Exhibition at the Pace Gallery juxtaposes the work of Alfred Jensen and Sol LeWitt

NEW YORK, NY.- The Pace Gallery presents an exhibition juxtaposing the work of Alfred Jensen and Sol LeWitt, two artists whose bodies of work connect to the grid and are governed by systems. Alfred Jensen/Sol LeWitt: Systems and Transformation will be on view at 32 East 57th Street from January 13 through February 11, 2012. Exhibited side-by-side, Jensen’s colorful and tactile abstract paintings and LeWitt’s minimalist white structures reveal the vastly different outcomes that can arise from similar conceptual foundations. Jensen uses [...]

Intensely focused survey of Sean Scully’s work opens at Timothy Taylor Gallery

LONDON.- The Drawing Center presents Sean Scully: Change and Horizontals, which begins its transcontinental tour at Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, from January 13–February 11, 2012, then travels to the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, UK, from March 2–July 8, 2012, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome from March 14 to June 9, 2013, and The Drawing Center, New York, from September 26–November 10, 2013. This intensely focused survey is comprised of acrylic, ink, graphite, and masking-tape drawings from 1974–75—presented together for the first [...]

Remarkable group of new works by Uta Barth at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in New York

NEW YORK, NY.- Tanya Bonakdar Gallery presents a remarkable group of new works by Uta Barth. As the artist’s ninth solo exhibition with the gallery, this show brings together two of Barth’s latest series of color photographs within the main floor exhibition spaces. Furthering her exploration of the atmospheric and incidental, Barth conceived her latest major body of work, … and to draw a bright white line with light, on the occasion of her 2011 solo exhibition at the Art Institute of [...]

The Whitney Museum of American Art presents David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy

NEW YORK, N.Y.- David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy examines the abiding importance of geometric form in the work of American sculptor David Smith (1906-1965) from his earliest small works through the monumental late masterpieces that he created in the final years of his life. Organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, where it debuted earlier this year, the exhibition brings together approximately 60 works, including the largest grouping of Smith’s Cubis and Zigs assembled in more than two decades. [...]

Recently rediscovered early body of work by Ad Reinhardt on view at The Pace Gallery

NEW YORK, NY.- The Pace Gallery is showing Ad Reinhardt: Works from 1935–1945, on view at 32 East 57th Street from September 15 through October 15, 2011. The exhibition is the first public presentation of a recently rediscovered early body of work by the artist, the majority of which had been in storage since Reinhardt’s death. Nearly one hundred gouaches, drawings, collages, and works on canvas are on view. Ad Reinhardt, Untitled, 1939. Gouache on board, 5-1/8″ x 12″ (13 cm x [...]

Parrish Art Museum Presents Major Exhibition of Celebrated Portuguese Artist Julião Sarmento

SOUTHAMPTON, NY.- Julião Sarmento: Artists and Writers/House and Home, an exhibition of more than forty paintings and works on paper by the acclaimed Portuguese artist, are on view at the Parrish Art Museum from April 17 through June 11, 2011. Organized by Parrish Director Terrie Sultan, the exhibition will highlight the artist’s longstanding engagement with the themes of language, writing, and a sense of place. As part of its ongoing commitment to enhance connections among the artistic disciplines, the Parrish Art [...]

The Pace Gallery Presents Robert Mangold: Ring Paintings, a Series of Paintings on Shaped Canvas

NEW YORK, NY.- The Pace Gallery presents Robert Mangold: Ring Paintings, a series of paintings on shaped canvas, as well as a selection of related works on paper. The exhibition will be on view from March 18 through April 23, 2011, at 32 East 57th Street, New York City. A catalogue featuring a conversation with the artist accompanies the exhibition. This is Robert Mangold’s thirteenth exhibition with The Pace Gallery since 1991 and represents almost three years’ work. The works [...]

Art Dubai Projects to Feature New Work by More than 75 Artists in 2011 Edition

DUBAI.- This March Art Dubai Projects, a programme of films, talks, radio dispatches and performances, will feature the work of more than 75 artists commissioned to create interactive works in response to the fair. Presented by Art Dubai and featuring collaborations with regional and international organisations including Bidoun Projects and The Island, Art Dubai Projects 2011 will be the fair’s largest and most dynamic series of curated programming yet. “We are delighted to collaborate with leading cultural organisations to present [...]

