Spatial perception and the emotive power of light are harnessed within the ephemeral installations and geometric sculptures of Phillip K. Smith III.  The LA-based artist represented by royale projects: contemporary art has an enviable retinue of installations already, from his ethereal Lucid Stead in Joshua Tree to Reflection Field, commissioned for the 2014 Coachella Music & Arts Festival. He brings both […]

Basements are good places to play, licitly or not.  A person can tinker or experiment out of sight of people going about their day-lit lives.  Leeza Meksin has landed a body of new artworks into Airplane, a basement gallery in Bushwick, New York, that takes full advantage of its cellar opportunities.  She pinches, perforates and […]

“Sophistafunk, aristocrats Distinguished stars, clean up your acts Pull up your pants, ladies and gents Please, act like you got some sense” -Outkast, Behold A Lady (2003)  Rare is the moment when a musician (specifically within the realms of Pop, Rap, R&B, and Rock) effectively crosses over into the wilds of Contemporary art without either […]

In the increasingly competitive field of Installation art, having a booth at one of the three incarnations of the Frieze Art Fair (be it Frieze London, Frieze NY, or Frieze Masters) becomes a game of consistent reinvention.  Galleries are faced with the challenge of presenting dynamic, elevated pieces without showing the same work twice.  There […]

PATRICK MIKHAIL GALLERY OTTAWA, CANADA VOLTA10 / BOOTH #C11 PATRICK MIKHAIL Owner   All images © Patrick Mikhail Gallery Polaroid © Installation Magazine

HONOR FRASER GALLERY LOS ANGELES, CA VOLTA10 / BOOTH #B5 HONOR FRASER Owner   Installation:  What was Honor Fraser Gallery’s experience exhibiting at VOLTA10? Honor Fraser:  VOLTA10 was Honor Fraser Gallery’s first outing in Basel.  We love participating in art fairs throughout Europe.  To us, it is crucial to offer our artists exposure to the curators […]