“Lose not heart”: J. D. Salinger’s Letters to an Aspiring Writer September 10, 2013¬–January 12, 2014 Between 1941 and 1943 J. D. Salinger sent nine letters and postcards to Marjorie Sheard, an aspiring Canadian writer. This important collection of documents, acquired by the Morgan in April 2013, sheds light on […]
Mike Weiss Gallery is pleased to present Schematics and Silhouettes, Michael Brown’s first solo exhibition with the gallery. Employing rusted steel rods, oxidized copper, and graphite illustration, Brown presents a dynamic corpus of sculpture that reexamines our relationship with industry and culture in the vein of arte povera. At the […]
Pace/MacGill Gallery is pleased to present Robert Rauschenberg and Photography an exhibition of works by Robert Rauschenberg exploring the role of photography as the center of the artist’s 35 year career. The exhibition will be on view from September 5 – November 2, 2013. In the early 1950s at Black […]
Wayne Higby’s vision of the American landscape appears in ceramic forms ranging from vessels and sculptures to architectural installations that have brought him national and international recognition. Higby (b. 1943) is a leading artist of the contemporary ceramic studio movement. “Infinite Place: The Ceramic Art of Wayne Higby” is the […]
The past and present reality of inequality for women artists is being considered around the world: · Old Mistresses: Women, Art and Ideology, a groundbreaking book from 1982 offering a radical critique of Art History’s sexism, was re-issued this month with a new preface that questions how much has really […]
HIALEAH PARK CASINO NOW OPEN The much anticipated venue opens its doors Wednesday August 14, 2013 (Miami, Florida) August 14, 2013— Hialeah Park, also known as “the world’s most beautiful race course,” proudly announces that the highly anticipated Hialeah Park Casino is now open! The casino opened its doors this […]
As part of its fifth anniversary celebration, the Museum of Arts and Design will present Inspired, an exhibition showcasing works that have joined the museum’s collection since the opening of its new Columbus Circle building in 2008. Featuring more than 100 works of sculpture, jewelry, ceramics, furniture, and textiles, Inspired […]
Best known for bird’s-eye-view landscape photography, Gerco de Ruijter (Dutch, b. Vianen, 1961; lives and works in Rotterdam) mined Google Earth for the images he montaged into his stop-frame animation “CROPS” (2012). The hypnotic four-minute video work opens in the Hirshhorn’s Black Box space Aug. 12. De Ruijter’s still photography […]