September 19, 2004
Around the web and around the world
Here is a Sunday post meant to mention a few shows and websites that I missed on Friday and Saturday.
First, today's openings in New York: Beth Brideau is opening this afternoon at Southfirst, who will celebrate by having the first of their autumn Sunday Readings; Rita McBride's "Exhibition" and two group shows open at SculptureCenter. And elsewhere: Lothar Baumgarten's "Carbon" opens at the Dallas Museum of Art (which has a pretty new website); a solo show of new work by Scottish artist Martin Boyce, titled "Dark Reflections," opens at the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum in Krefeld, Germany; "Performative Architecture" opens at the Gallery for Contemporary Art in Leipzig; Shahzia Sikander's "Nemsis" and "Bottle: Contemporary Art and Vernacular Tradition" both open at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Connecticut; and "Some Forgotten Place," the newest Matrix series exhibition, opens at the Berkeley Art Museum.
I know it seems like I am linking to way too many exhibitions, but believe me when I say that this is an edited list. There is far more out there, and I believe that each exhibition I link to is likely to have some merit. My criteria is simply: "Would I be interested in seeing it?"
Also on Sunday: For people in LA: Hans-Ulrich Obrist will be signing his new book of interviews at MOCA beginning at 2pm.
Now, to pick up a few things I missed: Cecily Brown just opened an exhibition of new paintings at Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin; Tacita Dean opened an exhibition of new work at Frith Street Gallery in London; Steve McQueen has just opened a slide-projection-and-audio piece at the South London Gallery; the Yves Klein retrospective has just opened at the Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt; Finnish artist Mari Sunna's second solo at The Approach in London has just opened; and, last but not least, Los Angeles-based artist Edgar Arceneux has just opened a show at Galerie Kamm in Berlin.