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Plataforma Revolver at Transboavista- Open Call for Curators

Blog post by Marta Jecu – in Lisbon; Monday, Mar. 25, 2012.

Lisbon’s Transboavista is a multiple art project installed in the Palace Marquis of Sampaio, which dates back to 1712 (and was partially rebuilt in 1952). The three stories and attic edifice, founded and directed by the collector Vitor Pinto de Fonseca, …

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8 CLOUD. An installation by Carla Mercedes Hihn & Sebastian Zidek

Carla Mercedes Hihn and Sebastian Zidek - "8CLOUD", installation view

Blog post by Jeni Fulton – in Berlin; Sunday, Mar. 25, 2012.

Found windows, photographic fragments, fields of mark-making and an eerie soundtrack come together to a rather unsettling effect at Galerie im Turm. Artist Carla Mercedes Hihn has teemed up with composer Sebastian Zidek to create an installation which confronts the viewer with nebulous images and associations

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Kurt Schwitters Seminar

Photo: Kurt Schwitters. Photo El Lissitzky

Blog entry by Devon Elise Atkins – in Berlin; Saturday, Mar. 24, 2012

Tonight at Another Vacant Space Ian Hunter of Littoral Arts – a UK based non-proffit arts organisation – will present a seminar of Kurt Schwitters and information regarding a new residency in relation to the Elterwater Merz Barn project.

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I want to love you but I’m getting blown away. Carly Fischer at REH Kunst

Carly Fischer at REH Kunst; courtesy of the artist

Blog post by Jeni Fulton – in Berlin; Thrusday, Mar. 15, 2012.

Since moving to Berlin, how often have you heard someone say: „Berlin… the city is just so historic, so meaningful, so, you know…?” New Eckkneipes sport the ubiquitous Boxi flea-market chic, Plattenbauten are all of a sudden spots for destination-tourism, even such horrific GDR memento-moris as the watch-towers to imprison its citizens have become mere film-set props.
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Art Dubai 2012: BAL connects Berlin’s art scene to the U.A.E.

Art Dubai 2011

Blog post by Monica Salazar – in Berlin; Friday, Mar. 09, 2012.

On March 21th – 24th, BERLIN ART LINK will join the international art world at the 6th edition of Art Dubai; the regions leading fair which intersects the art scenes of the Middle East and South Asia. The fair attracted over 20, 000 visitors in 2011 with a curated program showing 74 galleries from 32 countries.
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HomeBase BUILD II Festival

Article by Samantha Manton // Feb. 29, 2012
The HomeBase BUILD Festival promises to be one-of-a-kind, with a rich interactive programme of installations, performances, music, lectures, readings, as well as a symposium discussing the meeting of contemporary art and…[read more…]


EVIL DEAD 2: Matt Jones and Kadar Brock at Horton Gallery

EVIL DEAD 2 - Matt Jones and Kadar Brock

Blog entry by Devon Elise Atkins – in Berlin; Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011.

Everyone has different ideas about what happens when we die, every culture a different way of mourning or celebrating the life we have lived. A Wake opened to coincide with the Mexican tradition Lo Dia de los Muertos, or The Day of the Dead, and explores death and the afterlife from various perspectives in moving images.
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New Fashion Democracy at Front Row Society

Blog post by Samantha Manton – in Berlin; Monday, Feb. 13, 2012.

Rather design your own fabulous handbag than choose one from the latest catwalk shows? Submit a design, collect the most votes and see your get product brought to life.

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Vermibus hijacks the face of advertising

Blog post by Florence Reidenbach, photos by Laura Colomé – in Berlin; Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012.

You may have already seen in the streets or in the U Bahn stations of Berlin intriguing advertisments that are not as they seem. Berlin artist Vermibus regularly collects advertising posters from the streets, using them in his studio as the base material for his work.
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ARTCONNECT BERLIN’s Networking Breakfast at Node Center

ART CONNECT BERLIN'S Networking Breakfast at Node Center

Blog post by Elizabeth Delfs – in Berlin; Friday, Feb. 10, 2012.

Once a month ARTCONNECT BERLIN organizes a Networking Breakfast, the most recent of which was held at the Node Center for Curatorial Studies in Kreuzberg. As the title suggests, you eat breakfast whilst chatting and meeting new people, after which time there is a presentation by artists, curators, writers….
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