previews  22.04.12  Metropolis M 

It looks like the seventh edition of the Berlin Biennale, which opens on April 27, will turn out to be the most activist of them all.

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previews  02.04.12  Jolien Verlaek

For Beaufort 04 artist Lucy McKenzie has curated a project that spectacularly transformes the facade of the Mu.ZEE in Ostend to the building's original function: a department store. Check the first photo's here.

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previews  29.03.12  Jolien Verlaek

In Lisse, the heart of tulip country near Haarlem, is a newly renovated castle Kasteel Keukenhof home of a special art project by Gijs Stork. Stork selected work by artists and designers devoted to the relation between art & nature.

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previews  02.03.12 

No Chinese artist is more famous than Ai Weiwei. Tomorrow his solo show opens at The Pont in Tilburg. On display will be his Sunflower Seeds, large sculptures, his Duchampian conceptual works, and (new) documentary films showing how the artist works as an activist.

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previews  07.02.12  Jennifer Teets

Tomorrow Kunstverein Amsterdam presents a new book with selected writings by the Lithuanian curator Raimundas Malašauskas. In the current issue of Metropolis M you can read this interview.

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previews  14.12.11  Jolien Verlaek

The second evening of the lecture series Facing Forward: Art & Theory from a future perspective is centred around the question: What is the future of the image in the visual arts? Meet the speakers: art historian and art critic James Elkins and thinker Jalal Toufic.

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previews  09.09.11  METROPOLIS M

The Dutch new gallery season has arrived. Take a look at the calender of the shows and have your pick.

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MAXXI president Pio Baldi resigns following the discovery of an €800.000 accounts deficit. The museum's press office assures that MAXXI is not facing closure. JV - 14.05.12

Future's Future 07.05.12
Open call: Looking for speakers for Facing Forward: Future’s Future.
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New: Gutmag - London-Amsterdam based online arts & culture magazine. DR - 07.05.12

Plans for next Generational Triennial 03.05.12
New Museum announces Lauren Cornell and artist Ryan Trecartin to curate 2015 Generational Triennial.
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What’s a high-powered art fair without parties? NYT lists the places to be this week if you're in New York for the Frieze Art Fair. JV - 03.05.12

The Frieze Art Fair New York faces the threat of protests by the Occupy movement against art commercialisation as it makes its first trip abroad. JV - 01.05.12

Turner Prize shortlist 01.05.12
The four artists shortlisted for the Turner Prize this year were announced this morning at Tate Britain.
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Pop-up hairdressing salon in Time/Store Den Haag 24.04.12
Get your hair done in exchange for Hour Notes between April 25-29.
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Facing Forward: Future City 24.04.12
Good news for everyone who is looking for a ticket for Wednesday's sold-out Future City lecture evening with Rem Koolhaas and China Miéville: the evening will be live streamed at an alternative location.
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China binges on art museums: last year 395 museums were built across China. JV - 24.04.12

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Book blog

Yes, Wow, Totally Pointful
On (the point of) interviews, Roman fresco paintings, the book as an exhibition, zero gravity and outer space. Vivian Sky Rehberg in conversation with Melvin Moti in the first publication of Metropolis M Books.

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