Six new two-panel paintings by Ellsworth Kelly at Matthew Marks Gallery

LOS ANGELES, CA.- Matthew Marks presents Ellsworth Kelly: Los Angeles, the first exhibition in his new gallery in Los Angeles. Ellsworth Kelly: Los Angeles includes six new two-panel paintings, all of which are being exhibited here for the first time. The paintings are each made from a single shaped canvas featuring a dramatic curve carefully painted with many coats of a bright color (blue, green, yellow, orange, etc). These curved panels are attached to a rectangular canvas painted in a contrasting color. [...]

Exhibition of Drawings and Sculptures by Italian Artist Marisa Merz at Gladstone Gallery

BRUSSELS.- Gladstone Gallery presents an exhibition of works by Marisa Merz. Born in Turin, Italy, Merz was a central figure and the only woman associated with the Arte Povera movement of the late 1960s and 70s. Known for her unusual use of materials such as copper-wire, clay, and wax, Merz’s works reflect the poetic sensibility that delicately entwines her vision of art and life. Marisa Merz, “La danza delle ore”, January 27 – March 5, 2011. Exhibition View: Gladstone Gallery; [...]

Aperture Publishes “Kodachromes: Photographs by William Christenberry”

NEW YORK, NY.- Although best known for his large-format color photographs made with vintage Kodak Brownie cameras, William Christenberry has also consistently produced work with 35 mm Kodachrome slide film ever since he took up photography. William Christenberry: Kodachromes (Aperture, October 2010) is the first publication to showcase this stunning and previously unknown body of work, spanning from 1964 to 2007, of which only a small number of images have ever been published or exhibited. William Christenberry, all, memphis, tennessee, [...]

Master Painters Side by Side for the First Time in the Frans Hals Museum

HAARLEM.- The Frans Hals Museum is presenting a work by the British artist Francis Bacon flanked by two monumental paintings by Cornelis van Haarlem. What links these artists is their admiration for Michelangelo. This Italian painter, sculptor, architect and poet was a great source of inspiration for them both. The exhibition Conversation Piece II is on view from 3 July to 10 October 2010. With the series ‘Conversation Piece’, the Frans Hals Museum wants to encourage visitors to take a [...]

Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Announces New Work by Lawrence Weiner

AMSTERDAM.- The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam announces the acquisition of SCATTERED MATTER BROUGHT TO A KNOWN DENSITY WITH THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD / CUSPED (2007) by American artist Lawrence Weiner (b. New York, 1942) as a gift to the museum’s collection from the Association of Friends of the Stedelijk Museum. The work will debut as part of The Temporary Stedelijk at the Stedelijk Museum—the upcoming interim program in the Stedelijk Museum’s renovated historic building that opens to the public on [...]

Wall Drawings by David Tremlett for the Gallery of Contemporary Art

HAMBURG.- With Drawing Rooms the Hamburger Kunsthalle presents the first comprehensive show of the artist David Tremlett in a German museum since 1992. For this exhibition, David Tremlett has taken over the entire third floor of the Gallery of Contemporary Art with new site-specific wall drawings, which where drafted especially for this place. In addition, drawings, sketches, artist books and photographs from the late sixties until today give an insight into his work. Tremlett (*1945) is one of the most [...]

A Painting by Karel Appel has Been Donated to the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven

EINDHOVEN.- A portrait painted by Karel Appel of the former museum director Rudi Fuchs joins the collection of the Van Abbemuseum. Karel Appel (1921-2006) painted the Portrait of Rudi Fuchs in 2005, towards the end of his life, a period in which he experimented with the use of neon tubes. It was Karel Appel’s last wish that the painting would, in consultation with Rudi Fuchs, go to an appropriate museum. It was decided that this would be the Van Abbemuseum, [...]

Early Works by Joel Shapiro on View at Paula Cooper Gallery

NEW YORK, NY.- The Paula Cooper Gallery presents an exhibition of early works by Joel Shapiro. The exhibition will be on view at 521 West 21st Street through February 13 and will include a selection of sculpture from 1969 through 1979. Joel Shapiro began working in the late 1960s at a time when traditional notions of sculpture were being radically redefined by Minimalism and Conceptual Art. Shapiro’s first one-person shows, at the Paula Cooper Gallery in 1970 and 1972 and [...]