Archive for November, 2007

Chto delat has published a new issue called “Becoming a Mother.” Have a look here!


At the panel discussion at NCCA, left to right: me, artist Anatoly Osmolovsky, critic and curator Ekaterina Degot, artist Dmitry Gutov. Click on the image for more photos.

Last night, the NCCA hosted an evening devoted to documenta 12. Surprisingly, the house was packed. I say surprisingly for two reasons.
First, because the NCCA is somewhat autistic [...]


The Guardian recently featured a look at the Turner Prize show in Liverpool. There is a nice little excursion video.
And the winner might be …
Monday October 22, 2007
The Guardian


At the opening of the Kandinsky Prize show, Winzavod, Moscow.
Photo: artinfo.ru
Prize shows can have a lot of topological charm, even for the uniniated. They can really give you a sense of what is recognized and filtered out as qualitative art by experts in a certain place at a certain time. I just say this so [...]


 
Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, 2007
Photo: Anders and Anne, flickr

I recently visited a short list show for the National Gallery’s Young Art Prize at the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin.
As the press release told me, “the four nominated artists – Jeanne Faust, Ceal Floyer, Damián Ortega and Tino Sehgal – have avoided all superficial effects. With their works, [...]