Blake Gopnik on Art
May 7, 2018
THE WEEKLY PIC: For a couple of decades, Wanda Koop has been one of Canada’s most respected painters, but she’s only now getting a solo show in New York, at Arsenal gallery on The Bowery.
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THE WEEKLY PIC: For a couple of decades, Wanda Koop has been one of Canada’s most respected painters, but she’s only now getting a solo show in New York, at Arsenal gallery on The Bowery.
Read MoreCanadian painter Wanda Koop gets her first major New York solo exhibition, showcasing her unique take on landscape painting, informed by globalization and the technological age, as well as the tradition of communal bonfires maintained by the indigenous people of her native Winnipeg
Read MoreL’œuvre picturale complète du défunt cinéaste Gilles Carle est à vendre. Cela représente 425 œuvres, toiles et dessins tous exposés à l’Arsenal, dans Griffintown.
Read MoreArsenal Contemporary in New York is currently presenting a two part exhibitions of Robin Meier’s “Synchronicity” and Kim Dorland‘s “Same Old Future.” Curated by Marc-Olivier Wahler and Jean-Michel Othoniel, it is presented in collaboration with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University.
Read MoreQuand Chloé Sainte-Marie me fait une invitation, je n’hésite jamais. Je me lance, j’accours vers le lieu donné. C’est pourquoi j’étais à l’ouverture officielle de l’exposition de l’amour de sa vie, le réalisateur Gilles Carle présentée à l’Arsenal dans Griffintown.
Read MoreMuse et compagne de Gilles Carle pendant 27 ans, Chloé Sainte-Marie a décidé d’exposer et de vendre la plus grande partie des œuvres picturales du cinéaste mort en 2009.
Read MorePour la première fois, l’intégralité de la collection de Chloé Sainte-Marie, des œuvres picturales de Gilles Carle, est accessible au public avec l’exposition Partage et Héritage, présentée à la galerie Arsenal art contemporain;
Read MoreDu 31 mars au 13 avril, Arsenal art contemporain Montréal accueillera l'exposition Gilles Carle – Partage et Héritage. Présentée par Chloé Sainte-Marie, cette exposition dévoilera plus de 400 oeuvres visuelles du cinéaste québécois, Gilles Carle.
Read More«Chloé Sainte-Marie, muse et compagne du réalisateur québécois, souhaite offrir au public à travers cet accrochage une opportunité unique de plonger dans l’univers de Carle.
Read MoreArsenal Contemporary NY recently partnered with Edythe for an upcoming exhibition featuring works by Canadian painter, Kim Dorland. On view from March 7 through April 22, 2018, Same Old Futures will be part of the gallerys mission to promoting dialogues between Canadian artists and their international contemporaries.
Read MoreThe Edythe and Eli Broad Art Museum in Lansing, Michigan, has teamed up with Arsenal Contemporary to present two solo shows that respond to forests, both as a place of science and of human emotion. Up front Kim Dorland presents 12 paintings of groves of trees, while the back room is dedicated to Robin Meier installation that combines video, music, and light.
Read MoreChoreographer and artist Tara-Jo Tashnapresents her innermost vulnerabilities in deliberation, a live performance piece which premiered this past Saturday. The performance likened meditative, emotional healing to the experience of physically washing oneself.
Read MoreAt first glance, you'd be hard pressed to come up with a reason why the artsy crowd gathered at the downtown gallery Arsenal Contemporary during New York Fashion Week on Tuesday to watch a parade of models decked out in oversized bows and Renaissance-like corsets would have any connection at all to Bruce Willis.
Read MoreLou Dallas designer Raffaella Hanley presented her new collection at Arsenal Contemporary NY, an art gallery on the Bowery this afternoon. The look of downtown style has cycled through various modes over the years—CBGB, the nightclub widely recognized as the birthplace of New York punk, existed just a few blocks up.
Read MoreWhile Eye to eye’s opening at Arsenal Contemporary last week proffered the anticipated beer-handed Bowery art crowd, a few steps deeper into the white space, it became clear that something more was happening here.
Read MoreSanctuary for Families is New York’s leading service provider and advocate for survivors of domestic violence, sex trafficking, and related forms of gender violence.
Read MoreArsenal Contemporary has organized its upcoming group show to benefit Sanctuary for Families, a New York nonprofit that assists survivors of domestic violence. Featured artists include Carol Rama, Diana Al-Hadid, Chloe Wise, Ivy Haldeman, and Rita Ackermann.
Read MoreArsenal Contemporary is pleased to present Cloud Paintings, an exhibition by Benoît Maire, bringing together a series of new paintings completed during a residency at Arsenal Contemporary Montréal.
Clouds are an elemental resource valued by their mutability.
Listen to an illuminating conversation between acclaimed artists Rodney Graham and Gerard Byrne, recorded in November at the Irish Museum of Modern Art.
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