Autonomy and Its Contradictions

reviews  25.06.12  Nicola Bozzi

Like in every discussion dealing with art and autonomy, the questions outnumber the answers. Report on a lecture by Andrea Fraser at the Van Abbemuseum, which focuses partly on autonomy from a psychoanalytical standpoint.

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Support for Charles Esche

news  18.10.11 

In recent days, the local Labour party (PvdA) in Eindhoven has criticised the museum policy of the Van Abbemuseum. They demand the museum to make more revenue with their exhibition programme - in other words, make so-called 'blockbuster' exhibitions.

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Exhibitions of the nineties in perspective
Former West: Art and the Social

reviews  14.05.10  Pieternel Vermoortel

London
Tate Britain
30/04/10 - 30/04/10

Is it already possible to write the history of exhibitions in the nineties or are we too close and should we act as an engaged spectator?

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'Subtle and unashamedly beautiful'. Richard Wright wins Turner Prize 2009

features  08.12.09 

You can always bank on the Turner Prize to think of something different when it comes to selecting a winner. So, this year's winner once again provides a stark contrast to some of his more controversial predecessors: Richard Wright (49) is a painter, whose wall paintings are always temporary, skillfully done but most of all things of pure beauty. The video above is an interview (by Tate Channel) with Wright on the occasion of his nomination for the Turner Prize. Read the Guardian report here.

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