September 19th, 2008 - January 11th, 2009
The beginning of the 20th century is marked by the impression of faith’s foundation being shaken to the core. Nietzsche’s declaration, “God is dead” (1881/1882) and Max Weber’s assertion of the “disenchantment of the world” (1904) revealed just how much people’s relationship to religion had changed. Yet this did [...]
October 14th, 2008 - January 11th, 2009
The Brazilian artist Cildo Meireles (b. 1948) is widely recognized as one of the leaders in the international development of Conceptual art. Meireles has made some of the most philosophically brilliant, politically telling and aesthetically seductive works in recent art. Since the late 1960s he has created sculptures and installations [...]
September 1st - November 2nd, 2008
The Devi Art Foundation opens with its inaugural exhibition “Still Moving Image,” a selection of video and photography made by 24 Indian artists. The exhibition, curated by Deeksha Nath and Shweta Wahi, brings to view key artworks and highlights the aesthetic innovations made by visionary artists as they grapple with [...]
November 21st, 2008 - February 11th, 2009
Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art will present the first UK solo exhibition of paintings, collages and photographs by the Persian born artist Y.Z. Kami. Endless Prayers will present a diverse group of works, created over a period of ten years, and shown for the first time in this [...]
May 30th, 2008 - February 2009
MACRO Hall presents the new site-specific work by the Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto, which comes in the wake of those by Erwin Wurm, Pedro Cabrita Reis and Atelier Van Lieshout.
Making his solo debut in an Italian museum, Ernesto Neto (Rio de Janeiro, 1964) is one of the most significant names [...]
June 4 - November 2, 2008
ARTIUM, Basque Centre-Museum of Contemporary Art, presents the exhibition “Power Food. Antony Miralda” from June 4 to November 2, a singular poetic look at the connections between food, energy and power, and a reflection on the links between nutrition, politics, medicine, science fiction and popular culture. Miralda deals with the [...]
A special exhibit of twenty-five acrylic paintings by Sri Chinmoy opened at the UN Secretariat Lobby on 11-22 August on the ideal of world harmony. This significant exhibit will travel around the world. The exhibit has inspired reflections on the theme from world figures, UN staff and others.
At the exhibit reception on August 19, a [...]
