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Installation view. NEW YORK, NY.- The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum presents Harmony and Dissonance: Orphism in Paris, 19101930, the first in-depth examination of Orphism, which emerged in Paris among a cosmopolitan group of artists in the early 1910swhen changes brought on by modernity were radically altering notions of time and space. Open from November 8, 2024, to March 9, 2025, the presentation features over 80 artworks comprising painting, sculpture, works on paper, and ephemera, installed across five levels of the museums spiral rotunda. The poet Guillaume Apollinaire coined the term Orphism in 1912 to describe artists who were moving away from Cubism, toward an abstract, multisensory mode of expression. Apollinaires concept referenced the Greek mythological poet and lyre player Orpheus¾who swayed nature and challenged death with his songequating the ephemeral abstraction of music with Orphisms transcendent character. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Acquavella Galleries is presenting its fifth solo exhibition with Tom Sachs. Titled Bronze, the exhibition features new and recent bronze sculptures by the artist and is on view at the New York gallery from November 7-December 13, 2024.
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Abstract artist exhibits paintings in Tubac, AZ art gallery | | Almine Rech New York opens Javier Calleja's fourth solo exhibition with the gallery | | Berlinische Galerie opens an exhibition of photographs by the Dutch artist Rineke Dijkstra | Color Waves. Oil and cold wax on panel 36 x 24 inches TUBAC, AZ.- Artist Leslie Miller is thrilled to announce the inclusion of her abstract paintings in a four-person exhibit. The exhibit titled, Four Takes" will be held at the K. Newby Gallery and Sculpture Garden, 15 Tubac Rd, Tubac, AZ 85646. The exhibit opens during the Tubac Fall Artwalk. Leslie will be giving an Artist Talk on Saturday, November 9th, at 1:00 p.m. She will be sharing insights about her art at that time. The exhibit continues through January 3, 2025. Leslie is one of only four artists invited to be featured ... More | | Javier Calleja, Just Think, 2024, Acrylic on canvas, 45 5/8 à 39 3/8 inches. NEW YORK, NY.- Almine Rech New York opened One true tree..., Javier Calleja's fourth solo exhibition with the gallery, on view from November 8 to December 14, 2024. In the past five years, Javier Calleja (b. 1971) has garnered international acclaim as a creative force. Whether through painting, drawing, or sculpture, Calleja offers a whimsical figuration that provides a captivating escape in an era of global uncertainty and unease. This upcoming exhibition, One, true, tree, for , ... More | | Rineke Dijkstra, Almerisa, Asylumcenter Leiden, the Netherlands, March 14, 1994, © courtesy of the artist, Galerie Max Hetzler, Marian Goodman Gallery and Galerie Jan Mot. BERLIN.- Rineke Dijkstra (*1959) is one of the most highly acclaimed photography and video artists in the world. The central theme of her portraits is the depiction of identity. She is particularly interested in those stages in life and those moments when identity is taking shape: childhood, youth, but also formative events in adulthood, such as the birth of a child. This major retrospective ... More |
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Exhibition features new and recent bronze sculptures by Tom Sachs | | Guggenheim unveils new visual identity uniting its global constellation of museums | | Kunsthalle Bremen unveils comprehensive Ernst Ludwig Kirchner woodcut exhibition featuring contemporary artists | Tom Sachs, Death's Head, 2023. Enamel, glass beads, and ferric nitrate patina on silicon bronze. Edition 4/5 plus 3 AP, 9 3/4 à 9 à 12 5/8 inches (24.8 à 22.9 à 32.1 cm). NEW YORK, NY.- Acquavella Galleries is presenting its fifth solo exhibition with Tom Sachs. Titled Bronze, the exhibition features new and recent bronze sculptures by the artist and is on view at the New York gallery from November 7December 13, 2024. In this exhibition, Sachs continues his formal investigation and exploration of the modernist canon. Guided by the iconoclastic ... More | | The new identity will be rolled out across all Guggenheim locations and platforms throughout 2025. NEW YORK, NY.- The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation launched a unified visual identity that connects its constellation of museums across New York, Venice, Bilbao, and the forthcoming Guggenheim Abu Dhabi. Created in collaboration with the renowned design firm Pentagram, the visual identity reinforces the Guggenheims position as a global cultural institution while celebrating the unique local character of each ... More | | Gabriela Jolowicz, Kirchner at McDonalds, 2024. Woodcut, 20.6 x 28.6 cm © Gabriela Jolowicz. BREMEN.- For the first time in over three decades, Kunsthalle Bremen is set to host an extensive exhibition showcasing the woodcut works of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (18801938), one of the foremost figures of the Expressionist movement. The exhibition, titled Kirchner Holzschnitte. Benjamin Badock, Gabriela Jolowicz und Thomas Kilpper, opens on November 9, 2024, and will run until March 9, 2025. This monumental showcase features a curated selection of 180 ... More |
