Category Archives: Museums

Preview: “The Boneyard Project: Return Trip” @ Pima Air and Space Museum (Part II)

Posted on January 23, 2012 by sleepboy

Set up as one of the premier art events this month, The Boneyard Project: Return Trip opens on January 28th at the Pima Art and Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona. After bringing you a glimpse of the behind-the-scenes action last … Continue reading →

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Showing: Ai Weiwei – “absent” @ Taipei Fine Arts Museum (Part III)

Posted on January 23, 2012 by juggernut3

Wrapping up the third and final part (see Part I and Part II) of our look at Ai Weiwei’s comprehensive retrospective at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum (TFAM), we bring you a robust collection of photographs taken by the artist in the … Continue reading →

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Showing: Yayoi Kusama – “Look Now, See Forever” @ Queensland Gallery of Modern Art

Posted on January 22, 2012 by sleepboy

If you have been following AM regularly, you will have already seen our feature on the Obliteration Room installation that Yayoi Kusama created (with crowd participation) at the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art. Now, we have gathered more photos from the … Continue reading →

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Openings: Chris Burden – “Metropolis II” @ LACMA

Posted on January 20, 2012 by sleepboy

Last week, Chris Burden’s epic kinetic sculpture, Metropolis II, was revealed to the public at the LACMA. The complex and frenetic creation from the LA-based artist took four years to complete and is a model of a miniature city with … Continue reading →

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Teaser: Kehinde Wiley – “The World Stage: Israel” @ The Jewish Museum of New York

Posted on January 10, 2012 by sleepboy

Coming up in March, The Jewish Museum of New York will be hosting Kehinde Wiley’s works from The World Stage: Israel that showed last April at Roberts & Tilton (covered). The museum recently acquired Alios Itzhak (2011), a nine-foot tall portrait of a young Jewish Ethiopian-Israeli man that was … Continue reading →

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Videos: An Evening with Ron English @ MoMA

Posted on January 8, 2012 by sleepboy

Ron English (featured) fans out there – tomorrow night (January 9th) if you head over to the MoMA in New York, you can spend an evening with the self-described “popoganda” specialist. The itinerary for the night includes Pedro Carvajal’s 2005 documentary feature Popaganda: The … Continue reading →

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Videos: Maurizio Cattelan – “All” @ the Guggenheim (NY) App

Posted on January 6, 2012 by sleepboy

The mind-blowing retrospective of Maurizo Cattelan at the Guggenheim in New York (covered) will be drawing to a close soon. If you haven’t seen it yet and you live in NYC, do yourself a favor and experience for yourself the controversial … Continue reading →

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Teaser: Colin Christian @ International Museum of Art and Science (Texas)

Posted on December 30, 2011 by sleepboy

Next month in Texas, Colin Christian (interviewed) will be sharing some of his sculptural work at the International Museum of Art and Science in Texas. On display will be 20 of his fiberglass cyber-erotic and fetish-inspired creations including this 4 … Continue reading →

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Showing: Cai Guo-Qiang – “Saraab” @ Arab Museum of Modern Art

Posted on December 26, 2011 by sleepboy

A couple weeks ago, we posted up a video of the amazing Black Ceremony fireworks display from Cai Guo-Qiang that signified the explosive start of his exhibition at the Arab Museum of Modern Art (Mathaf) in Qatar. Now, we can show you … Continue reading →

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Showing: Zhang Huan – “Q Confucius” @ Rockbund Museum

Posted on December 23, 2011 by sleepboy

After a successful showing back in May at the prestigious Blum & Poe (covered), Zhang Huan has opened an exhibition in his home country at the Rockbund Museum in Shanghai. The versatile Chinese artist, who made his name with performance art, … Continue reading →

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