@ BBC ONE

Leanne Sian Mitchell (born 14 December 1983) is a British pop singer–songwriter, known for winning the first series of The Voice UK[1] on 2 June 2012. Mitchell released her debut solo single "Run to You" on 3 June 2012. LINK You Tube

Martin Luther King

"I Have a Dream."

Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. King, both a Baptist minister and civil-rights activist, had a seismic impact on race relations in the United States, beginning in the mid-1950s. Among many efforts, King headed the SCLC. Through his activism, he played a pivotal role in ending the legal segregation of African-American citizens in the South and other areas of the nationas well as the creation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. King received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, among several other honors. King was assassinated in April 1968, and continues to be remembered as one of the most lauded African-American leaders in history, often referenced by his 1963 speech,
"I Have a Dream." LINK Martin Luther King

Sonny Dickson

Sonny has become the go-to source for apple news thanks to his many sources and developer skills allowing him to find hidden information in the codes of beta software left behind by unknowing engineers. Sonny maintains an open communication line so feel free to contact him if you have questions or want to leave a tip. LINK Sonny Dickson

Samuso

Unknown Forces 

August 28 - September 21, 2013

Unknown Forces, a group exhibition of international artists, examines how different interests and forces operate to inform our urban environments and life experiences. What questions can we raise regarding the socio-political effects of globalization in developing urban communities and in what way are these phenomenon brought to bear on how memory and identities are negotiated? LINK Samuso

The Art Everywhere Exhibition 2013

Showcasing great British art across the UK, Art Everywhere is the largest exhibition of its kind in the world. From the 12–25 August 2013 some of the nation's greatest art is on display across 22,000 poster sites and billboards up and down the country. Artists, curators, media owners and entrepreneurs joined by a love of art have fuelled this massive charitable celebration, and the general public crowd-funded over £30,000 to help make it happen. LINK Art Everywhere

Idris Khan

Beyond the Black @ Victoria Miro

Beyond the Black (20 September to 9 November 2013) marks an important departure from Khan's photographic based works and comprises a suite of large black paintings, a monumental site specific wall drawing and a series of works on paper, all of which consider the metaphysics of creativity.

In the exhibition's seven paintings Khan uses a mixture of black pigment, rabbit skin glue and slate dust, to create an absorbent ground which he applies to aluminium panels or directly to the wall and then sands back to produce a smooth, slate-like surface. The paintings are intensely dark with a dense radial constellation of words creating an image that suggests a contained energy emanating from a central point. LINK Victoria Miro

REAL DMZ PROJECT

REAL DMZ PROJECT 2013: 
Borderline 
July 27–September 22, 2013



Border area near DMZ, 
Cheorwon-gun, Gangwon-do, South Korea 
Lounge, Artsonje Center, Seoul



REAL DMZ PROJECT 2013: 
From the North
August 21–September 22, 2013

About the REAL DMZ PROJECT

The REAL DMZ PROJECT inaugurated its exhibition program in 2012 by engaging with a number of sites in proximity to the demilitarized zone in Cheorwon. Organized as an ongoing platform for the development and dissemination of a vast array of investigation and research, the Project expanded in 2013 to include a monthly forum titled DMZ Human Science - Cheorwon as a way to foster research into the historical and geopolitical situations in the areas adjacent to the DMZ. With dialogue taking on such an important role in the project, the humanities symposium will be held in November this year in association with the Peace Museum, featuring presentations by international researchers, ecologists and artists.



