reviews 01.04.11 Nat Muller
An interesting time to experience a week of art extravaganza in the United Arab Emirates.
features 29.03.11 Boris van den Eynden & Ines Cox
On March 9th, the participants of speelplaats, a program in Werkplaats Typografie, decided to assume that the train was their school.
reviews 02.12.10 Kerstin Winking
What is photography’s relationship with changing notions of cultural histories, identities and representations?
features 22.09.10 Alexander Mayhew
Alexander Mayhew reports on the unique experience of taking part in the reading of On Kawara's book series One Million Years, currently on view at The Temporary Stedelijk in the exhibition Taking Place.
Contemporary art in Kazakhstan
Foreign affairs
reviews 01.09.10 Luuk Heezen
National pride versus divergent or subversive ideas. Luuk Heezen explores the local art scene in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
previews 26.11.09 Erik van Tuijn
Amsterdam
Rijksakademie
27/11/09 - 29/11/09
...and six other reasons to visit RijksakademieOPEN 2009 this weekend
LEARNINGS FROM SÃO PAULO
17/08/09 Maxine Kopsa
This is the story of a five-day exploration of São Paulo. Or rather, a declaration of love for this gigantic, all-consuming metropolis and its equally huge and greedy art institutes and cultural centres.
Art in the Deserted City
Detroit Has Soul
20/04/07 Mars van Grunsven
Each month, thousands of residents leave Detroit, never to return again. The city is allegedly too dangerous to live in and beyond saving.
But for the local artists, the desolate urban landscape is a precious incentive.
Limited Openness
Contemporary Art in Tehran
20/02/07 Nasrin Tabatabai
At the invitation of artist Nasrin Tabatabai, architects Niloufar Niksar, Kianoosh Vahabi and film maker Poutia Jahanshad from Tehran discuss the state of artistic production in their country. In Iran, visual art is still seen as opponent of the system unless it conforms to the gevernment's ideological principles.
Privatization Fever
The economy of art in Belgrade
20/12/06 Marko Stamenkovic
Belgrade won a award last year for its favourable investment climate. The economy has been flourishing since Serbia opened itself to world trade. This wave of privatization is affecting everyone, not least the art world, which is reacting critically. Artists and artists' groups have initiated various studies into the consequences of these economic changes for the population.