Thomas Struth at Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
Whether in paradise or the museum, Thomas Struth involves the spectator in compositions of the un-seen. At Max Hetzler, Michele Faguet seeks out the “metonyms of the absent subject,” as he takes us deep into the bowels of machinery.
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Artissima 17: Lingotto Fiere in Turin
Aoife Rosenmeyer heads south to Artissima to find out if the direction taken on by new fair director Francesco Manacorda might be seen “as Machiavellian mining of unexploited market niches”?
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Abraham Cruzvillegas’s “La Petite Ceinture” at Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
Chris Sharp tells us why Abraham Cruzvillegas’s “vast, wonky, constructivist sculpture” at Chantal Crousel hides bits and pieces of “Whip It!” Devo too.
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Angus Fairhurst at Sadie Coles HQ, London
Karen Archey takes a look at the recontextualization of Angus Fairhurst’s gorillas when put in the hands of the YBAs at Sadie Coles HQ.
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Dahn Vo at Isabella Bortolozzi Galerie, Berlin
Ana Teixeira Pinto takes a tour of the brief history of Dahn Vo, ending up at a grave marker for his father (via a 19th century English poet’s headstone and a 17th century play), only to discover “the man without qualities.”
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FIAC – International Contemporary Art Fair, Paris
Adam Kleinman makes a stopover between uh and oh at the Paris FIAC, amidst a carousel of other city (or banlieu?) events.
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“Slip Snip Trip” at Karma International, Zürich
Quinn Latimer gets metaphysical while gazing into the Ikebana arrangements at Karma International in Zurich.
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RECENTLY ON AGENDA
Media Farzin on Marcel Broodthaers at Marian Goodman Gallery and Michael Werner Gallery, New York
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Octavio Zaya on the 29th São Paolo Biennial
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Kirsty Bell on art forum berlin & abc art berlin contemporary: “light camera action”
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Colby Chamberlain on George Maciunas: “Mr. Fluxus” at Stendhal Gallery and “Out of the Box” at the Emily Harvey Foundation, New York
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Paddy Johnson on Rob Pruitt: “Pattern and Degradation” at Gavin Brown’s enterprise and Maccarone, New York
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