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Droste Effect magazine at G@P- Galleries at ParatissimaDroste Effect | Nov 4, 2013
2013 is the first year of G@P- Galleries at Paratissima, a section of Paratissima dedicated to contemporary art galleries. 10 galleries will have the opportunity to showcase and sell contemporary artworks at a controlled …
Urs Fischer at Gagosian Gallery, RomeManuele Menconi | Oct 31, 2013
Headshots exploring Problem Paintings, and a Horse/Bed. These are the four subjects exposed by Swiss artist Urs Fischer at the Gagosian Gallery in Rome. In both the sculpture and the series of pictures the capital matter …
Sam Francis at Pasadena Museum of California ArtCatherine Nueva España | Oct 29, 2013
A wonderful and occasionally startling profusion of blues—cobalt, translucent, marine, and of course, Middle—greets you at this ambitious and sprawling retrospective at the Pasadena Museum of California Art. The curators Debra Burchett-Lere and Peter Selz, …
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 …
A study day and an exhibition dedicated to Francesca Alinovi at MAMboMatilde Soligno | Oct 28, 2013
26 OCT 2013 – MAMbo – Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna dedicates a study day and an exhibition to the research and critic practice of Francesca Alinovi (Parma, 1948 – Bologna, 1983) 30 years since …
The broken balance of power in Hachem’s workFederica Salzano | Oct 28, 2013
Money and control are concentrated in few hands. Most people are left powerless. Pascal Hachem is an artist completely focused on his time. He observes the world and he represents its wrongness with a comprehensible …
Premio Alinovi-Daolio – Maurizio Cattelan sends comic duo to collect his prizeMatilde Soligno | Oct 25, 2013
25 OCT 2013 – The award ceremony for Premio Alinovi-Daolio was held this morning at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna, Italy. The prize was given to Maurizio Cattelan, Italian artist/icon whose provocative and …
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: …
Milijana Babić “Looking for work” at ŠKUC Gallery, LjubljanaSabina Damiani | Oct 22, 2013
For the 19th International Festival of Contemporary Arts – City of Women, Milijana Babić presented a show that speaks of social margins and shares information and experiences otherwise untouched in public debates. The artist exposed …
Josh Faught at The Neptune Society Columbarium, San FranciscoEvan Reiser | Oct 21, 2013
“CANCER SUCKS!” reads a button perched beside San Francisco Giants memorabilia, family photographs, and various other tchotchkes. This niche is one of thousands of memorials, each containing cremated human remains, on the second floor of …
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 …
