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Kútvölgyi-Szabó Áron at Glassyard Gallery

Artist: Kútvölgyi-Szabó Áron Title: Deep Down in the Rabbit Hole Venue: Glassyard Gallery, Budapest Photo: Dávid Bíró 2020. 06. 12 – 07. 31.

Off-Site Group Show, Warsaw

Artists: Marceli Adamczyk, Jan Eustachy Wolski, Marta Niedbał, Aleksandra Liput, Øleg&Kaśka, Karolina Jarzębak Title: A Dream Within a Dream Venue: Off-Site, Warsaw Curator: DZIDY (Michalina Sablik & Aleksandra Liput) Photo: Bartosz Górka Take this kiss upon the brow! And, in parting from you now, Thus much let me avow — You are not wrong, who …

Andrej Škufca at MGLC, Ljubljana

Artist: Andrej Škufca Title: Black Market Venue: MGLC, Ljubljana Curator: Àngels Miralda Black Market by Andrej Škufca is a sculptural installation based on modular iterations. Its body represents a futuristic animal composed of our contemporary biotechnical debris – of oil pipelines, ocean fibre optic cables, eels, exoskeletons and the earliest forms of tubular multicellular micro-organisms. …

The 18th Tallinn Print Triennial will take place in 2021 08.07.2020

Foundation Tallinn Print Triennial (TPT) organises contemporary print-based art exhibitions every three years. The first TPT took place in 1968 with the participation of all three Baltic countries – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, TPT became more international, and it began dealing with more contemporary issues and testing the …

Adrian Kiss: Lethal Dose of Time

2020.06.26. – 2020.09.19. Venue: Easttopics Photos: Dávid Bíró Easttopics is proud to present Adrian Kiss’ latest solo exhibition that features three new works created specifically for the occasion. As one of the most exciting figures of the young Hungarian art scene, Adrian Kiss has developed a boldly experimental approach to and use of different materials, …

Opening show of Hoib Gallery, Tallinn

Artists: Alice Hagenburch, Raluca Manaila, Denisa Štefanigova, and Lisann Lillevere and Johanna Ruukholm Title: Sheets of past and layers of reality Venue: Hoib Gallery, Tallinn Curator: Lilian Hiob Photo: Roman-Sten Tõnissoo On 29 May a new contemporary art gallery Hoib opens in Tallinn at Tehnika 15. The opening exhibition “Sheets of past and layers of …

Kornelia Dzikowska at BWA – Municipal Art Gallery of Bydgoszcz

Artist: Kornelia Dzikowska Title: Notes on the passage of time Curator: Magdalena Adameczek Venue: BWA – Municipal Art Gallery of Bydgoszcz, Bydgoszcz, Poland Photo: Maciej Landsberg, all images copyright and courtesy of the gallery, BWA – Municipal Art Gallery of Bydgoszcz, Bydgoszcz, Poland I In the experience of “time” running out, there is nothing magical …

Eliška Konečná and Michael Nosek at Berlinskej Model

Artists: Eliška Konečná and Michael Nosek Title: More than two eyes Venue and Curator: Berlinskej Model, Prague Photo: František Svatoš; all images copyright and courtesy of the artists and Berlinskej Model, Prague Alain Badiou talks about how it’s important for a philosopher to also be a lover as well as an activist, artist and scientist! …

Rudolf Pacsika at Horizont Gallery

Artist: Rudolf Pacsika Title: Cytokine Storm Venue: Horizont Gallery, Budapest Photos: Dávid Bíró Rudolf Pacsika’s art is diverse and uncategorizable. His intentions are translated with the same directness and energy into complicated and sophisticated computer installations as into spontaneous pencil drawings. Accordingly, he alternates the media of his works with wondrous liberty, from sculptures, photos, …

Group exhibition at MeetFactory Gallery, Prague

Artists: Melanie Bonajo, Jakub Jansa, Priscilla Telmon & Vincent Moon Tite: Spiritualities: Three Contemporary Portrayals of Transcendence and Beliefs Venue: MeetFactory Gallery, Prague Curator: Tereza Jindrová Architecture: Jakub Červenka, Tereza Jindrová Production: Jan Vítek Date: 25. 5. – 16. 8. 2020 Text: Tereza Jindrová Within the framework of the long-term project Other Knowledge, which we …

“I see many futures and no future at all at the same time” – Interview with Milica Mijajlovič

Dear Milica, you were living and working in Prague when the pandemic broke out and you had to return to Montenegro in your family. How are you doing now? Hello Easttopics, I am always happy to return back to you after our little cooperation last summer. Yes, when the pandemic broke out I was in …

First Tallinn Biennial opens in July

The first Tallinn Biennial kicks off on 2 July and aims to fill the gap, geographically and institutionally, between the Kaunas, Riga and Helsinki Biennials. Tallinn Biennial will attract international attention to the local scene, present the work of artists to a broader public and through a curatorial standpoint will speak of issues relevant for …

Dávid Bíró at Trapéz

Artist: Dávid Bíró Title: Do You Accept Cookies? Venue: Trapéz Gallery, Budapest Text: Vanda Sárai Photo: Dávid Bíró 9 June – 18 September, 2020 There are only a few things, which we can consider so exclusively our own as our faces. One of the most basic elements of our identity is our most intimate, yet …

Ieva Kraule-Kūna and Anna Bernarde at Riga Circus Elephant Stables

Artists: Ieva Kraule-Kūna and Anna Bernarde Title: Happy 8th March! Venue: Riga Circus Elephant Stables, Riga, Latvia Photo: Līga Spunde / all images copyright and courtesy of the artists and Riga Circus Elephant Stables Wilt tulips, wither rosesyour beauty fades awayas a bouquet in Czech crystalin a standardised sunlit room Home like thousand others, walls so thin I hear …

Øleg&Kaśka at Skala

Artists: Øleg&Kaśka Title: Ashes to Ashes Venue: Skala, Poznań Photo: Tomasz Koszewnik Text: Daria Grabowska Øleg&Kaśka, a Poznań duo who identify themselves as an individual and singular superorganism, was founded in the summer of 2018, at a time, when Greta Thunberg organized her first protest under the Swedish parliament, and the ecological disaster was ignorantly …