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First exhibition to examine the intertwined histories of American sculpture and race opens in DC | | Monumental Yayoi Kusama Dancing Pumpkin sculpture unveiled ahead of exhibition | | Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden opens a group exhibition inspired by Etel Adnan's book 'Sea and Fog' | Roberto Lugo, DNA Study Revisited, 2022, urethane resin life cast, foam, wire, and acrylic paint, 66 à 27 à 17 in. (167.6 à 68.6 à 43.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 2024.19. WASHINGTON, DC.- The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture at the Smithsonian American Art Museum examines for the first time the role of sculpture in understanding and constructing the concept of race in the United States over nearly three centuries. Featuring 70 artists whose work crosses time, scale and media, ... More | | Yayoi Kusamas Dancing Pumpkin 2020 now on display for the Yayoi Kusama exhibition at NGV International, Melbourne until 21 April 2025. © YAYOI KUSAMA. Photo: Sean Fennessy. MELBOURNE.- A towering 5-metre-tall bronze pumpkin sculpture by Yayoi Kusama, weighing more than nine tonnes, was unveiled today in NGV Internationals Federation Court, marking the countdown to the major summer exhibition Yayoi Kusama, opening 15 December 2024. The newly acquired Dancing Pumpkin, 2020, supported by the Loti & Victor Smorgon Fund, features eleven ... More | | Kateryna Lysovenko, Internally displaced person. Courtesy of the artist. BADEN-BADEN.- Morning. Vast. Imprecision. Fog has covered everything in gray absolute. This has lasted. Doubts loom over the mind. Absence is harder to accept than death. Etel Adnan, Sea and Fog (2012) On November 11, 1918, at five oclock in the morning, the ceasefire was signed in a forest clearing near Compiègne, France, marking the end of four long years of the First World War. This war left its mark on all the subsequent ones, influencing warfare ... More |
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MoMA will present Christian Marclay's 'The Clock' for the first time in over a decade | | Ludwig Museum opens an exhibition of works by Wolfgang Hahn Prize 2024 winner Anna Boghiguian | | Sotheby's inaugural auction in Saudi Arabia to take place in Diriyah in February 2025 | Christian Marclay. Still from The Clock. 2010. Video (black and white and color, sound). 24 hrs. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Promised gift from the Collection of Jill and Peter Kraus. © 2024 Christian Marclay. Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery and White Cube. NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art will present Christian Marclays The Clock for the first time in New York City since its last presentation at the Museum, which took place from December 2012 to January 2013. Encapsulating 100 years of moving-image history, The Clock (2010)on ... More | | Anna Boghiguian, A Short History of Alexandria, n.d. Mixed media on cardboard and paper © Anna Boghiguian. Photo: Studio Fuis. COLOGNE.- Anna Boghiguian (born 1946 in Cairo) has been awarded the 30th Wolfgang Hahn Prize of the Gesellschaft für Moderne Kunst at the Museum Ludwig. The Egyptian-Canadian artist of Armenian origin has been one of the most exciting positions in contemporary art since her participation in the biennials in Istanbul in 2009 and Sharjah in 2011, and dOCUMENTA 13 in 2012. She is known for her figurative murals, ... More | | Diriyah. Courtesy Sotheby's. DIRIYAH.- Sothebys has today announced plans for its inaugural auction in Saudi Arabia an unprecedented event that will mark the first ever international auction in the Kingdoms history. Titled Origins, the sale will take place on 8 February 2025, offering an array of Sothebys global offerings for new and seasoned collectors. The two-part evening auction will comprise a sale of fine art by both home-grown Saudi artists alongside the leading names in international art history, as well as a showcase of all that luxury ... More |
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In Conversation: William Kentridge, Joslyn Barnes, and Robyn Farrell
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More News | Exhibition at James Cohan centers upon Bill Viola's large-scale video installation 'The Raft' NEW YORK, NY.- James Cohan presents The Raft, an exhibition of video works by the groundbreaking artist Bill Viola, on view at 291 Grand Street from November 9 through December 21, 2024. This is the late artists ninth solo exhibition at James Cohan. Bill Viola (1951-2024) was a pioneer in the fields of new media, video, and installation art. For over 50 years his visionary environments, defined by immersive video and soundscapes, focused on the fundamental human experiences of birth, death, and the unfolding of consciousness. Viola also drew great inspiration from spiritual traditions, including Zen Buddhism, Islamic Sufism, and Christian mysticism. By slowing down his images, Viola shifted viewers sense of perception and awareness to reveal the inner world. This exhibition is centered upon Violas large-scale video installation, ... More Kaveri Raina opens first solo exhibition at Casey Kaplan NEW YORK, NY.- Kaveri Rainas first solo exhibition at Casey Kaplan, reflection as a witness, reveals the fractured narratives of an unseen world. Rendered in acrylic, oil pastel, and graphite on pigmented burlap, Rainas paintings form submerged kingdoms, composed of heroic tales from the past and scattered records gleaned from memories of the artists shifting environments. Rainas references are both illuminating and tragic, intersecting her own somatic experiences with legends of warriors and stories of conflict. Through memorys ability to dissect disaster, Raina paints the lingering presence of violence. Perceptions hidden within the body, like the enveloping embrace of water or the search for light in a dark room, are deeply embedded into her painting process. Combining abstraction and figuration, Raina fragments her own recollections ... More Gagosian exhibits works by Jeff Wall in New York NEW YORK, NY.