reviews  07.06.12  Adriana Gonzalez Hulshof

The 11th Havana Biennale is a celebration of art. Throughout the city, not only museums, galleries and theaters serve as a platform, but also the streets, parks and El Malecon seaside boulevard are filled with visual and performing arts.

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reviews  03.06.12  Domeniek Ruyters

Manifesta 9 shows a different approach from earlier editions. The choice of an extraordinary location has not changed - in this case the large Waterschei mining complex in Genk, Belgium. New is the way contemporary art is accessibly embedded in the cultural heritage of the location, the mining industry. In an interview in Metropolis M no. 3, curator Cuauhtémoc Medina explains the context of the exhibition. The issue also gives a concise history of Manifesta 1 - 9.

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features  01.06.12  METROPOLIS M

Joined by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev and Cuauhtémoc Medina, Jimmie Durham, SOSka Group, Non Records, Pamela Rosenkranz, Bart De Baere, Valerie Smith, Tirdad Zolghadr and many others. Out now: Metropolis M no. 3.

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reviews  25.05.12  Youri Guepin en Katja van Driel

Report from the Dutch Art Institute (DAI) ArtEZ, who traveled as a group to Dakar, Senegal, this month.

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reviews  13.05.12  Nina Folkersma

This weekend saw the opening of Track in Ghent (Belgium). A new edition of the outdoor sculpture project of the S.M.A.K. museum in Ghent in the tradition of Chambres d'Amis (1986) and Over The Edges (2000).

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news  09.05.12  Jolien Verlaek

After an eight-year renovation full of drama, including a three-year delay, a bankrupt construction company, budget exceedings by millions of euros's - to name but a few - the beautiful, new (empty) Stedelijk Museum opens its doors to the press.

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reviews  07.05.12  Huib Haye van der Werf

Seen as the new kid in town and with a surprising location and architecture, Frieze New York positions itself against the established Armory Show just weeks after it closed its doors.

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reviews  01.05.12  Maaike Lauwaert

Photo report on the 7th Berlin Biennale. Maaike Lauwaert explains why it's a disappointing edition.

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features  26.04.12  Domeniek Ruyters

This year, the participants of de Appel Curatorial Programme decided to form an international curatorial collective, The Black Swan. Metropolis M speaks with them on the use of humour as a tool in their exhibition Three artists walk into a bar...

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