C.A.N. Condensed
May 17th, 2010
- Museu d'art Contemporani de Barcelona presents With a Probability of Being Seen through October 12, 2010. The exhibition is centered around Konrad Fischer, the artist, gallerist, collector and curator, and allows the museum to study the "social, political and economic forces that shape artistic production and its effect upon a broad international community." Read more about the exhibit on E-Flux.com.
- The Oakland Museum of California has always worked to engage the public, but now with a renovation the museum is rethinking its strategy for public interaction. Read up on NYTimes.com.
- Starting May 22, 2010 the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen presents work by three contemporary artists: Atelier van Lieshout, Olafur Eliasson, and Thomas Demand. The exhibit includes over 25 photographs and installation pieces that include the former Submarine Wharf. Check it out here.
- Spring art auctions have come to an end and prices are up over the last few years. Sales nearly tripled last year's total, but some artists barely participated. The Wall Street Journal reports who's up and who's down in the art market.
L&M Arts will exhibit Alexander Calder and Yves Tanguy together in Between Surrealism and Abstraction. Calder and Tanguy have been friends and neighbors, but this is the first time their works have been combined in a significant show. Although different in style, both artists have used biomorphism in their work, adding an element of compatibility. Read more about the show and the artists on NYTimes.com.- Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea presents In Search of the Miraculous, works by Bas Jan Ader, May 28-September 5, 2010. Ader was part of the first generation of conceptual artists in Los Angeles during the 1970s. The show brings together works from when Ader set out by boat to "challenge nature and its ultimate consequences." His boat was found partly submerged months later at a fishing grounds. Learn more here.
