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What the FRAC?

by Abraham Ritchie
Lida Abdul, Élisabeth Ballet, Yves Bélorgey, Jeff Carter, Jordi Colomer, François Dallegret, herman de vries, Peter Downsbrough, Philippe Durand, Jimmie Durham, Simon Faithfull, Didier Fuiza Faustino, Cao Fei, Robert Filliou, Elise Florenty, Yona Friedman, Dora Garcia, Ben Hall, Séverine Hubard, Stefan Kern, Bertrand Lamarche, Vincent Lamouroux, Mark Leckey, Didier Marcel, François Morellet, Sarah Morris, Juan Muñoz, Stéphanie Nava, Berdaguer & Péjus, Philippe Ramette, Sara Schnadt, Kristina Solomoukha, Tatiana Trouvé, Hui-Min Tsen, Marie Voignier, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Stephen Wetzel, Raphaël Zarka at Hyde Park Art Center May 23rd, 2010 - August 8th, 2010
Posted 7/12/10

While the United States continues to debate how art should be publicly funded, or as so often the case is, not funded or de-funded, France has no such confusion. “Spatial City: An Architecture of Idealism” at the Hyde Park Art Center (HPAC) draws on the FRAC Collections, FRAC standing for French Regional Contemporary Art Collections, which are essentially contemporary art collections owned and purchased by certain regions of France. The focus here is on artists working in France... [more]

The Art World According to Shaq

by Charlie Schultz
Conrad Bakker, Delia Brown, Don Brown, Maurizio Cattelan, JINKYUNG CHONG, Chuck Close, Cathy de Monchaux, Richard Dupont, Joe Fig, Tom Friedman, Franz Gertsch, Andreas Gursky, Tim Hawkinson, BRIAN JUNGEN, ANSELM KIEFER, Jeff Koons, Dr. Lakra, Charles LeDray, Peter Max, Juan Muñoz, Ron Mueck, Richard Patterson, Evan Penny, Richard Pettibone, Elizabeth Peyton, Paul Pfeiffer, Richard Phillips, Charles Ray, James Rieck, Thomas Ruff, Cindy Sherman, Yinka Shonibare, Ken Solomon, Tomoaki Suzuki, Robert Therrien, Jim Torok, Inez van Lamsweerde, Mark Wagner, Corban Walker, Willard Wigan, Kehinde Wiley, Fred Wilson, Ivan Witenstein, Lisa Yuskavage at FLAG Art Foundation February 19th, 2010 - May 27th, 2010
Posted 2/28/10

It may be obvious that curators in the art world would appear pretty ridiculous even attempting to moonlight as professional basketball players, but the reverse, it turns out, is not true: professional basketball players can, in fact, moonlight as curators. The Flag Art Foundation is responsible for revealing this perplexity, and the show Size DOES Matter, curated by Cleveland Cavalier Shaquille O’Neal, proves that pro-ball players do not play the curation game like curators do. This i... [more]

The Secret Worlds of Juan Muñoz

by Frances Guerin
Juan Muñoz at Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía April 22nd, 2009 - August 31st, 2009
Posted 8/20/09

Unfortunately, all the galleries in Madrid were closed last weekend in obeyance of the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. But fortunately, the city is so rich in art that there was still plenty to see. The pick of the current exhibitions has to be the Juan Muñoz. Retrospective at the magnificent Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofia. If you missed the exhibition in London, then you are in luck, because I can think of few better museums in the world in which to wander, both indoors... [more]

Juan Muñoz- Humanity reconquered
by Stéphanie Bliard
Juan Muñoz at Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía April 22nd, 2009 - August 31st, 2009
Posted 5/29/09

Walking around in the Juan Muñoz exhibition is like a journey with strange people whispering, reading, looking or laughing. Silence and at the same time, conversation and loudness, are self-evident and exceed from the spaces. Although he died quite young, Munoz acquired a particular artistic language. Visitors have to develop a real contact with the strangely displayed pieces to penetrate the artist’s world and make it their own. Scenography plays an important role in understandin... [more]