Kara Walker to unveil new public art project for Prospect New Orleans
American artist Kara Walker — whose monumental sphinx “A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby” stunned audiences in 2014 — looks set to unveil a new public art project this fall at Prospect New Orleans.
“Prospect.4: The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp,” will feature 73 artists from across the globe, with 30 creating work for the exhibition, opening November 18 and running through February 25. Walker’s installation will be located at Algiers Point where a ferry will bring audiences to a riverboat calliope with award-winning jazz pianist Jason Moran. Details via The New York Times
Kara Walker, A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby (2014) | Installation view/ Kara Walker/ Mon Ennemi, Mon Frère, Mon Bourreau, Mon Amour, ARC/Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, 2007. Photo/ Florian Kleinefenn
New details revealed for 12th edition of Contemporary Istanbul
The 12th edition of Contemporary Istanbul (CI) will reflect on “the role of Istanbul as a centre point between East and West,” and will run between September 13 and 17. Focusing on the city’s prominent geographical and political position, CI hopes to draw attention to the critical role of art plays as “a catalyst for dialogue, mutual understanding and reconciliation.”
This year new participating galleries include London’s Victoria Miro, and Vigo Gallery; New York’s Leila Heller, and Flowers Gallery; Sanatorium, Anna Laudel and Art Sümer from Istanbul; Setareh Gallery from Dusseldorf and Triangle Gallery from Tel Aviv.
Programming highlights include: Sakip Sabanci Museum’s expansive exhibition of Ai Wei Wei; Arter’s feature of Turkish artist CANAN celebrating the freedom of suppressed individuals and novel ways of expression; American artist Diana Thater’s solo show at Borusan Contemporary; the Elgiz Museum’s feature of a range of prominent local artists to international names such as Chiharu Shiota, Erwin Wurm and Thomas Houseago; Istanbul Modern’s main exhibition for the 15th Istanbul Biennale, titled “A good neighbour.” Further details are available here.
CANAN, Türk Lokumu IV (Turkish Delight 4) (2011)
“Artivist” to bridge gap between immigrant communities and NYC government
Artist Tania Bruguera and activist group Mujeres en Movimiento will launch CycleNews, as part of an Immigrant Movement International initiative in New York City. The long-term art initiative, launched in 2011, will see Berlin-based artist collective Kollectiv Migrantas team up with Immigrant Movement International to implement a strategy to bring information “on essential government services to immigrant rich communities and communicate community needs back to local government” via bicycle routes. Details via artnet News
"Artivist" Tania Bruguera © Eyder Peralta/NPR
TBA21’s final show in Vienna opens, before its relocation to Prague
A new exhibition opens this week at TBA21’s Augarten space, “Tidalectics”, featuring thirteen artists including Darren Almond, Julian Charrière and Jana Winderen, from June 2 through November 19. This marks the last exhibition for TBA21 in Vienna, whose programming will cease as of December 2017. The decision comes after founding patron and collector Francesca von Habsburg deemed Vienna a “static” space for contemporary art.
The 2017 Audi Talents awarded to four young artists
Audi Talents — previously known as Audi Talents Awards — has celebrated its tenth edition by changing its modus operandi: the prize will now only be open to "emerging artists working in the visual arts". The jury, consisting of Gilles Alvarez, director of the International Biennial of Digital Art of Paris, (previously Némo Festival) Emilie Pitoiset, artist and former laureate of Audi Talents, Romain Tardy, visual artist, Ionna Vautrin, designer, and Chiara Parisi, curator at the Villa Médicis (Rome) have chosen Hugo L'Ahelec, Anne Horel, Emmanuel Lagarrigue and Eric Minh Cuong Castaing as the 2017 winners.
An exhibition of works by the laureates will be on show in Paris in June 2018 before travelling to another location within the Ile-de-France region in September. More details here.
Emmanuel Lagarrigue – electronic city . (d’après Falk Richter)
