Focus on Europe
If it’s not one thing, it’s your mother. Home Truths at the Photographers’ GallerySarah El-Taki | Dec 10, 2013
This week I went to see the new exhibition at the Photographers’ Gallery, Home Truths: Photography, Motherhood and Identity. To my recollection I have never given birth or had children so I felt it would be …
Mingei: Are You Here? at Pace LondonSophie Mayer | Dec 6, 2013
Mingei: Are You Here? Is the current exhibition at Pace London, open till January 18th. Situated in trendy Soho (Lexington Street) this gallery space is on the first floor, you haveto be buzzed into the …
Allora & Calzadilla’s first time in Milan for Fondazione Nicola TrussardiEleonora Salvi | Dec 3, 2013
Entering the Cusani Palace feels like leaving the chaotic noise of the city of Milan to step into a great carillon. With the exhibition Fault Lines, Nicola Trussardi Fundation presents for the first time in …
Mira Schendel at Tate ModernGowri Balasegaram | Nov 29, 2013
There is a definite philosophical calm to Mira Schendel’s graphic works. Standing by her Objetos Gráphicos – transparent sheets of acrylic restraining an avalanche of inscrutable text on rice paper – I find myself thinking …
Only in England. Photographs by Martin Parr and Tony Ray JonesSarah El-Taki | Nov 20, 2013
People have always argued the relationship between science and art, especially when it comes to photography. This could be the reason for the Science Museums new Media Space that exhibited the anthropological photographs taken by …
New Tate film series 2. Unlock Art: Browsing the International Art MarketGowri Balasegaram | Nov 19, 2013
Just released is the the second film in the Unlock Art series, Browsing the International Art Market. This month’s presenter is actress and comedienne Sally Phillips, who has starred in Crackanory, Miranda and Smack The Pony. Phillips reminds us …
Vienna Art Week 2013 “Projecting Worlds.” An interview with curator Robert PunkenhoferVincenzo Estremo | Nov 18, 2013
Today – November 18 – Vienna Art Week opens its ninth edition. I met the curator of the event, Robert Punkenhofer, for a brief interview. Vincenzo Estremo: The title of Vienna Art Week’s ninth edition, …
Generazione Critica – A symposium about contemporary photography criticismMatilde Soligno | Nov 14, 2013
The Generazione Critica symposium about contemporary photography criticism in Italy took place at METRONOM Gallery in Modena on October 25-26, 2013. It was supported by Regione Emilia-Romagna. Aim of the initiative was to deepen the …
Interview with Ceren Oykut at ArtissimaManuele Menconi | Nov 10, 2013
What is my name? Thinking and working on this question, the Turkish artist Ceren Oykut took out from the recent, difficult, life of her people, a floating universe of images. After last summer’s facts of …
New Tate film series 1. Unlock Art: Bringing Performance Art To LifeGowri Balasegaram | Nov 6, 2013
What do Frank Skinner, Alan Cumming and Peter Capaldi have in common, apart from being actors? Answer – they all feature in Tate’s latest series of films, Unlock Art. The series documents big ideas, themes …
Neighbours and Norman McLarenVincenzo Estremo | Nov 5, 2013
Animazioni is an interesting exhibition at MAN, Museo d’arte Provincia di Nuoro, curated by Lorenzo Giusti – MAN’s director – and Elena Volpato – GAM, Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin – on video and animation works …
Francesca Alinovi, the Emphatism Manifesto, and a documentary about her lifeDroste Effect | Oct 28, 2013
In occasion of a study day dedicated to Francesca Alinovi that will take place at MAMbo – Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna on October 26, 2013, Droste Effect magazine redesigned The Emphatism Manifesto, a writing …
