Author Archives: jolanta

In his 40-minute film, “Number Twelve: Variations on a Theme”, Dutch artist and filmmaker Guido van der Werve interweaves the unlikely fields of chess, astronomy, and music theory into a seamless philosophical meditation on possibility, mathematics, and infinity. Divided into three movements filmed in distinct locations, Number Twelve begins with the artist seated in a […]

Thandile Zwelibanzi’s Still Existence is a series that looks at the presence of informal traders on the streets of Johannesburg, in particular around one of the biggest taxi rank-cum-markets in the country. Zwelibanzi’s series begins with those trading at night, a significantly unsafe and quite isolated time for business on the streets of Johannesburg. Many […]

Pearl blue evenings scented with honeysuckle and wine create a sense of serene confidence along the Lungomare Marconi on the Lido, the sandy beach island that houses the show La Mostra. Artistry is less evident here than along the Grand Canal, and in the bowels of Canerregia and Il Giardino, where the Biennale infuses every […]

Good places to live have more to offer than adequate housing, transportation, jobs, schools, and commercial amenities. They have spaces in which residents can express themselves creatively, connect with one another, and engage in experiences that expand their intellect, imagination, creativity, critical thinking, and even their capacity for compassion and empathy—spaces in which art happens. […]

  “Evidence of Bricks” is about the building up, but mostly the tearing down, of institutions, societies, structures, and ideas. It is also about personal revolution. The brick starts as a lump of clay and winds up as a structural wonder: they are the building blocks of society, they are the weapons we pull from […]

‘‘Why has the pleasure of slowness disappeared?” Milan Kundera posed this question in his novel Slowness. The exhibition presents explorations of this question through the creative practice of this selected group of artists. The works bring our attention to creative time, its inclusion and effect on process and completion. These artworks, once past the concept […]

Rare Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of new paintings and works on paper by Eamon O’Kane. There Is Another World, But It Is In This One, running from October 13 to November 10, marks the artist’s second solo turn at Rare gallery. The exhibition’s title is an allusion to a quote by W.B. […]

After spending the year traveling the world, VICE and Intel’s The Creators Project lands back in New York with a marquee lineup of live performances and original Studio works by groundbreaking artists, musicians, designers and filmmakers. This year’s festival will take to the streets of DUMBO, Brooklyn, erecting 30-foot sculptures, showcasing works from over thirty […]