Who Is Ringing The Alarm?

Who Is Ringing The Alarm?

opinion  23.04.10  Anna Tilroe

In a previous issue, METROPOLIS M asked artists what role they believe art plays in today's crisis-battered world. We continue the discussion here with a contribution from Anna Tilroe, who in the form of a letter, asks whether the art world, certainly in the Netherlands, is really interested in social engagement.

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The Joke of the Great Nothing

The Joke of the Great Nothing

opinion  07/01/10  Merijn Oudenampsen

After the proclamation of the end of history, now the future is in crisis as well. How do we escape this stalemate?

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Art or conversation? Rirkrit Tiravanija's new film project

Art or conversation? Rirkrit Tiravanija's new film project

opinion  26.08.09  Ingrid Commandeur

Berlin
Galerie Neugerriemschneider
15/06/09 - 16/09/09

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Against 'Common Sense'

Against 'Common Sense'

opinion  09/04/09  Hans-Christian Dany

In reaction to the article 'Common Sense' by Charles Esche in the December issue of Artforum German critic and curator Hans-Christian Dany presents his view on the significance of the credit crisis for art.

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Do Artworks Curate Too?

Do Artworks Curate Too?

opinion  03/02/09  Raimundas Malasauskas

Are artworks the only full time curators we know?

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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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