Margarita Cabrera’s Hummer at SMOCA
Solo Show
The West Collection at TED 2008, Monterey
TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, three wide-ranging subject areas that are, collectively, shaping our future. Its success is based on the extraordinary effect of bringing together 1000 of the world's most remarkable people. The result? Unexpected connections. Extraordinary insights. Powerful inspiration. Past speakers and performers have included Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Paul Simon, Richard Branson, Frank Gehry, Philippe Starck, James Watson, Billy Graham, Jane Goodall, Al Gore and Bono.
The Art of Buying Art: An Insiders Guide to Collecting Contemporary Art
by Paige West
The resource with the most varied selection of high-quality, low priced contemporary work.” -Time Out New York
Short List: 2008
NEXT, a curated invitational of emerging art, will take place on the 7th floor of the Merchandise Mart and run concurrently with Art Chicago. NEXT is developed in partnership with Kavi Gupta and curatorial advisor Christian Viveros-Faune and will provide an international platform for new and emerging work.
Erwin Wurm’s Fat House at Le Lieu Unique
Andrew Bush’s Vector Series at Walker Art Center
Adam Cvijanovic’s Suspension of Disbelief on loan to The Kranner Art Museum
Lending Library
Peter Callesen’s Birds Trying to Escape Their Drawings featured in traveling exhibition
from the West Collection
Spools of Thread
Links
the below links are organizations that are promoting emerging artists in very positive ways
Short List: 2007
Short List: 2006
Zadok Ben-David, 2005, From Autumn to Spring (detail), acid-etched stainless steel, approx. 6’ x 2’ x 1’
