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Interview with Massimilano Gioni on the 2015 Armory Focus: MENAMDroste Effect | Mar 7, 2015
We spoke with Massimilano Gioni, director of New York’s New Museum, about this year’s Armory Focus: MENAM, a section dedicated to the Middle East, North Africa, and the Mediterranean, and curated by Omar Kholeif for …
Interview with Omar Kholeif, curator of Armory Focus: Middle East, North Africa, and the MediterraneanDroste Effect | Mar 7, 2015
We talked with Omar Kholeif, curator of this year’s Armory Focus: MENAM, a section dedicated to the Middle East, North Africa, and the Mediterranean inside The 2015 Armory Show art fair in New York City. …
Intervals – Allora & Calzadilla in Philadelphia at The Fabric WorkshopEleonora Castagna | Mar 3, 2015
Last Sunday it was a super cold day in Philly, so I spent the whole afternoon at The Fabric Workshop. A friend of mine was my tour guide through the city, which I was visiting …
Return to Reason at Gallery Wendi NorrisCatherine Nueva España | Feb 25, 2015
Photography gets a fresh look at The Return to Reason, a successful first-time collaboration between Gallery Wendi Norris and Pier 24’s Allie Haeusslein, with works by Stephen Gill, Yamini Nayar, Chloe Sells, Lorenzo Vitturi, and …
Walid Raad: Institutional critique and art engagé at MADREEleonora Salvi | Feb 23, 2015
“Preface / Prefazione” is the first solo exhibition of Walid Raad in Italy. It is curated by Alessandro Rabottini and Andrea Viliani at the MADRE in Naples and it is the outstanding result of the …
Experience Matters. Kazuo Shiraga and Satoru Hoshino at Dominique Lévy New YorkRobin Newman | Feb 19, 2015
Gutai, which translates as “embodiment” or “concrete”, is most commonly understood in the West as the name of the avant-garde art group that was formed in 1954. The Dominique Lévy gallery in New York City …
Michael Dean. Qualities of Violence at De Appel, AmsterdamMara Bertoni | Feb 17, 2015
Once you get into De Appel, you step into small black plastic balloons, and immediately ask yourself if they are filled with some killer gas instead of air. Especially since millions of cents are inviting you to …
Crossing over to Modernity: Too Early, Too Late and the dichotomy Islam/WestVincenzo Estremo | Feb 16, 2015
During my studies of History of Art I had two obsessions, better say, two artists I was obsessed with. I am talking about Antonello da Messina and Gentile Bellini. Both of them were not only …
Alchemy in Black and White – A performance for AltaRomaManuele Menconi | Feb 9, 2015
The Roman Concept Store èStile promotes fashion passing through art with Alchemy in Black and White, a special event set up for AltaRoma. A performance transformed this space into a factory where two different languages …
Droste Effect / Pizza Box presents: PizzemblageDroste Effect | Feb 5, 2015
VERSIONE IN ITALIANO IN FONDO When Droste Effect was born, all the team was asking themselves a number of questions, that overlapped to merely practical matters. We were trying to face economic issues, to …
Basim Magdy: The Many Colours of the Sky Radiate ForgetfulnessGowri Balasegaram | Feb 3, 2015
Diogenes of Sinope, the Greek philosopher, was one of the founders of the Cynic philosophy. An irascible yet formidable character, Diogenes displayed his disdain of Athenian convention by living a spartan lifestyle and …
A Walk Through The Art. Arte Fiera 2015Manu Buttiglione | Jan 28, 2015
The Arte Fiera 2015 contemporary art fair was held in Bologna, Italy on January 23-26, 2015. The 39th edition of the International Exhibition of Modern and Contemporary Art included 210 exhibitors, divided into 5 sections. …
