DUBAI (AP).- More than 130 international artists and writers vowed Thursday to boycott a branch of the Guggenheim Museum under construction in Abu Dhabi, unless authorities do more to protect the rights of workers on the site. Human Rights Watch releas…
Exhibition Examines the Pervasive Presence of Artist Robert Smithson in Contemporary Art
SALT LAKE CITY, UT.- The Utah Museum of Fine Arts opened The Smithson Effect, an exhibition highlighting the pervasive presence of artist Robert Smithson (1938-1973) in contemporary art since the 1990s. The most ambitious contemporary art exhibition ev…
International Artists Deal with Unsharpness in "Blur After Richter" at Hamburger Kunsthalle
HAMBURG.- Blurred surfaces, dissolving contours, hazy appearances and indistinct motifs: More and more often images that are out of focus appear in both contemporary painting and photography. Like no other artist, Gerhard Richter (*1932) has been empl…
7 Scientists, 7 International Artists, 1 Expedition to an Astonishing, Abandoned Island
LONDON.- Situated around 800 miles west of Acapulco, Clipperton (or as the French style it, Ile de la Passion) is an abandoned island with a strange history, a unique biosphere and an obscure lagoon filled with ancient marine life. Later this year an e…
Christian Viveros-Fauné and Jota Castro Appointed Curators for Dublin Contemporary 2011
DUBLIN.- New York-based curator and writer, Christian Viveros-Fauné, and Franco-Peruvian artist and curator, Jota Castro, have been appointed joint Lead Curators of Dublin Contemporary 2011, one of the most ambitious art exhibitions ever staged in Ire…
Christian Viveros-Fauné and Jota Castro Appointed Curators for Dublin Contemporary 2011
DUBLIN.- New York-based curator and writer, Christian Viveros-Fauné, and Franco-Peruvian artist and curator, Jota Castro, have been appointed joint Lead Curators of Dublin Contemporary 2011, one of the most ambitious art exhibitions ever staged in Ire…
Generali Foundation Presents "unExhibit", an Exhibition by International Artists
VIENNA.- With the title “unExhibit,” the Generali Foundation gestures toward the legendary 1957 exhibition an Exhibit as it takes up the question of the “display as exhibition.” The show, which features works by the international ar…
Hammer Museum’s Sixth Biennial Invitational Highlights Los Angeles and International Artists
LOS ANGELES, CA.- All of this and nothing is the sixth in the Hammer Museum’s biennial invitational exhibition series, which highlights work of Los Angeles-based artists, both established and emerging, alongside a number of international artists. …
Hammer Museum’s Sixth Biennial Invitational Highlights Los Angeles and International Artists
LOS ANGELES, CA.- All of this and nothing is the sixth in the Hammer Museum’s biennial invitational exhibition series, which highlights work of Los Angeles-based artists, both established and emerging, alongside a number of international artists. …
Hammer Museum’s Sixth Biennial Invitational Highlights Los Angeles and International Artists
LOS ANGELES, CA.- All of this and nothing is the sixth in the Hammer Museum’s biennial invitational exhibition series, which highlights work of Los Angeles-based artists, both established and emerging, alongside a number of international artists. …