BEIJING (AP).- Deep in a long-forgotten corner of the Forbidden City and up a twisting stairway are four sets of twin doors, shut for more than eight decades. They reveal rare sweeping views to the north, south, east and west above the golden-tiled rooftops of the imperial palace. The surrounding walls silence the passing tour groups. On the horizon, modern high-rises are softened by the Beijing smog. The view from this private corner has hardly changed since the Chinese emperor Qianlong design...
It may be that, like me, you think of John Singer Sargent as an American society portraitist passing himself off as European. ...
This Could Happen To You, BirminghamSubtitled Ikon In The 1970s, this show charts the gallery's life from a kiosk in Birmingham's Bullring to its status as one of the best-known UK galleries outside London. The guttural catharsis of Stuart Brisley's performance You Know It Makes Sense is engaged with a kind of desperate optimism. In contrast, Tim Mara and Boyd & Evans presented work that exposed the shallowness of the consumer façade.Ikon, to 5 Sep Robert ClarkUnderwater, Exeter...
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Published 23-Jul-10
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An empty fish factory used as an exhibition space on Reykjavík's harbour By Laura McLean-FerrisThe smart apartments have never been lived in. They were meant for someone else. The kitchens are brand new and untouched, the proportions thoughtful. Reykjavík built many apartments for people who never moved in, and now several of them are being used as spaces for Villa Reykjavík, a project initiated by Warsaw’s Raster Gallery, in which 14 European galleries have moved into abandoned spaces in the I...
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Published 23-Jul-10
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This month marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of "To Kill a Mockingbird," Harper Lee's classic novel set in the segregated Deep South. Among the biggest fans of the book and its Oscar-winning 1962 film adaptation is actor Laurence Fishburne, who this summer is portraying Thurgood Marshall in his one-man show, "Thurgood," at the Geffen Playhouse, through Aug. 8.
Marshall, of course, like the Alabama-bred Lee, knew something about racism's insidious effects...
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Published 21-Jul-10
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The Collages of Volkan Diyaroglu – artmarketblog.com
One of my favourite contemporary artists, Volkan Diyaroglu, not only produces incredible paintings, but also creates awesome collages. In February of this year an exhibition of Volkan’s collage was held in New York by the Italian Gallery AR / Contemporary Art . According to the catalogue:
The Collages of Volkan Diyaroglu are intrinsically related to his entire artistic creations. Their irony and synthesis are the mirror of canvases’ explosi...
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Published 20-Jul-10
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LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), announced a generous gift of $435,000 from the estate of renowned Los Angeles photographer Max Yavno, nearly 25 years after his death. Yavno, who died in 1985, was an accomplished fine art and commercial photographer known for his social documentation and sensitive depiction of urban realism. In 1989, MOCA received a substantial portion of Yavno?s estate, including 183 vintage and contemporary prints and a contribution of $500...
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Published 16-Jul-10
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A wander through “Here Not There: San Diego Art Now,” at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, feels much like a stroll through any dozen galleries in any major city in the United States. There’s work in a range of media, from charcoal, clay and oil, to photography, video, and installation incorporating plastic sheeting, fluorescent light fixtures, electric fans, cell phones and bird-seed-encrusted statuary. Artists riff on childhood memory, popular culture, consumerism, other art, their ho...
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Published 16-Jul-10
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-- Making amends: The U.S. is returning to Germany 11 oil paintings that were taken by American soldiers at the end of World War II. (Agence France-Presse)-- Enigmatic: Researchers using X-ray technology say that Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" is revealing more secrets. (BBC News)-- Questionable practices: Is the Guggenheim Museum engaging in pay-for-play? (Modern Art Notes)-- Dropping a register: After singing a baritone role in "Simon Boccanegra," tenor Placido Domin...
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Published 15-Jul-10
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Issue 43, Summer 2010. See the entire magazine online here.Royal College of Art, London19 March – 13 April
By J.J. Charlesworth
What’s the usual mark of the seriousness of an artist’s reputation? A big solo show at a major institution, perhaps? Although isn’t it slightly gauche to then go and call your solo show Solo Show? Surely you can’t be serious.
Seriousness and flippancy, rigour and self-deprecation, turn at the heart of British filmmaker John Smith’s work, and the staging of this, the l...
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Published 14-Jul-10
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