¿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 […]
The current state of performance
We are experiencing a boom in performance. Many museums and institutions are incorporating this type of manifestation into their programmes or creating specialised departments. This is the case of Moma or Tate or, closer to home, the Miró Foundation, the Tàpies Foundation or Fabra i Coats, to name just a few. But why this resurgence […]
Not just a royal affaire
Link to the article in A*DESK A Royal Affair (2012) is a film that confirms the excellent health of Danish cinema, and also the concentration of talent per square metre in such a small country. It is not a cult film, nor is the director, though the name Lars von Trier appears as executive producer. […]
Satire and parody as critical strategies
In the field of branding, “baseline” is the advertising phrase that accompanies the brand in all the media supports used to promote it. Nike’s “Just do it”, Nokia’s “Connecting people”, the “Move your mind” of Saab or Apple’s “Think Different”. In colloquial terms, branding professionals refer to the “baseline” as “vaseline”, that is to say, […]
The narrative condition
Link to the article in A*DESK La condición narrativa (The narrative condition) is the suggestive title that the curator Alexandra Laudo (founder and director of the platform Heroínas de la Cultura (Cultural heroines) –an equally great title -) has bestowed on the exhibition that she is presenting in La Capella and that was the winning […]