- Gagosian is presenting an exhibition of works by Jeff Wall at the 541 West 24th Street gallery in New York. Included are five new pictures and several not previously seen in the United States. Wall connects photography with elements of painting, cinema, and literature in pictures that range from classic reportage to elaborate constructions. Some images emphasize what the artist calls blatant artifice, while others are made simply, spontaneously, and directly. Wall favors no particular approach and has explored the breadth and complexity of photography for several decades. A number of works in the exhibition are what Wall calls near documentary images, which may resemble snapshots but are made in collaboration with people who appear in them. This group includes two full-length portraits, Young man wet with rain (2011) and ... More Kunstmuseum Luzern opens an exhibition of works by Maya Dunietz LUCERNE.- As an artist, composer and performer, Maya Dunietz (*1981) combines in her works classical music and the fine arts, installation and concert, sound and rhythm. What is more, the viewers heartbeat, breath, bird song or the daydreams of discarded pianos converge in her work. Maya Dunietz approach in postmodern-avant-garde, her work can be humorous, tender and also harshbut it is also a friendly invitation to us to become involved with all our senses and to hear with our whole body. The Israeli artist finds inspiration in musical traditions all over the world, or in nature. The behaviour of a swarm of fish, birds or insects flows into her work, as does the Sami joik, the monotone-guttural singing of the indigenous people of Lapland. The connecting element is her work on sound, on the world-embracing sound experience. Maya ... More Rarely-seen Dutch Impressionist works from private collections on view at Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art LAKELAND, FLA.- The Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art at Florida Southern College is presenting "Dutch Impressionism: The Hague School, 1860-1930," on view now through February 23, 2025, in the Museum's Dorothy Jenkins Gallery and Harper Family Gallery. This exclusive exhibition features more than 80 paintings from private collections in the Netherlands and was developed in partnership with the Hoogsteder Museum Foundation. It marks the first time these rarely-seen works are being shown in the United States. While many museum visitors are familiar with French and American Impressionism, the story of Dutch Impressionism is less widely known and studied less often. As embodied ... More Kent State University Museum partners with student organization to advance its mission KENT, OH.- The Kent State University Museum has announced a new partnership with the Fabric Pantry, a Kent State student organization that provides free fabric to university students. Advancing accessibility and environmental sustainability, this partnership represents a unique collaborative model for museum practice. Founded in 2022 by students in Kent Stateâs renowned School of Fashion, the Fabric Pantry increases access to materials for students. As the only textile resource on campus, it offers a wide selection of donated fabrics and textiles to students â at no cost â on a monthly basis. Donations come from local individuals and small businesses, helping reduce textile waste by repurposing existing fabrics for student use. When the museumâs new director, Sarah Spinner Liska, Ph.D., J.D., learned about the Fabric Pantry, she eagerly embraced its missi ... More Walead Beshty's fifth solo exhibition with Regen Projects opens in Los Angeles LOS ANGELES, CA.- Regen Projects is presenting Profit & Loss, Los Angeles- based artist Walead Beshtys fifth solo exhibition with the gallery. Beshtys diverse practice examines the overlapping systems of representation, image production, and networks of circulation that produce the dominant structures of material and visual culture. This exhibition focuses on select bodies of work from Beshtys photographic, painting, and drawing practices that explore questions of migration, the construction of value, and the varied meanings of worth. Beshtys Bandit Sign Painting series takes its title from a term denoting any sign attached to public or private property without official approval. These signs may be innocuous or mundane postings for apartments for rent or freelance services but they can also indicate more nefarious ventures, solicitations ... More |
| PhotoGalleries Gabriele Münter TARWUK Awol Erizku Leo Villareal Flashback On a day like today, Swiss photographer Robert Frank was born November 09, 1924. Robert Frank (November 9, 1924 - September 9, 2019) was a Swiss photographer and documentary filmmaker, who became an American binational. His most notable work, the 1958 book titled The Americans, earned Frank comparisons to a modern-day de Tocqueville for his fresh and nuanced outsider's view of American society. In this image: Installation view, Life Dances On: Robert Frank in Dialogue, on view at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, from September 15, 2024, through January 11, 2025. Photo by Jonathan Dorado © 2024 The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
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