The Edinburgh International Film Festival is one of few that devote an entire sidebar to experimental film and video. Its “Black Box” section is one of many bequests left to Edinburgh by Shane Danielson, the outgoing artistic director. The antipodean director’s muscular, and occasionally incendiary, style has made the last five years of Edinburgh almost […]

For each error, the internet assigns a number; “404” means “Not found” and announces that what we are looking for is not there. This has become one of the most frequently read errors in internet searches. The first “4” indicates an error by the user, as in an incorrect address or a search for page […]

As we embarked on the 2006 California Biennial, we observed how tired clichés about California barely came into play. Long characterized as culturally isolated, young artists working in California are no more or less disconnected from one another than they are from either the rest of the country or the rest of the world. Many […]

This December brings the premiere of Photo Miami to Florida’s already bustling art market. From the 7th to the 10th of December, a new “International Contemporary Art Fair for Photo-Based Art, Video and New Media” will launch itself and, hopefully, impress the already inundated audiences in Miami this winter. Stephen Cohen, the organizer of Photo […]

There is only one fair that specialises exclusively in modern and contemporary British art and that is the 20/21 British Art Fair, which is held at London’s historic Royal College of Art. In this age of globalisation the idea of a national art fair may seem parochial or anachronistic. But when it began in 1988 […]

pAn Amsterdam is the Netherlands’ national art and antiques fair. This year the fair will celebrate its 20th edition on the 19th to 26th of November. Among the 114 exhibitors are nine Belgian and one German antique and art dealers. Patrick Berko of Berko Fine Paintings, Knokke-Heist of Brussels, an exhibitor since 1994, describes pAn […]

The Brighton Digital Festival is a month-long celebration of the creative talent in the UK’s most concentrated digital community. It pays homage to every element of the creative cluster from those developing computer art through to interactive designers, filmmakers, academics and technologists. Organised by digital development agency Wired Sussex, the festival in 2006 looks to […]

As is so often the case with cultural festivals and fairs, it’s the outsiders at Art Basel Miami that are generating the most buzz and interest of all. Along with Aqua, -scope and Pulse, NADA is one of the sub-fairs that is gaining a rapid momentum—it is proving to be just as inovative as the […]

Inspired Art Fair (IAF) provides an unparalleled platform for talented undiscovered artists to launch their creative careers. The Fair, which has nominated the Whitechapel Art Gallery as its chosen charity, is exceptional in that it is arranged by a non-profit organisation with the principal aim of showcasing contemporary artwork and of supporting practising independent artists. […]

It’s 5am on a bright Saturday morning and Ron and I are outfitting our motorcycles to prepare them for a ten day trip that will take us throughout the six New England States. Not many plans are made, just a road map, a hiking guide, and a general idea about our itinerary. I love road […]