American Art Stars Have Taken Over Paris
Pioneer video artist, Bill Viola, and photographer Robert Mapplethorpe are both the focus of large retrospectives at the Grand Palais in Paris. For Viola, it is his first retrospective in France, and the first time the Grand Palais has had an exhibition devoted to video art. There are 20 of his videos displayed in room after room, totaling seven […]
Gallery Collaborations: A Trend in the Making?
Cooperation and shared programming is the new trend in the art gallery world today. Mary Boone started it when she presented a shared Julian Schnabel show with Leo Castelli in 1981. Today, on the Lower East Side, the Lehmann Maupin Gallery is showing Czech-born and Sweden-based artist Klara Kristalova‘s engaging ceramic works. Uptown, Galerie Perrotin is also showing Kristalova’s whimsical pieces in their downstairs gallery. Galerie […]
The Newest Trend in Collecting—Middle East, North Africa (MENA)
Reporting on: Oman, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, and Qatar Dubai The Art Dubai fair opened to a very glamorous crowd; more than 500 artists were represented from 80 galleries and 35 countries. There is something for every collector. High-end works by art star Idris Khan, as well as an Anish Kapoor mirrored reflective disc. Offered in the same hall […]
Four Brooklyn-Based Artists You Should Know
Adam McEwen Adam McEwen is an authority on discarded gum. In a visit to his studio, the British-born artist explained his fascination for the patterns created by chewed up gum, which he employs in his paintings. McEwen is known for the obituaries he has penned about living subjects such as Jeff Koons, […]
Panama City: The New Bilbao?
Panama is poised to become the Bilbao of Latin America. In Panama City, the BioMuseo designed by Frank Gehry is opening soon and will be sure to draw tourists from all over the globe. The 100 million dollar museum highlights nature, biodiversity, and the fragility of the ecosystem. One can visit the museum now for their “soft opening.” […]
Masterpieces at The Frick Collection
Don’t be daunted by the long lines around the Frick Collection to see the treasures inside. On view are Girl With the Pearl Earring (circa 1665) by Johannes Vermeer and Carel Fabritius’s exquisite Goldfinch (1654). These works and thirteen other masterpieces are from Mauritshuis, The Royal Picture Gallery, The Hague which is being renovated. Painted […]
Art Basel Miami Beach, a Visual Whirlwind
How do you train to see the massive amount of art fairs, private art foundations, museums, and pop-up installations available during Art Basel Miami Beach? We tried very hard. Our first stop was the new Pérez Art Museum Miami designed by Herzog & de Meuron. The opening show is a spectacular Ai Weiwei retrospective called “According to What?” that was […]
An Art Trifecta in Pittsburgh
You can see the 2013 Carnegie International, The Mattress Factory, and The Andy Warhol Museum in one day! If you live in the New York area, you can visit all three venues in a day. One has to get up early in the morning and leave from Newark to catch a United Airlines flight to Pittsburgh. […]
Mexico City—the new Mecca of the art world, at least for a weekend
The art world came together, at least for a weekend, to celebrate the opening of a private art museum created by Eugenio López. Museo Jumex is a private art museum designed by star architect David Chipperfield. López’s collection boasts over 2,000 works of Latin American artists, as well as artists from Europe, Asia and the United States. The architect, David Chipperfield, […]
Latin American Art: A New Force in the Modern and Contemporary Art Scene
In the last ten years there has been a major shift in the general public’s interest and perception of Latin American Art. The driving force behind this shift is that many significant collectors have been sharing their collections with the world. One such collector is Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, whose collection of modern and contemporary […]
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