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in the international art context

 

 

Roads of Arabia

Roads of Arabia
Archaeological Treasures of Saudi Arabia. 26 January - 9 April 2012, Pergamon Museum, Berlin. Photo tour, information, introductory text.

55th Venice Biennale 2013, Massimiliano Gioni

55th Venice Biennale 2013
Massimiliano Gioni has been appointed Artistic Director of the 55th International Art Exhibition to be held in 2013.

7th Berlin Biennale

7th Berlin Biennale
27 April - 1 July 2012. Curator: Artur Żmijewski. Associate Curators: Voina, Joanna Warsza.

dOCUMENTA (13), 2012

dOCUMENTA (13)
9 June - 16 September 2012, Kassel, Germany. Artistic Director: Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev.

30th São Paulo Biennial

30th São Paulo Biennial
8 Sept. - 9 Dec. 2012. Chief curator: Luis Pérez-Oramas. Associated curators: Tobi Maier, André Severo; assistant curator: Isabela Villanueva.

 

 

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Nafas Art Magazine
Art from the Maghreb to the Middle East, from Central to Southeast Asia. Published by the Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations (ifa) in cooperation with UiU.

 

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Calendar of Biennials 2012
Dates of international Biennials and other regular art exhibitions, continuously updated.

José Roca - Tate curator for Latin America
The Tate Gallery in London has appointed the Colombian curator as Estrellita B. Brodsky Adjunct Curator of Latin American Art.

Arab Collaboration Project
Artists and writers from countries of the Arab uprisings can apply for Artellewa's project. Airfare and residency covered. Deadline: 5 Febr. 2012

Art Project in Taiwan
Call for Proposals for the Cheng Long Wetlands International Environmental Art Project. Deadline: 8 Febr. 2012

Coal Prize 2012
Call for art projects about the environment. Prize: 10,000 EUR. Deadline: 12 Febr. 2012

Proposals for exhibition in New York
apexart calls for proposals from around the world for exhibition in New York. Deadline: 17 January - 17 February 2012

Grants for art production
Call for applications for the Sharjah Art Foundation Production Programme. Deadline: 24 February 2012

Home Workspace Call
Ashkal Alwan calls for applications for the 2nd edition of Home Workspace Program. Deadline: 28 Feb. 2012

Children's Biennial - Call
Call for participations for the 3rd Sharjah International Biennial for Children’s Arts. Deadline: 1 June 2012

 

 

Some Biennial Specials 2011 - Archive:

 

54th Venice Biennale 2011

54th Venice Biennale 2011 - Special
4 June - 27 Nov. 2011. Artistic Director: Bice Curiger. Information an photo tours: Central exhibition, 8 Special Features, fast photo tour.

11th Biennale de Lyon

11th Biennale de Lyon - Photo Tour
15 Sept. - 31 Dec. 2011. Theme: A Terrible Beauty is Born. Curator: Victoria Noorthoorn; Artistic Director: Thierry Raspail. 78 participants.

17th SESC_Videobrasil -  Photo Tours

17th SESC_Videobrasil - Photo Tours
Until 29 Jan. 2012. Internat. Art Festival, São Paulo. General curator: Solange Farkas.
- Southern Panoramas  (101 participants)
- Olafur Eliasson - Your Body of Work

 

Shift Delete 30

Nafas Art Magazine | Egypt
Shift Delete 30
In an exhibition in Cairo, the Young Artist’s Coalition critically revisits the last 3 decades of Egypt's history.
By Aida Eltorie

Home Workspace Program

Nafas Art Magazine | Lebanon
Home Workspace Program
Ashkal Alwan’s art education program: incubator, research hub, living archive and production fund.
By Kaelen Wilson-Goldie

Meeting Points 6 in Berlin

Nafas Art Magazine
Meeting Points 6 in Berlin
Interview with the curator Okwui Enwezor about the focus of the event in these times of change.
By Gerhard Haupt & Pat Binder

Creating in Simultaneity

UiU Magazine | Argentina | Paraguay
Creating in Simultaneity
Simultaneidades y otras yerbas: Dialogue between artists from the Argentine North-East and Paraguay. Touring exhibition.

Amina Menia

Nafas Art Magazine | Algeria
Amina Menia
Projects and urban interventions as poetic critiques of the socio-political situation in Algeria.
By Caroline Hancock

Tomás Saraceno. Cloud Cities

UiU Magazine | Argentina
Tomás Saraceno. Cloud Cities
Extended until 19 February 2012. Aprox. 20 "biospheres". Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin.

3rd FIAC in Algiers

Nafas Art Magazine | Algeria
3rd FIAC in Algiers
International Festival of Contemporary Art in Algiers (FIAC). Until 3 Feb. 2012. Information and photo tour through the exhibition.

The Global Contemporary

Specials
The Global Contemporary
Art Worlds After 1989. Until 5 Febr. 2012, ZKM Karlsruhe. Curators: Andrea Buddensieg, Peter Weibel. More than 100 artists.

Ernesto Neto in Buenos Aires

UiU Magazine | Argentina | Brazil
Ernesto Neto
Until 12 February 2012. Walkable installation: O Bicho Suspenso na Paisajem. Inaugural show at the Faena Arts Center, Buenos Aires.

Héctor Zamora - Zeppelin Swarms

UiU Magazine | Mexico
Héctor Zamora
His Zeppelin Swarms at the Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen. Ursula Zeller about the show in the context of the museum; photo tour.

Biennale Jogja XI / Equator # 1

Nafas Art Magazine | Indonesia
Biennale Jogja XI / Equator # 1
Focus of this year's Biennale in Yogyakarta: Shadow Lines- Indonesia meets India. Information and photo tour.

Bamako Encounters 2011

Nafas Art Magazine | Mali
Bamako Encounters 2011
The 9th African Photography Biennial, until 1 January 2012 in Mali. Review by Jelle Bouwhuis, photos of the event and of exhibited works.

Between Ebal and Gerzim

Nafas Art Magazine | Palestine
Between Ebal and Gerzim
Interventions in the public space of Nablus by artists from Palestine and other countries. Cities Exhibition, 3rd edition.

Rosângela Rennó

UiU Magazine | Brazil
Rosângela Rennó
Her exhibition in Montevideo, based on a photographic archive hidden during Uruguay's military regime.
By Veronica Cordeiro

Martín Bonadeo

UiU Magazine | Argentina
Martín Bonadeo
On telephones, technology, war, art, and daily life. Espacio Fundación Telefónica, Buenos Aires.
By Alma Ruiz

 

 

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