I’m So Wild About Your Strawberry Mouth: Artist Aïda Ruilova talks about themes of desire, exploitation and escape in her first West Coast show

I'm So Wild About Your Strawberry Mouth


by Vivianne Lapointe “I’m So Wild About Your Strawberry Mouth,” a multidisciplinary exhibition by West Virginia-born, New York-based artist Aïda Ruilova, presents…

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I’m So Wild About Your Strawberry Mouth: Artist Aïda Ruilova talks about themes of desire, exploitation and escape in her first West Coast show

I'm So Wild About Your Strawberry Mouth


by Vivianne Lapointe “I’m So Wild About Your Strawberry Mouth,” a multidisciplinary exhibition by West Virginia-born, New York-based artist Aïda Ruilova, presents…

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Walls by Miranda Donovan : Miranda Donovan builds up and breaks through walls for her third solo show

Walls by Miranda Donovan

With her first show “Lost World of Innocence” (2008) selling out before she even arrived for the private view and several pieces from the second show, “The Home Unleashed” (2011), bought up by British art collector of the moment Frank Cohen, Miranda Donovan has established credibility as one of…

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Waterfall Paintings

Découverte du peintre japonais Hiroshi Senju qui nous propose des toiles absolument incroyables sur lesquelles il représente à la perfection des cascades. Reprenant la technique japonaise traditionnelle de peinture Nihonga, ces créations inspirantes sont à découvrir dans la suite de l’article.

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Paul Pretzer: Uncanny simians star in the painter’s latest solo show at Marc Straus

Paul Pretzer

Currently on view at Marc Straus Gallery in NYC, an exhibition by Paul Pretzer brings primates, cardinals and painterly expression together for a carnivalesque look at the history of art. Riffing off of classical compositions—most notably Spanish masters Velázquez and Goya—the Dresden-born artist takes an attitude of irreverence along…

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Artist Michael Sieben updates the children’s classic with characteristically kooky illustrations

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Originally published to great admiration in 1900, L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” has since secured itself as one of the most recognizable children’s classics of all time. While the beloved story has stood the test of time HarperCollins teamed with Austin-based artist Michael Sieben to update…

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The Ride Gallery: Art inspired by surf culture finds a home online

The Ride Gallery

There seems to be no shortage of interest in surf culture recently. While not all of us are gifted with natural surfing ability, the draw to the sport’s free-spirited culture never seems to fade. For both legit surfers and casual enthusiasts looking to land a piece of art inspired…

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INSIGHTS III: Five contemporary artists reveal their individual wit in an annual group show in Heidelberg

INSIGHTS III

After another year of intense traveling for their respective crafts, artists and longtime friends Sandro Kopp, Stefan Strumbel, SMASH137, Andreas von Chrzanowki and Ruediger Glatz are meeting up in Heidelberg for their third annual group show, INSIGHTS. As the name implies, the site-specific installation is a chance for these…

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Art + Design in Miami: Perspective Shift: Mastering the art of the double-take

Art + Design in Miami: Perspective Shift

Zipping past thousands of exhibitors in dozens of venues during Miami Art Week, it’s easy to miss a piece here and there. After a while, you start to appreciate artists that make you look twice. Toying with perception, detail and physical distance, we found a number of artists that…

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Art + Design in Miami: Comic Aggression: Disgruntled artists mingle the cute with the profane

Art + Design in Miami: Comic Aggression

Artists have plenty of cause for complaint: politics, sexuality, war, the commercialization of the art market. Too witty for sincere criticism, the discontents at Art Basel 2012 and surrounding Miami fairs decided to childishly air their respective gripes with obscene humor. The result isn’t the inflammatory art of old,…

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