HAMBURG.- Two of the most important collections of contemporary art have been brought together in a joint show this summer at Deichtorhallen. One main feature of the collection of doctor and chemist Thomas Olbricht, who lives in Essen and Berlin, is a…
Cheim & Read Presents an Exhibition of Works in Fabric by Louise Bourgeois
NEW YORK, NY.- Cheim & Read presents an exhibition of works in fabric by Louise Bourgeois. Dating from 2002 – 2010, Bourgeois’s fabric “drawings” – assembled from discarded clothes, sheets, towels and similar material from her perso…
Within the Revolution, Everyone
By Alexander Nixon, MA
NEW YORK, NY.- A naked woman covered in white make-up crouches on the floor after having hacked off her own head with a samurai sword. This powerful image by Cuban painter Rocío García, whose three-part interview for the Cuban …
Sotheby’s New York to Offer an Exceptional Tahitian Sculpture Carved by Paul Gauguin
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- An intricate wooden bust carved by Paul Gauguin is expected to sell for as much as $15 million when it is auctioned on May 3, according to Sotheby’s. “Jeune tahitienne,” which was carved by Gauguin during his first trip to Tahiti b…
Lust & Vice: Major Exhibition Filling Three Rooms and Five Display Cases at The Nationalmuseum
STOCKHOLM.- The Nationalmuseum presents Lust & Vice, a major exhibition filling three rooms and five display cases. The exhibition runs from 24 March to 14 August 2011. Over 200 works from the 16th century to the present day, mostly little-known treasu…
Lust & Vice: Major Exhibition Filling Three Rooms and Five Display Cases at The Nationalmuseum
STOCKHOLM.- The Nationalmuseum presents Lust & Vice, a major exhibition filling three rooms and five display cases. The exhibition runs from 24 March to 14 August 2011. Over 200 works from the 16th century to the present day, mostly little-known treasu…
Gagosian Gallery Paris Presents an Exhibition of Unique Precious Objects by Victoire de Castellane
PARIS.- Gagosian Gallery Paris presents an exhibition of unique precious objects by Victoire de Castellane. The exhibition is on view from March 2 through 22, 2011. I start with a story, a world, never with the material. I find my stories in everything…
Gagosian Gallery Paris Presents an Exhibition of Unique Precious Objects by Victoire de Castellane
PARIS.- Gagosian Gallery Paris presents an exhibition of unique precious objects by Victoire de Castellane. The exhibition is on view from March 2 through 22, 2011. I start with a story, a world, never with the material. I find my stories in everything…
Mid-Career Overview of Vicky Civera’s Work at the Valencian Institute of Modern Art
VALENCIA.- This exhibition is not so much a mid-career coverage of Vicky Civera’s work over the last twenty years but it is rather a celebratory focusing on major aspects and key incidentals of her work. It picks up the precisions that seem unconsciou…
Mid-Career Overview of Vicky Civera’s Work at the Valencian Institute of Modern Art
VALENCIA.- This exhibition is not so much a mid-career coverage of Vicky Civera’s work over the last twenty years but it is rather a celebratory focusing on major aspects and key incidentals of her work. It picks up the precisions that seem unconsciou…