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Despite Obstacles, African Countries Shine at the Venice Biennale

30 mayo, 2017

ARTSY EDITORIAL Por TESS THACKARA MAYO 24, 2017   It may come as a surprise to visitors to the 2017 Venice Biennale that across this year’s main exhibition, black artists are relatively absent. Despite the Nigeria-born Okwui Enwezor’s groundbreaking 2015 Biennale exhibition—which issued a powerful corrective to the art world’s racial imbalances and confronted viewers … More Despite Obstacles, African Countries Shine at the Venice Biennale

Tomás Saraceno Aerosolar Journey

29 mayo, 2017

E-Flux Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Suiza. Del 1 Junio- 3 Septiembre 2017 Curado por Sabine Schaschl With his spatial installations at the intersection between art, architecture and the natural sciences, Tomás Saraceno asks questions about future forms of “more-than-human” dwelling. His artistic research can be seen as an invitation to reconsider ecological and social relationships. Saraceno … More Tomás Saraceno Aerosolar Journey

Basquiat Painting Sells for $110.5 Million, Becoming Most Expensive Work by US Artist at Auction

23 mayo, 2017

Hyperallergic The Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezaw who bought the 1982 painting last night at Sotheby’s New York posted multiple images of himself posing with his treasure on Twitter and Instagram. A vibrant painting of a skull by Jean-Michel Basquiat broke auction records last night when it sold at the whopping price of $110.5 million at … More Basquiat Painting Sells for $110.5 Million, Becoming Most Expensive Work by US Artist at Auction

United States MARK BRADFORD, “TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY”

16 mayo, 2017

ARTSY EDITORIAL por ALEXXA GOTTHARDT Curadores: CHRISTOPHER BEDFORD AND KATY SIEGEL   Sobre la imagen: Instalación de Mark Bradford, “Tomorrow is Another Day”. Pavillón de Estados Unidos en la 57 Bienal de Venecia, 2017. Foto de Casey Kelbaugh para Artsy. Litter covers gravel outside of the Palladian-style building that has housed the U.S. pavilion since 1930. This unkempt atmosphere, of … More United States MARK BRADFORD, “TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY”

United Kingdom PHYLLIDA BARLOW, “FOLLY” CURATED BY DELPHINE ALLIER AND HARRIET COOPER

15 mayo, 2017

Phyllida Barlow’s fantastical sculptures stretch high towards the lofty ceilings of the British Pavilion. The group of five bulging, grey columns, topped with tilting rectangular blocks, dwarfs viewers in the central gallery. They also set the tone for an installation in which Barlow explores the precarious relationship between the architectural and the theatrical, between real … More United Kingdom PHYLLIDA BARLOW, “FOLLY” CURATED BY DELPHINE ALLIER AND HARRIET COOPER

Food for Thought

1 mayo, 2017

Art-Agenda Proyecto Monclova . Artista Raúl Ortega Ayala. Del 4 Mayo-10 Junio. Cuidad de Mexico. To eat is to respond to need in the form of hunger and desire in the form of appetite. In Food for Thought Raúl Ortega Ayala serves up a visceral response to scenes of the gastronomically grotesque that occurs when … More Food for Thought