53rd International Art Exhibition - Fare Mondi // Making Worlds
June 7 - November 22, 2009
The 53rd edition of the Venice Biennial was inaugurated on June 7, under the direction of renowned curator, Daniel Birnbaum. Entitled “Making Worlds,” it assembles the projects of more than 90 creators from 77 countries, including first-time participation by Montenegro, Principality [...]
Guggenheim Museum (Venice, Italy)
May 30 - September 20, 2009
A year after the death of Robert Rauschenberg, (May 12, 2008), the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, celebrates the memory of this great artist with the exhibition “Robert Rauschenberg: Gluts.” Comprised of approximately forty works, this exhibition, on view May 30 through September 20, 2009, presents a little-known [...]
Kunsthalle Fridericianum (Kassel )
August 29 - November 15, 2009
In August, Kunsthalle Fridericianum will host the installation “Les sanglots longs” by the recognized Moroccan artist Latifa Echakhch (El Khnansa. 1974)
Through her installations and video works, Echakhch critically examines socio-political issues brought about by globalization, the way national symbols are used, as well as cultural differences and [...]
Tate Britain (London, UK)
June 29 - November 29, 2009
London-based artist Eva Rothschild (Dublin, 1972) has been invited to create the next installation for the Tate Britain Duveens Commission 2009, supported by Sotheby’s. Her new work, created especially for the Duveen Galleries at the heart of Tate Britain, will be unveiled on June 29 and will [...]
May 21 - 24, 2009
New venue: Faliro Pavilion
Greece’s leading international art fair for contemporary art, ART-ATHINA, celebrates its 15th edition. ART-ATHINA -International Contemporary Art Fair of Athens- was established by the Hellenic Art Galleries Association in 1993 and has become over the years one of Europe’s most prominent art fairs. As of 2009, ART-ATHINA is [...]
MARC BIJL - Arrested Development. Works 2000 - 2009
Domus Artium 02 - Salamanca, Spain
May 15 - September 19, 2009
Curated by Javier Panera and Paco Barragán
The first solo exhibition in Spain of Marc Bijl (Leerdam, The Netherlands, 1973) will be presented at DA2 Museum with a selection of his most significant works during the last ten [...]
Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
April 4 - July 5, 2009
“The Kaleidoscopic Eye: Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection” opens at The Mori Art Museum from April 4 to July 5, 2009. The exhibition is organized in collaboration with Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, the Vienna-based foundation, renowned for its excellence in contemporary art.
“The Kaleidoscopic Eye” brings together a selection of [...]
Tate Britain, London
February 3 - April 26, 2009
With the 4th Tate Triennial entitled “Altermodern,” Nicolás Bourriaud introduces a new term to characterize new forms of contemporary art that celebrate the energy and spirit of the current cultural scene. The work of these artists defined as Altermodern or “alternative modern” supports Bourriaud’s thesis that the historical [...]
Carnivorous lampshades, pole dancing robots, man-animal-machine hybrids, mechanical writing machines, subliminal and sensitive installations, mesmerising light sculptures and cybernetics are just some of the incredible exhibits at Kinetica Art Fair, the UK’s first art fair dedicated to kinetic, robotic, sound, light and time-based art, that took place in London from February 27 to March 2.?
Kinetic [...]
April 22 - 26, 2009
ZONAMACO® MÉXICO ARTE CONTEMPORÁNEO will take place on April 22- 26, 2009 at Centro Banamex, Hall D, in Mexico City. The fair´s Selection Committee evaluated nearly 150 applications and has selected 86 galleries to participate. The Selection Committee for 2009 is integrated by Patricia Ortiz Monasterio & Jaime Riestra ?(OMR, Mexico);?? Daniel [...]
