New Museum to Present First New York Survey of Works by Carsten Holler

NEW YORK, NY.- This autumn, the New Museum will present the first New York survey exhibition of the work of the artist Carsten Höller (b. 1961, Brussels, lives and works Stockholm). Over the past twenty years, Höller has created a world that is equal parts laboratory and fun house, exploring such themes as safety, childhood, love, happiness, transportation, and the future. Höller left his early career as a scientist in 1994 to devote himself exclusively to art making, and his work is often [...]

Frieze Announces London-Based Studio Carmody Groarke as New Architects for 2011

LONDON.- Frieze Art Fair directors Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover, announced today the appointment of the London-based architectural studio Carmody Groarke as the new architects for Frieze Art Fair. In previous years the fair has employed a series of internationally recognised architectural firms: Caruso St John (2008-2010), Jamie Fobert (2006–2007) and David Adjaye (2003-2005). Frieze Art Fair is sponsored by Deutsche Bank. Since establishing their firm in 2006, Kevin Carmody and Andrew Groarke have become known for their diverse portfolio [...]

Exhibition of Works from the Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection Opens in Spain

GIJON.- Passages. Travels in Hyperspace is an exhibition drawn from the collection of Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary that is conceived as a stroll, an excursion through an interior landscape of sorts. Rather than projecting a linear course through the space, this wandering fosters a contemplative state of consciousness and enriches the experience of each work as well as of the exhibition as a whole. A journalist visits the work “Y” by Belgian artist Carsten Holler during the exhibition “Passages. Travels in [...]