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Archive for the ‘museum’ Category
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Vancouver Art Gallery – New Acquisitions
At this rate the VAG will need the so-talked-about new building pronto. The Gallery acquired 156 new works in 2011, including some of my favourite local artists: Angela Grossmann, Brian Jungen, Rodney Graham and Gathie Falk, and many others. Ken Lum’s Documenta 11 installation, Mirror ...
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Gauguin is Coming to Seattle
I am officially excited. An extensive exhibition goes deep into the influence Polynesian art and culture had on Gauguin’s work. Over 50 works by the artist will be shown at the Seattle Art Museumfrom February 9, alongside other 60 works from the Pacific. Seattle will ...
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Nick Cave’s Soundsuits at the SAM
Images courtesy of Seattle Art Museum It may be because I am Brazilian and grew up dressing up for Carnaval parties, but I lo-ve over-the-top art. While the minimalists say “less is more”, I am a believer that less is boring. You may end up ...
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VAG Announces Early Program on its 80th Year
René Magritte,The Six Elements, 1929, oil on canvasPhiladelphia Museum of Art: The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950 © Estate of René Magritte / SODRAC (2010) This is exciting! The Vancouver Art Gallery will host from May to September of this year the most comprehensive ...
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Man Ray at the MOA
Man Ray – African Art And The Modernist Lens brings to Vancouver’s Museum of Anthropology more than Man Ray’s famous photographs of African objects. For the first time, a number of these photographs are presented along the original African objects they portrait. The exhibition raises ...
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Picasso in Seattle!
Here is a better reason than outlet shopping for braving the three-hour drive from Vancouver to Seattle: Picasso! Over 150 works by the Spanish master will be shown at the Seattle Art Museum starting today and going through January 17th. The range of works includes ...
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Vancouver Art Gallery's relocation – FAQ
Last night, the Vancouver Art Gallery held at the Museum of Vancouver its last-in-a-series of Public Information Sessions about its proposed relocation . I couldn’t participate but asked Greg Johnson, PR of the relocation program, to answer a few questions. Here is what he sent ...
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Kerry James Marshall at the VAG
The grandiose and touching exhibition of Kerry James Marshall at the VAG makes it to the pages of Art Forum. Kudos to Kathleen Bartels (and our Jeff Wall) for putting together one of the most beautiful exhibitions of the year so far and for her ...
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Julian Schnabel at the AGO
Julian Schnabel: Asia, 2007 oil on map mounted on linen Julian Schnabel: Art and Film September 1, 2010 – January 2, 2011 Art Gallery of Ontario American art superstar Julian Schnabel has spent his life pushing the limits of painting and crossing artistic boundaries as ...
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Jessica Stockholder at the Palacio de Cristal
Born in Seattle and with an art degree from University of British Columbia, Jessica Stockholder has been exploring multi-media installations for many years. Now her work takes the Palacio de Cristal in Madrid courtesy of Museo Reina Sofia with an installation titled Peer Out to ...