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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New York and London-based artist Ellen Cantor(1963–2013) has died. Cantor was perhaps best known for her ongoing film work Pinochet Porn, which the artist continued to work on as funding allowed since 2009. DR - 23.04.13

Last Call! Short term residencies this Summer at V2. DR - 19.04.13

Tonight at the Stedelijk: Ann Goldstein meets Larry BellDR - 18.04.13

The preparations for documenta 14 have already begun 18.04.13
These eight persons won't become artistic director of the next documenta.
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The Kunstverein Amsterdam is setting a sterling example for museums and galleries worldwide with its announcement for its upcoming show “Larry Bell and Sarah Crowner meet Marlow Moss.” This is how you get people excited, folks. DR - 12.04.13

George W. Bush: the artist? Art critic Jerry Saltz on the paintings of the president: “I actually think the Whitney Museum of American Art could give him a very small survey. I would write about it!” DR - 09.04.13

Liverpool Biennial Appoints Curators for 2014 08.04.13
Liverpool Biennial announces the joint appointment of Mai Abu ElDahab and Anthony Huberman as curators of the 2014 Biennial, which will take place from 5 July to the end of October 2014.
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Jerry Saltz on The Death of The Gallery Show: 'These days, the art world is large and spread out, happening everywhere at once. Selling happens year-round, at art fairs, auctions, biennials, and big exhibitions, as well as online via JPEG files and even via collector apps. Gallery shows are now just another cog in the global wheel. DR - 07.04.13

William Eggleston's photographs of eerie Americana – in picturesDR - 07.04.13

From Justin Bieber to the Obamas and Madonna, the self-taken cameraphone photo – now a staple of Instagram and Twitter – has become one of the cultural markers of our time DR - 03.04.13

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