Faggionato Fine Arts Opens First Comprehensive Exhibition of Modern and Contemporary Greek Art

LONDON.- Faggionato Fine Arts presents Ντέρτι Humanism, the first comprehensive exhibition of modern and contemporary Greek art staged in the UK, with over fifty works previously unseen in this country. The exhibition is on view from June 9 through August 12, 2011. Curated by Nadja Argyropoulou, the show brings together an exceptional group of twenty artistic talents working across a broad range of mediums, from photography, sculpture, painting, embroidery and performance art, revealing the extraordinary vibrancy of the Greek art [...]

New York Graffiti Art of the 1980s from The Scharpff Collection at Kunstmuseum Stuttgart

STUTTGART.- For museums the exchange with private collectors is becoming increasingly important. A new series of exhibitions in the Kunstmuseum aims to make the engagement of these art patrons visible. The first show presents Ute and Rudolf Scharpff, who have been collecting for over fifty years and in the 1960s initially concentrated on the Nouveaux Réalistes. A young man look at an artwork, entitled Deadly Solitaire, by artist Lee Quinones in Stuttgart. Works by graffiti artists from New York from [...]

Christina Ray Presents Social Media-Powered Art Treasure Hunt in NYC

NEW YORK, NY.- Christina Ray presents Mission: Edition, an invitational print exhibition and public-space treasure hunt. From a pool of invited artists, guest curators Genevieve and Liz Dimmitt have selected six artworks to be re-interpreted as limited edition screenprints for the group exhibition. Prints will be exhibited in the gallery – and distributed throughout New York City. During the run of the show, five prints from each edition will be placed as gifts somewhere within the city. Locations will be [...]

Lazarides LA Presents a Group Show of Five Recognized European Artists

LOS ANGELES, CA.- Lazarides LA introduces, EuroTrash, a stellar line up of some of the hottest European artists: JR, Conor Harrinton, Antony Micallef & Vhils. The exhibition’s opening reception is Tuesday, June 8th from 7 – 10 PM with the exhibition running through the 27th at 320 North Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 open noon – 8 PM daily. Hailing from France, JR will bring his unique vision to Beverley Hills. Immersing himself within cultures where struggle and conflict [...]

Cleaners Paint Over Priceless Stencil of a Rat by Banksy

CANBERRA.- An Australian council is rueing a decision to send street cleaners into a Melbourne lane after they painted over a priceless stencil of a rat by the celebrated British graffiti artist Banksy. Melbourne Deputy Lord Mayor Susan Riley last week sent a clean-up team into Hosier Lane, renowned internationally for its colorful street art, to clean up garbage in the graffiti-lined passage after local residents complained. But the request went awry when the cleaners painted over a Banksy stencil [...]

Infamous (and Anonymous) Banksy’s “Exit” to Premiere at Sundance

NEW YORK, NY.- The infamous (and anonymous) graffiti artist Banksy is pulling what may be his biggest prank ever at the Sundance Film Festival — with the help of fellow Brit Rhys Ifans. The guerrilla pseudo-documentary “Exit Through the Gift Shop,” billed as “A Banksy Film” and narrated by Ifans, will have its world premiere Sunday night. Hopes are that an adventurous distributor will pony up as many millions for the film as Banksy earns for the “street art” he [...]

Berlin Art Projects Presents Megan Olson “Beyond the Chains of Illusion”

BERLIN.- With “Beyond the Chains of Illusion”, Berlin Art Projects presents the first-ever European solo exhibition of work by American painter Megan Olson. We look forward to welcoming you at the opening on Friday, January 8, 2010 from 7 to 9pm! The artist will be in attendance. Megan Olson is best known for her sweeping, graceful abstract paintings, the unusual power of which emerges from the use of unusual, thin color layers of organic, complexly interwoven lines. Her compositions are [...]