Tag Archives: Art

Thu, Aug 13 2009
Yoko Ono: Anton’s Memory

Yoko Ono: Anton’s Memory

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One of the best things about Yoko Ono’s solo exhibition ‘Anton’s Memory’ at Pallazetto Tito in Venice is that the coldness of her minimalist conceptual work is altered by the old... 

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Wed, Aug 12 2009
John Baldessari on Art at the Venice Biennale

John Baldessari on Art at the Venice Biennale

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A Conversation with John Baldessari, Daniel Birnbaum, and Steven Henry Madoff Daniel Birnbaum, curator of the 53rd Venice Biennale, and Steven Henry Madoff talk to John Baldessari about his art, life,... 

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Thu, Jul 16 2009
In & Out of Amsterdam: Travels in Conceptual Art, 1960 – 1976

In & Out of Amsterdam: Travels in Conceptual Art, 1960 – 1976

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Jan Dibbets. Untitled. 1969. Photolithographed postcard. In & Out of Amsterdam: Travels in Conceptual Art, the new show at MOMA, is a portrait of the Amsterdam conceptual art scene. This “scene,”... 

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Thu, Jul 16 2009
Chinese Artist Xing Xin to Live in Metal Box for 49 Days

Chinese Artist Xing Xin to Live in Metal Box for 49 Days

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Just outside this year’s Venice Biennale someone has welded themselves inside an iron box. Fortunately, the box is equipped with waterproof LED TVs connected to two internal cameras. Xing Xin, a... 

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Fri, Jul 10 2009
The Columns Held Us Up

The Columns Held Us Up

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The Columns Held Us Up opened yesterday at Artists Space, a show done in partnership with the Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center of Istanbul. Offering itself as a kind of interim space, Artists... 

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Wed, Jun 10 2009
Reciprocal Representation

Reciprocal Representation

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2009, Cooper Union’s 150th anniversary, has been a particularly high-profile year for the school. After three years of construction, the massive New Academic Building has finally taken shape on... 

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Wed, Mar 11 2009
Hermann Nitsch in America

Hermann Nitsch in America

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Hermann Nitsch speaks to Aaron Levy of the Slought Foundation about the reception of his work in America, in relation to its intensity and immediacy. Introductory notes by Jean-Michel Rabaté and Osvaldo... 

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Wed, Jan 21 2009
So Many Dreams So Little Space!

So Many Dreams So Little Space!

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While a highlight of December’s Miami Art Basil, Russian Dreams also suffered from trying to do too much with too little. Curated by Olga Sviblova, the show brought 23 Russian artists to the relatively... 

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Fri, Jul 11 2008
Louise Bourgeois: Pandora’s Box

Louise Bourgeois: Pandora’s Box

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Louise Bourgeois – an artist, whose career spans a century is beyond the confines of modern or even contemporary art as well as it is beyond any art styles or art movements. Her work simultaneously... 

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