MSNBC.com has a piece on 798, one of the massive art spaces in Beijing gaining worldwide notoriety and dripping with a hip, trendy sheen unseen in the New York art world in recent times. More impressive is the sheer size of the space, owing to its previous life as a munitions factory.
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The DUMBO Arts Center (DAC) will conclude its annual benefit with a reception and the conclusion of the auctions, the live one conducted by Christopher Gaillard of Sotheby’s:
The Silent Auction will be on view and open for bidding in the gallery and
online from February 22 through February 29, 2008, until the Live Auction
concludes. Dumbo Arts […]
Surprisingly under the radar, New York’s first art fair dedicated entirely to Asian contemporary art opened quietly yesterday with the invite-only cocktail and performance by Sin Cha Hong and the band, Second Hand Rose. An event of this magnitude should have had a more intense marketing blitz, and I’m still scratching my head over why […]
Independent curator, Omar Lopez-Chahoud, has put together the group show titled I Died for Beauty, which opens tomorrow night at the Newman Popiashvili Gallery:
The underlining concept of the show is based on the idea of personal transformation as a liberating, powerful change from one state of being to another.
The process of transformation requires the […]
“Daniel Lopez,” was one of the many aliases used by former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet to manage his many bank accounts. The DANIEL LOPEZ SHOW is a group show comprised of 20+ Chilean artists opening tomorrow, Friday, June 1st at Roebling Hall Gallery and the White Box simultaneously.
DANIEL LOPEZ SHOW
Opening reception - Friday, June […]
Pais de Poetas (Country of Poets) is the title of the show opening tonight at the BRIC’s Rotunda Gallery.
Once again, we have independent curator Omar Lopez-Chahoud, who recently worked with Mary Boone’s Amy Smith-Stewart on M*A*S*H NY. Alongside Mr. Lopez-Chahoud is Brooklyn Institute of Contemporary Art (BICA) co-founder and Vassar College professor, Isolde Brielmaier.
The show […]
SCOPE New York is in full swing today, closing out with the Culture on the Verge party at Element tonight.
M*A*S*H New York opens tonight, two blocks from The Armory Show.
From the Press Release:
M*A*S*H New York is an all-media group show taking place during The Armory Show and The Art Show, February 22-26, 2007. Curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud and Amy Smith-Stewart, the exhibition will present a fresh look at the current state […]
