"Jakiego koloru jest miłośc?" L. Bator Exhibiton opening. Skwer 22.02.2011

China makes all museums free

– China Makes All Museums Free: Meanwhile, in China, the government's vice minister of finance Zhang Shaochun announced today that the government is allocating 1.8 billion yuan ($274 million) to finance the nation's public libraries, art galleries, and cultural centers in an effort to make them free to all. [Xinhua]

ARCOmadrid Opens 30th Edition with Works of Art Between the Ordinary and Extraordinary

The art works entitled 'Reality bites' (L) and 'Zoom 12', (R), by Spanish artist Romulo Celdran are displayed at Raquel Ponce gallery stand in the 30th International Contemporary Art Fair, (ARCO), at Ifema fair, in Madrid, central Spain, 15 February 2011. ARCO runs from 16 February 2011 until 20 February 2011. With a number of 197 galleries taking part this year, 2011 edition has a special focus on Russia. EPA/GUSTAVO CUEVAS.

MADRID.- ARCOmadrid opens its doors on February 16th to art world professionals from noon to 9 pm, who can now get their passes to the fair online in the Request for Professional Access section on our web. After two professional preview days, the fair opens to the general public on Friday 18th until Sunday 20th, from noon to 8 pm. The public can also get their tickets online. Vouchers for RENFE (trains) and IBERIA (airline) offering discounts on tickets between 30% and 50% can also be downloaded. Anyone interested in knowing more about the upcoming fair can find what they are looking for in INFOARCO, also available on our web. INFOARCO contains details of how to get there, admission, galleries, the different sections, awards, prizes, etc. plus lots of useful information on Madrid and what's happening artwise in the city during the fair. At the same time, this coming February 9th, ARCOmadrid is launching its application for iPhone and iPad, downloadable from iTunes. The art fair revolves around its core General Programme & ARCO 40 section with 161 galleries from 21 countries. Mixed in among this section are eight galleries selected by Daria Pyrkina, curator of the National Centre for Contemporary Arts and a professor at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, for the FOCUS RUSSIA programme which also hosts major Russian institutions such as Ekaterina Cultural Foundation; Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture; MMOMA Moscow Museum of Modern Art; Multimedia Art Museum; NCCA National Centre for Contemporary Art; Permm Museum of Contemporary Art; State Hermitage Museum; Stella Art Foundation; Victoria Foundation; and Winzavod, as well as an exciting programme of Russian collectors. At the same time, the SOLO PROJECTS: FOCUS LATIN AMERICA section, open to emerging Latin American artists, will be represented by 13 galleries chosen by the Brazilian freelance curator Luisa Duarte; the associate curator at Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Daniela Pérez; and Julieta González, associate curator of Latin American Art at Tate Modern, London. Meanwhile, the OPENING: YOUNG EUROPEAN GALLERIES section will feature 19 young galleries selected by the freelance curator and gallerist Maribel López. Besides the works on exhibit at the booths, the fair is also hosting its usual debates with renowned art world professionals, intellectuals, artists, philosophers and foundations who will be debating issues of interest in various roundtables and meetings. On one hand, the Forum features a range of panel debates focused on Russia, directed by Daria Pyrkina, and others on Collecting, directed by Rosa Martínez, director of the 51st Venice Biennale. On the other hand, there are six Professional Encounters with Chus Martínez, chief curator at MACBA Barcelona; Latitudes, the independent curatorial office founded by Mariana Cánepa and Max Andrews; Marta Gili, Director of Jeu de Paume, Paris; Adriano Pedrosa, freelance curator from Barcelona, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Co-Director of Exhibitions and Programmes and Director of International Projects, Serpentine Gallery, London; and Lynne Cooke, Deputy director for Conservation, Research and Outreach at Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, (MNCARS), Madrid. The International Collectors Programme is one of the fair's major driving forces. Through it ARCOmadrid invites a select group of 150 international collectors. They will be accompanied at the fair by representatives from museums and institutions such as Maison Rouge from Paris or the Association of Collectors of Portugal, among others, as well as major Spanish collectors, plus a large number of young collectors. http://www.artdaily.com/

Fresh triptik artworks of Kasia Januszko available in BK Contemporary

Made in a unique technique of resin on wooden panel.

