News and Views
--New York Museum of Modern Art, MoMA, to reopen its Manhattan facilities.
--Karina Donatueno received Visual Artist in Residence fellowship at The Banff Center for the Arts, Canada.
--The Shanghai Museum of Art announces the 5th Shanghai Biennial 2004, led by curator Sebastián López.
--The Arte Público project in Puerto Rico
--New donations by Fernando Botero to Colombia’s Museo Nacional are exhibited.
--15th Anniversary, Christopher Grimes Gallery
Heard on the Street
--The case of the two Gauguins is solved.
New Works for Sale in Virtual Galleries
-- Arts d' Australie € Stéphane Jacob.
New Electronic Catalogs
-- Leonel Matheu.
Books and Catalogs
-- Cuerpos terrenales/earthly bodies.
-- Cream3.
-- Humberto Castro. Los años de París (The Paris Years)
Upcoming Events
-- Arte Ba.
-- Latin American Art Auction at Sotheby’s and Christie’s
-- Art of the Americas, Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
-- Art 35 Basel, Switzerland.
Lead Stories
--Valeska Soares. Sensible Sculpture
An article by Rodrigo Moura analyzing Valeska Soares’ most recent sculptures and installations. Starting with her show at the Museo Tamayo in Mexico City, the author explores the topics that characterize the Brazilian artist’s production and explains the creation of fictional and dream-like environments through the use of materials such as mirrors, carriers of varied meanings. The text unveils the keys used by the artist to create the interplay between fiction and reality, so widely present in her work. Read article
http://www.artnexus.com/servlet/NewsDetail?documentid=10199
--Interview wit Susan May, Curator at the Tate Modern, London.
Deals with the issue of acquisitions of Latin American art, for which the Tate Modern has contacted curator Cuahtémoc Medina. It also touches on the gallery’s interest in acquiring art from the 1970s. Read article
http://www.artnexus.com/servlet/NewsDetail?documentid=10255
--Rosemberg Sandoval
Art critic Miguel González analyzes the career of Colombian artist Rosemberg Sandoval and the particularities of the artistic language displayed in his performances. The author comments on the social, anthropological, and political reflections that infuse Sandoval’s work of the last decade. Read article
http://www.artnexus.com/servlet/NewsDetail?documentid=10403
News and Views
--New York Museum of Modern Art, MoMA, to reopen its Manhattan facilities.
Next November 20 MoMA will host an inaugural celebration for its Manhattan, New York site. The event commemorates MoMA’s 75th anniversary. Read more
http://www.artnexus.com/servlet/NewsDetail?documentid=13330
--The Arte Público project in Puerto Rico
The coordinated efforts of several governmental institutions in carrying forward this project are an example of an old Western practice, intervening on the city with the help of artists. The project will display ninety works by local and international artists in parks, beaches, community centers, highways, and urban rail stations. Read more
http://www.artnexus.com/servlet/NewsDetail?documentid=13336
-- The Shanghai Museum of Art announces the 5th Shanghai Biennial 2004, led by curator Sebastián Lóp...