Al-Ma’mal Foundation for Contemporary Art / Jerusalem announce the appointment of Basak Senova as curator of the Jerusalem Show VII, to be held from 24 October to 7 November. The Jerusalem Show (‘Ala Abwab Al Janna) encompasses exhibitions, film screenings, performances, talks, walks and workshops showcasing works of Palestinian and international artists, presented in the […]
What is biomimicry? Derived from the Greek word bios meaning ‘life’ and mimisis, meaning ‘imitate’, biomimicry refers to the copying, emulating and imitating of nature in all its forms and functions. Dedicating an exhibition to highlight the many everyday products, objects and buildings that have used nature as a source of inspiration, Designs by Mother […]
AV Festival 14: Extraction, open 1–31 March 2014, explores the raw materials that create our experience of the world, from their origins deep in the ground, to their extraction, transformation and global exploitation. Everything comes from the ground, digging the earth, pulling out material through mining or quarrying. Extraction creates new landforms, substances and residues, […]
The 12th edition of the Swiss Sculpture Exhibition continues the innovative spirit of the format by offering the most radical edition yet. True to its provocative legacy of sixty years, the three-folded exhibition Le Mouvement challenges the very definition of public art by creating no sculpture at all. The exhibition is dedicated to performance in […]
Frank To’s art exhibition Afterglow at Alea Glasgow, Springfield Quay, Paisley Road, Glasgow G5 8NP on Friday 7th February from 6.30pm till 10.00 p.m. Frank To is a Glasgow-based artist with a burgeoning international reputation as a leading contemporary figurative painter. The Afterglow exhibition marks To’s return to his abstract painting origins and his first […]
Ballroom Marfa present Sound Speed Marker Teresa Hubbard/Alexander Birchler on view 28 February–31 July 2014. Ballroom Marfa is pleased to present Sound Speed Marker by Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler. The three video installations and related photographs, covering a span of five years of work, explore film’s relationship to place and the traces that movie […]
The Ullens Center for Contemporary Art presents Ji Dachun: Without a Home on view 19 January – 11 May, 2014. Ji Dachun is best-known for his surrealist, satirical critiques of contemporary China. His works range from his trademark characters that seem to hover, and perhaps revel, alone on a vast white background to more recent […]
