As his private photographs show, there was rarely a dull moment in Warhol's
world. By Bob Colacello. ...
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Oliver Laric, Versions, 2010, four channel video installation. Courtesy the Artist and Seventeen, London.
By Domenico Quaranta
“Where is reality? Can you show it to me?”
Heinz Von Foerster 1
Reality Construction and Simulation
The relationship between media and reality has been debated since the very beginning of Western culture. The two main keywords at stake here are: representation and construction. According to the first, media portray reality; according to the second, media construct re...
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Published 10-Mar-10
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STREET ART CULTURE
As Street Art goes mainstream in Asia, Art Radar takes a look at its roots.
Modern graffiti art originated as an underworld activity and coincided with the hip hop movement in the late 1960’s and early 70’s in New York City [Associated Content], but many artists who started as ‘taggers’ have been recognized by the art world and achieved commercial success. This post will provide an outline of the humble beginnings of street art culture and the artists who have emerged from th...
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Published 10-Mar-10
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JERUSALEM.- Olafur Eliasson and Anish Kapoor have
been commissioned by the Israel Museum to create two new monumental
installations on the Museum’s campus, as it nears completion of a comprehensive
renewal and expansion, together with a complete reinstallation of all of its
collection galleries. These site-specific works will be installed as
focal points within the Museum’s newly re-organized campus, opening to the
public on July 26, 2010. ...
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LONDON.- On Tuesday, 30 March, 2010 Sotheby’s
London will offer a range of Old Master, Modern and Contemporary Prints.
Printmaking has been at the heart of artistic production for over 500 years. The
spring sale will present an exciting opportunity to acquire works by a group of
important Old Master artists such as Rembrandt, Dürer and Goya. The
sale also demonstrates the importance of the medium to later artists with
examples by Modern and Contemporary printmakers, including Joan Miró, P...
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Published 06-Mar-10
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LONDON.- Now in his 82nd year, Alex Katz is one of
the most significant artists of his generation. His distinctive portraits and
lyrical landscapes are noted for their pristine flat surface and economy of
line, depicting scenes from modern life. Katz's minimal aesthetic was developed
in the 1950s and was at the time, both an anticipation of Pop Art and a reaction
to the prevalence of Abstract Expressionism. Katz has always been that
intriguing thing: an artist's artist. His influence is w...
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NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s will offer a large-scale
masterpiece by Yves Klein at the auction of Post-War and Contemporary Art in New
York on the evening of 11 May 2010. ANT 93, Le Buffle (“The Buffalo”), 1960-61,
is a monumental work from the artist’s celebrated Anthropométrie series that
stands over 9 feet wide (70 x 110 3/8 in. / 177.8 x 280.4 cm.).
Offered at auction for the first time, the work is expected to realise
in the region of $10 million. The sale coincides with the first major...
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NEW YORK, NY.- Christie?s will offer a large-scale masterpiece by Yves Klein at the auction of Post-War and Contemporary Art in New York on the evening of 11 May 2010. ANT 93, Le Buffle (?The Buffalo?), 1960-61, is a monumental work from the artist?s celebrated Anthropométrie series that stands over 9 feet wide (70 x 110 3/8 in. / 177.8 x 280.4 cm.). Offered at auction for the first time, the work is expected to realise in the region of $10 million. The sale coincides with the first major Americ...
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Published 05-Mar-10
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by David Everitt Howe
Tino Sehgal’s exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum thrillingly and sometimes disconcertingly questioned the nature of social relations in late-capitalism. If unprepared for the question “What is progress?” posed to you by the sweet, seemingly innocent child who greeted you at the bottom of a ramp, it left you slack-jawed. As you slowly ascended the ramp while complicating the meaning of the term, the metaphoric time of This Progress (2006) replaced real time as y...
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Published 02-Mar-10
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