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Nicholas Cullinan on Steering the National Portrait Gallery Conversation Nicholas Cullinan on Steering the National Portrait Gallery By Annabel Downes, London, 16 November 2023 'If you love institutions and value tradition or history, you have to make sure that it's constantly reinventing itself at the present moment, so that it will survive,' Cullinan says. Contemporary art copy fade Read More ARTS • TECH Exhibition 2.0: Living with Art and Technology Conversation ARTS • TECH Exhibition 2.0: Living with Art and Technology By Sherry Paik, Hong Kong, 25 October 2023 The three curators of 'ARTS•TECH Exhibition 2.0' independently discuss their upcoming programmes and approaches to exhibition-making, and the potentials for collaboration and experimentation. Contemporary art copy fade Read More Solange Farkas Reflects on 40 Years of Videobrasil Conversation Solange Farkas Reflects on 40 Years of Videobrasil By Stephanie Bailey, São Paulo, 13 October 2023 Founder and artistic director of São Paulo's contemporary art biennial Sesc_Videobrasil elaborates on what the 22nd edition reveals about the institution's past, present, and future. Contemporary art copy fade Read More Filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin on the Sacredness of Listening Conversation Filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin on the Sacredness of Listening Auckland, 12 October 2023 For Abenaki filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin, listening is a sacred act that connects her to the lives and stories of First Nations people. Contemporary art copy fade Read More Sam Falls on Nature's Imprints Conversation Sam Falls on Nature's Imprints By Paul Laster, Zurich, 12 October 2023 The American artist works directly with nature's elements, devising processes that uptake atmospheric imprints in abstract works that conceal traces of plant-life and place. Contemporary art copy fade Read More Lee Jinju on the Subjectivity of Seeing Conversation Lee Jinju on the Subjectivity of Seeing By Sherry Paik, Maastricht, 10 October 2023 Lee Jinju is a painter of memory. Fleeting impressions and old traumas, daydreams and observations, and private sensations congregate in her work as unlikely combinations of ordinary actions and objects. Contemporary art copy fade Read More Sung Neung Kyung on Reading Newspapers and Botched Art Conversation Sung Neung Kyung on Reading Newspapers and Botched Art By Anna Dickie, Seoul, 6 October 2023 A pioneer of the South Korean avant-garde, Sung Neung Kyung is receiving global art world attention for his radical practice, having spent decades creating what he refers to as 'botched art'. Contemporary art copy fade Read More Jude Rae on Thinking through Visual Experience Conversation Jude Rae on Thinking through Visual Experience By Anna Dickie, Auckland, 2 October 2023 In 2013, the well-known Australian painter Jude Rae made a series of three linked video works. She recalls that someone described them as a lesson in how to look at her paintings. Contemporary art copy fade Read More Mohamed Bourouissa Won't Take a Single Position Conversation Mohamed Bourouissa Won't Take a Single Position By Stephanie Bailey, Lille, 20 September 2023 Mohamed Bourouissa discusses community, colonial histories, and the modern-day carceral state in France. Contemporary art copy fade Read More Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan: Forging Community Ties Conversation Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan: Forging Community Ties By Susan Acret, Jakarta, 11 September 2023 In Jakarta, the artists' first survey exhibition takes impetus from the difficulties of migration and idea of home. Contemporary art copy fade Read More Ai Weiwei on Liberty, ‘The Last Supper' and Lego Geopolitics Conversation Ai Weiwei on Liberty, ‘The Last Supper' and Lego Geopolitics By Sam Gaskin, Berlin, 6 September 2023 Putting free expression above all else, Ai Weiwei was a power user of X (fka Twitter) for over a decade. Now he says mass media 'pose threats to humanity at large.' Contemporary art copy fade Read More Kyung An on the Enduring Spirit of Korean Experimental Art Conversation Kyung An on the Enduring Spirit of Korean Experimental Art By Misong Kim, New York, 30 August 2023 The Guggenheim's Asian art curator shares the genesis of the largest exhibition of Korean Experimental art in the U.S. to date. Contemporary art copy fade Read More Grim Park on Rethinking Traditions of Korean Painting Conversation Grim Park on Rethinking Traditions of Korean Painting By Sherry Paik, Seoul, 29 August 2023 Seoul-based artist Grim Park discusses renaming himself, carving out a space for Buddhist painting within contemporary art, and the arduous process of discovering oneself. Contemporary art copy fade Read More Hu Wei Treads the Ruins of Modernisation Conversation Hu Wei Treads the Ruins of Modernisation By Sun Wenjie, Beijing, 25 August 2023 The artist discusses expanded cinema, his interest in silenced histories, and the role of staging in his work. Contemporary art copy fade Read More Jean-Michel Othoniel on the Disturbed Geometry of Gardens Conversation Jean-Michel Othoniel on the Disturbed Geometry of Gardens By Paul Laster, New York, 23 August 2023 The French artist discusses his grand-scale Brooklyn Botanic Garden project and traces seminal works, influences, and developments across his career, from Paris to New York. Contemporary art copy fade Read More Li Tao: Navigating 2.5 Dimensional Space Conversation Li Tao: Navigating 2.5 Dimensional Space By Shanyu Zhong, Beijing, 17 August 2023 Beijing-based artist Li Tao discusses the shifts in his latest projects, from colour to method and media. Contemporary art copy fade Read More Renee So: Elginisms and a New World Conversation Renee So: Elginisms and a New World By Rebecca Coates, Melbourne, 15 August 2023 The London-based artist discusses the murky histories of objects in relation to her latest Australian survey exhibition, Provenance. Contemporary art copy fade Read More Tammy Nguyen's Tropical Infernos Conversation Tammy Nguyen's Tropical Infernos Massachusetts, 14 August 2023 Ahead of her first U.S. museum solo show at ICA Boston, Nguyen envisages parallels between medieval storytelling, transcendentalism, and postwar legacies. Contemporary art copy fade Read More
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