BERGEN.- At Bergen Kunsthall, Joan Jonas presents a new version of an ongoing series of installations under the title Reading Dante. The series, on view until March 27, 2011, began in 2007 and each new version incorporates elements from the preceding …
Bergen Kunsthall Presents Artist Joan Jonas, a Pioneer of Performance and Video Art
BERGEN.- At Bergen Kunsthall, Joan Jonas presents a new version of an ongoing series of installations under the title Reading Dante. The series, on view until March 27, 2011, began in 2007 and each new version incorporates elements from the preceding …
Expert Says Michelangelo Drew Inspiration from Brothels to Paint Frescoes in Sistine Chapel
ROME.- The Renaissance genius artist Michelangelo Buonarroti drew inspiration from various Italian brothels to paint some of the figures that form part of the frescoed panels of the Sistine Chapel, assured specialist Elena Lazzarini in an article publi…
New Museum to Rotate Façade Sculpture from Ugo Rondinone’s Hell, Yes! to Isa Genzken’s Rose II
NEW YORK, NY.- This Saturday, October 30, 2010, the New Museum will begin preparations for a new façade sculpture. Isa Genzken’s Rose II (2008) will be the second work presented on the Museum’s second-floor ledge, which was designed to host a rotating…