Art Basel Hong Kong
Hong Kong might seem an odd location for an international art fair but everyone wants to tap into the Asian market and Basel seems to have a crystal ball when it comes to developing the next big market. Though the Hong Kong art fair has gone on for a number of years, [...]
Destroy the Picture: Painting the Void at the MCA Chicago
Destroy the Picture: Painting the Void 1949-1962 has been on my list of shows to see for awhile and on Mother’s Day with my parents in town, I finally had a reason to motivate.
In 1949 after the “apocalyptic aftermath of WWII Adorno said ‘to write poetry [...]
Hong Kong might seem an odd location for an international art fair but everyone wants to tap into the Asian market and Basel seems to have a crystal ball when it comes to developing the next big market. Though the Hong Kong art fair has gone on for a number of years, this is the [...]
Destroy the Picture: Painting the Void 1949-1962 has been on my list of shows to see for awhile and on Mother’s Day with my parents in town, I finally had a reason to motivate.
In 1949 after the “apocalyptic aftermath of WWII Adorno said ‘to write poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric.’” Artists all over the world [...]
Highlights from Frieze New York:
Not only was this my favorite booth, but it won the Stand award at the fair. I am in love with everything this artist does.
I liked all of the pieces at Carl Freedman’s booth but these in particular were simple yet sophisticated and mesmerizingly beautiful.
NADA
MoMA
Claes Oldenberg: The Street and The Store
Born in Chicago, Oldenberg came to NYC in 1956 at the age of 27. In 1960, he translated his experience of the LES (Lower East Side) into an immersive sculptural environment made using cardboard, burlap and newspapers.
He wanted to move away from art as a precious commodity and in [...]
“13th Ballad, an installation by Chicago-based artist Theaster Gates, is an extension of the artist’s 12 Ballads for Huguenot House, which was coproduced by the MCA and exhibited at Documenta 13, the 2012 iteration of the international art exhibition that takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany.”
The opening included a performance by The Black [...]
Picasso never even came to Chicago, or the United States for that matter. But his relationship to Chicago had a profound impact on the city and also played a “critical role in the awareness of and interest in art across the United States.” The first presentation of a Picasso show at an American art museum, [...]
There is a wonderful surprise at The Menil Collection in Houston if you follow a path just a hop skip and a jump from the main museum–a Dan Flavin installation. It is one of the artist’s final works and one of his few permanent installations in the United States. The de Menil’s began collecting his [...]