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Congratulations to EFA Studio Member Carlos Motta who will participate in the 60th Venice Biennale with Disobedience Archive.
Hyperallergic writes, works by 333 artists including Kay WalkingStick, Lauren Halsey, and Samia Halaby will be included in the main exhibition of the upcoming 60th Venice Biennale, a substantial jump from the 213 artists included in the 2022 edition. The exhibition will be on public view from April 20 through November 24.
Courtesy of artist and Mitchell Art Museum
“Can art be bound?” This is one of the questions raised by this exhibition, which takes the form of a used bookstore, crammed with a world’s worth of Spanish-language titles. Artist Pablo Helguera created Librería Donceles in Brooklyn 10 years ago to serve the growing Hispanic and Latinx communities in New York. Since then, the bookstore has traveled to more than a dozen cities, becoming a vibrant hub of activity in each.
On December 8-9, 2023, Mitchell Art Museum brought together the founding artist, arts educators, and musicians for a 10th-anniversary celebration. The weekend included two workshops, a panel discussion, a performance, and a traditional Mexican Posada.
Courtesy of artist and Alison Bradley Projects.
Alison Bradley Projects
526 W. 26th Street, Suite 814
New York, NY 10001
December 13, 2023 - February 24, 2024
Artist reception on January 11, 2024
Alison Bradley Projects is pleased to announce TAMIKO KAWATA, a solo-presentation of groundbreaking sculpture, works on paper, and site-specific installation defining the artist’s trajectory over six decades. On view from December 13th, the exhibition runs until February 24th, with an artist reception on January 11, 2024.
New York-based artist Tamiko Kawata (b. Kobe, 1936) came of age in postwar Japan: a climate in which resistance to predominant gender roles and class hierarchies of the era became core to both her personal and professional mission. She received her BA in Sculpture at the University of Tsukuba / Tokyo University of Education, developing a practice conceptually informed by the avant-garde aesthetic philosophies and movements of the post-war period, including Dadaism, Bauhaus, and Gutai, particularly in their use of unconventional and socially symbolic media. After graduating in 1959, Kawata worked as an artist-designer with Kagami Crystal Glass Works in Tokyo and, as the company’s first woman designer, earned the second highest salary in the nation, and the highest national women’s salary at age 23. In 1961, the artist immigrated to the United States and settled in New York City in 1962, working as the arts and crafts curator of the Japan External Trade Organization.
Courtesy of artist, photography by Adrianna Glaviano for Vogue, December 2023.
EFA Studio Member, Elizabeth Columba is featured on Vogue and Vogue UK online.
Fashion loves art, and designers love to pay tribute to artists—Yves Saint Laurent put Piet Mondrian on his graphic mini, Miu Miu collaborated with John Wesley, Dior's Kim Jones has worked with Peter Doig, and Louis Vuitton handbags brandish Yayoi Kusama dots, to name just a few. But what if an artist was directly asked to make something that was inspired by a designer? For this portfolio, that's exactly what happened. We asked 10 artists from different parts of the world if they would respond to recent collections. Vogue paired each one with a particular designer, and the artists had complete freedom to do what they wanted.
—Dodie Kazanjian
EFA Studio Member, Rhona Bitner had her book Listen reviewed by Jeff Gordinier in the New York Times.
Read the review on the New York Times website.
Photo by Sabrina Eberhard
EFA Studios and The Garment District Alliance unveiled Cracked Ice by renowned artist Del Geist – a series of three towering structures made of stone and stainless steel titled Laurentide, Muir and Champlain that represent erratic boulders being held by immense ice-age glaciers. Located on the Broadway plazas in the Garment District between 39th and 40th Streets, the free installation invites viewers to reflect on the dynamic forces of nature and profound impact of climate change and will be available to the public through March 2024.
For more information, visit garmentdistrict.nyc