“I would not advocate a system where private individuals dictate what should be shown and what not in a public museum.“
Dutchman Han Nefkens (Rotterdam, 1954) is a passionate collector based in Barcelona whose major joy is sharing what he has with others. Instead of the traditional idea of owning works, most of his [...]
Trienal Poli/gráfica de San Juan
Several venues - San Juan Puerto Rico
By Paco Barragán
The Trienal Poli/gráfica de San Juan de Puerto Rico (The San Juan Polygraphic Triennial) kicked off on April 27 under the umbrella title El Panal/The Hive, with the participation of 150 national and international artists. The budget is $1 million, which [...]
By Paco Barragán
It’s always tempting to search in the archives of “post-modernity” for the authentic sense of our times. For some writers and scholars, post-modernity has gone out of fashion, for others it’s simply dead, and for a third party it’s still alive and kickin’ (as the song says).
Be it discontent or fervor, the fact [...]
“Feminism is a viewpoint that demands a rethinking of questions of power in society and thus has undeniable potency.”
By Paco Barragán
Martha Rosler is a prolific American artist and writer. Her works range from photo-text to video, performance and installation. At the center of her artistic practice are sociopolitical concerns related to, among others, [...]
“Our concept is to screw the authorities till they fall. Voina screws them in an artistic position.“
Voina Group-”voina” means “war” in Russian-is a Russian multi-disciplinary artists’ collective whose actions and performances hover between art, activism and politics. The Russian state has filed several criminal charges against some of its members and has even [...]
(On Venice Biennale’s ILLUMInations)
By Paco Barragán
For people in Venice that aren’t necessarily so well informed in art matters, “ILLUMInazioni - ILLUMInations” might make them think of a kind of light show…
Obviously the title is not very bright and shining. To be more precise: this contradictio in terminis in the title is a cheap, lamentable boutade. [...]
When a Painting Moves… Something Must be Rotten! Edited by Selene Wendt and Paco Barragán. Edizione Charta, Milano and The Stenersen Museum, Oslo, 2011. 76 pages. ISBN 9788881588169.
By Irina Leyva-Pérez
Artists have always crossed the boundaries and pushed the limits by proposing new approaches to art. This attitude has become an intrinsic part of [...]
“Any one who wishes to become a good writer should endeavour,
before he allows himself to be tempted by the more showy qualities,
to be direct, simple, brief, vigorous, and lucid.” - H.W. Fowler
By Paco Barragán
Some weeks ago I met Barry Schwabsky at ‘Garrison’ in Bermondsy, a café only a block away from Delfina’s in [...]
Vogel, Sabine B. Biennials - Art on a Global Scale. Vienna-New York: Springer, 2010. 142 pages. ISBN 9783709102503
By Paco Barragán
I once wrote that the 1990s was the age of the biennials, and the first decade of the 21st century the art fair age. Have biennials disappeared? Have art fairs disappeared? To both questions, [...]
“Passages. Travels in Hyperspace,” an exhibition drawn from the collection of Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (T-B A21), is showing at LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial in Gijón, Spain, until February, 2011. We spoke to Francesca von Habsburg, founder and chairman of T-B A21, about collecting, producing, and exhibiting contemporary art.
By Paco Barragán
Paco Barragán- As [...]
