From Dr. Wayne Yakes’ prolific Denver collection the work of Chinese artist Liao Yibai will be on display for the CU Art Museum exhibition Points of View: Selections from Seven Colorado Collections which highlights the breadth and range of collecting in the Front Range Colorado community and allows audiences a view into the remarkable breadth of collections that continue to develop in the region. The exhibition will be open from September 8 – December 17, 2011.

The Bavarian State Opera is presenting its festival’s première of Saint François d’Assise by Olivier Messiaen on July 1 at the Nationaltheater in Munich (with further performances on July 5 and July 10). Hermann Nitsch has created the full stage production with musical direction by Kent Nagano to depict the eight “Scènes franciscaines” which embody the progress of Saint Francis of Assisi through anxiety and inner darkness to a state of divine grace. On display in the foyer of the Nationaltheater, parallel to these performances, will be an installation of Nitsch’s works.

In cooperation with the Bavarian State Opera, Galerie Thomas Modern is concurrently presenting Hermann Nitsch in Munich, a retrospective of works by the artist from the past 25 years from June 30 – July 6. This exhibition is accompanied by different related events changing daily. For more information of the program, click here.

Mike Weiss Gallery would like to announce its participation in Art Aspen 2011! Held at the beautiful Aspen Ice Garden from
August 6 – 8, we will be featuring a fabulous grouping of works by gallery artists Yigal Ozeri, Liao Yibai and newcomers Kaoruko and Trudy Benson! This exciting fair begins immediately following ArtCrush 2011 - the prestigious Aspen Art Museum’s fundraising gala. We hope to see you there! Please contact the gallery for more information about works or to inquire about fair admission or hours.

Stefanie Gutheil has been named one of the top 30 “Emerging Art Mavens” under 40 years old by COMPANY, a new online art community for collectors, by collectors! Stefanie is one of only 12 artists listed, with the rest of the list devoted to international art advisors, gallerists, bloggers, curators, and collectors. To see more, click here.

Marc Séguin is currently participating in the group show Big Brother - Artists & tyrants at Palais des Arts et du Festival in Dinard, France through September 11. Featuring the works of thirty artists the exhibition draws its inspiration from George Orwell’s novel 1984 and turns its gaze upon the balance of power between the artist and the tyrant who face off through an astounding game of mirrors in which Big Brother is both he who is watching and he who is watched. Other artists in the show include André Butzer, Maurizio Cattelan, William Kentridge, Cindy Sherman, and Zhang Huan. For more information, click here.

Mike Weiss Gallery is pleased to announce the Grand Opening of the Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation at the Mana Art Center, in Jersey City, New Jersey on Sunday May 15. With over 6,000 square feet of exhibition space, this nonprofit organization cultivates programs that facilitate the exchange of ideas within the art community. Its first inaugural exhibit features over forty artists from Eileen S. Kaminsky’s personal collection including works by Kim Dorland, Stefanie Gutheil, Will Kurtz, Hermann Nitsch, Yigal Ozeri, Piet van den Boog, Christian Vincent, and Liao Yibai. For more information and to RSVP for this event, see artmanafest.com.

Mike Weiss Gallery is pleased to announce our representation of Japanese artist, Kaoruko. Kaoruko’s large-scale paintings offer a fresh take on feminist imagery by combining codified prints taken from traditional Japanese textiles with female figures depicted in their private domestic spaces. By reflecting on a young woman’s relationship with herself, her possessions and her role in society, Kaoruko illustrates that simple, everyday rituals can lead to joy, happiness and ultimately transcendence. She currently lives and works in New York City.

Marc Séguin was the subject of the 2010 documentary film Bull's eye, un peintre à l'affût (Bull’s Eye: A Painter on the Watch) by Bruno Boulianne. Highly metaphorical, the film offers a rare glimpse into the world of an artist who paints like he hunts: with patience, faith, and desire while waiting for an animal or that elusive moment when an image for a work will come to him. Between Montréal and New York, Séguin balances the desire to live, create, and spend time in the vast wilderness in order to reach his target: a breathtaking image on canvas. Winning the Montreal International Festival of Films on Art 2010 award, the film was also featured at many important venues and film festivals including: MOMA; Tate Modern, London; Musée du Louvre and Centre Pompidou, Paris; Sundance Film Festival and Berlin Film Festival.

Please join Mike Weiss Gallery, in collaboration with the Québec Government Office in New York, for a screening of the film at Anthology Film Archives. Please see all information below, and contact the gallery for more information and to RSVP:

Bull's eye, un peintre à l'affût
(Bull’s Eye: A Painter on the Watch)

Wednesday April 20, 2011
6pm – Doors Open, light refreshments served
7pm – Screening

Anthology Film Archives
32 Second Avenue (at 2nd Street) 
New York, NY 10003

Marc Séguin’s debut novel, La Foi du braconnier (The Faith of a Poacher), published by Leméac, was the 2010 winner of the Prix des libraires du Quebec and is due to be released in English in April. In this compelling non-autobiographic novel Séguin, who is also an avid hunter, writes about a braconnier (poacher) who travels between Canada and the United States absorbed in a dark narrative of isolation. The protagonist is rebounded by intimate encounters between himself, lovers, companions, the law, religion, and of course, his prey.

Marc Séguin was a guest on the popular Canadian television show “Tout Le Monde en Parle” on April 3. Watch the clip in French, here.

Leo Koenig Inc. is presenting Die Apotheke / The Pharmacy, an exhibition by the notoriously theatrical Austrian artist Hermann Nitsch, from March 25 – April 30. The gallery will be exhibiting paintings by the artist alongside a virtual “cabinet of curiosities.” The cabinets, which line the walls of the back of the space, house all manner of accoutrements for Hermann Nitsch’s performances slated for the evening of the 25th and midday on the 26th. This exhibition was conceived in collaboration with Mike Weiss Gallery.

Bloodlines: Paintings by Hermann Nitsch is currently at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver through May 29. The exhibition features eight major Schüttbilder (spill paintings) created by Hermann Nitsch between 1990 and 2007, as well as related objects and music, and introduces viewers to this seasoned artist’s creative practice and how his work is rooted in both the sanctity of religious ritual and the drama of Abstract Expressionist painting. His blood and pigment stained canvases hover between the poles of material decadence and the mystery enacted in the sacrificial/redemptive drama of the Catholic Mass. This exhibition provides an overview of Nitsch’s complex oeuvre as well as a platform for discussion about the possibilities for extreme art in contemporary life.