From July 13 to November 4 , 2012, Jaume Plensa will be a part of the group exhibition Gegenbürger at Moderne Kunst im Dom, Bamberg, Germany.
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Continue ReadingThe Nathan Gottesdiener Foundation Israeli Art Prize, Israel’s most important private prize for the arts has been awarded annually to an Israeli artist under the age of 40 since 1995.
Continue ReadingRashid Johnson will be included in the 54th Venice Biennale "ILLUMInation" Exhibition (2011), curated by Bice Curiger.
Continue ReadingWood Street Galleries
Pittsburgh, PA
The Drawing Center
New York, NY
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park
Grand Rapids, MI
Beginning on the evening of March 28, the last high-rise building at the Cabrini-Green housing projects (1230 N. Burling St., Chicago) will be lit up in the form of 134 LED lights, one for each apartment in the building. The light installation will be visible in the evenings during the four-week demolition period. As the building is razed, the lights will be demolished along with the building.
The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art commissioned Marc Swanson to make a large-scale outdoor sculpture, titled "Descent of Civilization (Bison Memorial)". The work was installed in downtown Kansas City at the corner of 9th & Broadway on October 13, 2010 and is part of the museum's collection. Concurrently, the Kemper is also presenting a solo exhibition of the artist's work which runs through April 10, 2011.
Ewan Gibbs: America
August 27-October 6, 2010
Van Every/Smith Galleries at the Belk Visual Arts Center
Davidson College
Davidson, North Carolina
Artist Lecture: Tuesday, September 14, 7:00 pm
Semens Lecture Hall inside the Belk Visual Arts Center
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art commissioned Ewan Gibbs to make a suite of eighteen drawings of San Francisco. These works are presented in the form of a solo exhibition at the museum, on view from January 16 through June 17, 2010, on the occasion of the institution's 75th anniversary. All eighteen works are acquired for the museum's permanent collection.
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Since 1988, Peter Norton has commissioned a different artist each year to produce an iconic multiple that is shipped to an exclusive list of collectors, curators, critics, artists, and friends of the Norton family worldwide. With this honor, Marc Swanson joins the ranks of such previously-commissioned artists as Jim Hodges, Kara Walker, Vik Muniz, Christian Marclay, Takashi Murakami, Lorna Simpson, Yinka Shonibare, and Lawrence Weiner, among others.