S.M.A.K.
26 March–3 July 2011

Raum und Zeit is the first solo exhibition by German sculptor Michael Sailstorfer (°1979, Velden/Vils) in Belgium and the largest so far. On the basis of more then twenty works, S.M.A.K. sketches a nuanced picture of Sailstorfer’s still young oeuvre.

S.M.A.K.
26 March–3 July 2011

Raum und Zeit is the first solo exhibition by German sculptor Michael Sailstorfer (°1979, Velden/Vils) in Belgium and the largest so far. On the basis of more then twenty works, S.M.A.K. sketches a nuanced picture of Sailstorfer’s still young oeuvre.

Manufacturing the Fragile Image is an intermediate two day hands-on workshop that will teach participants how to manufacture their own black and white 16mm movie film from scratch using only raw chemistry and clear plastic. Participants will then learn…

From March 13 to June 19 2011, Bethan Huws, who has been living and working in Paris for the past twenty years, will be showing her first monographic exhibition in France, Black and White Animals, at the Centre international d’art et du paysage and in the Vassivière Island sculpture park. The exhibition interweaves her various inspirations from her childhood memories in Wales to her experience on the Plateau des Millevaches (Limousin, France) where she is making a film commissioned by the French Culture Ministry for 5,25, a contemporay art network based in Limousin. After the exhibition at Vassivière, her films will be shown at the Frac Limousin during the summer.

In this week’s roundup, Kerry James Marshall and others explore black identity, Mark Dion has a ship in a bottle, Barbara Kruger makes art from chess, and more. Martin Puryear, Julie Mehretu and Kerry James Marshall are part of Embodied: Black Identities in American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery.  Works were chosen by [...]

Jayson Musson’s show The Hard Sell, at Marginal Utility on 319 N. 11th Street, is an atypical gallery show, to say the least. The walls are full of long, written rants, hilariously offensive t-shirts and the occasional art object, like a sculpture. It’s apolitical, atheistic and, come to think of it, a-pretty-much-any-other-adjective-you-can-muster. It’s a splendid [...]

Amie Siegel Work from Black Moon. “The centerpiece of this three-part work is “Black Moon,” a partial remaking of Louis Malle’s 1975 film of the same title. A present-day science-fiction without dialogue, Siegel’s “Black Moon” traverses multiple film tropes – action, guns, lonely campfires, the end of the world – and, like its band of [...]

“No one can make a better Kori Newkirk about Kori Newkirk than Kori Newkirk.”(Kori Newkirk: 1997-2007. Los Angeles: Fellows of Contemporary Art, 2007, 29) The Visiting Artists Program at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (VAP) is especially excited to welcome back Kori Newkirk, who earned his BFA at The School of the [...]

TheCenter for Fine Art Photography announces a new international call for entry:Blackand White Photography Exhibition 2011Early submissions due: March 21, 2011(Discounts on entry fee)All Entries final submission due: April5, 2011Allsubmissions uploaded…

International Film Festival RotterdamATTRACTION OF THE OPPOSITES26 January – 6 February 2011CUCOSA, Raampoortstraat 16, 3032 AH Rotterdam (Netherlands)http://www.attractionoftheopposites.nl/program1.htmlCologneOFF 2011 selection”Attracted by the opposi…

Tate Modern

19 January – 25 April 2011

Creative, playful and inventive, Gabriel Orozco creates art in the streets, his apartment or wherever he is inspired. Born in Mexico but working across the globe, Orozco is renowned for his endless experimentation with found objects, which he subtly alters.

In this week’s roundup, Gabriel Orozco arrives at the Tate, John Baldessari wants your name in lights, Stockholder, Orozco and Koons display a new object-ivity, Carrie Mae Weems wants us to help stop the violence, and more. Gabriel Orozco will have a retrospective at Tate Modern (London) which will highlight the artist’s endless experimentation with [...]

Over the past couple of years, the art world has been ebulliently celebrating the work of conceptualist John Baldessari – a well deserved paean to this highly influential and groundbreaking artist.  To begin, he was given the Golden Lion Award for lifetime achievement at the 2009 Venice Biennale.  John Baldessari: Pure Beauty, a retrospective exhibition [...]

CIFO Art Space
1 December 2010 – 6 March 2011

Inside Out: Photography After Form includes over 80 photographs from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection. It is one of a series of exhibitions that is organized on a yearly basis from the collection. For the first time in a few years, the exhibition focuses solely on the medium of photography and includes a significant portion of the photographic holdings from the collection, including many new acquisitions.