BK book selection: Art of the Deal:Contemporary Art in a Global Financial Market by Noah Horowitz

Art of the Deal: Contemporary Art in a Global Financial Market Noah Horowitz Cloth 2010

Art today is defined by its relationship to money as never before. Prices of living artists' works have been driven to unprecedented heights, conventional boundaries within the art world have collapsed, and artists now think ever more strategically about how to advance their careers. Artists no longer simply make art, but package, sell, and brand it. Noah Horowitz exposes the inner workings of the contemporary art market, explaining how this unique economy came to be, how it works, and where it's headed. He takes a unique look at the globalization of the art world and the changing face of the business, offering the clearest analysis yet of how investors speculate in the market and how emerging art forms such as video and installation have been drawn into the commercial sphere. By carefully examining these developments against the backdrop of the deflation of the contemporary art bubble in 2008, Art of the Deal is a must-read book that demystifies collecting and investing in today's art market. Noah Horowitz is an art historian and expert on the international art market. He has edited and contributed to publications on contemporary art and economics for institutions including the Serpentine Gallery, London; the Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo; and the United Kingdom's Intellectual Property Office. He received his PhD from the Courtauld Institute of Art, London, and currently lives in New York, where he is a member of the faculty of the Sotheby's Institute of Art and director of the VIP Art Fair. Endorsements: "Calmly, trenchantly, Horowitz examines the intricate relationship between the contemporary art market and the value of its objects. This book will prove indispensable to anyone who wants to know how the art market works and what tomorrow's art economy might look like."--Alexander Alberro, Barnard College, Columbia University "In recent decades, the world of contemporary art has developed into a global business. To fully grasp how this has changed the art world and our relationship to art, we need a thorough analysis of the financial forces involved. The best place to start is this groundbreaking study by Noah Horowitz, which, leaving the common chitchat about art and money to others, takes the discussion to a more fundamental level."--Daniel Birnbaum, director, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, and curator of the 2009 Venice Biennale "This book is extremely stimulating and thoroughly enjoyable. Horowitz brings deep insight to his analysis, and he weaves in beautiful historical examples. His discussion of front- and backroom business by dealers, loss leaders, and profit makers is telling. Think about the art world using his concepts. Your views will change."--Richard J. Zeckhauser, Frank P. Ramsey Professor of Political Economy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University "Art of the Deal is cogently argued, thoroughly researched, and richly documented. It is also, to my knowledge, highly original, and not only in its subject matter--giving a textured financial analysis of contemporary art, in all its market manifestations--but in the rigor of its financial analysis. I don't know of another book like it in the field."--James Cuno, president and director, Art Institute of Chicago http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9316.html

DOTYK - osiem różnych spojrzeń na sztukę. Exhibition opening. Bohenska Gallery 03.02.2011

Od 3 do 28 lutego będzie trwać wystawa pt. "Dotyk" pokazująca prace siedmiu absolwentów różnych polskich uczelni artystycznych realizujących obecnie studia doktoranckie w krakowskiej ASP oraz studenta ostatniego roku Fotografii poznańskiej ASP. Wydarzenie zjednoczy pod jednym szyldem artystów ukształtowanych przez wielu wybitnych profesorów takich, jak Jarosław Kozłowski czy Mirosław Bałka, różne tradycje artystyczne, pracownie, techniki, warsztat.

„Dotyk” jest znakomitą okazją do asocjacji i porównań, do uchwycenia kierunków w jakich zmierzają artyści, ale także łączenia tego co indywidualne z tym co wydaje się wspólne, odziedziczone oraz odmiennych inspiracji z różnorodnym ich przetwarzaniem. Tym bardziej ciekawe, że artyści, ze względu na odbywane studia doktoranckie, wyraźnie sami interesują się nauczaniem i być może będą edukować kolejnych studentów.

Dotykamy tu wielu indywidualnych języków artystycznych w wyraźny sposób skupionych na doświadczaniu cielesności wraz z jej atrybutami takimi jak witalność, śmiertelność, integralność, naruszalność, środowisko, historia. Ten szczególnie ważny rys w sztuce najnowszej został tu potraktowany w interesujący, daleki od dosłowności sposób za pomocą niejednorodnych technik: rysunkowych, graficznych, malarskich i rzeźbiarskich.

Artyści: Michał Bugalski, Zuzanna Gajos, Ewa Juszkiewicz, Agnieszka Lech-Bińczycka, Julita Malinowska, Katarzyna Małek, Renata Szułczyńska, Małgorzata Widomska

Kurator: Małgorzata Widomska

Ivo Nikić - Wentyl, exhibition opening. Galeria Senatorska. 02.02.2011

Wystawa prezentuje najnowszy cykl prac artysty. Są to obrazy, których głównym elementem są pozostałości farb na paletach, tubkach i innych elementach wyposażenia pracowni artysty. Nikić wykorzystuje potencjał i inspiruje się formami, które są teoretycznym efektem ubocznym jego pracy. Tym razem tworzą integralną całość i stają się spójnym cyklem. Obrazy przybierają formy zwierząt, twarzy, postaci. Dodatkowym elementem wystawy będą elementy tworzące współczesną Kunstkamerę - obiekty, które także zawierają sobie elementy malarskie i których najważniejszym elementem jest farba.

Kurator wystawy: Marta Czyż

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