VIENNA.- With her exhibition at the Secession, video artist Saskia Olde Wolbers is showing a selection of her work in Austria for the first time, including the new piece Pareidolia (2011). Since the mid-1990s, she has been developing fictional document…
The Secession In Vienna Features Saskia Olde Wolbers
Vienna, Austria – With her exhibition at the Secession, video artist Saskia Olde Wolbers is showing a selection of her work in Austria for the first time, including the new piece Pareidolia (2011). Since the mid- 1990s, she has been developing ficti…
Gallery of Modern Art Turns It Up to Eleven with Rock Film Program
QUEENSLAND.- A major program exploring all facets of rock music on film screens at the Gallery of Modern Art’s Australian Cinémathèque from April 29 to June 5, 2011. Queensland Art Gallery Director Tony Ellwood said tickets are on sale now for &…
Gourmet Restaurant for Plants Opens at the Crocker
SACRAMENTO, CA.- The Crocker Art Museum will open the world’s first photosynthetic restaurant this spring. Conceptual artist Jonathon Keats has developed a gourmet cuisine for flora by filtering and mixing different wavelengths of sunlight. Keats’ …
MoMA Film to Present Weeklong Series of Documentaries Featuring Artist Associated with Juxtapoz Magazine
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art presents “All the Wrong Art:” Juxtapoz Magazine on Film, a series consisting of seven new and recently released documentary features on artists associated with the San Francisco–based arts and cult…
Olympic Documentary Filmmaker Bud Greenspan Dies at Age 84 in New York City
NEW YORK (AP).- Oh, to catch Bud Greenspan’s eye and then turn up in one of his Olympic documentaries. For many athletes, from the famous to the obscure, the honor ranked just behind winning a medal. The filmmaker, whose riveting tales soared as trium…
London Exhibition at Wellcome Collection Examines Centuries of Drug History
LONDON (AP).- So you think drug culture began at Woodstock the 1960s? Think again. A massive bong statue spanning the length of a room, the laudanum-induced ‘Kubla Khan’ manuscript and psychedelic videos in a riot of color await those curious enough t…
IVAM Commemorates the Centenary of the Birth of Architect Felix Candela with an Exhibition of His Work
VALENCIA.- The exhibition that the IVAM and the Sociedad Estatal Conmemoraciones Culturales (SECC) dedicate to Félix Candela’s work exemplifies the assimilation process involved in the dramatic experience of exile and his integration in the complex pr…
Museum of Modern Art Celebrates Four-Decade Career of Sally Potter
NEW YORK, NY.- A retrospective of the films of British
director
Sally Potter (b. 1949) at The Museum of Modern Art from July 7 through
21, 2010,
celebrates her distinct, independent vision, showing all her feature
films,
documentaries, and…
Museum of Modern Art Celebrates Four-Decade Career of Sally Potter
NEW YORK, NY.- A retrospective of the films of British director Sally Potter (b. 1949) at The Museum of Modern Art from July 7 through 21, 2010, celebrates her distinct, independent vision, showing all her feature films, documentaries, and shorts, and …