February 8, 2014
What is taking place for the 40th anniversary of this historical São Paulo gallery is a blissful parade of more or less flashy names, yet not without reason and not without the mindfulness of an experienced curator. In the exhibition Secret Codes, Agustín Pérez Rubio deals with issues of language and communication in relation to art and culture. read more.
February 7, 2014
Featuring a visual narrative with a strong critical view on western capitalist culture, the work of Chryssa Romanos' (1931-2006) is presented for the very first time at The Breeder Gallery. The exhibition is divided into two chronological and thematic sections, the collages (1964-66) and the décollages (from 1980 onwards). read more.
February 5, 2014
Cyprus, history, religion, irony and repetition are the recurring themes of Panayiotou's solo exhibition, together with a scent of the Mediterranean hovering in the big empty lobby hall. Crossing a sea of tiles, in order to get to the main, significantly smaller, exhibition room, it feels like leaving yourself behind; entering a limbo-like state of mind which allows you to proceed in a purified conscience. read more.
February 3, 2014
For the celebration of its 30th anniversary the permanent collection of FRAC Champagne-Ardenne will be on display, above and underground, in three different spaces and previously unseen areas of the absolutely spectacular Pommery Estate. The show, curated by Florence Derieux, begins in the reception area with the neon scenography by Μatali Crasset and some historical pieces of Robert Adams, Robert Filliou, Dan Graham, General Idea, among others, together with a great tribute to Raymond Hains. read more.
February 2, 2014
By using reels of censored erotic material from the Afghan film archive, Goshka Macuga creates a montage-film addressing issues of sexuality in the Arab world, female oppression and twisted politics. While witnessing a strange collage of sex scenes ranging from James Bond movies to Afghan films and Bollywood, a female voice narrates stories of violence and oppression, of the Taliban rule and the Sharia, while describing a general effort to eliminate women's presence from the public sphere. read more.
February 1, 2014
Oslo’s Astrup Fearnley Museet invites us to Imagine Brazil, an exhibition created by the dialogue between recent and historical Brazilian contemporary art. Fourteen young artists were invited to participate in the exhibition as representatives of the emerging art scene in Brazil. Curated by Gunnar B. Kvaran, Thierry Raspail and Hans Ulrich Obrist, the show wishes not only to present the young Brazilian artists’s work, but also to put their artistic expression in a historical context. read more.
January 30, 2014
Site-specific works by over twenty of the top living Swiss artists are featured in Elevation 1049: Between Heaven and Hell: a midwinter biennale-like exhibition, taking place in and above Gstaad. Comprised exclusively of Swiss artists, including Alexandra Bachzetsis, Urs Fisher, Thomas Hirschhorn, Olivier Mosset, Pipilotti Rist, Ugo Rondinone, Elevation 1049 is presented as a journey of discovery in an unfamiliar setting. read more.
January 29, 2014
Since the beginning of her career as an artist, Lutz Bacher has been questioning the commercialisation and medialisation of individual life choices and models of social and sexual identity. She has concealed her true identity behind her male pseudonym and rarely appears in person on the art scene. Snow is the title of her retrospective presented at Kunsthalle Zürich. read more.
January 28, 2014
Balancing between the notions of what something appears to be and what something actually is, Taryn Simon compiles images and words to compose a collection on the nature of concealed realities. This exhibition brings together the essence of three of her major past projects. The mystifying and intriguing patterns of family blood relations meet with men falsely accused of repulsive crimes, and finally, with obscure sides of American urban mythology. read more.
January 27, 2014
Designed by David Chipperfield Architects, Museo Jumex is the new museum for contemporary art in Mexico City, which opened its doors to the public in November 2013, with an impressive inauguration of four exhibitions. Colección Júmex, arguably the largest private art collection in Latin America, includes over 2,000 artworks by notable international, Mexican and Latin American artists. read more.
