“Nothing feels as good as scouring a yard, spotting a piece that calls to you, digging for its entirety, and revealing its full glory,” says Brooklyn-based sculptor Kennedy Yanko. She is speaking of her trips to salvage yards in search of discarded metals she will later repurpose for her sculpture practice. “It’s a full day or multiday activity, scavenging. But again, it’s an integral thrill and informs everything that follows.” The fruit from some of these treasure hunts will be on view in a solo show with Denny Dimin Gallery at the Dallas Art Fair in October.
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In New York, amidst the current pandemic demobilizing our cities, Denny Dimin Gallery in New York mounts “Hong Kong — Tales of the City,” a panoramic showcase of Hong Kong video art, co-presented with Videotage.
Dana Sherwood, Olafur Eliasson, and other artists share some of their favorite recipes.
As much of the world hunkers down, practicing social distancing and sheltering in place, everyday life is shifting dramatically. And for artists, like the rest of us, that means preparing for an extended stay at home by stocking up their larders.
In search of a little culinary inspiration, we turned to artists who have worked with food in their practices, either as a material or subject matter, to ask them what they’re cooking during these unprecedented times.
People who are comfortable buying pricey cars or jewelry often don’t carry the same level of confidence when they step into an art gallery.
“Why?” asks Mike Steib, the CEO of Artsy. His answer: “The industry is opaque, it isn’t accessible, and there’s high transaction friction. So [wealthy people], despite their means, come to believe that it must not be a world that’s available to them.”
How Can We Think of Art at a Time Like This? is an online exhibition, co- curated by Barbara Pollack and Anne Verhallen as a platform for the exchange of ideas at this time of crisis. We invited artists who are considered thought leaders; artists who struggle with futuristic pessimism, political outrage and psychic melt-downs.
Small and mid-range galleries are the most vulnerable to economic shifts, but they are also more spry.
For decades, the contemporary art market has essentially functioned as a bountiful flow of physical meetings: crowded openings, boozy dinners, and chatty fair floors, not to mention handshake deals. So what happens when all that evaporates? We’re about to find out.
Plus, Studio 54 regulars look back ahead of the Brooklyn Museum’s show and mega-galleries in New York temporarily shutter.
Artadia Announces 2020 Los Angeles Winners – Artadia has awarded 2020 grants to the Los Angeles-based artists Beatriz Cortez, Amir H. Fallah, and Suné Woods.
ARTADIA ANNOUNCES 2020 LOS ANGELES AWARDEES
NEW YORK, NY – Artadia is pleased to announce the recipients of the sixth annual Los Angeles Artadia Awards are Beatriz Cortez, Amir H. Fallah and Suné Woods.
This year, several museums in the United States will feature works by Iranian artists in exile.
From art about environmental recklessness to Caribbean post-coloniality, Armory kicked off the spring art fair season in spite of growing coronavirus concerns.
The Armory Show, which returned to Piers 90 and 94 on New York’s Hudson River for its 26th edition boasted 183 exhibitors from 32 countries, although most were American and European galleries while only 14 were from Asia or have a presence there.
The 2020 edition of the Armory Show opened to invited guests on Wednesday, March 4, and runs at Piers 90 and 94 through Sunday, March 8. Despite ongoing concerns around the world over the new coronavirus and the ways in which it could spread in large crowds, the fair went on, and many dealers said the affair was business as usual during its early hours.
Another year, another crisis: The Armory Show proves resilient again as it opens amid the coronavirus outbreak. Our critic surveys the fair’s many welcoming entry points.
Liberal amounts of hand sanitiser and consistent base of US buyers dominated the fair’s opening day.
From the Armory Party at MoMA to the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair, there’s something for everyone this week.
Each week, we search New York City for the most exciting and thought-provoking shows, screenings, and events. See them below.
The 2020 edition of the Armory Show opens to the public later this week, running from March 5 to March 8, with a preview day on March 4. This year, more than 180 local, national, and global exhibitors will gather at New York’s Piers 90 and 94. Mega-enterprise Gagosian will be joined by returning galleries such as 303 Gallery (New York), Victoria Miro (London and Venice), Jeffrey Deitch (Los Angeles and New York), and Sean Kelly (New York and Taipei). Newcomers to the fair include Carbon 12 (Dubai), Denny Dimin Gallery (New York), Microscope Gallery (Brooklyn), and Yavuz Gallery (Singapore).
On March 6th, NADA Gallery Member, Robert Dimin leads a guided gallery tour with stops at Denny Dimin Gallery, Canada, GOLESTANI, Baxter St. at CCNY, Martos Gallery, and Helena Anrather.
BY CLAIRE SELVIN
With the ADAA Art Show having already opened and many more fairs to follow, it’s time once again for Armory Week in New York. Below is a guide to nine art fairs to take in over the days to come, at scales both big and small. Note that the listings focus on public opening dates and times (excluding certain advance previews and VIP events).
Riad Miah
Taylor Anton White and Andy Woll’s solo exhibitions opened at two galleries next door to each other in Tribeca, White’s at Monica King Contemporary and Woll’s at Denny Dimin Gallery. Their bodies of work are outwardly different, but they are both visually as well as substantively compelling and have enough common ground to merit a comparative look.
“Hill exhibits an easy-seeming confidence, both in her exuberant facture and in her engagement with art history. Her work evokes that of Pierre Bonnard, Elizabeth Murray, Frank Stella, Pablo Picasso, Brice Marden, and various other predecessors, but manages to be wholly its own thing.”
— Elizabeth Buhe, Art in America
