Tag: Contemporary Art

Art and Oceanography – Huang Yong Ping in Monaco

• February 6, 2011 • Comments (2)
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.

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Gabriel Orozco at MoMA: Range, Power and Beauty

• December 29, 2009 • Comments (1)
Kytes Tree

Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco pleases both the crowds and the critics in his mid-career retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art.

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Contemporary Art and Climate Change: RETHINK opens in Copenhagen

• October 24, 2009 • Comments (8)
Tomas Seraceno, Biospheres

The international environmental art exhibition “RETHINK: Contemporary Art and Climate Change” opens in Copenhagen October 31.

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Hanging Fire: Contemporary Art from Pakistan

• September 15, 2009 • Comments (0)
Zahour ul Akhlaq; A Visit to the Inner Sanctum 4 Courtesy of Richard Seck and Asia Society

The first major overview exhibition of contemporary art from Pakistan opened September 10 at the Asia Society Museum in New York.

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India Art Summit 2009 in New Delhi

• July 25, 2009 • Comments (0)
Anish Kapoor, C Curve 2007

The second annual India Art Summit in New Delhi brings an international spotlight to contemporary art in India.

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India Xianzai: Contemporary Indian Art at MoCA Shanghai

• July 12, 2009 • Comments (0)
Take Away on Wall, Riyas Komu

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.  [...]

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The West Prize Seeks Exciting New Artists

• July 2, 2009 • Comments (0)
The West Prize Seeks Exciting New Artists

The West Prize for emerging contemporary artists is again accepting applications.

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Installation 5: International (and LA) Art in San Jose

• June 3, 2009 • Comments (0)
Souther Salazar

The Scion Installation Five Art Tour exhibition opens June 5 at Gallery Anno Domini in San Jose. Bay Area art fans can view works by Souther Salazar, Ron English, Alex Hornest, Yoskay Yamamoto, Nicholas Harper and more.

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Human/Nature at the Berkeley Art Museum

• May 29, 2009 • Comments (3)
Diana Thater: RARE. Courtesy of the artist and David Zwirner Gallery, New York

The Human/Nature exhibition at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA) is beautiful, both in concept and content. Among other qualities, the show achieves an aura of maturity and real world-relevance that stands in quiet contrast to some of the contemporary art world’s less noble celebrations of cultural currency and market value. It [...]

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