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Russian art group Voina boycotts Moscow contemporary art biennale
It's not the country that you'd expect to celebrate activist art. Held until 20 October, Moscow's fourth contemporary art biennale is not exactly a step towards the freedom of expression, especially since the famous Russian protest collective are paradoxically protesting against the biennale’s 'international festival of activist art'
contemporary art, moscow, voina, graffiti, culture calendar, russian federation, moscou
Poland-Germany exhibition in Berlin: let the neighbours talk
The exhibition ‘Good Neighbours? German Motifs in Polish Contemporary Art/ Polish Motifs In German Contemporary Art’ is showing at the Bethanien art gallery in Berlin’s Kreuzberg district until late October. The works on display reflect the quality of the German-Polish relationship today
contemporary art, poland, stereotype , germany, art, berlin, culture
Memorable exhibitions: inspecting meat at Carne 2010, Paris
An art exhibition with the rather succinct title 'Meat', displaying dead and live off-cuts of both human and animal origin, may not be a terribly new concept in the times of Gunter von Hagen’s ‘Body Worlds’, gory films and Lady Gaga costumes. However, in order to give their meaty art show a certain je ne sais quois, the Parisian organisers of Carne 2010 rather unceremoniously moved the exhibition out of the museum and into the slaughterhouse. Flashback tour through northern Paris, caught somewhere between minced meat and video installations
contemporary art, death, gunther von hagens, meat, exposition, art, culture
Environmental art in Athens: art project for Kifissos river
Whoever asks the Athenians about the Kifissos river hears mainly legendary tales, as Yvonne Senouf and Corinne Weber, the creative minds behind the international art platform MELD’s Project Nero, can testify. Their project for a vanished river aims to deal with urbanisation and pollution creatively
contemporary art, lifestyle, green cities, greece, athens, green europe on the ground, lifestyle
Frank Bouroullec: 'There aren’t many people with the balls to paint live'
The renowned French speed artist, 43, is no 'painter', he’s a 'performer'. Nor does he 'work'; he 'gets his kicks'. A non-speed interview with a man who has painted live portraits of the likes of Eva Longoria and George Clooney upside down and in under four minutes
contemporary art, celebrity, painting, art, france, paris, brunch
Claire Ruppli: ‘Erasmus generation have to create Europe now’
The lovemaking Swiss theatre actress is taking on a one-woman stage interpretation of a haunted figure in Prague on Parisian floorboards. She talks getting into theatre, Europe and passion
contemporary art, czech republic, theatre, prague, france, paris, culture
Felix Vogel, youngest curator of a European biennale
The German was picked three years ago when he was just 20 - in Venice, the youngest curator was 46! With a team averaging an age of 24, the Bucharest Biennale between 21 May and 25 July 2010 gives youth the chance to show what they can do
contemporary art, eucrisis on the ground, bucharest, felix vogel, romania, exposition, germany
When does design (not) become art?
There was no clear answer at the 14th pavilion of arts and design in Paris between 24 - 28 March. We talked limited edition pieces, the concept of twenty-first century art and the nature of spending at the internationally renowned trade show, which was held in the Tuilerie gardens
Sofia's directors and playwrights boom despite barebone budgets
In Bulgaria there are no cultural policy programmes and the crisis has consumed the ministry coffers. Filmmakers like Kamen Kalev, playwrights and other creative minds demand government transparency and methods to support their enterprising spirit. Part one of a five part 'EU crisis on the ground' city series
contemporary art, cinema, balkans, sofia, europe on the ground, economical crisis, theatre
Tribute to Polish poster designer Franciszek Starowieyski
On 23 February 2009, Poland said goodbye to one of its most prominent artists, who died aged 79 in Warsaw. Here, we republish an extract of an interview with the award-winning painter and stage designer, aka ‘Jan Byk’
contemporary art, painting, graphics, obituary, art, culture
Société Réaliste: French-Hungarian duo on a ‘free’ European Green Card
Created in 2004, the anarchist artist duo are ‘part of a factory’ which only accepts Europe as an idea ‘if Japan is Europe, if Alaska is Europe.’ We learn how they deconstruct the constructed, introverted entity which they see as Europe in Paris
contemporary art, green card, berlin, paris, brunch, culture
Barack Obama inspires art and fashion in Paris and Barcelona
Whether it's his face in gravel viewed from the air, or his face in sequins viewed from the catwalk, Cuban artist Jorge Rodríguez Gerada and French Moroccan designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac are inspired by the democratic presidential candidate. Cross-portraits
contemporary art, us elections, barcelona, barack obama, united states, spain, fashion
Jeremy Deller: the British artist who likes art, but can’t draw
The 42-year-old is ‘vaguely political’ and pretty vague. 2004's Turner prize winner talks unemployment, Britsh folk culture as 'real art' and pigeons in Paris
Thierry Uhrman versus the chic Lyon suburb
Controversy erupts as an artist turns his residence into an ‘Abode of Chaos’, with heaps of scrap metal and works of art
contemporary art, venice biennale, architecture, western eu, lyon, hamburg, france
Exhibition brings Israel and Palestine 'face to face'
Face2Face is a unique and edgy photography show by French and Swiss friends JR and Marco, They stick the Israeli-Palestinian conflict right under European noses
contemporary art, switzerland, italy, photogallery, middle east, germany, politics
The future is death metal-inspired art in Kosovo
Contemporary art is just one bright face of the Kosovo prism, from which the works of the likes of 29-year-old visual artist Artan Balaj refract
contemporary art, identity, exposition, nationalism, future of europe, racism, non-eu countries
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