From May 1 – June 5, 2011, PARTICIPANT INC presents Survival AIDS, a major solo exhibition by Hunter Reynolds. Reynolds is a New York artist and activist who has been living with HIV/AIDS since 1984. Survival AIDS spans two decades of Reynolds’ work, incorporating key elements of his ongoing practice—the Blood Spot series, Mummification performances, […]

’Tis the season for MFA exhibitions. This time, graduating students from Brooklyn College are putting together an exhibition later this month entitled “Memory Palace.” The ‘memory palace’ is an ancient memorization technique, in which one mentally furnishes a remembered architectural space with vivid, off the wall mnemonic imagery. The 2011 Brooklyn College MFA Thesis Exhibition […]

Sunday marked the opening of a three-week long exhibition of artists graduating from Columbia’s MFA program. These artists are seriously innovative and will be making serious marks on the art scene. Get in on it early so you can be the one to say, “Oh, Ms. NewBigName? Yeah, I’ve known about her for, like, ever.” […]

Don Voisine: May 5 – June 11, 2011   McKenzie Fine Art, 511 West 25th Street, New York, New York 10001

It wasn’t a few hours since President Obama announced Osama’s timely demise, but the New York Times Artsbeat Blog had compiled a post on books on the supervillain. Of course, the Artsbeat blog has been dedicated to following, well, whatever’s on TV. It certainly raises the issue of the iron fist that television ratings have […]

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 […]

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 […]

  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 […]

DOOSAN Gallery533 West 25th Street, New York, NY, 212 242 6343ChelseaMay 5 – June 4, 2011Opening: Thursday, May 5, 6 – 8 PM  

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 […]