Current Programming on VernissageTV: Focus New York

Basel, Switzerland, March 9, 2010 -- The current and upcoming episodes on VernissageTV Art TV focus on the art scene in New York, with highlights such as the Whitney Biennial 2010, the Jeff Koons curated show Skin Fruit at the New Museum, and The Armory Show week.

Focus New York: Whitney Biennial, Art Fairs, Galleries

The current programming on VernissageTV has its focus on the art events during the Armory Show week and the local art scene in New York. VernissageTV spoke with the curator of the Whitney Biennial 2010, Francesco Bonami about the concept of the exhibition, and provides a walk-through of the show. There's also a short glimpse at the alternative Brucennial 2010, and the exhibition Skin Fruit at the New Museum, curated by Jeff Koons.

Focus New York: Art Fairs

VernissageTV provides an overview of The Armory Show and the new fair Independent at the former DIA space in Chelsea, where VernissageTV also taped the discussion "On Gluttony" with participants Raphael Castoriano (art advisor), Will Cotton (artist), Anthony Haden Guest (journalist and writer), Rachel Lehmann (gallery owner), Jennifer Rubell (food artist), and Linda Yablonsky (journalist and writer).

Focus New York: Openings

Apart from the Biennial and the art fairs, a lot of new exhibitions were opening during the Armory Show week. VernissageTV attended the openings of gallery exhibitions in Chelsea, Brooklyn, and the Lower East Side: Nari Ward at Lehmann Maupin; Brian Belott at Züricher Studio; Sofi Zezmer at Mike Weiss Gallery; Pierre Ardouvin, Edith Dekyndt, and Gereon Lepper at Parker's Box ; Billy Childish at White Columns; Robert Crumb at David Zwirner; Joseph Beuys: Make the Secrets Productive at Pace Wildenstein 25th Street.

Focus New York: Interviews

Also part of the current programming are interviews with Helianthe Bourdeaux-Maurin, who curated "Unidentified Living Objects..." at Parker's Box; Francesco Bonami, curator of the Whitney Biennial 2010; Marc Glimcher (President, Pace Wildenstein) and Birte Kleemann (Director, Pace Wildenstein and curator of the exhibition Joseph Beuys: Make the Secrets Productive); Özge Ersoy and Sohrab Mohebbi, curators of a video sceening Strike a Pose, commissioned by Bidoun Projects at Art Dubai 2010; and food artist Jennifer Rubell.

Focus New York: Performances

VernissageTV also documented three performances: John Bock performance at Anton Kern Gallery, Aki Sakamoto performance at the Whitney Museum of American Art (as part of the Whitney Biennial 2010), Brian Conley: Miniature War in Iraq... and Now Afghanistan at The Boiler Pierogi.

About Vernissage TV
VernissageTV is the Internet's unique TV art project, which covers exhibitions and events in the fields of contemporary art, design and architecture. The objective is to give an authentic insight into the world of art by the means of film and video. VernissageTV materializes as video podcast / Internet TV channel / video archive. VernissageTV videocasts two series: The “No Comment” section and the interviews with the protagonists of the art world. VernissageTV is widely distributed via its website and Internet TV networks. Founded in September 2005 VernissageTV is growing steadily. Until now VernissageTV produced, published and archived over 1000 episodes.
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