Three dimensional wall reliefs and sculptures Richard Anuszkiewicz on view at David Richard Gallery

SANTA FE, NM.- David Richard Gallery is presenting Richard Anuszkiewicz, Variations: Evolution of the Artist’s Media 1986-2012, the gallery’s first solo exhibition for the artist that features three-dimensional artwork, including wall reliefs and pedestal sculptures. The exhibition is being presented from May 10-June 15, 2013 at the gallery Featuring sculptural works accompanied by drawings and paintings, the exhibition maps the evolution of Richard Anuszkiewicz’s art from 1986 through 2012 as he moves out of the purely two-dimensional plane and explores visual perception [...]

Hong Kong cries fowl as giant rubber duck by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman deflates

HONG KONG (AFP).- The giant inflatable rubber duck which has attracted tens of thousands of visitors since it sailed into Hong Kong two weeks ago was reduced to a sad deflated disc Wednesday in the city’s harbour. Duck mania has gripped Hong Kong since its arrival, with locals and tourists flocking to catch a glimpse of the 16.5-metre-tall (54-feet) artwork, conceived by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman. But those who made the trip to Victoria Harbour to see it on Wednesday morning were [...]

New and permanent galleries dedicated to the work of Henry Moore open at Tate Britain

LONDON.- The first permanent galleries in London dedicated to the work of Henry Moore opened at Tate Britain on 14 May 2013. Two gallery spaces present around 30 works and focus on the story behind the Henry Moore collection at Tate and his large public commissions. The display includes film, photographs, maquettes, drawings and large-scale sculptures such as Recumbent Figure, 1938, the first to enter Tate’s collection in 1939. The opening of the Henry Moore galleries coincides with the new chronological hang of [...]

Exhibition of new work by American sculptor, Mark di Suvero opens at John Berggruen Gallery

SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- John Berggruen Gallery presents an exhibition of new work by American sculptor, Mark di Suvero. Mark di Suvero: Selected Small Works marks the artist’s fifth solo exhibition at the gallery and is on view May 9 through June 22, 2013. Mark di Suvero: Selected Small Works runs concurrently with Mark di Suvero at Crissy Field, organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) in partnership with the National Park Service (NPS) and Golden Gate National Parks Conservanc. [...]

Recent laser-cut stainless steel and bronze sculptures by Wim Delvoye on view at Sperone Westwater

NEW YORK, NY.- Sperone Westwater presents an exhibition of recent laser-cut stainless steel and bronze sculptures by Wim Delvoye. Known and described as a provocative and subversive artist, Delvoye’s work celebrates paradox, building on the Belgian Surrealist tradition of combining seemingly unrelated elements and engaging diverse provocative conceptual themes. By referencing Gothic, Baroque, and Rococo artistic conventions, and reconfiguring religious icons, Delvoye upends the creative process. This is the artist’s fourth solo exhibition at the gallery. Last year, Delvoye was invited by [...]

Venice removes controversial Boy with Frog statue by American artist Charles Ray

VENICE (AFP).- Venice removed a controversial white statue of a naked boy holding a frog by US sculptor Charles Ray from the entrance of the Grand Canal on Wednesday, sparking criticism from art lovers. The 2.4-metre (7.8-foot) high statue, commissioned by French billionaire collector Francois Pinault, will be replaced with a copy of a 19th-century lamp-post which used to stand on the spot and was much loved by residents of the floating city. The sculpture was outside Punta della Dogana, a former [...]

British artist Tracey Emin’s Roman Standard on view in Petrosino Square, New York City

NEW YORK, NY.- Art Production Fund (APF), White Cube and Lehmann Maupin, in cooperation with NYC Parks & Recreation, present Roman Standard (2013), by Tracey Emin on view from May 10 to September 8 at Petrosino Square at Spring and Lafayette Streets in New York. Roman Standard features a single bronze bird perched on top of a thirteen-foot pole that rises over the park. Emin describes the sculpture, often mistaken as a real bird, as a symbol of “hope, faith and [...]

