Lithuanian Pavilion, "Sun and Sea", 2019 © Andrej Vasilenko
Otobong Nkanga and Emeka Ogboh, Aging Ruins Dreaming Only to Recall the Hard Chisel from the Past, 2019. Courtesy of the artists and SAF
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We the People: An interview with Nari Ward
New York
13/02 - 26/05 2019
We interviewed Nari Ward when in New York visiting the first retropective dedicated to the artist (b. 1963, St. Andrew, Jamaica) at the New Museum. “Nari Ward: We the People” features over thirty sculptures, paintings, videos, and large-scale installations from throughout Ward’s twenty-five-year career, underlining his status as one of the most important and influential sculptors working today.
Lara Morrell: Take me back to the beginning, you were born in Jamaica..
Nari Ward: Yes and at the age of 12 the whole family moved to Brooklyn (5 boys and one girl), we had the opportunity to live in Bensonhurst in Brooklyn, it was like the hood! (all before gentrification). Then we moved to the... Read More
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Angela Vettese in Conversation with Milovan Farronato
Milovan Farronato and Angela Vettese have lived/live in Venice and worked together during Angela Vettese’s presidency at Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice.
Angela Vettese: For your Pavilion you have chosen three artists with whom you have not... Read More
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The Awards Ceremony of the 58th Biennale di Venezia
Venice
11/05 - 11/05 2019
The Awards Ceremony of the 58th International Art Exhibition took place on 11th May 2019, at Ca’ Giustinian, Venice.
The Jury of the 58th Biennale di Venezia awarded The Golden Lion for Best National Participation to LITHUANIA with Sun... Read More
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My Art Guides Venice Meeting Point: A Report of the 2019 Edition
Venice
My Art Guides: Venice Meeting Point
The 4th edition of My Art Guides Venice Meeting Point, titled “Asia Focus”, has just ended with incredible success. The event saw the participation of a number of special guests, professionals and journalists who have particularly appreciated... Read More
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ARCO Lisboa 2019: Africa in Focus
Lisbon
A total of 71 galleries from 17 countries participate in the 4th edition of ARCO Lisboa: 52 in the General Programme, 11 in the curated section ‘Opening’, and 9 artist projects are featured.
This edition also sees a special participation from African... Read More
Featured Exhibitions
Entropy
Venice
Faurschou Foundation in Venice
10/05 - 01/09 2019
Presented by Faurschou Foundation, “Entropy” explores the works of seven Chinese contemporary artists: divided into seven sections, each dedicated to the work of one of the seven artists, the exhibition offers an insight into the complexity of the ever-evolving art scene in China today. While the artists share the experience of being born and raised in a rapidly changing China, marked by economic growth and cultural exchange, the exhibition allows each of their distinct voices to be heard. Like the scientific term “entropy,” which is a measurement of the number of possible states in a given system, the exhibition marks one voice of China, formed by many, and can be interpreted... Read More
Jesper Just: Servitudes – Circuits (Interpassivities)
Lisbon
MAAT
16/05 - 02/09 2019
Danish artist Jesper Just transforms the Oval Gallery into a couple of emotional spaces inhabited by fleeting characters that reflect the human condition in the present era, in a site-specific intervention. Through sound, built structures and deconstructed... Read More
Rebecca Horn: Body Fantasies
Basel
Museum Tinguely
05/06 - 22/09 2019
Rebecca Horn: Body Fantasies is part of the parallel exhibitions devoted to the artist Rebecca Horn presented by Museum Tinguely in Basel and Centre Pompidou-Metz, which aim to offer complementary insights into the artist’s work.
Combining early... Read More
Francesco Vezzoli: Party Politics
Rome
Fondazione Giuliani
16/04 - 19/07 2019
Through the exploration of the power of contemporary popular culture, Francesco Vezzoli continues to deal with the fundamental ambiguity of truth, the seduction of language and the extreme vulnerability of human characters. Using multiple media, from... Read More
Jenny Holzer: The Whole Truth
GAMeC - Galleria D'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
30/05 - 01/09 2019
Tutta la verità (The Whole Truth), an exhibition of Jenny Holzer’s work at Palazzo della Ragione in Bergamo curated by GAMeC Director Lorenzo Giusti. Tutta la verità establishes a dialogue between the medieval building with its architectural... Read More
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