The REAL DMZ PROJECT exhibition for 2013 continues along this trajectory of engagement with the loaded history of Cheorwon county, which takes up a third of the entire length of the DMZ. Located at the center of the Korean Peninsula, this geopolitically crucial area has long played a pivotal role for ruling powers. Subsequent to Japanese occupation, it was brought under the control of the Soviet military regime before becoming the site of many horrific confrontations and battles throughout the Korean War. Following the armistice agreement, part of the province was reclaimed when the military demarcation line was drawn along the 38th parallel between North and South.
LINK realdmz

looking for a Soprano (Sopraan gezocht)

For Be Sharp The Netherlands

Be Sharp! Is looking for a Soprano. We are looking for a Soprano who can come and strengthen as quickly as possible. You have your own parties can rehearse the musical director provides training materials, able to read music is not a requirement, but it is very convenient. Sign in to Veronique via email or call 06-24899234 her to audition for an appointment. 

Be Sharp! zoekt een Sopraan. We zijn op zoek naar een Sopraan die ons kan komen versterken en wel zo snel mogelijk. Je moet zelfstandig je partijen kunnen instuderen, de muzikaal leider zorgt voor oefenmateriaal, muziek kunnen lezen is geen vereiste, maar is wel erg handig.  Meld je aan bij Veronique via mail of bel haar 06-24899234 om een  afspraak te maken voor een auditie. LINK besharp

Ilya and Emilia Kabakov

The Ship of Tolerance

It is a conceptual piece that is meant to reflect how divergent cultures interpret tolerance and how these interpretations overlap. The ship’s sails are stitched together from paintings by hundreds of local schoolchildren from different ethnic and social backgrounds, and will convey a message of tolerance and hope. By participating in the creation of this ship children will learn about respecting different cultures and ideas while appreciating how they differ from their own. In short, through this creative process they will both demonstrate and gain a vibrant lesson in tolerance. llya Kabakov has been making installation art since 1984. Working with Emilia Kabakov, he has become one of the medium's most important practitioners and theoreticians. He is a leading figure of the Russian art movement of the 1980s. LINK the Ship of Tolerance

Lieko Shiga

Lieko Shiga's belief in the transcendent power of the photograph verges on the religious. As the printed image reveals itself in the darkroom, Shiga plays with the axis of time, floating with the image before it settles, before it becomes permanent. The act of creating a moment of frozen time is akin to prayer for her. Now it exists: it is evidence. LINK Lieko Shiga

Onno Boekhoudt

Onno Roelof Boekhoudt (1944 -2002) was trained at the renowned technical school in Schoonhoven and the Kunst- und Werkschule in Phorzheim. He gained international recognition as a designer of jewellery, but he also made objects, installations and drawings. It was not so much the end result, but rather the process, the search and the path towards it that mattered to him.. He has been of great influence and value to the (inter)national art world. For years he was a teacher at the Rietveld Academy, the Academy of Arts in Kampen and the Royal College of Art in London. His work is included in the collections of a great many museums. Onno Boekhoudt received various international awards among them the prestigious Francoise van den Bosch Prize in 1996. LINK CODA

MANGA or MAMA

The world of MANGA 
The makers of Samurai now confront you with the terrifying guards of Buddhist philosophy, bonded with the fierce and powerful heroes of Street Fighter. Shinkichi Tajiri’s Machines lead you into the enchanting world of MANGA. The versatility of manga art has never been shown so clearly. The Japanese Buddhist guards introduce the philosophy of manga in comics, anime and games. When after the fascinating story of the fighting machines of Shinkichi Tajiri, the beauty of manga art unfolds, the mysticism of manga can be grasped. The innovative photo art by Anderson & Low raises the question: are these manga inspired dreams of people, or people inspired dreams of manga? Their project Manga Dreams constitutes a major part of the exhibition. 

