African Artists Address Environmental Struggles
Contemporary African artists explore themes of environmental and social disintegration. “Environment and Object: Recent African Art” at the Tang Museum.
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Art and Violence: Teresa Margolles at Museion Bolzano
“Frontera,” a powerful exhibition of art by Teresa Margolles reflecting on drug violence in northern Mexico, at the Museion in Bolzano, Italy.
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.
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.
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial in Japan
Artists from Japan and around the world are featured in the Echigo-Tsumart Art Triennial 2009.
Louisa Bufardeci and Zon Ito: MCA Sydney
Australian artist Louisa Bufardeci is paired with Japanese contemporary artist Zon Ito at MCA Sydney. An “International Pairings” exhibition.
India Art Summit 2009 in New Delhi
The second annual India Art Summit in New Delhi brings an international spotlight to contemporary art in India.
India Xianzai: Contemporary Indian Art at MoCA Shanghai
China is embracing India, at least in art. A major contemporary Indian art exhibition this summer in Shanghai promises a cultural bridge between the two giants of Asia. The India Xianzai exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai reflects the growing cosmopolitan nature of the two countries, as well as their shared cultural sensitivities. [...]
Alejandro Santiago’s “2501 Migrantes” in Oaxaca
Several years ago the Mexican artist Alejandro Santiago began sculpting 2500 not-quite-life-sized human figures out of clay. Hewn in part with a machete and daubed in the colors of peasants’ clothing, the crude but ingeniously expressive figures are lifelike both in their collectivity and their subdued individuality. They gaze at you in a way that [...]
