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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 …
Hard Rock Life: Llyn Foulkes at Andrea Rosen GalleryKuoure Thomas | Nov 12, 2013
Forget what you think you know about landscapes and postcards, and consider Llyn Foulkes. The artist’s landscape works from 1963 to 1984 are explored in a new exhibition at Andrea Rosen Gallery. On display is …
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 …
The Portrait Room. Portrait#4: Walid SadekMichela Alessandrini | Nov 4, 2013
Walid Sadek talks about art and political through non-obstructive pieces and is a careful kind person. I do not fictionalize, I theorize the real. Walid Sadek is a Beirut-based Lebanese artist and writer born …
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 …
Sebastián Gordín at Cecilia Brunson Projects, LondonGowri Balasegaram | Oct 24, 2013
As part of their aim to bring innovative Latin America art and cultural production to London, the recently launched Cecilia Brunson Projects is exhibiting watercolour and wooden marquetry magazines by Argentine artist Sebastián Gordín. Gordín …
Pending PropagandaVincenzo Estremo | Oct 22, 2013
The etymology of the word Propaganda comes from the Latin Pro-pagere in which pagere means seed, spread, and the prefix pro means forward, for long. In digital era, the word propaganda seems to be anachronistic: …
Man, Land, and Stuff: Matthew Day Jackson at Hauser & WirthKuoure Thomas | Oct 17, 2013
Against my better judgement, I put off seeing Matthew Day Jackson’s show, Something Ancient, Something New, Something Stolen, Something Blue at Hauser & Wirth until this week. Little did I know the show would take …
Tête à Tête: A Visual Conversation About FeminismAlex Moore | Oct 17, 2013
During September, RAID projects in Los Angeles hosted Tête à Tête, an exhibition that re-examined the 1969 feminist assertion that “the personal is political.” The show of work by all female-identified artists ranged from video to …
The California-Pacific Triennial at the OCMAEsther Lee | Oct 14, 2013
The California-Pacific Triennial at the Orange County Museum of Art features 32 artists from 15 countries along the Pacific Ocean. Previously known as the California Biennial, which over the course of 25 years examined contemporary …
