Forty Drawings Made by Hanns Schimansky at Galerie Jaeger Bucher

PARIS.- Hanns Schimansky was born in 1949 in East Germany. Trained as an agronomist engineer, he decided in 1979 to devote his career to art and more particularly to drawing. In this exhibition, Hanns Schimansky is showing 40 drawings made between 2007 and 2010. These drawings, written as much as drawn, attempt to capture and to prolong the present moment, to mirror the rhythm of the universe. Using and provoking the idea of chance, he metaphorically slows the headlong speed at [...]

It’s never Too Late: Carlos Urroz Returns to ARCOmadrid

MADRID.- In a meeting held this morning—Monday 31st May—the Executive Committee of IFEMA unanimously decided to appoint Mr. Carlos Urroz as the new director of ARCOmadrid, the International Contemporary Art Fair of Madrid. In making its decision, the committee took into consideration Urroz’s in-depth knowledge of the workings of the contemporary art world, as well as his own experience at ARCO as its Deputy Director from 1994 to 1998. Urroz is also widely recognised professionally in the international gallery world [...]

UK’s Longest Running Photography Festival Celebrates 20 Years

HEREFORDSHIRE.- 2010 marks the 20th anniversary of Hereford Photography Festival. The longest running annual photography festival in the UK, Hereford Photography Festival has presented a broad range of international photography since 1990. This year, the Festival builds on its strong history of showing work by groundbreaking and leading photographers such as Martin Parr, Rankin and Wang Qingsong, with a major retrospective, new commissions, a series of exhibitions and more. Starting on Friday 29th October with a launch weekend of exhibitions, [...]

Gantt and McColl Centers Unite to Highlight Culture and Diversity Initiatives

CHARLOTTE, NC.- Through the creation of a shared Creative Director position, Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture and McColl Center for Visual Art have taken a historic first step to formalize their relationship. This new partnership unifies and amplifies their voices in the community, while strengthening the organizations’ shared-interest in leading diversity and art education initiatives with an emphasis on community engagement with the arts and artists. “Art has a natural way of bringing people and ideas [...]