Chanel's new Shanghai boutique opens November 25th 2009 at the Peninsula Shanghai on the historic Bund riverfront promenade! Legendary city of Shanghai is known as “the Paris of the East”. Architect Peter Marino designed the store in the sophisticated, warm style of Mademoiselle Coco Chanel’s fabled Parisian apartment, the residential feel enhanced by hand-picked artworks and antiques including original works commissioned by French artist Jean-Michael Othoniel.
Leading African Art collector, Jean Pigozzi, celebrated another opening in Rome this weekend, with "Africa? Una Nuova Storia," featuring works from his private collection. Showcasing 20 different artists, the pieces will be on show until January 16, 2010 at Complesso del Vittoriano.
Jeff Koons' next installation will not be in a museum or gallery but rather in a Hospital! RxArt, a New York nonprofit group headed by Diane Brown, will install several pieces by Jeff Koons in the pediatric CAT Scan room of Advocate Hope Children's Hospital in Oak Lawn, Illinois, as part of an initiative to bring contemporary art into health care facilities. Koons has created a work of four of his signature smiling monkeys directly on the CAT Scan machine itself and every other wall in the room will be filled with Koons' iconic images. Brown explains, "Rather than a scary experience in a cold white space, we hope children undergoing this test will feel like they are entering into a fantastic visual adventure."
The brightest stars in Hollywood may have been out Saturday night celebrating the MOCA 30th anniversary Gala, yet the supernova of the evening was a collaboration between Lady Gaga and performance artist, Francesco Vezzoli. The stunning performance included Lady Gaga donning an outfit designed by Frank Gehry, Miuccia Prada, and Baz Luhrmann whilst at the helm of a rotating, pink Damien Hirst piano.
From Jean Paul Gaultier to Larry Gagosian, and Mary Kate Olsen to Tom Sachs the worlds of fashion and art came together Monday night over champagne and David Bowie to celebrate the open of emerging artist Nicolas Pol's The Martus Maw. Curated by Valdimir Restoin Roitfeld, and presented by Feedback Ltd. in association with the RVCA Artist Network Program the showcase debuts sixteen new paintings and mixed media compositions in the French artist's first U.S. solo show.
Amidst the fall foliage and colonial housing, contemporary art is thriving in a stone barn in Greenwich, CT. Opened back in May, the Brant Foundation Art Study Center displays works from the collection of founder Peter Brant. Through February 2010, a group show comprised of 25 artists including Koons, Clemente, Basquiat, Currin, Haring, Hirst, Schnabel, and Warhol can be seen, and a solo show of Urs Fischer is scheduled for Spring 2010.
On October 29th Artist Rob Pruitt presented The First Annual Art Awards at The Guggenheim Museum in association with White Columns and realized together with Calvin Klein Collection. MC'd by the Delusional Downtown Divas, Pruitt conceived the event as a performance-based artwork modeled after Hollywood awards ceremonies. Nominees in nine categories included artists, curators, critics, and gallerists, recognizing projects that took place from January 2008 to June 2009.
The final list of winners is:
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