The Deutsche Guggenheim celebrates its 50th exhibition with a show that is dedicated to utopia as an inspiration for artistic creation and as a living model for artist collectives. The exhibition is titled Utopia Matters: From Brotherhood to Bauhaus and brings together exceptional and rarely shown works by artists such as Kandinsky, Klee, and Mondrian.
In an article in ArtMag you can read more about the exhibition that fits the topics of Utrecht Manifest perfectly.
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Submitted by Daniel Bouw on 16 March, 2010 - 15:31
Openingstoespraak Abram de Swaan
Utrecht, 04.10.09... more
Submitted by Daniel Bouw on 17 October, 2009 - 11:38
de Avant-Garde: Depression
19 september – 29 november 2009, Maastricht
www.marres.org
Curators: Lisette Smits en Dan Kidner
Depression is the title for an international group exhibition presented in the context of the Marres program, which in the coming years will reflect on the 20th century and the idea of avant-garde. A way to describe the past century is to typify it as the era in which man was transformed from the civilian into the consumer.... more
Submitted by Daniel Bouw on 3 October, 2009 - 09:57
ArtSchool Palestine
7-31 October 2009, Jerusalem
www.artschoolpalestine.com
Curated by Samar Martha
The Other Shadow of the City is an international visual arts exhibition programme that draws inspiration from the city of Jerusalem and its changing urban structure. The exhibition takes the viewer to places outside the spiritual and holy Old City to urban locations that, despite their importance in shaping the contemporary urban city, have been rarely referenced or addressed in literature and art.... more
Submitted by Daniel Bouw on 3 October, 2009 - 09:35
By means of an analysis, sociologist Pascal Gielen attempts to get a better handle on the problematic aspects of the art biennale as a global phenomenon. Only then can new strategies be developed for escaping the worldwide competition hysteria, with all its negatives characteristics. Neoliberal city marketing as the bogeyman is too facile an explanation.... more
Submitted by Daniel Bouw on 23 September, 2009 - 17:09
The exhibition Nu – 90 jaar Pastoe, curated by Guus Beumer and Gert Staal, was an attempt to investigate the potential of Modernism today. That exhibition was a good occasion for a conversation between Beumer and Louise Schouwenberg about Dutch design. The result is a series of loose impressions.... more
Submitted by Daniel Bouw on 23 September, 2009 - 17:01
