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.

Amsterdam
Annet Gelink Gallery
08/01/11 - 12/02/11

You could hardly call his art sculpture. Using a wide variety of materials and techniques, the British artist Roger Hiorns investigates themes such as human consciousness, ritual actions and erotic energy. In January, he has an exhibition at the Annet Gelink Gallery in Amsterdam.

Parijs
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris/ARC
11/02/11 - 30/04/11

The Canadian art collective General Idea were masters of irony – until the AIDS epidemic overtook them and their work unmistakeably changed in tone. Of the original three, only AA Bronson survived. On the occasion of a large retrospective in the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, he speaks about their 25 year long collective art production.

Mounir Fatmi repeatedly hits a nerve with both believers and nonbelievers. Religion is never far off in work that often seems as dark as it does hopeful – it’s just a matter of how you look at it.

Galleries are elbowing one another to have him as one of their artists. Navid Nuur (born in Tehran, now living in the Hague) is a major talent in Dutch art. His work is as broad as it is poetic, both relaxed and well-wrought. He is an intelligent handyman with broad visual capability, operating at the edges of what can be said and shown.