Photo Miami: The Premiere Fair for Contemporary Photography, and Video Returns for Its 5th Edition

MIAMI, FL.- Photo Miami, the premiere fair for contemporary photography, video and new media, will return for its 5th edition December 1-5, 2010, coinciding with Art Basel Miami Beach. With a strong emphasis on global diversity, the critically curated fair will present work by hundreds of artists represented by galleries from North and South America, Europe, and Asia. There will be an exclusive VIP opening on Tuesday, November 30, with a Press Preview from 4–6 PM and Opening Night Reception [...]

Stockholm Based Artist Cecilia Edefalk Exhibits at Gladstone Gallery

NEW YORK, NY.- Gladstone Gallery presents their first exhibition with Stockholm based artist Cecilia Edefalk. Through her somber combinations of painting, light projection, video, and cast bronze sculpture, Edefalk’s poetic logic provides a network of repetitions, reproductions, and doubling, that probes the uncertain nature of historical memory, time, and the signifying power of light. Often remarking upon her own process-oriented practice, Edefalk’s scenarios carve out haunting exchanges between past and present, where unexpected connections unfold with sudden clarity. Elegantly asserting [...]

Winner of 2009 PHotoEspaña Prize, Alejandra Laviada, Presents Her First Solo Exhibition

MADRID.- The young Mexican artist Alejandra Laviada took part in the portfolio presentation which took place in Mexico City in 2009, later receiving the Descubrimientos PHE (Discoveries PHE) Brugal Extra Viejo Award for her series Photo Sculptures, in which she photographs ephemeral sculptures created from discarded objects. This group of photographs alters the concept of daily objects, it registers spaces which are completely demolished or transformed and implies the stories of the people who live there. Her exhibition, houses in [...]

David D. Holbrook Elected Chairman of Noguchi Museum Board of Trustees

NEW YORK, NY.- The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum (known as The Noguchi Museum) has announced the election of David D. Holbrook as Chairman of its Board of Trustees at its Annual Meeting in May. Mr. Holbrook has been a Trustee of the Museum and member of its executive committee since 2001. He succeeds Samuel Sachs II, who has led the Board since 2005 and will continue to serve as a Museum Trustee. Noguchi Museum Director Jenny Dixon stated, [...]

Guggenheim Study Reveals Importance of Education in Development of Problem-Solving Skills and Creativity

NEW YORK, NY.- On June 3 and 4, “Thinking Like an Artist: Creativity and Problem Solving in the Classroom”, a conference for art and museum educators, administrators, and policy makers from across the nation, will convene in the Sackler Center for Arts Education at the Guggenheim Museum. During this conference, the Guggenheim will present key findings from The Art of Problem Solving, a four-year research initiative that evaluated the impact of its pioneering arts education program Learning Through Art (LTA) [...]

The New York Photo Festival 2010 to Take Place May 12-16

NEW YORK, NY.- The New York Photo Festival (NYPH) grew out of a simple and stark conundrum: New York City, the world’s capital of photography, had no major photography festival. In fact, there was no American counterpart to the prestigious festivals of Europe. To fill the void, Daniel Power of PowerHouse Books and Frank Evers of VII Photo Agency—both based in the creative hotbed of DUMBO, Brooklyn—founded the New York Photo Festival in 2008. After debuting to international acclaim, the [...]

Picasso’s “The Actor” Returns – Repaired and Glazed – After Four Months

NEW YORK, NY.- Opened on April 27, 2010, a special exhibition of 300 works from The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection by Pablo Picasso includes 238 paintings, drawings, and prints framed with Optium® Acrylic Glazing from Tru Vue. Among these, Picasso’s large Rose-period oil painting The Actor (1904-–05) returns for viewing. The painting, now protected with Optium Acrylic Glazing, underwent conservation and restoration after being damaged in the galleries in January. In February, Tru Vue began talking with the Museum [...]

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