exposition
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
exposition, death, meat, gunther von hagens, art, contemporary art, culture
Communism perspectives: 'discontinuous history of art in eastern Europe'
3 October marked twenty years after the fall of the communist regime. One exhibition in Paris this summer asked the central question: is there any value in the question of 'east-west’ opposition today?
exposition, paris, poland, albania, romania, czech republic, culture calendar
Ars Homo Erotica: 'bring the toilet to Warsaw national museum'
Before the Euro pride parade on 17 July, exhibition curator Pawel Leszkowicz talks lesbian art, punching viewers in faces and explains why art and the Polish capital's largest museum is a live nerve of democracies
exposition, ars homo erotica, sex, censorship, homosexuality, poland, sexuality
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
exposition, eucrisis on the ground, bucharest, felix vogel, romania, art, brunch
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
Counter-culture: Sonic Youth tour Europe
The Sonic Youth etc.: Sensational Fix exhibition has been in France since 18 June. The European museum tour brings with it the chance to experience the non conformist experimental rock group's multidisciplinary pursuits first-hand
exposition, bands, underground, sonic youth, allen ginsberg, william s. burroughs, music
British, Italian and German architects give Europe a face
Openness, transparency, efficiency: which buildings need a democracy? We span the European parliament, palace, court of human rights and Central Bank
exposition, richard rogers, germany, panorama, architecture, strasbourg, european central bank
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
exposition, youth, contemporary art, future of europe, art market, racism, non-eu countries
‘It’s our History’ exhibition in Brussels
The story of the EU through the real life stories of its inhabitants; an event organised to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome on 25 March 2007
exposition, belgium, brussels, history, multiculturalism, western eu, identity
Gunther von Hagens: ‘An anatomical exposition without publicity is like a theatre without a programme’
The 'plastinator' often hits European headlines with his 'Body Worlds' exhibition. Of course he will be having his own body plastinated, he says - interview
exposition, death, berlin, gunther von hagens, körperwelten, art, germany
Of Roma art and Charlie Chaplin
On 7 June the Venice Biennale saw the grand opening of ‘Paradise Lost’, its first Roma Pavilion. Gipsy kitsch, or the artistic emancipation of an oppressed people?
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