Posts Tagged ‘Contemporary Art’
Open Call for Red Bull Arts Detroit
July 22, 2018
Artists, curators and writers can now apply for Red Bull Arts Detroit’s new artist-in-residence program, a visiting curator fellowship, visiting writer fellowship or the ongoing micro-grant program…[read on]
James Turrell’s Invisible Visibility at the Jewish Museum
Article by William Kherbek // July 19, 2018
Visitors ascend into James Turrell’s Ganzfeld via a pyramidal staircase that combines an almost mystical quality with the visual trappings of the iPhone sublime: everything is clean, rounded and aspirational…[read on]
THE WEEK July 16–22, 2018
Openings & Events at Spike Berlin, Decad, Contemporary Fine Arts, Klemms, Hamburger Banhof, Galerie im Turm, Galerie Judin, Universität der Künste, Haus am Lützowplatz, Liszt, Tropez, Kunstsaele Berlin, Galerie Martin Mertens,…[read on]
Marcela E. Torres Reconfigures Power and Structure
Article by Celia Wickham // July 6, 2018
Marcela E. Torres is a Chicago-based artist and educator originating from Salt Lake City, Utah, and a recent graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Having been brought up within the Mormon faith…[read on]
THE WEEK July 2–8, 2018
Openings & Events at Spike Berlin, Blain|Southern, SAVVY Contemporary, Galerija Gregor Podnar, me Collectors Room Berlin, Dittrich & Schlechtriem, Galerie Rolando Anselmi, Volksbühne Berlin, Karma Ltd. Extended, Kwadrat, Schlachthaus. Fresh & Fine Art & Momentum,…[read on]
Xiyadie Escapes Traditional Chinese Society with Paper-Cuts
Article by Julianne Cordray // June 28, 2018
In Xiyadie’s paper-cuts, currently on view at NOME in Berlin, plant and animal life are entangled with human figures and architectural structures in scenes of queer eroticism…[read on]
The First Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art Combines Politics and Nature
Article by Emily McDermott // June 25, 2018
Spread across eight venues, the first edition of the Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art, curated by Katerina Gregos, mixes the political with the natural… [read on]
We Too Will Be Quantified: Control and Ecstasy in Jeremy Shaw’s ‘Quantification Trilogy’
Article by Dagmara Genda // June 22, 2018
Jeremy Shaw’s show at the Kunstverein in Hamburg premieres his ‘Quantification Trilogy’ (2014–18), a triad of videos that speculate about a controlled trajectory of evolution and documents…[read on]
Rethinking Masculinity at Galerie im Turm
Article by Ilyn Wong // June 20, 2018
In their exhibition ‘Mighty Good Men,’ the artists Andrew J Burford and Constantin Hartenstein critique masculinity as fractured and troublesome, yet always inescapably hegemonic…[read on]
Philippe Parreno’s Evolutionary Experiment
Video by BAL Productions // June 11, 2018
Philippe Parreno is perhaps best known for his evolving artworks. No exhibition ends the way it began, and his current show at Gropius Bau in Berlin is no different. Part of the Berliner Festspiele’s Immersion program,…[read on]