ZHANG Huan Untitled 1/2 1998 type C photograph Private collection, Melbourne. Copyright Zhang Huan Coinciding with the politically fueled Beijing Olympics, Body Language: Contemporary Chinese Photography is currently on show at The National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. A collaborative exhibition consisting of works by seven Chinese artists, Body Language focuses on the human form while fusing contemporary art forms with traditional iconography, representing China’s changing[…..]

The group exhibition “The Ice Cream Show” at Loyal Gallery features artists Francine Spiegel, Katherine Bernhardt, Brian Belott, Brendan Cass, Jose Lerma, Bill Saylor, Mark Schubert, Cordy Ryman, and Guillermo Carrion, and emphasizes fluidity and the love of leaking and dripping. At some point, everyone has been fascinated by putting plastic in fire and watching it melt, cooking a s’more, or seeing ice cream liquefy[…..]

The 5th Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art opened on April 5th, launching 63 days and nights of art, revelry, and entertainment. Adam Szymczyk and Elena Filipovic curate bb5, which is divided into daytime and nighttime events and titled “When Things Cast No Shadow”. It brings together artists of various generations and nationalities in the experimentation and promotion of new art. The day part consists of[…..]

Rotwand presents “Disguised,” a group exhibition featuring Layla Ali, Melanie Bonajo, Kinga Kielczynska, Heidi Bucher, and Yael Davids. In today’s world where everything is overexposed and overanalyzed, a countermovement to the dwindling distinction between public and private spheres is growing. Whether this is an effort to protect the past or to criticize contemporary culture is to be determined by the viewer. Ali’s monochromatic prints in[…..]

Wangechi Mutu will never experience the heated backlash that Kara Walker experienced. No one will call Mutu the “patsy of the white art establishment,” accuse her of selling fellow black artists down the river, or launch a letter-writing campaign to keep her artwork from being shown. There are good reasons for this: unlike Walker, the Kenyan-born Mutu does not share the slavery lineage of African-American[…..]

This week marks the beginning of the 2008 New York art fairs (complete list). The most notable of them, The Armory Show, features 150 of the world’s top contemporary art galleries showcasing the latest in today’s artwork. The show historically dates to 1913, where the first International Art Fair took place in New York’s 69th Regiment Armory on Lexington Avenue between 25th and 26th Streets.[…..]

Currently on view at Sprueth and Magers in Cologne, Germany are the photographs of German artist Nina Pohl. Testing the physical boundaries of truth within the photographic image, Pohl creates dynamically constructed photos which challenge the authenticity usually associated with photography. Painting is a core component in the artist’s practice and is used as tool to further call into question the concept of reality in[…..]