Little Dancer: A new large-scale steel sculpture by Mark di Suvero on view at The Paula Cooper Gallery

NEW YORK, NY.- The Paula Cooper Gallery presents Little Dancer, a new large-scale steel sculpture by Mark di Suvero. The work is an assemblage of intersecting l-beams and carved kinetic spirals. It is being exhibited for the first time beginning May 4 at 534 West 21st Street. Mark di Suvero was given his first retrospective exhibition in 1975 at the Whitney Museum of American Art. In addition to countless museum shows, di Suvero has had acclaimed citywide exhibitions in Nice (1991), Venice [...]

Portland Japanese Garden exhibits works by acclaimed artist Isamu Noguchi

PORTLAND, ORE.- The Portland Japanese Garden presents the exhibition Isamu Noguchi: We Are the Landscape of All We Know, from May 3–July 21, 2013. The exhibition, organized in collaboration with The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum in Long Island City, New York, features 22 works by acclaimed sculptor Isamu Noguchi amid the setting of the most authentic Japanese garden in North America. “Although Isamu Noguchi is primarily known as a sculptor, it’s safe to say his career was a response to [...]

Quentin Garel’s distinctive bronze animal busts and skulls on view at Bertrand Delacroix Gallery

NEW YORK, NY.- Bertrand Delacroix Gallery announces Gueule de Bois, a solo exhibition of new work by French artist Quentin Garel. Garel is well known internationally for his distinctive bronze animal busts and skulls. Garel’s debut solo show at BDG will feature large scale bronze sculptures and charcoal sketches. His work has been exhibited in prestigious European galleries and art fairs around the world. The scale, intricate detail and impeccable quality of Garel’s bronze sculptures are striking. He begins his creative process [...]

First U.S. museum exhibition devoted to Contemporary sculptor Thomas Houseago opens at Storm King

MOUNTAINVILLE, NY.- The first monographic museum exhibition in the U.S. of works by internationally acclaimed Los Angeles-based sculptor Thomas Houseago will be presented from May 4 through November 11 at New York’s Storm King Art Center, one of the world’s foremost sculpture parks. Thomas Houseago: As I Went Out One Morning is a group of approximately 25 works featuring a number of the monumentally scaled, free-standing figural sculptures for which Houseago is best known as well as portrait heads; architectural and animal [...]

A bold sculpture by artist Keith Haring debuts at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

BENTONVILLE, ARK.- Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has recently installed a rare sculpture by 1980s graffiti artist Keith Haring on the Museum’s outdoor patio area known as Walker Landing. The sculpture, Two-Headed Figure, 1986, features heads of two of the archetypical figures common to Haring’s bold graphic work—a baby and a barking dog—attached to opposite ends of a jellybean-shaped body. Crafted of aluminum and bright red polyurethane paint, the work enlivens an area frequently used as a lunchtime spot by visiting [...]

Third solo exhibition in Berlin of artist George Condo’s work opens at Sprüth Magers

BERLIN.- Monika Sprüth and Philomene Magers present the third solo exhibition of George Condo in Berlin. The New York artist is showing a selection of the Drawing Paintings, as well as some bronze sculptures created last year. Condo has been connected with the gallery for almost thirty years now. In February 1984, when he lived for a short time in Cologne, the Monika Sprüth Galerie hosted one of the first solo exhibitions of the artist’s career. Today Condo is considered to be [...]

Six giant inflatable sculptures installed next to M+, Hong Kong’s future museum for visual culture

HONG KONG.- Six giant inflatable sculptures were unveiled on the Promenade at West Kowloon. Cao Fei (China), House of Treasures Fascinated by places and moments in which people can bring their private imaginings to life and intersect with the public sphere, Cao has created House of Treasures (2013) — an outsize inflatable suckling pig that celebrates themes of prosperity and abundance. Part playful interactive attraction, part nod to Hong Kong’s food-obsessed culture, House of Treasures injects a space of leisure and [...]

Nine colossal stone figures by artist Ugo Rondinone exhibited at Rockefeller Center

NEW YORK, NY.- For seven weeks this spring, nine 16-to 20-foot-tall, human-shaped stone figures by Swiss-born, New York-based artist Ugo Rondinone, will transform Rockefeller Center, inhabiting the plaza between 49th and 50th Streets as if transported from another time. The work, Human Nature, is free to the public and, is on view April 23 through June 7, 2013. Presented by Nespresso, the exhibition is organized by Public Art Fund and Tishman Speyer. Human Nature is a stark contrast to its highly developed architectural [...]