Galleries
Nic Forrest, Executive Editor of Artinfo Australia, recently caught up with Matthias Arndt to find out more about his foray into the Australian art market and the Asia-Pacific region. In part two of this interview, Arndt reveals his thoughts on the...
In this new weekly section, ARTINFO UK cherry-picks must-see art shows in London and beyond.1. Ron MueckIt's almost been a decade since hyperrealist sculptor extraordinaire Ron Mueck last had a solo show in the capital. For his first exhibition with Hauser...
Tumblr, the social network and short-form blogging platform that has exploded in popularity in the past year, is uniquely suited to visual art. With its emphasis on sharing images and multimedia, it’s the perfect place for art institutions to post works from...
At the end of our conversation yesterday, Hans-Peter Feldmann gave me a small black and white photograph of the girl who would become Queen Elizabeth II, aged 8 or 9. The cute child has the quiet confidence of those born into the ruling classes; her pose...
Thanks partly to the Australian born wife of German born gallerist, collector and powerhouse dealer Matthias Arndt, the Australian art market has been afforded the privilege of being given special attention by Arndt and his gallery empire.After a 25-year...
If you visit David Walsh’s Tasmania, Australia based Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) expecting to experience traditional human-led museum tours and see typical wall labels explaining the works of art, you may be surprised to find that there are none of...
Sean Kelly has always operated a bit on the edge of the action. When he opened his first space on Mercer Street in SoHo, in 1991, with a roster that included Marina Abramovic and Joseph Kosuth, “everybody thought you had to be on Broadway or West Broadway,”...
After months of speculation, it's finally official: the blue-chip New York gallery David Zwirner is opening in London. And they are thinking big. Led by director Angela Choon, the new gallery, to be inaugurated next October and will stretch to 10,000...
"It started when I was ten," says Ji Weiyu when I ask him how he came to photography. "My uncle had a camera, I thought this toy was very fun." Two decades later, the Shanghai-born artist is one half of Birdhead — which he founded in 2004 with Song Tao — and...
The Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art recently announced the acquisition of a rare flower sculpture created by leading international contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama. The acquisation was made possible thanks to a generous benefactor and the...
