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New York: Jeppe Hein ‘All We Need is Inside‘ at 303 Gallery Through May 30th, 2015

Monday, May 25th, 2015


Jeppe Hein, All We Need Is Inside (Installation View)
Jeppe Hein, All We Need Is Inside (Installation View), all photos via Art Observed

Currently on view at 303 GalleryAll We Need is Inside continues Jeppe Hein’s unique combination of reflective, sculptural and painterly works, investigating the powerful and playful combination of art and personal dialogue. The new show is a strong presentation of the artist’s approach to the act of interaction and the phenomenology of viewing art, and plays on notions of calming minimalism while incorporating immersive, challenging works throughout. (more…)

New York – Constantin Brancusi: “Brancusi in New York” at Paul Kasmin Gallery Through January 11th, 2013

Friday, November 15th, 2013


Constantin Brancusi, Mademoiselle Pogany II (1925-2006), via Daniel Creahan for Art Observed

In 1913, Constantin Brancusi sent 5 sculptures to the now-infamous Armory Show, gently loping sculptural works that set the stage for the revolutionary sculptural abstractions that would change the face of contemporary art for good.  It was the beginning of a long and occasionally rocky relationship with the United States, including a defining court case in which the artist successfully proved his work’s position as art, and breaking the long-held definition of an artwork asbased on a model or subject, opening the door for the proliferation of American abstraction. (more…)

Anish Kapoor’s “Sky Mirror” Finds a Home with the Dallas Cowboys

Saturday, October 12th, 2013

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has unveiled the newest addition to his publicly displayed art collection, Sky Mirror, the $10 million work by Anish Kapoor, which alters the viewer’s perception of height through an enormous slanted mirror.  The 23-ton work has traveled the world, but will finally settle into a permanent home at the Cowboy’s AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX.  “The pictures didn’t do it justice, it’s just beautiful,” Jones said.

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