Welcome to your guide of what to see in NYC during Frieze Week 2019. As if the New York City art scene isn't busy enough right now, enter Frieze week. To help you cut down on research time we’ve put together a must see list of fairs happening this week to help you strategize all your art-hopping plans. Frieze New York Featuring galleries from 26 countries, Frieze New York showcases an extraordinary cross-section of work, from today’s most exciting emerging artists to seminal figures of the 20th century. Building on Frieze’s history as a platform for discovery and challenging the traditional art fair format, the eighth edition introduces new curators and collaborations with leading museum directors; including two exhibitions exploring virtual...
Pharrell's Something in the Water Festival brought A-list musicians and artists to Virginia Beach for a 3 day festival. The event featured KAWS, the artist, who installed his HOLIDAY sculpture on the sand for the third and final day of the music festival. The installation featured a massive blow-up version of the iconic KAWS figurine sitting upright on a platform, with the Virginia Beach Pier in the background. View this post on Instagram Good morning! A sunny moment from this past weekend at @pharrell ’s @somethinginthewater 📷 #Repost @theessword ・・・ @kaws has made it to Virginia Beach! #KAWS #Pharrell #SITW A post shared by @ kaws on Apr 29, 2019 at 4:56am PDT The second night of the Virginia Beach event was billed as “Pharrell Williams & Friends”. ...
The Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York, has outlined in detail its ongoing expansion plan that will feature a towering mirror-mosaic canopy designed by Olafur Eliasson. The mirrored entrance will greet patrons and welcome them to the planned $160 million expansion of the museum. The permanent installation is called Common Sky and will cover the "Indoor Town Square." “Common sky is an expansive sculpture through which visitors experience the constant motion of the surrounding natural environment," acclaimed Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson said about the artwork. "The changing light conditions, the passing clouds, the progression of the sun over the course of the day, the flow of the seasons all resonate within this warm, welcoming space." With construction expected to begin at the end of this year,...
Artist Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian passed away this week at age 97. Farmanfarmaian, a leader in the contemporary art movement in Iran mixed geometric abstraction with Persian and Iranian art and craft. Farmanfarmaians work of dazzling mirrored compositions were inspired by Iranian mosques. Farmanfarmaian studied at the Faculty of Fine Art in Tehran before moving to the US in 1945, where she studied art at Cornell University in Ithaca and then fashion illustration at Parsons School of Design in New York from 1946-49. She became a mainstay of the evolving art scene in New York in the 1950s and 1960s, and counted Willem de Kooning, Joan Mitchell and Andy Warhol among her friends. In 2015 she became the first Iranian artist to...
... and we are not disappointed! The video coincides with news that Christie's New York is set to auction off Jeff Koon's "Rabbit" as part of its forthcoming Post War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale next month. The iconic piece made its official debut at New York City’s Ileana Sonnabend Gallery back in 1986. Jive Bunny! from Kenny Schachter on Vimeo. I used to be a toyAnd meant to bring you joyNot sure what I should call myselfAm I a girl or a boy? Are you tempted to plant a kiss?Looking for ever-lasting bliss?It’s physical, it’s spiritualBut bottom line—it’s just big business. Meant to take you to another placeNot exactly furthering the human raceBut what you’ll see peering into meA nice reflection of...