MAMA 
Proudly presents its highly anticipated jubilee book: Sweet Sixteen. 
15 years of Showroom MAMA, in which we celebrate fifteen (now almost sixteen) years of activity. Providing insight into the dynamics and approach of MAMA through the years, Sweet Sixteen. 15 Years of Showroom MAMA reflects on how a small corner of Rotterdam's Witte de Withstraat became a defining platform for contemporary visual culture. The book also provides insights into MAMA's controversial projects and people in the form of interviews, articles, and a wealth of images. The book underlines the importance of the organization, both for the arts and the public.
LINK Wereldmuseum (Manga)
LINK Mama

Alicia Framis

@ gallery Annet Gelink 
7 July - 17 August 2013 

 Departures, 2013  pencil on paper, 

Alicia Framis was born in 1967 in Barcelona, Spain. She studied Fine Arts at the Barcelona University and at Ecole de Beaux Arts in Paris. She also completed her masters at the Institut d'Hautes Etudes, Paris and at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam. Alicia has lived and worked in Barcelona (1985-1990), Paris (1990 - 1993), and Amsterdam (1995 - 2005). Alicia Framis currently lives and works in Amsterdam. LINK Alicia Framis

Letters to and from Artists

LINK ArtiCity

Sound Poster

The Sound Poster 1.0 is our first experiment in which we try to mix digital with analog or the other way together. The biggest reason is that the 'experience' is considerably larger. Digital installations / projects / apps are often linked to a screen / tablet and that means that for example the environment or material (tactility) play a minimal role while these aspects a large role have on our experience. The Sound Poster is the first experiment with what you can do with a poster (print) in combination with technology (digital). In this case, we uses the open source technology and software Arduino and is connected with conductive copper ink. When the resistance changes, the sound changes with: soft touch gives a different sound than hard on the poster prints. The sound is now based on a synthesizer sound, we are now working on a sequel in which the sound is more based on real classical instruments. We got inspired by Kandinsky his music theory; music was very important for him and most of his work is based on music. LINK trappedinsuburbia

Capitalist Realism

Manfred Kuttner, Konrad Lueg, Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter

With a contribution by Christopher Williams 
@ Kunsthalle Dusseldorf  21 July - 29 September 2013

Fifty years ago, Manfred Kuttner, Konrad Lueg, Sigmar Polke, and Gerhard Richter coined the term "capitalist realism" on the occasion of their first self-organised exhibition in Düsseldorf. In 1963, Lueg and Richter also staged the legendary Living with Pop - A Demonstration for Capitalist Realism action in the Berges furniture store. The exhibition at the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf is the first to take an in- depth look at the whole phenomenon that is synonymous for a brief period of a specifically West German post-war art, and to show its contemporary relevance. 

The exhibition documents the actions between 1963 and 1966, when the artists used this term, and concludes chronologically with a documentary account about René Block, who politicized the label for his gallery work in Berlin. A separate section is devoted to the Fluxus movement in the Rhineland, which was a key forerunner. The pictorial world of capitalist realism is presented in a selection of more than 50 photographic reproductions of works by the artists. In fact, the paintings by Lueg, Polke, and Richter (Kuttner soon forged a style of his own) were themselves largely based on reproductions. The artists painted subject matters they found in magazines and newspapers. Analogous to British and American pop art, they turned their attention to the trivial aspects of life in their immediate environments. And by training their spotlight on Germany's economic miracle with its questionable promise of a better life and depicting the middle- class platitudes, values, and repressive mechanisms of the post-war era, they simultaneously documented a period of contemporary history. LINK Kunsthalle Dusseldorf

Jane and Louise Wilson

@ 303 Gallery, New York 
June 25 - August 2 2013

For over two decades, British artists (and sisters) Jane and Louise Wilson have meticulously documented the architectural ruins of twentieth-century modernity. In specific, their focus has been directed towards the dire fate of obsolete military-industrial constellations. Like many artists coming of age after the collapse of the Soviet bloc, their work seems irresistibly drawn to the decaying skeletons of modernist utopias. They sift through debris to uncover present-day resonances that also happen to produce eerily beautiful photographs, films, and installations. Their current exhibition at 303 Gallery shows that the subject still holds their attention while making a compelling case that it should also hold ours. LINK 303 Gallery

