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Laure Prouvost: Excited in Slow Motion

Laure Prouvost: Excited in Slow Motion

Kathy Noble

Laure Prouvost: Excited in Slow Motion

Kathy Noble

Kathy Noble takes a disorientating journey with Laure Prouvost's newly commissioned film sequence and installations,...

Published 03.11.11

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Artists at Work: BADco.

Artists at Work: BADco.

Josefine Wikström

Artists at Work: BADco.

Josefine Wikström

Josefine Wikström interviews the theatre collective BADCo. about their work at the Venice Biennale and...

Published 19.10.11

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'Whatever’s happened is already not interesting at all': Ai Weiwei's Blog

'Whatever’s happened is already not interesting at all': Ai...

Shumi Bose

'Whatever’s happened is already not interesting at all': Ai Weiwei's Blog

Shumi Bose

In early April of this year, the art world was chilled by the unexplained arrested...

Published 05.10.11

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Geeta Kapur: On the Curatorial in India (Part 2)

Geeta Kapur: On the Curatorial in India (Part 2)...

Natasha Ginwala

Geeta Kapur: On the Curatorial in India (Part 2)

Natasha Ginwala

For several decades now, Geeta Kapur has both shaped and documented India's contemporary art scene....

Published 03.10.11

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Artist at Work: Yao Jui-chung

Artist at Work: Yao Jui-chung

Ron Hanson

Artist at Work: Yao Jui-chung

Ron Hanson

In this interview with Ron Hanson, Taiwanese artist Yao Jui-chung explains his country's context of...

Published 06.09.11

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Do not go gentle..

Do not go gentle..

Charles Esche

Do not go gentle..

Charles Esche

Co-founder of Afterall and director of the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, Charles Esche passes impassioned...

Published 31.08.11

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Publications on (not only) art: cultural, social and political uses

Publications on (not only) art: cultural, social and political...

Line Ellegaard

Publications on (not only) art: cultural, social and political uses

Line Ellegaard

Earlier this summer, Afterall teamed up with partners UNIA arteypensamiento , ...

Published 03.08.11

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UPDATED: Ten things everyone working in or studying art should know...

UPDATED: Ten things everyone working in or studying art...

Andrew McGettigan

UPDATED: Ten things everyone working in or studying art should know...

Andrew McGettigan

Andrew McGettigan unpicks the new White Paper on higher education 'Students at the Heart of...

Published 22.07.11

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Geeta Kapur: On the Curatorial in India (Part 1)

Geeta Kapur: On the Curatorial in India (Part 1)...

Natasha Ginwala

Geeta Kapur: On the Curatorial in India (Part 1)

Natasha Ginwala

For several decades now, Geeta Kapur has both shaped and documented India's contemporary art scene....

Published 12.07.11

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Picasso in Palestine: Slideshow

Picasso in Palestine: Slideshow

Picasso in Palestine: Slideshow

Last Friday, Pablo Picasso’s Buste de Femme was put on display at the...

Published 29.06.11

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Material Resistance: Allan Sekula's Forgotten Space

Material Resistance: Allan Sekula's Forgotten Space

Jennifer Burris

Material Resistance: Allan Sekula's Forgotten Space

Jennifer Burris

Jennifer Burris discusses Allan Sekula's  The Forgotten Space , a film essay that describes the...

Published 24.06.11

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Cinenova: Reproductive Labour

Cinenova: Reproductive Labour

George Clark

Cinenova: Reproductive Labour

George Clark

An exclusive video-essay featuring eight clips of rarely seen film and video works made by...

Published 08.06.11

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Atlas: How to Carry the World on One's Back?

Atlas: How to Carry the World on One's Back?...

Pedro de Llano

Atlas: How to Carry the World on One's Back?

Pedro de Llano

Via the curation of Georges Didi-Huberman, Pedro de Llano examines the impulse towards the association...

Published 25.05.11

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Artists at Work: Anne Tallentire

Artists at Work: Anne Tallentire

Lisa Panting

Artists at Work: Anne Tallentire

Lisa Panting

Anne Tallentire and Lisa Panting share thoughts on alternative cartographies, territories, and itinerant means of...

Published 10.05.11

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Art Practice and the Doctoral Degree

Art Practice and the Doctoral Degree

Andrew McGettigan

Art Practice and the Doctoral Degree

Andrew McGettigan

Andrew McGettigan analyses the problems in practice-led art PhDs, suggesting some alternative approaches.

Published 06.05.11

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Two Slight Returns: Chauncey Hare and Marianne Wex

Two Slight Returns: Chauncey Hare and Marianne Wex

Mike Sperlinger

Two Slight Returns: Chauncey Hare and Marianne Wex

Mike Sperlinger

Mike Sperlinger looks at the trajectories of photographers Chauncey Hare and Marianne Wex to question...

Published 19.04.11

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