Sharjah Art Foundation (SAF) has announced the 2014 Production Programme open call offering grants for artists working in a range of media including sculpture, installation, time-based media, artist’s books, and performance. Up to a total of 200,000 USD is available in this application cycle. Over the past decade, SAF Production Programme grants have resulted in […]
Astrup Fearnley Museet presents Imagine Brazil, an exhibition of Brazilian contemporary art, with a particular focus on the young, emerging art scene. On view 11 October 2013–2 March 2014. After extensive research, the curators have selected 14 young artists of international significance who are important representatives of the vibrant emerging art scene in Brazil. In […]
Walker Art Center presents 9 Artists an international, multigenerational group exhibition that considers the changing role of the artist in contemporary culture. Bringing together the expansive practices of some of the most provocative and engaged artists working today—Yael Bartana, Liam Gillick, Natascha Sadr Haghighian, Renzo Martens, Bjarne Melgaard, Nástio Mosquito, Hito Steyerl, and Danh Vo—the […]
The Turbulences – Frac Centre presents 9th ArchiLab: Naturalizing Architecture symposiums on 24–25 October 2013. ArchiLab 2013 introduces the latest progress in terms of research in digital architecture and its interaction with the sciences, permitted by the simulation of growth phenomena in the living world. The problematics of ArchiLab 2013, involving digital architecture and the […]
Musee cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne (mcb-a) presents Making Space: 40 Years of Video Art open October 18, 2013–January 5, 2014. In 1973 video celebrated its tenth anniversary, and Nam June Paik made what would become the cult tape of the history of video—Global Groove. That same year the Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, started its […]
Marres, House for Contemporary Culture present Katja Mater What We See And What We Know on view October 13–December 8, 2013. Katja Mater examines ways to capture possible realities. She blends and splits colours, explores the laws of perspective and space, and shows how one medium passes into the other. Mater layers, compresses, stretches and […]
Centre d’art contemporain – la synagogue de Delme presents Schizophonia open 26 October 2013–16 February 2014. Schizophonia explores the histories of music, sound and speech as reinterpreted and written by artists. From Latifa Echakhch’s geopolitical scores and Adrian Piper’s funk lessons, to a concert by a group that Hiwa K has assembled in Delme, the […]
The Smithsonian museums will reopen at their regularly scheduled times Thursday, Oct. 17, following the 16-day government shutdown. The cafeterias, shops and IMAX theaters also will be open. The National Zoological Park will open on Oct 18th. A complete list of museum hours is available on the Smithsonian’s website at: http://www.si.edu/Visit/Hours
On Saturday, November 2, Chesapeake Bay Retrievers will be coming to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s (CBMM) OysterFest in St. Michaels, MD to offer retriever demonstrations and an opportunity to meet some of the Chesapeake Bay’s most iconic breed. Hosted by Chesapeake Bay Retriever Relief and Rescue (CBRRR), the “marker” demonstrations take place on CBMM’s […]
