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Richard Prince wins his appeal in a definitive legal battle for “Fair Use”

According to the Hollywood Reporter, today an LA judge made a critical ruling for the legal future of, well, Art as we know it. In March 2011, federal judge Deborah A. Batts ruled that Richard Prince had violated the law … Continue reading

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Nikolay Bakharev another feature of Massimiliano Gioni’s “Encyclopedic Palace”

On March 15, the Art Newspaper published the story “Curators have mixed reactions to the artist roster for Venice Biennale” – exactly the kind of piece one might expect before a show laden with so many expectations of its own. … Continue reading

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Artists are honored and history revisited at the opening of the 11th Sharjah Biennial

While we’re on the region, the Sharjah Biennial has opened its 11th edition, titled Re:emerge - Towards a New Cultural Cartography, which was curated by Yuko and includes more than 100 artists (among them “Perpetual Battles” alums Saâdane Afif and Latifa Echakhch as well as Pedro Reyes, Olafur Eliasson … Continue reading

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Reasons to Love the Region: “Contemporary Art from Azerbaijan and its Neighbors”

Speaking of the Venice Biennale, just a day after we posted about YARAT!‘s second annual Baku Public Art Festival PARTICIPATE, the Baku-based art center was already circulating an announcement for “Love Me, Love Me Not: Contemporary Art from Azerbaijan and its … Continue reading

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At last, the list! Massimiliano Gioni reveals the residents of his Encyclopedic Palace

Today marks the opening of the Sharjah Biennale, but the online art world seems to be all  a twitter about other news: while hints have been dropped – less and less subtly, we might add – over the last few … Continue reading

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Baku prepares to PARTICIPATE

Following up on the success of last’s year’s Baku Public Arts Festival, the Yarat! Contemporary Art Space will open the second installment  - demurely titled PARTICIPATE – on March 14. The program mixes Azerbaijani and international artists in a series of … Continue reading

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Art Paris announces its 2013 focus on Russian – Not just Moscow! – Galleries

The Art Paris Art Fair has announced that its 2013 Guest of Honor will be Russia, with a selection of 11 galleries from all over Russia. And we mean all over. Whereas past discussions of the Russian gallery scene have … Continue reading

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Artefacts and Perpetual Battles: Nominees are announced for the Prix Marcel Duchamp 2013

Following yesterday’s announcement of the shortlist for Russia’s state Innovation prize, Baibakov Art Projects found plenty more to celebrate with the list of nominees for this year’s Le Prix Marcel Duchamp, the prestigious title awarded to a selected French (or French-based) … Continue reading

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Massimiliano Gioni opens up about Venice

Hot off the opening of the New Museum’s 1993 show (itself an ode to the Aperto of that year’s Venice Biennale – a landmark presentation brought together by Helena Kontova and Flash Art‘s Giancarlo Politi), the Wall Street Journal has … Continue reading

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Tell Me Why I Don’t Like Mondays…: Ekaterina Degot and David Riff give details on the Bergen Assembly

This week, curators Katya Degot and David Riff revealed more about their plans for this year’s Bergen Assembly, which is designed as a triennale for Norway’s second city in art. In a statement penned February 9, 2013, the duo announced … Continue reading

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