze
BREMEN.- He is one of the most prominent artists of the 20th century, yet scarcely anyone knows his name. Art history views him as the pioneer of Art Informel painting, and yet the complexity of his artistic existence defies any categorization. In 1932…
Bidding now open on Antiquities-Saleroom for Antiquities and Pre-Columbian art absentee auction
BOULDER COUNTY, CO.- In a collecting category as highly specialized as antiquities, the most valuable asset an auction house can possess is not a 2,500-year-old Egyptian statue or a rare Pre-Columbian artifact – its integrity and reputation. Antiq…
Seven important works from Turner Prize winning artist Martin Creed on view at Tate Liverpool
LIVERPOOL.- Artist Rooms returns to Tate Liverpool in 2012, with a display of seven important works from Turner Prize winning artist Martin Creed (b. 1968). These works have recently been donated by Creed jointly to Tate and National Galleries of Scotl…
Photographs of supermodels by Marco Glaviano on view at the Little Black Gallery
LONDON.- The Little Black Gallery presents Marco Glaviano: Supermodels from 14 February – 24 March 2012. This is Glaviano’s first UK exhibition. Marco Glaviano (b 1942) is one of the most famous names in the fashion industry sought after by all th…