David Hockney became gripped by a desire to find out how the artists of the past had managed to depict the world around them so accurately and vividly. For two years, he sacrificed his own time as an artist to follow this mystery trail, obsessively tracking down the hidden secrets of the Old Masters. In [...]
By Light-man You have probably heard of James Turrell’s impressive solo exhibition currently on view at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. I was informed that this was the second most popular exhibition ever held at the museum, the first being a Picasso show. Some people might have told you they were dazzled by [...]
James Turrell’s “Skyspace” in Järna is the most northerly Skyspace in the world. 99.9% of the population lies below this city in Sweden. In summer, daylight lingers longer so the Sunset Session begins at 10:00 pm and the Sunrise Session starts at 2:00 am. Named “Outside Insight”, this is a round wooden structure placed on [...]
By C. C. Loch Hame is a band that I started with my friends, but now it’s just me. The American artist Tyler Loftis began his recent performance at the Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects in Lower East Side Manhattan with these words in an introductory video. The gallery was packed and people waited [...]
When we went to see a major solo exhibition by the contemporary artist James Turrell at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, we saw a side show on the 4th Rotunda called New Harmony, Abstraction Between the Two Wars ( 1919- 1939). The show, named after a painting by Paul Klee in 1936, put together [...]
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 [...]
