In the latest issue of frieze Jörg Heiser asks what our interest in the face tells us about contemporary communication: ‘Faces have always been objects of fascination and scrutiny. But the focus has become more complicated and intensified by recent ch…

Lunds konsthall has the pleasure to present Social Fabric, an exhibition organised by Iniva (Institute for International Visual Art) in London that uses textiles to explore colonial history, international trade, labour and militant politics. In the 19t…

Calvert 22 presents two concurrent exhibitions exploring the work of the most influential art movement from the Balkan region in the latter half of the 20th century – Neue Slowenische Kunst (NSK).

NSK was established in the early 80s in what was th…

De Appel arts centre is opening its new permanent premises in a renovated eighteenth-century building on the Prins Hendrikkade 142, a stone’s throw from Amsterdam Central Station on Thursday 24 May 2012. Its new home, renovated by denieuwegeneratie and…

As part of the programs marking its 75th anniversary, Haus der Kunst is pleased to announce the simultaneous opening on June 9, 2012 of two major exhibitions: Image-Counter-Image and Histories in Conflict: Haus der Kunst and the Ideological Uses of Art…

The 7th Shenzhen Sculpture Biennale will take place from May 12 to August 31, 2012 at OCT Contemporary Art Terminal (OCAT) in Shenzhen, China. The Shenzhen Sculpture Biennale (formerly known as Shenzhen International Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition) …

An exhibition and a book by David Tomas including works, artefacts and documents by Bas Jan Ader, Francis Alÿs, Lothar Baumgarten, Pavel Braila, Marcel Broodthaers, Stanley Brouwn, Chris Burden, André Cadere, Tim Clark, Willem de Rooij, Guy Debord, D…

The Technisches Museum Wien and ERSTE Foundation are exploring new ground, engaging technology and art in dialogue. For the exhibition entitled AT YOUR SERVICE – ART AND LABOUR, artists Pavel Braila, Anna Jermolaewa, Daniel Knorr and Ulrike Lienbache…

Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts) presents the first UK solo exhibition of Israeli artist, writer and filmmaker Roee Rosen: Vile, Evil Veil. The exhibition consists of two seminal works: the award winning film Out (Tse) and the installatio…

Gaëtane Verna has been appointed to the position of Director of The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery. Verna has been the Executive Director and Chief Curator of the Musée d’art de Joliette (MAJ) in Lanaudière, Québec since 2006.

GaëtaneVerna …

Manifesta Journal 14 “Souvenirs, Souvenirs…” is the first of three Manifesta Journal issues (MJ #14–16) that will explore the plural resonances of “The Politics of Time”. Together with guest editor Rasha Salti, the Manifesta Journal editorial team …

The Museo de Arte de Lima (MALI) is proud to present Indicios: Milagros de la Torre, an exhibition guest curated by Dr. Edward J. Sullivan, Helen Gould Sheppard Professor of the History of Art at the Institute of Fine Arts and the Department of Art His…

This full-time position at e-flux in New York includes a high volume of copyediting, fact-checking, and basic HTML formatting towards the production and distribution of all e-flux announcements. The Announcement Designer is responsible for adhering to …

Delfina Foundation, in partnership with Pump House Gallery and The Creative India Foundation, are delighted to announce an exhibition of new works by resident artists Baptist Coelho and Nadia Kaabi-Linke.

Coelho (born and works in Mumbai, India) and K…

Sharjah Art Foundation (Sharjah, United Arab Emirates) announces that the recipients of its prestigious 2012 Production Programme grants, which provide artists working in a wide range of media with funding for new work, are artists Sean Gullette, Mario…

On 24 March 2012 the solo exhibition …and Europe will be stunned by the Israeli Dutch artist Yael Bartana opens at the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven. The exhibition comprises a trilogy of videos centred on the Jewish Renaissance Movement in Poland (JRM…

The Ullens Center for Contemporary Art is honored to present a major retrospective of work by Gu Dexin (b. 1962, Beijing) spanning three decades of this artist’s vast and varied output. Entitled “Gu Dexin: The Important Thing is Not the Meat,” it marks…

A sculpture is something that if it falls on your foot, it will break it.
— John Chamberlain

Sculpture is something you bump into when you back up to look at a painting.
— Ad Reinhardt
 

The Office for Contemporary Art Norway is pleased to annou…

Bye Bye American Pie explores the changing aspects of American culture through the work of seven major American artists: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Larry Clark, Nan Goldin, Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger, Paul McCarthy, and Cady Noland. This exhibition will m…

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