Archive for September, 2009

Grayson Perry Exhibits Monumental Tapestry At Victoria Miro, London

This autumn Grayson Perry will exhibit his largest work to date, a monumental tapestry that is three metres high by fifteen metres long. The work, which explores the emotional resonance of brand names in our lives and our quasi-religious relationship to consumerism, is peppered with names such as Louis Vuitton and Tiffany as well as high street giants, Marks and Spencer and IKEA. graysontapestry.jpg

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Miroslav Tichy At Galeire Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman

Miroslav Tichý, Untitled Miroslav Tichý, Untitled This exhibition, the artist's first big retrospective in Austria, brings together over one hundred of his works. Born in the small Moravian town of...

Chelsea Openings, New York

James Kalm, despite the daunting task of trying to capture the grand spectacle of 113 openings, muddles on, and brings viewers a select few of the exhibitions on...

Put Downs And Suck Ups: Matthew Collings' Weekly Ventings About The Art World No 35: Hirst Goes Great

Damien Hirst, The Meek Shall Inherit The Earth Damien Hirst's forthcoming show of hand-done paintings at the Wallace Collection is a good example of the Hirst genius for display...

Anne Hardy At Maureen Paley, London

Anne Hardy's practice focuses on the construction of fictional spaces that she creates and photographs in her studio. Each set is composed with the camera's perspective in mind....

Jerry Saltz On Georgia O'keeffe At The Whitney, New York

(Photo: Alfred Stieglitz; image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Art Resource, NY and The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York ) Poor Georgia O'Keeffe. Death didn't soften...

Younes Baba-ali: Saatchi Online Critic's Choice By Constance Gounod

Younes Baba-Ali, 'Horn Orchestra', 2009 Younes Baba-Ali, 'TV Beug', 2009 Younes Baba-Ali, 'Secadores', 2009 Younes Baba-Ali's sound installations demand to be heard before they remain to be seen. Having trained as...

Showdown Finalists Of Round 2 Announced

Mark Cawood Jeremiah Elbel Congratulations to the two finalists of the second round of the sixth SHOWDOWN competition, Mark Cawood and Jeremiah Elbel. They will now go head-to-head until...

Doug Mcclemont On The New York Auctions

Christie's Contemporary sale Christie's and Sotheby's kicked off the season with smaller Contemporary Sales. While neither auction was what anyone would call a bell-ringer, this week saw admirable results...

This Week's Openings Around The World – 28 Sep – 4 Oct 2009

Solo shows in London this week include outings for Robert Kusmirowski, Subodh Gupta, Deimantas Narkevicius and Peter Davis, plus the highly-anticipated fifty-year retrospective of the work of Gustav...