Friendly Game—Electronic Feelings

Larger-than-life video installations take over two Spanish galleries in Pipilotti Rist's latest solo show

Swiss video artist Pipilotti Rist‘s mesmerizing images often consume entire rooms, but at any scale her masterful manipulations of color, scale, and pacing draw viewers into dreamlike worlds. Her latest solo exhibition Friendly Game—Electronic Feelings, currently on display at two galleries in Barcelona and the nearby town of Girona, features 13 of her video works—including her site-specific work “Temps lliure,” which tries to “clean the …

Art Basel 41 Highlights, Part Two

Warped realist sculptures, Op-Art paintings and wearable instruments round out our list of Art Basel 2010 favorites

There were so many great things at Art Basel 41 we needed a second feature to capture them all. Check out Part One of our coverage here if you missed it. At NYC’s Sperone Westwater, “Michael (Variation #1)” (2010), a larger-than-life bust by Canadian artist Evan Penny, captured the booth. This particular piece, following the theme of most of his work, is a strikingly realistic …

One Way or Another Art Sale

Skateboard decks made to spec by your artist of choice, with proceeds going towards underprivileged kids

Contributor has once again teamed up with Society6 and Club Mumble to curate their second art show in support of Contributor‘s charity. Building on the success of last year’s group show, “One Way Or Another” plays on the personal nature of a skateboard. Things like how you grip your board, how loose your trucks are and how you know that the size of your wheels …