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The Arid Gold 24x36. Acrylic, Resin with Ruby stone dust on wood panel.
NEW YORK, NY.- Honey Nigam, a New York-based mixed media artist originally from Jaipurthe Gemstone Capital of the Worldis thrilled to announce her participation in the upcoming Superfine Art Fair at the Duggal Greenhouse at the historic Brooklyn Navy Yard this April. Known for her evocative minimalist works that blend fine art with the luxurious essence of precious gemstones, Nigams collection promises to captivate art enthusiasts and collectors alike. Nigams art is a harmonious fusion of her training as a Fine Arts graduate from the prestigious International School for Girls in Jaipur and her expertise as a Graduate Gemologist from the Gemological Institute of America. Her entire body of work, unified under the theme Life in Minimalist Emotions (LIME), explores the profound simplicity of human emotions. By incorporating precious stone dustsuch as emeralds, rubies, and sapphiresinto her minimalist compositions, N ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Carlo Levi, the Galleria dâArte Moderna in Rome hosts, from April 11th to September 14th, 2025, the exhibition Homage to Carlo Levi. Photo: Monkeys Video Lab.
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| Degas' Obsession: New research reveals key work | | Exhibition at Bruce Silverstein's new space explores the fascinating intersection of photography and sculpture | | Rome celebrates Carlo Levi and his friendship with Piero Martina |
Dancers Practising in the Foyer was painted by Edgar Degas (18341917). Oil on canvas. 73.8 x 92.5 cm. Acquired by the New Carlsberg Foundation in 1923. Donated to the Glyptotek in 1932.
COPENHAGEN.- On 8 May, the Glyptotek opens a new exhibition centred on Edgar Degas enigmatic painting Dancers Practising in the Foyer and the research that has recently led to a proposed revised dating of the work. Degas Obsession delves into this single painting, exploring its history and its significance in understanding Degas artistic practice. A new understanding about Degas' work and process through just one painting Ballet scenes were a central theme in Edgar Degas career, yet Dancers Practising in the Foyer has long been difficult to place in relation to his other ballet paintings. The painting is immediately puzzlingseemingly not finished, with very unevenly applied paint layers, drastically different tones and a dominant shadow from a partially overpainted figure. These unexplained visual mysteries sparked what became an an extensive research project led ... More | |
Man Ray, Another Spring, c. 1961. Metal spring, bronze ball, and ink on cigar box. Inscribed 'Acrylique' and 'Another spring' in black marker, 12 x 7 x 8 in (30.5 x 17.8 x 20.3 cm).
NEW YORK, NY.- Bruce Silverstein Gallery presents Photographer as Sculptor, Sculptor as Photographer, the inaugural exhibition of its new gallery space. This exhibition brings together sculptures and photographs by some of the most influential sculptors and master photographers of the 19th and 20th centuries to reveal the shared conceptual approaches that unite these seemingly distinct mediums. Including works by Constantin Brâncuși, Man Ray, Henry Moore, Auguste Rodin, and David Smith, alongside photographs by Bernd and Hilla Becher, Imogen Cunningham, Karl Blossfeldt, Bill Brandt, André Kertész, Barbara Morgan, Aaron Siskind, Frederick Sommer, Edward Steichen, and Edward Weston, the exhibition challenges traditional distinctions of photography and sculpture, unveiling a convergence between these artistic practices. Viewing these sculptures and ... More | |
Piero Martina, Portrait of Carlo Levi, 1942, oil on canvas, 81x63 cm, Private Collection.
ROME.- The Galleria dArte Moderna in Rome is set to open a significant exhibition, "Homage to Carlo Levi. The Friendship with Piero Martina and the Paths of Collecting," on April 11th, 2025. Running until September 14th, 2025, the exhibition marks the 50th anniversary of the passing of renowned Italian painter, writer, and intellectual Carlo Levi (1902-1975) by exploring his deep and enduring friendship with fellow Turin artist Piero Martina (1908-1985). Conceived through a collaborative effort between the Fondazione Carlo Levi of Rome and the Archivio Piero Martina of Turin, the exhibition offers a unique insight into the artistic and personal bond shared by the two men over three decades. Their relationship, forged in the vibrant intellectual and political climate of Turin, extended through their shared experiences of artistic exploration, anti-fascist dissent, and their eventual move to Rome during the post-war reconstruction era. Visitors will have the opportunity to view over sixty ... More |
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| Jeu de Paume opens first global survey of AI in art, featuring works by leading artists | | Louisiana Museum of Modern Art presents Robert Longo's stark visions of contemporary history | | Tavares Strachan's "SUPERNOVAS" illuminate Kunsthalle Mannheim |
Joan Fontcuberta, Typha Volans, Série eHerbarium, 2023- 2024. Inkjet prints of images generated by Stable Diffusion, 32 à 27 cm each.© Joan Fontcuberta / ADAGP Paris 2025.
