Sometimes we all need a bit of convincing to go see a particular exhibition. In the case of I Wish This Was A Song, the upcoming exhibit at The National Museum of Norway, Museum of Contemporary Art, all you have to do is skim over the ridiculous line up of artists included: Nevin Aladağ, Dave Allen, Apparatjik and Autokolor, Fikret Atay, Tim Ayres, Johanna Billing, Christoph Brech,[…..]
Wolfgang Tillmans’s career is one of innovation and creativity. Combining tender and intimate portraits, abstract compositions and stark still lifes, Tillmans creates a world to get quietly lost in. Tillmans’s newest series, Neue Welt (“New World”) will be on view at Kunsthalle Zurich from 1 September–4 November 2012. Today from the DS Archives we look back on Catherine Wagley’s review of Tillman’s 2011 exhibition at Regen Projects. The[…..]
People love to make their mark on the world, but do it in different ways. Some leave legacies recorded in history books, other leave their legacies on the walls around us. From the beginning of art on cave walls to the street artists today, we want others to know we exist. The upcoming exhibition at Kunsthallen Brandts, Street Art: The New Generation, features the work[…..]
One would think that reality would remain constant, but as we learn and develop, reality and our experiences of it changes with us. Now on view at Site Santa Fe, More Real? Art in the Age of Truthiness, bring together more than 25 international artists who question the stability of reality. For our look back into the DS Archives, we bring you the 2008 exhibition[…..]
Today from the DS Archives we take a look back at Ernesto Neto. The Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso in Mexico City is currently exhibiting his sculptures, drawings, photographs, and objects produced from 1987 to 2011, many of them shown for the first time. The following article was originally published on February 8, 2007 Written by Seth Curcio: One of Brazil’s most famous artists, Ernesto Neto creates room-sized environments[…..]
Memory is a many-splendored, strange, elusive and sometimes infuriating thing. Today from the DS Archives we’re featuring different artists addressing memory in different ways. Spaces of Remembrance at Kunsthalle Düsseldorf is on view from 7 July-9 September 2012 and includes Kader Attia, Mircea Cantor, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Cyprien Gaillard, Anri Sala, Tatiana Trouvé. The archive article features Bibiana Suárez’s exhibit from earlier this year at Hyde Park Art Center. The following article was originally published[…..]
Originally built as a fruit and vegetable market in 1938, The Fruitmarket Gallery has been operating as a visual arts space since 1974. Rescued by the Scottish Arts Council from threatened demolition, the building was initially shared between the Scottish Arts Council, the New 57 Gallery and the Printmakers Workshop. At the end of 1983 the Scottish Arts Council relinquished management of the building, and in Spring 1984, The[…..]
