The Canada Council for the Arts and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada selected the project ‘Arctic Adaptations: Nunavut at 15’, through a national juried competition, to represent Canada at the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale. Nanavut is the Canada’s largest, most northerly territory. ’Arctic Adaptations’ will present innovative architecture proposals rooted in Nunavut’s distinct land, …
The exhibition “The Illusion of Light” explores the physical, aesthetic, symbolic, philosophical and political stakes of an essential dimension of human experience that has also been, since (at least) the Renaissance, a fundamental element of art: light. It is the light that makes the invisible dimension become visible. The blazing light that, at its maximum …
The collection includes works by artists discovered by Ileana Sonnabend (1914 – 2007) – together with Peggy Guggenheim, perhaps the greatest talent scout of the late 20th century – and promoted in memorable exhibitions in her galleries, providing space for the most advanced experimentation in art: from Neo Dada to Pop Art, from Minimal Art …
Lisson Gallery and Berengo Foundation present an exhibition of sculpture and installation that addresses the complex spheres of the public realm and the built environment. The Latin term genius loci, originally referring to the presiding or guardian deity of a land, is now used to describe the particular essence and unique qualities of a place. …
2014 will see the Fondazione Prada present the exhibition ‘Art or Sound’ at its Venetian venue of Ca’ Corner della Regina. For the first time since the Venetian palazzo was reopened to the public, the rooms on the second piano nobile will be used: space that has been restored as part of the renovation of …
The exhibition Sguardi Incrociati a Venezia brings together more than 30 sketches, made by Jirô Taniguchi for the new Louis Vuitton Travel Book to be launched in Venice in June, with 25 photographs by Mariano Fortuny held in the reserve collection of the Palazzo Fortuny, together with films and books, after meticulous restoration work funded …
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The London space of White Cube Gallery announces an exhibition of paintings and films by Leo Gabin, as part of the Inside the White Cube programme. The Belgian trio investigate the materials and rituals of contemporary culture by pulling together endless amounts of online amateur video footage to create a new kind of narrative. Leo …
East Wing, A New Platform for Photography, presents Tanya Habjouqa’s exhibition entitled Occupied Pleasures, curated by Lars Willumeit. The exhibition focuses on daily life in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem, where more than four million people live under arduous political and economic conditions with limited freedom of movement. Occupied Pleasures, the 2014 World …
“The biggest illusion of the Human Mind is probably the one on which Man has built himself: the idea that he invents something, when all he does is repair.” – Kader Attia Galleria Continua in Beijing presents Kader Attia’s solo exhibition ironically entitled Beginning of the World. The show is conceived as a sensory and perceptive …
Mara Sartore: The 14th International Architecture Biennale, directed by Rem Koolhaas has been defined as a Biennale of ‘architecture without architects’. In which way, in your opinion, should this statement be understood, and could you explain briefly what you think is the exhibition’s vision for contemporary architecture? Ippolito Pestellini: This is a Biennale without architects …