The Illusion of Light

The new season of exhibitions at Palazzo Grassi – Pinault Collection in Venice opens the doors on the ground floor of the Palace with a fascinating installation of Doug Wheeler b.1939. A pioneer of the so-called “Light and space” movement that flourished in Southern California between the 1960s and the 1970s. The sequence of art …

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Searching Journeys

The ongoing exhibition at Simon Lee Gallery Hong Kong, Searching Journeys, is a survey showing the beginnings and later development of the influential photographerDaido Moriyama. Widely recognised for his innovative, highly personal and unvarnished depictions of urban life, Moriyama was a founding member of Provoke, an avant-garde magazine published between 1969 and 1970, now regarded …

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Museum Starter Kit: Open With Care

“Most museums are born of private collections. El Museo was born of necessity” said Jorge Daniel Veneciano, recently appointed Executive Director of El Museo del Barrio. “Lacking mainstream cultural representation, the Puerto Rican community in New York had to invent its own museum.” El Museo del Barrio, now celebrating its 45th anniversary, reimagines its beginnings …

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Ai WeiWei: Evidence

“Modernism is the original creation of enlightened human beings, it is the ultimate observation of the meaning of existence and the misery of reality; it keeps a wary eye on society and power; it never makes compromises and never cooperates.” – Ai Weiwei Ai Weiwei puts on his largest one-man exhibition yet at Berlin’s Martin-Gropius-Bau. …

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São Paulo International Art Fair 2014

The São Paulo International Art FairSP-Arte, returns from the 2nd to the 6th of April 2014 for its 10th year as one of the Latin America’s leading international contemporary art fair. Featuring 136 of the best Brazilian and international galleries from 18 countries across the globe, SP-Arte/2014 includes 78 Brazilian galleries and 58 international galleries, while …

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Il successo internazionale di Depero e un concerto futurista. Senza dimenticare Frank Zappa

Il successo internazionale di Depero e un concerto futurista.  Senza dimenticare Frank Zappa L’appuntamento di venerdì 11 aprile (ore 17,30 ingresso libero) al Museo Archeologico Regionale di Aosta sarà davvero speciale.  Nell’ambito della grande mostra Universo Depero, è previsto un incontro sul successo internazionale dell’artista a cui partecipano la storica dell’arte e collezionista Laura Mattioliinsieme …

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Il Festival Biblico festeggia i suoi 10 anni in anteprima con una mostra

Vicenza, Palazzo delle Opere Sociali, P.zza Duomo 2 “MOLTI HAN POSTO MANO A STENDERE UN RACCONTO”  Comunicato stampa Narrare è un’esigenza primaria dell’essere umano perché contribuisce alla costruzione di un’ identità, cultura e storia. La Bibbia è un racconto che ha la particolarità di aver superato la soglia del tempo e di portare un messaggio …

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A Sondrio “The Valley tales” di Alberto Bianchi

A cura di Leo Guerra – Cristina Quadrio Curzio Saggio di Roberto Mutti La Galleria Gruppo Credito Valtellinese dedica una mostra personale al fotografo Alberto Bianchi e per molti sarà una autentica rivelazione.  Alberto Bianchi. The Valley tales è allestita dal 21 maggio al 5 settembre a Sondrio, in doppia sede: alla Galleria del Credito …

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Finalmente l’opera completa dei grandi Maestri veneti dell’incisione settecentesca

Di Dario Succi, Cecchetto Prior Alto Antiquariato Editore Finalmente l’opera completa dei grandi Maestri veneti dell’incisione settecentesca. Due volumi cartonati di grande formato, veste grafica accuratissima, 980 pagine, 1340 schede di altrettante opere, 1500 immagini con dettagli anche a piena pagina. “La Serenissima nello specchio di rame” è una di quelle opere che nella stria …

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Highly Prized Flowers

Red Gate Gallery presents Highly Prized Flowers (Tan Hua), curated by Tang Zehui, with artists Zhang Zheyi and Chen Jiaye that continue their re-imagining and re-creation of the tradition of classical Chinese painting. Setting out from a contemporary standpoint, they hark back to tradition, providing alternate interpretations of tradition by tackling subject matter that ranges from the …

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19th Biennale of Sydney: You Imagine What You Desire

The 19th Biennale of Sydney: You Imagine What You Desire opened on March 21, with 200 works by 90 international artists across five venues. After a month of controversy over the founding sponsor’s ties to the offshore detention of asylum seekers, which saw ten artists withdraw and the Biennale board’s chairman and key sponsor, Luca …

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River of Fundament

The world premier of Matthew Barney’s new project River of Fundament is on show from March 16 through August 17 at the Haus der Kunst in Munich. The exhibition brings together for the first time, the entire ensemble of Matthew Barney‘s multi-part River of Fundament project, comprising the symphonic film of epic length (5 hours) ‘River …

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