Author Archives: jolanta
Declassified
Modernism dealt with focusing one’s attention on a specific genre. The hybrid notion of art was, generally speaking, a foreign terrain. I am not convinced that Modernism started out in terms of specific genres, but that is clearly the way it evolved, particularly in the post-World War II era. The focus was on an artist’s […]
Gagosian Paris
In the fall of 2012, Gagosian Gallery will inaugurate a bold new gallery space in the north of Paris, at Le Bourget. The unprecedented choice of location in the industrial area of Le Bourget is linked to the discovery of this exceptional space, an industrial building from the 1950s, comprising 1650 square meters (17,760 square […]
Mircea Cantor: The World Is Changing
“Sic transit Gloria mundi,” words written in burn marks on the white wall of Museo D’Arte Contemporanea Roma’s Enel Room. It is an epigraph that sounds powerful, dramatic and yet resigned. It is not easy for an artist to deal with decadence. I mean, working on a concept so broad as “The word is falling […]
Tamoo Gokita: “Silliness” In Tokyo
Taka Ishii Gallery is pleased to present “Variety Show,” an exhibition of new paintings by the Tokyo-based artist Tomoo Gokita, which will be on view from Saturday, June 30 to Saturday, July 28. “Variety Show” will be Gokita’s second exhibition at Taka Ishii Gallery since 2008. Gokita’s work has been shown in numerous exhibitions in […]
Its Endless Undoing, NYC, Closes July 13
Its Endless Undoing Thierry Goldberg Gallery 103 Norfolk Street, East Village June 10 – July 13, 2012 Opening: Sunday, June 10, 6 – 8 PM www.thierrygoldbery.com
Beirut Art Fair
Beirut Art Fair Cedralys Sarl P.O. Box 11 0182 Beirut, Lebanon Opening: July 5-8, 2012 www.menasart-fair.com
Design for the Real World Redux
Design for the Real World Redux White Box 329 Broome Street, Lower East Side June 16 – July 15, 2012 Opening: Wednesday, June 20, 6 – 8 PM www.whiteboxny.org
artMRKT Hamptons
artMRKT Hamptons Bridgehampton Historical Society Located in the heart of Bridgehampton directly on the main road, Route 27. 2368 Montauk Highway (Rt. 27) – Bridgehampton, NY 11932 Thursday, July 19, 2012 – 6:00pm to 7:30pm Evening Preview Thursday, July 19, 2012 – 7:30pm to 10:00pm Opening Night Party Regular Fair Hours: Friday, July 20, 2012 […]
Alfredo Jaar, Closes Sept 17
The Way It Is. An Aesthetics of Resistance Alfredo Jaar Berlinische Galerie Berlin, Germany June 15- September 17, 2012 www.berlinischegalerie.de
Daniel Pommereulle, France, Closes July 28
Daniel Pommereulle Galerie Christophe Gaillard 12 Rue de Thorigny 75003 Paris, France June 7- July 28, 2012 www.galerie-gaillard.com
