'Rabih! Rabih!' Rabih Mroué in BAK

'Rabih! Rabih!' Rabih Mroué in BAK

reviews  22.07.10  Nat Muller

Utrecht
BAK, basis voor actuele kunst
21/05/10 - 01/08/10

Witness, narrator, chronicler, participant and agent. In I, the Undersigned, Rabih Mroué's first solo-exhibition as a visual artist, he questions the role of the artist in the charged context of post-war Lebanon, focusing on the political and historical amnesia.

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OUT NOW: THE NEW ISSUE OF METROPOLIS M

OUT NOW: THE NEW ISSUE OF METROPOLIS M

features  20.07.10 

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Politician or Civil Servant

Politician or Civil Servant

features  12.07.10  Domeniek Ruyters

In the last issue, Anna Tilroe wrote a letter to Domeniek Ruyters on the dubious quality of today’s engagement in international art. Here’s his reaction.

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features  05.07.10  Jolien Verlaek

Meet Tim Voss, brand new director of W139. With METROPOLIS M, he talks about his career, the new programme of ‘the W’ and the do’s and don’ts in his policy as a director.

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reviews  21.06.10  Alexander Mayhew

Basel
Art Basel, Art Statements, Volta, Liste, Art Public, Art Unlimited, Design Miami/Basel
16/06/10 - 20/06/10

Who's hot and who's not? Alexander Mayhew reports from Art Basel 2010 and all its satellite fairs.

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News & links from Metropolis M & co.

The shortlist has been announced for the Carbuncle Cup, the award for the ugliest building in the UK completed in the last 12 months. Check the nominations here.  JV - 23.07.10

50% cuts proposed in UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The biggest arts organisations are asked to provide models of how they would implement cuts of 25-30% over four years, and what the effects would be. JV - 22.07.10

Directors of Tate, Serpentine, and South Bank warn against Britain’s arts budget cuts. They are pleading: 'cut us but don’t kill us'. JV - 16.07.10

Moscow art curators await fate as trial over 'insulting' exhibition nears end. Yuri Samodurov and Andrei Yerofeyev face five years in jail in case that has prompted fears of rise in Russian censorship. Update: curators sentenced but not imprisoned. JV - 12.07.10

Another scandal surrounding the German contribution of Venice's Biennale: calls for demolition of 'Nazi' pavillion. Invited artist Christoph Schlingensief dismisses the calls as 'idiotic'. JV - 08.07.10

According to Lee Rosenbaum, there's more than meets the eye and much that doesn't add up about Charles Saatchi's recent public disclosure that he is gifting over 200 works to create a Museum of Contemporary Art for London." JV - 08.07.10

The Art Newspaper: Footbal-mad Marlene Dumas parties in Porto following Holland's victory over Brazil in the World Cup. Dumas claimed that it 'was difficult to look at art because the Dutch have won!' JV - 05.07.10

Who are the artists in METROPOLIS M No. 3? We gathered a collection of links to all the artists mentioned in the current issue. Scroll down to find out who's who! JV - 05.07.10

Charles Saatchi is giving 200 works worth more than £25 million to the nation to create a museum of contemporary art. JV - 01.07.10

Poll: Should the Tate continue to accept BP sponsorship? (here's a list of artists and writers who have protested that Tate Britain is tainted by BP's sponsorship) JV - 29.06.10

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