Eight or Ten, Six or Seven Wolves by Arrieta/Vázquez opens at Fundació Joan Miró

BARCELONA.- Arrieta/Vázquez bring their view on the construction of collectivity to Espai 13. The exhibition explores the way landscape is transformed by mass events related to sports or leisure. Eight or Ten, Six or Seven Wolves, by Usue Arrieta and Vicente Vázquez, is the fourth exhibition in the cycle Perplexity, curated by David Armengol. It is being held at Espai 13 and the Auditorium of the Fundació Joan Miró from 10 May to 30 June 2013. Arrieta/Vázquez’s artistic practice explores the geographic and [...]

New York prints and drawings dealer David Tunick opens important Munch & German Expressionism show

NEW YORK, NY.- In association with the prestigious Munich gallery, Galerie Thomas, New York prints and drawings dealer David Tunick is staging an important show “Munch & German Expressionism” at David Tunick Inc. at 19 East 66th Street from May 6th through May 20th. David Tunick says, “Edvard Munch (Norwegian 1863-1944) developed his highly personal style during his formative years in Kristiana (Oslo). By the 1890’s and in the next two decades he created the iconic images that have become so widely known [...]

“New Harmony: Abstraction between the Wars, 1919-1939″ on view at the Guggenheim

NEW YORK, NY.- This summer the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum explores a particularly rich facet of its twentieth-century collection with an exhibition celebrating the spirited trends in abstraction embraced among international artists working in Europe between the world wars. Taken from the title of a 1936 painting by Paul Klee—an optimistic work of utopian geometry reflecting the artist’s interest in color theory and musical composition—New Harmony: Abstraction between the Wars, 1919–1939 features approximately 40 paintings, sculptures, and works on paper by some 20 [...]

New paintings on stainless steel by Beverly Fishman featured at David Richard Gallery

SANTA FE, NM.- David Richard Gallery presents Wavelength, the gallery’s second solo exhibition for artist Beverly Fishman. Brightly colored and optically active, the new paintings on stainless steel challenge both the viewer’s visual perception and susceptibility to the seduction of contemporary advertising. The exhibition is being presented from May 10-June 15, 2013 with an artist reception on Friday, May 17 from 5:00-7:00 PM at the gallery located on 544 South Guadalupe Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501, phone 505-983-9555 in the Santa [...]

Roof Garden installation by Pakistani artist Imran Qureshi opens at Metropolitan Museum

NEW YORK, NY.- A large-scale site-specific work of art by Imran Qureshi (b. 1972, Hyderabad, Pakistan)—an artist known for his unique style of combining the motifs, symbolism, and ornamental techniques of Islamic art with modern conceptual approaches—is the 2013 installation on The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Entitled The Roof Garden Commission: Imran Qureshi, the project represents the artist’s emotional response to violence occurring across the globe in recent decades and his earnest hope [...]

Groundbreaking Virginia collections displayed in permanent galleries at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

RICHMOND, VA.- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts opened its permanent early 20th-century European art galleries on May 4, showcasing French and German art from the first half of the 20th century. The galleries, also known as the Deane & Goodwin Galleries, are located on the Atrium level of the museum. “It’s noteworthy that the galleries will house the collections of two visionary Virginia collections, Ludwig and Rosy Fischer and T. Catesby Jones,” Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Director Alex Nyerges said. “Both [...]

New Tate Britain display offers an extensive survey of art in Britain over the past 500 years

LONDON.- A new Tate Britain will be unveiled during 2013. In May, a new chronological presentation of the world’s greatest collection of British art opens, and in November, the building project by Caruso St John Architects will be completed. From 14 May, visitors can experience the national collection of British art in a continuous chronological display – a walk through time from the 1500s to the present day. BP Walk through British Art will comprise around 500 artworks over a newly configured sequence of [...]

MIT List Visual Arts Center opens an exhibition of the work of artist Alan Uglow

CAMBRIDGE, MASS.- The MIT List Visual Arts Center presents Alan Uglow: Standards and Portraits an exhibition of the work of Alan Uglow (1941-2011). The exhibition is comprised of two of Uglow’s most important series, his Standard(s) paintings and Portrait(s) of a Standard, both centered on his decades-long investigation into the medium of painting. Uglow’s work is marked by a keen sense of proportion, structure, form, and surface. Working in series that evolved gradually over decades, Uglow maintained an abiding focus on formal [...]

