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Artist: Masha Silchenko Title: DROOM Venue: Salon by IMPORT EXPORT The exhibition will comprise Silchenko’s latest developments in painting and ceramics as well as an audiovisual installation. The exhibition is accompanied by “Three episodes, Red Eyes” – a short story by Rafael Moreno. RAFAEL MORENO: THREE EPISODES, RED EYES Every night she dreamt of being …
Artist: Barbora Lepši Title: ugly Venue: HYB4 GALERIE Curator: Michal Štochl Barbora Lepsi has created a series of monumental abstract paintings for the HYB4 Gallery exhibition space, works that directly respond to the venue and consistently develop her long-term theme of abstract expression. The resulting artworks are grounded in a confident gestural expression, spontaneity, …
Artist: Kris Lemsalu Title: NIRVANA Venue: Temnikova & Kasela, Tallinn Photos: Anu Vahtra Dear Reader, On one of those lengthy walks, when your thoughts reach far because the sky is boundless, I heard a whisper in my ear – “You are a zen conceptualist”. Inclined to trust my subconscious, I accepted this with a …
She watched potential go unrealised under rigid frameworks, saw her generation overlooked, and decided to build what was missing: a porous, hybrid platform putting people before products, questions before conclusions. From Ljubljana, Piera Ravnikar is reimagining what a gallery can be—part institution, part community, part act of care. – An interview with Piera Ravnikar, Founder …
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Exhibition Title: TRANSPEED Artists: Andrej Dúbravský, Róza El-Hassan, Stanislav Filko, Botond Keresztesi, Réka Lőrincz, Gábor Pintér, Selma Selman, Milica Tomic, Frieda Toranzo Jaeger, Dorottya Vékony Curators: Niki Bernath, Péter Bencze Venue: Kosicke Kulturne Centra, Kosice Slovakia Photos: Tibor Czito / VUNU & Everybody Needs Art Text: Niki Bernath “Whoever controls a territory owns it not …
Artist: Mari-Leen Kiipli Title: Plastic Ways, Salty Stones Venue: Draakoni Gallery, Tallinn Photos: Anna Mari Liivrand Salty seawater polishes coastal stones to a smooth gloss, erodes shorelines, and gives rise to clay and sand. Metamorphic rocks, erratic boulders, stones embedded within other stones – all formed in the heat of the earth’s crust, from once-pliable …
Artist: Andra Ursuța Title: Apocalypse Now and Then Venue: DESTE Foundation Project Space, Slaughterhouse, Hydra Photos: Dario Lasagni, Courtesy the artist; David Zwirner; Ramiken The DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art is pleased to present Apocalypse Now and Then, a solo exhibition by Romanian artist Andra Ursuţa. Ursuţa draws from the visual language and display strategies …
Artist: Edith Karlson Title: March! Venue: Sapieha Palace in Vilnius Curator: Maria Arusoo Photos: Andrej Vasilenko In Karlson’s exhibition, visitors encounter another captivating narrative of her oeuvre – an army of hybrid creatures is marching through the stunning Baroque spaces of Sapieha Palace. Rooms are taken over by ever-transforming figures who are on their …
Artist: Joanna Wierzbicka Title: Earthworm Fantasies Curator: Urte Janus Text: Urte Janus Venue: Project Octagon, Anglican Chapel, Nunhead Cemetery, London The ground beneath the city is warped with tunnel systems, some likely begun in prehistoric times, connecting to medieval passageways and intersecting with modern sewage networks and underground train tracks. During heavy rainfall, parts of …
Artist: Sabīne Vernere Title: Bestiaries Curator: Žanete Liekīte Venue: Meduza, Vilnius Photos: Reinis Hofmanis Sabīne Vernere’s solo show Bestiaries draws on the medieval compendium of beasts to examine how a shifting set of prejudices clings to female forms. The artist takes cultural anxiety as her starting point, exploring female sexuality as a historically politicized …
Title: Soft Smiths. Contemporary Women’s* Metalwork Artists: Michalina Bigaj, Hannah Sophie Dunkelberg, Agata Ingarden, Lito Kattou, Magdalena Lazar, Lucia Leuci, Markéta Magidová, Ola Nenko, Emma Passera, Ala Savashevich, Weronika Wysocka Curators: Michalina Sablik, Magdalena Lazar Venue: Polish Center of Sculpture in Orońsko Photos: Jacek Kucharczyk SVAROGI. Emancipation and Women’s* Metalwork Slavic beliefs assumed the existence …
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Artist: Julia Gryboś & Barbora Zentková Title: Routine Ravers Venue: Galerie Parterre, Berlin Curator: Björn Brolewski Exhibition Text: Laura Seidel & Kira Dell Sound performance: Jan Tomáš, Erik Netušil and Mariana Hradílková Photos: Katarzyna Kaleta and Mariorje Brunet Plaza The exhibition walls are veiled and the floor is lined with fabric. The atmosphere is soft. …
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Artist: Piotr Bury Łakomy Title: Garden Exit Venue: Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius Curator: Edvardas Šumila Photos: Andrej Vasilenko Garden Exit – a solo exhibition by Piotr Bury Łakomy taking place in the central exhibition space of the Contemporary Art Centre – presents works produced by the artist specifically for this show. The title subtly references …
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Artist: David Krňanský Title: Cell Venue: Clauda , Prague Curator: Andrew Wilson Photos: Filip Beránek At the beginning of the last century there came a sudden shift in perspective, wherein the fixed form of a human subject receded and dissipated into a swarm of abstracted, quantifiable movements. Form became an index of time and motion to …
They brainstormed in the Croatian bushes, launched their first show with borrowed money, and dragged ladders through museums before breakfast. What started as a rebellion against the art world’s stiff white walls has grown into one of Poland’s unconventional—and unapologetically bold—art spaces. Welcome to the Polana Institute: part punk, part poetry, all heart. – An …
Read moreNo White Cubes, No Old Men: The Bloom of Polana Institute