Archive for the ‘Photography’ Category

Roni Horn aka Roni Horn

This show ends on January 24th and I encourage you to definitely squeeze it into your schedule as it is amazing. Born in 1955 Horn has created work of  “concentrated visual power and intellectual vigor” in a variety of media–sculpture, drawing, photography, installation and books. Once you see the show you begin to realize how [...]


Bauhaus 1919-1933: Workshops for Modernity

This exhibition at MoMA thoroughly examines the most influential school of avant-garde art, design and architecture of the 20th century. Literally meaning “house of building” the Bauhaus, a term coined by the school’s founder Walter Gropius, was created to offer an interdisciplinary approach to the arts. All arts had equal status at the school when [...]


Looking In: Robert Frank’s “The Americans”

Honestly, I knew very little about this artist or the book the exhibition is centered on before my visit. I had heard the name before but never connected the work with the artist. This exhibition, with all 83 photos from the book on view in sequential order, is small and managebale, has a tremendous impact [...]


Gabriel Orozco at MoMA

I have been eagerly awaiting this show ever since my encounter with the artist on my trip to Mexico City. Due to the Swine Flu outbreak, I was unable to see his exhibition opening at Kurimanzutto the following day. So, off I headed on opening night to the 2nd and 6th floors of my home [...]


Lumas Holiday Art Sale December 3-10

A friend of mine works for this photography gallery which has locations throughout Europe as well as NYC. The sale, with discounts of up to 40% off selected works, is only in SoHo in NYC at 77 Wooster Street. Affordable art is a great holiday gift that someone can enjoy for a lifetime. Check out [...]


Fisher Landau Center for Art

It was a good turnout for an opening in the middle of a glorious fall Sunday in Long Island City, Queens. But then again this is not just some small gallery having an opening, but the impressive Fisher Landau Center for Art with three floors of high ceilinged white walls where it displays wonderful works [...]


Tim Davis at Greenberg Van Doren

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Even if you don’t get the chance to see this show you should check out the artist and his work.Tim Davis spent time in Rome after earning a fellowship there in 2008. It was during this time that he came up with the concept for the series, “The New Antiquity.” When in Rome one is [...]


Humanism in China: A Contemporary Record of Photography

France Pepper, the director of arts and culture at China Institute, led our group through the show. I was unaware that  the educator John Dewey along with one of his students, Hu Shih, founded China Institute in 1926. On view through December 13th at the China Institute on 65th St. between Lexington and Park Avenues is a an exhibition [...]


Yinka Shonibare MBE at the Brooklyn Art Museum

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Shonibare, of Nigerian descent, was born in Britain in 1962. His work spans many media in its attempts to touch on ideas about African identity and the “legacy of European colonialism.” Most famous for his use of “Dutch wax fabric” this exhibition on through September 20th highlights 12 years of his work including installations, photography, [...]


Chelsea visits before they close up shop for August

There are some wonderful works on view in the exhibition White Noise, now on view through August 12th at James Cohan Gallery. As the press release states the show features “works that exist at the intersection of visual art, music and sound by artists of different generations. In the exhibition, there will be sounds to [...]