Rose Art Museum display justifies the passions Nov 5, 2009
sz, Weegee, and Walker Evans rub shoulders with larger works by an all-star contemporary cast: Cindy Sherman, Gregory Crewdson, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Nan Goldin, Sally Mann, Richard Prince, and Matthew Barney. But if you think all that sounds good, it s in the neighboring Lois Foster wing, a large and beautiful space that was added to the museum s original building in 2001, that at last we get a hearty dollop of the Rose s tremendous postwar holdings: one after the other, sensational works by... (Boston Globe)
ART + AUCTION Is Celebrating Its 30th Anniversary 1979 - 2009 Sep 5, 2009
Among the events and people highlighted: the once astounding $82 million van Gogh, the embattled auction head Simon de Pury, the Getty's indicted former director Marion True, the Gallic art world magnates Francois Pinault and Bernard Arnault, the late photography collector Samuel Wagstaff, the artist and shape-shifter Matthew Barney, and, of course, Andy Warhol. Louise Blouin, president of Louise Blouin Media, concurs. (PR Newswire)
* [ART JOURNAL] Acts of devotion Jul 22, 2009
And in fact she also takes, and exhibits, photos of her friends; Marc Jacobs, Chloe Sevigny, Matthew Barney, Olafur Eliasson, faces skimmed from social occasions. The curator of a recent show called these somewhat insouciant (and often poorly exposed) shots acts of devotion, which is striking precisely because this is the exact claim people always make for her paintings. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Matthew Day Jackson exhibit presents powerful themes via iconic images May 29, 2009
Jackson's themes, like those of the better known Matthew Barney (the two artists have some overlapping concerns), are big. Human striving, the evolution of technology under military pressure, Faustian pacts, the Tree of Knowledge, the Tower of Babel, the Dialectic of Enlightenment, Manifest Destiny - it's all in there. (Boston Globe)
Artists over 33 need not apply Mar 11, 2009
Jasper Johns painted his first flag at 24; Matthew Barney had his first group show at 23; Eva Hesse burst into the scene when she was just 25. While other ambitious survey exhibitions in New York tend to focus primarily on American artists, or those working in this country, "Younger Than Jesus" is international in scope. (International Herald Tribune)
Celebrating Contemporary Art Week - Travelers Fine Art Insurance Reminds Exhibitors, Gallery Owners and Dealers to Protect their Investment Mar 3, 2009
Find Matthew Barney Contemporary Art exhibition info at SFMOMA.org. www. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
HUGO BOSS PRIZE 2008: EMILY JACIR Feb 12, 2009
Since its inception in 1996, the prize has been awarded to American artist Matthew Barney (1996), Scottish artist Douglas Gordon (1998), Slovenian artist Marjetica Potr (2000), French artist Pierre Huyghe (2002), Thai artist Rirkrit Tiravanija (2004), and British artist Tacita Dean (2006) ... In addition to THE HUGO BOSS PRIZE, the company has helped to make possible the retrospectives of Matthew Barney, Georg Baselitz, Ross Bleckner, Francesco Clemente, Frank Gehry, Ellsworth Kelly, Robert... (AbsoluteArts.com)
