John Smit. The Girl Chewing Gum (1976)
Economics in Art
Link to the article in A*DESK The theme of the summer exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Krakow (MOCAK) is not exactly light. Curated by Monika Koziol, Delfina Piekarska and Maria Anna Potocka, Economics in Art aims to analyse aspects like the possible dialogues between art and economics, art’s dependence on the market […]
From Ryan Gander to Basquiat, by way of Schnabel, press releases and other forms of mediation
Link to the article in A*DESK I’ve been wanting to see the film Basquiat (1996) for a long time now and for one reason or another I’ve never had the opportunity. Last weekend, Loop and Ryan Gander gave me the excuse or perfect occasion to do so. In presenting the video by Ryan Gander Basquiat […]
¿Por qué lo llaman amor cuando quieren decir sexo?
Link to the article in A*DESK Was the title given, in 1993, to the film by the director Manuel Gómez Pereira, which explored in a humorous vein the world of porn shows. “Why do they call it Biennial when they mean ‘name dropping’?” could be the title or summary of the proposal that concerns us […]
Working in art
Link to the article in A*DESK A few days ago Paloma Checa made an assessment of the last IKT congress celebrated in Madrid. She wrote about the subjects that had been considered in the debates, but also of what was talked about in the informal gatherings: the precarious nature of working as an independent curator […]
Direct Cinema or the sentation to have been there
Link to the article in A*DESK The history of Temporary Gallery in Köln is a curious one. It was established in 2008, on the initiative of the gallerists Thomas Rehbein and Christian Nagel as a space that, having previously paid the rent galleries from all across the world could use to have a presence in […]
Curatorship and Mediation
For a few months now, Caixaforum Barcelona has been hosting Qué pensar | qué desear | qué hacer, an exhibition spread over time and presented in three parts. Qué pensar, Qué desear and Qué hacer are the titles of the three consecutive exhibitions that explore the function that art can have in a present marked […]
On limits and perimetres
Link to the article in A*DESK At the moment the French Institute in Barcelona is presenting El perímetre intern (The internal perimeter), a group exhibition curated by Andrea Rodríguez Novoa and Veronica Valentini. The dozen or so works, by Spanish and French artists, presented in El perímetro interno propose a reflection on the notion of […]
ARCO 2013
Link to the article in A*DESK What functions ought an art fair to fulfil in the 21st century? Are the galleries redefining themselves at the same speed as other art agents? And the institutions? Are art fairs and galleries becoming one of the few remaining platforms where independent/multidependent curators can work? This is a time […]
ICEBERG. Invisible Reality
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