Contemporary Art

Armory Week: Get Ready for an Art Glut - WNYC

Straits Times

Armory Week: Get Ready for an Art Glut WNYC It's positively mind-boggling -- and a fine opportunity to see contemporary art from galleries from Tel Aviv to São Paulo. Here are three pieces not to miss ... Contemporary art shines at New York's Armory ShowAFP Armory Show offers glimpse of today's artCU Columbia Spectator Greek Billionaire, $5 Million Magritte Fire Up Busy Armory WeekBloomberg Guestofaguest.com -Metro.us (blog) -ARTINFO all 44 news articles »

An Abundance of Room, an Absence of VIP Gloss - New York Times

Washington Post

An Abundance of Room, an Absence of VIP Gloss New York Times You might have thought that New York had reached the saturation point in contemporary-art fairs, but no. A new one has just arrived. ... Upcoming Washington area museum, gallery exhibits and closing showsWashington Post ExhibitsThe Weekender Eye CandyRocktown Weekly MediaNama.com (blog) -Vancouver Sun -PR.com (press release) all 32 news articles »

Contemporary Arts Fair Veers Into 'Emerging' Territory - New York Times

Contemporary Arts Fair Veers Into 'Emerging' Territory New York Times Now, Mr. Rudolph is turning his hand to ArtParis, a rather sleepy modern and contemporary art fair held each year at the Grand Palais. ... and more »

Sotheby's to sell modern collection in Amsterdam - Reuters

Reuters

Sotheby's to sell modern collection in Amsterdam Reuters LONDON (Reuters) - Sotheby's will offer more than 160 works of post-war and contemporary art from the Peter Stuyvesant Collection which it expects will ... and more »

How Twitter Got Me Started in Art-Collecting Game for Just $20 - Bloomberg

How Twitter Got Me Started in Art-Collecting Game for Just $20 Bloomberg The approach fits with Powhida's growing role as a troublemaker and the art world's watchdog. “Access to contemporary art is often restricted by high prices ... and more »

Museum and gallery events - Philadelphia Inquirer

Museum and gallery events Philadelphia Inquirer Institute of Contemporary Art 118 S. 36th St.; 215-898-7108. www.icaphila.org. Dance With Camera. Free. Closes 3/21. Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of ... and more »

Young and vibrant - The Guardian

The Guardian

Young and vibrant The Guardian Brazil's contemporary art scene, already vibrant, took off after major corporate tax breaks were introduced in the 1990s. Companies can get back up to 100% ...

Contemporary Art Month marches in to a new tune - San Antonio Express

Contemporary Art Month marches in to a new tune San Antonio Express Works by Marcy McChesney are on view during Contemporary Art Month at Stella Haus Art Space. By Steve Bennett - Express-News After a couple of decades of ...

Art Karlsruhe Arouses A Mood For Discovery - TAXI Design Network

Art Karlsruhe Arouses A Mood For Discovery TAXI Design Network Art-fair curator and project manager Ewald Karl Schrade reports: "Contemporary art has been occupying the most space since the very first event. ... and more »

Bellagio Gallery Of Fine Art Sets New Exhibition - Elite Traveler Website

VUE Weekly

Bellagio Gallery Of Fine Art Sets New Exhibition Elite Traveler Website Different schools of modern and contemporary art fall under the heading of figurative art, from Renoir's romantic Impressionistic portraits (“The Sweeper”) ... Arts roundupSan Antonio Express CONTEMPORARY ART 101: Why is that art?VUE Weekly all 3 news articles »

Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster at Dia at the Hispanic Society ...
Dia Art Foundation is pleased to announce chronotopes & dioramas, a new project by Paris- and Rio de Janeiro based artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster. For this site-specific project, the third in a series of contemporary art exhibitions ...

Thomas Eggerer at Daniel Buchholz (Contemporary Art Daily)
Since the light and texture of the space are neither as flat or abstract as in the yacht painting nor are as distinctly referential to the contemporary environment as the second image, the painting almost demands another look. ...

Beijing Contemporary Art vs. The Man
Artists jerked out of their studios, cast out onto the street by the government. Building complexes in art zones destroyed without notice, their occupants harassed by hired thugs. These images, formed from media headlines, ...

