Tag Archives: Slavs and Tatars

Venice already?! e-flux and ArtReview help us prepare

Posted on May 1, 2013 by

Over the past few weeks, e-flux has been filling our inboxes with announcements of this or that pavilion, this or that parallel program, all slated to open on or around May 29, when the 54th Venice Biennale finally opens (at … Continue reading →

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

Posted on March 14, 2013 by

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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The Art World readies itself for a Gulf Spring

Posted on January 25, 2013 by

Today in the Gulf News, the wonderful Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, founder of Sharjah’s Barjeel Art Foundation and one of the foremost political commentators of the region – read his Twitter stream here – published an opinion piece on the national … Continue reading →

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Slavs and Tatars host a “Beyonsense” Pop Rally at MoMA, New York

Posted on October 5, 2012 by

Straight off the heels of their talk last night at New York’s Abrons Art Center, the collective Slavs and Tatars will be hosting an edition of MoMA’s Pop Rally series, a program of evening events which start with great ideas … Continue reading →

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The Gwangju Biennale releases the first issue of Roundtable

Posted on August 30, 2012 by

In advance of the September 7 opening of the Gwangju Biennale, the curatorial team – an all-female powerhouse of Nancy Adajania, Wassan Al-Khudhairi, Mami Kataoka, Sunjung Kim, Carol Yinghua Lu, and Alia Swastika  - has released the first issue of its e-journal, … Continue reading →

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The 2nd Ural Biennale Reveals its Roster

Posted on July 3, 2012 by

This morning, the site Artguide.ru broke the artist roster for the second Ural Industrial Biennale of Contemporary Art, slated to run just over a month this fall, from September 13 – October 22, 2012. The first Ural Biennale – curated … Continue reading →

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Hallo from Switzerland..! A Brief Basel Wrap-up (with some Documenta on the side..)

Posted on June 18, 2012 by

It’s been a quiet week, as the art world descended on otherwise-quiet town of Basel for the 43rd edition of Art Basel. As if the international economic situation and the oversaturation of fairs (with Frieze NY and Hong Kong now … Continue reading →

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The Sweet Fruit of Substitution: Slavs and Tatars’ “Not Moscow Not Mecca” at the Secession

Posted on May 18, 2012 by

It’s been a busy year for Slavs and Tatars. This winter, fresh off the heels of their publication Molla Nasreddin, the collective was featured at the MoMA, the New Museum and the Maraya Art Center in Sharjah. They are now preparing a solo show … Continue reading →

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Baibakov Art Projects celebrates Russian New Year

Posted on January 13, 2012 by

2012 has already promised to be a pivotal year, with critical elections in Russia and the US and continued developments in the wake of the financial crisis and the protests it has wrought in 2011. It also looks to be … Continue reading →

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Voina i Mir: Collective ignites another controversy during otherwise peaceful protests

Posted on January 6, 2012 by

This New Years, instead of lighting sparklers, the St Petersburg-based collective Voina ensured a fresh round of newspaper coverage by lighting Molotov cocktails under a parked police transport vehicle. (You can watch the video here.) The group was quick to … Continue reading →

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