Italy opens new contemporary arts museum
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Italy is opening its first national museum for contemporary arts and architecture in a bid to shed its image as merely a keeper of a glorious artistic past.
Contemporary Arts Museum
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Wheels Up: Tuscany, Italian Art & Turks & Caicos
Gridskipper (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Lucca, Italy [Photo by espresso marco/Flickr] ·36 hours in Turks and Caicos [NYT] ·The world's most original burgers [BW] ·Italy opens a new contemporary...
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Last Call: "Perspectives 167: Jason Villegas," "Leandra DiBuelna" and"Unseen and Rediscovered"
Hair Balls (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
There are three art exhibits vying for your attention this weekend, and each of them is worth a visit. First is "Perspectives 167: Jason Villegas" at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, which cl...
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The Slutty Eye: Folk Explosion
Seattle Weekly (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
"The Old Weird America: Folk Themes in Contemporary Art" doesn't evoke the mythological folklore world of Greil Marcus (from whose book the show takes its name) so much as the competitive world of contemporary art, where success requires scale, spectacle, and attitude—or at least a good gim...
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The Old, Weird America
Seattle Weekly (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
“The Old Weird America: Folk Themes in Contemporary Art” doesn't evoke the mythological folklore world of Greil Marcus (from whose book the show takes its name) so much as it does the competitive world of contemporary art, where success requires scale, spectacle and attitude—or at lea...
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Indian Green Building Congress Hyderabad
Parsi Khabar (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009
There were two interesting presentations, among others, at the 7th edition of the Green Buildings Congress that commenced in Hyderabad on Thursday. Both were by iconic architects. Vadodara-based Karan Grover and Hong Kong based ‘cybertect’ James Law presented their visions of design at the same venue within a space of a few hours. The Indian [...]
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Harvey Low Simons, The wolf howled under the leave/ And spit out the prettiest of feathers
ArtCal (Free subscription) | 18/08/2009
Stux Gallery 530 West 25th Street, 212-352-1600 Chelsea July 23 - August 22, 2009 Opening: Thursday, July 23, 6 - 8 PM Web Site Stux Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of an exhibition of paintings by Harvey Low Simons on Thursday, July 23, 2009. This is Boston-based Simons’ second one-person show in New York City with Stux. The title of the exhibition comes from a poem by Arthur Rimbaud,...
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Baume leaving
Exhibitionist (Free subscription) | 31/07/2009
There's a major exit on the Boston art scene. Nicholas Baume, the Institute of Contemporary Art's chief curator, is heading to New York to serve as the director of the Public Art Fund. According to Carol Vogel's column today, he'll...
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Frye Art Museum Brings The Old, Weird America to Seattle
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 18/07/2009
SEATTLE, WA.- This fall the Frye Art Museum will present an exhibition exploring the widespread resurgence of folk imagery and mythic history in recent art from the United States. The Old, Weird America: Folk Themes in Contemporary Art will be presented October 3, 2009 through January 3, 2010. Organized by the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston's senior curator, Toby Kamps, the exhibition demonstrates...
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D.C. Artists Miss Sondheim Artscape Prize
DCist (Free subscription) | 14/07/2009
The Baltimore Development Cooperative took home the $25,000 Sondheim Artscape Prize on Saturday. On Saturday, the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts, acting in conjunction with Baltimore's Artscape festival, hosted an opening at the Baltimore Museum of Art to announce the Sondheim Artscape Prize -- the Mid-Atlantic region's most prestigious art awards. Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon was on...
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Stux Gallery: Harvey Low Simons, The wolf howled under the leave/ And spit out the prettiest of feathers
ArtCal (Free subscription) | 13/07/2009
Stux Gallery 530 West 25th Street, 212-352-1600 Chelsea July 23 - August 22, 2009 Opening: Thursday, July 23, 6 - 8PM Web Site Harvey Low Simons, Latmandu , 2005. Oil on canvas. 56 × 56 in Stux Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of an exhibition of paintings by Harvey Low Simons on Thursday, July 23, 2009. This is Boston-based Simons’ second one-person show in New York City with...
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Daily-ist Thursday: Mayoral Debate on Zoning at CAMH
Houstonist (Free subscription) | 09/07/2009
Take a stroll through most Houston neighborhoods and you'll notice some peculiarities. Perhaps you'll find a skyscraper miles from downtown, smack in the middle of what appears to be a residential and retail district. Maybe a rollercoaster will pop up from behind a 60's ranch house . Our unique urban landscape is due in part to the lack of land-use and zoning ordinances, which will be up for debate...
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Temporary Paris Rooftop Restaurant with Unobstructed View of the Eiffel Tower
Why Travel To France (Free subscription) | 29/06/2009
From thisjustin: “This summer in Paris, the Art Home restaurant has been dropped by crane (video here) on top of the Palais du Tokyo. The ultra-edgy contemporary arts museum has a nice view of the Eiffel Tower from its plebian patio down below (price of admission: as low as a single cup of coffee). Beginning July [...]
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Weekendist June 26-28
Houstonist (Free subscription) | 26/06/2009
ALL WEEKEND Dock Dogs . Televised on the Outdoor Channel, DockDogs competition consists of dogs jumping into water from a designated dock with the largest or highest leap earning that canine a victory. Dogs and owners travel to Houston to compete, and the competition will be open to local dogs too. At Jones Lawn in Discovery Green. See schedule here PRIDE , events throughout the weekend, culminating...
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DeCordova Presents a Panel Discussion: American Perspectives in the Arts
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 22/06/2009
LINCOLN, MA.- On Thursday, June 25, DeCordova will host a panel discussion featuring exhibiting artists Barnaby Furnas and Matthew Day Jackson as well as Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Curator Toby Kamps, Boston-based writer and critic Greg Cook, and Ken Turino of Historic England. The panel will explore the role national history and folklore plays in the interpretation of modern American aesthetics....