Kazimir Malevich and the Russian Avant-Garde

@ The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 
19 Oct - 2 Feb 2014

In October 2013 the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam presents 
an exhibition devoted to Kazimir Malevich (1878 - 1935). 
It is the largest survey in twenty years to explore the work of an artist who was arguably one of the most important founders of abstract art. 
The exhibition is a tribute to the Russian avant-garde, and includes more than 500 objects from the collection of the Stedelijk Museum, 
the Khardzhiev Collection (under the stewardship of the Stedelijk), the Costakis Collection (housed by the State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki), and diverse lenders. 
LINK Stedelijk

Rub Kandy

'Anamorphosis series' 
photo: Max Lacertosa and 
Vasili (the man with his hasselblad)

An illusion is described as a false mental image or conception which may be a misinterpretation of a real appearance or may be something imagined. Hence, It may be pleasing, harmless, or even useful. A hallucination however is a completely groundless, false conception, belief, or opinion, caused by a disordered imagination; it is particularly frequent today in the pathological sense, according to which it denotes hearing or seeing something that does not exist. So it is sometimes difficult to define whether art is creating an illusion or a hallucination in your mind when it is viewed. This type of art can lead to many questions and weird conclusions. LINK rubinetto.blogspot.com

10 Years of Wooster Collective: 2003 - 2013

Location:
 525 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011

While street artists express themselves in a myriad of ways, they are joined by a set of common principles: reclaiming public space, beautifying the environment and the fighting for the freedom of speech. Street art has become the catalyst for people of all cultural and economic backgrounds to challenge the system and express themselves without any filter.  Marc and Sara Schiller have been avid supporters of the movement by acting as a mouthpiece to help artists promote their message to a wider audience through the global community online. Ultimately, 10 Years of Wooster Collective: 
2003 - 2013 is a celebration of street art's power to transform people and societies for the better. LINK Wooster Collective

Lisa Weeda speaks

@ Woordmarkt Utrecht
Sunday 21 July 2013

LINK Lisa Weeda

LINK Woordmarkt

Moyra Davey

@ mudam Luxembourg

Moyra Davey (b. 1958 Toronto, Canada) has been working in New York since the late 1980s. She has been the subject of two recent solo retrospectives, Long Life Cool White at the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University (2008), and Speaker Receiver at the Kunsthalle Basel (2010). Her work was featured in the 2011 New Photography exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, New York as well as in numerous recent group exhibitions. LINK mudam

Jack Lavender's "Dreams Chunky"

@ The approach, London

Lavender's oeuvre suggests a quick and responsive gaze, trained as much by consuming images on the Internet as by finding interesting forms in the discarded objects littering the city's pavements. "Recuperating the tradition of the assemblage and the prehensile alertness of collage, today's sculpture seems to be less engaged in interrogating its own status than it is overexcited by the idea of annexing the whole world to its own body," wrote Massimiliano Gioni in the curatorial essay of "Unmonumental," his 2007 survey exhibition of sculptural practices at the turn of the twenty-first century. Lavender seems to share this annexing complex, hoarding found objects and rearranging them in new configurations of shapes and meaning. What sets his work apart is the almost obsessive use of a structural device-the grid-in most of the pieces, as well as an adept staging of the pieces within the space, creating an immersive experience without ostentation. LINK The approach

The Guggenheim app

With the launch of its new mobile app, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum provides a unique, highly interactive educational platform for visitors to the Guggenheim and mobile-device users around the world. The app hosts a wealth of multimedia material that will enliven the visitor's experience of the museum and enrich learning and dialogue about its exhibitions and collections.The Guggenheim app, which had a soft launch in February, allows users to browse more than 1,200 collection works and learn about the iconic Frank Lloyd Wright building via guides in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Key visitor info is at one's fingertips, including a museum map, hours and location information, and a calendar of events. With the breadth of an ever-evolving digital catalogue, the Guggenheim app provides users with vivid reproductions, extensive information about individual artworks and exhibitions, and exclusive video and audio content.
LINK guggenheim/interact

