URGENT IS TO TAKE A DISTANCE A letter from Hou Hanru to Hans Ulrich Obrist Notes on the dramatic events of the past three months Dear HUO, Thank you for your last correspondence. I’m so sorry for the long silenceView More >
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Kuninosuke Matsuo and the Yomiuri Independent Exhibitions (Part I) From fall 2010 through May this year, the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum has held a series of two exhibitions of works from its collection titled “MOT Collection Chronicle 1947-1963: Days ofView More >
Art Basel opens 42nd edition
Daniel Buren – Installation view of Autour du retour d’un détour (1988) in Art Unlimited at the 42nd edition of the Art Basel art fair, 2011. Photo ART iT. The international art fair Art Basel launched its 42nd edition JunView More >
Scene 2 (Sod had been planted at the campus gate just passed)
In a continuation of the column 2010 Cinema, this is the second in a series of fictional portraits by Hu Fang, each taking the form of loose screen plays. 2.1 Sod had been planted at the campus gate just passed,View More >
54th Venice Biennale
54th International Art Exhibition – Venice Biennale ILLUMInations June 4 – November 27, 2011 Multiple venues, Venice Jack Goldstein – The Jump (1978), 16mm film, colour, silent, 26 sec. All Images: Photo ART iT. Entitled “ILLUMInations” and organized by BiceView More >
No. 8: Trick Art
Learning a lesson from ‘trick art’ Taking my first day off for a while – and deciding a soak in a hot spring would be just the ticket – I jumped in the car and headed for the Nasu-Shiobara areaView More >
54th Venice Biennale: Index
Pipilotti Rist – Non voglio tornare indietro (Ospedale) (2011), video projection on veduta oil painting “Anonymous Venetian Master (Apollonio Domenichini?): Veduta with Canal Grande with Santa Maria di Nazareth, Santa Lucia and Scuola dei Nobili,” Museum Langmatt, Stiftung Langmatt SidneyView More >
54th Venice Biennale: Selected Representations
Combing through press releases, mining contacts and reviewing advance publications, the editors of ART iT have sought out the most promising national representations planned for the 54th Venice Biennale. This is a year for bold, ambitious projects that equally combineView More >
54th Venice Biennale: Zarina Hashmi (India)
Installation view of Home is a Foreign Place (1999) in “Everybody Agrees: It’s About to Explode,” Indian Pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennale, Arsenale, Venice, 2011. Portfolio of 36 woodcuts with Urdu text printed in black on Kozo paper, mounted onView More >
Allora & Calzadilla: NO COMPETITION
Dan Cameron previews Allora & Calzadilla’s US Pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennale. Installation view of Track and Field (2011) outside the US Pavilion at the Giardini, Venice, 2011. All images: Photo ART iT. The choice of Allora & CalzadillaView More >
54th Venice Biennale: Navin Rawanchaikul (Thailand)
Navin Rawanchaikul at his studio in Chiang Mai. Photo ART iT While many artists use the Venice Biennale as a platform to critique, parody or invert expressions of national identity, Navin Rawanchaikul is the very embodiment of just such anView More >
54th Venice Biennale: Dora García (Spain)
From “The Inadequate,” Spanish Pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennale. Born in 1965 in Valladolid, Spain, and currently based in Brussels, Dora García uses live actions, institutional space and online platforms to explore the dynamics between performance and spectatorship. SheView More >