Archive for October, 2009
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
MNMNT Release New Series of Artist Snowboards
Monument Snowboards recently unveiled their new season of artist-designed snowboards. Included in the mix are boards by Richard Colman, Kelsey Brookes, Rammellzee, Bjorn Copeland, and three limited boards by Ssur. Read on to browse the rest of the designs and click for larger views. Read the rest of this entry »
Friday, October 23rd, 2009
Thomas Campbell Surfaces with New Exhibit and Feature Film
We are extremely excited for Thomas Campbell’s forthcoming gallery show, opening Oct. 30 at V1 in Copenhagen. Campbell has spent the past few years focusing on his surf-film projects, and hasn’t held a major exhibition since his 2006 shows at Museum Het Domain (Netherlands) and Roberts and Tilton Gallery(Los Angeles). His latest movie, The Present, will also be screened for the first time in Scandinavia on Oct. 28.
Thomas Campbell – UMMMM
Oct. 30 – Nov. 11
V1 Gallery
The Present Film Film Premier
Oct. 28, 8:30pm
Grand Teatret
Copenhagen, Denmark
Monday, October 19th, 2009
Swoon Returns to Brooklyn
(All Images © Luna Park via Robots Will Kill)
Here’s a new street piece by Swoon, who has recently returned home to Brooklyn, NY after participating in several projects overseas.
Monday, October 19th, 2009
Last Chance :: Murakami’s Picture of the Blessed Lion
Takashi Murakami – A Picture Of The Blessed Lion Who Stares At Death, 2009. (Image © Gagosian Gallery)
If you are in New York, there’s only a week left see A Picture Of The Blessed Lion Who Stares At Death, Takashi Murakami’s new grand-scale painting, on view in it’s own room at Gagosian Gallery – 24th St. until Oct. 24. Not in the area? – Click here for a video look at the piece.
Sunday, October 18th, 2009
After 20 Years Rothko Murals Return to Tate Liverpool
Alexander Liberman – Rothko in his Studio, New York, 1964. (Alexander Liberman Photographic Collection & Archive Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, California (2000.R.19) © J. Paul Getty Trust)
In 1988 Tate Liverpool opened it’s doors for the very first time with an exhibition of Mark Rothko’s The Seagram Murals. More than 20 years later the painting have returned to the museum, where they are on display now through March 21, 2010. On Thursday, Oct. 18, Achim Borchardt-Hume, formerly of Tate Modern where he was responsible for curating the recent Rothko exhibition, and now Chief Curator at Whitechapel Gallery, London, will give a unique talk concerning the museum’s long term relationship with Rothko. More event info here
Mark Rothko – Black on Maroon, Mural, Section 3, 1959. (Tate © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko ARS, NY and DACS, London)
Sunday, October 18th, 2009
New Whitney Museum Confirmed
The High Line at night (Image © Jeff Newman/TheArtCollectors)
The New York Times confirms that after three years of negotiation, the Whitney Museum has closed a deal with the New York City Economic Development Corporation to build a second museum near the Ganesvoort St. entrance to the new High Line park, located on a former elevated railway line in the Chelsea area of Manhattan. The museum recently singed a contract to buy the city owned site for $18 million, about one-half its actual value.
Sunday, October 18th, 2009
Shepard Fairey Exhibit Opens Amidst New Legal Controversy
(All Images via Obey Clothing)
After a hugely successful run at the Boston Institute of Contemporary Art, Shepard Fairey’s museum retrospective opened today at The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh. The exhibit premiers just as new and disheartening information surfaces about the artist’s ongoing legal battle with the Associated Press.
Read on for the full story Read the rest of this entry »
Sunday, October 18th, 2009
FAILE Debuts New Works with New Gallery
(All Images © FAILE)
After debuting a new installation at Perry Rubenstein in September, FAILE have officially announced the gallery is now representing them in the U.S. The artist duo will unveil the below series of Wood Paintings with Rubenstein at FIAC, Paris, which runs Oct. 22-25. FAILE also alerts us to a new print release through Paper Monster sometime this week. Stay tuned… Read the rest of this entry »
Thursday, October 15th, 2009
Anonymous Gallery Returns with Subculture Capital
(All Images © Jeff Newman/TheArtCollectors)
Opening to a huge crowd last night, Anonymous Gallery presented their first show in a new temporary exhibit space, hosted at the downtown NY venue, Collective Hardware. Subculture Capital joins together four accomplished New York based artists, including Warhol’s lead Factory assistant during the 70s, Ronnie Cutrone, Kostas Seremetis, Rostarr and Rammellzee. TAC was on hand for the opening reception. Read on for our photo recap. Read the rest of this entry »
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
Contest :: Win a Signed + Illustrated Brendan Monroe Book
Observer (sitting), 2009.
After a recent relocation to Stockholm, Sweden, Brendan Monroe returns to California for his third exhibit with Richard Heller Gallery. Places Between Here and Here opens Oct. 17 and features new painting and wood sculpture installations. To celebrate the occasion, TAC is giving away a signed and hand-illustrated copy of Brendan’s recent monograph, B. Monroe, out now on Paper Museum Press. To enter our drawing, sign up to follow us on twitter, or if you already do, email us (info@theartcollectors.com) with the twitter name you currently follow us with. We will take submissions through Wed., Oct. 21 and announce a winner shortly thereafter.
Check out the photo gallery below for a preview of some of Brendan’s paintings for the upcoming show.
B. Monroe book cover and inside illustrated+signed page.
Brendan Monroe – Places Between Here and Here
Oct. 17 – Nov. 14
Richard Heller Gallery
2525 Michigan Ave. B-5A
Santa Monica, CA 90404
art@richardhellergallery.com