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Osmosis Interactive Arena by Arik Levy for Swarovski, image courtesy of David Levene
DesignLONDON

Digital Crystal: Swarovski at the Design Museum For ten years Swarovski’s design and architecture collaborations have been a coveted opportunity for the world’s leading designers to experiment, develop and share their most radical ideas. A new exhibition at the Design Museum (5 September – 13 January) challenges some of the

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LecturesLONDONStudio.ra

DAVID MEDALLA’S TALK AT TATE BRITAIN ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 2012, AT 6:30 P.M. The talk is free and open to the everyone. Because of the limited seating arrangement, for tickets please E-mail asap: madeliene.keep@tate.org.uk Artist talk: David Medalla | Tate http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/talks-and-lectures/artist-talk-david-medalla Talk @ Tate Britain – photogallery https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.473125212699921.116616.100000073407533&type=3 Filipino

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LONDONLondon Biennale

London Biennale 2012 https://www.facebook.com/LondonBiennale2012 london-biennale.blogspot.com Group on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/133005571321/ The Rainbow From July 8th, 2012 LONDON A project by David Medalla Coordinated by Adam Nankervis Performing The City Over The Rainbow From Monochromes, to Multi-Colors, to Chromophobia From Migrations, to Pollinations, to Colorations Synergia & Synaesthesia Anyone – artist /

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LONDONvideo film & live performances

Yoko Ono 19 June – 9 September 2012 Serpentine Gallery, Kensington Gardens, London, W2 3XA http://www.serpentinegallery.org  In Summer 2012 the Serpentine Gallery will present a major exhibition of the work of celebrated artist Yoko Ono for the London 2012 Festival, which will include SMILE, a large-scale participatory project. The Serpentine’s timely exhibition will

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David Altmejd, Le ventre (detail), 2012, Plexiglas, resin, thread, metal wire, acrylic paint, acrylic gel, epoxy clay, coconut shells, 244.5 x 168 x 291.5 cm, 96 1/4 x 66 1/8 x 114 3/4 ins
EventsLONDON

David Altmejd 26 May – 23 June 23/25 Eastcastle Street – London W1W 8DF – United Kingdom http://www.modernart.net/ Stuart Shave/Modern Art is delighted to announce a solo exhibition of new sculpture by David Altmejd. This is the artist’s third solo show with Modern Art. David Altmejd’s work iterates fantastical ideas of spirited

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EventsLONDON

PLACE NOT FOUND Korean Art Now Exhibition Dates: 10 May – 3 June 2012 Private View – 10 May 6- 9pm Forman’s Smokehouse Gallery is delighted to present ‘Place Not Found’ curated by Eunjung Shin, showing work by 15 South Korean artists most of whom relocated their working places from

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Aerial view - Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012 Designed by Herzog & de Meuron & Ai Weiwei © 2012, by Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei, Kensington Gardens, London, UK
ArchitectureLONDON

www.serpentinegallery.org/ EMBARGOED UNTIL 8 MAY 2012 The Serpentine Gallery today released plans for the 2012 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion designed by Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei. It will be the twelfth commission in the Gallery’s annual series, the world’s first and most ambitious architectural programme of its kind. The

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James Tissot Portsmouth Dockyard c.1877 © Tate
EventsLONDON

Migrations: Journeys into British Art Tuesday 31 January – Wednesday 15 August 2012 In January 2012 Tate Britain presents an exhibition exploring how British art has been shaped by migration. Featuring artists from Van Dyck, Whistler and Mondrian to Steve McQueen and Francis Alÿs, Migrations traces not only the movement

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EventsLONDON

Ronchini Gallery Expands into Northern Europe with the Opening of New London Gallery 22 Dering Street, Mayfair, London, 16 February 2012 Since its inception in Umbria, Italy, Ronchini Gallery has been dedicated to exploring pioneering movements at the forefront of Italian contemporary art practice whilst also representing an international spread

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Yayoi Kusama The Passing Winter (detail) 2005 © Tate. Presented by the Asia Pacific Acquisitions Committee 2008. Photo: Tate Photography
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Yayoi Kusama Thursday 9 February – Tuesday 5 June 2012 9 February – 5 June 2012 Tate Modern, Level 4 Supported by Louis Vuitton Open every day from 10.00 – 18.00 and late night until 22.00 on Friday and Saturday For public information number please print 020 7887 8888 Yayoi

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Art FairsLONDON

LONDON ART FAIR 2012 18-22 January 2012 Upper Street Events 58 White Lion Street, Islington, London, N1 9PP Tel: 020 7288 6736 www.londonartfair.co.uk PRESS CONTACTS: David Lasserson / Damian Chandler Brunswick Arts: +44(0)20 7936 1290 londonartfair@brunswickgroup.com

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Lygia Pape Roda dos Prazeres (Wheels of Pleasure) 1968 (film still) Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, 2011 © Projeto Lygia Pape
EventsLONDON

