Archive for October, 2009
« Previous EntriesSophie Taeuber-Arp: Avant-garde Pathways / Museo Picasso Málaga, Spain
Friday, October 30th, 2009Sophie Taeuber-Arp: Avant-garde Pathways at the Museo Picasso Málaga is the first retrospective of the work of Swiss artist Sophie Taeuber-Arp in Spain. The show presents over 130 exhibits that include paintings, drawings, collages, textiles, puppets, plans, photographs, sculptures and furniture. The exhibition is divided into three sections: Broken Rhythm examines the work from her [...]
Museo Picasso Malaga / Interview with Artistic Director José Lebrero Stals
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009Not everyone knows that Pablo Picasso was born in Málaga. The Museo Picasso Málaga was created in response to Pablo Picasso’s desire for his work to be seen in the city where he was born in 1881. The initial idea for the museum arose in 1953, from the contacts that took place between Pablo Picasso [...]
The Embassy / London
Monday, October 26th, 2009During Frieze Art Fair 2009, The Embassy, a multi-disciplinary group show, presented works by Marco Brambilla, Terence Koh, Rosey Chan, Tom Gallant, Alastair Mackie, Oliver Clegg, Wolfe von Lenkiewicz, Bruce French, Henry Hudson, Michael Lisle-Taylor, Laurence Owen, Karim Rabik, Hugo Wilson and Yarisal & Kublitz. Curated by Dellal and Xerxes Cook, the exhibition was intended [...]
Frieze Sculpture Park 2009
Friday, October 23rd, 2009It was beautiful autumn weather during Frieze Art Fair 2009, so we took a walk in the park: Frieze’s Sculpture Park, located in the southeast corner of Regent’s Park. This year’s Frieze Sculpture Park has been curated by David Thorp and featured works by the followning artists: Zhan Wang: Artificial Rock No. 16 (2007); Maria [...]
The Age of the Marvellous / Old Trinity Church, London
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009The Age of the Marvellous is the title of an exhibition in the former Holy Trinity Church (built in 1828 by Sir John Soane) in London. The Age of the Marvellous features over 60 works of art, most of them especially produced for the exhibition. The artists Hilary Berseth, Nicola Bolla, Paul Fryer, Adam Fuss, [...]
Antony Gormley: One & Other / Finale
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009At 9 a.m. on Wednesday 14th October 2009, the last participant of British artist Antony Gormley’s One & Other project, Emma Burns, stepped onto the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square in London. The 30 year old medical photographer from Darlington is one of 2,400 people of all ages, backgrounds and cultures and from all over [...]
Jim Hodges: Love, etc. / Centre Pompidou, Paris / Interview
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009Currently, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, France, is showing works by the American artist Jim Hodges, titled Jim Hodges: Love, etc. It’s the first personal exhibition devoted to Jim Hodges by a major European institution. On display are around sixty of his works, offering a panorama of the unique world of this artist.
On occasion of [...]
Stephanie Syjuco: Copystand / Frieze Projects, Frieze Art Fair 2009 / Interview
Monday, October 19th, 2009This is an interview with San Francisco-based artist Stephanie Syjuco. Stephanie Syjuco has conceived a project for this year’s Projects program of Frieze Art Fair. Her project called Copystand: an autonomous manufacturing zone is a workshop in which a small group of artists are making bootleg copies of other works exhibited in the fair, and [...]
Thomas Struth: Paradise / Deutsche Bank VIP Lounge, Frieze Art Fair 2009
Friday, October 16th, 2009As every year, Deutsche Bank is presenting an exhibition at their VIP Lounge at Frieze Art Fair. This year, the show is dedicated to the work of German photographer Thomas Struth. Deutsche Bank has over fifty of Struth’s earlier works in its collection. Many of them examine the 50s and 60s German city developments of [...]
Robert Mapplethorpe: A Season in Hell / Opening and Performance by Patti Smith
Thursday, October 15th, 2009If she ever wondered how many people fit into her gallery space, now Alison Jacques knows. The opening of the current exhibition Robert Mapplethorpe: A Season in Hell reminded visitors more of a Guinnes Book World Record attempt than a vernissage. The reason for this rush was obviously the announcement that the American singer-songwriter and [...]
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