ANNOUNCEMENTS
WYNG Foundation
August 16, 2018
Call for proposals: WMA Commission in Hong Kong on "Opportunity"
The WMA Commission, one of the most recognized commissions focusing on photography, is inviting entries for proposals from artists and photographers from both Hong Kong and the international community to create new research-based photography work in Hong Kong, focusing on the theme of “Opportunity.” Project proposals must contextually relate to both the theme and to Hong Kong. A five-member selection panel will choose the WMA Commission... continue reading
Beijing Contemporary
August 15, 2018
Beijing Contemporary EXPO 2018
Given the context of the ongoing industry development, we are devoted to introduce the latest achievements in artistic practices to a greater audience, renew their perceptions on the values of contemporary art and finally engage people in this historical leap for the development of contemporary Chinese culture. With a focus on integrating the internal chronicles and the external communications concerning the values in contemporary Chinese... continue reading
Laveronica arte contemporanea
August 14, 2018
The ‘E Zezi Workers’ Group and Marinella Senatore at Laveronica arte contemporanea
“Why don’t you open a gallery in Milan?” The idea behind Proloco came about after viewing the project Onore Perduto by the Sicilian architect Grasso Cannizzo at the Architecture Biennale in 2016. In the catalogue text, the Chilean economist Manfred Max-Neef is cited, according to whom “the mosquito is the only animal capable of defeating a rhinoceros. Or rather, a swarm of mosquitos. A metaphor for Capitalism, the rhinoceros possesses... continue reading
REVIEWS
When you land in Tunis, all the press materials are in a language you barely understand and despite everyone’s best efforts, you constantly end up lost, looking for places you never find. You’ll spend hours of research and late-night web searches, riding air-conditioned buses between scattered events, gathering as many... continue reading
Among the artifacts assembled by curators Manuel Borja-Villel and Teresa Velázquez for their illuminating survey of Dora García’s work since 1997 are nine posters detailing the program for “The Inadequate” (2011), a 26-week investigation into radicalism, dissidence, and marginality staged by the artist in the Spanish Pavilion at the 54th... continue reading
Pioneering ecologist, science communicator, and marine biologist Rachel Carson found the rhythms of the ocean to be largely indifferent to the rhythms of humans. Coastal forms, she observed, merge and blend in variegated patterns with the ancient surf and with new life, ultimately with the sole agenda of the “earth... continue reading
