By Paco Barragan
Fairs, such as we know them today, have already existed for a few decades, but it wasn’t until relatively recent times that we witnessed the “category of the new” in the shape of the arrival of the curator in the world of art fairs, and the consequent promotion in the media of some [...]
By David Schmidt
The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden has included the unprecedented exhibition: “The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality and the Moving Image” in this year’s schedule. It is a reflection on how the invention of cinema and its accompanying introduction of the moving image have radically changed the human being’s perception of his surroundings.
By: Dinorah Pérez-Rementería
“Revisiting the past, with irony, without ingenuity.”
Umberto Eco
Was Charley Friedman born in 1991? If so, he’d be only 16 years old and a true genius, with such an amazing career. Friedman uses (his) “knowledge” as a weapon to threaten the History of Art. Knowledge is power. The information accumulated over the years allows [...]
By Raisa Clavijo
The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in North Miami presents “Pivot Points I & II,” two significant exhibitions that offer a reflective look at its permanent collection. Both shows are curated by Bonnie Clearwater, MOCA’s Executive Director and Chief Curator, with support from the museum team, especially Curatorial Assistant, Ruba Katrib.
The exhibitions reveal [...]
By Raisa Clavijo
PINTA, the Latin American Fair for Modern and Contemporary Art will take place for the second consecutive year in New York City, presenting carefully-selected, notable galleries from the United States, Latin America and Europe. The fair will display a wide panorama of the evolution of the region’s modern and contemporary art. Of note [...]
By Alexandra Chang
In the flowery porcelain world of Chinese sculptor, Ma Jun’s, ‘ New China Series ‘ (2005-2007), Qing dynasty-style chinaware is handcrafted, mass-produced, and comes in the shape of ’80s era TVs, boom boxes, radios, sports cars, Coca-Cola cans and Chanel perfume bottles. His sculptures in blue and white and famille verte were recently [...]
After a hectic week during which the 38th edition of Art Basel Miami Beach took place in Miami in conjunction with numerous other art fairs, Wynwood Magazine spoke with Paco Barragán, who curated together with Nina Arias The Expanded Painting Show for MASH Miami, and who also participated actively with PhotoMiami as artistic advisor and [...]
By Susana Iturrioz
The first stage of the journey undertaken by “Zhù Yì! (1) Chinese Contemporary Photography” concluded recently after its debut at the Centro-Museo de Arte Contemporáneo ARTIUM in Álava (Basque Country). In the middle of February next year it will arrive at Palau de la Virreina, a baroque palace in Barcelona’s La Rambla. Thus, six [...]
By Uzma Z. Rizvi
“Sultana’s Dream”, evokes an early twentieth century desire in feminism to designate space for women in the public sphere by relegating men to the private, creating a utopist vision expressed as fantasy. Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain inverted the world as she saw it in 1905 British India, effectively altering the lexical marker [...]
By Marcela Römer
Art composition usually starts with a point that turns into a line and then into a shape or plan. That is how, according to the educational standards of the already memorable Bauhaus -and way before that, of course- artists merge their journeys through artistic visions which place them in a world created by [...]
