LONDON.- Internationally renowned Chinese artist Xu Bing is to create a new bespoke art installation specially commissioned for the British Museum. Background Story 7 is part of his ongoing series of museum installations and consists of a dramatic larg…
BMO Financial Group Donates Major Rodney Graham Art Installation to Vancouver Art Gallery
VANCOUVER.- To mark the occasion of its Annual Meeting of shareholders in Vancouver, BMO Financial Group donated a major piece of art by internationally renowned Vancouver-based artist Rodney Graham to the Vancouver Art Gallery. “Supporting arts a…
Canary Wharf Unveils Award-Winning Sculpture
LONDON.- Canary Wharf Group plc (CWG) has installed its latest art installation, Drawing Cube (Blue) by Suresh Dutt. This striking 3.5m high sculpture in Montgomery Square, Canary Wharf is the winner of the First@108 Public Art Award 2010. The Award is…
Red Dot Art Fair Announce its Return to New York City in Newly Renovated Event Space
NEW YORK, NY.- Red Dot Art Fair announce its return to New York City, March 3 – 6, 2011. Red Dot’s new venue is a newly renovated event space in the heart of SoHo, located at 82 Mercer Street. Red Dot will partner with the Korean Art Show, a proj…
Red Dot Art Fair Announce its Return to New York City in Newly Renovated Event Space
NEW YORK, NY.- Red Dot Art Fair announce its return to New York City, March 3 – 6, 2011. Red Dot’s new venue is a newly renovated event space in the heart of SoHo, located at 82 Mercer Street. Red Dot will partner with the Korean Art Show, a proj…
Glasgow-Born Sound Artist Susan Philipsz Wins 2010 Turner Prize for Contemporary Art
LONDON (AP).- An artist who used her own singing voice in an art installation won the prestigious Turner Prize award for contemporary art on Monday. Susan Philipsz received the 25,000 pound ($39,000) prize at the Tate Britain in London for her recordin…
In Process: Most Ambitious Art Installation Ever Attempted at Monterey Museum of Art
MONTEREY, CA.- “This is the most complex installation we’ve ever attempted at the Museum,” says Monterey Museum of Art Chief Curator Marcelle Polednik of the execution of artist Ingrid Calame’s site-specific wall drawing at the Mont…
Sears Wants to Buy Back Willis Tower Sculpture Made by Alexander Calder
CHICAGO (AP).- Sears may have moved out of its tower in downtown Chicago, but the company now wants to buy back a motorized sculpture in the building’s lobby. The brightly colored art installation, “The Universe,” was created by Alexander Calder. It w…
Sears Wants to Buy Back Willis Tower Sculpture Made by Alexander Calder
CHICAGO (AP).- Sears may have moved out of its tower in downtown Chicago, but the company now wants to buy back a motorized sculpture in the building’s lobby. The brightly colored art installation, “The Universe,” was created by Alexander Calder. It w…
Walking in a Cloud at Venice Architecture Biennale 2010
VENICE (REUTERS).- If you thought that the world’s biggest architecture show would be about buildings, this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale has a few surprises in store. Highlights include a steel ramp sneaking into a cloud, a pitch-black room wher…