Past
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Intersect Aspen 2020
Aspen 2020
Jul 22 - 26, 2020
Featuring 110 art and design galleries from 28 countries, the virtual version of Intersect Aspen (formerly Art Aspen) brings a global point of view to the picturesque alpine resort, which has become a haven for art collectors over the past 20 years.
Home to the Shigeru Ban-designed Aspen Art Museum, which is currently presenting solo shows of works by Kelly Akashi, Maren Hassinger, Oscar Murillo, Rose Wylie and Lisa Yuskavage, and to the artists workshops oriented Anderson Ranch Art Center, which invited artists—including Petah Coyne, Elliott Hundley and Fred Tomaselli—to make exquisite corpse drawings for it’s Un-Gala fundraiser and has the outdoor sculpture show Socially Distanced, with works by Ghada, Amer, Sanford Biggers, Paula Crown and others, on view through September 2021, Aspen annually attracts artists, curators and collectors from around the world.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, this year’s physical fair was replaced by an online exhibition with viewing rooms presenting an international array of art and design. We’ve picked some of our favorite works—ranging from Rhonda Wall’s collage paintings tackling our ever-changing social circumstances at Paris’ Galerie Anne de Villepoix and Adrienne Elise Tarver’s depiction of contemporary black women as Three Graces at Victori+Mo Contemporary from New York to Nick Knight large-scale, photographic still lives of luscious floral arrangements at Albion Barn from Oxford and OrtaMiklos and Otto du Plessis’ fantastical furniture designs at New York’s Friedman Benda and Cape Town’s Southern Guild, respectively.
Scroll through the page to view our favorite pieces from the fair:
https://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/highlights-from-intersect-aspen-online/4674
By PAUL LASTER, July 2020
Writer, editor, curator, artist and lecturer.
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Art Dubai 2016
Modern
Mar 16 - 19, 2016
In a world tormented by political, social and sectarian conflicts where compassion for the other is constantly being erased, to be replaced by hatred and bitter struggle, the last resort for those who seek peace is to find comfort in culture. When nations, countries and populations learn to accept cultural diversity as a unifying means that bond together various civilizations as well as individuals then our planet will become a place where love, acceptance and beauty can once more bind at least part of humanity together.
Since its inception in 2008, Wadi Finan Gallery has played an important role in bringing together young talent, mostly from the Arab World. The founder of the Gallery, Suha Lallas, in her continuous attempt to nurture budding talent, has saved no effort in discovering and promoting young artists as well as exposing what the previous generations have done to cultivate and promote artistic expression in the Arab world.
For Lallas, to participate in the tenth edition of Art Dubai is certainly a plus for both sides: Wadi Finan Gallery is crossing borders into new international turf while for the first time, Art Dubai is hosting a Jordanian gallery. I am certain that the two sides will reap the fruits of this step forward.
My very best wishes go to Suha Lallas knowing that with her perseverance she will reach new heights and extend to embrace yet undiscovered land.
H.R.H. Princess Wijdan F. Al-Hashemi, Phd.
Founder and President of the Royal Society of Fine Arts
Amman, Jordan.
21 February 2016
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