features  21.10.12  Alexander Mayhew

He accompanied Tino Sehgal to Japan by train, right across Russia. For six weeks, he travelled with the artist who does not want to fly. Jan Mot, a reluctant Brussels gallery owner, sees a gallery as a way to make his life interesting. He recently opened a second gallery in Mexico City.

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features  19.10.12  Falke Pisano

Falke Pisano, participant of the Amsterdam Pavilion at the Shanghai Biennale, took pictures of the exhibitions.

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features  13.10.12  Metropolis M 

On the gallery as an idealistic institution, David Maljkovic, Julika Rudelius, Powerhouse e-flux, 10 anti-capitalist book suggestions, Jonathas de Andrade, and much more.

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features  27.09.12  Metropolis M 

Only for subscribers: give your friend a free copy of Metropolis M.

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features  19.09.12  Domeniek Ruyters

‘Publishing will support emerging practices more than any art space will do’, Yannick Bouillis, director of the art publishing fair Offprint, strongly believes. Metropolis M speaks with Bouillis in the context of the first Dutch edition of Offprint, which opens on Thursday at the Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam during Unseen Photo Fair.

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features  14.09.12  Tim Ivison & Tom Vandeputte

Today an increasing number of artists are setting up self-organized, experimental schools under names like the School of Echoes and the Bruce High Quality Foundation University. While mainstream educational institutions are burdened by an excess of bureaucracy and the increasing influence of the market, these initiatives are emerging as strategic alternatives, critical of neoliberal interests.

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features  01.09.12  Daniël van der Poel

Internationally, their theory is finding ample response, from the columns of the British art magazine frieze, for example, but not much has been written about them in the Netherlands. Who are the cultural philosophers Robin van den Akker and Timotheus Vermeulen and how relevant is their theory on Metamodernism?

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features  16.08.12  Metropolis M 

Photography+ special - Stedelijk open - Kudzanai Chiurai - Artist's schools - Metamodernism and more.

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features  10.08.12  Dominic van den Boogerd

With major exhibitions in Madrid and Eindhoven, the highly self-reflective oeuvre of René Daniëls is once again attracting attention. The Eindhoven exhibition offers an opportunity for a review of Daniëls’ late work, which he produced early in his life, due to afterward suffered a stroke. (The full text is published in Metropolis M no. 2 - 2012)

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features  07.06.12  Metropolis M 

Why is there so much Afghanistan in dOCUMENTA (13)? Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev explains her intentions to Bik Van der Pol. Read the full interview in Metropolis M no. 3 - 2012.

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Art Basel has announced the winners of the 25,000 USD Discoveries Prize at the first edition of Art Basel in Hong Kong they are Navid Nuur and Adrian Ghenie, presented by Galeria Plan B from Berlin and Cluj. DR - 24.05.13

After St Petersburg (2014) to Zurich (2016) 22.05.13
The board of Manifesta is very proud to announce their selection of the City of Zurich, Switzerland as Host City of Manifesta 11 in 2016.
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The Whitney Museum is going back to basics, or at least that’s what you might think with their new brand identity redesign that was unveiled today. Created by Amsterdam-based Experimental Jetset, the new logo is an acute replacement to the rectilinear typeface rolled out 13 years ago and designed by Abbott Miller of New York-based Pentagram. DR - 22.05.13

Leuk portret van Jeff Koons: Three decades into a choppy but astonishingly high-profile career, Koons remains something of a boy wonder—a trim, soft-spoken, systematic, and tightly scheduled puppet master who speaks in a reassuring near singsong, his language all patient, bright-eyed affirmation, as if reciting from a well-worn, well-worked-out self-help text . Met speciale aandacht voor Buster Balloon, zijn ballonnen expert. DR - 20.05.13

The last full-time art critic in the city of Chicago was laid off by Time Out magazine last month. Now, there are fewer than ten full-time art critics employed by newspapers and magazines in the country.  DR - 20.05.13

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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