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David Zwirner inaugurated the gallery’s first European location with a solo exhibition of new works by the Belgian artist Luc Tuymans. The new space is located on 24 Grafton Street in Mayfair, London. The solo show presents a series of paintings entitled Allo! and visually refers to the final scene in the 1942 film The [...]

For the exhibition Dresdener Paraphrasen at the Kupferstich-Kabinett, which is currently a guest at the gallery Contemporary Fine Arts in Berlin, the artists Gert and Uwe Tobias took on
 a particular challenge: from the extensive holdings of the museum, the artist brothers selected unique masterworks of graphic art from past centuries, which they then interpreted [...]

As part of the Frieze Projects program at Frieze Art Fair London 2012, the Turkish artist Aslı Çavuşoğlu presented the work Murder in Three Acts. Commissioned by Frieze Foundation and produced by Manifold Projects, the work was a real-time performance involving a professional crime drama crew and actors. Aslı Çavuşoğlu’s Murder in Three Acts was [...]

Repeat to Fade at Mendes Wood Gallery in São Paulo (Brazil) is a group exhibition that deals with the transparency of information and the intangibility of image and object in the digital age. The title is derived from the musical direction “repeat to fade”, which iinstructs the player to play the same musical segment repeatedly [...]

At Frieze Art Fair London 2012, London-based Stephen Friedman Gallery presented a solo exhibition with paintings by British artist Ged Quinn, entitled Ghosts and Benedictions. On the Preview day we had the chance to speak with the artist about his work. In this video, Ged Quinn talks about the exhibition at Frieze Art Fair, a [...]

In addition to the original fair for contemporary art in London, Frieze this year launched Frieze Masters, an art market for art ranging from the ancient era and old masters to art of the 20th century. This video provides you with a tour of the fair on the occasion of the preview. On display: Works [...]

Dinner is served. Until 14 October Frieze Art Fair in London presents a diverse menu with the latest creations of the leading international artists. As in previous editions, the Frieze Art Fair offers something for everyone’s tastes. Galleries such as Hauser & Wirth, Stephen Friedman, Pace, and Gagosian present the latest works by artists such [...]

The current show at kurimanzutto gallery in Mexico City is a collaboration between the artists Rirkrit Tiravanija and Arto Lindsay. It’s a reproduction of the apartment and of most of the objects of the artist and musician Arto Lindsay. The exhibition invites the spectator to inhabit and activate the work. The exhibition is entitled Untitled [...]

One of the events that kicked off this year’s Frieze Week in London is a group show entitled Bedlam. Organized by Lazarides Gallery and The Old Vic Tunnels, the exhibition’s title refers to the term ‘Bedlam’, a term coined from ‘Bethlam’, London’s Hospital for the clinically insane. Bedlam at Old Vic Tunnels seeks to “creatively [...]

Until November 3, 2012, the gallery Luisa Strina in Sao Paulo presents a group show that aims to examine “how contemporary artists address in their works, the social and labour dynamics as well as the intricate relations between production and consumption that are inscribed in the commodity.” The exhibition is called Parque Industrial, taking its [...]

Hands have no tears to flow. Reports from / without architecture is the title of Austria’s contribution to this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale. Commissioned by Arno Ritter, the Austrian architect Wolfgang Tschappeller has developed an exhibition that aims to shift the perception of buildings and concentrates on the people who live in them. The installation, [...]

On the occasion of his participation in the exhibition Sensing Place. Mediatizing the Urban Landscape at House of Electronic Arts Basel, we had the chance to talk to artist and scientist Mark Shepard. In this interview, he talks about his Sentient City Survival Kit, his participation in this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale, and other projects. [...]

The exhibition Edgar Degas – The Late Work at Fondation Beyeler in Riehen (Switzerland) is the first show that is devoted exclusively to Edgar Degas (1834 – 1917) late work. It features more than 150 paintings, sculptures, drawings, pastels, prints, and photographs of the famous French artist, and explores in detail the richness of the artist’s [...]

The exhibition Sensing Place at House of Electronic Arts in Basel (Switzerland) engages with urban developments, new digital infrastructure and municipal space concepts. The exhibition seeks to address this reconfiguration of the public space by means of an increasing overlap of the digital spheres of information and geographical reality. Several location-dependent areas will provide the [...]

Till Nowak is a digital artist, designer and filmmaker based in Hamburg. On the occasion of his solo exhibition within the framework of the festival Sommer.Frische.Kunst in Bad Gastein (Austria) we met with the artist at the old power station of the town. In this video, Till Nowak talks about his series of fictional amusement [...]