By Claire Breukel
Gastón Ugalde is Bolivia’s best-known contemporary artist. Born in the city of La Paz, Ugalde is known, despite his decades long career, as the “enfant terrible” of the local art world for the subversive nature, both conceptually and materially, of his artwork. His provocative nature is grounded by an extensive and eclectic education, [...]

Tate Britain Duveens Commission 2009 Supported by Sotheby’s

30 June - 29 November 2009
 By Claire Breukel
 This year the Duveen Gallery Annual Commission was awarded to British sculptress Eva Rothschild. Comprised of twenty-six adjoining triangles, Rothschild’s piece entitled Cold Corners, is a site specific intervention, or rather interjection, into the vast space of this nineteenth century Neo [...]

White Cube Gallery – London, UK
10 July – 22 August, 2009
 By Claire Breukel
 The large-scale Gilbert and George extravaganza “Jack Freak Projects” is spread in two parts across the White Cube’s Mason Yard and Hoxton Square galleries. Gilbert Prosech and George Passmore met in 1967 whilst studying at Saint Martins School of Art in London, fell [...]

By Claire Breukel
Aside from being renowned for his unique art style, twenty-eight year old Daniel Arsham left his impression on Miami, cofounding two prolific artist-run spaces, The House and Placemaker. This experience combined with Arsham’s architectural background progressively informed his art practice, organically moving between aspects of art, architecture and more recently theater. His sculptures [...]

Curated by Milena Hoegsberg and Megha Ralapati
Dorsch Gallery
Wynwood Art District - Miami
By Claire Breukel
Nowadays it is refreshing to find a theme-curated exhibition at a Miami gallery. Compiled of six works by both national and international artists, “The Perfect Human” discusses social and personal systems of ideals and how we go about defining what is, and [...]

By Claire Breukel
Having worked with Miami-based artist Clifton Childree on his sizable video and installation project Dream-Cum-Tru, I discovered that his artwork is a clear extension of his personality. As somewhat of an oxymoron, Childree is humble, kind and caring, yet carries a sense of humor that packs a punch! A punch that made him [...]

-A Conversation with Mark Koven
By Claire Breukel
Mark Koven and I meet at Out of the Blue Café. It’s 10am on a Tuesday morning and he orders a jasmine tea. He has had a late night and just downed two cups of coffee before meeting me and he needs the tea to combat the caffeine. Despite [...]

 
By Claire Breukel
The Rubell Family Collection museum remains one of the top attractions during Art Basel in Miami. I use the word museum, as the collection of work, the first of which was acquired in 1964, is of the stature of most world-class museums. That would make the acquisitions committee a family one, comprised of [...]

By Claire Breukel
My first impression of Yves Netzhammer was that he is the kind of guy that spent hours playing with Lego, building blocks and Fisher Price toys; perhaps this was mixed in with a good dose of horror movies in his teen years. But this is pure speculation. Born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland in 1970, [...]

Celebrating a decade as Miami’s landmark alternative artspace, Locust Projects opens its 10-year anniversary exhibition, “Inevitable Continuum,” on Saturday, November 8, 2008 with an opening reception from 7-11pm.
Exploring beyond the confines of a conventional retrospective, Executive Director Claire Breukel and artist Gene Moreno have curated an exhibition that captures the organization’s forward-looking philosophy and commitment [...]