Meet Illinois artisans at the Chicago Water Works Visitor Center and purchase one-of-a-kind art, made right here in the state. Presented by the Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture and the Illinois Artisans Program, this unique event takes place the second Friday and Saturday of every month, and is an opportunity to view live artmaking demonstrations by Illinois artisans and buy their wares.
This month’s featured artisans include:
Samantha Barrett-Rogers, Feather Jewelry, Lansing, IL
Since 2005, Samantha Barrett-Rogers has been creating unique accessoriesand producing the finest quality, visually artistic and culturally inspired couture feather accessories and designs. The natural iridescent beauty and unique pattern in each feather, intertwined with the designer’s vision, in ... Go to event
Cultural Services of the French Embassy will present Delpire’s children books including the original French edition of Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are and Crocodile Tears by André François. These publications have entertained several generations of children since the 1950s until now.
In conjunction with this exhibition, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy will host a PANEL DISCUSSION and STUDENT WORKSHOPS.
Presenting classical and seminal publications by now-iconic photographers such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, William Klein, Robert Frank, Josef Koudelka, and Sarah Moon. Delpire’s work with magazines will also be featured, including the very first issue of Neuf from 1950 and the seven issues of Nouvel Observateur Spécial Photo. Also presented in this space will be Delpire’ ... 
On the occasion of Tribal Art Week in New York, Friedman & Vallois will present the exhibition Africa from May 9 to June 30, 2012, in partnership with fine art studio Gallery – Sandra Agbessi from Brussels and Bernard Dulon Gallery from Paris.
This exhibition will introduce in exclusivity for the first time in the United States the works of protean artist from Benin, Africa, Dominique Zinkpè. Will be exhibited 20 works in various media including sculpture and works on paper, all produced in 2010. concurrently, renown African and Tribal Art dealer Bernard Dulon will present a series of exclusive objects.
When: May 9th – June 30th, 2012
Times: Tues-Fri 10-6pm, Sat 10-5pm, closed Sun-Mon
Where: Friedman & Vallois, 27 east 67th St, NY
(between Madison & 67th)
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Black champagne and the smells of Mars, tasteless candy and recorded silence, Lori Gréaud’s art is equal parts science experiment and cyberpunk carnival ride. On Saturday, Greaud will bring his heady thrills to New York with “The Unplayed Notes” at the Pace Gallery, his first major US show.
The 32-year-old artist shot to international prominence in recent years with shows in London, Tokyo and Paris, including a 2008 exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo that was the first solo show to use the venue’s entire 40,000 square foot space. Gréaud’s works are ambitious and complex, often created in collaboration with engineers, scientists, and other specialists, with the artist playing a role more often associated with a film director. The results are immersive experiences that throw the viewer into a ... 
Richard Misrach Keynote artMRKT San Francisco
artMRKT San Francisco, the Bay Area’s premier contemporary and modern art fair, will feature seventy esteemed galleries from around the globe, bringing some of the world’s most intriguing artists’ work to San Francisco from Thursday, May 17–Sunday, May 20, 2012. In showcasing historically important work alongside relevant contemporary pieces and projects, artMRKT creates an ideal context for the discovery, exploration, and acquisition of art.
This year marks the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge and, in recognition, artMRKT San Francisco welcomes keynote speaker Richard Misrach, on the occasion of the reissue of his acclaimed book Golden Gate. Copies of the luxe, oversized volume will be available during a bo ... 
The Edge of Vision:
Abstraction in Contemporary Photography
Curated by Lyle Rexer and produced by Aperture Foundation, this exhibition presents photographs and photo-based installations, many exhibited for the first time, which explore the territory of “undisclosed” or abstract imagery in all its forms. These investigations include artifacts of the process of recording the action of light without the benefit or limitation of a camera lens (as seen in the work of Ellen Carey, Michael Flomen, and Ilan Wolff); direct photographs of surfaces that generate pattern and optical uncertainty (Roland Fischer) to images that comment on our culture of images (Penelope Umbrico and Carel Balth). In some works, documentary references are all but expunged, creating a new class of aesthetic ob ... 
9 monumental sculptures on Park Avenue.
On the occasion of the international and historical visual arts fair in New York, the Armory Show, Miami based French artistic engineer, Olivier Haligon was recently commissioned to build bright geometric monumental sculptures for renowned American Venezuelan artist Rafael Barrios, that line Park Avenue through June 2012..
Great grandchild of Louis Haligon, who participated in the construction of the Statue of Liberty, Olivier Haligon comes from a generation of artisans specialized in the reproduction of works of art.
Based in Miami for over 12 years, Haligon has been working with important American and South American artists such as Arman, Cesar, Diego Giacometti, Manson, Botero, Dubuffet, Miro, Raynaud, and Hervé Di Rosa….
Haligon and his team achi ... 
This event repeats every weekday between 4/26/2012 and 6/6/2012.
A Window on Nature: Art of Asuka Hishiki includes over 35 watercolors illustrating a poetic and detailed observation of plants and insects. Hishiki’s portraits of vegetables from New York City’s celebrated Greenmarkets and her imaginative plant-like insects from her Association of Type B metamorphosis Entomologists (ATBE) series are influenced by a childhood reference book of insects, plants and animals, as well as her fascination with the work of 18th century naturalist and scientific illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian. Offering a visually nourishing treat, Hishiki faithfully captures crisp, ripe colors of locally grown vegetables and brilliantly patterned caterpillars sprout mushrooms on their backs.
When: Friday, May 25, 2 ... 
David Wampach, François Chaignaud, Cecilia Bengolea, back in New York, part of the Queer New York International Arts Festival (QNYI).
Queer New York International Arts Festival (QNYI) is a new festival of contemporary performance and visual art that explores and broadens the concept of “queer (in) art.” Co-curated by Zvonimir Dobrović, artistic director of Queer Zagreb and the Perforations Festival in Croatia, and art historian and curator André von Ah, the festival aims to dispel preconceived and stereotyped notions of “queer” and provide a platform for expanding the discourse about artistic practices. The festival features works by an exciting lineup of artists including David Wampach (France), Ricci/Forte (Italy), Tadasu Takamine (Japan), François Chaignaud & Cecilia Bengolea (Franc ... 
This exhibition explores the evolution of French/American artist Françoise Gilot’s unique abstract, symbolist style from the early 1960s to her more current work.
The exhibition features over 40 works of art including oil paintings, watercolors, gouaches, monotypes and original prints, this exhibition explores the evolution of Gilot’s unique abstract, symbolist style from the early 1960s to her more current work. Interested in mythology, symbolism, and the power of memory, French/American artist Françoise Gilot expresses complex philosophical ideas with lyrical accessibility. Using abstract organic shapes Gilot reflects her dedication to the study of the formal elements: line, planes and tone-color coordination. Relying on structures, rhythms and color, Gilot often challenges the boundarie ... 
