Archive for April, 2008

Alix Rule Previews Gallery Weekend Berlin, 2-4 May

Now in its fourth year, Gallery Weekend has become an institution in Berlin with galleries opening some of their most hotly anticipated shows of the year, and collectors and art lovers alike flocking to the city in their droves. Alix Rule looks ahead to what’s in store this weekend, including new works by Olafur Eliasson, Carsten Nicolai, Dan Attoe (below), Aida Ruilova, Marcellvs L., Tomasz Kowalski, Maja Koerner and Bimal who at 5.30pm on 2 May will invite the 34 participating galleries to send diplomatic envoys to Zimmerstrasse 11, at which point Bimal will declare autonomy from the ensuing Weekend. attoeTINY.jpg

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London Gallery Openings: Party Pictures By Dafydd Jones

Los Angeles-based artist, Alex Prager was in London last week for her first solo show in the UK at Michael Hoppen's gallery. Prager photographs her female subjects in...

Talk: Gregory Crewdson At The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles

Gregory Crewdson Gregory Crewdson will be discussing his work at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles on Thursday 1 May. Crewdson's solo show at Gagosian Gallery Beverly Hills...

Debut: Maryam Jafri At Galerie Alexandra Saheb, Berlin

After a her widely acclaimed exhibition at the Neue Berliner Kunstverein in 2006 with her video installation 'Costume Party', the Pakistani/US American video artist Maryam Jafri premieres her...

Gregor Schneider In Conversation Withn Aoife Rosenmeyer

Gregor Schneider Gregor Schneider's international fame was assured when, with the installation 'Todes Haus u r' in the German Pavilion, a work made from vast sections of his natal...

News: Vanessa Winship Wins Sony World Photographer Of The Year – Plus Photos From The Awards And Saatchi Online Photorgaphers Exhibition

Vanessa Winship Vanessa Winship, Sony World Photography Awards Photographer of the Year, 2008http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/cgi-bin/mtadmin/mt.cgi?__mode=view&_type=entry&id=4499&blog_id=1# The Sony World Photography Awards were celebrated in Cannes last week with a series of events...

Debut: Justin Dahlberg At Western Projects, Los Angeles

Since receiving his MFA from Claremont Graduate School two years ago, Los Angeles artist Justin Dahlberg has been refining his skills as a draftsman to extraordinary ends. With...

Neal Tait At Tanya Bonakdar, New York

Neal Tait, "Untitled (caged head)", 2008 acrylic and tempera with collage on paper 25 5/8 x 19 inches; 65.1 x 48.3 cm (framed) For his first show in New York British...

Jerry Saltz On Dan Colen And Nate Lowman At Maccarone, New York

From Lowman and Colen's, Wet Pain, at Maccarone (Photo: Tom Powell/Courtesy of Maccarone) Dan Colen and Nate Lowman's collaboration at Maccarone has the look of now. Which is to say...

Showdown: The Finalists Of Round Four Announced

David Dipre Carolina A Fontes Congratulations to the two finalists of the fourth round of the SHOWDOWN competition, David Dipre and Carolina A Fontes. They will now go head-to-head...