Richard Armstrong, Director, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation; Jennifer Blei Stockman, President, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation; and Raf Simons, Artistic Director, Christian Dior Couture, today announced Dior as the lead sponsor of the 2013 Guggenheim International Gala (GIG) which will be held on November 6 and 7, 2013. This year, the annual benefit event…
Month: June 2013
Elizabeth Jordan - "50 Grams" BOSI Contemporary 48 Orchard Street New York, NY 10002 June 20 — 30, 2013 BOSI Contemporary will be presenting 50 Grams, a solo exhibition by artist Elizabeth Jordan. This symbolic and powerful exhibition features photographs taken in Russia, and is intended to offer Jordan’s personal view into the country’s culture,…
Ernesto Caivano - Settlements Pioneer Works 159 Pioneer St. Brooklyn, NY 11231 May 18 - July 30 Pioneer Works is presenting Ernesto Caivano’s Settlements, a survey of selected works from 2002-2013. The exhibition is on view from May 18 through July 30th. On June 1 a reception was held for the artist at the Red…
Cameron Gray - Birth of a Legend Mike Weiss Gallery 520 West 24th Street New York, NY 10011 June 20 - August 17 Mike Weiss Gallery will be presenting "a questionable low-point in their program:" Birth of a Legend, by nomadic artist Cameron Gray. Roberta Smith and Jerry Saltz claim that "Cameron Gray is too big to…
Sven-Ole Frahm - A Hole in the Wall is Nothing to Worry About Galerie Richard 514 West 24th St. New York, NY 10011 June 20 - August 16 Galerie Richard New York is exhibiting Sven-Ole Frahm’s first exhibition in the United States from June 20th through August 16th, 2013. Galerie Richard Paris has been representing…
Zandra Rhodes Unseen is a rare opportunity to explore the creativity of one of the fashion world’s most dynamic personalities. For over 50 years, Zandra has experimented with colour, print and fabric, as well as with her own image. Through sketches, designs and garments, only seen before in her spectacular 1980s fashion shows, this July…
Piotr Janas: Minotaurs Bortolami Gallery 520 West 20th Street New York, NY 10011 June 27 - August 30, 2013 Bortolami Gallery will be exhibiting Minotaurs, an exhibition of new works by Warsaw-based artist Piotr Janas from June 27 to August 30, 2013 with an opening reception for the artist on June 27 from 6 - 8…
Jane & Louise Wilson 303 Gallery 507 W 24 Street New York NY 10011 June 25 - August 2, 2013 Jane & Louise Wilson's fifth exhibition at 303 Gallery will mark the first time that they bring several bodies of work together: the photographs "Atomgrad, Nature Abhors A Vacuum" I, V, VI, VII and VIII,…
David Wojnarowicz & Forming The Loss in Darkness Praz-Delavallade 5, rue des Haudriettes 75003 Paris June 22 - July 24 Praz-Delavallade will be presenting nine artists' works that reflect and explore themes from a 1988 silent super-8 film by David Wojnarowicz. In Wojnarowicz's film titled Beautiful People, the black-and-white film turns into color at precisely the…
Purchasing a poor-quality product sounds bad -- nobody wants shoes that don’t last, fuzzy DVD's or batteries that leak, but the problem is much bigger than that. The counterfeit product industry is an exploding $700 billion global criminal industry with little information or protection available to consumers. Counterfeit goods, mainly from China, have become…
MOMA PS1 - EXPO 1: NEW YORK 22-25 Jackson Avenue Long Island City, New York May 12 - September 2nd, 2013 EXPO 1: New York is an exploration of ecological challenges in the context of the economic and sociopolitical instability of the early 21st century. Acting under the guise of a festival-as-institution, EXPO 1: New…
Factual Nonsense: The Art and Death of Joshua Compston Paul Stolper Gallery 31 Museum Street London WC1A 1LH June 21 - August 31 "My guns are directed at the banality of Modern culture. It needs to be massively reinvented." - Joshua Compston Paul Stolper Gallery will be exhibiting 'Factual Nonsense - The Art and Death…
Chris Hipkiss Jack Hanley Gallery 327 Broome Street, New York, NY 10002 June 13 - July 12, 2013 The Jack Hanley Gallery will be presenting works from Chris Kipkiss, June 13-July 12. Christopher Payen and Alpha Mason met at the age of 18 in a case of love at first sight. Since the late eighties,…
Taryn Simon The George Economou Collection Space 80, Kifissias Ave. 15125 Marousi, Athens, Greece JUNE 4-SEPTEMBER 27 The George Economou Collection present an exhibition of works by Taryn Simon. With contributing text by Nicholas Cullinan, curator in the department of Modern and Contemporary art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and in collaboration…
Musicians have long been a driving force in fashion. At a time when the Beyoncés of the world now command a presence alongside fashion show staples like Anna Wintour, it’s clear that musicians have staked their claim on the fashion industry like never before. Some have even dared to step out from beyond the flashes of…
Have you heard of A$AP Rocky? No, not Aesop Rock, but A$AP Rocky, the 24-year-old wunderkind from Harlem, New York, who has tapped into what makes hip-hop heads tick in 2012, and is planning nothing short of domination when it comes to 2013. He is the self-described “pretty motherfucker”. The figure who pairs couture…
MARILYN MANSON Controversy has never been far from the musician known as Marilyn Manson, and his admission that he started his painting career by selling works to drug dealers comes as no surprise. Born in Ohio in 1969, he combined the names of Marilyn Monroe and Charles Manson to create his stage name. He first…
Bruce Davidson - Time of Change: Civil Rights Photographs, 1961-1965 Howard Greenberg Gallery The Fuller Building 41 East 57 Street, Suite 1406 New York, NY 10022 June 6 – July 6, 2013 Photographs from a critical moment in America’s history by renowned documentary photographer Bruce Davidson will be on view at Howard Greenberg Gallery from June 6 –…
Greg Gossel - Head Over Heels White Walls Gallery 886 Geary St. San Francisco, CA 94109 June 8 - June 29 White Walls will be presenting Head Over Heels, the latest solo show by MN-based artist Greg Gossel, featuring 12 new large scale works on canvas. The opening reception will be held at White Walls on…
SCOPE art Basel June 10 - June 16 SCOPE Art Show will present its seventh Basel edition in a new location: Klybeckquai, on the Rhine. An area that has been receiving a great deal of attention and political support from the City of Basel, Klybeckquai is quickly becoming a site for focused cultural development. SCOPE…