Opening on April 9, SALT Beyoğlu, the first of SALT’s two venues to be inaugurated this year, establishes its program with “I am not a studio artist”—a comprehensive exhibition of Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin and “Laboratory ars viva 2010/11″ along with the building’s newly formed spaces: the Forum, Walk-in-Cinema, Garden, Café and Shop.

Opening on April 9, SALT Beyoğlu, the first of SALT’s two venues to be inaugurated this year, establishes its program with “I am not a studio artist”—a comprehensive exhibition of Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin and “Laboratory ars viva 2010/11″ along with the building’s newly formed spaces: the Forum, Walk-in-Cinema, Garden, Café and Shop.

ARS 11
15 April– 27 November 2011

The Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos presents Moments of Beauty, a groundbreaking exhibition of work by the Nigerian artist J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere. Occasionally elegiac, but invariably elegant, the photographs in this exhibition reflect what the artist deems as “moments of beauty,” referring to the ebullience of Nigerian life engendered by independence and decolonisation.

Installation view of Tetsumi Kudo, Garden of the Metamorphosis in the Space Capsule, 1968. Painted wood, artificial flowers, fabric, black light, 138 x 138 x 138 in. Courtesy Hiroko Kudo and Andrea Rosen Gallery, © ADAGP, Paris & ARS, New York

Interior view of Tetsumi Kudo, Garden of the Metamorphosis in the Space Capsule, 1968. Painted [...]

Post by Cheryl Harper What makes an artist’s vision so clear to himself early in life?  The current exhibition of Yves Klein’s works at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington poses an answer by shedding light on the work of an artist whose work and manner is difficult to understand out of context. Klein’s ideas included taking [...]