Over 60 artists instructions interpreted as sculpture, performances, and events at Socrates Sculpture Park

LONG ISLAND CITY, NY.- In collaboration with Independent Curators International (ICI), Socrates Sculpture Park presents do it (outside), an exhibition conceived of and curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist. With historical antecedents in Dada and Fluxus, do it (outside) is a selection of artists’ instructions interpreted by other artists, performers, community groups, and the public. The instructions and resulting works are presented outdoors utilizing a site-specific design by the New York-based architecture and design studio of Taryn Christoff and Martin Finio at Socrates Sculpture [...]

Smithsonian American Art Museum launches touring exhibition “George Catlin’s American Buffalo”

WASHINGTON, DC.- American artist George Catlin (1796–1872) journeyed west five times in the 1830s, traversing the Great Plains where he visited and painted more than 140 American Indian tribes. The exhibition “George Catlin’s American Buffalo” presents 40 original Catlin paintings from theSmithsonian American Art Museum’s collection to show the crucial role of the buffalo in Plains Indian culture. The museum holds the nearly complete surviving set of Catlin’s first Indian Gallery—more than 500 works—painted from life in the 1830s. The exhibition [...]

The fashionable world of the Tudors and Stuarts revealed at The Queen’s Gallery

LONDON.- A diamond ring given by Charles I to his 19-year-old wife, the armour of a fashion-conscious 13-year-old boy who should have been king, and the diamond-encrusted box in which a queen kept her face patches are among the highlights of a new exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace. In Fine Style: The Art of Tudor and Stuart Fashion provides an insight into the world of the rich and famous of the 16th and 17th centuries. The exhibition includes over [...]

Renowned contemporary urban artist, Speedy Graphito exhibits at Fabien Castanier Gallery

STUDIO CITY, CA.- Fabien Castanier Gallery presents NEWWORLDS, the second solo exhibition at the gallery by renowned contemporary urban artist, Speedy Graphito. This exhibition is being presented in partnership with SANDOW, a diverse portfolio of multiplatform brands across consumer and business media, retail and e-commerce, licensing and marketing services. The company and its Chairman and CEO Adam I. Sandow have long supported the contemporary art and design communities and have been helping to introduce Speedy Graphito’s work in the United States. Always [...]

Through American eyes: Frederic Church and the landscape oil sketch opens at the Scottish National Gallery

EDINBURGH.- The major exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery this summer celebrates the work of one of the greatest of all American landscape painters. Through American Eyes: Frederic Church and the Landscape Oil Sketch brings together 25 works by an artist who revelled in the grandeur of the natural world, and whose dramatic paintings of far-flung locations from Newfoundland to the Middle East made him extremely popular in Europe as well as the USA. Frederic Church (1826-1900) rose to fame as a member [...]

Exhibition of fine Pre-Columbian textile & works of art opens at Arte Primitivo in New York

NEW YORK, NY.- Arte Primitivo Gallery which specializes in Tribal and Pre-Columbian Art, Classical, Egyptian and Asian Antiquities, in New York City, NY, announced the opening of an Exhibit of well provenanced, Fine Pre-Columbian Textile & Works of Art featuring the collection of Judith Hillburg. Arte Primitivo will be hosting a cocktail opening on Wednesday May 15, 2013 from 6:30pm – 9:00 pm, the exhibit will remain open until June 30th . Viewing hours are Monday – Friday 11:00 – 5:00. The [...]

Art Basel announces Parcours: An array of site-specific artworks installed across neighborhood in Basel

BASEL.- For its fourth year, the 2013 edition of Parcours has moved into the Klingental neighborhood of Basel, one of the city’s most culturally diverse and creatively active quarters. Presenting 17 high-caliber works by renowned international artists – Marina Abramović, Marc Bauer, Olaf Breuning, Tom Burr, Michael Craig-Martin, Lothar Hempel, Joep van Liefland, Jill Magid, Lisa Oppenheim, Evariste Richer, Sterling Ruby, Michael Smith & Joshua White, Valerie Snobeck, Daniel Steegmann Mangrané, Danh Vo, Martin Walde and Artur Żmijewski – Parcours will [...]