On October 21, 2019, Independent Curators International (ICI) celebrated forty-four years of curatorial excellence and innovation with its annual Benefit & Auction, honoring Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo. Both the silent and live auctions were successful, bringing in $500,000, which will go towards ICI’s ongoing programs in contemporary art around the globe. ICI partnered with Artsy…
Rachel Harrison Life Hack Oct 25, 2019–Jan 12, 2020 The Whitney Museum Rachel Harrison "Life Hack" is the first full-scale survey to track the development of Harrison’s career over the past twenty-five years, assembling approximately one hundred works, including sculptures, photographs, drawings, and installations, ranging in date from 1991 to the present. Harrison combines pop-cultural,…
"I'm good enough. I'm smart enough. And doggone it, people like me." That self-help affirmation, from SNL's comedic character Stuart Smalley kept echoing through my head, as Jeff Koons addressed last week's opening night crowd of VIP journalists at his current exhibition the Guggenheim Bilbao. The mantra also seems to fit the Basque Country itself, a region that has…
The Whitney Museum of American Art hosted its annual Gala and Studio Party at the Whitney Museum on December 10 raising more than $2.7 million. The event was originally scheduled to take place at Hudson River Park’s Pier 57 on October 30, but was postponed due to the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy. In the…
