Art

Sat, Jun 13 2009

The Europe of Strangers

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Artists representing their countries at the Venice Biennale face the task of making their work fit into their country’s pavilion. Automatically, the work becomes site and situation specific. While...

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Wed, Jun 10 2009

Reciprocal Representation

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2009, Cooper Union’s 150th anniversary, has been a particularly high-profile year for the school. After three years of construction, the massive New Academic Building has finally taken shape on...

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Thu, May 21 2009

Department “E” against art in Russia.

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Artyom Loskutov, an artist and political and cultural activist, was arrested on May 15th in Novosibirsk, one of the largest industrial Russian cities. On May 20th, a local judge decided to keep Loskutov...

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Mon, May 11 2009

The Blogging of Ai Weiwei

Ai Weiwei. Study of Perspective Tiananmen. 1997 Ai Weiwei has long been known for tweaking the Chinese government with the social and political observations he posts on his blog. This has continued —...

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Wed, Apr 29 2009

Playground. Interview with the director Libby Spears

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Film still from "Playground" Wherever you can buy drugs in this country, you can buy children – American children – for sex. While it is not an easy film to watch, Playground is a must...

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Tue, Apr 14 2009

Younger Than Jesus

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The New Museum’s new show, Younger than Jesus, is the broadest of surveys of what’s going on in the minds of art-world youngsters. While this is not particularly ground-breaking territory to investigate,...

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Mon, Apr 6 2009

Neon of the Last Century

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Neon Traces by Anton Ginzburg. Photo by Maxime Dufour The Berlin Wall fell 20 years ago! Lille, a city in the North of France is celebrating this anniversary with a 4 month long festival called Lille3000...

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Wed, Feb 25 2009

Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea

Seven handmade boats glided into the waters of the East River, as part of Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea. The show, produced by New-York artist Swoon, debuted this fall at Deitch Studios in Long Island...

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Wed, Jan 21 2009

So Many Dreams So Little Space!

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While a highlight of December’s Miami Art Basil, Russian Dreams also suffered from trying to do too much with too little. Curated by Olga Sviblova, the show brought 23 Russian artists to the relatively...

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Fri, Jul 11 2008

Louise Bourgeois: Pandora’s Box

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Louise Bourgeois – an artist, whose career spans a century is beyond the confines of modern or even contemporary art as well as it is beyond any art styles or art movements. Her work simultaneously...

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