Galeri Manâ: A New Contemporary Art Space in Istanbul Opens with Idea-Driven Show

ISTANBUL.- The inaugural exhibition, Nereden Nereye, a Turkish phrase that translates “From Where to Where,” includes sixteen works by eleven artists, and explores the function of images and the nature of representation. Nereden Nereye features paintings, drawings, photographs and video works by Murat Akagundüz, John Baldessari, Lewis Baltz, Mel Bochner, Diana Al-Hadid, Tamar Halpern, Sol LeWitt, Albert Oehlen, Robin Rhode, Charles Sandison and Nasan Tur. The exhibition runs through July 23, 2011. Curated by Suzanne Egeran, NEREDEN NEREYE features paintings, drawings, [...]

Exhibition of Sol LeWitt’s Exchanges of Artwork with Various Artists Opens at MASS MoCA

NORTH ADAMS, MA.- Although celebrated for the revolutionary role he played in the development of both Conceptualism and Minimalism, Sol LeWitt was also renowned for his exchanges of artwork with various artists throughout his lifetime. For LeWitt, the act of exchange seemed to be not only a personal gesture, but also an integral part of his conceptual practice. In addition to encouraging the circulation of artworks through a gift economy that challenged the art world’s dominant economic model, LeWitt’s exchanges [...]

Post-War American Art: The Novak/O’Doherty Collection at IMMA

DUBLIN.- An exhibition of 76 artworks by many of America’s leading post-war artists gifted to the IMMA Collection by art historian Barbara Novak and artist Brian O’Doherty / Patrick Ireland opens to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Art on Wednesday 8 September 2010. Post-War American Art: The Novak/O’Doherty Collection, donated in association with the American Ireland Fund, comprises paintings and sculpture and an extensive range of works on paper, including watercolours, drawings, photographs and limited edition prints [...]

Exhibition Celebrates Chicago Collectors’ 50 Extraordinary Gifts

CHICAGO, IL.- The Art Institute of Chicago presents a landmark presentation of one of the country’s leading private collections of contemporary art, Contemporary Collecting: Selections from the Donna and Howard Stone Collection, on view through September 19, 2010, in the Modern Wing’s Abbott Galleries and in the eponymous Stone Film, Video, and New Media Gallery. The first public exhibition of the Stones’ collection, it features 59 works by artists ranging from Gerhard Richter and Sol LeWitt to Rosemarie Trockel and [...]

Industry Gallery Hosts First Solo U.S. Exhibition for Designer Chris Rucker

WASHINGTON, DC.- Industry Gallery will open “If I told you one time …” May 15, 2010, 6‐8PM, the first solo U.S. exhibition for New York‐based designer Chris Rucker. The exhibition will run through July 3, 2010, and features 10 limited edition works and one installation all created during the past nine years. Rucker’s design ethos is rooted in the use and reuse of simple and humble material. His principal medium, oriented strand board (OSB), an engineered wood product made from [...]

Basquiat & Contemporary Middle Eastern Art Bring Strong Results at Bonhams

NEW YORK, NY.- On May 11th Modern, Contemporary and Latin American Art collectors were drawn to the Madison Avenue gallery of Bonhams New York. Consisting of over 200 lots, the sale was highlighted by a number of exceptional works and the first section of Contemporary Iranian Art to be offered by any New York auction house. “Bonhams is pleased to have presented a number of firsts during our May Modern and Contemporary sale. This marks the first time that the [...]

First Free Sol Lewitt Copy by SUPERFLEX Leaves the Van Abbemuseum

EINDHOVEN.- Last week, a person walked out of the museum with a “Sol LeWitt” tucked under her arm. Not the real artwork by Sol LeWitt of course, but an exact copy of the structure entitled FREE SOL LEWITT by SUPERFLEX. Ms. Bettina Lelieveld was the first person to collect her copy of FREE SOL LEWITT by SUPERFLEX ’ from the Van Abbemuseum. On 11 April, Ms Lelieveld filled in a form during her visit to the museum which gave her [...]

PaceWildenstein Shows Group Exhibition of Most Significant Artists

NEW YORK, NY.- PaceWildenstein is presenting a group exhibition that brings together works by some of the most significant artists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, paying homage to the square, an elemental form that has helped to define and shape the practice of modern and contemporary art. The exhibition features sculptures and paintings by 16 artists, including Josef Albers, Tara Donovan, Tony Feher, Dan Flavin, Alfred Jensen, Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt, Robert Mangold, Agnes Martin, Louise Nevelson, Ad Reinhardt, [...]

Bechtler Museum of Modern Art Introduces an Important Collection to an American Audience

CHARLOTTE, NC.- The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, the only museum dedicated to the exhibition of mid 20th-century European modern art in the southeast, opened to the public Saturday, January 2, 2010 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The building, designed by world renowned Swiss architect Mario Botta, is destined to become an iconic structure with its boldly cantilevered fourth floor exhibition gallery, soaring glass and steel atrium and terra cotta exterior. Bechtler Museum of Modern Art The museum is named after [...]