VIENNA.- Eccentric, madman, or genius? Both with his oeuvre and his provocative manner, Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) abandoned the boundaries between art and life, originality and commercialism as nearly no other twentieth century artist did. He ga…
First Solo Exhibition in the Netherlands of the Versatile French Artist Raphael Zarka at Stroom Den Haag
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS.- Stroom Den Haag presents the first solo exhibition in the Netherlands of the versatile French artist Raphaël Zarka, on view from May 29 through August 21, 2011. “Nature is an infinite sphere whose centre is everywhere and whos…
XII Media Forum in the Frames of 33rd Moscow International Film Festival Presents "Expanded Cinema"
MOSCOW.- For the twelve years that the Media Forum programme has existed its organizers had to explain in almost every interview what the project wholly dedicated to visual art is doing on the territory of cinema. What do sound performances, video art,…
Collectors Group Acquires New Works by Ai Weiwei, Helen Pashgian, and Sam Gilliam
SAN DIEGO, CA.- At the 2011 Collectors’ Selection Dinner on Wednesday, May 11, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego’s International Collectors and Contemporary Collectors voted to purchase new works for the Museum’s collection: two examples of Ai Weiwe…
Kunsthalle Wien and Museum of Natural History of Vienna Present ‘Space: About a Dream’
VIENNA.- Outer space is not only a physically extending sphere, but also a symbol: for centuries, man’s dreams and visions have been concerned with conquering the “extraterrestrial zone,” with getting to know worlds beyond Earth, and eve…
Kunsthalle Wien and Museum of Natural History of Vienna Present ‘Space: About a Dream’
VIENNA.- Outer space is not only a physically extending sphere, but also a symbol: for centuries, man’s dreams and visions have been concerned with conquering the “extraterrestrial zone,” with getting to know worlds beyond Earth, and eve…
Selections from the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Collection at the Santander Art Gallery
MADRID.- “Spirit and Space”, is the title of the exhibition that Fundación Banco Santander organises at the Santander Art Gallery at Boadilla’s Financial City from February 9th until April 29th. 124 works of art, 69 artists from 20 dif…
Maria Lind has Been Appointed the New Director of Tensta Konsthall
SPANGA, SWEDEN.- Prior to assuming her duties at Tensta Konsthall 1 January, 2011, Maria Lind was director of the Masters Programme at the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College in New York (2008-2010). She was head of Iaspis in Stockholm in 20…
Conceptual Artist Barbara Kruger Creates a New Work for the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
FRANKFURT.-The US-American conceptual artist Barbara Kruger has created a new, publicly accessible installation for the Rotunda of the Schirn, which covers floor, ceiling, and surrounding walls with the white- and partly red-on-black captions typical o…
My Father’s House: The Architecture of Cultural Heritage at the Brunei Gallery
LONDON.- Featuring work by five emerging Middle Eastern artists and three UK photographers – including Winner of the World Press Photo of the Year 2007 Tim Hetherington – the exhibition uses large-scale photography, audio-visual media and fi…