reviews  28.11.12  Niekolaas Johannes Lekkerkerk

Hito Steyerl's installation Adorno's Grey depicts a history and research that happened between the (reportedly upon Adorno's request grey painted) walls of the Goethe-Universität in Frankfurt.

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features  27.11.12  Domeniek Ruyters

In Metropolis M No 5-2012 we present short texts on some of the international participants of INexactly THIS/Kunstvlaai. Here the long, non-edited, uncensored version of the interview with Susan Gibb, founder of Society in Sydney, and curator of the show that presents one of the already iconic images of this year's edition of the Kunstvlaai.

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features  26.11.12  Jolien Verlaek

In the build up of RijksakademieOPEN, resident artist Rubèn Grilo discusses his work, his plans for the future and that the soup never gets to the mouth miraculously.

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features  23.11.12  Vincent van Velsen

Ideals just do not make sense. In his large canvasses Philipp Kremer questions reality and perfection trough figuration and harmony. This is the first in a series of short preview portraits.

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features  22.11.12  Domeniek Ruyters

Tomorrow opens INexactly This - Festival of Independents. Formerly known as The Kunstvlaai. Metropolis M talks with the curators: Natasha Ginwala & Fleur van Muiswinkel.

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reviews  19.11.12  Judith Vrancken

Mircea Cantor plays with the uncertainty of the delicate balance between life and death, safety and danger, falling or standing.

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features  13.11.12 

Dutch artists Bas van den Hurk and Pim Kersten show their work together with Italian artist Gino Bosa in Sabspace in Padua, Italy. The exhibition is inspired by an article on Buster Keaton and the formality of his gestures. Here are the photo's.

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Daft Punk's new album is astoundingly ambitious, creating a frenzy even before it has appeared. Dorian Lynskey gets beyond the helmets to talk to the notoriously shy French duo DR - 19.05.13

Final Call 17.05.13
The Gallerist Programma of De Appel is looking for candidates.
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23 May - Onomatopee at the Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven: A day’s programme on poetry and freedom in a European context. DR - 16.05.13

Director outlines vision for new Palestinian Museum. Jack Persekian emphasises giving a voice to local history, as foundation stones are laid. DR - 15.05.13

Buoyant Mood and High Quality Work Equal Strong Sales 15.05.13
The second edition of Frieze New York closed on Monday 13 May with galleries reporting high collector attendance and robust sales across all levels of the market.
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What's the point of art school? Live blog The Guardian DR - 14.05.13

Anarchism 13.05.13
Join Nicoline van Harskamp (and her team at NASA) for the last and full reading day of Reading Anarchism with Katrin Böhm, Melanie Bonajo, John Jordan and Elena Loizidou. With music by Almudena Rubio Perez.
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More on Frieze New York (no images). Also here (images). And here (a case of censorship - met voor de Nederlanders een hoog kroningsdaggehalte - 'overijverige dienders' van wie de organisatie zich distantieert). DR - 11.05.13

Visiting Frieze New York on Randall’s Island is like being sucked into a black hole. You get on a ferry (or a bus, or a bike, or a taxi), enter a giant, spacious tent, and then time stops. Or it disappears. Or it slips away. Next thing you know, you stumble out dehydrated and drunk off your speakeasy cocktail (more on that tomorrow) and notice the sun starting to sink in the sky. DR - 11.05.13

The British arts community has hit back at government demands to focus on economics and profitability by producing a report showing it offers the country blockbuster profits on the back of arthouse fundingDR - 09.05.13

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