Tonight: Facing Forward #2 Future Image

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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New Gallery Shows 2011

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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More than books
The Amsterdam Art/Book Fair presents 70 publishers from 16 countries

previews  10.05.11  Domeniek Ruyters

Amsterdam
De Brakke Grond
10/05/11 - 10/05/11

Organizers Delphine Bedel and Yannick Bouillis talk about the first Amsterdam Art Book Fair, to be opened at de Brakke Grond in Amsterdam on the 14 & 15th of May.

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A Small Room With a View
Simon Sheikh on Vectors of the Possible

30/09/10  Gésine Borcherdt

In an exhibition at BAK, curator and art historian Simon Sheikh speculates on the possibilities of life in an age that has moved beyond political chaos. What are the perspectives? Are there new reference points?

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An exhibition without objects
Cosmin Costinas on expo zéro

previews  16.04.10  Jolien Verlaek

Utrecht
BAK
16/04/10 - 17/04/10

Dancing seems to be a popular medium in contemporary art institutions these days. In the context of the current Springdance festival in Utrecht, BAK presents a ‘musée de la danse’, which involves an exhibition without objects. METROPOLIS M talks to BAK curator Cosmin Costinaş on his considerations for the exhibition.

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Preview: Garrett Phelan in SMART Project Space

previews  20.03.10  Jolien Verlaek

Amsterdam
SMART Project Space
20/03/10 - 02/05/10


Today (March 20th) sees the opening of Between two ITs, an exhibition by Garrett Phelan (Dublin, 1965) in SMART Project Space, which explores ‘the space between believing in and not believing’ (Phelan), using diverse media such as radio broadcasts, video, photography and sculpture.

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Fallen leaves and stale wine

previews  26.11.09  Erik van Tuijn

Amsterdam
Rijksakademie
27/11/09 - 29/11/09

...and six other reasons to visit RijksakademieOPEN 2009 this weekend

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Mike Kelley 02.02.12
Artist Mike Kelley has passed away at his home in Los Angeles, having apparently taken his own life.
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Jerry Saltz is thrilled about the appointment of Massimiliano Gioni as the chief director of the Venice Biennale. His prediction: 'Massi' will be the curator who will finally include 'outsider artists' in our biennials. JV - 02.02.12

De Appel is moving 02.02.12
De Appel arts centre is moving to the Prins Hendrikkade 142 on 24th May 2012.
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IT’S OFFICIAL! The Museum of Modern Art is now in the entertainment business. Mark Thursday, January 26, as the night MoMA departed its acoustically challenged home for the sacred ground of Radio City Music Hall. The reason: a one-night-only performance of Swanlights, a visually and vocally elevating concert by Antony and his Johnsons, a sextet that expanded into a sixty-piece orchestra for their appearance on one of the biggest and most storied stages on earth. DR - 02.02.12

Venice Biennial 01.02.12
Massimiliano Gioni, curator of the New Museum New York and Artistic Director of the Trussardi Foundation Milano, was chosen to curate the 55th International Art Exhibition, which will be held in 2013.
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Shit art world people say 30.01.12
Formula: pick a group of people, think of things that they'd probably say on a given day, and then make a video. Here's the latest one in the 'Shit ______ say' youtube hype.
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Artists' lectures at De Ateliers 30.01.12
Philip-Lorca DiCorcia is the first to start off the new artists' lecture series of De Ateliers: Spring Blossom 2012. Tomorrow, tuesday January 31st at 17.00 hrs.
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Artinfo.com asks: Was art dealer Giti Nourbakhsch wacked by the Berlin art mafia?  JV - 30.01.12

Australia's most influential art dealer Ron Coles is charged with allegedly masterminding one of the country's largest ever art frauds. JV - 30.01.12

Why is Jeremy Deller spending a week in a cave full of bats with just a large tub of nuts for company? JV - 30.01.12

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