Art Industry News: Forget Ghost Booths Art Basel’s First In-Person Fair in Over a Year Will Feature Futuristic Holo-Dealers + Other Stories
Plus, the Sharjah Biennial is postponed to 2023 and influential architect and curator Terence Riley has died.
May 19, 2021
Art displays at Art Basel Hong Kong 2017. Photo by Nora Tam/South China Morning Post via Getty Images.
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Art Faces Pressure in Hong Kong – All eyes turn to Hong Kong this week as Art Basel opens its first edition in the city in two years against a very different political backdrop than last time. Conservative lawmakers are putting pressure on institutions like the M+ Museum to cull political works from its inaugural display. “It shouldn’t be the politicians who curate this exhibition,” collector and donor Uli Sigg said, addi
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Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, has today announced a major new five-year plan for public programming.
The team is taking a radical step in a new direction, saying it will generate about 80 per cent of its programming using the results of new training schemes and grants
. This includes five open calls, which will offer mid-career artists and curators across the Menasa region a chance to improve their work.
“We asked ourselves, How we can build an infrastructure to raise capabilities locally and regionally? ” says Faisal Al Hassan, general manager
of Warehouse421. “We widened the scope of our partnerships and looked at how we could support creative practitioners beyond just putting up exhibitions. Exhibitions will continue to be the core of what we do,
The chain begins with Alia Farid’s Theatre of Operations (2017) that reflects the artist s background, which is rooted in and between Latin America as much as the Middle East.
Farid will then launch the series by proposing two works from these regions that have been influential to her work.
The videos will be presented consecutively, with each of the respective artists inviting the participation of another artist to follow. Thus, the programme unfolds.
Artists taking part in the project include Farid, Mounira Al Solh, Francis Alys, Claudia Aravena Abughosh, Arias & Aragon, Guillermo Cifuentes,
Gilda Mantilla and Raimond Chaves, Oscar Munoz, Enrique Ramirez, Elena Tejada-Herrera, Maya Watanabe and Akram Zaatari.
The brand new magazine, The Kurator, will uncover the masterworks of this world English cover : Abdulla is wearing a tie and dye linen trousers, a linen shirt with macramé collar and embossed linen coat. Farshad is wearing a shaded flowers organza coat and embossed baguette. All, Fendi. Polo Skeleton watch, sapphire crystal caseback and leather, Piaget; Arabic cover: Abdulla is wearing a tie and dye linen shirt and trousers. All, Fendi. Polo Skeleton watch, sapphire crystal caseback and leather, Piaget. Image Credit: Louis Décamps
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