Monthly Archives: November 2011

Frozen Dreams: Sotheby’s comprehensive survey of contemporary Russian Art

Sotheby’s announces the publication of its first comprehensive English-language survey of contemporary Russian Art, Frozen Dreams. Edited by author Hossein Amirsadeghi and Sotheby’s Russian Art department’s Joanna Vickery, the book introduces over 80 artists working from the 1970’s until the … Continue reading

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Baibakov Art Projects congratulates Laureates from the Art&Reality conference

This weekend in St Petersburg, the Petr Konchalovsky Foundation, in conjunction with the Russian Ministry of Culture, hosted an international conference on Art&Reality. The conference aimed to gather art world professionals from all over the globe to discuss this year’s … Continue reading

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Open Call for the III Moscow International Biennale for Young Art 2012

  Organizers for the III Moscow International Biennale for Young Art 2012 (whose previous editions have occasionally been known as “Qui Vive?”) have announced an open call for submissions. Sponsored by Russia’s National Center for Contemporary Art and the Moscow Museum of … Continue reading

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The Printed Picture goes Digital

As rumor-mills spin regarding new record prices for photography, New York’s Museum of Modern Art is reminding us of the long journey to Gursky for the printed image. This month, the museum announced the launch of the website for “The … Continue reading

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Slavs and Tatars present “Molla Nasreddin: Embrace Your Antithesis”

This Wednesday, Slavs and Tatars will present their latest publication Molla Nasreddin: the magazine that would’ve could’ve should’ve (Christoph Keller Editions, 2011) at Paris’ Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales at 7pm, Wednesday, November 23, as part of the “Something you should know: … Continue reading

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Banking on Ideas?

In the wake of this week’s disastrous eviction of Occupy Wall Street (for a video recap, check out Chto Delat’s blog), the art world has taken many different responses (that is, the section of the art world that wasn’t too … Continue reading

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dOCUMENTA (13) seeks young curators from Russia!

dOCUMENTA (13) has announced that the search is on for young curators from Russia, focused on contemporary art. The fellowship recipients would assist with the Maybe Education and Public Programs for the festival, whose next installment opens June 9, 2012, … Continue reading

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Library Science at Artspace

Artspace, the New Haven nonprofit, is working together with nearby institutions including Yale, to present Library Science, an exhibition and film program dedicated to bibliophilia, in its most creative expressions. According to the press release: The desire to collect information … Continue reading

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e-flux launches its journal on Moscow Conceptualism

As we already mentioned, e-flux inaugurated its new exhibition space with an exhibition of Andrei Monastyrski and Collective Actions, allowing curator Boris Groys to pick up where he left off with “Empty Zones,” the Russian Pavilion at this year’s Venice … Continue reading

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All or None: Maurizio Cattelan at the Guggenheim New York

These days it seems common practice to read about music groups splitting up, getting back together, or quitting the business entirely. Less so with artists, however. This may be why Maurizio Cattelan‘s recent declaration that he is “quitting” the art … Continue reading

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