The tenth edition of the Dakar Biennale takes place in a particular context. 2012 is the year of the elections, as was 2000. This year also marks the twentieth anniversary of the longest-established biennale on the African continent. The theme chosen for [Read More]
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LONDON – Sophie Dickens’ work as a sculptor is figurative, not conceptual, and she describes her subjects as ‘within the context of traditional art.’ Her inspiration comes from Michelangelo, ancient Greek tradition and the ‘kinematic” skills of photographer Eadward Muybridge, with an [Read More]
London – Gerry Farrell and Edward Horswell of Sladmore Gallery London (www.sladmore.com) love the quirky appeal of the contemporary sculptures created by EDOUARD MARTINET (Le Mans, France b. 1963) from “found” objects he collects from second-hand markets, garage sales and car-boot events. [Read More]
The Frist Center for the Visual Arts presents Fairy Tales, Monsters, and the Genetic Imagination, an exhibition of photographs, paintings, videos, sculptures and installations by contemporary artists who invent humanlike, animal or hybrid creatures to symbolize life’s mysteries, desires and fears, on [Read More]
ArteEast announce the release of the Spring 2012 edition of ArteEast Quarterly, an online publication that offers readers a critical forum for contemporary artistic practices in the Middle East, North Africa and their diaspora. Consisting of 3 sections—ArteZine, Shahadat and Gallery—ArteEast Quarterly [Read More]
The Museum Morsbroich presents Michael Schmidt. Lebensmittel on view through 13 May 2012. Michael Schmidt, “Untitled, # 22,” from: “Lebensmittel,” 2006–2010. Photography, 54,1 x 81,8 cm. © Michael Schmidt From 2006 to 2010, Michael Schmidt travelled the continent of Europe photographing the [Read More]
The Pavilion of Turkey at the Venice Biennale will be coordinated by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) with the contribution of the Promotion Fund of the Turkish Prime Ministry, and sponsored by Fiat in 2013, as it was in [Read More]
The Kunsthaus Zurich presents Posada to Alys. Mexican Art From 1900 to the Present, an exhibition on view through20 May 2012. Francis Alys Sleepers II, 2000, 80 slides, copyright Francis Alys Kunsthaus Zurich Mexico occupies a special position in the international art [Read More]
Fundación Botín, a Spanish institution created in 1964, launches a call for the Visual Arts Grants and the Art Workshop to be directed by Lothar Baumgarten. The call is international in both cases. INTERNATIONAL VISUAL ARTS GRANTS. 20th CALL 2012–2013 These are [Read More]
The Museum of Modern Art presents Foreclosed. Rehousing the American Dream, an exhibition on view through July 30, 2012, in the The Robert Menschel Architecture and Design Gallery. Architectural model for Studio Gang Architects The Garden in the Machine project for Cicero, [Read More]
The Henry Moore Institute is a centre dedicated to the study of sculpture. Our 2012–2013 exhibition programme features a series of exhibitions that address how the sculpture of today is informed by the histories of sculpture and its surroundings. John McCracken: ‘IV’ [Read More]
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art presents Rineke Dijkstra. A Retrospective, on view through May 28, 2012. Rineke Dijkstra, Kolobrzeg, Poland, July 26, 1992, 1992; chromogenic print; 66 1/8 in. x 55 11/16 in.; Courtesy the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, [Read More]
Galerie Christian Lethert presents its 3rd solo exhibition with Cologne based sculptor Gereon Krebber. Somatos an exhibition on view 14.04.2012 – 26.05.2012. Somatös is a word formation that mixes the idea of the somatic (physiological) and comatose. This state of uncertainty is [Read More]
Spruth Magers London presents an exhibition of new work by German artist Thomas Demand in his first solo show in London since 2009. The exhibition will feature the series entitled The Dailies, which is currently on display in Sydney as the 25th [Read More]