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AO ON SITE: 60th Venice Biennale “Foreigners Everywhere”

April 30th, 2024

Movimento dos Artistas Huni Kuin at Venice Biennale 2024

Movimento dos Artistas Huni Kuin at Venice Biennale 2024

The 60th International Art Exhibition, known as the Venice Biennale, is set to run from April 20 to November 24, 2024. This year’s theme, “Stranieri Ovunque” or “Foreigners Everywhere,” is curated by Adriano Pedrosa, marking a significant milestone as the first South American curator of the Biennale Arte. The event is hosted at Venice’s historic Giardini and Arsenale venues, which have been central to the Biennale since its earliest editions. The theme explores the concepts of intersectionality, displacement, and the reevaluation of geographical margins in the art world. 
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London- Yoko Ono at Tate Modern

March 28th, 2024

Yoko Ono at Tate Modern4

Yoko Ono at Tate Modern

“Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind” exhibition at Tate Modern, is on until September 1st and is an expansive journey through Yoko Ono’s artistic legacy, blending music, installations, photography, and interactive performance art. This landmark showcase, the UK’s most extensive collection of Ono’s work, spans her groundbreaking contributions from the early 1950s to today, highlighting her role as a pioneer in avant-garde art circles worldwide.

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Skarstedt London: Jeff Koons

March 12th, 2024

Koons at Skarstedt

Koons at Skarstedt

From 1st March to 25th May 2024, Skarstedt’s London Gallery presents a solo exhibition featuring the work of American artist Jeff Koons. The show includes five mural-sized paintings crafted between 2001 and 2013 drawn from Koons’ series: Easyfun-Ethereal, Antiquity, and Popeye.
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Ross Bleckner

Ross Bleckner image via www.lococofineart.com

[image via www.lococofineart.com]

Ross Bleckner (born May 12, 1949) is an American artist. Ross Bleckner was born in New York City. Bleckner grew up in Hewlett, New York and graduated from George W. Hewlett High School in 1967. He has a B.A. from New York University (1971) and an M.F.A. from the California Institute of the Arts (1973). He is the youngest gay artist ever to have a solo exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York.

[Bio via Wikipedia Entry]

Shared, Derived- oil on linen, 2004 image via www.palmspringslife.com

Shared, Derived- oil on linen, 2004

[image via www.palmspringslife.com]

Meditation (Pre-Interpretation)- oil/linen 2007 image via www.maryboonegallery.com

Meditation (Pre-Interpretation)- oil on linen, 2007

[image via www.maryboonegallery.com]

Falling Birds- oil on linen, 1994 image via www.maryboonegallery.com

Falling Birds- oil on linen, 1994 image via www.maryboonegallery.com

Inheritance (B.M.A.P.)- oil on linen, 2003 image via www.maryboonegallery.com

Inheritance (B.M.A.P.)- oil on linen, 2003

[image via www.maryboonegallery.com]


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