HOUSTON, TX- Menil Director Josef Helfenstein has announced the 2011 recipient of the Walter Hopps Award for Curatorial Achievement: Adam Szymczyk, director and chief curator of Kunsthalle Basel. Established in 2001 in honor of Menil Founding Director …
Tate Announces Tacita Dean to Undertake Next Commission in The Unilever Series
LONDON.- Tate and Unilever today announced that Tacita Dean will undertake the twelfth commission in The Unilever Series for the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern. The work will be unveiled on 11 October 2011. Tacita Dean is one of the most respected artists…
Artist as Activist: United Kingdom’s Tate Modern to Show Joan Miro: The Ladder of Escape
LONDON (REUTERS).- Civil war was raging in Spain, bombs were exploding in Guernica, and Spanish artist Joan Miro, stranded in Paris, was painting “Still Life with Old Shoe,” where psychedelic colors spilled into everyday objects to create a scene of ni…
Artist as Activist: United Kingdom’s Tate Modern to Show Joan Miro: The Ladder of Escape
LONDON (REUTERS).- Civil war was raging in Spain, bombs were exploding in Guernica, and Spanish artist Joan Miro, stranded in Paris, was painting “Still Life with Old Shoe,” where psychedelic colors spilled into everyday objects to create a scene of ni…
The Unilever Series: turbinegeneration is Awarded UNESCO Patronage
LONDON.- Tate and Unilever have announced that UNESCO has granted its patronage to The Unilever Series: turbinegeneration, Tate Modern’s international schools project. Patronage is UNESCO’s highest form of endorsement and is granted to demons…
SFMOMA to Present Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and The Camera Since 1870
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- From October 30, 2010, through April 17, 2011, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will present the U.S. debut of a major survey that examines photography’s role in invasive looking. Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and …
Drift 10: London’s Biennial Art Exhibition to Transform the River Thames
LONDON.- A stretch of the Thames in central London and Canary Wharf is set to be transformed this winter by a series of contemporary art works placed directly in the water and along its banks. Now in its second year, the groundbreaking art show, DRIFT,…
Retrospective of the Work by Filmmaker and Artist Harun Farocki Opens in Austria
BREGENZ.- With Harun Farocki, the Kunsthaus Bregenz presents a filmmaker and artist whose work has had a strong influence on the history of the political film since the late 1960s. His great importance to the visual arts is reflected not only in the re…
Culture Secretary Launches Plus Tate, a Major New Collaborative Arts Initiative
LONDON.- Plus Tate, a major new national initiative for the visual arts involving Tate and 18 of the UK’s most dynamic arts institutions, was launched on 21 October at Tate Modern by Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt. Joining together to exchange ideas,…
Tate Modern’s "Sunflower Seed" Exhibit by Ai Weiwei Closed to Visitors as Health Risk
LONDON (AP).- An art exhibition involving 100 million porcelain sunflower seeds has been closed to visitors because it is generating dust that is a potential health hazard, the Tate Modern gallery said Friday. Chinese artist Ai Weiwei filled a giant ha…