Fine Arts
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The 2010 DeCordova Biennial in Lincoln, Mass.
Survey of New England Artists Jan.23 to April 11
By: - Dec 23rd, 2009The DeCordova Museum,in Lincoln, Mass., which has a mandate to show contemporary art from New England, has changed from an annual to biennial format. It will fill the entire museum and include iconic masters like Otto Piene and Paul Laffoley, and the controversial William Pope L., as well, as a number of emerging artists.
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Robert Beauchamp's Animalia
ACME Fine Art in Boston
By: - Dec 17th, 2009Robert Beauchamp (1923-1995) was a master painter and throughout his career his paintings reflected the artists' growth as both an artist and a humanist visionary. Robert Beauchamp: Animalia at ACME Fine Art on Boston's Newbury Street selects works from the artists' massive oeuvre that reveal Beauchamp's interest with the animal kingdom. The work in this exhibition encompasses the periods between 1965 and 1990.
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Landscapes of the Mind
Williams College Museum of Art To May 2
By: - Dec 16th, 2009Anticipate a mind boggling experience when the Williams College Museum of Art opens the special exhibition "Landscapes of the Mind" on January 30. The exhibition will remain on view through May 2 with a gala opening on Thursday, February 25.
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Chelsea Holiday Notes
Artists: Breuning, Buren, Dunham, Fischli & Weiss, Held Pearlstein, Hockney, Holland, Kelly, Richie, Ryman, Stux China, Xun
By: - Dec 15th, 2009Between now and Christmas there is a lot worth seeing in Chelsea. A number of the shows we discuss run through December 19 while others extend to December 23. And some that we find worth noting have already closed.
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The Irreverent Object at Luhring Augustine
European Sculpture from the 1960s to 1980s
By: - Dec 14th, 2009During the second decade of the 20th century the Dada master, Marcel Duchamp, with his Ready Mades and Found Objects introduced the concept that a work of art is anything that he decided was a work of art. This witty, museum level exhibition at Luhring Augustine in New York, through December 19, explores that legacy.
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Lynda Benglis at Cheim & Read
Irish Museum of Modern Art to January 24
By: - Dec 12th, 2009Yet again Lynda Benglis is experimenting with materials. The artist recently showed a series of new relief sculptures at Cheim & Read in Chelsea. She is the subject of a retrospective at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, through January 24. The exhibition is scheduled to tour in the United States.
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Marc Quinn, Irises, Uptown; Eric Fischl, Corrida in Ronda, Chelsea
Mary Boone's Galleries to December 19
By: - Dec 10th, 2009In a tandem of painting shows, Eric Fischl's bullfighting pictures in Chelsea, and Marc Quinn's enormous Irises, uptown, yet again, with a finger on the pulse of what sells Mary Boone is pushing glitzy work with more style than substance.
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Robert Williams: NY's Tony Shafrazi Gallery
Conceptual Realism, In the Service of the Hypothetical
By: - Dec 02nd, 2009Robert Williams is the inventor of the term "Lowbrow Art." A highly influential West Coast based art movement of figurative art that juxtaposes underground counterculture with subjective theory. His latest solo show at Tony Shafrazi Gallery features new paintings, drawings, and for the first time, sculptures.
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Clark Acquires Barbizon Painting
Étienne Théodore Rousseau Rarely Exhibited
By: - Nov 24th, 2009The Clark Art Institute in Williamstown has added to its depth in 19th Century French painting of the Barbizon School. The work by Étienne Théodore Rousseau has rarely been seen since 1946.
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Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle's Juggernaut
Artist Alumnus at Williams College Museum of Art
By: - Nov 22nd, 2009An installation by Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle is in the process of being constructed and installed in the largest gallery at Mass MoCA in North Adams. Just up the road the Williams College Museum of Art will simultaneously mount an installation of his work Juggernaut from December 1 through October 31, 2010. The renowned artist is a Williams alumnus.
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Paraza, France: Symposium and Vernissage
Sponsored by East West Artists Hosted by Christine and Werner Endriss
By: - Nov 22nd, 2009For ten days in September Astrid Hiemer and I participated in an international artists' symposium in Paraza a village in the South of France. It was organized by the artist, Dorothea Fleiss, and hosted by the Stuttgart based couple, Christine and Werner Endriss.
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Anish Kapoor at the Guggenheim
Memory of Eye Pod on View Through March 28
By: - Nov 16th, 2009As a kind of conceptual, alien art, the pod, constructed of joined section of Cor-Ten steel has landed at the Guggenheim Museum. Jammed into a gallery with restricted views as "Anish Kapoor: Memory" through March 28.
