The business behind the arts Sep 13, 2009
Liebmann approached William Kentridge as a core tenant and he bought a large space which was converted into a contemporary functional studio designed by architect Bryan Dunston ... It obviously didn't take much encouragement to get people from the northern suburbs to attend the opening of the William Kentridge and Marguerite Stephens exhibiton. (Business Report, South Africa)
Time for a heart to art Mar 28, 2009
In the past few years it has bought many works by international artists including Bill Viola, Jeff Wall, Yinka Shonibare, William Kentridge, and with the help of the State Government-backed Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, works by home-grown artists such as Ron Mueck, Ricky Swallow, Emily Floyd, David Rosetzky, Patricia Piccinini and Daniel Von Sturmer. The problem is that it doesn't seem to be exhibiting contemporary art with the verve and commitment that marked the... (The Age, Australia)
Man of Constant Sorrow Mar 22, 2009
Felix Crying, William Kentridge, 1998-99 William Kentridge / Museum of Modern Art, N. Y. ... If it does, this will be a very good moment for William Kentridge, anguished moralist ... Kentridge is a South African whose star has been quietly rising for more than a decade, years when his drawings and animated films made him a favorite of the art-festival circuit and he began designing opera productions in Europe and the U.S. But the sober-minded man we meet in "William Kentridge: Five Themes," a... (Time.com)
What the nose knows of an artist's hand Mar 18, 2009
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York A 1998 self-portrait of the artist William Kentridge in a show at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ... In new film projections created by the artist William Kentridge for his staging of Shostakovich's 1930 opera version of "The Nose" next year, the nose has even more adventures. (International Herald Tribune)
Public Defender Adachi back as director Mar 9, 2009
Kenneth Baker takes a look at the William Kentridge exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, providing some interesting observations from the artist (Page 20). For something a little out of the ordinary, check out Delfin Vigil's two stories about posthumous musical success (Page 22). (San Francisco Chronicle)
HUGO BOSS PRIZE 2008: EMILY JACIR Feb 12, 2009
Previous finalists have been Laurie Anderson, Janine Antoni, Stan Douglas, Cai Guo Qiang, and Yasumasa Morimura in 1996; Huang Yong Ping, William Kentridge, Lee Bul, Pipilotti Rist, and Lorna Simpson in 1998; Vito Acconci, Maurizio Cattelan, Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset, Tom Friedman, Barry Le Va, and Tunga in 2000; Francis Als, Olafur Eliasson, Hachiya Kazuhiko, Koo Jeong-a, and Anri Sala in 2002; Franz Ackermann, Rivane Neuenschwander, Jeroen de Rijke and Willem de Rooij, Simon... (AbsoluteArts.com)
Peter Schjeldahl: A Marlene Dumas retrospective. Feb 8, 2009
In common with the draftsman and animator William Kentridge, another white South African of political bent, Dumas channels a direly exotic heritage of collective guilt and personally redemptive anger. She adds to it an element of truculent but breezy feminism, often expressed in her lively writing. (New Yorker)
