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Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Exhibition to Open Amid Labor Abuse Claims
ArtfixDaily / November 3rd, 2014
Despite threats of protests from labor activists concerned with conditions for construction workers at the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, the museum is set to open a dazzling premiere exhibition focused on light this Wednesday...
Eli Broad Acquires Robotic 'Female Figure' for Collection
ArtfixDaily / November 3rd, 2014
One talked-about piece is the Broad's recent purchase of a life-size talking and dancing 'Female Figure' by LA-based artist Jordan Wolfson.
Hirst's Formaldehyde Fish, Warhol's Scream Lure Buyers at Frieze
Bloomberg / October 23rd, 2014
Damien Hirst's formaldehyde fish ranked among the top sales during a $2.2 billion Frieze Week in London.
France on Fire with Art Openings This Week
France 24 / October 21st, 2014
Modern and contemporary art gets a bigger than usual spotlight this week in Paris. French president Francois Hollande, fashion editor Anna Wintour and Louis Vuitton head honcho Bernard Arnault...
Frieze London Moves in New Directions
New York Times / October 19th, 2014
Performance, digital, and Internet-inspired art kept the 12th edition of Frieze in London a place to discover the latest and edgiest, alongside works by modern masters. Accordingly, Fukushima soup, possibly radioactive, was served...
Art Silicon Valley / San Francisco Entices Techies to Art Collecting
ArtfixDaily / October 14th, 2014
This year has been rife with attempts to move the Silicon Valley tech elite into high-level art collecting. For the Bay Area's latest art-selling infiltration, techies, tastemakers, and true collectors turned out...
Christie's $75 Million Essl Collection Sale Kicks Off Frieze Week
Bloomberg / October 13th, 2014
London's Frieze week began with 44 works from the Essl collection of contemporary art selling for $75 million at Christie's on Monday. Top lot distinction went to...
Marian Goodman Gallery Opens with Gerhard Richter Exhibition in London
Guardian / October 12th, 2014
Marian Goodman, aged 86, has been operating at the pinnacle of the art industry for over half a century. The native New Yorker is now entering the London art scene...
'Invisible Art' Exhibition Rattles Art World Wary Folks
CBC / October 2nd, 2014
An image of people staring intently at stark gallery walls along with a compelling artist's story of creating "invisible art," some of it "heavy" sculpture, caused an uproar on the Internet this week.
'Ai Weiwei: Not at Blenheim Palace' Film Goes Behind the Scenes
ArtfixDaily / October 2nd, 2014
A brief art film from London's NOWNESS gives a portrait of the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, estranged from his biggest UK exhibition to date.
Artist Bosco Sodi Creates an Art Utopia with Architect Tadao Ando
WSJ / October 2nd, 2014
Brooklyn-based artist Bosco Sodi's new arts foundation in Oaxaca, Mexico, designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando, is meant to be "a refuge for artists and the local community."
Artist Installs Poison Oak in First Solo Museum Exhibition at UCSB
ArtfixDaily / October 1st, 2014
“To see is also to touch” is inscribed on one wall at UC Santa Barbara's Art, Design & Architecture Museum where a poison oak plant in a wood and concrete platform centers a courtyard. It's part of The Cave of Treasures exhibition of works by Eric Beltz, on view through May ...
Art Dealer Gets Prison Time for Cyberstalking
ArtfixDaily / October 1st, 2014
An art dealer in Temecula, Calif., was handed a five-year sentence in federal prison for cyberstalking and threatening a Beverly Hills art dealer and artists.
Graffiti Artist Oz Killed by Train in Germany
Guardian / September 29th, 2014
Graffiti artist Oz, known for creating about 120,000 tags throughout Germany, was hit and killed by a train in Hamburg on Thursday night.
Vermont Artist Charlie Hunter Takes on the State's Gritty Side
VT Digger / September 29th, 2014
Paintings of Vermont often evoke a romanticized vision of red barns, rolling hills and vibrant foliage or sparkling snow. Artist Charlie Hunter creates the opposite, in what he describes as “murky paintings of decaying American infrastructure"...
Film Art Dominates 2014 Turner Prize
ArtfixDaily / September 29th, 2014
Traditional painting and sculpture are not seen at this year's Turner Prize exhibition of under-50 British art talents.
Ai Weiwei Adds Crabs, Handcuffs to Blenheim Palace Decor in New Exhibition
ArtfixDaily / September 29th, 2014
Blenheim Palace launches the Blenheim Art Foundation this week with a splashy inaugural exhibition of Ai Weiwei works.
Contemporary Art Hits $2-Billion Record at Auction
AFP / September 24th, 2014
The contemporary art market, buoyed by high demand and massive growth in China, smashed through the $2-billion mark for the first time in a record-breaking 2013/14...
Architect Jean Nouvel Reveals Big Plans for National Art Museum of China
ArtfixDaily / September 22nd, 2014
Spanning 1,399,308 square feet, more than double the size of the Louvre, a new National Art Museum of China (NAMOC) has been conceived by French architect Jean Nouvel.
Ai Weiwei Fills Alcatraz with 1.2 Million Legos in Major Exhibition
ArtfixDaily / September 22nd, 2014
Perhaps one of the biggest art exhibitions of the year will not be attended by the artist behind its creation. Chinese dissident artist...