Fly (Free subscription) | 10/13/2008
This weekend I also went to the Institute of Contemporary Art at UPenn to see the installation by Nigerian artist Odili Donald Odita. Although I was expecting to see more of his amazing work it was still a pleasure to...
Slow Painting (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008
Spilling across half a dozen rooms at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Tara Donovan’s hypnotic work subdues thought the same way that viral infections subdue the body. Struggling against the initial effect is pointless. Most of these works are so straightforwardly beautiful, so right, that you have no choice but to submit. And yet, just like [...]
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
BOSTON, MA.- The first museum survey of American sculptor Tara Donovan opens Oct. 10th at The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston. Featuring 17 sculptures and installations from the past decade including a new work created for the exhibition, Tara Donovan traces the ambitious process of this young artist. With acute awareness of the aesthetic properties of her materials, Donovan takes
http://artforprofits.wordpress.com/ (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Street Art Goes Mainstream - artmarketblog.com Works by Banksy may have struggled to find buyers of late due to issues regarding authenticity but in general, urban graffiti and street art continue to attract plenty of attention and money. The NY Times recently featured an article about the street artist Shepard Fairey titled Closer to Mainstream, [...]
Times of India (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
For the audience who watched the first presidential debate from the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston last month, no post-debate analysis was necessary.
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
A trio of artists in Boston is presenting live "remixes" of the presidential debates at the city's new Institute of Contemporary Art. "For the members of Sosolimited, their remix, called "ReConstitution 2008," is an act both of political engagement and mischief, examining the language of politics while gently mocking its repetitious nature with a kind of scorecard."...
Bostonist (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
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International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 09/28/2008
Donovan, who has drawn attention over the last decade for her ability to transform huge quantities of prosaic manufactured materials , had her first monograph published this month by Monacelli Press and her first major museum show, a traveling retrospective, which opens on Oct. 10 at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston.
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 09/28/2008
TORONTO.- As the transformed AGO nears completion, it will host a light installation from October 4 to 5 as part of the third annual Scotiabank Nuit Blanche. For one sleepless night, artist Leo Villareal will create a metamorphosis of Frank
Bostonist (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory Institute of Contemporary Art South Boston Saturday-Sunday Tickets and more information. Esther Robinson is an accidental film director. A chance meeting at the Andy Warhol Foundation led her to discover a cache of 20 films directed by her uncle, Danny Williams, whom she had never met. Williams had been a fixture at Andy Warhol's Factory,...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
Portland songwriter Holcombe Waller premieres a personal story at On the Boards.
New at Pentagram (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
Pentagram has designed the new website for Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the New York-based interdisciplinary studio that develops built and conceptual works encompassing architecture, urban design, site-specific installations and the visual and performing arts. DSR’s recent projects include the...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
Tara Donovan’s visions are often contained in masses of mass-produced items, with big pieces defined by their details.
Exhibitionist (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
The MacArthur Foundation announces the winners of its $500,000 "genius" grants. The complete list is here. I'll mention two in particular: Tara Donovan, whose Institute of Contemporary Art show opens Oct. 10, and Alex Ross, the New Yorker scribe whose...
Bostonist (Free subscription) | 09/21/2008
Firebird Ensemble, based in Somerville and outfitted like an accomplished H&M ad in black and red and sparkling knitwear, opened the Ditson Festival of Contemporary Music on Thursday night. They began with a darkly animated piece that sounded like a fit night of half-sleep in a bed of swaying strings, heckled lonely trills of a flute and the footsteps of a piano that approached like a serial killer....
