June 2011 Blog Posts (300)

by Rebecca Bedrossian

The winners of our 52nd Photography Competition are now online! As to what you’ll see, Leslie dela Vega, director of photography at Fast Company, says, “What I saw in two days [of judging]…

conceptual, more graphic, thought-provoking imagery.”

One hundred and sixty-five projects selected from 5,500 entries—no small feat for the judges. Photographer Mimi Haddon notes that during the judging, “There were many moments of strange…

At last Wednesday’s public performance on the DUMBO Archway’s pop-up Sing for Hope piano, both the instrument and the musician were outfitted in a crochet suit.

Prize-winning pianist Elaine Kwon (who lives on the Upper West Side but “loves” Brooklyn), gave a mid-morning performace under the Archway in head-to-toe crochet on the hard-to-miss piano designed by Olek, the South Slope-based Polish crochet artist.

The piano is one of 88 across the city — the same number of keys found…

Burt’s Bees offers earth-friendly, natural personal care products in the US and nearly 20 markets worldwide. In this online campaign, Durham, North Carolina-based Baldwin& animated a 90-second, stop-motion, musical short (with original music) about tinted lip balms with shea butter using tinted lip balms with shea butter. Titled…

By Marian Masone

Make no mistake: the Cannes Film Festival is the holy grail of festivals and film markets. Obtaining a spot in one of this festival’s sections is special indeed. Since many artists and media-makers reside in the borough, Brooklyn is always represented at Cannes, and this year was no exception.

In fact, the festival opened with Midnight in Paris by Brooklyn native Woody Allen. This was not the first time an Allen film opened the festival; his comedy…

This showcase couples exclusive interviews with five California architects and Juergen Nogai’s crisp imagery to create a source of inspiration and a celebration of great design.
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Anja Kirschner and David Panos, “The Empty Plan,” 2010.

Film Still.

© Anja Kirschner and David Panos.

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart

29 June–9 October 2011

In the series “Open Stores”, the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart invites artists to work with its collection. The series takes its starting points from…

Roman Ondák, “Enter the Orbit,” 2011.

96 versions of Sputnik 1 made by the artist and his friends.

The last six weeks on Art Agenda have been busy. We have an array of reviews on the great summer art events—Quinn Latimer, Vivian Rehberg and J.J. Charlesworth on Art Basel; Michèle Faguet on “based in Berlin”; Adam…

Running 4–6 November, Artissima 18 brings together under one roof an outstanding selection of cutting-edge contemporary art galleries and an experimental curatorial programme. For the second consecutive year, the fair takes place in one single venue: the impeccable Oval pavilion. Artissima’s traditional…

Cy Twombly, “Hero and Leandro,” 1985.

202 x 254cm.*

29 June–25 September 2011

Dulwich Picture Gallery is proud to announce a revelatory exhibition of the work of Cy Twombly and Nicolas Poussin. Organised to celebrate the Bicentenary of the Gallery, this major show will explore, for the…

“A History of Modern Music.” We saw it on DesignTAXI. Nice.

What’s next? A restaurant projects food onto diners’ plates as part of an interactive ordering system.

AIGA’s Richard Grefe asks, “What’s the harm in…

by Rory Kurtz

What’s one thing you wish you knew when you started your career? To quit being so bloody hard on my own work. Other people will do that for me.…

Innovation, creativity, elegance and excellence are part of the DNA of the Blanc brand and Spain-based Neosbrand reflected on those qualities in the design of its new packaging. Blanc entered the luxury foods market with the launch of its Pearls of Aphrodite caviar; it recently extended its family of delicacies to include olive oil, cookies with edible gold leaf and champagne…

Playing off of the geometry inherent in its name, this site combines cubes in various ways to present and relate the diverse content on this architecture firm’s Web site.
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I Look Up And Wonder

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I stay up late and

wonder

when a solution will be

found.



There is a lesson 

in

sitting alone and finding…

Ibrahima Kébé, “Conseil de famille” (familly meeting), 2011.

Acrylic on canvas, 46x60cm.

Photo by Mamadou Gomis.

Courtesy the artist.

Raw Material Company

28 June–7 September 2011

Ibrahima Kébé fills the exhibition space at Raw Material Company with his first solo show in a decade. The…

 (Wooden sculpture by Thomas Rees, Freiburg-Kappel on the way to Kammelenberg, above lovely Kappel)

The Silence of Existence I…

Anetta Mona Chi?a and Lucia Tká?ová, still from “Manifesto of the Futurist Woman (Let’s Conclude),” 2008.*

1 July–5 September 2011

The Power Plant is pleased to present Rearview Mirror, an exhibition that brings together the work of a new generation of artists from Central and Eastern…

Elmgreen & Dragset, “New Blood,” 2011.

Polyester resin and marble, dispensing system, artificial blood, 150 x 140 x 190 cm.

Copyright: Elmgreen & Dragset.

The Fundació Joan Miró, MARCO, Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, and the ArtAids Foundation present You Are Not Alone, an…