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Transformation & Revelation: Gormley to Gaga – Designing for Performance @ Summerhall Galleries Edinburgh
Transformation & Revelation takes the viewer on a journey through the different elements of British theatre design from 2007 – 20011. In total there are 33 diverse exhibits in the Summerhall Gallery in Edinburgh, highlighting a variety of performances within different theatre spaces. The exhibition is presented in collaboration with the V and A museum...
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Amidst Art and Wilderness in Arizona
I stood at the top of Cathedral Rock, overlooking the clutter of red rocks in the distance. Below, cars trailed across the landscape on pieces of gray ribbon, looping intricately around dull desert vegetation and more rocks. A strong wind blew, whipping locks of my hair against my lips and shoving me against a rogue...
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Say hello to Frieze Masters
Mexican dolls, early 20th century Dutch and Flemish paintings Installation of Don Judd’s works This year Frieze has launched Frieze Masters, a new fair for ‘historical art’, alongside Frieze proper in Regent’s Park. In contrast to Frieze which is pretty much the thermometer of ‘what’s hot and what’s not’ in the realm of contemporary...
Farewell Berwick, until next time…
Sunday saw the last day of the Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival and a continuation of the road movie element with screenings of Wim Wenders Alice in the Cities, Magic If Media’s Northern Flame, A Live Road Movie in Super 8 and Sound by Screen Bandita and The One Ensemble and closing gala film...
Mike Peters – Lying and Liars / B.S. Johnson’s Paradigm @ Collective Gallery Edinburgh
Collective Gallery present a joint exhibition from Glasgow based sculptor Mike Peters and avant garde writer and film maker B.S. Johnson (1933-1973). Taking on the concept that all fiction is lying, the exhibition showcases the illustrative sculptures of Mike Peters in tandem with the experimental film Paradigm (1969) from Johnson. Johnson’s film looks to ask...
Preview: Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival
Now in its eighth edition Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival opens on Wednesday with the theme Pictures in Motion. Once again transforming this North Eastern English town into ‘one big moving image installation’ this year’s programme features film screenings, special events, workshops and artists talks that explore the relationship with the still and moving...
Market Forces: Re-evaluating the Problem of Value in Contemporary Art
The relationship between money and contemporary art has always been somewhat awkward. Since the late 19th century, generations of the artistic avant-garde have in turn taken it upon themselves to attack the complacency of the society, as embodied by the artistic taste of the bourgeoisie; and in view of the critical spirit on which contemporary art...
Invisible Art @ The Haywood Gallery
Art about the Unseen, 1957-2012 Tuesday 12 June 2012 – Sunday 5 August 2012 http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/hayward-gallery-and-visual-arts/tickets/invisible-67209 Firstly the whole idea of paying £8 to see an invisible art exhibition may strike you as a little eccentric. I was somewhat sceptical about the exhibition, but it was great fun! From the beautiful, imagination paintings of...
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Sonos Studio, First-Ever Listening Gallery, Opens in Los Angeles
May 13th marked the official opening in Los Angeles of Sonos Studio, the first-ever acoustically-designed gallery to celebrate music listening – or, more precisely – listening out loud. The space will explore the intersection of music, art, and technology by hosting exhibitions, intimate concerts, listening parties, film screenings, lectures, workshops, and more. Strategically located in...
