Alexander Forbes
Denver might not seem the obvious choice for a mid-summer art-packed getaway, but the Biennial of the Americas is out to change that. For the fair’s second iteration following its inauguration in 2010, executive curator Carson Chan, curators Paul...
With 66 exhibitions by 51 galleries at Gallery Weekend Berlin 2013, one might think that there’s simply no way to see it all. We’ve proved them wrong. Thanks to unparalleled access, a crack staff of reviewers — Alexander Forbes (AF), Gesine Borcherdt (...
MUNICH — As part of Elmgreen & Dragset’s public art project “A Space Called Public / Hoffentlich Öffentlich,” Glasgow-based artist David Shrigley has created a monument to Michael Jackson’s former pet-chimp Bubbles. Most widely known for his naïve,...
For his much-anticipated first exhibition with Berlin gallery Esther Schipper, Tomás Saraceno has taken a rather organic jump from the biospheric installation and sculptures seen in his “Cloud Cities” exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and at...
BERLIN — Katharina Grosse’s studio arrangement speaks volumes about the manner in which she has recently restructured her practice. Painting takes place in a three-story, custom-designed building in Berlin’s Moabit that — save the stencil-laden canvases...
BERLIN — James Franco is at it again. Rather, by the looks of his new exhibition at Peres Projects in Berlin — which opened alongside his screening of the latest “Oz” film and pet project “Interior.Leather Bar” at the 2013 Berlinale — he’s been at it nonstop...
It’s a safe bet that shooting a car commercial isn’t particularly high on the wish lists of most established contemporary artists. But from the boyish excitement photographer Ryan McGinley displays when talking about his most recent collaboration — a...
And they’re off. Berlin Fashion Week opened for the Fall/Winter 2013-14 season on Tuesday with an art-influenced collection by young Laotian, Berlin-based designer Hien Le. Moving away from the boldly contrasted color that has trademarked...
Art Berlin Contemporary (ABC) kicked off on Thursday morning, dropping its former preclusion towards a pan-fair theme and expanding into a third hall of Berlin's Station center. Though sales have not been particularly brisk, foot traffic is heavy and,...
On Friday, Thomas Demand opened his first ever exhibition of photographs of architectural models he didn't built himself. The images shift from representational images of politically charged interiors to abstract compositions whose referents are virtually...
