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Exhibitions & Openings for the Week of May 9This week, Art Weekly is traveling to Copenhagen, Milan, San Francisco, and home sweet home NYC for our top opening picks! See you at the gallery!
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Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty YearsWritten by Guest Blogger Madeline Rudin Elevated by his extensive resume and his “Prince of Pop” reputation, Andy Warhol’s influence on the Art world has shown no signs of withering—and a new exhibition at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is the documented proof. The exhibit, Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years, highlights 45 of [...]
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Modern Art at VersaillesI thought I’d do a piece on the incredible modern art collection at Le Chateau de Versailles. I have always had an affinity to the beautiful juxtaposition of old and new living together symbiotically, creating imagery that evokes memory through history and emotion, and hope through a context of new creative thought processes. Placing a
· EXCLUSIVITY, EXHIBITION, SCULPTURE ·
Jeff Koons : Popeye SculptureNo need for introduction, this is Jeff Koons‘ third solo exhibition in France to be held at the Gallery de Noirmont. The New Yorker artist is presenting different works on the theme of the cartoon Popeye. On one hand Popeye is for J.Koons a symbol of self-acceptance, of
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BMW Art Car by Jeff KoonsThis BMW M3 GT2 is the 17th BMW Art Car, designed by Jeff Koons and unveiled in the Centre Pompidou yesterday (The same venue where Roy Lichtenstein first presented and signed his Art Car back in 1977). The launch party tonight in Paris will be reviewed by our French contributor in the next couple of [...]
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The Garage Moscow – Art ExhibitionThe show is called called A Certain State of the World – A ground-breaking exhibition of works selected from the François Pinault Foundation’s Collection, one of the world’s most prestigious private collections, will go on show at the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture (GCCC) in Moscow opened on 19 March 2009. Founded by Dasha Zhukova the 27-year-old socialite, who was recently made editor-in-chief of…
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Jeff Koons on the Metropolitan RooftopReferential/ Readymades artist Jeff Koons is exhibiting 3 pieces that have not yet been exposed to the public, on the rooftop of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. “His work explores contemporary obsessions with sexuality and desire; race and gender; and celebrity, commerce, and the media. His choice of objects and images forcefully addresses the impact of class, power, materialism, and consumerism in contemporary life.