Focus on Europe
William Burroughs 100 at RiflemakerSimone Gordon | Feb 12, 2014
On 30 January 2014 I attended a private view of Riflemaker gallery’s William Burroughs 100 exhibition, celebrating the centenary of his birth on 5 February 1914 in St. Louis, Missouri. Burroughs was an innovative writer …
Made in Commons at the Stedelijk Museum Bureau. Practicing art in communal lifeAlessandra Saviotti | Feb 10, 2014
We are living in a moment where, in order to define the distances, we do not mention kilometers any more, but flight hours. The perception of space and time is changing quickly, so institutions feel …
New Tate film series 4. Unlock Art: Where Are The Women?Gowri Balasegaram | Feb 6, 2014
Why are there so few good women artists? How many times have we heard that said, and often by people who claim to possess some knowledge of art? The struggle by women artists to achieve …
Hannah Höch – Another ‘big girl’ on show at the Whitechapel GalleryCaterina Berardi | Feb 5, 2014
Going to the Whitechapel Gallery is always a pleasure. Exhibitions are rather simple but very effective, perfectly matching the beautiful galleries of the building. Since its opening in 1901, the Whitechapel Gallery has always strived …
Vivarium at Corvi-Mora, LondonGowri Balasegaram | Feb 4, 2014
Described as an enclosure or mini ecosystem for raising fauna or flora, a vivarium, is an artifice created for the purpose of study or pleasure. At the eponymous group exhibition at Corvi-Mora, art is appropriated …
More than one Empty Pedestal. Ghosts from Eastern EuropeVincenzo Estremo | Jan 30, 2014
A big number of artists is involved in this show curated by Marco Scotini at the Archeological Museum in Bologna, Italy. Il Piedistallo vuoto / The Empty Pedestal, Ghosts from Eastern Europe is a survey on …
Peter Schlör | Light Shift. Going deep inside landscape photographyBruna Esperi | Jan 28, 2014
Peter Schlör’s solo exhibition at Landes Galerie Linz is just finished, but I would like to direct your special attention to the “Light Shift” works. Artist Peter Schlör made a name for himself with his peculiar …
Making sculpture alive: Big Bambù at MACRO TestaccioCaterina Berardi | Jan 27, 2014
Curious visitors have been wandering all last summer long about the strange conglomerate in the main courtyard of MACRO Testaccio. It took a while and a crew of experienced rock climbers but Big Bambù, a …
Digital Garden – A green platformVincenzo Estremo | Jan 18, 2014
Information society works as a big computer, it accumulates sensitive data trying to understand the evolution and future of the world. This society needs to understand and develop new strategies starting from the study of …
Curiouser and Curiouser: Fantasies as EscapeGowri Balasegaram | Jan 16, 2014
Lustrous and smooth in porcelain, the bikini clad figure of a woman stands resplendent, her legs entangled with the multifarious arms of two octopi. On the opposite wall, the faces of 13 forgotten starlets from …
Massimo Minini: Forty Years of Contemporary ArtEleonora Salvi | Jan 13, 2014
Bonaspetti and Minini agreed that the criterion for the works’ selection on show would been simply: “The unsold”. A curious license that made the exhibition at the Triennale in Milan dedicated to Massimo Minini, a …
The double life of P.V. – Paolo Ventura’s new work at Museo Palazzo dei PioVincenzo Estremo | Dec 17, 2013
In 1826 French inventor Nicéphore Niépce used a coating of bitumen to make the first permanent camera photograph, but a camera exposure lasting for hours or days was required. Only years later Louis Daguerre, French …
