First Look: Kusama
A First Look at the Yayoi Kusama exhibition opening today at Tate Modern. The nine decades of Yayoi Kusama’s life have taken her from rural Japan to the New York art scene to contemporary [...]
Alfred Jensen/Sol Lewitt Systems and Transformation at PACE GALLERY
James Kalm battles the drizzle and traffic of drive time Manhattan to bring viewers a tour of this delectable yet conceptually challenging two person show. As a long time fan of Alfred Jensen, [...]
Jackson Pollock ‘transcends time and fashion’
Art today, we are constantly being told, is about ideas rather than objects. Painting has been reduced to a marginal, niche activity, while ‘expression’, the working out of feelings through art, [...]
Pioneering Artist Mike Kelley Dies at 57
Mike Kelley, one of the most critically acclaimed artists of his generation, has died at the age of 57, at his home in South Pasadena, Calif. According to several sources close to the artist [...]
Dorothea Tanning, Surrealist Painter and Poet, Dies at 101
Dorothea Tanning, the painter, poet and ballet-set designer who was an integral member of the European Surrealists during and after World War II, died yesterday at the age of 101. According to [...]
Muse – Dorothea Tanning
Dorothea Tanning (born August 25, 1910) is an American painter, printmaker, sculptor and writer. She has also designed sets and costumes for ballet and theatre. Dorothea Tanning was born and [...]
Largest show ever of Claes Oldenburg’s path-breaking and emblematic early work opens
VIENNA.- With his humorous and profound depictions of everyday objects, Claes Oldenburg is one of the most important and popular artists since the late 1950s. Not only has he been a major figure [...]