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Mass MoCA Holiday Hours and Events
Craft Fair and Sale Nov. 21 & 22
By: - Nov 15th, 2009Yo, Ho, Ho, Mass MoCA is gearing up for the holidays with special hours and events. On the weekend of November 21 & 22 they will stage the annual Marketplace. Dozens of regional crafters will display their wares for sale in the museum's lobby.
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Kandinsky at the Guggenheim Museum
50th Anniversary Exhibition Through Jan. 13
By: - Nov 15th, 2009The Baroness Hilla Rebay and her patron Solomon R. Guggehneim visited the Bauhaus studio of Vasily Kandinsky in 1930. The acquisition of his work was the basis of the Museum of Non Objective Art which opened in 1939 with Rebay as director. In 1952 it was renamed the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and 50 years ago it opened its Wright building. This spectacular Kandinsky exhibition celebrates that history.
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Harry Callahan at the Museum of Fine Arts
Photographs on View Through July 3
By: - Nov 13th, 2009The special exhibition Harry Callahan: American Photographer will be on view at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston from November 21 through July 3, 2010. He was a renowned professor at the Rhode Island School of Design. Many of his best known images, including many of his wife, Eleanor, were created in Chicago.
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Paraza, France Hosts Contemporary Art Symposium
It Takes a Village
By: - Oct 22nd, 2009For ten days in September we were invited by the artist, Dorothea Fleiss, of the organization East West Artists to participate in 12e Symposium d'art contemporain. It was hoted by Christine and Werner Endriss in the vilage of Paraza in the South of France. It proved to be a truly remarkable experience.
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Jay Milder: Lohin Geduld Gallery
Figurative Expressionist's New York Exhibition
By: - Oct 21st, 2009Jay Milder has long been a powerful and influential artist in the New York art scene. His third show at Lohin-Geduld, showcases his colorful and mystical recent work.
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North Adams Open Studios 2009
Smaller Turnout But Better Sales
By: - Oct 20th, 2009Given the generally miserable weather during the annual North Adams Open Studios attendance was down by 40% from last year. But the sales were widely reported as much improved. Works by 180 artists were seen but only 81 registered to participate. Still the chairperson, Phil Sellers is upbeat and moving on to next year's plans.
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Red Grooms' Dancing at Marlborough Gallery
Recent Sculptures in Chelsea
By: - Oct 19th, 2009The Marlborough Gallery in Chelsea presents an exhibition featuring five monumental sculptures by Red Grooms. The artist who is known for conflating Pop and Figurative Expressionism will be on view through November 15.
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Hoosac River Lights
Ralph Brill Creates Sky Art Over North Adams
By: - Oct 18th, 2009With the participation of several teams of artists Ralph Brill lit up the sky over North Adams as a part of his second annual Hoosac River Lights. The event is intended to call attention to the natural resource and beauty of the river which powered the mills along its banks. Including what is now the vast Mass MoCA. It was an evening highlight of the Fifth Annual North Adams Open Studios.
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The 12th International Symposium of Contemporary Art, in Paraza, France
Organized by Dorothea Fleiss & East West Artists, Stuttgart, Germany
By: - Oct 10th, 2009A village in southern France welcomed a group of international artists and writers/reporters for ten days in September, 2009. We felt at home and explored the beautiful and fascinating region. Finally, the artist from around the world presented their new work to the people of Paraza and surrounding communities at a warm and lively vernissage - before we all had to say good bye.
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North Adams Open Studios Previews
Eclipse Annual and Studio 21 South
By: - Oct 10th, 2009The Fifth Annual North Adams Open Studios will occur on the weekend of October 17 and 18. During the Columbus Day weekend there was a preview of the anticipated mayhem with opening of the Eclipse Annual and Studio 21 South. Organizer Phil Sellers is upbeat about the city wide event.
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Dutch New York
New York's History Re-Visited Through Art
By: - Sep 09th, 2009A retrospective exhibition brings historical fact and aesthetic imagery together for the 400th anniversary of New York's founding.
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Hyman Bloom Exhibition at Yeshiva University
The Legacy of Boston Expressionism On View Through January 24, 2010
By: - Sep 02nd, 2009With Jack Levine and Karl Zerbe the artist Hyman Bloom, who was born in Latvia in 1913, was a founding member of the Boston Expressionists. He recently passed away at 96. Yeshiva University a memorial exhibition, through January 24, 2010, is traveling from the Danforth Museum curated by Katherine French.
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Final Five at Brooklyn's Jack the Pelican
Artists Combine the Real and Virtual Worlds
By: - Aug 31st, 2009Is virtual art for real? What is the nature of the medium? How do you talk about it? What are its conceptual and sociological opportunities and limits? "Brooklyn is Watching" is a project that seeks answers.
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