Founded in 1971 by Alanna Heiss, P.S.1 was created as an organization devoted to organizing exhibitions in abandoned spaces across New York City. Now located in Long Island City, P.S.1 became affiliated with the Museum of Modern Art in 2000 and now uses its spaces for exhibitions rather than as a collecting institution. (more…)
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Gallery Spotlight: P.S.1 MoMA
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010Gallery Spotlight: Richard Misrach at PaceWildenstein
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Recent photos by Los Angeles born photographer Richard Misrach are on display through February 20 at the Chelsea gallery, part of PaceWildenstein galleries, in New York. The exhibition features nearly twenty large-scale pigment prints from Misrach’s 2007-2009 series, Untitled.
Gallery Spotlight: Ryan Schneider at Priska C. Juschka Fine Art Gallery
Sunday, February 14th, 2010
Through February 20, Ryan Schneider’s Send Me Through will be on display at Priska C. Juschka Fine Art Gallery in New York. Schneider’s work continues investigating the human condition through personal experience using painting. (more…)
Gallery Spotlight: Leon Botha and Gordon Clark at João Ferreira Gallery
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
Leon Botha is, at 24, the oldest living person with Progeria, a Greek word for rapid aging. His latest exhibition, Who Am I? – Transgressions, is different from what he usually does and can be seen in Cape Town, South Africa at João Ferreira Gallery through February 13.
Gallery Spotlight: Glitch Generation at BAC Gallery
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Beginning February 4 visitors to the Brooklyn Arts Council Gallery will be able to see Glitch Generation, a group exhibition of artworks based off of mistakes, intentional or not, in the wiring of our brains.
Gallery Spotlight: Quintron and Miss Pussycat at NOMA
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
The New Orleans Museum of Art kicks off its 2010 Contemporary exhibition January 29 through May 2 with New Orleans artists Quintron and Miss Pussycat. Parallel Universe: Quintron and Miss Pussycat Live at City Park is designed to get audiences acquainted with the artists’ past work while exposing their new work.
Gallery Spotlight: Pop-Up Art Loop
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
In the time of the recession, cities all over the world have started using empty storefronts as pop-up art galleries. Pop-Up Art Loop is the latest initiative put into place by the Chicago Loop Alliance and features four art galleries, creating partnerships between artists and property owners. (more…)
Lonny Hurley Design: Test print No. 11 (Body Electric)
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
Our pals over at Blue Collar Distro have this cool test print of a gig poster for William Elliot Whitmore on sale. The print is by Lonny Hurley.
Gallery Spotlight: Barry McGee at the XeBiennale de Lyon
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
San Francisco-based artist Barry McGee joined a long list of others for the 2009 edition of XeBiennale de Lyon, The Spectacle of the Everyday, in France. The XeBiennale de Lyon is a yearly compilation of artists from all over the world spread between four venues. (more…)
Gallery Spotlight: Dzine at Bass Museum of Art in Miami
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
Through February 21, Chicago-based artist Dzine’s latest work can be seen on display at Bass Museum of Art in Miami. A former graffiti artist, his latest work comes in the form of a site-specific project comprising of wallpaper, objects and sound.
Gallery Spotlight: Design Festa Gallery East & West
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
Located in Tokyo’s Harajuku district, home of Japanese fashion, Design Festa Gallery East and West is unlike any art gallery you’ve seen before. The West branch of the gallery opened in 1998 in support of Asia’s biggest art event, Design Festa and in 2007, the East branch opened just across the street. (more…)
NOMAD showcases “Rainbow Coloured Tears of a Clown” at CC Gallery in Berlin
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
Rainbow Coloured Tears of a Clown, a new exhibition by street artist Nomad, is currently on display until January 9 at The Circleculture Gallery in Berlin, Germany. Best known for his interactive street projects that combine writing, street art, poetry and classical painting, he will move indoors to showcase a holistic work of art.
Kristin Baker opens “Splitting Twilight” at Deitch Projects in NYC
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Splitting Twilight, a new exhibition from New York-based painter Kristin Baker, opens November 5 at Deitch Projects’ Wooster Street location in New York. Baker, who notoriously focuses her paintings on car racing, presents landscape painting with a modernist twist for her third exhibition with Deitch Projects. (more…)
Sonnenzimmer Studios presents Formal Additive Programs reading/music @ Quimby’s 10/29
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009Stop by Quimby’s (1854 W North Ave) tomorrow night for a special book reading and live music performance from our friends at Sonnenzimmer Studios. Nadine Nakanishi will be reading from her new book, Formal Additive Programs. Nick Butcher follows with a musical interpretation of the book’s contents. (more…)
Check out SWOON video interview on Gestalten.tv
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009New York based artist SWOON is featured in a video for Gestalten.tv, a video podcast section of Gestalten design publishing company, and is best known for elaborate wheat pasted cut-out depictions of everyday street scenes she leaves covering New York City that decay and interact with the world around them for a constantly changing display of art. (more…)
