Month: December 2016
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Martin Boyce’s Turner-prize winning installation
Experience the union of architecture and nature in Boyce’s Turner-prize winning installation on show at Tate Britain. Glasgow-based artist Martin Boyce is interested in the physical and psychological experience of the built environment. His installations explore the modern urban landscape, particularly with reference to twentieth century modernist design, and its connections to utopian notions of living.
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Cristina Lucas’ Trading Transcendence at Mudam
Taking up the entire lower level of the Mudam museum in Luxembourg, Cristina Lucas’ Trading Transcendence exhibition is organised around the ideas of capitalism and globalisation at the beginning of the 21st century, including the video installation Philosophical Capitalism (2014-2016). Cristina Lucas, a Spanish artist born in 1973 in Jaén, is interested in the mechanisms of power. Her works start
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Independent New York releases 2017 exhibitor list
Independent New York, which takes place each year during Armory Week in New York, is scheduled to run from March 2nd to March 5th 2017 at Spring Studios in Tribeca. The fair, now in its eighth edition, will include 46 exhibitors, a mix of international galleries and nonprofit spaces, from 18 different cities. Among the
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Lee Mingwei’s The Moving Garden at the National Gallery of Victoria
Taiwanese-American artist Lee Mingwei is internationally recognised as one of the leading creators of art which invites audience participation. The National Gallery of Victoria, Australia, presents his acclaimed piece The Moving Garden 2009-present, an artwork that creates new, unexpected encounters in the city. Lee’s artwork is highly participatory, and invites audiences into one-on-one interactions, such as
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Patti Smith’s photographs exhibited at Dulwich Picture Gallery
Dulwich Picture Gallery will present the first photography display bringing together work by the British modern artist, Vanessa Bell and the American musician, writer and artist, Patti Smith. Legacy: Photographs by Vanessa Bell and Patti Smith, which coincides with the Gallery’s major retrospective of Vanessa Bell’s work, will include 17 photographs by Smith and a
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International Museum Day theme announced for 2017
The worldwide community of museums will celebrate International Museum Day on and around 18 May 2017. The theme chosen for 2017 is “Museums and contested histories: Saying the unspeakable in museums”. The objective of International Museum Day is to raise awareness of the fact that, “Museums are an important means of cultural exchange, enrichment of cultures
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MoMA acquires cup designed for extraterrestrial use
When drinking coffee in space, you’ll need a cup adapted to the behavior of liquids in zero gravity, naturally. Paola Antonelli, MoMA’s Senior Curator of Architecture & Design, describes their latest acquisition as the “first object in our collection designed expressly for extraterrestrial use.” This zero-G coffee cup was designed by astronaut Don Pettit: MoMA’s collection now includes
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Lost Magritte underneath another painting
This past February, conservator Alice Tavares da Silva took René Magritte’s La Condition humaine (1935) out of its frame for a routine inspection. She expected just that: routine. The painting, in the collection of Britain’s Norfolk Museums Service (NMS), was slated to travel to the Pompidou for a Magritte exhibition opening in September of this
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This Week’s TOP FIVE Museums News
1. A portrait of Tsar Nicholas II was discovered during the restoration of a full-size painting of the 1917 October Revolution leader Vladimir Lenin. READ MORE 2. An original exhibition featuring cat-themed artworks from a range of well-known international comics creators and illustrators, will be held at Porto’s Boémia Caffe. READ MORE 3.
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VR exhibition at ICA
A VR exhibition curated by ICA Student Forum will be launched this Wednesday 7 December from 18-21:00pm. The evening offers a discussion around VR technology for young artists and the chance to experiment with viewing devices such as Google cardboard glasses and Oculus Rift. A special event marking the launch of a web platform for
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