“I am not necessarily interested in intoxication as a status, but maybe as a way towards the other, the inaccessible, the being but unreachable.” Carsten Holler, SOMA, 2010. Installation view, Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin. Photo credit: David von Becker. Courtesy of David von Becker. Author:  Carsten Höller The SOMA exhibition as […]

“Beneath this insanity is the thought that our entire reality is, in essence, a dream or a projection of consciousness that something substantial and possibly spiritual exists beyond the boundaries of our perception.” Eric White, No Neutral Thoughts, 2008. Oil on canvas, 24 x 24 inches. Courtesy of Peter Farrelly. Author:  Eric White I am […]

“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 […]

“The artist takes the viewer on a journey through some of the darkest states of human existence—oppression, abjection, tragedy, persecution, poverty, loneliness, and misery…” Author:  Mihai Nicodim Gallery Adrian Ghenie, born in 1977, draws his inspiration from personal memories of growing up during communist Romania under the dictatorship of Ceausescu. He witnessed history being written […]

“This juxtaposition raises myriad thoughts, from humorous, to insulting, to calculatingly subversive, no doubt reflecting the artist’s intention.” Takashi Murakami , Tongari-Kun, 2003-2004. Fiberglass, steel, and oil, acrylic, and urethane paint, 22.96 x 11.48 feet. Photo credit: Christian Milet. Courtesy of Château de Versailles. Takashi Murakami , Oval Buddha, 2007-2010. Bronze and gold leaf 18.8 […]

“This album is their tribute to the many powerful voices that rocked their world, and the country that sang to them its siren song—via their secret radios.” Photo Credit: Tom Ehrlich. Courtesy of… My Secret Radio Allison Ravenscroft/Jane Covner In celebration of the May release of their new timba album, My Secret Radio, the three-time […]

“While intellectually the works certainly offer their challenges, the overriding impact of Brainstorm is the aesthetic beauty of the responses.” Annie Cattrell, From Within, 2010. Silvered bronze, 2/3 32 x 13. Courtesy of GV Art Gallery.     Susan Aldworth, Brainscape, 2010. 17 etching and aquatint, 70 30 x 25. Courtesy of GV Art Gallery. […]

“A London-based writer and multi-disciplinary artist with a minimal online presence, Husni-Bey is one of ArteFiera’s most intriguing new talents.” Yerbossyn Meldibekov e Nurbossyn Oris, My brother my enemy, 2001. Courtesy of Nina Lumer, Milano (G.L.O.W. Platform).  Santiago Ydanez, Untitled, 2009. Courtesy of Galeria Sandunga, Granada. ArteFiera Spotlight Claudia Eve Beauchesne Now in its 35th […]

“He was part of a revolutionary quartet that included Kenneth Koch, John Ashbery and James Schuyler; know today as the nucleus of New York School of Poetry.” Larry Rivers, Pyrography: Poem and Portrait of John Ashbery II, 1977.  Acrylic on canvas, 76 x 58 inches. Courtesy of Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York. Joe Brainard […]

On the heels of an exciting new solo show at Dash Gallery in Soho, I caught up with photographer/artist Erica Simone.  Her recent show entitled Nue York: Self-Portraits of a Bare Urban Citizen, is comprised of photographs that critique traditional values in American culture.  The show will be on view from April 14 – April […]