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Popularizing Contemporary Art in San Salvador
A look at the emerging art scene in San Salvador, El Salvador.
Venice Biennale
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Folk Art Meets Global Aspirations in a Victorian Curiosity Shop
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS — “Wow bizzarro!” I hear a visitor exclaim with a delighted grin as they walk out the front door of the San Angel Folk Art gallery. The venue is one of those quirky finds one relishes during an art tour in a new city. It offers a colorful breath of fresh air to a predominating whi
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Three Art Professionals share their “Developing” Art Experience
Miami — I asked three art professionals I deeply respect, who live in three culturally different cities, to share an artist or an exhibition they feel provided interesting insight in to contemporary artistic practice within “developing” parts of the world.
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Seeing Through the Crowds Part III at the 2011 Venice Biennale: The Unofficial Exhibitions
During the Biennale, innumerable numbers of events take place outside of the official Biennale grounds of the Giardini and Arsenale, especially from countries that couldn’t afford pavilions inside the Arsenale. They either rented out abandoned spaces near it, like the Iraqi pavilion did, or, if they
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Seeing Through the Crowds at the 2011 Venice Biennale Part II: The Arsenale
The Arsenale and its Corderie (Rope Walk) compose the remainder of the curatorial effort of the Biennale’s director. It is the sprawling nasty sibling of the Padiglione Centrale, and is somewhat of a chore to tackle. The entire layout of the Arsenale this year feels disjointed. On a whole, I felt li
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Seeing Through the Crowds at the 2011 Venice Biennale Part I: The Giardini and Pavilions
Editor's Note: Peter Dobey published a series of photo essays (1 [http://hyperallergic.com/26188/54th-venice-biennale-part-1/], 2 [http://hyperallergic.com/26213/54th-venice-biennale-part-2/], 3 [http://hyperallergic.com/26216/54th-venice-biennale-part-3/]) about this year's Venice Biennale at the b
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India’s About to Explode in Contemporary Art
In 2011, India moved from the classification of “developing” country to that of being a "newly industrialized." This upgrade was made along Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, Philippines, Brazil and China, all of which have economies showing promise towards becoming “developed.” Perhaps as a sa
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Photos from the 54th Venice Biennale, Part 3
More images from the world’s oldest and largest art biennial event, the Venice Biennale, including photos from the American, Egyptian, Iraqi, Israeli and Polish pavilions, view of various social events and other random sightings.
News
Photos from the 54th Venice Biennale, Part 2
More images from the world's oldest and largest art biennial event, the Venice Biennale, including photos from the François Pinault Foundation, the French, Haitian, Danish, Swedish, Swiss and the Venezuelan pavilions.
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Photos from the 54th Venice Biennale, Part 1
The voluminousness of the Venice Biennale can be overwhelming, much like the city of Venice itself. Talking with Venetian friends, I heard the city described as a “creature,” a labyrinthine monster that will suffocate you if you don’t know how to find the campos, or other open-air spaces where you c
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Germany Snags Venice Biennale's Top Prize, Christian Marclay for Best Work
The 54th Venice Biennale has awarded its top prize, the Golden Lion for best national pavilion, to Germany for the art of Christoph Schlingensief. The best art work was given to Christian Marclay's "The Clock" (2011). [In the Air/Artinfo [http://blogs.artinfo.com/artintheair/2011/06/04/germany-takes
Opinion
The Venice Biennale in Pencil Sketches
New York Times visual columnist and famed designer Christoph Niemann is at the 2011 Venice Biennale, documenting his experiencing with the contemporary art festival in a series of sketches.