10 Opening Exhibitions to Watch
10 Opening Exhibitions to Watch
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Nov 05, 2014
Odd Volumes: Book Art from the Allan Chasanoff Collection
at Yale University Art Gallery
New Haven, CT, USA
Nov 07, 14 - Feb 01, 15
Drawn from a major collection given to the Gallery by Allan Chasanoff, B.A. 1961, Odd Volumes showcases a selection of experimental and innovative works of book art from the 1960s to the present. This student-curated exhibition considers the transformation of books into sculptural objects from multiple perspectives: the history of book art, the relationship between form and content, and the interaction between the viewer and the work. Featuring approximately 100 works by more than 80 artists, including acclaimed figures such as Olafur Eliasson, Yoko Ono, and Dieter Roth, this exhibition offers a rare opportunity to discover the world of book art. read more...
Derren Brown: Paintings and Photographs
at Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery, Conway Street
London, UK
Nov 07, 14 - Nov 29, 14
The Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery presents an exciting exhibition from an illusionist who has turned away from the paranormal to explore and celebrate the richness of the everyday. After a two-year break, Derren Brown has created a new series of portraits in his unmistakable style. Many aspects of his work are driven by a delight in facsimile, the fake masquerading as the truth. read more...
Eyes on Quebec: Treasures from the Andr茅e Rh茅aume Fitzhenry and Robert Fitzhenry Collection
at The McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Kleinburg, ON, Canada
Nov 08, 14 - Feb 01, 15
The McMichael Canadian Art Collection, which was founded on the vision of Robert and Signe McMichael, nurtures a strong interest in capturing and celebrating the stories of private collectors. Eyes on Quebec: Treasures from the Andr茅e Rh茅aume Fitzhenry and Robert Fitzhenry Collection celebrates the story of two Canadian collectors and their passionate commitment to art and art education in Canada. Paying tribute to Andr茅e Rh茅aume Fitzhenry and Robert Fitzhenry鈥檚 special interest in the art of Quebec, the exhibition features approximately sixty works, including works from the permanent collection of the McMichael, which represent a broad range of paintings by Cornelius Krieghoff, Marc-Aur猫le de Foy Suzor-Cot茅, Helen McNicoll, Marc-Aur猫le Fortin, Clarence Gagnon, Robert Pilot, Jean Paul Riopelle, and Jean-Paul Lemieux, to whom an entire gallery in the exhibition read more...
Secret Signs
at Deichtorhallen
Hamburg, Germany
Nov 08, 14 - Feb 08, 15
The Deichtorhallen 鈥 in cooperation with the Museum M+ in Hong Kong and the Sigg Collection housed there 鈥 will be showing an exhibition project on the topic of writing in Chinese contemporary art as a part of CHINA TIME HAMBURG 2014. Over 3,000 years old and having existed for over 2,000 years in almost unaltered form, the Chinese writing system is a phenomenon that is unique throughout the entire world. The exhibition in the Deichtorhallen shows that, from the end of the Cultural Revolution to the present, Chi- nese artists have posed the question of a Chinese identity with the theme of writing. read more...
Alexander Brodsky: Mainstream
at Triumph Gallery
Moscow, Russia
Nov 07, 14 - Nov 30, 14
The choice of title for Alexander Brodsky's new project in itself seems paradoxical. Indeed, it really would be difficult to imagine anything further from the readiness that is obligatory for the mainstream to everywhere and anywhere follow in line with others who are much the same than Brodsky's projects. Beginning with his 鈥減aper architecture鈥, where Brodsky and his colleague and friend Ilya Utkin created architectural concepts that were unimaginable in their grandiosity and elegance, in Alexander's creative laboratory there has never been, and never could be, a place for anything trivial or banal. read more...
Contemporary Istanbul 2014
at Contemporary Istanbul
Istanbul, Turkey
Nov 13, 14 - Nov 16, 14
Contemporary Istanbul will take place 13-16 November at Istanbul Congress Center (ICC) and Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre (ICEC). The leading international art fair in Turkey brings both local and international focus to the dynamic art scene in Turkey's vibrant metropolis every November.New Horizons, a section of Contemporary Istanbul which offers an annual focus of contemporary art from a selected geographic region will this year put a spotlight on China. read more...
Meng Huang: Elbow Room
at Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing
Beijing, China
Nov 08, 14 - Jan 11, 15
Galerie Urs Meile Beijing is delighted to announce our second solo exhibition by Meng Huang. As a Chinese artist who spends part of his time in Berlin, Meng Huang has embedded his perspective on history, derived from his personal experiences, into the background of his unique artworks. He is primarily a painter, but he also works in other media, such as photography and installation. read more...
Kuniyosi Ixima: Portrait
at Gallery Yamaki Fine Art
Kobe, Japan
Nov 08, 14 - Nov 29, 14
Gallery Yamaki Fine Art is excited to announce a solo exhibition of Kuniyosi Ixima. Throughout his career, Kuniyosi has been painting portraits. The subjects in his paintings mostly consist of people's bodies and faces taken from found photographs, thus are motifs of complete strangers to the artist. As he states, the expressions and atmosphere in his works 鈥渕ay be trying to catch the contentment which lies beneath the emptiness鈥. read more...
Alexander Zakharov
at AP Contemporary
Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Nov 07, 14 - Dec 12, 14
AP Contemporary proudly presents Alexander Zakharov鈥檚 solo exhibition in Hong Kong again. We will bring you his new media works in Diasec and 3D lenticular which are produced in cooperation with AP Contemporary. Russian artist, Alexander Zakharov is a recognized master of miniature, his miniature works are painted in acrylic and he allows us to see the colours and details of the original miniatures in applying a unique method of enlarging art works. He creates limited editions of prints from each original. read more...
'90' Port Jackson Press has a Stable of Over 90 Contemporary Printmakers, Showcased all Together for the First Time in this Exhibition
at Port Jackson Press Print Room
Fitzroy, Australia
Nov 07, 14 - Dec 20, 14
November will also see the gallery walls transform as we celebrate '90' of the contemporary printmakers PJP represent showcased on exhibition. For the first time all together, the finest printmakers in the country will be on view with various techniques, genres and sizes available to offer the enthusiastic collector. If you haven't yet visited the gallery this year, make sure this exhibition draws you in. read more...