Mexican sculptor Pedro Reyes wants to create “a global consciousness about arms trafficking” with his project to make musical instruments out of guns seized by the army and police in the violent areas of northern Mexico. So far, he has already transformed many weapons into instruments like marimbas and cymbals, which have been used in [...]
The annual NY Art Book Fair, featuring booksellers, artists, antiquarians and independent publishers from around the globe, will be held between Sept. 20 and Sept. 22 at the MoMA PS1, Long Island City, Queens. It is the world’s leading event for artists' books, catalogs, monographs, periodicals and zines. This year’s exhibitions will include a collection [...]
Paper, the summer exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery in London, will be open until September 29, so you still have time to appreciate the work of artists from around the globe that have succeeded in showing us that even though paper is considered an ephemeral product it can be transformed into multiple objects of artistic [...]
The city of Sidney is inviting artists to submit proposals of works that will be integrated into a massive renewal of its downtown area. The main north-south thoroughfare, George Street, will be transformed and become a light rail and pedestrian boulevard. The city government of Australia’s largest city estimates that it will spend about nine [...]
* FARIDEH LASHAI I Come from the Land of Ideology, 2010-2012 Painting with projected animation and sound; oil, acrylic and graphite on canvas Canvas size: 72.75 x 73 in / 185 x 185.5 cm Overall size, including projection: 72.75 x 95.5 in / 185 x 243 cm Video edition of 3, 2 AP's; unique painting Courtesy [...]
Wolfgang Laib is a German artist who collects elements from Nature to make art, and invites contemplation and reflection of the beauty and simplicity of Nature. In this video, he shows the process by which he installed a work of yellow luminosity that one has rarely the opportunity to see; it is his largest to [...]
The Liverpool Biennial, in partnership with Qatar, is organizing a Future City Forum on Sept. 27. Experts in the fields of art, architecture and urbanism will meet to explore optimistic plans about urban transformation around the world. The one-day forum will be held at the John Lennon Art and Design Building in Liverpool. Entrance is [...]
Amanda Palmer is an artist, musician and performer.
