In a continuation of the column 2010 Cinema, this is the third in a series of fictional portraits by Hu Fang, each taking the form of loose screen plays. 3.1 As gusts of wind tore at the car’s black waterproofing,View More >
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Anri Sala: Part I
IN AND OUT OF ARTICULATION By Andrew Maerkle Still from Answer Me (2008). © 2011 Anri Sala, courtesy the artist; Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris; Marian Goodman, New York; Hauser & Wirth, London, Zurich; Johnen/Schöttle, Berlin, Cologne, Munich. AnriView More >
Tadashi Kawamata
THE RADIUS OF ACTION By Andrew Maerkle Working Progress (1996-99), work in situ, Alkmaar, The Netherlands, wood. Photo Leo van der Kleij. All images: © Tadashi Kawamata, courtesy the artist and kamel mennour, Paris. One of Japan’s mostView More >
Bill Viola
BEYOND HORIZON By Andrew Maerkle Tempest (Study for The Raft) (2005), color high-definition video on flat panel display mounted on wall, duration 16 min 50 sec, screen 109 x 66 x 10.2 cm. Performers: Sheryl Arenson, Robin Bonaccorsi, RockyView More >
Critical Fieldwork 18
How to abandon Japan: ‘Yasuo Kuniyoshi from the Fukutake Collection’ at the Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art This exhibition of works by Yasuo Kuniyoshi at the Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art is extensive, ranging from anti-Japanese campaign posters created duringView More >
Dan Cameron resigns from Prospect New Orleans
Dan Cameron has announced he is resigning as director of Prospect New Orleans, the international biennial he launched in 2008. Cameron’s announcement coincided with the Oct 22 opening ceremony of Prospect’s second edition, which had been delayed a year dueView More >
Prospect.2 marches in to New Orleans
Lorraine O’Grady – Art Is. . . (Troup Front) (1983/2009), digital C-print, 16 x 20 in. Courtesy Alexander Gray Associates, New York. After financial uncertainty necessitated a year’s delay, the second edition of the New Orleans international contemporary artView More >
Monica Bonvicini: Part IV
IV. Wallfuckin’, Revisited Monica Bonvicini on the necessity of taking risks. Wallfuckin’ (1995/96), b/w video on monitor, sound, amplifier, speakers, drywall panels, aluminum studs, bricks and mortar, white paint, door, 250 x 310 x 330 cm, duration 60 min.View More >
Frieze 2011 opens amid Greece fears
Ai Weiwei – Installation view of Divina Proportione (2010) at Lisson Gallery booth. All images: Photo ART iT. Amid anxiety over Greece’s debt crisis and its potential repercussions for the eurozone, the 2011 edition of the Frieze Art FairView More >
Architect Junya Ishigami wins major Moscow competition
Rendering for proposed renovation of the Polytechnical Museum, Moscow. Courtesy junya.ishigami+associates. Emerging Japanese architect Junya Ishigami has been selected to lead the renovation of Moscow’s Polytechnical Museum, it was announced Oct 14. Ishigami’s proposal includes expanding the museum’s exhibitionView More >
Sadamasa Motonaga (1922-2011)
Installation view of Work (Eau) (1956/2010) in “Il gruppo Gutai,” Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano, 2010-11. Photo ART iT. The abstract painter and former member of the seminal Gutai group of postwar avant-garde artists, Sadamasa Motonaga, died Oct 3 atView More >
Curator, filmmaker recognized with European culture award
The curator and director of Eindhoven’s Van Abbemuseum, Charles Esche, is one of two laureates for the European Cultural Foundation’s Routes Princess Margriet Award, it was announced Oct 13. Named in honor of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, who wasView More >