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 …
Lynn Hershman Leeson Receives the 2010 d.velop Digital Art Award
BERLIN.- American artist and filmmaker Lynn Hershman Leeson has been awarded the 2010 d.velop digital art award [ddaa]. Given biannually by the Digital Art Museum [DAM], Berlin, Germany. This international prize honours an artist’s lifetime achiev…
Michael Riedel Stops Making Sense at Hamburg’s Kunstverein
HAMBURG.- The exhibition of new works by Michael Riedel (*1974, lives in Frankfurt am Main and New York) bears the title “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”, but it could just as easily have been called “Franz jagt im komplett …
Linder, Richard Nicoll and Stuart McCallum to collaborate in 13 hour performance on July 10th at Chisenhale Gallery
PERFORMANCE: LINDER: The Darktown Cakewalk: Celebrated From The House of Fame VENUE: Chisenhale Gallery, 64 Chisenhale Road, DATE: 10 July, 2010 TIMES: 10.00 am – 23.00 pm Chisenhale Gallery presents The Darktown Cakewalk: Celebrated from the House of FAME, a thirteen-hour performance event by artist and musician Linder in collaboration with musician Stuart McCallum (of […]
LACMA Presents Most Extensive Retrospective of John Baldessari to Date
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County
Museum of
Art (LACMA) presents John Baldessari: Pure Beauty, the most extensive
retrospective to date of Los Angeles-based artist John Baldessari (b.
1931), on
view June 27 to September 12, 2010. …
LACMA Presents Most Extensive Retrospective of John Baldessari to Date
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents John Baldessari: Pure Beauty, the most extensive retrospective to date of Los Angeles-based artist John Baldessari (b. 1931), on view June 27 to September 12, 2010. Organized by LA…
Tate’s Ben Borthwick Appointed CEO and Artistic Director of Artes Mundi
LONDON.- Ben Borthwick has been appointed Chief Executive and Artistic Director of Artes Mundi – the UK’s largest art prize. Borthwick is a curator and writer who specialises in contemporary art, with particular focus on sound and socially e…
Chris Dercon Leaves Haus der Kunst for Tate Modern
MUNICH.- In spring 2011 Chris Dercon, director of the Haus der Kunst, will leave for London, where he will take over as director of the Tate Modern. He will continue to work with the Haus der Kunst supervising the exhibition, “Carlo Mollino, Rigorously…
Francis Alys: A Story of Deception Opens at Tate Modern
LONDON.- Tate Modern will present a major exhibition of work by the celebrated artist Francis Alÿs (born Belgium 1959). Using diverse poetical and allegorical approaches, Alÿs explores political subjects such as contentious borders and economic crise…
Imprints: Photographs by Mark Ruwedel at the Peabody Essex Museum
SALEM, MA.- This summer the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) presents Imprints: Photographs by Mark Ruwedel –– 41 spectacular black-and-white and color images of dinosaur tracks and ancient human footpaths. The subject of a major book published by …