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The Calder Gallery that recently opened at Fondation Beyeler in Riehen (Switzerland) is a collaboration between the Calder Foundation and Fondation Beyeler. In a dedicated space in the museum, selected works by the American artist Alexander Calder will be shown. The project is intended to run for several years in a series of curated presentations. [...]

Schlifka / Molina is a contemporary art gallery in Buenos Aires, Argentina that represents and exhibits works of national and international artists. Currently, the gallery shows paintings and drawings by Hernan Salamanco and Mariano Vilela. Mariano Vilela and Hernan Salamanco at Schlifka / Molina Gallery, Buenos Aires. Opening reception and interviews, May 19, 2012. Video [...]

Apnea’s Rhapsody is a multi-layered installation and performance project by the Slovenian artist Jaša (Mrevlje-Pollak; born in 1978 in Ljubljana, Slovenia). Apnea’s Rhapsody at On Stellar Rays is Jaša’s first exhibition in the United States. The gallery exhibition is an immersive installation including wallpaper, carpeting, furniture, sculpture, video, photography and other surprises. According to the [...]

On the occasion of Philippe Parreno’s solo exhibition at Fondation Beyeler, the Fondation organized an artist talk with the French artist, who became known for his work that combines different media such as film, sculpture, performance, sound and text. At Fondation Beyeler, Philippe Parreno presents two new films, C.H.Z. (“Continuously Habitable Zones”) and Marilyn, which [...]

Morgane Tschiember’s solo show Rolls and Bubbles opened at Galerie Loevenbruck in Paris on June 8, 2012. Huge steel mesh tubes were created and hung on the walls. Used as rollers, the woven steel was dripped with oil and water based paints. As the steel was rolled, the paints were forced together without mixing. The [...]

From 19 June to 30 September 2012, the Palace of Versailles presents an exhibition with works by the Portugese artist Joana Vasconcelos in the State Apartments and the gardens. Video by Christophe Ecoffet. Versailles (France), June 18, 2012. More info via VTV contemporary art search Joana Vasconcelos: Links | Videos | Images | More Images [...]

Art Parcours is a sector of the international art fair Art Basel that presents site-specific artworks and performances in Basel. For Art Basel 2012, the St. Johann neighborhood was chosen to be discovered via art. For his participation in Art Parcours 2012, the Mexican artist Pedro Reyes decided to enliven his ongoing video installation Baby [...]

The painter, architect and designer Vladimir Tatlin is one of the most important figures in the Russian avant-garde art movement. The Tatlin retrospective entitled Tatlin. New Art for a New World at Museum Tinguely in Basel (Switzerland) shows paintings, sculptures, objects, and his most famous work, the giant tower The Monument to the Third International. [...]

Los Angeles-based artist and musician Llyn Foulkes exhibits and performs his self-made musical instrument, The Machine, at dOCUMENTA (13) in Kassel, Germany. The Marchine is a homemade apparatus that Foulkes built from old-fashioned car and bicycle horns and other parts that emit sound. After being a drummer in a rock band from 1965-1971, Foulkes invented [...]

The exhibition of Maxime Bondu, “5 mars 1982,” recently opened at Galerie Joseph Tang in Paris on June 7, 2012. Through a series of “conceptual jumps,” using Bondu’s words, the spectator is carried from one piece to another linked by history, artifacts and fiction. A newspaper dated 5 March 2012 is displayed in a two-way [...]

The weekend before this year’s Art Basel, the Löwenbräu art center in Zürich (Switzerland) opened its doors so the public could see the renovated and restructured building that houses art galleries and institutions such as Kunsthalle Zürich, Luma Westbau / Pool etc., Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Galerie Freymond-Guth, and Hauser & [...]