A New Art Capital, Finding Its Own Voice
By CAROL VOGEL
As plans for the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi go forth, those involved are hoping to speak to the art history of many nations.
The people, places and approaches to creativity that are Art Basel Miami and its offshoots make it a destination for both global collectors and seekers of the avant-garde.
As plans for the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi go forth, those involved are hoping to speak to the art history of many nations.
A selected guide to the visual arts in New York City.
Known for his crisp, emotionally provocative images, Mr. Leipzig was of a generation of socially minded photographers who took to the streets to record life as they encountered it.
Judith Scott, who was born with Down syndrome, created sculptures from objects swathed in cloth and twine, the subject of a show at the Brooklyn Museum.
Places and artifacts connected with celebrated figures from the past make up a show of 82 photographs by Annie Leibovitz, “Pilgrimage,” at the New-York Historical Society.
The works in “Greer Lankton: Love Me” delve into the artist’s skill and her gender-bending life.
Alexander Tovborg’s “Eternal Feminine,” at Nicelle Beauchene, is a series of eye-catching paintings on felt, each featuring two rainbows.
“Selected Stories,” at the Kitchen in Chelsea, includes homemade films, in which Lutz makes cameos as a tiny figure dressed in white.
For his installation “Tears Become ... Streams Become ...,” which features piano concerts by Hélène Grimaud, the artist Douglas Gordon has made the Park Avenue Armory’s Drill Hall a vast pool.
Changing direction after a period of fun with celebrity images, Sara Greenberger Rafferty seeks out transparent materials and approaches them with an eye toward preservation.
For those who can’t get enough Picasso (and his muses), there are two shows in New York right now, at the Pace Gallery and Gagosian.
The 27 women in “Pier 54,” a High Line Art project, reinterpret the all-male effort of the “Pier 18” show at MoMA in 1971.
“The Fab Mind,” a Tokyo exhibition, celebrates the art of repair with examples of aesthetic creativity applied to humanitarian ends, like recycling and land mines.
Mixed heritage, including dozens of oral histories, is the subject of “Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations,” at the Brooklyn Historical Society.
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Philippe Ségalot, a contemporary-art dealer, fell in love with Shaker furniture eight and now plans to show and sell it at the European Fine Arts Fair.
A historian has uncovered the tantalizing remains of ornate ceramics that graced a balconied boutique and stairway in Lord & Taylor’s glory days.
The architect Frank Gehry talks about his asymmetrical design for the planned 450,000-square-foot Guggenheim Abu Dhabi and his inspiration for the museum’s huge, cooling cones.
The Guggenheim Abu Dhabi will be 12 times the size of the landmark Guggenheim museum in New York. To fill it with art, the curators first plan out the space with scaled-down models and tiny silver people.
Reem Fadda, an associate curator, says that while there are institutions that honor Arab and Middle Eastern art, the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi will place the work of Arab artists side by side with that of their international counterparts.
Rita Ascione is one of the last living residents of the Lower East Side building that is now the Tenement Museum. She recently returned with her daughter, Valerie Carmody, to see her old apartment.
Picasso’s longtime biographer, John Richardson, is organizing a show focused on the importance of photography in the artist’s life and work.
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