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Artissima: paintings and drawings
A quickie on painted and drawn goodies seen at Artissima, the international fair on contemporary art that closed on Sunday in Turin. One of the few artworks that made me feel alive at Artissima is the series of clown paintings by Shane Campbell (at the booth of NYC-based Bortolami Gallery). His c …
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Links for 2008-11-10 [del.icio.us]
Cultura y Ocio - Y el oXcar va para... alguien que no tiene copyright - ADN.es Barcelona acoge la primera versión de los premios oXcars, siete horas consecutivas de celebración por la cultura de circulación libre
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Artissima: America's Family Prison
The 15th edition of Artissima, the international fair of contemporary art in Turin, closed yesterday. 128 galleries from 19 different countries gathered under the roof of the city's historic FIAT factory building at Lingotto. The event is certainly not as glamorous as Frieze nor is it as vibrant …
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Interview with El ??ltimo Grito
LABoral, the art center we have come to associated with new media art, has recently opened an exhibition dedicated to new, audacious and thought-provoking forms of design. Curated by Roberto Feo and Rosario Hurtado (El ??ltimo Grito), Nowhere/Now/Here aims to challenge the perception of design by qu …
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Interview with El Último Grito
LABoral, the art center we have come to associated with new media art, has recently opened an exhibition dedicated to new, audacious and thought-provoking forms of design. Curated by Roberto Feo and Rosario Hurtado (El Último Grito), Nowhere/Now/Here aims to challenge the perception of design by que …
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Links for 2008-11-06 [del.icio.us]
Frieze Magazine | Archive | Not so Black and White Are reproductions of art works helpful, or do they confuse our experience of the real thing Beliefs mezcla biología, diseño y tecnología en nuevos objetos · ELPAÍS.com Calidoscopios con células de ratones y avanz …
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Venice Biennale of Architecture: Koolhaas Houselife
The blockbuster of the Venice Biennale of Architecture is a quirky 58 minute film by Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine. Koolhaas Houselife visits one of the masterpieces of contemporary architecture: the Maison à Bordeaux designed in 1998 by Rem Koolhaas / OMA. The Dutch architect designed this …
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Venice Biennale of Architecture: the Polish pavilion
The Polish Pavilion was awarded the Golden Lion for Best National Participation at this year's edition of the Venice Biennale of Architecture. And it's easy to understand why. Curated by Grzegorz Piatek and Jaroslaw Trybus, the exhibition is entitled Warsaw's Polonia Hotel. The Afterlife of B …
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Links for 2008-11-05 [del.icio.us]
Google caught up in row over gay marriage vote - Times Online Mr Kirn has tried to use Googles own software to remove the adverts from his site and has contacted the company about the issue. When the adverts remained on the site for several hours despite Mr Kirns best efforts to remove them, he s …
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Venice Biennale of Architecture: the Belgian pavilion
Let's go back to the Venice Biennale of Architecture, shall we? Because i'm Belgian, i tend to shun the Belgian pavilion in my reports. Well, this time i won't. It was one of the most exciting pavilions of this edition of the Biennale. The title of the Belgian exhibition is enigmatic: 1907... …
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Links for 2008-11-04 [del.icio.us]
ATA Webzine, The Work of Art in the Age of Onerous Dominant Paradigms While multitudes of artists of late are producing political work from graffiti, to paintings to documentation of actions, some of the most interesting work being produced is conceptually-based but operates within a socio-politic …
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Adrian Street, Queen Bitch of pro wrestling
The exhibition From One Revolution to Another - Carte Blanche to Jeremy Deller which is currently running at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris is worth a visit for many reasons (i illustrate some of them in an article which has just been translated in... swedish), the most exciting one for me was a large …
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Links for 2008-11-03 [del.icio.us]
Interview with Dutch Architect Rem Koolhaas: 'The World Needs Europe' - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International Dutch Architect Rem Koolhaas likes to think in S, M and L, but especially in XL. And that pretty much describes his next project -- a think tank to help overhaul the European Union. In an i …
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Book review - Positions, Portrait of a New Generation of Chinese Architects
Positions, Portrait of a New Generation of Chinese Architects, edited by Frédéric Edelmann (Architecture Critique) and Françoise Ged (Architect and Director of the Observatoire de l'Architecture de la Chine Contemporaine in Paris.) Publisher Actar says: This book presents over 40 finished works b …
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Art Futura: M??quinas&Almas
Sorry for the long silence, i was a bit dazed by the 2 fantastic days i spent at the School of Architecture of Alicante. Thanks a lot to Paco Mejias, Jose Maria Torres Nadal and a virtual Edgar Gonzalez who have made my stay over there so memorable and fun. Theo Jansen, Strandbeest So let's get b …
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Links for 2008-11-02 [del.icio.us]
Biennale "Figures de l'interactivité" Together with the University of Poitiers and the Université du Québec à Montréal, the ÉESI and the Espace Mendès-France have devised the launch of a two yearly international multidisciplinary series of meetings from the Fall of 2008, in the for …
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Art Futura: Máquinas&Almas
Sorry for the long silence, i was a bit dazed by the 2 fantastic days i spent at the School of Architecture of Alicante. Thanks a lot to Paco Mejias, Jose Maria Torres Nadal and a virtual Edgar Gonzalez who have made my stay over there so memorable and fun. Theo Jansen, Strandbeest So let's …
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Links for 2008-11-01 [del.icio.us]
Number of pagan prisoners has doubled over four years - Times Online Paganism was recognised by the Prison Service as a religion more than eight years ago but since 2003 the numbers have risen steadily from 133 to 328 in 2007, according to figures published yesterday.
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Rwanda - first parliament in the world where women have a majority Last month Rwandas parliament became the first in the world where women have a majority, with 56 percent of the seats held by women. Can we afford a shopping weekend in New York? | Travel | The Observer Douze artistes observent e …
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Postcard from Barcelona
The MACBA, the museum of contemporary art in Barcelona, has recently opened Universal Archive. The Condition of the Document and the Modern Photographic Utopia, an exhibition that analyses the idea of a document in the history of photography on the basis of the study and staging of a number of debat …
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