A Grand Reopening: New European Paintings Galleries, 1250-1800 May 23 The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s galleries for its world-renowned collection of European Old Master paintings from the 13th through the early 19th century will reopen today after an extensive renovation and reinstallation. This is the first major renovation of the galleries since 1951 and the first…
Month: May 2013
Tomoaki Suzuki The Art Institute of Chicago Bluhm Family Terrace 111 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60603 May 23 - October 27 Japanese artist Tomoaki Suzuki’s diminutive sculptures put a decidedly contemporary twist on the millennia-long tradition of Japanese woodcarving. Drawing on his life in London, Suzuki creates painstakingly detailed portraits of diverse urban youths…
(in)Habitation - Jason J. Ferguson, Matt Kenyon and Osman Khan The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit 4454 Woodward Ave Detroit, MI 48201 June 7 - July 28 The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) will be presenting (in)Habitation on Friday, June 7, 2013. The exhibition runs through July 28, 2013. (in)Habitation is a (re)consideration of…
This year the newest addition to the Art Basel roster is Art Basel Hong Kong, "the city where East meets West." From May 23 - May 26 the art fair will take over the Asian art world. It will specialize in new artwork that is produced all over Asia and the Asia Pacific, as well…
Wendy Paton - Nuit Blanche Sous Les Etoiles Gallery 560 Broadway, Suite 205 New York, NY May 30 - July 11 Sous Les Etoiles Gallery presents "Nuit Blanche" a series of photographs from Wendy Paton. Nuit Blanche is a collection of the artist’s most recent candid night portraits; a contemporary vision of the night; striking, hand…
Gregor Hildebrandt - Orphische Schatten Almine Rech Gallery 20 Rue De L'Abbaye Adbijstraat B-1050 Brussels June 6 - July 27 Almine Rech Gallery is pleased to present the second solo exhibition by Gregor Hildebrandt in Brussels. Gregor Hildebrandt was inspired for this exhibition by a painting by René Daniëls: “I saw this work only once,…
Keith Haring & RETNA Presented by Andy Valmorbida and PM Tenore Curated by Nemo Librizzi and Esthella Provas Central Plaza, The Apex 18 Harbour Rd, Hong Kong Andy Valmorbida is presenting a one-night exhibition of works by Keith Haring at Central Plaza in Hong Kong on Thursday, May 23. Curated by Nemo Librizzi and Esthella…
Anna Rosen & Matt Connolly Night Gallery 2276 East 16th St. Los Angeles, CA 90021 May 25 - June 22 Anna Rosen - "Sketchers Shape-Ups Work" Alternate Titles: Double Duty Tangy Tragedy After Earth Citation Reference "Your Boobs Will Be Jealous" Alien Child Night Gallery is pleased to present Anna Rosen’s first solo exhibition…
Electric Zoo: New York’s Electronic Music Festival is thrilled to announce the addition of a second Main Stage to celebrate its fifth anniversary as New York’s premiere electronic music festival. Electric Zoo is also excited to announce headlining artists performing on both Main Stage West and Main Stage East, as the festival continues to…
THE FORTUNE SOCIETY'S THIRD ANNUAL SPRING SOIREE The Young Philanthropist Society rased more than $100K at The Fortune Society's Third Annual Spring Soiree on May 16th, 2013. Acclaimed Documentary Filmmaker Eguene Jarecki was also honored for his work to create awareness about the Criminal Justice System and U.S. Drug Policy. Hundreds of young philanthropists converged…
Allan Dwan and the Rise and Decline of the Hollywood Studios @ MOMA The Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters MOMA 11 W 53rd St New York, NY 10019 June 5 - July 8, 2013 Allan Dwan (1885–1981), dubbed “the last pioneer” by Peter Bogdanovich, had a 50-year career as a director (from 1911 to 1961)…
Impossible Project NYC Space 425 Broadway, 5th Floor New York, NY 10013 May 16 - June 17 Intimate Portraits is a joint exhibition by Maripol and Slava Mogutin. Both are accomplished artists with extensive work in instant film, whose images blend the lines between art, documentary, and fashion. The nature of instant film allowed the…
Jeppe Hein - A Smile For You Wanås Konst Knislinge, Sweden May 19 - October 27 Jeppe Hein’s titles – Moving Bench (2000), Smoking Bench (2003), Broken Mirror Cubes (2005), and Ice Cube (2005) – often tell you exactly what to expect. He has used the same descriptive formula for some of his exhibitions: a…
Sophie von Hellermann - Elephant In The Room firstsite High Street Colchester Essex CO1 1JH May 25 - August 26 firstsite presents a major exhibition of new paintings by the German-born, London-based artist Sophie von Hellermann. Von Hellermann’s large-scale, narrative paintings have been described as a ‘meltdown of images from books, films, art history, the…
Antonis Donef of The Breeder @ Art Basel Hong Kong Booth ID24 May 23 - May 26 As one of the founding fathers of semiotics Ferdinand de Saussure theorized the association of signifier and signified, that is the correlation of meaning and the means to convey it. On the same line of thought, artists commonly inserted…
Katharina Gross - Wunderblock Nasher Sculpture Center Dallas, TX June 1 - September 1 This summer visitors can experience two new works created for the Nasher by Berlin-based artist Katharina Grosse. For more than two decades, Grosse has been making large installations consisting of brightly colored acrylic paints sprayed onto walls, ceilings, piles of dirt, and…
Helen Marten - no borders in a wok that can't be crossed CCS Bard Galleries Annandale-on-Hudson, New York June 22 - September 22 In Summer 2013, CCS Bard presents the first U.S. museum exhibition of British artist, Helen Marten. Titled no borders in a wok that can’t be crossed, Marten’s exhibition is curated by Beatrix Ruf…
Manfred Kuttner @ Villa Merkel Galerien der Stadt Esslingen am Neckar Pulverwiesen 25 73726 Esslingen am Neckar April 28 - June 30 Manfred Kuttner (1937-2007) was one of the co-founders of Capitalist Realism. In 1963 he organised the legendary Demonstrative exhibition in the Kaiserstraße, Düsseldorf, together with his artist friends and colleagues Konrad Lueg, Sigmar…
PROPERTY kicked off the 25th annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) with its “HOT PROPERTY” themed event, highlighting design vignettes for summer curated by owners Sabrina Schilcher and Ondine Harris. It also celebrates the launch of top Italian design house, Casamania’s, first-ever US “Shop in Shop”. Cocktails courtesy of Smirnoff and wine by Sterling Vineyards…
Revolution - Steven Sebring 69th Regiment Armory 68 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10010 May 21- May 23 “Every body that moves rapidly seems to color its path with the impression of its hue. Thus when lightning moves among dark clouds the speed of its sinuous flight makes its whole course resemble a luminous snake.…