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The biennial for the sake of the biennial…? Fourth Prague Biennial 2009

The biennial for the sake of the biennial…? Fourth...

Markéta Stará

The biennial for the sake of the biennial…? Fourth Prague Biennial 2009

Markéta Stará

Since the Velvet Revolution in 1989 the Czech art scene has undergone a number...

Published 13.08.09

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Approaching Unreal Asia: Oberhausen International Short Film Festival 2009

Approaching Unreal Asia: Oberhausen International Short Film Festival 20...

George Clark

Approaching Unreal Asia: Oberhausen International Short Film Festival 2009

George Clark

'Does realism have any native counterpart in Asian aesthetics?' With this question the Thailand-based curators...

Published 10.07.09

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'Après Crépuscule' at the Cologne Kunstverein

'Après Crépuscule' at the Cologne Kunstverein

Manuel Gnam

'Après Crépuscule' at the Cologne Kunstverein

Manuel Gnam

The recent group exhibition 'Après Crépuscule' ('After Twilight') at the Cologne Kunstverein revealed the hermetic...

Published 08.06.09

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On Language and the Public Art of Lothar Baumgarten

On Language and the Public Art of Lothar Baumgarten...

Cornelia Lauf

On Language and the Public Art of Lothar Baumgarten

Cornelia Lauf

Critical language, in reviews and catalogue essays, often reflects the subject it seeks to canvas....

Published 29.05.09

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'suddenly: where we live now' at the Pomona College Museum of Art

'suddenly: where we live now' at the Pomona College...

Mia Locks

'suddenly: where we live now' at the Pomona College Museum of Art

Mia Locks

Less a theme and more a mood, uncertainty seems to be the unlikely anchor...

Published 27.05.09

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'Twenty Seven Senses' at Kunstmuseet KUBE, Ålesund

'Twenty Seven Senses' at Kunstmuseet KUBE, Ålesund

Melissa Gronlund

'Twenty Seven Senses' at Kunstmuseet KUBE, Ålesund

Melissa Gronlund

In 1937 Kurt Schwitters fled Germany, fearing arrest by the Gestapo, and travelled to the...

Published 19.05.09

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On Lygia Clark's Structuring the Self

On Lygia Clark's Structuring the Self

Lars Bang Larsen, Suely Rolnik

On Lygia Clark's Structuring the Self

Lars Bang Larsen, Suely Rolnik

The work of Brazilian artist Lygia Clark has been described as notoriously difficult to present....

Published 01.05.09

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Cyprien Gaillard: 'Beton Belvedere' and Dunepark

Cyprien Gaillard: 'Beton Belvedere' and Dunepark

Esperanza Rosales

Cyprien Gaillard: 'Beton Belvedere' and Dunepark

Esperanza Rosales

'Beton Belvedere', the first retrospective of Cyprien Gaillard's work in the Netherlands, groups together a...

Published 16.04.09

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BorderXing: Heath Bunting, Sissu Tarka

BorderXing: Heath Bunting, Sissu Tarka

Sissu Tarka

BorderXing: Heath Bunting, Sissu Tarka

Sissu Tarka

In August 2007, the artist Heath Bunting and I agreed to exchange SMS messages during...

Published 19.03.09

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How to Film History: An Interview with Jean-Louis Comolli about La Cecilia

How to Film History: An Interview with Jean-Louis Comolli...

Rosa Lleó

How to Film History: An Interview with Jean-Louis Comolli about La Cecilia

Rosa Lleó

Jean-Louis Comolli in conversation with Rosa Lleó

Published 05.03.09

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'theanyspacewhatever' at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

'theanyspacewhatever' at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Brian Sholis

'theanyspacewhatever' at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Brian Sholis

Some claim that art historians and curators, like fashion designers in search of fresh inspiration,...

