Article date: Sunday, March 29, 2015
Body language is perhaps the most honest kind of communication - an interview with Peter Demetz
Peter Demetz, who lives and works in Italy, uses lime wood to create incredibly life-like figures set against neutral, minimal backgrounds. The detailing of his works push his chosen material, wood, to its maximum potential, achieving the illusions of movement and warmth.
Article date: Wednesday, March 25, 2015
The New York Sale
Sotheby's is delighted to hold an auction celebrating New York City.
Article date: Wednesday, March 25, 2015
There is a lot going on in all my paintings - Clive Head interview
Clive Head, one of the leading British painters of his generation, is recognized for his urban realist paintings, which depict the common urban environment, like entrances to the London Underground or the scene of a simple café, as well as cityscapes from some the most well known destinations in the world like New York, Moscow, Prague, Rome, Paris, and, of course, his favorite city London.
Article date: Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Guaranteed 140.000.000 dollar bid for Picasso's Les Femmes d’Alger
Pablo Picasso’s Les femmes d’Alger (Version “O”) will be among the star lots featured at Christie’s New York this Spring.
Article date: Monday, March 23, 2015
The Ring (Engagement) by Roy Lichtenstein
On 12 May 2015 Sotheby’s New York will present Roy Lichtenstein’s 1962 comic book masterpiece The Ring (Engagement) in the Contemporary Art Evening Sale. Estimate in the region of $50 million.
Article date: Friday, March 20, 2015
IS beheads beacons of civilization
As the wave of destruction and violence continues to run rampant through Iraq and Syria, Artdependence Magazine will talk to as many actors as possible, individuals who have some involvement or knowledge on these issues.
Article date: Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin
The Blanton Museum of Art has announced that it will acquire and construct Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin, a 73 x 60 foot stone building to be sited on the grounds of the Blanton at The University of Texas at Austin.
Article date: Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Singularity, Albert Serra’s new project for Venice Biennale
Albert Serra will present Singularity, a project commissioned by the Institut Ramon Llull as the Catalan participation at Venice Biennale, curated by Chus Martínez. The filmmaker previewed this in-development project in London in occasion of his retrospective at Tate Modern.
Article date: Tuesday, March 17, 2015
How do you see the future of photography? - anticipating Photo London
Following our interview with Michael Benson, director of Photo London, the first edition of which will take place May 21-24 at Somerset House, we asked several galleries to share with us their views on the future of photography, both as an art and as a contemporary medium of self-expression, whose popularity and accessibility has only become more prevalent.
Article date: Saturday, March 14, 2015
"Warhol was an innovator, first and foremost" - an interview with Eric Shiner, Director of the Andy Warhol Museum
The Andy Warhol Museum is the largest museum in the United States dedicated to a single artist. Its collection consists of the artist’s entire estate – hundreds upon hundreds of prints, tapes, sculptures, photographs, and every other work in any other medium that Warhol incorporated in his artistic practices.
Article date: Monday, March 9, 2015
Eileen Kaminsky, a story of 25 years collecting
In 1990 Eileen Kaminsky began her journey into art collecting. Her passion for art turned into a passion for artists, and collecting became less an assemblage of works and more an interaction, a relationship, with artists. This inspired her to establish the Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation.
Article date: Friday, February 27, 2015
Welcome to Gaza - a video from Banksy
A new video made by Banksy
Article date: Friday, February 27, 2015
UNESCO mobilizes to prevent the further destruction of heritage at the hands of ISIS
Artdependence reports: UNESCO mobilizes to prevent the further destruction of heritage at the hands of ISIS.
Article date: Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Labour’s plan addresses young people about art
Ed Miliband lays out Labour’s plan to guarantee all young people get the chance to learn about, enjoy and contribute to our country’s culture.
Article date: Sunday, February 22, 2015
RICHARD PRINCE Untitled (cowboy), 1986
RICHARD PRINCE Untitled (cowboy), 1986 on CONTEMPORARY ART & DESIGN EVENING SALE NEW YORK PHILLIPS AUCTION 3 MARCH 2015 6PM
Article date: Thursday, February 19, 2015
Under the Same Sky | Shilpa Gupta interview
In an era where intimacy has become a new technology, Gupta counters such franchised interests, by contextualising the lives of the individual, as they manage less to strive but to survive the altering condition of modernity.
Article date: Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Rose Frantzen's installation "Portrait of Maquoketa"
The Figge Art Museum recently purchased Rose Frantzen's Portrait of Maquoketa, a multifaceted portrayal of her home town of 6100 people, located in eastern Iowa.
Article date: Monday, February 16, 2015
"I try to create a place of disorientation" - interview with Kehinde Wiley
In anticipation of the upcoming exhibition Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic at the Brooklyn Museum, Artdependence Magazine reached out to the artist with several questions about his work, his models, and the hidden meanings behind his paintings.
Article date: Thursday, February 12, 2015
“I always play with my origins” – interview with Berna Reale
Berna Reale was born in 1965 in Belém, city located in the State of Pará in North Brazil. Recently invited by Luis Camilo Osorio and Cauê Alves to exhibit at the Brazilian Pavillion in the next Biennale de Venezia, she is one of the most prominent Brazilian artists at the moment.
Article date: Sunday, February 8, 2015
New technology brings Van Gogh to life: an interview with academy award winning producer Hugh Welchman
If one thing is clear, it’s that Vincent van Gogh continues to inspire. In this case, he has inspired the creation of the world’s first feature-length painted animation, “Loving Vincent”, produced by Oscar winning film companies Breakthru Films and Trademark Film.
