KunStart 08
fascinating cultural calendar is coming to Bolzano, the capital city of South Tyrol, in late spring 2008. This modern multicultural center, located at the crossroads of Italy, Austria and Germany, is preparing itself to inaugurate the 5th edition of KUNSTART -the Modern and Contemporary Art Fair- at the new and prestigious MUSEION.
May 22, 2008 at 09:38 - discussion - info+

That's Great - Ron Galella
Ron Galella brought the work of the paparazzi, that step child of photojournalism, into the public eye, and with it the celebrity culture. With this exhibition "That's Great" we enter the world of Andy Warhol and his circle wich encompassed the celebrity, fashion, art, and social work of New York in the 1970's and 80's.
May 21, 2008 at 09:31 - discussion - info+

Courant D'air Virginie Litzler
Litzler’s work examines the position of the body within the urban environment. Corners, edges, ledges, walls and facades of buildings provide a surface of support to her figures, which try to hold themselves to these extremities in a bid to maintain stability.
May 20, 2008 at 09:51 - discussion - info+

Kenneth Van Sickle Retrospective
From the over fifty-year work of this important New York photographer and cinematographer, a rare intensity and refinement emerge. Kenneth van Sickle (1932 - ) is known for his atmospheric images engendered by the ubiquitous urban bohemia of Paris and New York.
May 19, 2008 at 10:44 - discussion - info+

Alex Prager - The Big Valley
Cinematic and darkly playful, The Big Valley is a series of highly saturated staged portraits by Los Angeles based artist, Alex Prager. For her first solo UK exhibition this entirely new work will be shown alongside photographs from her high-successful Polyester series.
May 16, 2008 at 09:17 - discussion - info+

Patrick Lichfield (1939-2005)
Patrick Lichfield’s photography has graced the world’s media for over forty years. We are thrilled to announce the first-ever selling show of his remarkable work. Lichfield’s archive is a rich seam of culturally important photography, much of which has become synonymous with our perception of the celebrated and fashionable in the late 20th century.
May 16, 2008 at 09:13 - discussion - info+

Simon Willems: Cloud Music
Mark Moore Gallery is pleased to present new work from British painter Simon Willems. Taking its title from the name given to New Age meditation music, Cloud Music will act to expand on earlier themes within Willems’ work that pertain to the notion of, as he terms it, “contemporary vulnerability”.
May 15, 2008 at 10:03 - discussion - info+

Brit Art of the Sixties
'Swinging London' was seen as the epicentre of everything trendy, progressive and inspirational during the 1960s - mini skirts, mini cars, Mary Quant, the King's Road, Carnaby Street, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and an explosion of colour and youth culture made for heady times, and the art of the period was no less radical, showing an extraordinary level of innovation and diversity.
May 14, 2008 at 08:29 - discussion - info+

Arno Rafael Minkkinen Photographies
I consider myself to be a documentary photographer. If you see my arms coming up from under the snow, I am under the snow. I treat the medium the same way a street shooter does. What happens in front of my camera happens in reality. There are no double exposures, no digital manipulations.
May 13, 2008 at 10:51 - discussion - info+