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« Previous EntriesDavid Bowen: Growth Modeling Device / VIDA 12.0 International Awards / ARCO 2010
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010This is a short interview with David Bowen, who won the third prize in the VIDA 12.0 Fundación Telefónica Art and Artificial Life competition. VIDA rewards electronic works of art produced with artificial life technologies. The other laureates of the 12th edition of the award are Guy Ben-Ary, Philip Gamblen, Peter Gee, Nathan Scott, Brett [...]
Michael D. Linares: Oasis / ATM Contemporary | Altamira / ARCO 2010
Sunday, February 21st, 2010The Solo Projects are an essential part of ARCO Madrid. The Solo Projects section aims to compliment the general program of the fair with one man show proposals presented by an international group of curators appointed by ARCO.
One of this year’s solo presentations is Michael D. Linares‘ installation Oasis (Inclusive Structure) at ATM Contemporary | Altamira. [...]
Interview with ARCO Director Lourdes Fernández at ARCO 2010
Saturday, February 20th, 2010ARCO Director Lourdes Fernández in conversation with Stefan Kobel at ARCO 2010. This is an excerpt of the interview. The full-length version is available on our HD page. A transcript of the interview in German language is available on Artnet Magazine.
ARCOmadrid_2010, 29th International Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid / Spain. Professional Day, February 17, 2009.
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ARCO Madrid 2010
Thursday, February 18th, 2010This year’s ARCOmadrid_2010, the international art fair in Madrid, Spain, presents 238 galleries from 32 different countries. It’s the 29th issue of the international fair for contemporary art in Madrid, Spain. This video provides a walkthrough of ARCOmadrid_2010 on the first of the two days for professionals. This year’s guest city is Los Angeles.
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Tatsumi Orimoto: Punishment / ARCOmadrid_2009
Friday, February 13th, 2009Known for his use of bread as a universal symbol for communication, Japanese performance artist Tatsumi Orimoto uses bread yet again as his main element in his performance Punishment. In this work, performed in the section Performing ARCO, several people are tied to a post and have their eyes blindfolded, with a box full of [...]
ARCOmadrid_2009
Thursday, February 12th, 2009This year’s ARCO, the international art fair in Madrid, Spain, presents 238 galleries from 32 different countries. It’s the 28th issue of the international fair for contemporary art in Madrid, Spain. This video provides a walkthrough of ARCOmadrid_2009 on the first of the two days for professionals. Apart from the General Programme with galleries like [...]
C.E.B. Reas: TI / Gallery DAM Berlin / ARCO’08 Madrid, Spain
Monday, February 25th, 2008At ARCO 2008 in Madrid, Gallery [DAM] Berlin presented the digital art installation “TI” by C.E.B. Reas as part of ARCO’s “Expanded Box” section. C.E.B. Reas on his website: “Aggregate layers of abstraction remove every trace of systemic complexity, revealing a living surface. Structured form emerges from the results of thousands of local interactions between [...]
Isaac Julien: Western Union – Small Boats / Helga de Alvear Gallery / Madrid, Spain
Thursday, February 21st, 2008During our stay in Madrid we not only visited ARCO, Madrid’s international fair for contemporary art. We were also invited to take part of a gallery crawl, organized by the tourist offices of Spain and Madrid. Our first stop was Galería Helga de Alvear where we saw Isaac Julien’s “Western Union: Small Boats”, an exhibition [...]
Interview with Vera Cortês / Vera Cortês Art Agency / ARCO 2008 Madrid, Spain
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008At ARCO 2008, the 27th edition of the International Contemporary Art Fair in Madrid, Spain, we met with Vera Cortês, the director of the eponymous gallery in Lisbon, Portugal. At ARCO’08 Vera Cortês presents works by (among others) Alexandre Farto, Catarina Dias, Daniel Gustav Cramer, Sophie Whettnall, Susanne Themlitz and Martinha Maia. In the interview, [...]
ARCO 2008 part 2
Friday, February 15th, 2008Part 2 of our coverage of ARCO International Contemporary Art Fair in Madrid, Spain. The 27th edition of ARCO runs until Monday 18th February 2008. This year Brazil is guest country. In a special sector 32 galleries show Brazilian art. The General Programme features a selection of international galleries made by the ARCO’08 Organizing Committee. [...]
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