features  12.01.12  Annet Dekker

Initiated by a generation of artists that has grown up with the Internet, the practices and methods of the Internet are moving over to the exhibition space. The process of materializing the digital is not taking place without a struggle, however. The Netherlands Media Art Institute is devoting an exhibition to this theme. This article is published in Metropolis M no. 6, 2011.

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features  04.01.12  Nina Folkersma

Due to the call to reach wider audiences, museums are giving designers ever greater roles in presenting their exhibitions. These experts in communication have become so influential that they seem even more important than the curators. (This article has been published in Metropolis M No 6 december-January 2011-2012)

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12/12/11  Merijn Oudenampsen

Franco Berardi is one of the controversial Italian thinkers who are seeking a solution for the gradually collapsing capitalistic system. For him, the best method of fighting today’s abuses comes from an unexpected corner, through love. (dit artikel is gepubliceerd in Metropolis M No 6 -2011-2012, waarin ook de Nederlandse vertaling te lezen is - nu in de winkel).

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features  23.12.11  Metropolis M 

Metropolis M No. 6 is full of objects.

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features  15.12.11  Metropolis M 

Looking for a nice Christmas gift? Buy the new Metropolis M-edition by Aurélien Froment.

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11/11/11  Stefaan Vervoort

In his newest film, Brussels artist Sven Augustijnen uses Belgium's colonial past in Congo to demonstrate that discovering truth in an art documentary is a pointless and futile effort, albeit one well worth seeing.

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features  09.12.11  Metropolis M 

On Scarlettjohannsoning, Breaking Bad, OFWGKTA, The Echo Chamber, Winning, the Bijlmer and Casey Abdul Klarcs: The best of 2011.

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features  01.12.11 

Have a look at the first episode of the sitcom Our Autonomous Life?, a new Casco production within the framework of The Grand Domestic Revolution.

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01/12/11  Inti Guerrero

The work of the Cuban artist Wilfredo Prieto is growing more and more minimal. With almost nothing, he points out to his audience the effects of the globalized economy.

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In a prologue of the Blicke Film Festival (Ruhr area, Germany), the Rottstrasse Gallery in Bochum is screening Creativity and the Capitalist City, a film about the search for creativity linked to struggles for affordable housing and working space in Amsterdam.

 
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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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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

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