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 …

Viva La Revolucion: A Dialogue With The Urban Landscape

A museum show positions street art alongside rising urbanism with an exhibit and site-specific works

In graffiti’s latest museum show “Viva La Revolucion: A Dialogue With The Urban Landscape,” the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego looks at how everyday visual cues—signs, advertisements, tattoos, graffiti, graphic art, trash—have become central to several fields of today’s art world. The exhibition showcases the works of talented artists who interact with the urban landscape, including Ryan McGinness, Mark Bradford, Dr. Lakra, Faile, David …