Article date: Wednesday, August 1, 2018
MOCA Board of Trustees Appoints Klaus Biesenbach as Next Director
Following a wide-ranging international search, the Board of Trustees of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, yesterday voted to appoint the internationally acclaimed museum director Klaus Biesenbach as MOCA’s next director.
Article date: Monday, July 30, 2018
"I Like When Materials and Shapes React, Speak and Exist." - An Interview with Lucia Bru
Sculpture is one of Lucia Bru’s creative activities, where she questions our knowledge and perception of materials such as stone, glass, cement. In the artist's hands, they turn into objects of a deceptive appearance: made from cold and invulnerable matter and turned into unexpectedly delicate, tender, enticing and fragile forms.
Article date: Saturday, July 28, 2018
Art-Philosophy Student Sells Soul, Literally
Back in Michelangelo’s day an artist might find a wealthy patron to support both their profession and their finances; with the invention of the crowdsourcing website Patreon artists can now ask fans to support their work through tiered donations or a subscription-based service...
Article date: Monday, July 23, 2018
Illustrator Jim Kay on Bringing the World of Harry Potter to Life
Fans of the series will be familiar with the illustrated Harry Potter books. Jim Kay is the man behind the images and ArtDependence had the opportunity to catch up with him to find out more about how he brought the series to life in visual images.
Article date: Sunday, July 22, 2018
Presidential Museums and Libraries: Special Focus on the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
ArtDependence Magazine has collaborated with some of the most renowned Presidential Museums and Libraries in the United States to learn about how they conserve and collect artifacts and objects of historical and scientific importance for research and public presentation.
Article date: Friday, July 20, 2018
Da Vinci's Salvator Mundi Will Be Exhibited from September
Salvator Mundi by Leonardo da Vinci will be unveiled to the public at Louvre Abu Dhabi on September 18, 2018.
Article date: Friday, July 20, 2018
Trump-Putin TIME Magazine Cover
The artist behind the cover, Nancy Burson, said she hopes it causes readers to reflect on the similarities between the two leaders.
Article date: Friday, July 13, 2018
Fascinated Abandoned Locations - Philippe van Wolputte
Philippe van Wolputte’s installations, interventions and collages show or suggest possibilities for abandoned, neglected locations which have an important function in the memory and the social landscape of a city, and in a way possess a beauty of their own.
Article date: Wednesday, July 11, 2018
An interview with rainmakers: RANDOM INTERNATIONAL
RANDOM INTERNATIONAL was founded in 2005 by Hannes Koch and Florian Ortkrass. They invite their public to engage and participate with highly technological and experimental artworks. The studio today consists of a wider team of more than 20 based in London and Berlin.
Article date: Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Art of the Year - 1979
The Dinner Party, Judy Chicago, Mixed media, 1979 - Art of the Year.
Article date: Monday, July 9, 2018
´69 Positions´ by Mette Ingvartsen
Starting from quotations of relevant art historians and choreographers of the ’60 in the USA, Mette Ingvartsen arrives to the present days reconsidering the importance of interactive, collaborative, participatory choreographies.
Article date: Sunday, July 8, 2018
Monuments Marking the Geographical Centres of the Earth’s Continents
The holiday season has begun and we’d like to share with you these images of monuments erected at the geographical centre points of each continent.
Article date: Sunday, July 8, 2018
Preparing for Darkness, Dystopian Realities and Desolations: Interview with Berlin-based Curator Uwe Goldenstein
Uwe Goldenstein, curator and founder of the Berlin-based gallery and network SELECTED ARTISTS: “Probably there was a lack of melancholy in museums and that’s the reason for the success.”
Article date: Friday, July 6, 2018
Met Museum Sets New Attendance Record with More Than 7.35 Million Visitors
The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that it welcomed more than 7.35 million visitors to its three locations—The Met Fifth Avenue, The Met Cloisters, and The Met Breuer—in the fiscal year that ended on June 30 (FY18).
Article date: Thursday, July 5, 2018
A Voice from the Border
Brazilian artist Jota Mombaça –who identifies as gender fluid- uses their writings and performances to describe how the art world is a space they run across because their “body” is not authorized to inhabit it.
Article date: Monday, July 2, 2018
The Aestheticized Interview with Video Artist Tom Skipp
Tom Skipp is British video artist, translator and exhibition curator living in Madrid, Spain. He studied at the Arts Educational School in the Barbican, London and at Warwick University.
Article date: Friday, June 29, 2018
The Image Revisited: Luc Tuymans in Conversation with Gottfried Boehm, T.J. Clark & Hans M. De Wolf
What emerges, along with a fascinating discussion on the work of artists such as El Greco, Cézanne, Goya, de la Tour, Titian, Courbet, Mantegna, Hopper, Newman and Richter amongst others, is an insight into Tuymans’ own creative process, and how the great art of the past inspired and motivated him.
Article date: Friday, June 29, 2018
Art of the Year - 1978
Untitled (for you Leo, in long respect and affection), Dan Flavin, Fluorescent lights and metal fixtures - Art of the Year 1978.
Article date: Wednesday, June 27, 2018
10 Questions: Ewa Axelrad
Ewa Axelrad’s works have rather a distinct quality; simultaneously managing to attract and discomfort the viewer. Whilst realising that one is confronted with ideas that will likely cause unease, there is something in the material and formality of the works that compels the viewer to keep staring.
Article date: Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Presidential Museums and Libraries: Special Focus on the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum
ArtDependence Magazine has collaborated with some of the most renowned Presidential Museums and Libraries in the United States to learn about how they conserve and collect artifacts and objects of historical and scientific importance for research and public presentation.
