The Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition at York St Mary’s, York, will be open for one more week, closing on 28 April. The Art Prize is a celebration of excellence in art from across the world and offers artists the opportunity to showcase their work to wider audiences and further their involvement in the international art world. Previous finalists include Julia Vogl, who was shortlisted for New Sensations – Saatchi Gallery and Channel 4′s Prize – and has exhibited at Zabludowicz Collection; Marcus Jansen, a leading modern expressionist who joined a legacy of artists by featuring in Absolut Vodka’s artistic campaigns, and Bernat Millet, also shortlisted for National Portrait Gallery’s Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize. The exhibition includes the two winners, Poppy Whatmore and Damien O’Mara, and the 6 other shortlisted artists, besides the work of the 100 longlisted artists.
Mounir Fatmi: History is Not Mine at Paradise Row Gallery, London
Multi-Media artist Mounir Fatmi’s first UK solo show, History is Not Mine, opened at the Paradise Row Gallery on 19 April. Fatmi has become a leading voice of a new generation of young Arab artists, whose work fuses Arabic traditions with stylised Western conceptual art to generate critical dialogue inside and outside the Arts world.
Sound Spill at the Zabludowicz Collection New York
The Zabludowicz Collection has unveiled the list of artists featured in Sound Spill, a group exhibition curated by Thom O’Nions and Richard Sides, a curator and an artist who have been awarded a curatorial research grant to develop the exhibition after a research period in New York City. Sound Spill brings together existing works from the Zabludowicz Collection alongside a series of new commissions and works selected by the curators in the lead up to the exhibition. The curators have selected artists from London and New York, creating a transatlantic, multidisciplinary exhibition.
Superreal: Alternative Realities in Photography and Video at El Museo del Barrio, New York
Superreal, explores the layered meanings and interpretations of the real as it is represented in photography and video art. Drawing on the presentation of the landscape, the human figure, the world of architecture, various objects and natural phenomena, these images explore alternative realities despite their use of the photographic or video image, traditionally understood as a reflection of actuality.
Mariana Vassileva: Fold & Break, Berlin
On 23 April DNA Berlin opens Fold & Break, a new solo exhibition by Bulgarian artist Mariana Vassileva. Her practice examines numerous elements of life, exploring mobility, urban living, the intense feelings experienced within reality, the difference between the individual and the collective, the connection between people and nature and the questioning of social, political and ethical structures. Fold & Break is an exhibition of sharp observations and contemplations, reflecting on the connections between artist and audience.
So Much I Want to Say: From Annemiek to Mother Courage, Goetz Collection at Haus der Kunst
So Much I Want to Say: From Annemiek to Mother Courage is the fifth presentation of works from the Goetz Collection at Haus der Kunst and opens tomorrow. The title is borrowed from an early video work by Mona Hatoum from 1983. It is based on the material of a performance: While Mona Hatoum’s voice repeatedly says, “So Much I Want to Say”, images depict a woman’s face being obscured by men’s hands. Born in Beirut in 1952, Hatoum’s works focus on individuals who are socially marginalised and silenced because of their origin and gender. Works by female artists constitute nearly half of the pieces in Ingvild Goetz’s collection of media art. These works represent and illustrate the key stages of the feminist discourse and feminist film theory since the 1970s. With works by Chantal Akerman, Andrea Bowers, Rineke Dijkstra, Cheryl Donegan, Mona Hatoum, Lucy McKenzie & Paulina Olowska, Tracey Moffatt, Ulrike Ottinger, Ryan Trecartin, Rosemarie Trockel, and T.J. Wilcox.
Exhibition Platform: Unlimited at Art Basel
A unique exhibition platform, Art Basel‘s Unlimited sector will this year feature 79 artworks, the largest number of projects to date. Curated for the second consecutive year by Gianni Jetzer, Director of the Swiss Institute in New York, Unlimited will showcase a strong selection of works, many of museum quality, including pieces by Carl Andre, Marc Camille Chaimowicz, Lygia Clark, Michel Majerus and Gina Pane. Emerging talents – including Esther Kläs, Emil Michael Klein, Oscar Murillo and Amalia Pica – will be shown alongside established artists Ai Weiwei, Martin Creed, Thomas Demand, Theaster Gates, Antony Gormley, Susan Hiller, Walid Raad and Thomas Schütte.
Sharjah Biennial 11 Programme of Music, Performance, and Film Continues into May
Sharjah Art Foundation (SAF) continues an extensive programme of music, performances, and film screenings as part of Sharjah Biennial 11 (SB11), Re:emerge – Towards a New Cultural Cartography, which opened 13 March and will continue through 13 May. For SB11, Curator Yuko Hasegawa proposes a new cultural cartography that reconsiders the relationships between the Arab world, Asia, the Far East, through North Africa to Latin America.
Eva & Franco Mattes: Emily’s Video, London
Collating the random reactions of volunteers, Eva and Franco Mattes film Emily’s Video is the result of an online call to watch “the worst video ever”. Running at Carroll/Fletcher, London from 23 April until 11 May, the film is a demonstration of audiences’ reflecting on another film. The original video – sourced from the “Dark Net”, the internet’s disturbing alter ego – has been destroyed, with these second hand experiences the only proof of its existence. In line with You Tube’s “reaction videos” Emily’s Video provokes disbelief, fear, anger, disgust, and nervous laughter. Some participants hide their eyes or simply walk away, while the external audience eagerly await the next response.
Winners Announced For The Designs Of The Year 2013
The Design Museum has announced the seven category winners for the annual Designs of the Year Awards. The awards celebrate the best of international design from the last 12 months. The overall winner for the Design of The Year 2013 will be announced on Wednesday 16 April.
Interview With Alberto Biagetti On Crane.tv
Every April hundreds of designers make the annual pilgrimage to Milan for Salone del Mobile, the largest design trade fair in the world. All next week, Crane.tv are taking up residence on the Milan frontline, bringing you the latest design news, interviews and debates. In keeping with this year’s theme, interiors of tomorrow, they have conducted their very own open house special including a supper club with a twist and a private tour of designer Alberto Biagetti‘s home.
In this video the Italian designer shows Crane.tv around his home, a space that has become the ultimate private gallery.
Manet: Portraying Life, Picture House
For the first time in the UK, the Royal Academy of Arts present Edouard Manet’s stunning portraiture. The show has been a huge success and those outside of London are now offered the opportunity to view Manet’s works in HD on the big screen at a variety of cinemas across the UK. One of these events will be at City Screen, York, 11 April.