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State of Emergence
Matthew Hong  /  February 20, 2019
On this day in history, U.S. postal service is created, Austria declares…
On this day in history, U.S. postal service is created, Austria declares bankruptcy, Futurist Manifesto is out in…
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Alex Majoli / Scene
Book Release / Exhibit Feb 22, 2019
Mack  /  February 19, 2019
For eight years, across several countries and continents, Alex Majoli has photographed…
For eight years, across several countries and continents, Alex Majoli has photographed events and non-events, political demonstrations, humanitarian…
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Alan Reynolds / A Small Retrospective
Through Apr 18, 2019 / Annely Juda Fine Art
Annely Juda  /  February 18, 2019
Celebrated from the outset, Reynolds turns his back on popularity, quietly pursuing…
Celebrated from the outset, Reynolds turns his back on popularity, quietly pursuing his inner convictions, spending a lifetime…
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Winter/Spring Season 2019: BAM
Through June 2019
BAM  /  February 17, 2019
The infectious Brazilian stylings of Grupo Corpo. The return of William Christie’s…
The infectious Brazilian stylings of Grupo Corpo. The return of William Christie’s ensemble Les Arts Florissants. Superstar director…
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From North to South, Rhythms / Anna-Eva Bergman
Through May 5, 2019 / Bombas Gens
Bombas Gens  /  February 16, 2019
Anna-Eva Bergman’s painting is inseparable from that experience of the world and…
Anna-Eva Bergman’s painting is inseparable from that experience of the world and from the enigma of its existence,…
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Conceptions / Hans Lannér
Through Mar 2, 2019 / Galleri Magnus Karlsson
Magnus Karlsson  /  February 15, 2019
If you repeat a word long enough, the meaning will disappear, and…
If you repeat a word long enough, the meaning will disappear, and left is only a sound. Same…
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Concrete Contemporary
Through May 5, 2019 / Haus Konstruktiv
Haus Konstruktiv  /  February 14, 2019
How does contemporary art deal with the constructivist, concrete, and conceptual art…
How does contemporary art deal with the constructivist, concrete, and conceptual art of the 20th century? 34 artists…
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Proceed to the Route / Tania Franco Klein
Almanaque / Material Art Fair
Almanaque  /  February 13, 2019
The color is red and the woman is ready. The color is…
The color is red and the woman is ready. The color is blue and the phone is ringing….
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Blacker is the new Black
Artpil  /  February 12, 2019
Museum admission off-sets gender pay gap; Andy Warhol eats a burger on…
Museum admission off-sets gender pay gap; Andy Warhol eats a burger on TV; Salvador Dali is resurrected as…
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Works with the Body / Anna Winteler
Through Apr 28, 2019 / Kunsthaus Baselland
Kunsthaus Baselland  /  February 11, 2019
The body and its movements in a space are indeed the key…
The body and its movements in a space are indeed the key topics that define Anna Winteler’s practice,…
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The Young Picasso / Blue & Rose Periods
Through May 26, 2019 / Fondation Beyeler
Fondation Beyeler  /  February 10, 2019
As an exceptional cultural highlight, the Fondation Beyeler is mounting a unique…
As an exceptional cultural highlight, the Fondation Beyeler is mounting a unique exhibition devoted to Pablo Picasso’s poignant…
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Imaginary Islands / Lotta Törnroth
Through Feb 24, 2019 / Hippolyte
Hippolyte  /  February 9, 2019
With the subtle gesture of melting seawater, Lotta Törnroth, whose artistry has…
With the subtle gesture of melting seawater, Lotta Törnroth, whose artistry has been fascinated by the ocean, its…
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From Gesture To Form
Through Mar 18, 2019 / Peggy Guggenheim
Guggenheim  /  February 8, 2019
Abstract imagery, as a quest into issues of color, form and space…
Abstract imagery, as a quest into issues of color, form and space as well as their interrelationships, characterized…
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Hale County This Morning, This Evening / RaMell Ross
Through Feb 14, 2019 / ICA London
Artpil  /  February 7, 2019
Director and Photographer RaMell Ross’ acclaimed feature documentary film Hale County This…
Director and Photographer RaMell Ross’ acclaimed feature documentary film Hale County This Morning, This Evening is a study…
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Irving Penn
Through Mar 7, 2019 / Pace Gallery
Pace  /  February 6, 2019
Drawn from the collection of The Irving Penn Foundation the exhibition showcases…
Drawn from the collection of The Irving Penn Foundation the exhibition showcases some of the artist’s most iconic…
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Shake hands with the President
Matthew Hong  /  February 5, 2019
Israel’s prime minister building his wall in the Gaza; U.S. president trying…
Israel’s prime minister building his wall in the Gaza; U.S. president trying to justify his; Egypt’s president trying…
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Metahaven: Earth
