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Open Call: Art Dubai’s 2013 Residencies

Magdi Mostafa (2012 A.I.R. Dubai Resident Artist) - "The Sound Element" (2012), Installation, Bastakiya

Blog post by Anna Purcell – in Berlin; Sunday, July 29, 2012.

Art Dubai, Delfina Foundation, Dubai Culture & Arts Authority, and Tashkeel collaborate to organize Artists-in-Residence (A.i.R) Dubai, an annual residency programme which supplies artists and curators with the opportunity to be based in Dubai before and during Art Dubai and Art Week every March.
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Barbara Confino’s “The Genetic Wars”

BarbaraConfino - The Genetic Wars

Blog post by Anna Purcell – in Berlin; Saturday, July 21, 2012.

In her graphic history The Genetic Wars, Barbara Confino, a New York City-based artist and writer, explores the repurcussions of a society in which cloning is the primary form of human reproduction.
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Paul Thek and Luc Tuymans: Why?!

Paul Thek and Luc Tuymans - "Why?!”, installation view, Photo courtesy of Luc Tuymans and Galerie Isabella Czarnowska, Berlin Photo by Jochen Littkemann

Blog post by Adela Yawitz – in Berlin; Monday, Jul. 16, 2012.

In his new exhibition at Isabella Czarnowska gallery, painter Luc Tuymans plays the curator, art historian, and co-star of the show. The collection of paintings and objects in the gallery pushes the boundaries of visual, linear lines that tie the “influential” to the “influenced”. Tuymans, one of the most prominent painters working today, presents an exhibition of his own work alongside the work of Paul Thek…[read on…]

Neue Berliner Räume presents Robert Montgomery

Robert Montgomery

Blog post by Alison Hugill – in Berlin; Saturday, Jul. 14, 2012.

On July 7th, Berlin-based creative platform Neue Berliner Räume opened a multi-site exhibition by British artist Robert Montgomery. ‘Echoes of Voices in the High Towers’ – the artist’s debut show in Germany – consists of three billboard pieces and two poems illuminated on a marquee on the grounds of the former Tempelhof airfield, as well as ten large billboard works scattered throughout the city. [read on…]


Karla Black at Schinkel Pavillon

Karla Black at Schinkel Pavillon

Blog post by Marie-Louise Crona – in Berlin; Friday, Jul. 13, 2012.

The Schinkel Pavillon was built in 1969 by the architect Rikard Paulick and is located at the park of the Crown Prince’s Palace. Schinkel Pavillon gives the impression of being an oversized vitrine, and standing inside it, there are great panoramic views of famous Berlin monuments like the TV Tower, the former School of Architecture of Karl Friedrich Schinkel, and the Berliner Dom.
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Is Fashion an artform?

Blog post by Leanne McClean, photos by Jessica Barthel – in Berlin; Monday, July 9, 2012.

The past week has seen the city turn fashion-crazy; with catwalks in cinemas at Patrick Mohr, and runways in ice-rinks at Hugo Boss. The drama and the composition of the show seems to be almost as important as the designs themsleves – in some ways, just like a collection in an art gallery.
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Beatriz Crespo: Portraits Capturing the Volatile Intimacy of Moments

Blog post by Florence Reidenbach – in Berlin; Monday, July 9, 2012.

Beatriz Crespo’s solo show, Verdandi, that opened on June 22nd in Merringdham, Kreuzberg, is the first exhibition curated by Porcelaingres as part of their new art exhibition program. They are presenting a large collection of recent works by the artist, including big scale paintings as well as smaller drawings.
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Circleculture Gallery Hosts Jaybo’s Running With The Hunted

Jaybo

Blog post by Anna C. Purcell – in Berlin; Friday, July 6, 2012.

When ideas about innovation have too often fallen into the trap of uninventive imitation, Jaybo, a French artist based in Berlin, rebels against convention. He uses the idiosyncracies of his personal history to explore boundaries, and with his asymmetrical, chaoctic pieces, he challenges the defintion of both art and artist.
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