PARIS.- From 11 April to 21 September 2025, Jeu de Paume is presenting a major exhibition exploring the links between artificial intelligence (AI) and art, the first of its size and scope in the world. AI algorithms and models, which are developing at an accelerating pace in all areas of society, today arouse astonishment, fear, enthusiasm and scepticism. The World Through AI presents a selection of works by artists who, over the past ten years, have been critically engaging with AI in the fields of art, photography, cinema, sculpture, literature and music. The exhibition features creations many of them specifically produced for this occasion by French and international artists such as Julian Charrière, Grégory Chatonsky, Agnieszka Kurant, Christian Marclay, Trevor Paglen, Hito Steyerl and Sasha Stiles. From so-called analytical AI, which analyses and organises vast quantities of data, to generative AI, capable of producing data ... More | |
Robert Longo, Untitled (Cindy), 1981, 243.8 x 152.4 cm, © Robert Longo, Photo: Courtesy of Robert Longo Studio.
HUMLEBÃK.- A new exhibition at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark presents American artist Robert Longo (b. 1953). Longo engages with mass-media images of the world, often responding directly to crises and current events. With few exceptions, Robert Longos works are monumental charcoal drawings on white paper, depicting the worlds hotspots. We live in this image storm, and I am trying to slow things down. All these images that we see for a split second, they are gone. -- Robert Longo, in Im a Caveman, Louisiana Channel, 2024 Robert Longos work is based on the artistic treatment of photographic reference. Over hundreds of hours of painstaking work, Longo and his assistants transpose press snapshots into charcoal on paper student protests at an American university during the Gaza crisis, the 2022 killing of a young Iranian woman and the 2015 terrorist attack at Copenhagens Krudttønden cultural centre. Longo manages pulling media and pop-cultur ... More | |
Tavares Strachan. Photo: Guillaume Ziccarelli. Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin.
MANNHEIM.- The Kunsthalle Mannheim is preparing to host the first major survey exhibition in continental Europe by internationally acclaimed Bahamian artist Tavares Strachan. Titled "SUPERNOVAS," the exhibition will run from April 11th to August 24th, 2025, offering a unique opportunity for audiences in Germany and beyond to experience the compelling and thought-provoking work of this New York-based artist. Born in Nassau, Bahamas in 1979, Tavares Strachan has garnered international recognition for his ambitious and conceptually rich artistic practice that seamlessly blends elements of art, science, and history. His work often involves extensive research and at times, remarkable feats, such as his expedition to the Arctic to retrieve a 4.5-ton block of ice and ship it back to his tropical birthplace. This act, like many of Strachan's projects, embodies his self-described "infinite protest against the status quo," challenging conventional perspectives and prompting viewers to reconsider ... More |
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| New exhibition Bauhaus Ecologies opens at the Bauhaus Museum Dessau | | Pierre Terjanian appointed as the MFA's next Director | | Matias Faldbakken awarded the commission for the National 22 July Memorial in Oslo |
Joost Schmidt, o. T. (Iris-Studie), um 1928. Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau (I 10987 F) / Image by Google.
DESSAU-ROÃLAU.- The Bauhaus Dessau Foundation opened a new exhibition: Bauhaus Ecologies at the Bauhaus Museum Dessau. The exhibition sheds light on how science, art, technology, and design were combined with reflections on ecology at the historical Bauhaus and what impetus this can offer for current debates on sustainability and climate justice. For the exhibition opening, there will be introductions, conversations, a film, and a tour of the exhibition. The Bauhaus is usually associated with the destructive consequences of modernity. Avant-garde artists of the 1920s were, however, already addressing the future of nature, environment, climate, and landscape. Ideas at the Bauhaus were influenced by such currents as biocentrism, natural philosophy, and organic design. Using objects from the collection of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, Bauhaus Ecologies tells stories of interdisciplinary encounters between crystallography and experimental film, biology and climate-just building or life ... More | |
Prior to joining the MFA, Terjanian served for 10 years as Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Curator in Charge of Arms and Armor at The Met.
