Nayland Blake Awarded John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship for 2012
Nayland Blake Awarded John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship for 2012
Matthew Marks Gallery is pleased to announce that Nayland Blake has been named as a 2012 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow. Established in 1925, the foundation awards fellowships to individuals who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts. For more information, please click here.
Robert Gober Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters
Robert Gober Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters
The American Academy of Arts and Letters recently announced that Robert Gober will be among the ten new members who will be inducted during the organization's annual induction and award ceremony to be held in mid-May. An exhibition of work by new members will be on view in the Academy's galleries in New York from May 17 to June 10, 2012. For more information, please click here.
New Ellsworth Kelly sculpture at the Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia
New Ellsworth Kelly sculpture at the Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia
The Barnes Foundation installed a recently commissioned Ellsworth Kelly sculpture in the garden of the Foundation's new location on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway on April 10, 2012. The 40-foot-tall stainless steel sculpture, titled Barnes Totem, now stands at the end of a reflecting pool, a site selected in collaboration with the artist. The museum will open to the public on May 19, 2012. For more information, please visit the Barnes Foundation's website.
Charles Ray's <i>Boy with Frog</i> at the Getty
July 26, 2011 - January 2012
Charles Ray's Boy with Frog at the Getty
Charles Ray's sculpture Boy with Frog, 2009, will be on view on the steps leading into the main entrance of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles beginning on Tuesday, July 26, 2011. For more information, please visit the Getty Center's website, and get a behind-the-scenes look at the installation of the sculpture on the Center's blog, The Getty Iris.
Katharina Fritsch at The Museum of Modern Art
Katharina Fritsch at The Museum of Modern Art
Katharina Fritsch's Group of Figures, 2006-2008, a recent acquisition of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, is currently on view in the museum's Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden. For more information about visiting the garden, please check MoMA's website.