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The re-mediated book: Toast at Atelier Salzamt LinzVincenzo Estremo | Feb 8, 2016
The shape of books changes throughout history, reflecting institutional paradigms. Physical supports interface with institutional archiviation and distribution processes. And right at the center of Toast: Zur Erweiterung des Buchformats Expanding the Book …
An open window to Ramallah, a few streets away from Kensington, LondonManu Buttiglione | Feb 5, 2016
The Mosaic Rooms brings the work of six Palestinian artists to London with the exhibition ‘Suspended Accounts’, hosted on the premises of the A.M. Qattan Foundation in Earls Court, and curated by Viviana …
Movement Break: Adelita Husni-Bey investigates sport as a metaphor of life’s endless performanceAlessandra Saviotti | Feb 4, 2016
Do Epic Shit. This statement was written on a huge black advertising board in downtown San Francisco last February. At a first sight it made me smile, then it started to make me …
A Walk Through The Art: Arte Fiera 2016Matilde Soligno | Feb 3, 2016
Arte Fiera 2016 celebrated its 40th anniversary this year. Bologna’s contemporary art fair (January 29 to February 1st, 2016) hosted 222 exhibitors, 30% more than 2 years ago. We made a photographic walk-through of Arte …
Hugo Scibetta at Clima Gallery, MilanDroste Effect | Jan 13, 2016
For his first Italian solo show at Clima Gallery, artist Hugo Scibetta created a new body of work dealing with the concept of apartment gallery. In the first and second room, the artworks …
Jong Oh’s shapes of perturbation at MARC STRAUS GalleryMatilde Soligno | Jan 9, 2016
We talked with Korean artist Jong Oh at the preview of his third solo exhibition with MARC STRAUS Gallery in New York’s Lower East Side. Matilde Soligno: Have you always worked with site-specific, …
Theo Jansen’s Amazing Creatures in MadridClara Ollier | Jan 4, 2016
Espacio Fundación Telefónica is currently showcasing Theo Jansen’s incredible Strandbeest (Beach Beasts) until the 17 January. Jansen is a Dutch artist who has devoted his life to the creation of unbelievable sculptural constructions which resemble …
Devotion at Catinca Tabacaru GalleryArianna Carossa | Dec 21, 2015
Excrescence: a projection or outgrowth. Merriam-Webster Dictionary Now this vast principal bulk, of which the things you have named resemble excrescences and ornaments: Of what do you believe this to be made? Galileo Galilei, Dialogue …
A Walk Through The Art: Art Basel Miami 2015 – Miami Art WeekDroste Effect | Dec 12, 2015
The week commonly known as Miami Art Week or Art Basel Week now brings in the city more than 20 distinct art fairs located in both Miami and Miami Beach. If you missed this …
Alessandro Di Pietro and Jacopo Miliani at CAB GrenobleEleonora Castagna | Dec 8, 2015
Until the New Year, the two upper floors of the Centre d’Art Bastille in Grenoble, France will be hosting artwork by artists Alessandro Di Pietro and Jacopo Miliani, who were selected for the Double Cross …
Defining the indefinite: Political Populism at Kunsthalle WienVincenzo Estremo | Dec 4, 2015
Political Populism is a group show curated by Nicolaus Schafhausen for Kunsthalle Wien. The exhibition takes under consideration the concerning rise of political populism in contemporary society, and the increasing spread of populist aesthetics in …
Katja Loher’s Interplanetary Orchestration in New YorkArianna Carossa | Dec 1, 2015
On November 11, New-York based artist Katja Loher‘s latest production was at the center of an exhibition event named “Interplanetary Orchestration on 11.11,” that took place inside the artist’s studio loft in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The …
