Zeitgenössische Kunst
BRUSSELS — Jeff Koons delivered a walking lecture consisting of equal parts sex and art history last Saturday, as he opened a small but broad show at Galerie Almine Rech, his first show in the Belgian capital since the erotic "Made in Heaven" series in 1992.A...
White Cube will open a Brazilian outpost in São Paulo on December 1st, 2012, the blue chip gallery has just announced. Tracey Emin is to inaugurate the new space with a solo exhibition, "You Don’t Believe in Love But I Believe in You."The new gallery confirms...
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...
At a press conference Tuesday, Tunisian culture minister Mehdi Mabrouk expressed his support of artist Nadia Jelassi, who has been accused by a Tunisian court of sacrilege, harming public order, and harming public morals with her artwork, “Celui qui n’a pas...
On Monday, the VIP Art Fair announced that it was abandoning its twice-a-year fair model and joining fellow e-retailers Paddle8, Art.sy, and Artspace to sell artwork online full-time. But before this ever-expanding influx of net-art startups, there was 20x200...
Would Americans be so staunchly split on the issue of immigration if the outcome could cost them Optimus Prime, Superman, Wolverine, and Wonder Woman? Bay Area artist Neil Rivas’s newest project calls attention to that set of exceptional U.S. residents who...
After re-branding iconic musicians like the Rolling Stones and Neil Young, painting a 14-story OBEY mural in Paris, and becoming the subject of his own mini-biopic, Shepard Fairey is turning his design talents to promoting a more selfless cause. He has...
What is more important to an incipient democracy: the freedom to practice your religion, or the freedom to criticize it?Over the past month, many artists in Tunisia have found themselves at the forefront of a battle between ultra-orthodox Salafist Muslims and...
KASSEL — “I don’t have a concept,” said documenta 13 artistic director Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev to those gathered to kick off the year's most anticipated exhibition. While that may be the case, what Christov-Bakargiev does have...
Cécile B. Evans has been announced as the recipient of the 2012 Emdash Award. The Belgian-American artist, who is based in Berlin, will create a bespoke audio guide for Frieze Art Fair's 10th edition, opening next October in...
