Out now: Metropolis M No 6
8 Interviews

features  10.12.12  Metropolis M 

The final issue of this year presents 8 interviews with key figures who draw attention in 2012 or will do so in 2013 .

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Staying alive
I am for an art criticism that...

reviews  04.12.12  Nicola Bozzi

Art criticism in times of internet, non-stop dissemination of information, economic crisis, budget cuts, twitter, 2-day/5 panel conferences and Prizes for Young Art Critics.

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RijksakademieOPEN 2012
Photo report

reviews  29.11.12  Jolien Verlaek

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Adorno's Grey
Hito Steyerl at Wilfried lentz

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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The Untold Story
Society at INexactly THIS

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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Rijks 3: Rubèn Grilo
‘My work has to do more with spoons than with soup’

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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INexactly THIS -photo report

reviews  23.11.12 

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Rijks 1: Philipp Kremer
The ideal might not be so ideal

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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INexactly THIS
The Kunstvlaai with a twist

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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Don't judge, filter, shoot
Mircea Cantor at Centre Pompidou

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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Garage Center for Contemporary Culture is delighted to announce that Kate Fowle, Executive Director of Independent Curators International (ICI), New York, has been appointed as its new Chief Curator.
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While the Big Names are leaving his gallery Vulture presents a big profile on Larry Gagosian: The Trials of Art Superdealer Larry Gagosian. DR - 29.01.13

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