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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 …
The Portrait Room. Portrait#7: Etienne WynantsMichela Alessandrini | Feb 3, 2014
Etienne did not want to meet me, at the beginning. Etienne Wynants (born where and when? I did not ask him) is a Belgian art historian, managing editor of Witte Raaf, and business coordinator …
Karen Lofgren’s “Trajectory Object” Buried at High Desert Test SitesKimberly Nichols | Jan 31, 2014
From 2010 through 2013, artist Karen Lofgren was mentally occupied by the nature of time and the idea that we, as human beings, take it for granted as relatively concrete. Within our life spans we …
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 …
A Walk Through The Art. Arte Fiera 2014Matilde Soligno | Jan 29, 2014
Arte Fiera 2014 was held at BolognaFiere on January 24-27, 2014. The 38th edition of the Arte Fiera art fair brought together 172 galleries, a 27% increase on last year’s edition. The galleries were divided …
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 …
A Walk Through the Oakland Museum of California’s Art CollectionDiana Gadaldi | Jan 22, 2014
Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Kevin Roche in 1969 and situated between Lake Merritt and Downtown Oakland, the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is a major architectural example of mid-century modernism in the United States …
A conversation with Su-Chen Hung: resonances from the past and a look into her future projectsDiana Gadaldi | Jan 20, 2014
My first meeting with visual artist Su-Chen Hung dates back to April 2013, when her latest solo exhibition Ants in the City opened at Intersection for the Arts, a multidisciplinary center for the arts located …
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 …
