Dawn Chan
Tavares Strachan
Tavares Strachan talks about his work in the inaugural Bahamas pavilion
May 2013
The artist representing the inaugural Bahamas pavilion at the Fifty-Fifth Venice Biennale is Bahamian Tavares Strachan, who has had solo shows at the MIT List Visual Arts Center as well as at the Brooklyn Museum, where in 2009 he exhibited … READ ON
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Allyson Vieira
Allyson Vieira talks about her research in Greece
February 2013
Allyson Vieira is a New York–based sculptor. Between installing her work at MetroTech Center in Brooklyn for “Configurations,” which is on view until September 16, and prepping for a solo show in New York at Laurel Gitlen from February… READ ON
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New Normal
The 8th edition of artBO
November 2012 BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA
“THE CITY’S FULL of dogs with jobs,” noted Irene Hofmann from within the white Citroën van transporting us through Bogotá. Hofmann—the director and chief curator of SITE Santa Fe—was referring to the Rottweilers and golden retrievers… READ ON
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Magic Mike
A benefit for the Watermill Art Center
August 2012 WATER MILL, NEW YORK
HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED that whenever the leisure class receives its comeuppance, the women get the worst of it? Just ask Marie Antoinette, or Imelda Marcos, or the women who braved downpours to attend the Watermill Center’s annual summer … READ ON
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In the Zona
The 9th Zona Maco
April 2012 MEXICO CITY
THERE’S A SMALL ALTAR off to one side of Mexico City’s Metropolitan Cathedral. Compared to the massive, baroque church organ across the aisle, or the statues of Mary with ashen skin, it’s unassuming and easy to miss. The altar is covered… READ ON
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Jimmie Durham
Swiss Institute
April 2012
In 1984, Jimmie Durham described himself as “a Cherokee artist who strives to make Cherokee art that is considered just as universal and without limits as the art of any white man.” This challenge—to make work that reads as both personal… READ ON
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Thomas Chen and Adele Röder
Thomas Chen and Adele Röder discuss their collaboration for Emmanuelle
December 2011
As one half of the collective DAS INSTITUT, Adele Röder has often employed printed textiles in the multimedia exhibitions she stages with Kerstin Brätsch. Thomas Chen, designer of the women’s clothing label Emmanuelle, developed his own… READ ON
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Getting Real
Anri Sala at the Absolut Art Awards
September 2011 STOCKHOLM
DRUNKEN ELK SAVED FROM APPLE TREE, read a recent Swedish newspaper headline. The elk, as it turned out, had gotten sloshed on fermented apples. Meanwhile, it was on account of vodka that I headed to Stockholm, where several dozen curators, … READ ON
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Kellie Jones
Kellie Jones discusses her latest book
August 2011
Kellie Jones is an associate professor in the art history department at Columbia University. Her book EyeMinded: Living And Writing Contemporary Art, was recently published by Duke University Press and offers a selection of her essays and … READ ON
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Ohad Meromi
Ohad Meromi talks about his show at Art in General
December 2010
The Israeli-born, New York–based artist Ohad Meromi was recently commissioned by Art in General to create an installation in its sixth-floor galleries. In response, he has constructed an evolving rehearsal or workshop space in which … READ ON