The New York Metro Transit Authority (MTA) is upping the MetroCard’s style cachet in 2017, even in the wake of the MTA’s recent announcement that it will be phasing out the physical payment system in near future. For now, some MetroCards will be turned into modern art.
November 2017 Art News
Ellen Gallagher Accidental Records
Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles, South Gallery
4 November 2017 – 28 January 2018
Washington, DC—Stretching nearly 20 feet wide by 8 feet tall, Mural (1943) is the largest work by Jackson Pollock (1912-1956). Beyond its monumental proportions and the many myths that surround its creation, the painting stands as one of the artist's greatest achievements. The iconic work will make its DC debut this fall through a special loan from the University of Iowa Museum of Art to the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Zeng Fanzhi, Zao Wou-ki, Hsiao Chin, Key Hiraga, KAWS and Kishio Suga are among the line-up of sought-after artists featured in Bonhams 39-lot sale for Modern and Contemporary Art on 21 November in Hong Kong.
Exhibition: Josef Albers in Mexico
Venue: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Avenue, New York
Location: Tower Level 4
Dates: November 3, 2017—February 18, 2018
This autumn, Tate Britain will unveil an immersive new installation by Marguerite Humeau (b.1986, Cholet, France). Humeau’s practice often takes the form of research-based projects to challenge key issues of the day using complex narratives that synthesise the past with the present. Humeau here blurs the boundaries between research and fiction, science and myth. She creates a uniquely sensory experience using bodily substances, polystyrene sculptures and the recreation of Cleopatra’s voice.
November 2, 2017 (New York, NY) – The second edition of TEFAF New York Fall came to a close yesterday, November 1, 2017, at the historic Park Avenue Armory, following six days of steady, strong sales and attendance from international art-world and academic leaders, collectors, and the public.
Rufino Tamayo (1899–1991), one of the most celebrated artists of the 20th century, was drawn to New York City at a time when unparalleled transatlantic and hemispheric cross-cultural exchange was taking place. “Tamayo: The New York Years” is the first exhibition to explore the influences between this major Mexican modernist and the American art world. It reveals how a Mexican artist forged a new path in the modern art of the Americas and contributed to New York’s dynamic cultural scene as the city was becoming a center of postwar art.
Artissima Contemporary Art Fair opens this week in Torino, Italy. In its 24th year showcasing contemporary art, the fair packs a lot in from November 3-5. Featuring 2,000 works represented by galleries from 31 countries, Artissima is hosted at the Torino Oval Lingotto, originally built to host the 2006 Winter Olympics. Artissima values experimentation and research, bringing together artists, gallerists, collectors, and curators from across the European continent and beyond.
In 1917 John G. Johnson, the most famous lawyer of his day, left his astonishing trove of European art to the city of Philadelphia. One hundred years later, the Philadelphia Museum of Art is taking a new look at one of this country’s most remarkable collections.
