Rui Rui, a seven meter sculpture by Jaume Plensa, will stand at the crossroads of Accademia and San Marco as part of the exhibition Glasstress: White Light / White Heat. Glasstress is curated by Adriano Berengo and James Putnam and coincides with the 55th Venice Biennale. Plensa’s Rui Rui will be premiered at the Palazzo Cavalli-Franchetti from June 1 - November 24, 2013. There will be a vernissage on May 31 at 6pm, the public is welcome and the artist will be in attendance.
Continue ReadingJaume Plensa’s monumental Wonderland has been unveiled in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in the front plaza of Foster + Partner’s skyscraper THE BOW. Standing twelve meters tall, Wonderland is Plensa’s largest work to date created from bent-wire mesh. Encana Corporation and Cenovus Energy commissioned the sculpture.
Continue ReadingRichard Gray Gallery presents Jan Tichy's Bats, 2002-2007 at Moving Image New York, the contemporary video art fair. The fair coincides with the Armory and ADAA art fairs and runs from March 7-10, 2013.
Continue ReadingJan Tichy has been featured on ARTMargins Online in a profile piece by Susan Snodgrass, titled "Jan Tichy: Light Source".
Continue ReadingA solo exhibition by Jaume Plensa "In the Midst of Dreams" continues at EMMA (Espoo Museum of Modern Art) in Helsinki, Finland through January 27, 2013.
Continue ReadingJan Tichy's site-specific Installation no. 16 (Ando) is currently on view at the Art Institute of Chicago surrounding the exhibition of contemporary Japanese fashion Material Translations: Japanese Fashions at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Continue ReadingThis fall, MoCP presents 1979:1 — 2012:21: Jan Tichy Works with the MoCP Collection, with an opening reception on Thursday, October 11 from 5-7pm.
Continue ReadingRichard Gray Gallery and Galerie Lelong are pleased to announce Jaume Plensa's Poets in Miami, opening on December 5th in Collins Park at Art Public | Art Basel Miami Beach.
Continue ReadingBarcelona-based conceptual artist Jaume Plensa has been awarded the 2012 National Visual Arts Award of Spain, organized by the Ministry of Culture. The award recognizes artists whose work represents outstanding and innovative contributions to the Spanish Cultural Heritage.
Continue ReadingThis fall, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents Arlington National Cemetary, a solo exhibition focusing on the work of Ewan Gibbs
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John Stezaker has been awarded the Deutsche Börse photography prize, an internationally acclaimed photography award. Stezaker was announced the winner on September 3, 2012, and awarded £30,000 at the ceremony in London. Stezaker serves as the 16th winner of the prize, and was nominated along with four other photographers including Pieter Hugo, Rinko Kawuchi, and Christopher Williams.
Please join us at the Chicago gallery on Friday afternoon, September 21 at 2pm for an Artist Talk featuring Marc Swanson and Jan Tichy, coinciding with the exhibition opening of Muse: Exploring Inspiration. This artist talk serves as part of the public programming for Gallery Weekend Chicago, and the exhibition will be on view from September 21 through December 1, 2012.
Continue ReadingAs a part of EXPO Chicago, ADAA Collectors’ Forum panelists will discuss the significant proliferation of art fairs, the different opportunities they provide for gallerists, curators, and collectors, and their impact on local communities and the overall global art market. Richard Gray Gallery Director, Paul Gray, will serve as a panelist for this discussion.
Continue ReadingRichard Gray Gallery is pleased to announce that Jan Tichy's Things To Come will be exhibited as a part of IN/SITU of Expo Chicago.
Continue ReadingRichard Gray Gallery is pleased to announce that Jaume Plensa's Silent Music will be exhibited as a part of IN/SITU of Expo Chicago.
Continue ReadingJaume Plensa unveils monumental Wonderland for The Bow, Calgary
Continue ReadingThe School of the Art Institute and Jaume Plensa present 'People vs. Space' at Richard Gray Gallery, a student exhibition that is the culmination of an intensive summer course led by world-renowned artist, Jaume Plensa.
Continue ReadingThis summer, MCA Chicago presents Skyscraper: Art and Architecture Against Gravity, a group exhibition including Jan Tichy
Continue ReadingThis spring MCA Chicago presents Rashid Johnson's first major solo museum exhibition, surveying the first ten years of his career.
Continue ReadingThe Group of Ten is now on view at Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina.
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Rice University President David W. Leebron and the Rice Art Committee dedicated Mirror, A site-specific work by Jaume Plensa Made possible by a generous gift from Bill ‘57 and Stephanie Sick.