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Greek Pavilion at the Venice Biennale: An Interview with Curator Panos Giannikopoulos

Describe your studio/work practice. I am a curator and researcher based in Athens. My curatorial practice revolves around thematic cycles, each delving into diverse yet interconnected areas of inquiry. At the core of my exploration lies a fascination with the notion of the archive. This involves examining how archives shape our understanding of history, memory, …

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Danai Anesiadou at EΜΣΤ

​Artist: Danai Anesiadou:​Title: D POSSESSIONSCurator: Ioli Tzanetaki ​Venue: EΜΣΤ​, Athen Photos: we document art​, Paris Tavitian​, Lynn Vanden Bossche Danai Anesiadou’s exhibition at EΜΣΤ entitled D POSSESSIONS invites visitors into an allegorical scenography consisting of sculptures, collages, and her own furniture, among others, referencing the rise of political, social and spiritual crises. In an attempt …

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Áron Lődi at 1111

Artist: Áron Lődi Curator:  Barnabás Zemlényi-Kovács Title: Metallurgia ​Venue: 1111, Budapest Just like smelting iron ore, the recently crisis-ridden iconic steel plant Dunai Vasmű – during its exactly seventy-year operation – could also smelt into itself the peculiar economic and political history of Hungary, from socialist industrialization through Post-Fordism to the recent reindustrialisation program, from …

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Edith Karlson. Photo: Alana Proosa / Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art

Estonian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale: An Interview with Artist Edith Karlson

Describe your studio/work practice. I’ve created a system for myself, where I need to be in the studio as much as possible. Physical contact with material is important to me. I need to experiment with material, to touch and play around with it. Sometimes it’s almost like a fight, where mostly I’m the loser. Not …

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Tina Hrevušová at Pragovka Gallery

Artist: Tina HrevušováTitle: Unexpected ExistenceVenue: Pragovka Gallery Curator: Tea Záchová Dystopia or the near future? What if we woke up the next day from uneasy dreams and found ourselves transformed in our bed into an exotic insect which you could not yet control or define through other body functions. But you would see many changes …

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Marta Czyż & Оpen Group (Yuriy Biley, Pavlo Kovach, Anton Varga), Warszawa, Poland 2024, Photo by Piotr Czyż.

Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale: An Interview with Curator Marta Czyż

Describe your studio/work practice. My practice draws on archives and recent developments in art history to influence culture and social movements. I research the history of exhibitions in Poland and the profession of curator. In 2015 I published a book, together with Julia Wielgus “In the frame of the exhibition – interviews with curators” where …

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Anna Ruth, Stanislav Zábrodský at Studio PRÁM

Artists: Anna Ruth and Stanislav Zábrodský Title: Almost Time For a Bliss Curator: Světlana Malinová and Edita Štrajtová Venue: Studio PRÁM, Prague Photos: Anna Pleslová My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. My dry throat calls for attention, this time with greater intensity. I am not even halfway there. My wings are unspeakably …

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Group show at Trotoar Gallery

Artists: Selma Selman, Jasmina Cibic, Šejla KamerićTitle: Her Barbaric LuxuryCurator: Martina Marić RodriguesVenue: Trotoar Gallery, Zagreb If you think you can grasp me, think againmy story flows in more than one directiona delta springing from the riverbedwith its five fingers spread– Adrienne Rich Text by Martina Marić Rodrigues: When Igor Stravinsky’s ballet Le Sacre du …

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Czech Pavilion at the Venice Biennale: An Interview with Curator Hana Janečková

Describe your studio/work practice. I’m a curator,  feminist theorist and art historian. My curatorial project are often based on collaboration – I enjoy an exchange of ideas and close collaboration. I’m also interested in  a critical institutional practice, especially disability theories, in terms of what political demand we can make through a curatorial practice on …

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Karlīna Mežecka at Kim? Contemporary Art Centre

Artist: Karlīna Mežecka Curator: Žanete Liekīte Title: Archive of Fragility Venue: Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga Turning to the poetics of regional space and human emotional experience within it, the artist Karlīna Mežecka reflects on categories of fragility. The images of the space “move in both directions: they are in us as much as we …

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StonyTellers at Galerie 35m2

Artist: StonyTellers Curator: Anežka Januschka Kořínková Venue: Galerie 35M2, Prague Title: How to dream from nine to five Photos: Peter Kolárčik The exhibition project How to Dream from Nine to Five by the StonyTellers collective is the final contribution to the programme, working with the concept of radial happiness. Following on from the exhibitions devoted to analysing …

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When did you first realize that you could tell stories?- conversation with Maria Szakats

What aspects of your cultural background do you draw the most inspiration from? I was born in Romania but grew up in Austria since I was very little, and for the past 17 years I have been living in France. All these cultural environments have had their impact on my development, but generally I feel …

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Kristi Kongi at Karen Huber Gallery

Artist: Kristi Kongi Title: The Past, the Present, the Future. It is Like Indigo, Lilac, and Magenta Venue: Karen Huber Gallery, Mexico City Text: Yes Escobar Photos: Ramiro Chaves What came first? The name or the fruit? – Derek Jarman, Chroma: A Book Of Colour Pure color talks, it has a language of its own …

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Hana Garová at České Budějovice House of Art

Artist: Hana GarováCurator: Silvia L. ČúzyováTitle: GatekeeperVenue: Gallery of Contemporary Art and Architecture – České Budějovice House of ArtPhotos: Silvia L. Čúzyová The 2023 exhibition season at the České Budějovice House of Art concludes with Gatekeeper, an exhibition of works by painter Hana Garová, who presents several previously unexhibited large-format red paintings (“Ravens”) alongside a …

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