CAA 2010 98th Annual Conference

CAA 2010 98th Annual Conference

reviews  08.03.10  Sjoukje van der Meulen

Chicago
CAA
10/02/10 - 13/02/10

The annual conference of the College Art Association is a major forum for art historians and other professionals in the visual arts in the United States. The bad weather prevented a lot of speakers from attending, but nonetheless METROPOLIS M reports the interesting outcome of this academic marathon.

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PUBLIC LETTER European call to support Wiels

PUBLIC LETTER European call to support Wiels

features  04.03.10 

Partner institutions from the area Amsterdam-Brussels-Cologne want to express their surprise and sadness at the deeply problematic situation in which the Brussels contemporary art centre Wiels finds itself.

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reviews  01.03.10  Judith Vrancken

Berlin
Micky Schubert Gallery, Klosterfelde, Esther Schipper
15/01/10 - 19/03/10

Perhaps the only objection an art lover could have to Berlin is the way its galleries are scattered all over the city. The majority let photography and painting rule the gallery space this month. The choices appear safe, but luckily, safe doesn´t necessarily mean boring.

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'The Museum is History' Museum of American Art in the Van Abbemuseum

'The Museum is History' Museum of American Art in the Van Abbemuseum

features  20.02.10  Maxine Kopsa

The Museum of American Art is no ordinary museum, but the re-enactment of a museum. It is engaged in making a virtually literal copy of the exhibition history of the MoMA. A discussion about a museum that presents itself as the only ‘real museum of art’.

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IN STORES NOW: THE NEW ISSUE OF METROPOLIS M

IN STORES NOW:  THE NEW ISSUE OF 
METROPOLIS M

features  19.02.10  Metropolis M 

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Video: 'Life is never guaranteed to be safe'. Ai Wei Wei on why he wants to tell people that it's OK to speak out. JV - 18.03.10

Director of Tate Modern is leaving. Vicente Todoli, who has run the Tate Modern in London for most of the young institution’s existence, has decided to step down. JV - 17.03.10

Plea: art criticism starts with love and hate. Overanalysing art, as opposed to intuitively rating it, is fraught with peril. JV - 17.03.10

German artist Jan Vormann has spent the last three years travelling the world fixing crumbling walls and monuments using Lego. JV - 15.03.10

Bik Van der Pol winners international prize 15.03.10
The Bik van der Pol duo (artists Liesbeth Bik and Jos Van der Pol) have won the Enel Contemporanea Award 2010.
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The Saatchi Opus: meet one of the world's biggest art books - all 35kg of it (video). JV - 12.03.10

Tate Modern stages art festival for tenth anniversary celebrations and has invited 50 independent art spaces and collectives, from Shanghai to Prague, to create unique projects. JV - 11.03.10

Name that painting. Have art historical references become the new brand-name-dropping? (video) JV - 10.03.10

Foster. Create. Develop. Diversify…
Museum leaders need real plans, not just buzzwords. JV - 09.03.10

Win, or make, your own Tracey Emin quilt. London's V&A Museum presents step-by-step guide for DIY Emin quilt to promote new exhibition. JV - 07.03.10

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