Tom Sachs, Crawler (2003), all photos via Andrea Nguyen for Art Observed

The group exhibition Space Age, which closed yesterday at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac in Paris-Pantin, took up all four of the gallery’s spacious halls to examine historical and commissioned works by twenty contemporary artists, drawing on the astrological, the exploratory, and the untapped potential of outer space.  The artworks on view explored one of humanity’s most archaic collective dreams: the conquest of the skies and the immersion in the cosmos.

James Rosenquist, An Intrinsic Existence (2015), via Art Observed (more…)

The Swiss artist Not Vital has announced plans to purchase Schloss Tarasp, a twelfth-century castle located in the Swiss Alps, for $8 million.  As part of the purchase, the artist has agreed to keep the castle’s museum publicly accessible until at least 2030.  (more…)