In the 80s, Detroit was notorious for its "celebrations" on Devil’s Night, the evening before Halloween. What traditionally started out as adolescent mischief like playing "ding-dong-ditch" and soaping windows turned into an annual phenomenon of ritualistic arson where at its high point in 1984, 800 fires set the city violently ablaze. Time Stereo presents "Devil’s […]

"Russia Redux #1," Schroeder Romero’s opening show of the fall season, is an incisively critical–and successful–counterpoint to the Guggenheim’s latest blockbuster "Russia!" Conceived as such by its curator, Elena Sorokina, and the sixteen artists and artists collectives she assembled, it also holds its own as a smart and compelling group show. Russia Redux / Schroeder […]

It’s hard not to be transported to another time or world when you’re visiting the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Dr. Gunther von Hagens, Body Worlds / Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL Colin St.John Gunther von Hagens, Runner. Courtesy of author. It’s hard not to be transported to another time or […]

Driving down 13th Street in Denver used to be so pedestrian. It was nice to roll by the Gio Ponti-inspired Denver Art Museum and the main branch of the Public Library, but it was always really just a quick way to get from East Denver and Capitol Hill to Speer (a major boulevard diagonally connecting […]

Lise Kjaer and Andrea Gregson met in Poland in the 1980s at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Their friendship lasted the tides of time and their separate ways in the world (Lise lives in New York, Andrea in London). Lise Kjaer and Andrea Gregson, Transformation / Gallery XXI, Warsaw Slawomir Marzec Andrea Gregson, […]

This landmark exhibition stemmed from a conversation held roughly two years ago by the curators in a pickup truck traveling between studio visits in Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky. "Red Beans and Rice: Asian Artist in the New South" K�an Jeff Baysa Installation view This landmark exhibition stemmed from a conversation held roughly two years ago […]

During our lifetime we spend many years traveling. In fact, we travel more time than ever before in history due to the opportunities that modern mobility offers us. Thomas Wunsch, "What you see is what you get" Gallery Studio_01, Wiesbaden, Germany Mate Haupt Thomas Wunsch, No. 27, 2005. Courtesy of Gallery Studio_01. During our lifetime […]

"Red hot and Dutch, and Obscenity" is an installation piece by the British artist Ralph Darbyshire. Ralph Darbyshire, New Orleans Gets Obscene Suzie Walshe Ralph Darbyshire, Red Hot and Dutch? 1995. Installation with luggage tags, rope and mixed media. "Red hot and Dutch, and Obscenity" is an installation piece by the British artist Ralph Darbyshire. […]

Since the 1960s, many of the innovations of contemporary art, both theoretical and practical, have been indebted to feminist concerns–deconstructing traditional gender stereotypes, reclaiming images of the female body, raising consciousness. paulagabriela / Galeria Leme, Brazil Camila Perez Courtesy of the artist Since the 1960s, many of the innovations of contemporary art, both theoretical and […]

Abstract art now stretches beyond the third dimension into the realm of time. China Blue’s new sound installation, Negative Ellipse (2005), on view at the Yellow Bird Gallery as part of "Optical Simulations,"appropriates Richard Serra’s Torqued Ellipse into negative space. China Blue, The Construct of Observation Jill Conner Abstract art now stretches beyond the third […]