A CASE FOR ART’S SAKE: THE VALUE OF HANGING ART IN ANY INTERIOR SPACE
Here are the four reasons why you should think, and think carefully, about prioritising artwork in any interior design project.
FIVE ARTISTS BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN SIGHT AND SOUND
Most artists specialize in one field and work on refining a specific set of skills. The artists mentioned below come from very different backgrounds and fields of study, but all their works prove that artists can successfully work in multiple disciplines, experiment with multi-sensory projects, and find a place in the world of contemporary art.
DO NOT TOUCH: ART AND TACTILITY
When observing artwork on the walls of museums or those of your own home, texture plays as key a role as colour, line, and form. What can a glimpse into the functions of tactile perception tell us about how we enjoy art and how artists employ texture to manipulate viewer experience?
INTERVIEW WITH ARTIST MOLEY TALHAOUI
An interview with Swedish artist Moley Talhaoui, a self-taught artist who mainly works with acrylic and oil on canvas. From his studio in Stockholm, the artist talks us through his practice in his own words.
MARKET ART FAIR & STOCKHOLM ART WEEK
The 13th edition of Market Art Fair will take place this week between Thursday, April 12th through Sunday, April 15th in Stockholm, Sweden at the Liljevalchs Konsthall on the Royal Djurgården. The fair aims to showcase emerging artists in the Scandinavian art scene, featuring 35 galleries from eight different Nordic cities.
JOE REIHSEN @THE HOLE
Contemporary art gallery in the Lower East Side, The Hole saw its second solo exhibit with Joe Reihsen open on March 8. Titled Structural Color, Reihsen is known for pioneering a new way of painting in the abstract.
KIM DORLAND @ARSENAL CONTEMPORARY
Kim Dorland’s Same Old Future, currently showing at Arsenal Contemporary in New York, comments on the strange relationship between humans and nature, and how interactions between the two show how disconnected they have become, while maintaining a reciprocal, if not necessarily constructive, relationship.
ANDRÉS MÉRIDA PAINTS LIVE ALONGSIDE GUITARIST DANIEL CASARES IN MANHATTAN
Flamenco Festival NY 2018: A performance of ‘Picassares’ by Flamenco guitarist Daniel Casares in Manhattan drew on a special collaboration with Spanish contemporary artist Andres Mérida, who joined the band on stage to paint live; merging music, dance and art.
TOP PICKS @VOLTA NY
This year, Volta featured 85 galleries from 48 cities worldwide offering an engaging insight into the creative minds of leading and emerging international artists. Here is a selection of our favourite artists presented in this edition.
TOP PICKS @ARMORY SHOW
As one of the city’s top art fairs, the Armory features presentations by 198 galleries based in 31 countries as well as special commissions and public programming aimed at inspiring and supporting the visual arts. Here is our by no means expansive top selections of works that particularly stood out for us this year.
THE ARMORY SHOW
The Armory Show opens in Manhattan on Thursday, March 8 and will run until Sunday, March 11. How is this fair an integral part of the New York City art scene and the global art world at large, and what can you expect from this cultural nexus in its 24th year?
SPENCER FINCH’S LOST MAN CREEK
Artist Spencer Finch teamed up with Public Art Fund and Save the Redwoods League in order to create a miniature forest in the heart of downtown Brooklyn. The exhibit contains roughly 4,000 Dawn Redwoods in a topographical environment that mimics a 790-acre portion of California’s Redwood National Forest, but at 1:100 scale.