Tag Archives: Ekaterina Degot

The Show Must Go On for Pinchuk and Manifesta; Not So Much, Voina

Posted on April 25, 2014 by

Countdown to the Future Generation Art Prize Only five days remain until the close of the Pinchuk Art Centre‘s biennial Future Generation Art Prize. While escalating tensions around Ukraine had us wondering if the show would indeed go on – … Continue reading →

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Pavilion Politics, Power-Players and a lot of Prizes

Posted on April 10, 2014 by

We promised this post would be on prizes, and there were certainly plenty given out this week: the Art Newspaper Russia‘s new award, the St Petersburg-based Kurokhin Prize, and of course, the National Center for Contemporary Art’s Innovation Prize, which was awarded last … Continue reading →

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From Matisse to Alys in Manifesta 10, while Moscow contemplates an Absolute Wine Factory

Posted on March 25, 2014 by

Manifesta 10 reveals its artist roster, new website While curator Kasper Koenig has given us plenty to speculate on earlier, yesterday, Manifesta 10 revealed the list of artists whose work will be featured in the Hermitage this summer via a press conference … Continue reading →

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Curator Ekaterina Degot to Cologne’s Akademie der Kunste der Welt

Posted on March 10, 2014 by

We’re interrupting our new digest format to deliver what we feel is some pretty significant news for Moscow, which we discovered through Artguide: curator Ekaterina Degot (known by most of the Russian art world at “Katya”) has taken on a two-year … 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

Posted on February 13, 2013 by

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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“Offside Effect”: Tbilisi gets a Triennial

Posted on September 3, 2012 by

The last days of Documenta may now be upon us (Would-be visitors have until the 16th, though it would appear Kassel may extend viewing time on certain commissions by artists like Walid Raad, Michael Rakovitz and Mark Dion, which the city … Continue reading →

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“What is and What Should Never Be”: Katya Degot reveals the Discussion Program for the Kyiv Biennale

Posted on February 20, 2012 by

We posted earlier about the Kyiv Biennale which will open this May with David Elliot’s project “The Best of Times, The Worst of Times. Rebirth and Apocalypse in Contemporary Art.” Today, the Biennale announced its Discussion Program, which has been assembled by … Continue reading →

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