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Artists Call for Guggenheim Boycott over Migrant Worker Exploitation in Abu Dhabi
Hans Haacke made me aware of the following situation which I’m passing along to Artblog readers: More than 130 international artists, curators, writers and others have signed a boycott to end all cooperation with the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi and are demanding that the Guggenheim Foundation and its Abu Dhabi partner take immediate and meaningful steps to safeguard the rights of the workers constructing the new branch museum on Saadiyat Island, where Human Rights Watch have documented a series of abuses.
Save the Dates: films by Mona Hatoum and Shirin Neshat on Oct. 9, and others at I House
Once again International House (I House) is the best venue in Philadelphia for films about art or by artists as well as early film classics. The upcoming season includes : Thursday, Sept. 23 films by the Lumière Brothers and Georges Méliès. The beginnings of French cinema that established many of its conventions. Méliès particularly loved special effects.
Ernesto Neto in London: The Edges of the World
Post by Judith Stein To get to The Edges of the World, Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto’s extraordinary installation at London’s Hayward Gallery, you first have to find the Hayward. It is situated above street level in the cultural complex known as the South Bank Centre. You might approach it from the Thames walkway, mounting one of three hulking stairways gamely painted yellow, blue or red, to arrive at the Hayward’s front door. Better yet, walk across Waterloo Bridge heading south and step down directly into its entrance courtyard.
Drop What You Are Doing and Come to Berlin, 3
Letter from Mari Shaw in Berlin, part 3 This is the third of four posts on Berlin’s Gallery Weekend. Links to the other posts are at the bottom. Mona Hatoum, Nature morte aux grenades (detail), 2006-2007, Crystal, mild steel and rubber, 95 x 208 x 70 cm, Edition of 5, photo courtesy Galerie Max Hetzler Around the corner from Barbara Weiss is Arndt and Partners, which is showing the work of Muntean/Rosenblum, an artist couple who work collaboratively. Muntean and Rosenblum describe their work as an exploration of painting. The show includes large representational paintings of expressionless, languorous teens, with ... More » »
Drop What You Are Doing and Come to Berlin, 1
Letter from Mari Shaw in Berlin This is part 1 of four parts. Mona Hatoum, Undercurrent (red), 2008, Cloth covered electric cable, light bulbs, dimmer device, Edition of 3 plus 1 AP, at Galerie Max Hetzler Temporary, OsramHöfe, Berlin. image provided by Galerie Max Hetzler. Comments on this work will appear in part 3 of the post. I emerged bleary-eyed from Tegel Airport for Berlin’s Fourth Gallery Weekend. The sun was shining and a Berlin breeze swept the city’s energy over me. It is true. Berlin pulses. Four years ago, a group of prominent galleries in Berlin launched the Spring ... More » »
