The exhibition ‘Artur Żmijewski: The Social Studio’ reflects the artist’s conviction that in order for art to regain its value in society, it has to expose societal conflict and disclose the conditions in which social antagonisms are cultivated and maintained by the powers that be
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A sculpture garden of everyday objects deprogrammed of their original function, embedded with new intelligence and transformed into surrealist and surprising readymades.
Andreas Broeckmann, one of the curators of media_city Seoul reflects on crucial questions such as: Should media art be defined only by the technical media in use? Does it have any sense nowadays to organize specific media biennales and festivals?
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Even if they are made of wood and paint matrioskas can suffer the effects of radiation
Banquete_nodos y redes presents more than 30 Spanish digital and interactive works that critically and creatively explore the notion of Network as a shared matrix, not just from a technological perspective but also from a socio-cultural perspective
Full-color publication of the complete Ant Farm Timeline, as well as Allegorical Time Warp: The Media Fallout (1969) and an archival dossier on Ant Farm’s Truckstop Network (1970-1972)
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For the 500.000 Chinese who have emigrated to the ‘dark continent’ there is the promise of a 21st century Wild West. Some have struck gold and run large conglomerates that span whole regions of Africa, others are still selling cheap goods on the burning hot roadsides of the poorest countries in the world
A video of Casey Reas’ talk last week and some goodies from theverymany
Traditional craft sexed up with activism, celeebrity mugshots, politics and virus. On view through Arpil 27 at the MAD in New York
Cute and cruel, the best solo show i’ve seen in New York this week
The concept of Territories is the focus of an excellent exhibition in the small Belgian city of Liège. Gorgeous image galore inside
The photographer presented 2 specific projects: “The Innocents” and “An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar”
A modern monument to the forgotten workers and their anonymous contribution to supplying the electricity to power modernity.
The dark, surreal and sometimes pet-unfriendly fables and parables of Ericailcane are currently on show in Florence, Italy
An exhibition in Paris suggests an alternative way to think about living creatures, questioning their place in our society and proffering ideas about cohabitation that might inspire the world of the future.
One of the best shows i’ve seen in 2007. You’ve got until Feb. 17 to run to Ghent and enjoy a feast of mechanical pigs, filthy pirates and ketchup-infested cooking-show.
Lidy Jacobs‘s fluffy “sex rabbits” are often presented in groups and are interactive. They are attached to the […]
In tune with the back to nature theme of the day: For the Demoniac Babble series Estelle Hanania […]
On the left, an aerial shot of the dam (image The Times) The Three Gorges Dam is the […]
Spheres by PaulaGabriela (Photo Ruy Teixeira)
As part of the exhibition on Apartheid, the courtyard of CCCB in Barcelona is occupied by a thought-provoking […]
The centre d’artistes OBORO in Montréal is currently showing a brilliant little exhibition on the subject of Travelling […]
Cantar ciranda è como se aventurar à viver em alto mar pescando em una jungada, 2007 When i […]
Had the chance (cheers, Emma!) to visit London’s Frieze Art Fair in beautiful Regent’s Park this weekend. A […]
Myriam Laplante gave a fantastic performance during the City of Women festival (well, that’s what everybody says cuz […]
Chinese Contemporary had a group show with many of the big names of Chinese young art world: Wang […]
Going through all the flyers and papers i gathered in New York during my last trip there i […]
Wandering around Brooklyn at the search of a Theft and Rescue puppet to adopt, i stumbled upon a […]
Beautiful things at Tesla (which will be shut down after this fall since Berlin has recently decided to […]
The day had not started well. I was on the plane, laptop on my knees waiting for the […]
Electric Chair, Executions series (Figure 0049) Catherine Chalmers‘ executions series depicts roaches being electrocuted, hung from miniature nooses, […]
A Frog series by mi-mi Moscow (Mila Kalnitskaya and Micha Maslennikov) 009 – ring: “Eddy Chlorophyllâ€? 2005 Via […]
On Monday i checked out the much admired and written-about exhibition of Antony Gormley at the Hayward gallery […]
As words never replace a deep experience, the only ones I have to describe Julio Le Parc’s exhibition: […]
Nonspheres IV is the latest iteration of Luis Berríos-Negrón’s ongoing investigation into the contemporary tension between nature and […]
Active Ingredient from Nottingham have always been trying to make “hard” technology a bit softer and to reveal […]
Alice Miceli is currently traveling back and forth from Berlin where she is based now to Belarus where […]
Just back from Dislocate 07, a great little exhibition in two venues around Tokyo and a two-day symposium […]
Detail from The Dining Room by Richard Jackson, a staunch friend of animals. Check out The Dining Room […]
Davis & Davis, The Ralphs (Dad, Mom, Baby, Sis) 1999 Part of the exhibition “Dangerous beauty – Bellezza […]