David Buckland: The Great White Sale. These images are made in a short window of time when the power of the video projector matches the light of dawn, when there is both message and ice. The Third Ray: “The creation, expansion and success of Cape… Read More
A match for US and Soviet rocket programmes of the 1960s. As Yuri Gagarin made orbit, the US and Soviet Union faced competition from an unexpected quarter – an exhibition in the United Arab Emirates shows how. (Image: Haigazian University Files) “Lebanese Rocket Society: Elements… Read More
A pretty cool trailer for a show in San Antonio, Texas. McNayart.com: “Organized by the McNay’s Chief Curator and Curator of Art after 1945, New Image Sculpture assembles works by emerging and mid-career artists who freely appropriate from art history, ethnographic artifacts, fashion, folk art,… Read More
Photographs by Firooz Zahedi Ahmanson Building, Level 4, LACMA, Los Angeles February 26, 2011–June 12, 2011 “In 1976 Elizabeth Taylor visited Iran for the first and only time. Accompanying her was Firooz Zahedi, today a successful Hollywood photographer but then a recent art school graduate… Read More
04 March – 08 May 2011 | Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin Exhibition | Flight laboratory | Flight Days I | Guided tours | Lectures “The mistranslation in the double-barreled title is deliberate: one the one hand, the curators Thomas Hauschild and Britta N…. Read More
March 14 – April 15 2011, Dubai Terminal, an exhibition curated by Bashar Al Shroogi (Cuadro Fine Art Gallery), is the new project of Edge of Arabia, a pioneering exhibition featuring contemporary art and culture of Saudi Arabia. ikonoMenasa is covering the making of in… Read More
Ai Weiwei’s “Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads” on view at the Sao Paulo Biennale (image via canablog.com) Hyperallergic: “Chinese artist and international icon Ai Weiwei will be bringing his own custom-designed set of Zodiac sculptures to New York City’s Pulitzer Fountain at the Plaza Hotel (59th… Read More
June 2, 2011 – September 11, 2011 Bucerius Kunstforum, Hamburg Kunstmeile Hamburg: “William Turner was known to his contemporaries as “the painter of light”. In his landscape paintings he created new, unusual combinations of earth, air, fire and water and closely examined their interactions. His… Read More
Cute animation from Gallery Hijinks: “The Letter Collector is curated with the intention to exhibit both emerging and established artists in one massive group show based on the common love of type and script. Stemming from immensely different backgrounds, each artist creates their unique translation… Read More
Queen Beatrix (L) of The Netherlands visits an exhibition, entitled The Golden Age of Dutch Painting, with Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (R), Emir of Qatar, at the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar, 09 March 2011. The Dutch queen is on a… Read More
