CHICAGO, IL.- Lauded for their unmistakable wit and elevation of quotidian subjects, Swiss artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss have collaborated since 1979 in an exploration of the “poetics of banality”—the actions and objects of every…
Feedback: Video by Artists Opens at the University of Richmond Museums
RICHMOND, VA.- The University of Richmond Museums presents FEEDBACK: Video by Artists, on view from January 12 to March 18, 2011, in the Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature. The exhibition consists of eight videos, divided into four categories, a…
Museum of the Moving Image Announces Full Schedule of Screenings and Special Events for its Grand Re-opening
ASTORIA, NY.- Rochelle Slovin, Director of Museum of the Moving Image, announced the complete schedule for the screenings and programs that will celebrate the grand re-opening of America’s only museum dedicated to film, television, and digital med…
Nick Cave’s World-Famous Soundsuits Featured in the Pages of Vogue
CHICAGO, IL.- The School of the Art Institute of Chicago announced that Fashion Design Department Chair Nick Cave’s world-famous Soundsuits are featured in an eight-page spread in the September issue of Vogue. Shot by fashion photographer Raymond Meier…
Nick Cave’s World-Famous Soundsuits Featured in the Pages of Vogue
CHICAGO, IL.- The School of the Art Institute of Chicago announced that Fashion Design Department Chair Nick Cave’s world-famous Soundsuits are featured in an eight-page spread in the September issue of Vogue. Shot by fashion photographer Raymond Meier…
Group Exhibition of 8 Korean Media Artists to Open at Gallery Hyundai
SEOUL.- Gallery Hyundai presents “Powerhouse”, a group exhibition of 8 Korean media artists. The show offers glimpses into the unique world of Korean contemporary artists who are representing the present status of Korean media art recognized both in an…
Guggenheim Museum Launches YouTube Play: A Biennial of Creative Video Blog
NEW YORK, NY.- The Take is a blog created by the Guggenheim and inspired by YouTube Play. A Biennial of Creative Video. With writing by experts, scholars, and artists from the worlds of film, video, and Internet culture, the Take will feature discussio…
New Subjects Join the National Portrait Gallery Collection
WASHINGTON, DC.- What do Amazon-founder Jeff Bezos, Oscar-winner George Clooney, basketball star LeBron James, best-selling author Joyce Carol Oates, hip-hop entrepreneur Jay-Z and X-Games founder Tony Hawk have in common? The Smithsonian’s Nation…
Guggenheim Foundation and YouTube Seek Budding Video Artists
New
York, New York – For artists, being included in a museum exhibition
generally
means first having to penetrate the well-guarded gates of a prestigious
art
gallery. But now the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and YouTube are
aiming t…