Marco van Duyvendijk

@ Van Gennep Rotterdam 
DPhoto

After a degree in psychology, Marco van Duyvendijk goes to Romania to spend a year devoting himself to photography. In the years that follow, Van Duyvendijks work will not take him just to Romania, but also to Mongolia, China, South Korea and many other countries. 
He sees art, and therefore his own photography, as a means of communication between East and West and this field of mutual influence is where he feels at home. 
LINK Marco van Duyvendijk

ORWO

ORWO was an East German manufacturer of photographic film and magnetic tape. The basis for ORWO was the Agfa Wolfen plant, where the first modern colour film with incorporated colour couplers, Agfacolor, was developed in 1936. On 20 April 1945, the plant was taken over by US forces and important patents and other documents regarding the Agfacolor process were confiscated and handed over to Western competitors, such as Kodak and Ilford. As the plant was located in what was to become the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, the US forces then handed it over to Soviet Military Administration, which dismantled large parts of the plant and moved it, with key German staff, to Soviet Union, where it formed the basis for the Soviet colour film industry. In 1953 the plant became the property of East Germany, and in a trade agreement settlement, the East German company, VEB Film- und Chemiefaserwerk Agfa Wolfen, was given the right to sell its products under the Agfa brand in Eastern Europe, while the newly re-established Agfa in West German Leverkusen had the right to the name in the rest of the world. LINK ORWO Filmotec

‪Balkan Groove‬s

l'orchestre des Soufflants de Saint-Priest 

This piece combines musical influences originating from the Balkans in southeast Europe and a dynamic groove typical of western music. This mixture results in an ingenious and energetic composition which leaves musicians and audiences torn between enthusiasm and pure pleasure. LINK You Tube

Ron van der Ende

Phasmid 
@ Ambach and Rice 
6.8.13 – 7.27.13

A&R is pleased to present Phasmid, a solo exhibition debuting five salvaged wood relief sculptures by Ron van der Ende. Phasmid is the scientific classification for stick insects. The title suggests a parallel between the insect’s evolved camouflage and the artist’s wood skin constructions, which serve as trompe l'oeil surrogates for their real world counterparts. The phasmid’s ability to hide in plain sight is analogous to Van der Ende’s interest in commonplace themes, in particular objects and forms rendered invisible by their ubiquitous nature. LINK A&R

Dasha Shishkin

@ MCA Santa Barbara 
July 7, 2013 to Sunday, September 8, 2013

The exhibition, Dasha Shishkin, errry icket comprises new work specifically created and conceived for MCA Santa Barbara's main galleries. Internationally recognized, Shishkin has garnered attention for her large, colorful drawings on semi-transparent mylar surfaces, which utilize a variety of media including acrylic, ink, and conté. While the work is figurative in nature, evoking fable-like qualities, Shishkin eschews any concrete narrative. Rather, her complex compositions broadly contemplate themes of romance, eroticism, humor, and the grotesque. LINK mca

Sounding The Body Electric

@ Calvert 22 
Experiments in Art 
and Music in Eastern Europe 1957 - 1984

26 June - 25 August 2013 

The Calvert 22 Foundation was created by Nonna Materkova, a Russian born, London based economist, who in May 2009 opened Calvert 22, a not- for-profit gallery dedicated to contemporary art from Russia, Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Republics. 
The connections between the visual arts and experimental music were closer in the 1960s and 1970s than perhaps any time before or since. Sound and image combined in artists' films, 'happenings' and sounding installations. Experimental forms of notation were also created to stimulate uninhibited musical expression. Eastern European artists and composers were at the forefront of these new experiments with sound and yet their achievements have never been recorded until now. Sounding the Body Electric: Experiments in Art and Music in Eastern Europe 1957-1984, an exhibition at Calvert 22 in London, organised in conjunction with the Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, fills in a missing chapter in the history of Sound Art. LINK Calvert 22