When you were a child, you were vulnerable and you did not understand the world around you, its harshness, its darkness, where did you go? Did you hide yourself under the bed, behind a book, a corner in the back garden? Did you talk to your frog pet, your fantasy friends, did you listen [...]
Before it will move to downtown Manhattan in 2015, the Whitney Museum of American Art has provided an exclusive opportunity to see and experience Robert Irwin’s 1977 installation of “Scrim veil-Black rectangle-Natural Light”. “Irwin’s work offers something profound that cannot be easily and quickly consumed”, says the chief curator Donna De Salvo, “the opportunity to [...]
by Ligh-tman This year summer came early to New York. As usual, the moment the sun comes out, New Yorkers fill up the streets with their summer outfit- shorts, sandals, hats, beach clothing, even though the temperature is still not warm enough to go to the beach. Perhaps it’s because winters are so long [...]
Sixty-four years after his death, the work of the Uruguayan artist Joaquin Torres Garcia still reigns the market of South American art. According to a recent report by the Associated Press, his oil painting “T No.1 –Peinture” was the “great star” of the night of the auction of Latin American art by [...]
We saw a major wide-ranging retrospective of the American artist Keith Harring (1958-1990) at the Musee D’art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, over 250 paintings, works on paper, and subway panels, of which at least 20 were large scale, that he worked on incessantly since childhood. The retrospective, which will end in August, shows [...]
The American artist Paul McCarthy is known for creating irreverent works that question, criticize, and scandalize for their visual violence, their emphasis on the grotesque, the scatological, the visceral. He is a powerful critic of social norms, specifically American cultural icons. “WS” is the largest exhibition by this 67-year old Los Angeles based artist, still [...]
How much does a gene’s environment affect the gene? How much does man’s environment changes him and his art? As we reflect on this question, we are surprised to find an art exhibition this summer that actually addresses the issue of Nature. On Nature is the name of the exhibition, currently on view at New [...]
On Friday, May 10th, we took the F train in Manhattan and went to see the NADA NEW YORK art fair. It is located in the southern tip of Manhattan close to the historic Brooklyn Bridge, in an area called the Basketball City on Pier 36 by the East River. Neighboring with the oldest China [...]
The Tokyo-based artist Yoshitomo Nara, who has captivated a large audience with enigmatic sculptures and paintings of large-eyed innocent children with a dark edge for over two decades, shows at Pace in Chelsea, New York, from May 10 to June 29 works on paper and huge bronze heads of children either smiling or with half-closed [...]
Peace has become a main concern among artists in Colombia, particularly female artists. An exhibition called The Life Machine by a group of 19 women artists recently opened at the Antioquia Museum in the city of Medellin. Beatriz Gonzales Led by Maria de Paz Jaramillo, whose work has advocated against non-violence since the 70s, the [...]
