Insomniac. Mystic. Anti-Christ. By Andrew Maerkle The Man Who Measures the Clouds (1997), 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa. Photo Atsushi Nakamichi / Nacása & Partners, © Angelos / Jan Fabre. Over his roughly 30-year career, Antwerp-basedView More >
Tate Modern has found a replacement for outgoing director Vicente Todolí, who leaves later this year after seven years at the iconic London museum. Chris Dercon, currently director of Munich’s Haus der Kunst, will be assuming the vacated post inView More >
In the latest sign that the art market is rescaling its pre-Lehman Brothers heights, a rare sculpture by Amedeo Modigliani has sold for 43.2 million euros in auction at Christie’s June 14 Impressionist and Modern Art sale in Paris. CarvedView More >
Wa5NNtFt0TY Already a worldwide brand with branches in New York, Bilbao, Berlin and Venice, and a forthcoming branch in Abu Dhabi, the Guggenheim Foundation has now taken its expansion to the Internet through a new partnership with YouTube. The initiative,View More >
May 30, 2010 to January 23, 2011 MAXXI, National Museum of XXI Century Arts, Rome Exterior view of MAXXI, National Museum of XXI Century Arts, Rome. Photo ART iT. On May 30, 11 years after its design competitionView More >
Opening this week Adam Lester: “Gumbo” 6.15 – 7.10 Jan Murphy Gallery (Queensland) Pasut Kranrattanasuit: “p(L)ay” 6.17 – 7.7 Ardel Gallery of Modern Art (Bangkok) “China in Four Seasons: Song Dong + Yin Xiuzhen” 6.19 – 9.12 Govett-Brewster Art GalleryView More >
The German artist Sigmar Polke died June 10 in Cologne at the age of 69 due to complications related to cancer, it has been reported. Born in 1941 in Oels, Lower Silesia, in what is now Poland, Polke is consideredView More >
Shusaku Arakawa has passed away. I had the opportunity to meet the artist, who was known professionally outside of Japan by his surname, several times over the course of my career. In the 1980s while I was running the ICAView More >
‘possibility in portraiture’ May 14 – June 12, 2010 Taro Nasu, Tokyo whom? whose? II – 1F (2010), type C print, 51.5 x 61.7 cm (framed), edition of 8. Image © Maiko Haruki 2010, courtesy TARO NASU. ExploringView More >
Opening this week “On the Edge” 6.8 – 7.8 DOB Hualamphong Gallery (Bangkok) “Being There 1946: The Legacy of Teodulo Protomartir” 6.9 – 7.3 silverlens gallery (Makati City) Alfredo Esquillo Jr: “Bato Bato sa Langit” 6.9 – 7.3 Silverlens LabView More >
Asia-Pacific area * Opening this week On the Edge 6.8 – 7.8 DOB Hualamphong Gallery（Bangkok） Being There 1946: The Legacy of Teodulo Protomartir 6.9 – 7.3 silverlens gallery（Makati City） Alfredo Esquillo Jr.: Bato Bato sa Langit 6.9 – 7.3 SilverlensView More >
On June 3, the Judd Foundation announced the temporary closure of 101 Spring Street in New York, the historic home of artist Donald Judd (1928-94). Located on the corner of Spring and Mercer Streets in the heart of New York’sView More >