Exhibitions & Catalogs
Alan Uglow: A Panel Discussion
On May 23 in Cambridge, MA, “Alan Uglow: A Panel Discussion” with Elena Alexander, Stephen Ellis, and Gregory H. Williams at the MIT List Visual Arts Center. Moderated by List curator João Ribas.
“What Happened to the Institutional Critique?” @ The New Museum
On May 11, in NYC, “What Happened to the Institutional Critique?”: James Meyer and Renée Green in conversation at the New Museum.
Marcia Kure @ Susan Inglett Gallery
From May 9 in NYC, an exhibition of new works by Marcia Kure at Susan Inglett Gallery.
Press Conference + Performance @ Swiss Institute: Jon Kessler’s “The Web”
On April 28 in NYC, a special press conference and performance to mark the close of Jon Kessler’s exhibition “The Web” at Swiss Institute.
Anna von Mertens at the Boston Center for the Arts
From April 19 in Boston, “GOLD! AND OTHER FALLEN EMPIRES,” an exhibition of works by Anna Von Mertens at the Boston Center for the Arts (Mills Gallery). Curated by Kirsten Swenson.
Mystery Postcard Sale @ RCA London
Thru March 22 in London, the Royal College of Art holds its annual mystery postcard sale.
David Joselit, Elisabeth Sussman, Haim Steinbach, Helen Molesworth, and Barbara Lee @ ICA Boston
On February 28, in Boston, a panel discussion with David Joselit, Elisabeth Sussman, Haim Steinbach, Helen Molesworth, and Barbara Lee on This Will Have Been: Art, Love, & Politics in the 1980s at the ICA.
Deborah Bright @ ICA Boston
On February 10, in Boston, artist Deborah Bright on her work in This Will Have Been: Art, Love, & Politics in the 1980s at the ICA.
Artist Talk: Lucy Raven
On January 8 in LA, a talk by artist Lucy Raven in conjunction with the exhibition of her work at the Hammer Museum.
Ann Hamilton artist talk at The Armory
On December 8 in NYC, Ann Hamilton speaks about her installation, ‘the event of a thread,’ at Park Avenue Armory.
On Dec 4 in NYC, a discussion beetween artist Liam Gillick, librarian and archivist Ann Butler, and property lawyer Britton Payne at the Drawing Center, in relation to the exhibition In Deed: Certificiates of Authenticity in Art (up through December 16).
Ann Hamilton at The Armory
From December 5 in NYC, a largescale installation by Ann Hamilton, ‘the event of a thread,’ at the Park Avenue Armory. $10 General Admission / $8 Armory members. Entrance to installation free on the day of the talk.
Maja Bajevic exhibition at CUNY Graduate Center
On November 30 in NYC, opening reception and concert relating to the exhibition “Maja Bajevic: To Be Continued”, at the CUNY Graduate Center, James Gallery.
Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons show
From November 15 in Cambridge, MA, “Something About Family,” an exhibition of works by Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons at the Rudenstine Gallery, W.E.B. DuBois Institute, Harvard University
Claire Grace @ the ICA
On November 18 in Boston, a gallery talk by art historian Claire Grace on This Will Have Been: Art, Love, and Politics in the 1980s at the ICA.
Rosemarie Trockel @ The New Museum
From October 24, in NYC, “Rosemarie Trockel: A Cosmos” at the New Museum.
Curator’s Perspective talk with Chus Martinez
On October 17 in NYC, a Curator’s Perspective talk with Chus Martinez, dOCUMENTA (13) Head of Department, member of Core Agent Group, and associate curator at the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art. Co-sponsored by Independent Curators International, at CUNY Humanities Center.
Wayne Koestenbaum et. al., “Three Writers, Thirty Years”
On October 11 in NYC, Wayne Koestenbaum, John Yau, and Megan Volpert reflect on the Metropolitan Museum exhibition “Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years,” and Andy Warhol’s influence on the literary arts, at the CUNY Center for the Humanities.
Nuit Banai lecture on Ori Gersht
On October 3 in Boston, a gallery talk by Nuit Banai. on “Ori Gersht: History Repeating” at MFA Boston.
Ori Gersht @ MFA Boston
Thru January 5, in Boston, Ori Gersht: History Repeating at the MFA Boston.
“circa 1963″
On September 13, in Cambridge, MA, an opening reception for the exhibition “circa 1963,” (Aug 30-October 7), an exploration of ‘contemporaneity’ in the years of the Carpenter Center’s beginnings.
TBA:12 Time-Based Art Festival, Portland, Oregon
Starting September 6 in Portland, Oregon, the TBA:12 Time-Based Art Festival at the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art.
Os Gêmeos @ ICA Boston
On August 1 in Boston, an exhibition of works by Brazilian duo Os Gêmeos at the ICA.
