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Out of Place at Tate Modern
Level 2 Gallery is a small exhibition space that keeps me coming back to Tate Modern in London. Its entrance is hidden by one of the exits of the Tate and if you don't know of its existence you've...
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Emerging Talents - Young Italian Art
Luigi Presicce, Il mago di Cefalu, 2009, Night performance for two spectators The Centre for Contemporary Culture Strozzina in Florence is hosting the second edition of Emerging Talents - Young...
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Art, bricks, domestic dust
Nothing surprised me more in Charles Dickens' novel Our Mutual Friend than the central role played by a heap of dust. That's where Old Mr. Harmon had made his fortune. He was a 'Dust Contractor,' a...
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Dirt: The filthy reality of everyday life
Previously: Art, bricks, domestic dust. Dirt: The filthy reality of everyday life, a spectacular exhibition at the Wellcome Collection in London, travels across centuries and continents to explore and...
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Book review: Collective Architectures - Trucks, Containers, Collectives
If i'd have to name two of my favourite architecture studios i'd probably come up with Recetas Urbanas and realities:united. I can't imagine architecture studios more different from each other. A...
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Book review - realities:united featuring
As promised last night, today's review is dedicated to realities:united featuring, edited by Florian Heilmeyer (available on amazon UK and USA.) Publisher Ruby Press says: Founded in Berlin in 2000 by...
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Interview with Richard Pell, Director of the Center for PostNatural History
If you want to see a penguin, you go to the zoo. If you're curious about dinosaurs and dodos, any natural history museum will enlighten you. But where do you go if you want to learn about spider...
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The Little Screens
Lee Friedlander, The Little Screens, 1961-1970 Yesterday i went to see Hyper Real - Art and America around 1970 at Ludwig Forum in Aachen, convinced that i was doing something that would be more...
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Miss Van in Paris
First stop in Paris this afternoon was for Miss Van solo exhibition at the Magda Danysz Gallery. Twinkles 6 (Monkey and scepter), 2010 The usual doll-like girls with their impenetrable look, porcelain...
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Distress and other photo shows in Paris
Quick overview of a couple of photo exhibitions i saw in Paris over the weekend: Distress, Stéphane Duroy's photo exhibition at the gallery in camera, the most moving show i've seen in Paris closed on...
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The seratonin knock-out rat
Alter Nature - the Unnatural Animal (photo by Kristof Vrancken) As i mentioned a few weeks ago, designers Revital Cohen and Tuur Van Balen are having a double exhibition at the Z33 art center in...
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Hyper Real - Art and America around 1970
This story is best watched/read to the sound of The Hustle.... Ludwig Forum Aachen is quickly turning into one of my favourite places for art watching. Art anyone can enjoy and understand. Art that...
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Book review - Bracket 1 [on farming]
On Farming: Bracket 1, edited by Mason White and Maya Przybylski (available on amazon USA and UK) Publisher Actar writes: Bracket is a new book series structured around an open call for entries that...
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Laurent Montaron
I had never heard of Laurent Montaron before last week. I was preparing a trip to Paris and going through the list of exhibitions open when i stumbled upon a small photo of a Catholic saint and, far...
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Somewhere Else, the "expeditionist" artists
One thing that has puzzled me for years is the passion some people profess for the Louis Vuitton monogram. It's not that it's unsightly, it's just that the reason why some girls ruin themselves for the...
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Art Game Weekend
A few days ago, i was at La Cantine in Paris to cover and be a member of the jury of the second edition of the ArtGame WeeÂkend. Artists, graphic designers, musicians, interaction designers, engineers,...
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whiteonwhite:algorithmicthriller
If you have to see one exhibition in London... Let it be whiteonwhite:algorithmicthriller at Haunch of Venison. Bonus! You can then climb up the stairs and see Places,strange and quiet, some 40...
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Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography
The Victoria and Albert Museum in London has an exhibition on Contemporary South African Photography. Given my unwavering admiration for South African artists, it should have been a feast. And at...
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Beyond Entropy, When Energy becomes Form
The Architectural Association School of Architecture in London has just opened a fascinating exhibition titled Beyond Entropy, When Energy becomes Form. The works on show are part of a two-year project...
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Burke + Norfolk: Photographs From The War In Afghanistan
I'm afraid this is another photo exhibition i'm going to review! I know they are not the most popular on this blog but for some reason, London seems to be all about photo shows this week. I'm just back...
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