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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Saatchi faces competition: Two leading collectors have transformed a former dairy in the heart of London into a vast gallery that will compete with the Saatchi collection for the attention of contemporary art lovers. DR - 28.01.13

MoMA launches series of artist-led participatory programs. DR - 23.01.13

Yesterday afternoon, Hauser & Wirth opened the doors to its new space in Chelsea for a preview. The new gallery, the site of the former Roxy nightclub and roller rink on West 18th Street, is a cavernous warehouse that, although it’s technically only one floor, seems to expand and spread in every direction. DR - 23.01.13

Oberhausen Short Films on Tour 22.01.13
„Oberhausen on Tour 2013“, the seventh edition of the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen's tour of short films, will begin in Hanover on 26 January, 2013.
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1st Han Nefkens Foundation – BACC Award for Contemporary Art. 21.01.13
Chinese artist Zhou Tao (Changasha, 1976) has been named winner of the 1st Han Nefkens Foundation – BACC (Bangkok Art and Culture Centre) Award for Contemporary Art.
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London department store Selfridges have now opened The Silence Room - a concept originally dreamed up by founder Gordon Selfridge in 1909 which, until now, hadn't come to fruition. Designed by Alex Cochrane Architects, the ground floor space is part of their No Noise campaign and offers a place for shoppers at the store to find peace amongst the bustling emporium. DR - 20.01.13

On March 25th, the Netherlands Institute for Cultural Analysis (NICA) welcomes Alain Badiou for a master class at the University of Amsterdam. The master class offers an intensive engagement with Badiou in order to question and clarify his writings on art and politics. DR - 18.01.13

Witte de With- 19 january - Alexandre Singh - Causerie on The Voice and the Chorus. With: Graham Ley (University of Bristol) on the Chorus in Greek Drama; Claudio Vellutini (Ph.D. candidate in Music History and Theory at the University of Chicago) on the history of Opera; Peter de Graeve (University of Louvain) on Nietzsche and music. DR - 16.01.13

Report on the first D.I.Y. Biennial for artists in Kochi-Muziris (artforum) DR - 05.01.13

International Art sales realised more than $64bn (£40bn; 49bn euros) last year with analysts predicting that this area of the market will continue to grow. The art market has again consistently outperformed the equities market this year, remaining stable in the years between 2001 and 2011. DR - 03.01.13

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