“Ghosts in the Machine,” New Museum
Thru September 30 in NYC, “Ghosts in the Machine”, an exhibition curated by Massimiliano Gioni and Gary Carrion-Murayari at the New Museum.
Standard Operating Procedures at Blum & Poe
Thru August 25th in LA, “Standard Operating Procedures,” curated by Piper Marshall.
Antoni Muntadas, Between the Frames: The Forum
Opening in November at MACBA, Between the Frames: The Forum, a project by Antoni Muntadas based on 156 interviews from 1983 to 1991 with, among others, Harald Szeemann, Leo Castelli, Marian Goodman, María Corral, Kaspar König, Benjamin Buchloh, Lucy Lippard, Pierre Restany, Achille Bonito-Oliva, Catherine Millet, Daniel Giralt-Miracle, Romà Gubern and Maria Lluïsa Borràs.
Christopher Glazek on Ryan Trecartin
In n+1, Christopher Glazek on Ryan Trecartin.
Tales of Our Time: Two Contemporary Artists From China
From Meiqin Wang to CAH-Clients: Tales of Our Time: Two Contemporary Artists From China
Edward M. Gómez: Whose Modernism is it Anyway?
In the Brooklyn Rail, Edward M. Gómez discusses recent work in postwar Japanese art history by Alexandra Munroe, Ming Tiampo, Hiroko Ikegami and Doryun Chong.
Art in the Streets
Art in the Streets opens this month at L.A. MoCA. The catalog (Rizzoli) is by Jeffrey Deitch, Roger Gastman and Aaron Rose.
David Smith
Several publications on David Smith have recently appeared.
With a Probability of Being Seen. Dorothee and Konrad Fischer: Archives of an Attitude
With a Probability of Being Seen. Dorothee and Konrad Fischer: Archives of an Attitude (Richter Verlag) is a catalog of the Fischer gallery and collection (DAP; Amazon).
Carlos Cruz-Diez: Color in Space and Time
Carlos Cruz-Diez: Color in Space and Time is at the MFA Houston through July; the catalog, by Mari Carmen Ramírez and Héctor Olea, is from Yale.
After Utopia: A View on Brazilian Contemporary Art
A Prato exhibition on Brazilian contemporary art.
To the Arts, Citizens!
Art and politics at the Fundação de Serralves in Porto.
The 80s Revisited: From the Bischofberger Collection
An exhibition of the Bruno Bischofberger collection in Bielefeld.
Courbet. A Dream of Modern Art
Courbet. A Dream of Modern Art, an exhibition at the Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt organized by Klaus Herding, prompted an exchange in the tageszeitung: Isabelle Graw, “Der Traum der Realisten” (January 24; English version online at Texte zur Kunst), and a response from Herding, “Wirksamer als hundert Flugschriften” (February 2).
Rebecca Salter: Into the Light of Things
Rebecca Salter: Into the Light of Things is a spring exhibition at the Yale Center for British Art, organized by Gillian Forrester.
All of This and Nothing
The sixth invitational at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.
Tania Bruguera: On The Political Imaginary
A Tania Bruguera exhibition at the Neuburger Museum of Art.
Vija Celmins: Television and Disaster, 1964-1966
Vija Celmins: Television and Disaster, 1964-1966 is at the Menil in Houston before traveling to the L.A. County Museum.
Juan Muñoz at the Clark
An exhibition of Juan Muñoz at the Clark Art Institute in Massachusetts.
The Deconstructive Impulse: Women Artists Reconfigure the Signs of Power, 1973-1992
Opening January 15th at the Neuburger Museum of Art in Purchase, N.Y., The Deconstructive Impulse: Women Artists Reconfigure the Signs of Power, 1973-1992.
Crossing the Line: Drawing and Its Extension
A drawing symposium at MoMA.
Dara Birnbaum: The Dark Matter of Media Light
A Dara Birnbaum exhibition in Ghent and Porto.
Luis Camnitzer
A Luis Camnitzer exhibition in Zurich and New York.
Real Presences: Marcel Broodthaers Today
Von Realer Gegenwart: Marcel Broodthaers Heute, at the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, includes works “that make explicit reference to Marcel Broodthaers or that examine and further develop motifs from his oeuvre.”
workworkworkworkwork; Work, Work, Work
A Charles LeDray exhibition and a Stockholm lecture series.
The Potosí Principle
An exhibition on colonialism and neoliberalism in Berlin.
Geo-Graphics: A Map of Art Practices in Africa, Past and Present
Geo-Graphics: A Map of Art Practices in Africa, Past and Present was on view this summer at BOZAR, Brussels (gallery).
