features 07.10.11 Metropolis M
Since Neïl Beloufa's breakthrough during Manifesta 8 in Murcia, his work has been an undeniable hit on the international exhibition circuit.
Gent
Kiosk
05/02/11 - 13/03/11
Strange and familiar. A certain ambiguity marks the attempt of the Georgian-born, Berlin-based artist Thea Djordjadze to feel at home in an exhibition space. This spring she is presenting new work in Kiosk in Ghent.
Rotterdam
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen
12/02/11 - 08/05/11
Gabriel Lester is a practised poseur and commentator who is completely at home in the world of make-believe. Initially offering his commentaries about films in three-dimensional renderings of complex scenarios, he now works increasingly in film himself. The Boijmans Van Beuningen is presenting his first major retrospective.
Feet in the mud
17/01/11 Ine Gevers
Recent years have seen no shortage of exhibitions concerned with ecology and the environment, but to date, they seem to have had little effect. What seems to be going wrong?
reviews 09.01.11 Stefaan Vervoort
The 'things' of Valérie Mannaerts come to life in Amsterdam.
reviews 10.05.10 Judith Vrancken
Berlin
Johann König, Max Hetzler, Hamish Morrison
01/01/10 - 05/06/10
As the opening night of a proper Berlin Gallery Weekend requires, the art was somewhat secondary to the ubiquitous wine and networking by its fashionable and multilingual audience. In terms of art however, this year, the participating galleries seem to put a collective focus on exceptionally theatrical pieces and forms of presentation. Here are some highlights from our Berlin correspondent.
He is a rising star that the exhibition circuit can no longer do without. Constant Dullaart, fresh from the Rijksakademie, can always be found showing his work somewhere. He is a critic of the medium, highly active on the Internet, and is an equally talented critic of himself and of his vocation of contemporary visual artist.
reviews 24.09.09 Tessa Verheul
New York
Whitney Museum for American Art
25/06/09 - 11/10/09
The exhibition Dan Graham: Beyond at the Whitney Museum of American Art offers an overview of the impressive oeuvre of New York based artist Dan Graham. Graham is the third artist – after Gordon Matta-Clark and Lawrence Weiner – to be honoured with such a retrospective as part of a collaboration between the Whitney Museum in New York and the MOCA in Los Angeles.
'The past does not influence me. I influence the past'
An Interview with Adam Pendleton
15/06/09 Krist Gruijthuijsen
The young artist Adam Pendleton is currently making waves with performances, paintings and installations in which he critically examines our interpretation of history and culture. His work is often describe as ‘conceptual’ or even ‘complicated’, thanks to his frequent use of texts both from his own hand and derived from Afro-American literature, music and pop culture. Is Pendleton ridiculing the clichés about black culture, collecting them like a sociologist, or is he trying to initiate a more subtle way of thinking about language and identity? Time to let him speak for himself.
I let somebody get under my skin
Ryan Gander
reviews 19.02.09 Annie Wu
Amsterdam
Annet Gelink Gallery
10/01/09 - 01/03/09
I let somebody get under my skin is the title of Ryan Gander’s third solo exhibition at Annet Gelink Gallery in Amsterdam. Being a master of storytelling, Gander’s work has always delved heavily into the world of meta-narratives, resulting in a series of works about pre-existing moments in time.