New White Cube opens in London

LONDON.- White Cube announces the opening of a third major space in London. The building, located on Bermondsey Street in south London, will open to the public during Frieze on 12 October 2011. This will be the largest of the gallery’s three London sites, providing more than 5440 m 2 (58,000 sq ft) of interior space on a site of 1.7 acres (74,300 sq ft). The building dates from the 1970s and was primarily used as a warehouse before the current refurbishment. [...]

Independent Curator Fabrice Stroun Appointed as New Director of Kunsthalle Bern

BERNE, SWITZERLAND.- The board of Kunsthalle Bern announces the appointment of Fabrice Stroun (born 1969) effective from January 1st 2012. Over the last 15 years Fabrice Stroun has been working as an independent curator based in Geneva. Welcoming his appointment, Wolf von Weiler, President of the Board of Kunsthalle Bern, said: “I am delighted to announce Fabrice Stroun as the new Director of Kunsthalle Bern. The appointment reflects the board’s commitment to further strengthening the reputation of Kunsthalle Bern as one of Switzerland’s [...]

American Artist Wade Guyton Shows Small-Format Works at the Secession in Vienna

VIENNA.- In his exhibition Zeichnungen für ein kleines Zimmer (Drawings For A Small Room) at the Secession, American artist Wade Guyton shows small-format works characterized by a minimalist formal vocabulary. As his support medium, he uses pages from old art, architecture and lifestyle magazines which he prints over with an inkjet printer. The abstract idiom devised by the artist on the computer using standard word processing software and the results of this work process are imposed by the fluctuating quality [...]

Grass Grows by Itself: A Group Exhibition Opens at Marlborough in Chelsea

NEW YORK, NY.- Marlborough Gallery presents a group exhibition titled Grass Grows by Itself, curated by Sima Familant, with works by Chakaia Booker, Mark Bradford, Dale Chihuly, Wade Guyton, David Hammons, Carmen Herrera, Jim Hodges, Wolfgang Laib, Cameron Martin, Daniel Joseph Martinez, Molly McIver, Virginia Overton, George Rickey, Leigh Ruple, Kianja Strobert, Richard Tuttle, Charlene von Heyl, and Robert Žungu, on view from July 15th to September 9th, 2010. The exhibition includes artworks from both emerging and established artists in [...]

Whitney to Launch Series of Art Projects at Site of Future Downtown Building

NEW YORK, NY.- This May the Whitney Museum of American Art will launch a series of large-scale, commissioned works on the site of its future downtown building at the corner of Gansevoort and Washington Streets in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District. The three commissioned projects, Whitney on Site: New Commissions Downtown, which will be on view throughout the summer and into October, will respond to the site’s dynamic urban context and herald plans to bring a downtown Whitney to the neighborhood. Adam [...]