Installation weeks at Rice University Art Gallery are always chaotic, with assistants scrambling to help visiting artists complete their monumental commissions in time for opening night. This week is ...

El Anatsui’s work is about as trashy as it comes. For years, the African artist and professor worked in a variety of mediums, but it was only a decade ago that he gained international acclaim for his ...

A shimmering tapestry of broken mirrors and pressed tin by Ghanaian artist El Anatsui is set to open at the High Line in October, Carol Vogel of The New York Times reports. This epic, site-specific ...

It’s hard to believe that Jack Shainman Gallery’s charming exhibition space inside a refurbished schoolhouse in Kinderhook, New York, is just one year old. This summer, The School celebrated its ...

Here’s a little Friday pleasure reading for you. The Plain Dealer spoke with the Akron Art Museum staff members charged El Anatsui, “They Finally Broke the Pot of Wisdom,” 2011. (Courtesy the artist ...

From El Anatsui: Art and Life, by Susan Vogel. El Anatsui, Broken Bridge, 2012. Site-specific installation for "La Triennale d'art contemporain," MuséeGalliera, Paris, 2012. Photo by Erik Lasalle, ...

Broken Bridge II is the second iteration of El Anatsui‘s artwork, with the original shown in Paris during the 2012 Triennale. The latest version was made with the same materials but reworked to fit ...

Akron Art Museum What: The exhibition "Gravity and Grace: Monumental Works by El Anatsui." When: Through Sunday, Oct. 7. Where: 1 S. High St., Akron. Admission: $7; $5, students with ID and seniors 65 ...

Akron Art Museum What: The exhibition "Gravity and Grace: Monumental Works by El Anat sui." When: Through Sunday, Oct. 7. Where: 1 S. High St., Akron. Admission: $7. Go to akronartmuseum.org or call ...

It hangs in the air like paper, like drapery, like a metal curtain, transparent yet solid, monumental and unreal. The space around it, the gallery walls, and you yourself become secondary to this vast ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In truth, Anatsui’s work has evolved steadily over time and it can take many forms. Compartmentalising it does not do justice to ...