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Gooey Contingency
A mall is an efficient space aimed at making your needs conveniently accessible. Even the space itself offers mechanic facilities that provide a bodily extension; perceived needs and desires are met...
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Labour, Labourer
‘Shrom O Shramik’, the show currently on at Ganges Art Gallery, literally means ‘Labour and Labourer’. Conceptually, it is an interesting one, in that the very idea is not something that usually stirs...
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Material World
Materials are often an afterthought in the artistic process; something to be snatched up in an art supply superstore from fluorescent-lit shelves of chromatically organized jars and tubes. Among...
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The End of the Line, The Last Days in Venice
I have been to Venice many times in my life, and I think my favorite moment is the approach. As the train pulls into Venezia Santa Lucia station I have the feeling that I have arrived. I feel as though...
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Immigrants' Fight: Ruben Ubiera's #IamHere Mural Unveiled
On May 4, 2013, Ruben Ubiera's #IamHere was unveiled on NW 5th Ave in Wynwood. This unique and subtly subversive mural is the result of a collaborative effort between the artist, his subjects, and the...
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Space-Time
I've always wanted to make a light that looks like the light you see in your dream. —James Turrell, excerpted from James Turrell: A Retrospective Art is always stumbling into someone else's dream.At...
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History in Transformation
Amsterdam’s histories are revisited in the present in ways ranging from the spectacle of the Amsterdam Dungeon to more serious approaches like those of the Anne Frank Huis. Every tourist knows the way...
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Catlin 2013: Philippa Snow & Charlotte Jansen
Charlotte Jansen: Good to see you the other night at the Catlin Prize. And those pointy jazzy shoes of yours... have a good time?Philippa Snow: Those jazzy shoes were an absolute nightmare; half a size...
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Museum as Gallery, Gallery as Museum
Roughly three years ago, New York City gallerist Jeffery Deitch was tapped to serve as director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles (MoCA). It was an interesting selection given Deitch’s...
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Basel Hotspots: Your Basel Week Calendar
If you are planning to visit Basel during June's Art Basel week, you should be prepared to dive into the most exciting week on the world art calendar. After the inauguration of the Venice Biennale,...
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Free Basel: Your guide to free and open to the public events during Art Basel
Art fairs can be exclusive affairs. And they certainly do encourage that notion, with their hallowed and inscrutable VIP lounges, wealthy collector-types air kissing dealers across the aisles, art...
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Special Projects at SCOPE Basel 2013
Just as the chaos of Frieze week in New York has calmed down, the party is resurrected in Basel, Switzerland. After a big splash at new venue, Skylight at Moynihan Station, SCOPE art fair continues to...
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Nights Without Armor
Heraclitus wrote, “Nothing is constant but change,” illustrating succinctly his philosophy of the nature of the universe; with her current exhibit Battle Armor, Karen Heagle illustrates this adage,...
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Gavin Turk: The Forgotten YBA
Gavin Turk: his work is mature and yet provocative; he has made a living as an artist and not sold out; and his ideas retain an urgency from not being overstated. But who is Gavin Turk? This exhibition...
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A Transformation Incomplete
The Schwules Museum is a critically important institution. It was the first museum in the world dedicated to the promotion and exhibition of LGBT-related art and artifacts. It holds an extensive...
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Basel: Staid Yet Surprising
Last weekend I travelled to Basel for a conference. It's been years since I was in Basel, so many years, that my memories of the city are vague, but after twenty-four hours, I remembered where I was....
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Art Basel: the Burning Ring of Fire
Whenever I think about art fairs, the first thing that comes to mind is money. Like how Art Basel can cost a gallery well over $10,000 for a small booth, which means they have to sell at least $20,000...
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"Gelitin, come out to play?"
The last time Gelitin had a show at Tim Van Laere they constructed an elevated outhouse atop a bare bones stairway and invited visitors to urinate in it. The pee flowed down through a transparent tube...
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Leisure Class
On any given Saturday, the perimeter of Oakland’s newly revived and landscaped Lake Merritt gushes leisure and its minions: weekend bohemians with shiny banjos, eager-eyed GreenPeace solicitors in...
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After Dark
Asa nisa masa, a phrase from Fellini’s 8½, is an incantation recalled from the childhood of the film’s protagonist, Guido. In the film we see a young Guido utter the phrase repeatedly while wildly...
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