first thursday Archives

FAD’s Top SIX Art Openings to view for First Thursday September 5th 2013

5 September 2013 • Mark Westall

Where to go and what to see this #FIRSTThursday

EXHIBITIONS

VIDEO Review: The Last First Thursday @DegreeArt : Maria Kjartans ‘Spiritual Landscapes’

1 July 2013 • Mark Westall

VIDEO Review of Last First Thursdays: Maria Kjartans ‘Spiritual Landscapes’ Also exclusive live music with Biggi Hilmars and María Kjartans.

ART NEWS

CONCATENATION. SIGNATURE, SERIALITY, PAINTING group show at Blain|Southern Art Opening Thursday 6th September 2012

6 September 2012 • Mark Westall

Curated by Peter J. Amdam which brings together a number of new works by the artists Matias Faldbakken, Josh Smith, Reena Spaulings and Fredrik Værslev. All of the participating artists examine the protocols of painting, albeit in their own very different ways.

EXHIBITIONS

Giuseppe Penone at Haunch of Venison Private View Thursday September 6th 2012

6 September 2012 • Mark Westall

Giuseppe Penone is regarded as one of the most important artists of his generation; his career spans over 40 years, beginning in the late 1960s.

EXHIBITIONS

Wolfe von Lenkiewicz : Hieronymus Bosch at AVA Art Preview Thursday 6th September 2012

5 September 2012 • Mark Westall

Wolfe von Lenkiewicz has transformed Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights into a post-historic, trans-cultural manuscript. At first glance von Lenkiewicz’s work appears to be a faithful reproduction of the original, but on closer inspection it is ‘contaminated’ with imagery from a wide range of historical and contemporary sources, both art historical and pop cultural.