Frieze Art Fair 2010

reviews  17.10.10  Alexander Mayhew

London
14/10/10 - 17/10/10

With the prospect of substantial art cuts, artists are more than ever dependent on the market. How does this translate to this years Frieze Art Fair?

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Francis Alÿs
A story of deception

reviews  07.10.10  Jenny Wilson

October 9th opening in Wiels: a retrospective of Francis Alÿs, whose influence is noticed in exhibitions all over Europe this year. Jenny Wilson saw the travelling exhibition in Tate Modern this summer and gives a preview on what to expect in Brussels.

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Three exhibitions in London
Gasworks, Raven Row, Frith Street Gallery

reviews  06.10.10  Pieternel Vermoortel

London
09/09/10 - 07/11/10

While London’s art scene is still quiet before the storm called frieze, our London correspondent went around the city and selected three exhibitions worthwhile seeing.

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Clunie Reid and James Richards at Tate Britain
From Scrap

reviews  19.09.10  Pieternel Vermoortel

London
Tate Britain
04/09/10 - 12/09/10

Their work references to and makes us look back at the eighties. But what exactly is it that distinguishes them from this recent history?

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Contemporary art in Kazakhstan
Foreign affairs

reviews  01.09.10  Luuk Heezen

National pride versus divergent or subversive ideas. Luuk Heezen explores the local art scene in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

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Graduation Fever 7: AKV St. Joost Breda

reviews  16.08.10  Jolien Verlaek

Breda
St. Joost
03/07/10 - 07/07/10

Photo report of the final works from the young artists and photographers of Breda's art academy.

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Graduation Fever 5: Sint Lukas Brussel

reviews  02.08.10  Heidi Ballet

Brussel
Sint Lukas
26/06/10 - 01/06/10

A photo report from the graduation show of the Sint Lucas Academy in Brussels.

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'Rabih! Rabih!'
Rabih Mroué in BAK

reviews  22.07.10  Nat Muller

Utrecht
BAK, basis voor actuele kunst
21/05/10 - 01/08/10

Witness, narrator, chronicler, participant and agent. In I, the Undersigned, Rabih Mroué's first solo-exhibition as a visual artist, he questions the role of the artist in the charged context of post-war Lebanon, focusing on the political and historical amnesia.

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Graduation Fever 4: Gerrit Rietveld Academie

reviews  18.07.10  Jolien Verlaek

A poto report from the graduation show from the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam.

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Graduation Fever 3: ArtEZ Arnhem

reviews  13.07.10  Jane Boddy

Arnhem
ArtEZ
07/07/10 - 11/07/10

A photo report from the graduation show of the Artez Academy in Arnhem.

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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 pictures. DR - 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

Quote of the Day: “Culture is also something personal; it is cultivation with respect to the appreciation of ideas and art and broad human interests. When efficiency is identified with a narrow range of acts, instead of with the spirit and meaning of activity, culture is opposed to efficiency.” —John Dewey, Democracy and Education, 1916 (via TripleCanopy) DR - 02.04.13

Spring Breakers, the new film by Harmony Korine, opens with an impressively staged shot of pure pulchritude—a mass of golden bodies gyrating on a Florida beach—rendered somewhat absurd by the cartoonish sounds of Skrillex’s wacky techno distortions... Review by J. Hoberman in NY Review of books. DR - 01.04.13

Nicole Klagsbrun To Close Gallery 28.03.13
New York art dealer Nicole Klagsbrun will close her gallery of thirty years, reports Charlotte Burns of the Art Newspaper, citing overwhelming changes to the structure of the gallery system.
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Pablo de la Barra on the 8th Central American Bienal in Panama Biennial. Lot's of images. David Bade is also present in Panama - not in the report. DR - 26.03.13

Graphic designer Thomas Widdershoven of Amsterdam studio Thonik has been appointed creative director of Design Academy Eindhoven after a turbulent period for the Dutch institution. DR - 25.03.13

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