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...
View ArticleFree 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...
View ArticleBasel 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,...
View ArticleSpecial Edition: Art | Basel #1
BASEL HOTSPOTSYour Basel Week calendar, by Teodora KotsevaIf 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...
View ArticleSpecial 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...
View ArticleNights 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,...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleLeisure 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...
View ArticleGavin 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...
View ArticleArt 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...
View ArticleBasel: 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....
View Article"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...
View ArticleTomorrow's Paper
How often is it that a medium undoes itself, recasting both its intrinsic value and use? We are so often reminded that we now inhabit a post-paper world; as personal notes, letters, and least missed,...
View ArticleNotes on ‘The Encyclopedic Palace’. A Venetian tour through the Biennale
That day, the Yellow Emperor showed the poet his palace. They left behind, in long succession, the first terraces on the west which descend, like the steps of an almost measureless amphitheater, to a...
View ArticleMountain Mementos
Sometimes artists that came of age in the 60s prefer to stick to a medium and play with the same format for decades, applying the same formula to different materials. The temptation to break down the...
View ArticleAn Intricate Mess
Liminal Squared is the latest exhibition to fill the walls of White Cube’s Bermondsey gallery, fittingly soloed by explorative artist (environmentally speaking) Julie Mehretu. In her first solo show...
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