The Broadway Gallery’s participation in the European Outsider Art Fair (EOAF) this summer indicates a renewed significance to outsider art to a wider aesthetic discourse. The fair, in its inaugural year, showcased several international artists in the heart of Vienna at the Austrian National Library. Along with Galerie Atelier Herenplaats (Rotterdam), Maecenas Art Forum (Berlin), Teppels Art Gallery (Leiden), Pure Vision Arts (New York), Museum Im Lagerhaus (Gallen), The A Gallery (New York) and many others international galleries, The Broadway Gallery celebrated the importance of outsider art—not only to the commercial art market, but also as ...

Louise Garczewska is the Director of the Getty Images Gallery. Capturing Film History in-the-Making was on view at the Lincoln Center in New York from August 14 to September 5 and will tour Los Angeles in November.

This stunning new exhibition captures iconic, behind-the-scenes images of some of the world’s greatest stars filming at Pinewood, Shepperton and Teddington Studios over the past 50 years, including Stanley Kubrick and Sean Connery. Images from Pinewood and Getty Images have been selected to illustrate the extraordinary heritage of these landmark British film and TV studios, which date back to the ...

This year, the 20/21 British Art Fair, the only fair specializing exclusively in modern and contemporary British art, celebrates its 21st anniversary. It will take place from September 10 to 14 at the Royal College of Art in Kensington Gore, London.

Over the past 20 years, the 20/21 British Fair has undoubtedly played its part in the great increase of interest in British contemporary art. Many of the artists who were represented in what was called “The 20th Century British Art Fair” could have had their works bought at a fraction of the prices that they now command. ...

Art history is not just about historical phenomena. It’s also about researching and investigating the meaning behind these phenomena. Lu Hong thinks “existence equals reason,” and talks about the objectivity of such existence. Lu does not explain effectively historical consciousness regarding the artists and works he mentions. All he does is categorizing and describing these historical events in a manner of illustration.When it comes to choosing and discussing artists and their works, Lu avoids personal judgment, but criticizes art according to public taste and understanding, and social influence. In other words, he confuses art evaluation and ...

For art movements “Rational Painting” and “’85 New Wave,” the National Symposium of Chinese Painting Art held on April 14, 1986 in Beijing was the turning point of these movements going from “spontaneous” to “conscious.” This conference was organized by the National Artists Association that dominated the Chinese art system. It was a conference that helped young artists voice their opinion and gain their freedom of speech. Maybe being in a system and resisting that system is the perfect picture of “Rational Painting.”
Wang Zhi-Lian

The Reykjavik Arts Festival is held annually in the capital of Iceland in May, during Icelandic Spring time. Founded in 1970 by Vladimir Ashkenazy and a group of musicians, the Festival is one of the oldest arts festivals in Northern Europe. This year it ran from May 15th through June 5th followed by a continuous series of diverse musical concerts and theatre productions through August. The Festival is supported by a combination of the Government of Iceland with the City Council of Reykjavik, as well as by box office revenues, private sponsors, and this year its ...

New Life Berlin took place from June 1st—15th.

New Life Berlin really began in early 2008 as an open call on the internet to artists. In collaboration with a range of international media partners, wooloo.org asked artists from all over the world for proposals relating to the festival theme, “New Modes of Moving and Existing.”Out of the hundreds of proposals received from across the planet, the curators selected the most interesting and powerful projects. By inviting participation in the program through the use of the internet, (while still retaining curatorial control), New Life Berlin alternately investigates the ...

The Korean International Art Fair takes place September 19-23, 2008, in Seoul, South Korea.
Around 200 galleries from 20 territories including the guest country, Switzerland, will participate in the Korean International Art Fair, a project organized by the Gallery Association of Korea and inaugurated in 2002. The Fair has earned a reputation as one of the most prominent and exciting art fair destinations, not only in Asia, but worldwide. The 6th edition of KIAF (KIAF 2007) was a great success with some 64,000 art lovers attending both home and abroad, as well as an increased number of ...

What do we want children to know about art? Is art a serious pursuit, or just plain fun? Is it about design or psychology? Should art be made alone or in groups? Is imitation art? Is any mark an artful mark? Is any image art? Does art have to have a subject or a message, and if it has a message, is it still art? Does the choice of frame make the art; is the frame art, too? Does distorting an object transform it into art? Can anyone create art?Maybe we do not desire children to ...

Frieze will take place from October 16th—19th in London.

Established in 2003 by Matthew Slotover and Amanda Sharp, Frieze Art Fair is regarded as one of the world's best know and influential art fairs. Focusing on the most interesting galleries working today from Brazil to India and USA to China, the fair introduces and showcases new and established artists. In addition to being able to see and buy art from over 1,000 of the world's leading artists, visitors can experience Frieze Project's, the fair's unique and critically acclaimed program of talks and artist's commissions. Taking place from ...