A pack that included some of the world’s top art collectors streamed into Art Basel Miami Beach’s First Choice preview this morning, and as the day went on buyers snapped up dozens of seven-figure works from the 268 galleries that have set up in booths at the city’s convention center. Despite construction outside related to […]
Cultural Identity and Pattern Collide in Exhibition at Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
KANSAS CITY, MO.- The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art examines the concept of artists using pattern and dress to express their cultural identities in the exhibition Pattern ID, on view January 28–May 8, 2011 at the Kemper Museum. The fifteen fea…
SFMOMA’s 2011 Auction Features Work by Artists with Strong Ties to the Museum
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will hold its biennial Art Auction at the museum on April 6, 2011. This highly anticipated fund-raising event organized by the Modern Art Council (MAC) will feature more than 70 lots r…
ICA Boston Presents One of the Leading Figures in Contemporary Art: Mark Bradford
BOSTON, MA.- This fall, the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston opens Mark Bradford —the first museum survey devoted to one of the leading figures in contemporary art. Bradford is best known for his collage-layered paintings that express the ener…
First United Kingdom Solo Exhibition by Mark Bradford at White Cube Hoxton Square
LONDON.- White Cube Hoxton Square presents the first UK solo exhibition by Mark Bradford. Encompassing painting, collage, sculpture, film and audio performance, Bradford’s practice examines the ever-changing conditions and spontaneous networks that cha…
Grass Grows by Itself: A Group Exhibition Opens at Marlborough in Chelsea
NEW YORK, NY.- Marlborough Gallery presents a group exhibition titled Grass Grows by Itself, curated by Sima Familant, with works by Chakaia Booker, Mark Bradford, Dale Chihuly, Wade Guyton, David Hammons, Carmen Herrera, Jim Hodges, Wolfgang Laib, Cam…
"Merchant Posters" ~ Collage Series by Mark Bradford Published in New Book
NEW YORK, NY.- Since 2006, acclaimed Los
Angeles
artist Mark Bradford has been erasing, obscuring and reconfiguring the
text and
graphics of advertising posters he collects from the South Central
neighborhood
where he was raised. His “…
Definitive Collection of Collage Series by Mark Bradford Published in New Book
NEW YORK, NY.- Since 2006, acclaimed Los Angeles artist Mark Bradford has been erasing, obscuring and reconfiguring the text and graphics of advertising posters he collects from the South Central neighborhood where he was raised. His Merchant Poster se…
Getty Museum and Artist Mark Bradford Launch Online Curricula for K-12 Art Teachers
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Getty Museum and artist Mark Bradford today unveiled Open Studio: A Collection of Artmaking Ideas by Artists, a new project conceived by Bradford, an LA-based artist and MacArthur Fellow, to provide free online arts activities for…