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 >
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 >
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 >
III. Built to Ride Monica Bonvicini on quotation as critique and the breakdown of language. We Finally Built Walls (2010), wooden structure, 30 safety glass panels, black enamel color, 398 x 983 x 7.3 cm; photo Nils Klinger. AllView More >
“Rise and Fall and New Works” September 10 – October 15, 2011 Wako Works of Art, Tokyo Installation view of Rise and Fall (2009) at Wako Works of Art, Tokyo, 2011. Photo ART iT. An overview of recentView More >
In advance of London’s Frieze Art Fair, local powerhouse gallery White Cube has unveiled a massive new institutional-scale venue on Bermondsey Street, proximal to Tate Modern and the Design Museum. Complementing already existing sites in Hoxton Square and Mason’s Yard,View More >
II. Group Erotics Aernout Mik discusses the erotics of sameness and collective emotions. Top: Exterior view of “Citizens and Subjects,” Dutch Pavilion at the 52nd Venice Biennale, 2007; photo Victor Nieuwenhuis. Bottom: Installation view of Training Ground (2007) inView More >
A Restatement: The Art of ‘Ground Zero’ (Part 1) The Runit Dome, Fukushima, and the Lucky Dragon In the summer of 2004, around the same time as now when the singing of the cicadas was intense, a certain exhibition openedView More >
II. I believe in the skin Monica Bonvicini discusses fetishism and the act of destroying her own works. Hammering Out (an old argument) (1998), video color projection, sound, amplifier, two speakers, 18 min 45 sec. All images: Courtesy MonicaView More >
ART OF UPHEAVAL: 1924 By Natsuko Odate All images unless otherwise noted: Performance still from 1924 at the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 2011. Courtesy Miwa Yanagi. Best known as a photographer addressing images of feminity inView More >
ERECT AS SIN By Andrew Maerkle Belts Couch (2004), black leather men’s belts, iron, fabric, 55 x 160 x 200 cm. All images: Courtesy Monica Bonvicini and Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin. Based in Berlin, Monica Bonvicini is knownView More >
POSSESSION/FORM By Andrew Maerkle Still from Glutinosity (2001), single-channel video installation. All images: courtesy Aernout Mik and carlier❘gebauer, Berlin. Aernout Mik’s meticulously staged, multi-channel videos explore the tensions between individual actions and collective order, hysteria and reason, andView More >