VENICE.- After two months of working in-situ with a team of builders, engineers and sculptors, Adrian Villar Rojas presents The Murderer of Your Heritage, his last installation specially created for the 54th Venice Biennial. The piece is placed in a pr…
Christian Marclay’s The Clock Winner of Golden Lion Prize at 2011 Venice Biennale
NEW YORK, NY.- The Paula Cooper Gallery announced that Christian Marclay’s groundbreaking new 24-hour video work The Clock has been awarded the Golden Lion for best artwork in the 54th Venice Biennale. Called “an abundant, magnificent work” (The Finan…
With a Record 89 Countries, Venice Biennale to Kickoff Europe’s Art Summer This Weekend
VENICE (AP).- The Venice Biennale contemporary art fair kicks off Europe’s summer of art this weekend. This year’s edition of the art fair held every two years is curated by Switzerland’s Bice Curiger, who titled the show: “IllumiNations.” Curiger said…
The 54th Venice Biennale & International Art Exhibition Opens June 4th
Venice.- The 54th International Art Exhibition, with the title of “ILLUMInazioni (ILLUMInations)”, directed by Bice Curiger and organized by la Biennale di Venezia under the presidency of Paolo Baratta, will be opening on Friday, June 3rd, and will b…
Eight Pace Gallery Artists to Present Major Projects at 54th Venice Biennale in June
NEW YORK, NY.- Eight artists from The Pace Gallery will present major projects during the 54th Venice Biennale opening in June. Works by Loris Gréaud, Lee Ufan, Song Dong, Hiroshi Sugimoto, James Turrell, Corban Walker, Zhang Huan, and Zhang Xiaogang …
Paolo Baratta and Bice Curiger Present Concept for This Year’s Biennale:"’ILLUMInazioni"
ZURICH.- The 54th International Art Exhibition, with the title of ILLUMInazioni – ILLUMInations, directed by Bice Curiger and organized by la Biennale di Venezia under the presidency of Paolo Baratta, will be opening on Friday, June 3rd, and will …
Kunsthaus Bregenz Presents Exhibition by the South Korean Artist Haegue Yang
BREGENZ, AUSTRIA- The artist Haegue Yang, born in 1971 in Seoul, surprised visitors to the 53rd Venice Biennale at two separate exhibition locations. As part of the large-scale thematic group show »Fare Mondi« in the Arsenale she presented seven scul…
Internationally Acclaimed Architects and Artists at the Venice Architecture Biennale
VENICE.- The Venice Biennale, which has its offices in Ca’ Giustinian (San Marco, 1364/A), has for over a century been one of the most prestigious cultural institutions in the world. Ever since its foundation in 1895, it has been in the avant-garde, pr…
Exhibition by Portuguese Artist Joana Vasconcelos at Haunch of Venison
LONDON.- In July Haunch of Venison presents I Will Survive the first survey exhibition of Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos to take place in London. The pre-eminent Portuguese artist of her generation, Vasconcelos came to public attention for her dis…
New Works by Mike Bouchet at Schirn Kunsthalle
FRANKFURT.- Since the early 1990s, US artist Mike Bouchet, a resident of Frankfurt since 2004, has been questioning social processes and structures in his work in a variety of forms including paintings, sculptures, installations, actions, performances,…