Art of Argentina: Adrián Villar Rojas – Venice Biennale 2011
A new art installation by Argentinian visual artist Adrián Villar Rojas will be on display in the Argentina Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2011.
Contemporary Art
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Art and Oceanography – Huang Yong Ping in Monaco
Visual artist Huang Yong Ping’s latest installation is a massive, octopus-like sea creature on display at the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco.
Dan Flavin | Four Early Works at Paula Cooper Gallery
Four intriguing florescent works by master minimalist Dan Flavin are on display at the Paula Cooper Gallery
Gerhard Richter Drawings | ‘Lines which do not exist’
The Drawing Center in New York presents the first-ever exhibition in the U.S. of drawings by renowned painter Gerhard Richter.
Olmec Art of Ancient Mexico at LACMA Resnick Pavilion
Olmec sculpture, European high fashion, and Renzo Piano architecture are all on display as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art opens its new Resnick Pavilion.
The Art of Tolerance: Jitish Kallat at the Art Institute of Chicago
The new installation Public Notice 3 by Jitish Kallat opens on September 11 at the Art Institute of Chicago
The Art of Desire
DESIRE, currently showing at the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, TX, is a diverse exploration of desire in contemporary art.
Gestures of Resistance at the Museum of Contemporary Craft
Over the next six months, visitors to the Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland, Oregon, will be able to observe the day-to-day studio practices of eight artists as they participate in a conceptually provocative and communally based art performance. Working sequentially over two-day to three-week periods, the artists, comprised of six individuals and one pair [...]
Gabriel Orozco at MoMA: Range, Power and Beauty
Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco pleases both the crowds and the critics in his mid-career retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art.
Hanging Fire: Contemporary Art from Pakistan
The first major overview exhibition of contemporary art from Pakistan opened September 10 at the Asia Society Museum in New York.