Through February 24, 2019 / Stedelijk Museum
Stedelijk Museum  /  February 4, 2019
Stedelijk Museum will stage the first large-scale museum survey of Metahaven, Vinca…
Stedelijk Museum will stage the first large-scale museum survey of Metahaven, Vinca Kruk and Daniel van der Velden,…
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Choque / Dora Longo Bahia
Through Feb 23, 2019 / Pedro Cera
Pedro Cera  /  February 3, 2019
The exhibition takes the notion of the protest as its point of…
The exhibition takes the notion of the protest as its point of departure, questioning institutions of power, riot…
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Andreas Gursky
Through Mar 17, 2019 / Gstaad Saanen Airport
Gagosian  /  February 2, 2019
You never notice arbitrary details in my work. On a formal level,…
You never notice arbitrary details in my work. On a formal level, countless interrelated micro- and macrostructures are…
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Amie Siegel: Backstory
Through Feb 16, 2019 / Thomas Dane Gallery
Thomas Dane Gallery  /  February 1, 2019
Intimately connected constellation of video and works on paper inquires after the…
Intimately connected constellation of video and works on paper inquires after the social fashioning of value and how…
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Framing Time
Through Feb 9, 2019 / Denk Gallery
Denk Gallery  /  January 31, 2019
Each of this ten artists in this group exhibition approaches the concept…
Each of this ten artists in this group exhibition approaches the concept of temporality with unique and evocative…
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The City (And a Few Lonely People)
Through Mar 9, 2019 / ClampArt
ClampArt  /  January 30, 2019
You can be lonely anywhere, but there is a particular flavor to…
You can be lonely anywhere, but there is a particular flavor to the loneliness that comes from living…
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On This Day 1/29
Artpil  /  January 29, 2019
On this day, La Fenice fire in Venice, patented Benz, Boeing around…
On this day, La Fenice fire in Venice, patented Benz, Boeing around the world, Battle of Khafji, stem…
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Open Ended Now / Melanie Manchot
Through Feb 24, 2019 – MAC/VAL
Ana Sonderéguer  /  January 28, 2019
Driven by the questioning of individual and collective identities and the exploration…
Driven by the questioning of individual and collective identities and the exploration of communities, Manchot develops portraits and…
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La Dépense / Francis Alÿs
Through Feb 24, 2019 / Rockbund Art Museum
Rockbund Art Museum  /  January 27, 2019
With his acute poetic and imaginative powers of perception, Francis Alÿs raises…
With his acute poetic and imaginative powers of perception, Francis Alÿs raises questions about anthropology and geopolitics, creating…
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Fixed Sky Situation / Helen Marten
Through Feb 24, 2019 / König Galerie
König Galerie  /  January 26, 2019
The signature or act of naming oneself is tied to a similar…
The signature or act of naming oneself is tied to a similar linguistic subjectivity. Even the initials of…
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Peter Joseph
Jan 25 – Mar 2, 2019 / Lisson Gallery
Lisson Gallery  /  January 25, 2019
These paintings are vulnerable…expressions of what I call feeling, attempts at making…
These paintings are vulnerable…expressions of what I call feeling, attempts at making sense. I’m simply trying to exist…
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Sydney Festival 2019
Through January 27, 2019 / Sydney
Artpil  /  January 24, 2019
Every January, Sydney Festival starts the new year with a bang, transforming…
Every January, Sydney Festival starts the new year with a bang, transforming the city with a bold cultural…
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International Film Festival Rotterdam 2019
Jan 23 – Feb 3, 2019 / IFFR Rotterdam
IFFR  /  January 23, 2019
The festival incorporates exhibitions, performances and screenings of artist film and video…
The festival incorporates exhibitions, performances and screenings of artist film and video on the big screen. The 48th…
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In the sound of a few leaves
Artpil  /  January 22, 2019
One must have a mind of winter to regard the frost and…
One must have a mind of winter to regard the frost and the boughs of the pine-trees crusted…
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Let Us Now Give Thanks
Contemporary Native American Art
Matthew Hong  /  November 22, 2018
Today is Thanksgiving. A nation’s founding conditioned on colonialism, proclamation…
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The Beauty of Lines
Through Dec 2, 2018 / Property Caillebotte
Artpil  /  November 21, 2018
Through visual confrontations, the visitor is invited to experience the…
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This Side of Paradise
Through Dec 15, 2018 / Huxley-Parlour
Huxley-Parlour  /  November 20, 2018
Through cinematic narratives, Hido presents a shadowy, empty exterior suburban…
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Stanley Kubrick
Through Mar 31, 2019 / CCCB
CCCB  /  November 19, 2018
This in-depth exploration of the complete works of Kubrick presents…