BOSTON, MASS.- The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), announced today that Pierre Terjanian has been appointed its next Ann and Graham Gund Director and CEO. Currently the MFAs Chief of Curatorial Affairs and Conservation, Terjanian succeeds Matthew Teitelbaum and will assume his new role on July 1, 2025. Formally elected at a meeting of the MFAs Board of Trustees earlier today, Terjanian becomes the 12th director in the Museums 155-year history. He was selected after a seven-month international search overseen by a committee appointed by the Board. Pierre's brilliant curatorial vision, deep understanding of the MFA and our renowned collections, and inspirational leadership style have led the Board of Trustees to unanimously choose him to lead the Museum confidently and boldly into the future, said Marc S. Plonskier, Chair of the MFAs Board of Trustees. "I am honored to follow Matthew Teitelbaum as the MFAs next Ann and Graham Gund Director. ... More | |
Matias Faldbakken presented his proposal for the jury. Photo: Niklas Hart.
OSLO.- Galerie Eva Presenhuber announced that Matias Faldbakken's sculpture UPHOLDING has been selected for the National 22 July Memorial in the new Government Quarter in Oslo, to commemorate the terrorist attacks of 22 July 2011 on the island of Utøya. Faldbakken's work will be based on the re-erection of the steel frame that was custom-made to move and preserve Picasso's mural The Fishermen. The motif in the stone mosaic is taken from Utøya. It is a drawing of a small wading bird and some reeds and branches reflected in the water of the Tyrifjord. The other side of the structure shows the pattern of the bracing frame, a geometric relief painted in deep blue, deep green and bright red. The colour scheme highlights the distinctive structure that supports the mosaic (and previously supported The Fishermen). The sculpture, measuring 12 x 15 x 6 metres, will frame the designated memorial area. With its frame and mosaic, it will act as a link between the two sites of the terrorist ... More |
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| Heritage presents the Dave Westerbeke Guitar Collection | | Grogan & Company Auction to offer The Saundra B. Lane Jewelry Collection | | High organizes first US museum exhibition of work by Kim Chong Hak |
1953 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop Solid Body Electric Guitar, Serial #31831.
DALLAS, TX.- On May 6 Heritage will present the vintage guitar collection of the late Dave Westerbeke, a lifelong musician, collector, and pillar of the Northern California music scene, in an upcoming auction that celebrates not only a remarkable cache of instruments but also the vibrant spirit of the Bay Area's rock-and-roll history. The event, Heritage's Vintage Guitars and Musical Instruments Signature® Auction, features Westerbeke gems that span decades of music history, from a 1941 Martin D-18 once owned by David Grisman to a legendary 1961 Gibson L-5CES from the collection of Sons of Champlin guitarist Terry Haggerty, and many more. "These guitars reflect the soul of a man who lived and breathed music," says Aaron Piscopo, Heritage's Director of Vintage Guitars & Musical Instruments. "Dave Westerbeke had an ear for tone and an eye for the story behind each instrument. What we're offering isn't just a collection. It's a window into California's musical past." A native of Mill Valley, Westerbek ... More | |
Saundra Lane at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, wearing her beloved Kashmir sapphire ring. May 21, 2012. Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
BOSTON, MASS.- On April 27, 2025, Grogan & Company, Fine Art and Jewelry Auctioneers, will offer at auction a remarkable collection of jewelry owned by visionary collector and philanthropist Saundra B. Lane. The collection is being sold to benefit the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA). It is only fitting, given Saundra and Bill Lanes lifelong connection to and support of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, that this jewelry be sold in Boston for the benefit of the MFA. We are proud to celebrate Saundra and Bills legacy of philanthropy as we bring this impressive jewelry collection to auction, remarks Grogan & Company President Georgina C. Winthrop. Saundra Lane, a longtime supporter of the MFA, was celebrated for her discerning eye and her commitment to both art and philanthropy. Alongside the extraordinary gifts of art that she and her late husband Bill Lane made to the Museum, Saundra left her jewelry collection to ... More | |
Artists once known, Korea, pillows, undated, wood, cotton, and embroidered fabric, courtesy of the artist and the Kim Chong Hak Foundation. Photo by Kim Tang-Sae.
