Nicolas Party Stages a ‘Dinner for 24 Dogs’
NEW YORK—Earlier this month, Salon 94 Freemans gallery space was transformed into fabulous “Dinner for 24 Dogs.” The lively installation featured a round table painted with graphic abstract patterns and 24 block-shaped stools…
Artist Spotlight: Dianne Smith Knows How to Paper a Room
MIAMI—With plain brown paper, Harlem artist Dianne Smith creates transporting environments and functional furniture. Her installations are composed of voluminous swaths of butcher paper, crumpled to create textured wall coverings, and packed tightly…
Artist Profile: Laurent Craste Subverts Image of Precious Porcelain
MIAMI—What do decorative porcelain vases and urns have in common with old baseball bats, nails and hammers? Nothing, traditionally. But artist Laurent Craste has combined the unlikely objects to create innovative mixed-media sculptures…
Artist Spotlight: Cannupa Hanska Challenges Native American Stereotypes
MIAMI—Inaccurate and offensive depictions of Native American culture abound and are often so pervasive that the stereotypical portrayals come to be regarded as standard bearers. To address Native American stereotypes in pop culture,…
At the Rubell Collection, ‘Alone Together’ Explores the Work of 31 Artists
MIAMI—The opening of “Alone Together,” the new exhibit at the Rubell Family Collection, coincided with Art Basel Miami Beach. Detail of “Untitled” by Maria Nepomuceno. According to the collection, the show “explores a…
