Andy Warhol, "Shadows I"
• On June 18 the Brooklyn Museum will debut
Andy Warhol: The Last Decade, the first US exhibition to focus on the final chapters of the artist’s forty-year career. Included will be Warhol’s translation of da Vinci’s
Last Supper, self-portraiture, and examples of his return to abstraction in the
Oxidations and
Shadows series. Read more at
Art Knowledge News.
• The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is teaming up with YouTube to find the most innovative and exceptional talent in the realm of online video with
YouTube Play. A Biennial of Creative Video. A jury of experts in the arts and entertainment fields will select up to twenty video works to be simultaneously presented at the Guggenheim in Berlin, Bilbao, and Venice. Check out the full story at
ArtForum.
"Bench Around the Lake" by Jeppe Hein, at 100 Acres.
• SITE Santa Fe, a not-for-profit contemporary arts organization, will open their Eighth International Biennial on June 20. Titled
The Dissolve, the biennial will survey “a striking creative development found in contemporary art: the synthesis of the handmade with the high-tech.” 26 works by 30 international artists will be shown, alongside early 20th century historical animations. Go to
e-flux for more.
• Next week will see the opening of 100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park, an outdoor collection of temporary, site-specific works located on the grounds of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Unlike the objects inside the museum, these works invite the public to touch, climb upon, and generally experience them in a physical manner. Read a full review at
NYTimes.com.
