This summer I visited documenta 14 in Athens. It was the first year this influential art fair extended beyond the boundaries of Kassel to include Greece. I felt especially lucky that it coincided my first trip back since I moved to New York. The famous quinquennial art fair this year, regardless of how highly anticipated […]
A World of Emotions, now in Athens, Greece.
Taking a moment to let anyone who is currently (traveling) in Greece know that the exhibition A World of Emotions: Ancient Greece, 700 BC – 200 AD will be on view in Athens at The Acropolis Museum through November 19, 2017. If you didn’t have the chance to visit the exhibition at the Onassis Cultural […]
Meet the (Greek) Artist: Alexandros Vasmoulakis
Living and working in the art field for a number of years now, it has become apparent that there is a gap in awareness around the vibrant and bustling contemporary Greek art scene. So, in the aftermath of Documenta 14, Athens, I would like to create a series of profiles on modern and contemporary Greek […]
How to Start an Art Collection on a Budget
With current events being as they are, the importance of art in society and our daily life has become ever more apparent. It is essential to know one thing: collecting and supporting the arts is not reserved only for the wealthy. In fact, one look at our fairly recent past will demonstrate how art flourished […]
Timelines: They aren't quite Lines
Einstein’s theory of relativity presented time as existing in a four-dimensional structure together with space.[1] Time, now freed from the idea of a line that progressively connects point a to point b, presents an opportunity to re-think the terms we use to characterize its passing. Now, imagine this applied art history. Traditionally, the field has dealt […]
An Article on Cecily Brown, Curated by Claire Gilman
Last summer, I had the pleasure of working at The Drawing Center under Chief Curator, Claire Gilman for curatorial work, and Molly Gross for museum communications. While there, I was lucky enough to get glimpses of the plans for the, then, upcoming exhibition Cecily Brown: Rehearsal. Fast forward months later, IFA Contemporary accepted my article […]
Review of the Art on Paper Fair 2016
Among other matters, paper’s relevance as a medium, and pushing beyond the basic understanding of what is the paper medium are discussed in this article. It is, overall, a thorough review of the Art on Paper Fair that took place earlier in 2016 in New York for IFA Contemporary. The entire piece is available for […]
A Multisensory Experience at the Opening of the Onassis Foundation’s Festival, Fall 2015
In early October, 2015 New York’s Onassis Foundation hosted a festival in its newly renovated Atrium and gallery to mark the reopening of its Cultural Center. The festival, entitled Narcissus Now: the Myth Reimagined, consisted of an unforgettable opening ceremony and art exhibition, followed by several talks and lectures by renowned scholars and professionals in […]
Allure – Delicious and Profound
Curated by Tiffany M. Apostolou Works by Dae Young Kim and Rebecca Salmon March 1 – 5, 2016 80WSE Galleries 80 Washington Square East New York, NY 10003 For a week, works by two budding artists were featured in Gallery #1 of 80WSE Galleries. The exhibition displayed a balance of works, both sculptural and flat, aiming to give the viewer […]
El Greco, the Holy Light, and Ties to Byzantium
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