LYGIA PAPE Magnetized Space 7 December, 2011 – 19 February, 2012 www.serpentinegallery.org Lygia Pape: Film Work Talk by Guy Brett Thursday 12 January 2012 Lygia Pape (1927–2004) was a leading Brazilian artist whose work brought together formal rigour and daring experimentation. In her own words, she explained her approach: ‘My

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Jim Lambie, photo by Luca Viola
Art FairsDesignLONDONPARISPhotographytexts

LONDON, AWAY WITH THE FAIRS… Frieze Art Fair 2011 Regent’s Park, London. October 2011. Text by Francesca Di Fraia For the ninth year in a row, the Frieze Art Fair opens its gates to the international public. Only twenty years ago, frieze was a fledgling international art journal founded by two recent

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Art FairsLONDON

Frieze Art Fair 2011 13–16 October 2011 Regent’s Park, London – Tel: +44 (0)20 3372 6111 http://www.friezeartfair.com/ http://www.friezefoundation.org/ Download: Frieze Art Fair Announces New Architects for 2011 – Press Release Download:  08/02/11 New supporter for Frieze Projects and the launch of the EMDASH Award The ninth edition of the leading

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Jake-Or-Dinos-Chapman-1 Mason's Yard
LONDONtexts

Jake or Dinos Chapman. White Cube Mason’s Yard & Hoxton Square, London 15 Jul—17 Sep 2011 Text by Francesca Di Fraia Probably the only ones of the Young British Artists group that did not graduate at the Goldmiths Art College, Jake and Dinos Chapman return to  East London with a

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Peter Zumthor’s design for 11th Serpentine Gallery Pavilion
ArchitectureEventsLONDON

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2011 / Peter Zumthor | ArchDaily Revealed: Peter Zumthor’s design for 11th Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 1 July – 16 October 2011 www.serpentinegallery.org The Serpentine Gallery is delighted to reveal the plans for the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2011 by world-renowned Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. This year’s Pavilion is

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Bill Woodrow Electric Fire with Yellow Fish, 1981 Electric fire, enamel and acrylic paint 27 x 37 x 19 cm Waddington Galleries, London Photo courtesy Waddington Galleries, London Copyright Bill Woodrow
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MODERN BRITISH SCULPTURE MAIN GALLERIES 22 January – 7 April 2011 Exhibition Preservation Partner: American Express Foundation Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J OBD www.royalacademy.org.uk Text by Francesca Di Fraia LONDON. Unlike other shows hosted by the Royal Academy, Modern British Sculpture is preceded by ungenerous criticisms

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Art FairsLONDONtexts

LONDON ART FAIR 19 | 23 JANUARY 2011 Upper Street Events, 58 White Lion Street, Islington, London, N1 9PP www.londonartfair.co.uk Text by Francesca di Fraia This January 124 leading modern British and contemporary art galleries have come together the 23rd edition of the London Art Fair – the largest of

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LONDONNEW YORKtexts

https://www.1fmediaproject.net/2010/12/19/protest-the-censorship Ciao Raffaella! I give you my full permission to publish in 1F MEDIAPROJECT the entire text of my letter in support of the demo/protest against censorship in the arts. I believe that all artists – in fact, all people in the world- should have the right of freedom of

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EventsLONDON

Francesca Woodman Exhibition 17 November 2010 – 22 January 2011 Victoria Miro Gallery 16 Whart road, London N1 7RW http://www.victoria-miro.com/ Victoria Miro is delighted to announce an exhibition of work by Francesca Woodman drawn from her recent retrospective which opened in 2009 at Espacio AV, Murcia, touring to SMS Contemporanea,

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EventsHERVÉ CONSTANTLONDON

De Chardin à Hervé Constant… Un voyage à travers le temps Text in French by Hervé Constant ‘DE CHARDIN A  HERVE’ CONSTANT’ presentation in French at  Kings’s College, London Thursday 18 Nov at 7pm and at STUDIO 29  London Sunday 7 November 2010 7pm http://dconstant.brinkster.net/herve2/reviewArticle.asp?id=2000&articletype=News STUDIO 29  London Sunday 7

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LONDONLondon Biennaletextsvideo film & live performances

Text by David Medalla In the spring of 1960 I met a young English clarinetist in a jazz club on the Left Bank in Paris. When I told him that I was about to visit London for the first time, Chris, the young clarinetist, gave me helpful advice about social

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EventsLONDONLondon Biennale

The Sixth LONDON BIENNALE starts on May Day this year 2010. May 1-August 28 2010 http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=718026780&ref=ts www.londonbiennale.org http://transculturalexchange.org/press/londonbiennale2010.htm Events & exhibitions will take place in a variety of venues until the last Sunday of August 2010. At this point in time, things are still in flux. We will probably have

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LONDONLondon BiennaleSOUTH AFRICAStudio.ratextsTop News

This year, 2010, the FIFA Football World Cup will be held in South Africa. Newspapers and magazines are teeming with articles and photographs of South Africa. There are extensive media coverage of the sports facilities which the South African government has erected to host this global event. I saw colour

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