Art contemporain

HONG KONG.- On the heels of the strong results for the Modern and Contemporary Evening sales on 27 April, the offerings from the Day Sales saw continued competition, with both auctions exceeding their high estimates. Across both days, collectors were quick to pursue a range of works by masters and rising stars from the East and the West.“This season we were thrilled to bring to Asia a strong selection of never-before-seen works, and to see them so enthusiastically received. From Picasso to Wu Guanzhong, Chen Yifei and Le Pho, we... [Lire la suite]

Gillian Saunders, New Zealand, Inkling, 2013. EVA foam and paint. Courtesy of World of WearableArt Limited. SALEM, MASS.- The Peabody Essex Museum announces it is the exclusive east coast venue for WOW® World of WearableArt - the exhibition - presenting extreme wearable artworks from New Zealand's renowned annual design competition. Using a range of unexpected materials, from wood and aluminum to fiberglass and taxidermy, visionary makers from around the world create exuberant ensembles that celebrate... [Lire la suite]

Danh Vo, Beauty Queen, 2013. Bois, 22 x 50 x 32cm. Photo: Charlotte du Genestoux. Pinault Collection VENICE.- Danh Vo has been invited to collaborate with Palazzo Grassi – Punta della Dogana – Pinault Collection not only as an artist but also as a curator, working with the collection in conjunction with a number of invited artists. Indeed, it is the first time that the foundation invites an artist as a curator at Punta della Dogana in Venice. In the Roman Empire, the curator was the civil servant and public... [Lire la suite]

Ramon Todo, Stone and glass sculpture.  Dusseldorf-based Japanese artist Ramon Todo creates gorgeous glass and stone sculptures juxtaposing layers of glass in various stones, volcanic rock, fragments of the Berlin wall, and even books, the artist inserts perfectly cut glass fragments that seem to slice through the object resulting in segments of translucence where you would least expect it.  Ramon Todo, Stone and glass sculpture. Ramon Todo, Stone and glass sculpture. Ramon Todo, Stone and glass... [Lire la suite]

Anselm Kiefer, wohin wir uns wenden im Gewitter der Rosen, 2014. Acrylic, emulsion, oil, shellac, chalk and sediment of electrolysis on photograph mounted on canvas, 280 x 380 cm (110,24 x 149,61 in). Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris/Salzburg © Anselm Kiefer Photo: Ulrich Ghezzi. SALZBURG.- Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac presents its seventh solo exhibition of new works by Anselm Kiefer. Under the title Im Gewitter der Rosen [In the storm of roses], Kiefer has assembled a series of canvases, overpainted collages,... [Lire la suite]

Andres Serrano, The Morgue (Death Unknown), 1992. Photographie. © Andres Serrano  AVIGNON - Pour la première exposition d'un long cycle que la Collection Lambert organise à Vence, elle propose à l'artiste américain Andres Serrano de réaliser une grande exposition monographique, depuis ses premiers travaux du début des années 1980 jusqu'à ses toutes dernières séries consacrées à Cuba en 2012 ou à la Chapelle Matisse à Vence en 2015.Depuis 30 ans, les photographies d'Andres Serrano font le tour du monde avec des... [Lire la suite]

Chris Chong Chan Fui, Endemic, 2015 (création en cours). Plantes artificielles mécanisées. Dimensions variables. Courtesy de l’artiste, © Chris Chong Chan Fui PARIS - L'exposition «Archipel secret» propose une rencontre avec la création contemporaine de l'Asie du Sud-Est, une région en transformation, dont les artistes, enracinés dans des traditions millénaires sont aussi, simultanément, plongés dans l'ultracontemporain.  L'exposition explore, au travers d'une quarantaine d'œuvres en majorité conçues pour... [Lire la suite]

Anish Kapoor, 2015. Silicone, 293 x 218 cm © Anish Kapoor, Courtesy Lisson Gallery. LONDON.- A radical return to painting marks this new solo show by Anish Kapoor, whose work continues to evolve, seduce and challenge, more than three decades since he first exhibited at Lisson Gallery. A new group of vast, seething red and white resin and silicon paintings, emerging from an intensive process of creative exploration, dominate the main room. These can be read in distinct but overlapping registers, evoking at once the raw... [Lire la suite]

Jan Fabre, The Art of the Colonies, 2013. Elytres de coléoptères sur bois, 227,5 x 173 cm, 89 5/8 x 68 1/8 in. Courtesy Jonathan Meese et Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, © Jan Fabre/Photo Lieven Herreman PARIS - Jan Fabre présente pour la première fois à Paris un ensemble de mosaïques issu des séries Hommage au Congo belge et Hommage à Jérôme Bosch au Congo, fruits d’un processus artistique qui s’est étendu de 2010 à 2013. Jan Fabre, The Pot Calls the Kettle Black,... [Lire la suite]

Photographs by Abstract Paintings (937-1 to 4), 2014/15, photographs on Alucobond. Copyright SKD, Gerhard Richter Archive, Photo : Oliver Killig DRESDEN.- Following the reopening of the Albertinum in June 2010, Gerhard Richter reinstalled both of the exhibition rooms that have been dedicated to him. At the centre of the presentation, which opened to the public on 28 February, is a series of four large-format 'Abstrakten Bildern (937/1-4)' that were created in the last 12 months. Gerhard Richter is also displaying four photo... [Lire la suite]