ATLANTA, GA.- The High Museum of Art will present the first American museum exhibition featuring the work of Kim Chong Hak (born 1937 in Sinuiju, Korea), a master painter from South Korea popularly known as the painter of Seoraksan the highest peak in the countrys Taebaek mountain range. Kim Chong Hak, Painter of Seoraksan (April 11-Nov. 2, 2025) will feature more than 70 works, including new acquisitions from the Highs collection, that span the arc of Kims mature career and present an aspect of Korean art in the late 20th century little known outside of South Korea. The exhibition will travel to the Phoenix Art Museum (Sept. 9, 2026-Feb. 21, 2027) after its debut at the High. Kim is an artist who is beloved in Korea but whose recognition in the United States is long overdue, said the Highs Director Rand Suffolk. We hope to bring new attention to his work through this exhibition, ... More |
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Panel Talk: Mark Godfrey, Jeffrey Sturges and Almine Rech Mediated by Louisa Buck
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10-pound gold nugget from Australia's Kalgoorlie Goldfields shines at Heritage's Nature & Science AuctionDALLAS, TX.- Metal detecting has been a popular hobby for generations for history buffs, archaeologists, beachcombers and even curious students, each eager to uncover a treasure hidden within the Earths surface. With that backdrop, imagine the surprise of a couple wandering through the renowned Kalgoorlie Goldfields in Western Australia more than four decades ago, when an outing to find a little Gold yielded so much more. The detector located a massive Gold nugget, the largest from Kalgoorlie in more than half a century. That behemoth, now known as the Golden Beauty, will become a centerpiece of a new collection when it is sold April 23 in Heritages Nature & Science Signature® Auction. Gold always has been enormously popular, in part because of its pure value and beauty, but also because it is exceedingly rare, says Craig Kissick, Vice President of Nature and ... More Alex Becerra's "PSYCHOMANIA" unleashes vibrant Yucatan landscapes in Los Angeles debutLOS ANGELES, CA.- Wilding Cran Gallery presents PSYCHOMANIA, an exhibition of recent oil paintings by Los Angeles-based artist Alex Becerra. In a visual reflection on his travels to the Yucatan Peninsula, Alex Becerras PSYCHOMANIA presents a fantastical landscape which explores the complexities and curiosities of the human condition. Across three large-scale canvases, a terrain inspired by the artists emotional experience encountering the vibrant scenery, heritage, and folklore of the Yucatan, invites the viewer through a vivid portal of contrasting pigments and rich textures. Across his body of work, Becerras maximalist approach engages an improvisational dialogue between the artist and his materials. Whether using a brush, his fingers, a palette knife, or the last drops squeezed from a tube of paint, Becerra spontaneously fills every inch of his canvases. ... More James Cohan presents the intricate weavings of Argentina's Indigenous Silät collectiveNEW YORK, NY.- James Cohan presents the first New York solo exhibition of Claudia Alarcón & Silät, a collective of artists from the Wichà communities of northern Salta, Argentina, on view at the gallerys 52 Walker space from April 11 through May 10, 2025. The exhibition features new textile works exploring celestial themes. Claudia Alarcón (b. 1989, Argentina) is an Indigenous textile artist from the La Puntana community of Wichà people of northern Salta. Alongside her individual practice, she leads the Silät collective, an organization of one hundred women weavers of different generations from Wichà communities in the Alto la Sierra and La Puntana region. Wichà society is clan-based and matrilocal. Weaving with hand-spun vegetal fibers from the local chaguar plant has been a communal, female-led activity for centuries, and is fundamental to the visual culture, narrative ... More Sujith SN's ethereal landscapes explore "The Hour of Becoming" at Sakshi GalleryMUMBAI.- Sakshi presents Sujith SNs second solo at Sakshi Gallery titled The Hour of Becoming. The show is on view till 3rd May, 2025. Sujiths body of work presents landscapes that are untethered to specific geographical locales. Much like a flâneur, the artist keenly observes the shifting contours of cities from the lush landscapes of Kerala, to metropolises like Hyderabad and Mumbai. Traces of these memories filter onto the artists works: dense foliage, backwaters, or the rendering of architecture. In Sujiths debut solo with Sakshi in 2008, The City and The Tower, the artist turned his attention to rapidly developing urban landscapes. Reflecting on his practice close to two decades later, urbanity marks its presence subtly, in the form of architectural elements, perhaps drawing from the artist's training as a civil draughtsman. In these green, eerie waters or arid landscapes, ghostly ... More  Spain's Pavilion at the Venice Biennale explores solutions for the decarbonisation of architecture in SpainMADRID.