In Circular Breathing, there is the sense of a disturbing narrative accumulating and dissipating through each successive set of scenes. Images from the streets of Tangier, a ship on the open sea and the interior of a mosque juxtapose with a man chopping wood and a cigarette burning slowly in
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GARY HILL | Symphony of All the Changes | Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China – January 10 – April 10, 2023
The theme of Guangzhou Triennial heralds the unveiling of a new and contemporary landscape of change within change. “Symphony of All the Changes” focuses on connection and transformation, reflecting the end of an era and a new beginning for the museum as well as the impact of the unexpected public health
GIAN MARIA TOSATTI | NOw/here | Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan – from February 23 to July 30, 2023
From 23 February to 30 July 2023, Pirelli HangarBicocca presents “NOw/here,” the solo exhibition of Gian Maria Tosatti (Rome, 1980; lives and works in Naples), one of the most interesting Italian artists in recent years, who represented Italy at the 59° Venice Biennale in 2022. With an unprecedented intervention in
PAOLO ICARO | Arte in Memoria 11 | Sinagoga di Ostia antica – from January 29 to April 16, 2023
TOBIAS ZIELONY | Artist’s talk (in German) | Marta Herford Museum, Herford, Germany – 27 January, h. 6pm
Tobias Zielony has become known for his sensitive portraits of people, whom he accompanies with a lot of closeness, also in conversation and in their respective environments. Often it is about subcultures and questions of identity. Research and interviews are an elementary part of his artistic practice. These contexts and
JOSEPH KOSUTH | “Avant-garde and the present” | Belvedere 21, Vienna, Austria – from September 15, 2021 to February 19, 2023
The exhibition “Avant-garde and the Present” brings a top-class selection of current and historical positions from the collection as well as from the Artothek des Bundes managed by the Belvedere into a productive interplay. The collection is understood as a dynamic structure of constellations that is questioned for continuities and breaks,
HAIM STEINBACH | Somewhere Downtown: Art in 1980s New York | UCCA Centre for Contemporary Art Bejing, China – through January 29, 2023
UCCA presents “Somewhere Downtown,” a group exhibition celebrating the creative ferment of Downtown New York in the 1980s and spanning mediums including graffiti, painting, drawing, photography, film, sculpture, and installation. The exhibition features the work of icons such as Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Cindy Sherman alongside that of lesser known trailblazers,
WAEL SHAWKY | Islamic Arts Biennale | Hajj Terminal, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – January 23 – April 23, 2023
This Biennale explores the timeless rituals that have defined Islam from its beginning through to the present day. These rituals are about movement, sound, and invisible lines of direction. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the custodian of the two holy mosques and the sacred landscapes around them, is the spiritual
PAOLO ICARO |TERRITORI DELLA PERFORMANCE: percorsi e pratiche in Italia (1967-1982) | MAXXI, Rome – October 21, 2022 – May 28, 2023
“TERRITORI DELLA PERFORMANCE: percorsi e pratiche in Italia (1967-1982)” set up at the Archive Wall at MAXXI in Rome and accessible free of charge. It is a collection of more than 100 contributions, including photographs, drawings, sketches, period magazines and publications, videos, and oral testimonies, to recount 15 years of
GIAN MARIA TOSATTI | Jodice, Linke, Tosatti- Collezione Premio Rotary Club Milano Brera | Museo del Novecento, Milan – From December 03 to February 05
The Rotary Club Milano Brera intends to create an opportunity to bring the public, including the uninitiated, closer to this complexity and to the values of which contemporary art is the bearer, stimulating the understanding of languages that are as new and original as they are often hermetic, in the