Published 05.02.09

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Artists at Work: Emily Wardill

Artists at Work: Emily Wardill

Mike Sperlinger

Artists at Work: Emily Wardill

Mike Sperlinger

Film-maker Emily Wardill discusses her films The Diamond (Descartes' Daughter) and Sea...

Published 27.01.09

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'The Collections of Barbara Bloom' at the Martin Gropius Bau Museum

'The Collections of Barbara Bloom' at the Martin Gropius...

Antonia von Schoening

'The Collections of Barbara Bloom' at the Martin Gropius Bau Museum

Antonia von Schoening

For Barbara Bloom, the mere idea of a retrospective is reprehensible. Her installations have...

Published 22.01.09

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Missing Prospects: A Reflection on Prospect.1 New Orleans

Missing Prospects: A Reflection on Prospect.1 New Orleans

Natalie Sciortino-Rinehart

Missing Prospects: A Reflection on Prospect.1 New Orleans

Natalie Sciortino-Rinehart

It is impossible to ignore the catastrophic - to do so would discredit our humanity,...

Published 19.01.09

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52nd London Film Festival 2008

52nd London Film Festival 2008

George Clark

52nd London Film Festival 2008

George Clark

'By chance, in 1980, I was struck by a scene in a TV documentary about...

Published 15.01.09

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Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell

Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell

David Noriega

Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell

David Noriega

Wild Combination is director Matt Wolf's self-described filmic 'portrait' of Arthur Russell, the...

Published 06.01.09

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Artists at Work: Piero Golia

Artists at Work: Piero Golia

Andrew Berardini

Artists at Work: Piero Golia

Andrew Berardini

Piero Golia in conversation with Andrew Berardini

Published 15.12.08

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Allen Ruppersberg at the Camden Arts Centre

Allen Ruppersberg at the Camden Arts Centre

Coline Milliard

Allen Ruppersberg at the Camden Arts Centre

Coline Milliard

'Art should be familiar and enigmatic, just as human beings themselves', wrote Allen Ruppersberg in...

Published 02.12.08

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documenta 12 at Kassel

documenta 12 at Kassel

Lisette Lagnado

documenta 12 at Kassel

Lisette Lagnado

Roger M. Buergel, artistic director of documenta 12, has done what no one else has...

Published 27.11.08

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Broken Americas: The Cool World and The Exiles

Broken Americas: The Cool World and The Exiles

Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer

Broken Americas: The Cool World and The Exiles

Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer

Two recently resurrected films from the fringes of early 1960s American independent cinema put forth...

Published 19.11.08

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Rafani collective at the Vaclav Spala Gallery, Prague

Rafani collective at the Vaclav Spala Gallery, Prague

Markéta Stará

Rafani collective at the Vaclav Spala Gallery, Prague

Markéta Stará

The Rafani collective is one of a handful of activist art groups in the Czech...

Published 13.11.08

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A Politics of Tears: The Museum of Useless Efforts, Marfa, TX

A Politics of Tears: The Museum of Useless Efforts,...

Mary Walling Blackburn

A Politics of Tears: The Museum of Useless Efforts, Marfa, TX

Mary Walling Blackburn

A multi-national art industry seems to have air-dropped its contemporary art institutions onto the vast...

Published 05.11.08

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‘Cold Cuts: John Knight' at Espai d’art contemporani de Castelló

‘Cold Cuts: John Knight' at Espai d’art contemporani de...

Pedro de Llano

‘Cold Cuts: John Knight' at Espai d’art contemporani de Castelló

Pedro de Llano

In Cold Cuts, the California Conceptualist John Knight addresses the history of illegal...

Published 28.10.08

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'The Anxious: Five Artists Under the Pressure of War' at the Centre Pompidou

'The Anxious: Five Artists Under the Pressure of War'...

Sarah-Neel Smith

'The Anxious: Five Artists Under the Pressure of War' at the Centre Pompidou

Sarah-Neel Smith

In 1985 a Lebanese communist called Jamal Satti made three attempts to record a final...

Published 21.10.08

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