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Inferno nel Paradiso
Matthew Hong  /  November 18, 2018
Fires in a town call Paradise in California take over…
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Koudelka: Invasion 1968
To Jan 6, 2018 / National Prague Gallery
Alexandra Gilliams  /  November 17, 2018
On August 20, 1968, a Czech photographer took to the…
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Freedom / The Art Of The Novembergruppe
Through March 11, 2019 / Berlinische Galerie
Berlinische Galerie  /  November 16, 2018
This first-ever retrospective of the art of the Novembergruppe at…
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Let Me Consider It from Here
Nov 17, 2018 – Jan 27, 2019 / The Ren
The Ren  /  November 15, 2018
Across a range of media, the works open up spaces…
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Adrian Piper: Concepts & Intuitions
Through Jan 6, 2019 / Hammer
Hammer Museum  /  November 14, 2018
The most comprehensive West Coast exhibition to date of the…
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Affective Affinities / 33 Bienal Sao Paulo
Through Dec 9, 2018 / Ciccillo Matarazzo
Bienal Sao Paulo  /  November 13, 2018
Affective Affinities seeks to create an alternative model by favoring…
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Bleu Blanc Rouge / Christopher Anderson
Through Dec 8, 2018 / Ravestijn Gallery
Ravestijn Gallery  /  November 12, 2018
The dynamic between movement and stillness resembles a series of…
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11th hour, 11th day, 11th month
Matthew Hong  /  November 11, 2018
Today is Armistice Day. Known as Veterans Day in the…
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Dialogues with People / Imogen Stidworthy
Through Jan 13, 2019 / WKV Stuttgart
WKV Stuttgart  /  November 10, 2018
With her films and installations, Stidworthy asks how social relationship…
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The Third Window / Akram Zaatari
Through Jan 4, 2019 / Sfeir-Semler
Sfeir-Semler Gallery  /  November 9, 2018
The term The Third Window designates the different transactions that…
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The Sound of Screens Imploding
Nov 8, 2018 – Feb 3, 2019 / CAC Geneve
CAC Geneve  /  November 8, 2018
For this edition, an immersive exhibition will present a series…
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Urban Encounters
Through Jan 20, 2019 / Ateneum
Ateneum  /  November 7, 2018
Urban Encounters tells a fascinating story of 20th-century Finland with…
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Aesthetica Short Film Festival / 2018
Nov 7 – 11, 2018 / York, UK
Aesthetica  /  November 6, 2018
ASFF returns for its 8th edition with a celebration of…
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30 Under 30 Women Photographers / Paris
Nov 8 - Dec 2, 2018 / Galerie Claude Samuel
Matthew Hong  /  November 5, 2018
For its 9th edition, with styles ranging from art photography…
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Jean-Michel Basquiat
by Eleanor Nairne / Taschen
Taschen  /  November 4, 2018
An unprecedented insight into Basquiat’s art, with pristine large format…
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Neither here nor there
Artpil  /  November 3, 2018
Storms in Italy, Venice inundated. Bolsonaro elected in Brazil. Walkout…
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Elmgreen & Dragset
Through Dec 22, 2018 / Perrotin
Perrotin  /  November 2, 2018
Having worked together for over 20 years in a wide…
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Antarctica. An Exhibition on Alienation
Through Feb 17, 2019 / Kunsthalle Wien
Kunsthalle Wien  /  November 1, 2018
Antarctica looks at the pattern underlying alienation – this “relationship…
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Bright Black World / Todd Hido
Through Nov 17, 2018 / Reflex Amsterdam
Reflex Amsterdam  /  October 31, 2018
The images in the exhibition Bright Black World fill the…
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The Fragrance of a Paper Rose / Atul Dodiya
Through Dec 22, 2018 / Galerie Templon
Templon  /  October 30, 2018
The show features a series of new hybrid works by…
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The Fuel of Your Lives…
Through Nov 10, 2018 / KOW
KOW  /  October 29, 2018
In light of recent events, KOW has changed its programming…
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New East Photo Prize 2018
Through Dec 2, 2018 / Calvert 22
Calvert 22  /  October 28, 2018
An exhibition celebrating photography from Eastern Europe, Russia and Central…
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Yes and yes, or no
Matthew Hong  /  October 27, 2018
The trees outside have lost their foliage. We fall back…
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Boris Lurie: Pop-Art After the Holocaust
Through Feb 3, 2019 / MOCAK
Mocak  /  October 26, 2018
Lurie created a unique symbolic language, in which authenticity and…
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Turner Prize 2018
Through Jan 6, 2019 / Tate
Tate  /  October 25, 2018
Tate Britain unveils an exhibition of work by the four…
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Space Shifters
Through Jan 6, 2019 / Hayward Gallery
Hayward Gallery  /  October 24, 2018
This major group exhibition brings together sculptures and installations that…
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