After last year’s highly successful exhibition on the Master of the Blue Jeans, Didier Aaron, Inc. in New York will host an exhibition presented by Galerie Canesso from Paris, A selection of 16th and 17th Century Bolognese Paintings.On this occasion an exceptional rediscovery will be unveiled : Saint Jerome repenting by Guido Reni (1575 – 1642), belonging to Reni’s early works. Another important highlight is Rinaldo’s Farewell to Armida by Giovanni Lanfranco (1582 – 1647), made in Rome for Cardinal Giacomo Sannesi (c.1557 – 1621), also patron of Guido Reni. The composition, signed and dated 1614, is fundamental for the reconstruction of the artist’s early oeuvre. An impressive painting on panel is the (erotic) Cleopatra by a northern artist active in Bologna, Denys Calvae ...

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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 ...

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The first exhibition in the United States at the Art Institute of Chicago devoted to French artist Cahun’s work, Entre Nous: The Art of Claude Cahun brings together over 80 photographs and published material by Cahun and her partner Moore. Born Lucy Schwob to a family of French Jewish intellectuals and writers, Claude Cahun (who adopted the pseudonym at age 22) is best known for the staged self-portraiture, photomontages, and prose texts she made principally between 1920 and 1940. Rediscovered in the late 1980s, her work has not only expanded our understanding of the Surrealist era but also serves as a towering precursor to feminist explorations of gender and identity politics. In her self-portraits, which she began creating around 1913, Cahun dismantled and questioned preexisting notions ...

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Contemporary Artists from France in Florida’s private collections! French Artist Marlene Mocquet will exhibit a Project Room at Haunch of Venison in New York City from May 17th through June 16th with an opening reception May 17th from 6 to 8pm. The exhibition will feature new work by the artist, including four paintings and two ceramic works. Mocquet’s paintings depict fantastical menacing creatures composed of paint that gushes off of the canvas and other mixed media. The creatures inhabit a whimsical universe with hallucinogens splashes of color. Marlene Mocquet (b. 1979) was born in Maison Alfort, France, and currently lives and works in Paris. Mocquet graduated from Paris’ Ecole Normale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in 2006. She has had recent solo exhibitions at the Musee d’Art Contempora ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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“Courage, Sacrifice, and Duty. We Honor All Our Heroes.” We are honoring our heroes in the Armed Forces: Marines, Army, Air Force, Navy, and Coast Guard. Honoring the officers: Navajo Nation Police, Navajo Nation Rangers, Coconino County Sheriffs. Also the Navajo Nation Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) and the Navajo Nation Fire Departments. We appreciate their courage, sacrifice  and duty in serving the country, nation, region, and community. Come out and have fun at the Western Navajo Fair with the family. View the Events list to view more information about each event.

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