Impakt Works residencies take place at Impakt in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The call is open to both Dutch and international artists. A residency period can run from February 2012 onwards, and generally lasts two months. This includes: accommodation, a studio, basic technical facilities and equipment, and reimbursement of traveling expenses up to 250 euro. Artists […]

SYMMETRIES is a platform led by Iñaqui Carnicero, Jacobo García-Germán and José María Sánchez and a set of initiatives devoted to think about the dialogue between past and present in the urban structures of cities with a Roman origin. SYMMETRIES draws links between places, institutions and universities from Spain and the rest of Europe with […]

The American University of Beirut is embarking on a major initiative in the visual arts. We will shortly be opening two new exhibition galleries. The first will house a small permanent collection of paintings, primarily by Lebanese artists from the early 20th century. The second will showcase temporary, rotating exhibitions, concentrating primarily on contemporary art. […]

Creative Capital is now accepting online Letters of Inquiry for grants in Emerging Fields, Literature and Performing Arts. The deadline for submitting inquiries is March . Creative Capital provides integrated financial and advisory support to artists pursuing innovative and adventurous projects. Acting as a catalyst for the development of exceptional and imaginative ideas, we support […]

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery’s first exhibition in 2012 offers American audiences, for the first time, a comprehensive look at the architectural career of «the wizard of concrete shells», Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery’s © Felix Candela Regarded as one the greatest Spanish-born architects of the 20th century, Candela is […]

Communities around the world have been broken apart by land development, the disappearance of tradition, and stark differences in values around land use. From farming and seed libraries to the livelihood of nomadic shepherds … what does “preservation” mean when it comes to tradition, land, and knowledge? © Fernando García-Dory For this exhibition, the David […]

Portrait of the world-famous Spanish artist Miquel Barceló. Inspiring documentary counterpart to the feature film The Double Steps featuring the exquisite performance Paso doble at the rocks of Bandiagara in Mali by Barceló and choreographer Josef Nadj. © Tusitala Producciones Cinematográficas, Bord Cadre Films (Suiza, minoritaria) ‘Who would bring clay to Mali?’ the inhabitants of […]

TRACK is a temporary exhibition in the public and semi-public space of the city of Ghent. Philippe Van Cauteren and Mirjam Varadinis invited 35 artists to make an in-depth exploration of six typical neighbourhoods in Ghent and to come up with artistic proposals that interact with the different communities in various ways. The curators took […]

The MENA Design Research Center has initiated Desmeem, a design project where European designers will come and stay in Lebanon for three months and work with Arab designers and non profit organizations to create better solutions for social and environmental issues in the Arab World. The final outcomes of all the teams will be exhibited […]

Digital book, electronic book, or e-book, are all terms designating the new forms given to the book, paperback, printed matter, or the manuscript. The creation and distribution of new reading tools undermine traditional modes of writing and reading which are facing a great challenge today. © Ewa Partum To enter a three-dimensional book : this […]

Skowhegan, in both its physical and programmatic design, provides opportunities for intense work and creative direction. Because the program focuses on process and experimentation, Participants are encouraged to come prepared to work without a preconceived agenda or schedule. The program requires Participants to commit to being in residence for the full nine-week session from mid-June […]

Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) is generally acknowledged as the greatest draftsman of the 20th century. Through some 55 works, the exhibition presents the dazzling development of Picasso’s drawings over a 30-year period—from the precocious academic exercises of his youth in the 1890s to the virtuoso works of the early 1920s, including the radical innovations of cubism […]

The American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center will open its 2012 season on Saturday, January 28, with four new exhibitions,between them «Gabarrón’s Roots». First Time in D.C. for World Renowned Spanish Artist. © Cristóbal Gabarrón When he was only 16 years old, Spanish artist Cristóbal Gabarrón decided he was going to be an […]

Alberto Schommer has been one of the most prominent photographers in the Spanish creative panorama of recent decades. Starting with his connection with the innovations and changes in Spanish photography of the 50s, Schommer has pioneered a path full of challenges in form, always guided under the influence of the oeuvre of Irving Penn and […]

Since the late 1990s Libia & Ólafur have been developing their deconstructive approach to art with various means such as installations, public interventions  and audio and videoworks. At each level they collaborate with different individuals and groups, crossing disciplines without hesitation in order to maximize the disparate effect of their scheme. © Libia & Ólafur […]

Today Mystetskyi Arsenal will open the international exhibition titled «60 years of Modern and Contemporary Art» organized in cooperation with Cordeiros Galeria, Portugal. The artistic project will demonstrate a part of the large-scale art collection belonging to Agostinho Cordeiro, a famous Portuguese art-lover. His collection stands among the most important ones in Europe. Courtesy Cordeiros […]

The official Icelandic representation at the 54th International Art Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia is the Spanish-Icelandic duo Libia Castro & Ólafur Ólafsson, whose collaborations explore the political, socio-economic, and personal forces that affect life in the present day. © Libia Castro & Ólafur Ólafsson Their work, which has taken them to cities around […]