Dozens of biographies have been written about Charles Darwin, one of the most influential thinkers in history. Now, for the first time, his life is portrayed pictorially in an illustrated biography in graphic novel-style for all ages to enjoy—especially younger readers. Darwin’s 1859 groundbreaking treatise On the Origin of Species […]
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The Fundacion Cisneros/Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (FC/CPPC) announces the launch on February 20, 2013, of the e-book versions of its acclaimed series CONVERSACIONES/CONVERSATIONS. Carlos Cruz-Diez in Conversation with Ariel Jiménez The series was first published in print format in 2010, under an imprint created by the FC/CPPC to support […]
This month, Artforum shines a light on the art of postwar Japan—and its contemporary repercussions. On the occasion of the major New York exhibitions “Gutai: Splendid Playground,” opening this month at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and “Tokyo 1955–1970: A New Avant-Garde,” at the Museum of Modern Art, six distinguished […]
Regular readers of The Exhibitionist will find several significant changes in Issue 7, including a new section, “Six x Six,” in which six curators have been invited to send short texts about what they feel are the top six exhibitions since 1945. The diversity of selections from Iwona Blazwick, Jeffrey […]
Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair brings together artists’ books, catalogs, monographs, periodicals, and zines presented by more than 200 international presses, booksellers, antiquarians, artists, and independent publishers from twenty countries. Hours and Location The LA Art Book Fair is free and open to the public. Opening: Thursday, January 31, […]
Zine World is a Fair within a Fair at Printed Matter’s LA ART BOOK FAIR, open February 1–3, 2013. ZINE WORLD is a super-sized subsection of the LA ART BOOK FAIR, featuring more than 80 zinesters from home and abroad: Adam Villacin, ANAL, billy ocallaghan, Brown Griffin, Cinders, COMBO, Dale […]
Highlights include: – Marco Livingstone and Allen Jones on Lichtenstein, as well as Nathan Dunne on the making of Whaam! – Paul Farley on Kurt Schwitters – Jon Savage on David Bowie and T Rex in Glam! At Tate Liverpool – John-Paul Stonard on European Pop Art – Penelope Curtis, […]
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) is pleased to announce the publication of Engagement Party: Social Practice at MOCA, 2008–2012. This comprehensive, fully illustrated examination of the artworks created during the run of MOCA’s influential Engagement Party program is the first museum publication to deal in-depth with the […]
Józef Robakowski. My Own Cinema is a new publication portraying a precursor of the film neo-avant-garde and the co-creator of the video art scene in Poland. An artist whose image combines that of an experimenter and media analyst with those of an anarchistic neo-Dadaist and self-declared nihilist; heir to the […]
Now available for iPad, the frieze app contains specially commissioned films, audio clips and slide-shows, as well as all the regular frieze features and reviews enhanced by additional visuals. Exclusively commissioned content for the January/February issue of the app includes a video interview with legendary avant-garde filmmaker Jonas Mekas. A […]