Venice Part 2: The Arsenale, Padiglione Centrale and Off-Site Pavilions
The Arsenale
While the insanity of the Giardini occurred, I chose to begin my viewing at the Arsenale. This is where the large portion of the curated show by Bice Curiger is exhibited.
For the Biennale four artists were invited to create “para-pavilions” (Franz West, SongDong, Oscar Tuazon, [...]
Venice Part One: The Giardini
The Giardini
The British Pavilion got a lot of press for Mike Nelson’s work, “I, Imposter.” A recreation and expansion of the work he made for the 2003 Istanbul Biennial, Nelson transformed the pavilion into a maze of dilapidated rooms that transported the viewer. As one enters it feels like a real [...]
Good People
Yesterday I had the pleasure of seeing the Tony-nominated play “Good People” starring Frances McDormand and Tate Donovan. Written by David Lindsay-Abaire, the author of the critically acclaimed and 2007 Pulitzer winner “Rabbit Hole.” Lindsay-Abaire does not shy away from difficult subjects and this is no exception. However, unlike “Rabbit Hole,” the wonderfully written [...]
Guggenheim T.1912
I had no idea what to expect entering Frank Lloyd Wright’s rotunda on the evening of April 14th. On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster created a site-specific staged audience experience in the museum’s rotunda, inspired by this historic event and wherein the audience played a role. Gavin Bryars’s The [...]
Gallery Visits in March
Upper East Side L & M
Once again L & M Arts has put together a museum quality show highlighting works from the 1950s-1970s by German artist Günther Uecker. He uses nails, chairs, tables and other everyday objects to create both static and kinetic sculpture. Part of the Zero Group who attempted to [...]
Zabludowicz and fordPROJECTS
The view from the 33rd floor of 1500 Broadway is quite spectacular. I was so looking forward to seeing work from the Zabludowicz collection on view in that space. In its first exhibition in the United States, curators strove to share the work of emerging artists in “The Shape We’re In (New York)” [...]
Gallery Hopping in Chelsea with Nic
Last Saturday I hit the galleries that I have been dying to check out. As I walked past Paula Cooper Gallery where people were waiting in line for hours to see Christian Marclay’s “The Clock” (which I praised highly in a previous blog when I saw it at White Cube [...]
Nan Goldin in conversation with Robert Storr
I am the proud owner of a small and beautiful Nan Goldin work that I bought at a benefit my first year in New York. I really love her photographs and was excited to go see her at the 92nd Street Y. Not only did the audience get to [...]
Barnes Foundation
You MUST head to the Barnes Foundation before it closes its doors for good in July of 2011. Seeing the collection of Dr. Barnes in its original home is imperative to understanding the educational impact it had on its viewers over the years. Dr. Barnes and his friend John Dewey saw the building not [...]
Well, I am slowly recovering from all of the art viewing and the major lack of sleep that occurs during ABMB. Returning to 30 degree weather is not helping. But overall, I really enjoyed the trip. I feel like the fairs were strong, I saw a lot of good work and that galleries seemed to [...]