19 February 2014 • VC Maurer
Set in a post-apocalyptic bunker-like environment, Apocalypse Postponed will be Abbas’s literal and conceptual construction of a ‘safe haven’ and will draw inspiration from a range of sources, from cult science fiction films including A Clockwork Orange, Dune and Alien, to 20th century defensive plans and fortifications such as the Swiss National Redoubt and Atlantic Wall.
17 February 2014 • VC Maurer
Gallery presentations at the 26th annual Art Show, organized by the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA), will feature thoughtfully curated solo, two-person, and thematic exhibitions by 72 of the nation’s leading art dealers.
12 February 2014 • VC Maurer
Returning to the Waterfront Tunnel in the Chelsea District of Manhattan, March 6-9, 2014, with a selection of single-channel videos and installations from across the globe, Moving Image has been conceived to offer a viewing experience with the excitement and vitality of a fair, while allowing moving-image-based artworks to be understood and appreciated on their own terms.
11 February 2014 • VC Maurer
On view in the landmark building at 909 Madison Avenue where both galleries reside, “Germaine Richier” will present more than forty important sculptures ranging from early torsos and figures, to startling hybrids of humans crossed with bats, toads, spiders, and vegetal organisms, that brought the artist international recognition before her untimely death at the age of 57.
10 February 2014 • VC Maurer
Jeffrey Gibson’s paintings and sculptures are inspired by the traditional craft and modern arts of Native American cultures. His sense of pride and desire to reclaim ownership of these histories counter the potentially negative connotations of craft that has been placed onto Native American Art, situating his work within the pantheon of abstract modernism.
8 February 2014 • VC Maurer
The Art F City auction is live on Paddle8! That means you’ve got through Monday, February 17th at NOON sharp to bid on all live items before the heading to Postmasters Gallery for the live auction with CK Swett. You have throughMonday, February 17th at TEN PM to bid on silent lots.
29 January 2014 • VC Maurer
Heartbreaking and Shit is Frohawk Two Feathers’ second solo exhibition with the gallery. Following the artist’s deeply involved narrative, Heartbreaking and Shit presents the “next chapter” in a device of fictionalized history that Two Feathers has become noted for.
24 January 2014 • VC Maurer
Going to be in NY March 2014? FAD will be! Check out VOLTA NY, 2014 where over 90 galleries from 5 continents mount a dynamic survey of emerging and innovative contemporary art positions, spotlighting artists from 30 nations.
23 January 2014 • VC Maurer
Sharon Toval is leading the digital video and photography curatorial scene in Tel Aviv. And he took the time to answer some of FAD’s questions concerning his latest project: The digital Animation film festival opening 2nd of February in Tel Aviv.
21 January 2014 • VC Maurer
Thanks to the non profit organization Kinetis-VC brings the East to all of the London and New York FAD readers. From top knotch video art, galleries, creative people and projects, Israel continues to rock the contemporary art scene in their own unique way…
12 January 2014 • VC Maurer
Together the artists Ryan Roa, Jonathan Brand, Adam Brent, Travis LeRoy Southworth, and Rahul Alexander make up BroLab based in NYC. Dead Lift refers to a situation that requires all one’s strength or ingenuity, the lifting of weight without momentum. BroLab starts a project by questioning how a space can be activated. What will create a conversation, what will solve a problem, what will be useful?
9 January 2014 • VC Maurer
From heavy snow in the mountains of Jerusalem to the sunny shores of Tel Aviv- check out the top 5 things to do in this tiny diamond of a country!
8 January 2014 • VC Maurer
For her New Museum presentation, Prouvost will present For Forgetting (2014), a new work that will include a semicircular collaged mural, a multichannel video installation, scattered sculptural elements, and a film. Centering on the problems as well as the possibilities of memory and forgetting.
8 January 2014 • VC Maurer
The Dutch- Brazilian artist Rafaël Rozendaal will present several of his websites as largescale projections and a group of unique lenticular paintings which he began in 2012. “Art can’t be defined. Try it. It can’t be done. We all kind of know what it is but no one really knows. Noone really knows what happiness is either. The moment you know it, you’re not really happy. When you’re really happy, you’re not thinking about happiness.”- Rafel Rozendall
14 November 2013 • VC Maurer
On until the 21st of December 2013, Hauser & Wirth and Gavin Brown’s enterprise are showing noted Scottish artist and musician Martin Creed.
26 October 2013 • VC Maurer
Opening in summer 2014 in the Museum’s adjacent building at 231 Bowery, this new not-for-profit initiative will create a hybrid educational and professional workspace—a dynamic 24/7 center where more than sixty start-up and creative entrepreneurs will form a vibrant interdisciplinary community geared toward collaboration and innovation.
24 October 2013 • VC Maurer
With only 9 days left, this is a must see New York show-As most of you probably already know, Ron Gorchov is categorized as a groundbreaking American artist, along with Frank Stella and Ellsworth Kelly, he is just one more name to know and Vito Schnabel is bringing his prolific and thoughtprovoking works straight to you!
22 October 2013 • VC Maurer
This is the first show to be shown in any gallery in America wholly devoted to celebrating this idiosyncratic art period which revolutionized the modern art scene in the 20th century. And what better gallery to present it to contemporary viewers than Blain/ Di Donna in New York located right in the pulse of todays International art scene?
20 October 2013 • VC Maurer
Can you think of a more suitable event to take place this rainy London weekend? Closing this Sunday evening, October 20th, you still have enough time to check out some visual art which will keep your mind and your senses rolling with captivation and interest.
20 October 2013 • VC Maurer
Today, Sundayy the 20th, is the last day to check out the Sluice Art Fair located in South East London Bermondsey. From didactic and thought provoking installations, live talks, performances and food cooked by the particpating artists themselves- this fair is definately worth checking out, and it’s FREE!
16 October 2013 • VC Maurer
The Chapman Brothers just don’t stop and neither does Fabric! Based in the heart of London’s hippest club scene it is no wonder that Jake and Dino Chapman will be performing live with his band Heimlich, plus DJs Jarvis Cocker and Steve Mackey (Pulp), Trevor Jackson (Metal Dance) and Nick Williams (Phonica). TRY TO GET IN if you Dare!
16 October 2013 • VC Maurer
Best known for his award winning typographic city map series, Mark Andrew Webber’s FORM is the result of several years of experimentation
with line drawing and consists of a series of beautifully conceived mini-studies, which use basic sets of rules in order to create both deceptively simple and impossibly complex shapes and patterns
15 October 2013 • VC Maurer
Beat producing, skateboarding and video making fiends Breach, Lucian Clarke, and Winston Whitter take Sony’s top knotch new 3-in-1 headphones to a hypnotically entrancing paradigm- we can probably guarantee you are going to want to get your own pair of these bad boyz!
14 October 2013 • VC Maurer
An ex- Portfolio Manager for Steven Cohen’s SAC and mathematical algorithm solving guru, Leventon’s genius software developing methods have taken art and the digital world to an unimaginable level. She took some time w/FAD to explain DD3’s behind the scenes constructions and also hints at what exciting future developements are in the works for Fall of 2013.
