Each piece in “Enter the Mirror” at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago reflects on a trauma, an injustice, an unfortunate demise or a loss of life. The artworks in the show range from the 1970s to the mid-2010s, and include installation, video, sculpture, film, photography and painting. The truth of the works in the exhibition is difficult to face—it’s an entire room full of mourning.
Read MoreOn October 24, on the bank of the Golden Horn, an inlet dividing the historical peninsula from the European side of Istanbul, the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV), organizers of the Istanbul Biennial, revealed a permanent sculpture by Turkish artist Ayşe Erkmen, Golden Horn in Golden Horn (2022)
Read MoreA major German museum, the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, unveiled a work by the Iran-born, New York-based artist Shirin Neshat on its façade following the death of Mahsa Amini. The intervention—which took place on Sunday 30 October—is the most high-profile institutional show of support for protestors in Iran after museums in the UK and US were criticised for failing to address the worsening human rights situation in the country.
Read MoreArt 19 at IFPDA PRINT FAIR 2022 at the Javits Center, NYC, (October 27 - 30).
ART IN THE LIGHT OF CONSCIENCE: ART-19 TO BENEFIT AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, OCTOBER 28TH
With Camille Henrot, Emilia Kabakov, Dr. Burghard Richter, and Kiki Smith. Moderated by Robert Storr (Yale School of Art).
New York -- After two years of virtual-only fairs, the International Fine Print Dealers Association will return in-person this fall to the stunning I.M. Pei-designed River Pavilion at the Javits Center with the 29th edition of the preeminent fair for prints. The IFPDA Print Fair will present 76 new and returning exhibitors, an increase from 2019, selected from the rigorously vetted members of the IFPDA and impressive invitational exhibitors.
The artists were selected through a competitive process, which included requiring finalists to submit site-specific proposals within the terminal. Smith and Kusama’s new commissions won’t be the only flashy below-ground contemporary art in Midtown. Last year, the first elements of a three-part video and mosaic installation by the US artist Nick Cave were installed in the tunnel under 42nd Street connecting Grand Central Terminal to Times Square.
Read MoreWe live in the decaying ruins of the modern and colonial world-system. All around us we encounter the undead institutions that structure systemic inequality, border regimes, and subject forms. To make different futures possible, this undead world—which violently resists change in its refusal to die—must be laid to rest.
Read MoreMTA Arts & Design announced the commissioning of two highly acclaimed artists selected to create permanent artwork for the greatly anticipated Grand Central Madison, a new 700,000-square-foot Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) terminal below Grand Central Terminal, along Madison Avenue between 43 and 48 Streets in Manhattan. The site-specific large-scale installations by Yayoi Kusama and Kiki Smith will be unveiled with the opening of the new terminal later this year.
Read MoreIn collaboration with Circa, Neshat has released a new print with full proceeds benefitting human rights groups. In collaboration with Circa, Neshat is currently selling a limited-edition print titled WOMAN LIFE FREEDOM, which echoes the chants heard in cities across the world and on social media feeds.
Read MoreFor the Birds: The Birdsong Project today releases Volume V, the final volume of its wide-ranging collection of 242 recordings inspired by birdsong and supporting the conservation of birds and their habitats. Yoko Ono said : “There are so many of us in the world who are now awakened, ready to act to save our world. So let’s work together to save this planet. Together. That’s how we will change the world. We change, and the world changes.”
Read MoreKiki Smith has made ample use of bronze and gold throughout her illustrious career. In her figurative depictions of the body and nature, the renowned American artist has mastered age-old casting and mark-making techniques. These bespoke processes—developed over time with dedicated artisans—have allowed her to explore issues surrounding femininity, spirituality, mortality, mysticism, and historiography.
Read MoreDuring the fair IFPDA Print Fair 2022, “550 Years of Print and Printmaking” at the Javits Center, NYC, (October 27 - 30), different conferences will be scheduled. We are pleased to invite you to this event, on Friday, october 28th, with Camille Henrot, Emilia Kabakov, Dr. Burghard Richter, and Kiki Smith. Moderated by Robert Storr (Yale School of Art).
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