Lene Bødker
Section, 2007
Cast Glass, hand-sculpted with hammer and chisel
Represented at SOFA CHICAGO 2007 by Galleri Grønlund, Copenhagen

For the first time ever, the coveted Japanese prize, the “Kanazawa Glass Award,” goes to a Danish artist. On August 30, Lene Bødker receives the award, which is only given every third year and is considered […]

Aliza Olmert (Wife of Israeli Prime Minister)
Jew doesn’t expel Arab doesn’t expel Jew
doesn’t expel Arab…, 2005
Oil color on ceramic, 17 x 20 x 6
Offering Reconciliation Special Exhibit

Philippe Boulakia (Palestinian artist)
Untitled, 2005
Stones on ceramic, 17 x 20 x 6
Offering Reconciliation Special Exhibit

A standout special exhibit at SOFA CHICAGO 2007, Nov. 2 - […]

Takashi Hinoda
Fluid World, 2002-2006
Ceramic, 17 x 23 x 17
Photo: Takashi Hinoda
Dai Ichi Arts, New York, NY

Mark Lyman, Director/Founder of SOFA, described SOFA artworks as “premier examples of a post-craft art movement.”
SOFA was founded in the 1990s when aesthetic pluralism legitimized a wide variety of forms, styles and artistic intentions. Over the years, the […]

Elsa Schiaparelli
Evening dress and headscarf in Tear design, Summer/Fall 1938
On loan from Philadelphia Museum of Art, no. 1969-232-45a, b

On view March 29 – July 22 at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, Surreal Things will examine Surrealism’s impact on architecture, design and the decorative arts, from the sensuality of Dali’s Mae West […]

Boryana Rossa
(Bulgarian, b. 1972)
Celebrating the Next Twinkling (Praznuvane na sledvascia mig), 1999
Single-channel video,
Edition of 2, 2 min. 45 sec.
Private collection
Photo: courtesy of the artist

In celebration of the opening of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art on March 23, the Brooklyn Museum presents Global Feminisms, the first international exhibition dedicated to feminist […]

Judy Chicago (American, b. 1939)
The Dinner Party, 1974–79
Mixed media: ceramic, porcelain, textile
Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation
Photo: Donald Woodman

The much anticipated Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art opens at the Brooklyn Museum on March 23 with the permanent exhibition of Judy Chicago’s landmark The Dinner Party, an important icon […]

Still from Berwick Street Film Collective’s Nightcleaners (1970-1975)
Wack! Art and the Feminist Revolution
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Courtesy of LUX

the first museum show of early feminist work at Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles thru July 16. The show is a thrill, rich and sustained– Holland Cotter, The New York Times.
ART REVIEW | […]

Cover of Kathy Grayson’s Live Through This: New York in the Year 2005
(June 2005), Courtesy of Artnet Magazine

At galleries devoted to emerging art, the totals are grim — all show 80 percent or more male artists—Ben Davis, Associate Editor, artnet Magazine.
White Walls, Glass Ceiling
by Ben Davis, Artnet Magazine, March 12, 2007
It’s March 2007 and feminism […]

George Nakashima
Slab Coffee Table, 1962
American Black Walnut
Offered at SOFA NEW YORK 2007
by Moderne Gallery, Philadelphia

Modernism at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in DC opens March 17. Director Paul Greenhalgh says, “The 20th century has now become a historic period. It’s finished. It’s over with.” Hence its appeal.
20th Century Rocks
Furniture From Recent Decades […]

Craig Fisher
Get Rid, 2007
Fabric, Lycra, sequins
Rokeby, London

In a typical Craig Fisher artwork at the London gallery, Rokeby, weapons of varying sizes and types are formally laid out in what appears to be a weapons amnesty display. Careful inspection reveals that every piece is meticulously crafted from fibrous materials and fine fabrics including […]

Sun Koo Yuh
Let Me See, 2006
Porcelain, glazed, 20×12×12″
Nancy Margolis Gallery, NY

Don’t miss Sun Koo Yuh’s first New York solo exhibition, Sculpture and Drawings, at Nancy Margolis Gallery, 523 West 25th Street, Chelsea, New York, NY, on view only through Saturday, March 3rd. Nancy Margolis will represent Yuh’s totemic porcelain sculptures of gorgonian […]

Wisteria Table Lamp
Tiffany Studios, NY, NY 1899-1920
Leaded glass, bronze
Gift of Dr. Egon Neustadt
A New Light on Tiffany
New-York Historical Society

A New Light On Tiffany: Clara Driscoll And The Tiffany Girls on view at New-York Historical Society through May 28 (www.nyhistory.org), debunks the presumption that the lamps, windows, and other luxury objects produced by […]

Marc Newson
Lockheed Lounge, 1986
Sebastian & Barquet,
New York, NY
Offered at 2.5 Million

Design Star Newson Makes $75,000 Surfboard, $2.5 Million Sofa, By Carly Berwick, Feb. 6, bloomberg.com:
A 2,932-pound marble shelf poses a riddle at the heart of designer Marc Newson’s first solo show at Gagosian Gallery: What, if anything, divides art and design?
Traditionally, […]