Nikolai Sadik-Ogli In August 2009, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announced its plans for a comprehensive expansion project. After lengthy negotiations with the city, an extensive environmental review process with public comment and the selection of the appropriate architect, actual construction at the current building started with a groundbreaking ceremony on 29 […]
12.9.2013 Nikolai Sadik-Ogli Since 2006, Oakland Art Murmur has hosted exhibitions, artists’ receptions and special events in twenty one art galleries and nine mixed-use venues in downtown Oakland on the first Friday evening of every month. Since many of the galleries are located within only a few blocks of each other, the event provides an […]
Hanna Ohtonen Tiina Raitanen: Sculptures of shavings As the art world seems to be stuck in a limbo over the battle between representation and post-representation, Tiina Raitanen’s solo exhibition Jatkumo / Continuum in Gallery Aarni gives, with a clear pictorial voice and a sturdy backdrop of concept, a good reason for representation and a good […]
Christine Langinauer A large piece of wall mounted down, half blocking the entrance to a little room in the very back of the gallery. It almost seems to say, “under construction, do not enter.” Like so much of Hans Rosenström’s (b. 1978) art, In Good Faith demands the exhibition visitor to participate, to be present […]
Nikolai Sadik-Ogli 13.11.2012 The centennial of the birth of one of the most innovative and unique twentieth century composers, Conlon Nancarrow, was celebrated in Berkeley on the weekend of 2-4 November 2012 with exhibitions, film showings, informative panel discussions and unique concerts. Nancarrow wrote almost all of his music exclusively for player piano in a […]
The Finnish Doctoral Programme in Art History and The Finnish Doctoral Programme for Literary Studies will organize international conference Imagined Worlds – Worldmaking in Arts and Literature, 21-23, August 2013 at the University of Helsinki. CALL FOR PAPERS: IMAGINED WORLDS – WORLDMAKING IN ARTS AND LITERATURE The conference /Imagined Worlds/ will focus on the imagined […]
Jenna Jauhiainen 11.10.2012 The days are growing shorter, the temperatures decrease and it is time to discuss youtube as a source of art. In answering the question ”how many videos are on youtube?” the admins put the amount of content in a rather poetic form: 48 hours of video uploaded every minute, resulting in nearly […]
Helsinki Photography Biennial on Valokuvataiteilijoiden liiton järjestämä tapahtuma, jossa esitellään uutta valokuvataidetta. Vuoden 2012 teemana on kaupunki ja urbaani. Valokuvaus ja kaupunki kuuluvat toisilleen. Valokuvalla ei oikeastaan – yhtä vähän kuin ihmisilläkään – ole ulospääsyä kaupungista. Se syntyi kaupunkiin, ja siellä se on myös koko olemassaolonsa ajan hakenut paikkaansa. Valokuva muuttaa todellisuutta tarinoiksi, jotka ovat […]
Artishok press release 14.02.2012 In a situation where Estonian art world is struggling for the preservation of the most basic functions – art education – it is a mixed feeling to announce that the next Artishok Biennale will take place October 10th-20th 2012 in Contemporary Museum of Art, Estonia, Tallinn. Artishok Biennale is an experimental […]
Making Space and Place with Geometry Symposium organized by Shoji Kato Saturday, 11th of February, 2012 13:00 – 18:30 Auditorium, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts Kaikukatu 4, 00530 Helsinki Finland Contact: Henri Wegelius / Doctoral Studies Programme at Finnish Academy of Fine Arts henri.wegelius@kuva.fi The notions of space and place occupy important areas of not […]
It’s all Mediating – outlining and incorporating the roles of education and curating International conference on curating and education in the exhibition context 30-31 May, 2012 Venue: Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland Invited speakers: Lindsay Fryer, U.K. Valérie Lagier, France Maria Lind, Sweden Carmen Mörsch, Switzerland Nora Sternfeld, Austria Sally Tallant, U.K. Adela […]
29.11.2011 Alexandra Meincke In this essay the concept of art as a business and item of capital value – and its circulation within the cultural sphere, will be explored. Not only have understandings of what ‘art’ constitutes changed across periods in art history, but also, the way art is valued, for whom it is produced, […]