The definitive city guide for the mobile generation: Berlin, Vienna, Barcelona, Copenhagen. Additional cities to come are London, New York, Shanghai and Hong Kong.
London architect Zaha Hadid designed the Chanel Mobile Art pavilion, which has already made a stop in Tokyo. The structure is made of lightweight panels that are packed in 51 shippable containers. Each participating artist was asked to create a work that was at least in part inspired by Chanel’s classic 2.55 quilted-style chain handbag.
The pavilion will occupy the Rumsey Playfield, midpark at 70th Street NYC, from Oct 20 to Nov 9 2008.
The Man Ray: Unconcerned But Not Indifferent exhibition comprises drawings, photos, paintings and sculptures from the Man Ray Trust collection in Long Island, New York. The Man Ray Trust collection has never gone on show before. 13 June to 18 August 2008, Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin.
The Vader Project recruits the world’s leading artists to each re-appropriate Darth Vader’s conventional black helmet into an art piece of their own.
Berlin Calling - Photography by Alex Flach at Pool Gallery Berlin. From July 10 to August 9 2008.
London exploded in May with the Cans Festival, a sort of global gathering of stencil art heads unprecedented in scale.
Starting July 4, 2008, Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie will feature my favourite photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto in a retrospective of his fascinating work.
Presenting approximately 350 B/W and colour prints by Salomon, Weegee, Galella, Quinn, Angeli, Secchiaroli, Pigozzi and Newton, the exhibition presents the forerunners and central figures of the classic period of Paparrazi Photography and provides a visual commentary about the evolution of this phenomenon.
The Helmut Newton Foundation, Jebensstrasse 2, 10623 Berlin - Germany
June 19 - November 16 2008
Vernissage: July 5 2008, 15:00-24:00, Wehrmühlenweg 8, 16359 Biesenthal.
Artists: Roberta Barta, Olivia Berckemeyer, Norbert Bisky, Marcel Bühler, Dennis Feddersen, Carla Guagliardi, Andreas Gehrke, Sabine Gross, Jan Koch, Carsten Kraemer, Alicja Kwade, Via Lewandowsky, Yudi Noor, Katinka Pilscheur, Fabian Reinmann, Thomas Rentmeister, Stefan Riekeles, Vincent Tavenne, Raul Walch, Ina Weber
My Xerox Weighs a Tonne presents the work of 25 photographers and artists from diverse backgrounds. Curators are Misha Hollenbach and Shauna Toohey, the creative team behind the PAM design label.
Participating photographers are Tobin Yelland, Mike O’Meally, Aaron Rose, Max Creasy, Todd James, Ed Templeton, Misha Hollenbach, Max Doyle, Brendon Fowler, Alex Corporan, Raphael Rashid, Renks, Beci Orpin, Ari Marcopoulos, Dion Kovak, Shauna T., Elska Sandor, Dale Nason, Fergadelic, Gen Kay, Ben Sansbury, Micah Handorf, Deanne Cheuk, Sk8thng, Delta
Australian Centre for Photography, 257 Oxford Street, Paddington, 2021 Sydney, NSW, Australia. July 25 - August 31 2008
40+ creatives were given the task of creating their own interpretation of a cult, classic or obscure film poster from the past. The result is Now Showing, an art exhibition paying homage to more than 70 years of film.
COSH Gallery, Soho, London. PV: Thursday 29th May. 6.30pm—9.30pm. More details here.
Steven Harrington comes to Berlin with his ‘Our Mountain’ traveling art experience on June 7th at the West-Berlin gallery.
Dan Funderburgh shows his work at the Riviera Gallery in Brooklyn.
Parasites work last seen at Art Biesenthal. Young and gifted artist.
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