African Contemporary Art at the Herzlya Museum | The Catcher in ...
The Herzlya Museum of Contemporary Art hosts the principal section of an event that allows to the Israeli art fans a glimpse into a lesser known space - the.

absolutearts - RICHARD SOLSTJARNA Frontpage feature on the largest ...
Richard Solstjarna, swedish fine artist, Frontpage feature on the largest site for contemporary art. The chosen artwork titled: Journey through has been chosen to be part of the Featured Artwork on the homepages at World Wide Arts ...

Contemporary Art Fair Paris | Paris Blog | Council of Regional Arts
Contemporary Art Fair Paris | Paris Blog. Posted by admin On March - 5 - 2010. The vast nave of the Grand Palais in Paris will return filled with modern art enthusiasm. Soon (from March 19th to the 23rd) in the ArtParis, will be held an ...

Jenny Holzer @ BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art « Brask Art Blog ...
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art · Sprueth Magers · Jenny Holzer. Tags: 2010, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Jenny Holzer, opening, Sprueth Magers. This entry was posted on Friday, March 5th, 2010 at 11:09 am and is filed under … ...

contemporary-art-canvas-paintings – Art Review | 'Skin Fruit ...
The artist says: Thanks for reading my contemporary art blog! If you are involved in the art and culture industry in any way, and would like to syndicate content from or to this blog, or if you simply enjoy art and would like to get in ...

Contemporary Art Stars at NY Armory Show - webcastr.com
Leading US contemporary art fair The Armory Show opens to the public Thursday in New York.

Anders Clausen at Hotel (Contemporary Art Daily)
A recent unscientific survey in my head suggested that fewer and fewer people want to grow up to be art forgers or computer hackers. Why? Are we just too busy being vaguely fascinated by our so terribly nice-looking tools? ...

Tyler Green's modern & contemporary art blog (Arts Journal)
The current New York survey of contemporary artists' take on our world isn't the Whitney Biennial or the embarrassing installation of a private collector's trophy case at the New Museum.

Tobacco group's art collection fetches record price (AFP via Yahoo! News)
An art collection put together by British American Tobacco over five decades to liven up its factories and "inspire" workers was sold for a Dutch record 13.6 million euros, Sotheby's said Tuesday.

Tyler Green's modern & contemporary art blog (Arts Journal)
In a modest proposal for the Guggenheim's Contemplating the Void exhibition, Kendell Geers provided a the museum with a text-based work from 1995 titled By Any Means Necessary , a digital print of white words on a black background.

DeLorean, Bjork, Rich Russians Boost ‘Crazy’ New York Art Fairs (Bloomberg)
March 8 (Bloomberg) -- Dealers participating in New York’s Armory Week, the city’s biggest display of high-end and contemporary art, reported increased sales from last year and said they were confident the art market had rebounded.

Tyler Green's modern & contemporary art blog (Arts Journal)
One over the most interesting events of the Winkleman/Powhida/Dalton project #class was Yevgeniy Fiks' 'Communist Tour of MoMA.' James Wagner has pictures and Barry Hoggard has a thorough accounting.

Inuit art promoter Ryan honoured (CBC Manitoba)
Terry Ryan, who managed the Cape Dorset artists' co-op and is now director of Dorset Fine Arts in Toronto, has been honoured for his 50 years of work in promoting Inuit art.

Call for Artists : 4th Annual All-Women Art Show (2010-03-08 - 2010-04-18) (Absolutearts.com)
Chico Art Center invites female artist to submit works for their upcoming 4th annual all-women art show, Contemporary Woman. The show will be held April 24 to May 23, 2010, allowing plenty of time to ship works or hand delivering entries by April 18th. For the fourth consecutive year, Chico Art Center pays homage to female artists in what is hoped to be a show of diversity and imagination. They ...

Market for African-American art continues to grow (The Art Newspaper)
Hot on the heels of resurgent sales of impressionist, modern and contemporary works in London, ...

Germany has love-hate relationship to daring Pop Art guru Mel Ramos (Deutsche Welle)
Some say Mel Ramos revolutionized art in the 1960s by melding it with advertising. A Tuebingen museum has devoted the first retrospective ever to the Californian who says he paints pictures of women, not women.

Tobacco group's art collection on sale (AFP via Yahoo! News)
An art collection put together by British American Tobacco over the last 50 years to liven up its factories and "inspire" workers, will be auctioned in Amsterdam on Monday, Sotheby's said.