Just for fun – Michael Jackson’s "Black or White" re-written as a song about gravy. Pretty funky, albeit rather out of tune in places. Made with the help of my daughter Rachel, otherwise known (on YouTube) was HoolaHoopKid, who provides some slick <br />
dance moves via her toy orang-utan, Sweethart. You can view it on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abGk2-T6_wI , or on my site at http://www.edwardpicot.com/blackorwhite.mov .<br />
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Art in General’s Annual Saturday Night Party young patron benefit is an evening of exciting artist performances, drinks, and dancing in support of the organization’s exhibitions and programs.
This year’s event is November 20th and will feature Th…

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ArtTrail Festival 2010 /// Multiple Endings <br />
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Cork’s annual festival of contemporary art explores multiple endings in venues across the city<br />
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Various Venues, Cork City, IRELAND<br />
www.arttrail.ie<br />
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November 19 – December 6 2010<br />
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Since it’s inception in 1996 ArtTrail has focused on showcasing the diversity of practice in contemporary art. With a strong tradition of site specific and site related works, the festival is again set to take over various city centre venues this November with the former Sawmills site on Copley St providing its focal point. Supported by the Arts Council, this year’s programme explores the theme Multiple Endings. The selected projects and supporting events feature a wide range of responses, many concerning topical social & economic issues. National and international artists contribute to a variety of events including: projects, exhibitions, open studios, guided walks, talks, performances, screenings, and workshops. <br />
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A strong North American contingent provides the festival with many of this year’s highlights. Performance and video artist AA Bronson visits the festival to launch the CIT CCAD/Black Mariah new collection of video art. A work from the group General Idea, of which Bronson was a member, is the collection’s first acquisition. Weekday screenings will conclude with an artist talk on Saturday 4th Dec in the college’s lecture theatre. <br />
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Fellow Americans Siobhan Rigg and Carolyn Lambert conduct a guided audio tour of the city. From Solid to Liquid focuses on environmental issues, drawing on research into the melting of the Arctic North West Passage to bring home the realities of global warming. <br />
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Investigations into the Super-Physical is the title of a performative lecture<br />
organised by Padraic E.Moore at which an accompanying publication of the same<br />
title will be launched. The one-night event will combine video screenings of<br />
material by several notable notable artists, including Kenneth Anger, Susan Mac<br />
Williams and Shana Moulton, and a live performance by David Turpin. The<br />
publication, which will be made available free of charge at the event, provides<br />
readers with a stimulating insight into a subjective exploration of super-physical<br />
phenomena. This black and white pamphlet includes the work of numerous artists<br />
and thinkers including Arthur Conan Doyle, Martin Healy, Cian McConn,<br />
Gunilla Klingberg, Rudolf Steiner, Garrett Phelan, Rebecca O’Dwyer and Ciaran Walsh.<br />
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New York free-improv jazz group Borbetomagus headline a very special Black Sun event on Monday 6th December.<br />
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Participative projects by Jonnet Middleton and the artist collective Sociable Science will propose alternative models for development and artistic economies. FutureMenders, Middleton’s project, aims to equip the public with skills that offer an antidote to consumerism. Sociable Science will float a new currency, the Debloom, for the duration of the festival. They launch the project Just Keep Shopping (Everything Will Be Ok) with a Debloom bingo night in Basement Project Space on November 20th. <br />
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With much more to look forward to, this is but a taster of what’s to come. <br />
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For further information, links, and updates, see www.arttrail.ie<br />
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The only thing better than "hot media" is a hot dinner. So join us on Friday, October 22nd for Cravings, a dinner tied to our capital display of art, the colorful Chino Amobi – "PREGNANCY PACT".<br />
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Our dinners always offer you a night that’s positively soaked in art, as well as food. As you dine you’ll enjoy a discussion with Chino himself, who’ll we think you’ll find a fascinating speaker. From his approach to art, to his performance persona Diamond Black Hearted Boy, the Alabama-born Chino has shown his work from Virginia to Nigeria, so he’s got plenty of things to talk about! You’re going to love him as much as we do.<br />
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Served family style in the gallery itself, our dinner series is designed to let you enjoy a scrumptious meal while having a thoughtful conversation with strangers. Let yourself be inspired together by the beautiful work covering our walls. Just $45 per person covers dinner, drinks and entertainment. Dinner is served at 8:00pm.<br />
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Reservations Required!<br />
Make your reservations before Wednesday, October 21st.<br />
Use the Paypal link on our website (http://www.likethespice.com/pregpact/chinorsvp.html) and reserve your space, or contact us<br />
at 718.388.5388 or via our email address info@likethespice.com<br />
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Misfits – Black and White @ Abc No Rio<br />
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A 5 hour performance / installation happening<br />
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Friday October 29th<br />
8pm-1am<br />
Abc No Rio, 156 Rivington, LES, NYC<br />
We are all misfits, helloween is one of the few commercial traditions of group acts of pure fun.<br />
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A battle and cry, action and projection, the dead in the living, slow breathing body parts with a limited palate. 6 human beings will be plunged into the world of Misfits. A strange and uncontrollable world designed to change. A child will keep this place in order, death will bring life. Come watch a world be built and destroyed in 5 hours, see 6 humans transformed into 4d, 3d and 2d. Come make art, write, listen, be a part. Abc Norio is a historical NY spot, this time next year the gritty gallery will be a new space…<br />
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Allegorical electronic symphony Music by Time “Love” Lee, punk music by DJ Jesse Jones Of Yuppicide<br />
Get Tickets now, this will sell out, new Living Installation is only 6x a year<br />
$17 online $20 at the adventure<img src="http://rhizome.org/syndicate/nothing.gif?f=announce" border="0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rhizome-announce/~4/e8-53_iHqiM" height="1" width="1"/>