- The Spanish Pavilion at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia - will present Internalities: Architectures for Territorial Equilibrium, a project curated by the architects Roi Salgueiro and Manuel Bouzas that explores how architecture can reduce the environmental externalities associated with production processes to move towards the decarbonisation of architecture in Spain. Internalities is the project selected through an open call to represent Spain, and which responds to the proposal of the curator of this edition of the Biennale, Carlo Ratti. Under the theme Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective, Ratti's proposal seeks to highlight the different intelligences being developed to combat the climate crisis. In this sense, the Spanish pavilion explores possible solutions through the analysis of how architecture can overcome the externalisation model and ... More Where do I go? Galerie Tanit exhibits works by Rania MatarBEIRUT.- 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Lebanese Civil War. As we reach this symbolic date, Lebanon still suffers its consequences. The past 5 years, conditions have deteriorated fast, especially after the August 4, 2020 Port of Beirut explosions and all that has ensued. However, and through it all, I always found hope and inspiration in the women. I have previously dedicated my work to exploring issues of personal and collective identity through photographs of female adolescence and womanhood in both the United States where I live, and in Lebanon where I am from to highlight our shared humanity. In this body of work, I chose to collaborate with women in Lebanon specifically. The work became personal. I see my younger self in these women. I was twenty when I left Lebanon in 1984 during the Civil War, to go study in the United States, in what ... More Play It Again, Paik at Nam June Paik Art CenterYONGIN-SI.- The 2025 solo exhibition, Play It Again, Paik, explores time as seen, heard, and experienced by Nam June Paik. At the heart of the exhibition are recordings of his past interviews. In a warm and often humorous manner, Paik explains video art, a concept that remained unfamiliar throughout the 1960s and 1970s. He likens video to painting and calmly demonstrates electronic technology. Above all, Paik continually discusses and writes about time, emphasizing that video, unlike other art forms, allows for a new experience of time. Our experience of time varies. Sometimes it flies by like a flash, while other times, seconds can feel like years. Nam June Paik expressed this by stating that in live life, the relationship of input-time and output-time is much more complex. Video, in particular, is a medium well-suited for exploring these temporal properties. Moon is the Oldest ... More Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead welcomes ten millionth visitorGATESHEAD.- Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead has welcomed its ten millionth visitor. The international centre for contemporary art, which first opened its doors on Saturday 13 July 2002, reached the major milestone on Wednesday 09 April 2025. At 2:30pm, Marie and David Thompson from Bedlington in Northumberland become the official ten millionth visitors to the world-famous gallery. They were greeted by the Director of Baltic, Sarah Munro, who presented them with flowers, a special Baltic goodie bag, vouchers for Baltic Kitchen, and complimentary dinner for two at Six Baltics famous rooftop restaurant. Marie and David were also treated to an exclusive first viewing of the new exhibition Remember, Somewhere by Laura Lancaster and Rachel Lancaster, which opens to the public on Saturday 12 April. Sarah Munro MBE, Director of Baltic Centre for ... More Mattress Factory unearths infrasounds in Marc Vilanova's "Grounded Frictions"PITTSBURGH, PA.- Mattress Factory announces Grounded Frictions, a new exhibition by Barcelona-based sound and visual artist Marc Vilanova. Vilanovas practice engages with listening as an embodied act a mode of perceiving phenomena that unfold around the boundaries of human perception. Rather than composing sound, his large-scale installations materialize imperceptible sonic forces into other sensory realms, offering new ways of attuning to the world. Grounded Frictions expands this inquiry by investigating the acoustic signals found deep within the earth, with special attention to the infrasounds: vibrations between 0.1-20 Hz that fall below the threshold of human hearing yet are still sensed by the body. Using geophones, scientific instruments that detect these low frequencies in the earth, Vilanova captured the sounds of the subterranean environments near ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American artist Chris Burden was born April 11, 1946. Christopher Lee "Chris" Burden (April 11, 1946 - May 10, 2015) was an American artist working in performance, sculpture and installation art. In this image: Operator Alison Walker watches miniature cars move along the roads in Chris Burden's latest kinetic sculpture, "Metropolis II," at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in Los Angeles.
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