Author Archives: jolanta
Max Gordon, Pioneer
New Book Surveys Work of Major Art World Architect Max Gordon in 1970s and 1980s. A new book, Architect for Art: Max Gordon (Marquand Books, 146 pp, hardcover, $40, ISBN: 978-0-615-39579-1) presents a rare opportunity to enter the art world of the 1970s and 1980s and witness firsthand how a master of architectural simplicity set […]
Tomiko Kato
“She was eager to promote Japanese painting overseas, and so she eventually came to the United States.” International Appeal Tomiko Kato Ms. Kato majored in Japanese Painting at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and studied with Seison Maeda during her college days. After graduating, she continuously presented her works as an independent […]
New Director of Albert Museum
Martin Roth Named Director of London’s Victoria and Albert Museum Catherine Hickley reports in Bloomberg that London’s Victoria and Albert Museum has announced that Martin Roth will begin as the institution’s director starting September 1. Roth currently serves as the director general of the Dresden State Art Collections, where he supervised the renovation of the […]
Joe Waks
Waks views these paintings as a commentary on the kooky times Kelly Vetter, No Trans Fats. Courtesy of the artist. Immanent Critique Joe Waks No Trans Fats and Union are part of a 14-piece series which Joe Waks labels “socio-absurdist.” They both mix and match the ubiquitous icons and emblems present in our […]
Stolen Klimt Returns
Salzburg’s Museum of Modern Art to Return Klimt to Heir. According to AFP, Salzburg’s Museum of Modern Art will be returning a painting by Gustav Klimt to the Canadian descendant of its original Jewish owner, from whom it was stolen by Nazis. The 1915 painting, Litzlberg am Attersee, once belonged to Amalie Redlich. Georges […]
Sisko Ruskokivi
“I have made it spontaneously through intuition, almost unintentionally, direct conceived from the depth of my creative unconscious.” Feeling through the Labyrinth Sisko Ruskokivi-Runeberg My painting is a mystery to me. I have made it spontaneously through intuition, almost unintentionally, directly conceived from the depth of my creative unconscious. I get a profound […]
Janine Antoni recipient of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Award, April 2011
Janine Antoni recipient of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Award, April 2011 Janine Antoni recipient of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Award, April 2011
Songsik Min: Two Faces
DOOSAN Gallery533 West 25th Street, New York, NY, 212 242 6343ChelseaMay 5 – June 4, 2011Opening: Thursday, May 5, 6 – 8 PM
Performance, Act, Ritual: Art and Mourning
An interdisciplinary panel discussion moderated by Maria PorgesApril 9, 1-3pm Panelists:Cooley WindsorAdrienne Skye RobertsJulia Goodman The Performance Art Institute invites you to join us for an interdisciplinary conversation on art and mourning moderated by artist and writer Maria Porges. Author, Cooley Windsor will read his short story “50 Blue” from his most recent collection of […]
Cross-Cultural Ingenuity
“We are not just speaking about an idea or archaic element in the collective subconscious of a people, but about the embodiment of our archaic atavism which becomes an active entity, just like a creature itself.” Almagul Menlibayeva, Centaur, 2011. Production photograph from Transoxiana Dreams. Lambda print mounted on alu-dibond, Edition of 5, 28 x […]
