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.

Gourmet Gallery Champagne Brunch for Whatsoever the Wolf Wishesa solo exhibition and installation by S.J.HartSunday March 27th 12-4pm$12 Donation to Vaudeville Park to Support the ArtsAdditional gallery Hours, Saturday 3/26 12-5pm and Sunday 3/27 12-6p…

“George Condo: Mental States” at the New Museum is an exhibition, which the artist calls a “conceptual survey” of his work. The show presents paintings and sculptures that George Condo created over the past thirty years. “Mental States” is divided into four sections each of which examines a particular theme or genre central to his [...]

For some time now, Ben Russell has been tearing it up in the world of experimental cinema, but with his new solo exhibition, he is establishing himself as a force to be reckoned with in the gallery as well. Uh-Oh It’s Magic, showing currently at threewalls in Chicago’s West Loop, takes an ambiguous stance toward [...]

Conner Contemporary Art is pleased to present concurrent exhibitions of “Paladins and Tourists,” featuring new drawings and video by Zoë Charlton; “Stress Cone,” a new sculptural installation by Mia Feuer; and the premier of “Ascension/Immer…

Conner Contemporary Art is pleased to present concurrent exhibitions of “Paladins and Tourists,” featuring new drawings and video by Zoë Charlton; “Stress Cone,” a new sculptural installation by Mia Feuer; and the premier of “Ascension/Immer…

Conner Contemporary Art is pleased to present concurrent exhibitions of “Paladins and Tourists,” featuring new drawings and video by Zoë Charlton; “Stress Cone,” a new sculptural installation by Mia Feuer; and the premier of “Ascension/Immer…

Main Gallery Fall 2011 – Spring 2012Artists who have not yet had a solo exhibition are invited to submit bodies of work for consideration. Selected artists will receive a solo exhibition in Gallery Aferro’s main gallery, a 2,147 sq ft space with stre…

Banu Cennetoglu’s website has read “meşgul/busy” since the summer. And even after four months of emails, having never meet in person, Banu Cennetgolu is still a source of fascinating mystery to me. Sources report that she’s shy; a mutual acquaintance leaning over a freezer stuffed with a pre-biblical stalagmite raved about how lovely she is; [...]

We’re back with our second edition of “Fielding Practice,” a podcast produced exclusively for Art21′s listeners and readers. On today’s episode, Duncan MacKenzie, Dan Gunn, and I are joined by art critic, blogger, and ArtSlant’s Chicago editor Abraham Ritchie to talk about the rise of CSAs (Community Supported Art), which are art subscription programs that [...]

Until 15 April, the Beirut Art Center in Beirut / Lebanon is two showing exhibitions: Image Works by Harun Farocki and Drawing with the Things Themselves by Paola Yacoub. Image Works presents a selection of Harun Farocki’s major video installations. Among the works on display are the earlier works Interface (1995), I Thought I Was [...]

Lunds konsthall
12 March–8 May 2011

It is with particular joy that Lunds konsthall presents the exhibition I, the Undersigned. In these days of profound change and hopefulness in the Arab world we are very proud to be able to show the first-ever solo exhibition by the internationally renowned Lebanese theatre director, actor and artist Rabih Mroué.

6 March–17 April 2011

“All ABOUT US” at the Ursula Blickle Foundation is Miki Kratsman’s first solo exhibition in Europe. Miki Kratsman, born 1959 in Argentina, immigrated to Israel in 1971 where he has been living in Tel Aviv since. His photographs are regularly published in the Israeli daily newspaper “Haaretz” in the rubric “The Twilight Zone.” Since 2006, Kratsman has been directing the photography course at the renowned Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem.

ICA London
9 March–15 May 2011

A two-headed talking animatronic sculpture and video installations showing three episodes of Nathaniel Mellors’ absurdist sitcom Ourhouse are included in the artist’s first major solo exhibition in a UK public institution at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) from 9 March to 15 May 2011. A programme of music events, film screenings and talks devised by Mellors complements the exhibition.

Žilvinas Kempinas’ solo exhibition at Galerija Vartai in Vilnius, Lithuania showcases five of Kempinas’ installations: Columns (2006), Serpentine (2010), Bike Messenger (2006), Fan Drawings (2010), and Ballroom (2010). The show is the first of a new cycle of exhibitions that commemorate Galerija Vartai’s 20th anniversary. The gallery was one of the first private galleries in [...]

Thanks to Thea Liberty Nichols for chronicling the artists, curators, and historians coming through the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Visiting Artists Program. Up next is Lindsay Lawson. Lindsay is an artist and occasional curator and writer currently based in Berlin. She has studied at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and [...]

El Futuro del Pasado at Alcalá 31 in Madrid is the first solo exhibition of Nigerian-British artist Yinka Shonibare’s work in Spain. The show features a series of photographs based on Francisco de Goya’s etching “El sueno de la razón produce monstruos” (“The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters”) from his “Los Caprichos” series. Also on [...]

MUSAC presents The Mission and the Missioners, the first solo exhibition in Spain of African artist Georges Adéagbo. This show displays the intercultural and inter-textual “assemblages” of this key figure in contemporary art from Africa and the international art scene. MUSAC (León, Spain), the Centro de Cultura Contemporánea de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain), and La Casa Encendida (Madrid, Spain) will simultaneously host the exhibition Desaparecidos by Gervasio Sánchez, an extensive documentary photography project centred on the forced disappearances that took place in eleven countries throughout Latin America, Asia and Europe.

The 17th International Contemporary Art Festival SESC_Videobrasil, to be held in São Paulo, Brazil, later this year will feature Olafur Eliasson’s first solo exhibition in Latin America. The show comprises a series of installations by the Danish-Icelandic artist created or adapted especially for three venues with a strong architectural identity: SESC Pompeia, a factory recreated by Italian architect Lina Bo Bardi; Pinacoteca do Estado, a historic building renovated by Pritzker Prize winner Paulo Mendes da Rocha; and the recently opened SESC Belenzinho.