Rebecca Horn, who has a major retrospective at London?s Hayward Gallery, has always considered both life and the act of artistic creation as a form of a perpetual risk-taking. The Risk-takers Nina Zivancevic Rebecca Horn, Courtesy of Galerie de France. Rebecca Horn, who has a major retrospective at London’s Hayward Gallery, has always considered both […]

"Populism" opened on Friday April 8, the day that Pope John Paul II was buried. It seemed a coincidence too good to be true. Bidding farewell to the man who had put the pope-into-populism while welcoming the critical ambivalence of the exhibition into one of Vilnius’ temples-of-culture. A Test of Faith Simon Rees Installation in […]

On a recent visit to Italy, I visited the Plexus Studio of Sandro Dernini in Rome, Fabrizio Bertuciolli?s studio just outside the city, and Any Gallacio in Sienna?s Centro Arte Contemporane. What I realized is that the Italian avant-garde remains quite prolific, elitist, multimedia-oriented, and tasty. Letter from Rome: Mangiare Arte Valery Oisteanu Still from […]

"Living and Working in Vienna," curated by Trevor Smith from the New Museum of Contemporary Art, features artists who inhabit and produce work in the Austrian capital. Living and Working in Vienna Bozidar Boskovic Marko Lulic, Hard and Soft No.2, 2002/05, fiberplate, wood, varnish, 450 x 650cm. "Living and Working in Vienna," curated by Trevor […]

It’s not easy to do an analysis of the heterogeneous map of styles that appear in the Spanish contemporary art. Even in the great international fair ARCO, one can only get a glimpse. Letter from Spain Jos� Luis Molina Gonz�lez / Tranlated by Chema F.S Angela Lergo, Letters with a smell of perfume, 2003. It’s […]

The Belgian artist Wim Delvoye, famous for the piece Cloaca–a machine which produces real faeces–is now using Beijing as one of his new centers for his notorious creations. Wim Delvoye’s Art Farm Lissette Olivares Wim Delvoye’s pigs are tattooed by Ms. Moon, Lian Ji, and Cheto Castellano at the Art Farm in Beijing. The Belgian […]

In February 2005, a group of young professionals decided to join together and found "Partner Communication," an advertising company. The Beauty of Garbage Natalie Saiph Massone Noemi Piccardo, Photos for the Garbage Project, Genoa, 2005. In February 2005, a group of young professionals decided to join together and found "Partner Communication," an advertising company. Within […]

Brightness that blinds and noise that prevents comprehension–Gianluca Codeghini works with the contradictions and extremes of perception. His sound installations and performances do not merely ask viewers to find new ways to see, hear and communicate, but give them no choice. The Finger In The Eye Emilio Corti Gianluca Codeghini, Dice non-dice, 2005. Brightness that […]

Excerpts from a conversation between Horace Brockington and Jessica Murray, who recently moved her non-profit space from Brooklyn to Chelsea, and became for-profit along the way. Two years is a century now Horace Brockington Jesse Bercowetz, Matt Bua, and Carrie Dashow, Under Island – Under Gone (The Book), 2005. Mixed media, 48 x 73 x […]

Tokyo is gearing up for the summer holidays with the usual apparently random selection of exhibitions pepped up with a smattering of kid-centric shows, like "Howl’s Moving Castle>" at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Report from Tokyo C.B. Liddell Yasumasa Morimura, Dedicated To La Duquesa de Alba / Black Alba, 2004. Color photograph on canvas […]