Monthly Archives: December 2011

Not Afraid Anymore: Moscow enters a New Year (and possibly a New Era)

Posted on December 30, 2011 by baibakovartprojects

Before we celebrate the New Year, we wanted to take a minute and commend some of the recent events in Moscow and Russia. 2011 has sparked incredible shifts within the country and the attitude of its citizens towards their government, … Continue reading →

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Baibakov Art Projects wishes you all the best this holiday season!

Posted on December 19, 2011 by baibakovartprojects

Baibakov Art Projects thanks all its readers and contributors for a momentous year. The events of this tumultuous year have yet to fully manifest themselves in contemporary art and culture, as protests rage worldwide and regimes shift seemingly daily. Russia … Continue reading →

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Kandinsky Prize announces its 2011 laureates

Posted on December 14, 2011 by baibakovartprojects

As award season wraps up, today the ArtChronika Foundation revealed the laureates for this year’s Kandinsky Prize. The main award, Project of the Year, was awarded to Conceptualist Yury Albert, for his Moscow Poll, a series of questionnaires modeled after … Continue reading →

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Kyiv Sculpture Project announces an Open Call

Posted on December 13, 2011 by baibakovartprojects

Curators Kateryna Taylor and Helen Lucy Phelby have put out an open call for Kyiv Sculpture Project, a festival of public art taking place in the city’s M. Gryshko New Botanical Garden from June 2- July 2, 2012. Founded in … Continue reading →

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Boris Groys screens Aelita: Queen of Mars

Posted on December 11, 2011 by baibakovartprojects

A few weeks ago, e-flux inaugurated their new Lower East Side space with the exhibition,  “Out of Town: Andrei Monastyrski and Collective Actions,” which is on view until January 7. As part of that exhibition, today curator Boris Groys will … Continue reading →

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Baibakov Art Projects congratulates the winners of the PinchukArtCentre Prize 2011

Posted on December 10, 2011 by baibakovartprojects

Baibakov Art Projects congratulates Nikita Kadan, Zhanna Kadyrova, Sergei Radkovich and Nikita Shalennyi, young Ukrainian artists recognized by the PinchukArtCentre Prize 2011. In a ceremony that took place yesterday in Kiev, Nikita Kadan was named the winner of UAH 100,000 and a … Continue reading →

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Walker Art Center releases its Idea Hub

Posted on December 8, 2011 by baibakovartprojects

This week the Walker Art Center launched its new site, promoted as an Idea Hub. Walker director Olga Viso explains the name as such:  “As the Walker’s name signals, we’re a center: a hub that brings together various pursuits related … Continue reading →

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Once Upon a Present

Posted on December 7, 2011 by baibakovartprojects

As riots rage in Moscow, determining Russia’s future, curator and sometime Baibakov Art Projects-collaborator Elena Yaichnikova offers a view at the present, with this group show of five Russian contemporary artists opening today at galeria sc in Zagreb. In her … Continue reading →

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Moscow indulges a little non/fiction

Posted on December 2, 2011 by baibakovartprojects

There is still time to catch the 13th installment of non/fiction, Moscow’s cutting edge book fair, now through Sunday at the Central House of Artists. This year’s program features almost 300 different participants, with a focus on Spain. Openspace.ru, one … Continue reading →

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