Contemporary Photography from Eastern Europe: History Memory Identity
A survey published by Skira.
Three Martha Rosler exhibitions
Two Martha Rosler exhibitions.
The Other Leipzig School
Photography in the former East Germany.
Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody’s Fool
Yoshitomo Nara at the Asia Society.
Joseph Beuys: Parallel Processes and New Alchemy
Beuys and after, in Münster and Düsseldorf.
Radical Light
Alternative film and video in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Diana Thater: Between Science and Magic
A film exhibition by Diana Thater.
The New Décor
Art and interior design at the Hayward Gallery.
Manifesta 8: As the Academy Turns
A symposium and soap opera on art and the academy at Manifesta 8 in Murcia [...]
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Any Number of Preoccupations
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye at the Studio Museum in Harlem.
Zoe Leonard: You see I am here after all
A Zoe Leonard catalog. “
Fiona Tan: Rise and Fall
Fiona Tan in Washington, D.C.
The Marvelous Museum: Orphans, Curiosities & Treasures
An exhibition by Mark Dion.
The Absence of Work: Marcel Broodthaers, 1964-1976
A Marcel Broodthaers monograph, and exhibitions [...]
Not in Fashion: Photography and Fashion in the 90s
An exhibition at the MMK Frankfurt [...]
Leo Villareal
A Leo Villareal exhibition [...]
Pistoletto
A Pistoletto retrospective and other recent work [...]
Mixed Signals: Artists Consider Masculinity in Sports
An exhibition on masculinity in sports [...]
iona rozeal brown: all falls down
iona rozeal brown: all falls down was a spring exhibition at MOCA Cleveland, organized by Megan Lykins Reich (reviews compiled at Robert Goff). The catalog, from Hatje Cantz, includes text by Reich and an interview with Isolde Brielmaier (DAP).
Stephan Balkenhol
Recent publications on Stephan Balkenhol [...]
Blinky Palermo: Retrospective 1964–1977
A Blinky Palermo retrospective [...]
Nobody’s Property: Art, Land, Space, 2000-2010
A new chapter in the history of land art [...]
X Initiative Yearbook
“Part anthology, part diary.”
Knut Åsdam at the Bergen Kunsthall
A Knut Åsdam exhibition [...]
Guillermo Kuitca: Everything
A Guillermo Kuitca survey [...]
Paul Thek: Diver
Paul Thek at the Whitney.
Stephen Willats: Counterconsciousness
A Stephen Willats exhibition in Karlsruhe [...]
Arrivals and Departures, Europe
An exhibition at the Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona [...]
Luis Camnitzer
A Luis Camnitzer exhibition [...]
Memory Traces: Contemporary Art From Finland
Contemporary art from Finland [...]
Forbidden Love: Art in the Wake of Television Camp
An exhibition and symposium on art and television [...]
10/28: Non-Cochlear Sound
A panel discussing an exhibition on “non-cochlear sound” [...]
Mel Bochner: Photographs and Not-Photographs
Mel Bochner in San Francisco [...]
Manuel Felguérez
A new book on Manuel Felguérez [...]
Rosemarie Trockel: Drawings, Collages, and Book Drafts
A Rosemarie Trockel catalog [...]
Philip Guston
Publications on Philip Guston [...]
Andreas Gursky
A book of Andreas Gursky’s Oceans and other work [...]
Keep It Slick
An exhibition of the Yes Men [...]
Piero Gilardi
Leçon de choses, a Piero Gilardi exhibition, is at the CCC in Tours through November 7th. Recent writing on Gilardi includes David Ebony, “Piero Gilardi: Organic Technology,” Art in America 98:6 (June-July 2010), pp. 152-61; Erik Verhagen, “Piero Gilardi pour ue esthétique de l’abnégation,” Art Press 368 (June 2010), p. 55-9; and Grégory Picard, “Piero Gilardi Simulating [...]
Kerry James Marshall
Kerry James Marshall in Vancouver [...]
Warhol: Enterprises, The Early Sixties, The Last Decade
Three Warhol exhibitions [...]
Meteorit “El Taco”
A meteorite is exhibited in Frankfurt [...]
The Luminous West
A survey of art from the Rhineland [...]
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
A Marjolijn Dijkman exhibition in Berkeley [...]
The Fate of Irony
A Düsseldorf exhibition about irony [...]
Justin Lieberman
A Justin Lieberman exhibition [...]
Hito Steyerl
Recent work by Hito Steyerl [...]
Analysis of Flight Data
“Art of the 1980s from a Düsseldorf perspective” [...]
Retro/Active: The Work of Rafael Ferrer
Rafael Ferrer at El Museo del Barrio [...]
Nalini Malani: Splitting the Other
A Nalini Malani exhibition in Lausanne [...]
