Organized by the İstanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, the 11th International İstanbul Biennial (September 12-November 8, 2009) is curated by What, How and for Whom/WHW. The exhibition is entitled "What Keeps Mankind Alive?," the English translation of the song "Denn wovon lebt der Mensch?" from The Threepenny Opera, written in 1928 by Bertolt Brecht, in collaboration with Elisabeth Hauptmann and Kurt Weill. The Threepenny Opera thematizes the process of redistribution of ownership within bourgeois society and sheds an unforgiving light on various elements of capitalist ideology.

Brecht's assertion from this play that "a criminal is ...

PLOT09: This World and Nearer Ones
Governors Island, NY
June 27-August 31, 2009
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Creative Time is pleased to announce its new public art quadrennial: PLOT, taking place on historic Governors Island and featuring  international artists responding to the island with new, sire-responsive artworks. The first edition of PLOT, This World & Nearer Ones, is curated by Mark Beasley. The project is produced in association with Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation, the National Park Service, NYC & Company, and the Office of the Mayor. The first edition, entitled This World & Nearer Ones, will be curated ...

Tribute to Pietro Cascella

Arsenale, Giardino delle Vergini

June 7-November 22

A Tribute to Pietro Cascella is motivated by the lasting relevance of that which was his greatest intent as a sculptor: to work at a monumental environmental scale, creating spaces of participation and memory of Mediterranean anthropological legacies and shared civic values. From the monument at Auschwitz, 1967, to the most recent Ara Pacis. The event is curated by Luca Beatrice, Beatrice Buscaroli and Enrico Crispolti.

opening hours: 10am – 6pm closed on Tuesdays (except June 9)

admission with ticket of the 53rd International Art Exhibition

Organization: Ministero per i ...

VOLTA, Basel's acclaimed venue for contemporary and emerging art, will once again be bringing together a unique selection of international galleries for Basel's Art Week. The fair, which is celebrating its 5th edition, will be taking up residence in an impressive new location at the historic Markthalle, located just a few steps away from the SBB, Basel's main railway station.

VOLTA5 received more than 350 applications from which the Curatorial Board -- composed of  Adam Budak, curator of Kunsthaus Graz and co-curator of Manifesta 7; Christoph Doswald, art critic and curator, Zurich; Tom Morton, curator, ...

At the very outset of the 21st century, it’s becoming increasingly clear that we have entered a new age here on Earth: the Anthropocene. An age definitively characterized by humankind’s massive impact on our physical surroundings. An age whose most emblematic manifestations have been population explosion, climate change, the poisoning of the environment and our venturing into outer space. Heretofore. But now, it’s not only the environment that we’re changing. It’s the fundamentals of life itself—the fundamentals of our own life—that are being subjected to humankind’s will to custom-design our world.

This HUMAN NATURE will occupy ...

Elizabeth Lees, producer of the Arts of Pacific Asia Show, interviewed by Catherine Y. Hsieh

Catherine Y. Hsieh: Does the Arts of Pacific Asia Show have a special relationship to San Francisco?

Elizabeth Lees: Because of the large Asian population of San Francisco, the show has always had a strong local following. The show also has strong ties to the Asian Art Museum there because of the preview benefit that helps fund the education programs of the Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture.

CH: Do you have any further plans for the Arts of Pacific Asia ...

Bridge Art Fair New York takes place from March 5 to 8.

Following a highly acclaimed debut in 2008, Bridge New York '09 returns to the historic Waterfront Building, located in Manhattan’s Chelsea’s Gallery District. Taking place during the celebrated New York Armory Art Week, Bridge New York is noted as one of the most influential presenters of international emerging contemporary art, and it is a top destination for collectors, curators, and arts patrons. Bridge New York '09 will feature over 50 exhibitors, a large percentage of which will be international.

Building on the success of last year’s ...

The Armory Show takes place from March 5 to 8.

Riding in on its seismic wave, the much-anticipated Armory Show: The International Fair of New Art will be in port in February, and anyone who is anyone will be flocking to the Hudson to get a glimpse of what's big this year. Having long since outgrown its namesake and original home at the 69th Regiment Armory, the show will be hosted for the fifth time at Piers 90 and 92 on Manhattan's West Side.

Showcasing galleries from over a dozen countries, it is rumored to be the epicenter ...

SCOPE New York 09 takes place from March 5 to 8.

Building on Miami's overwhelming success, this year SCOPE launches its 2009 season with its flagship fair, SCOPE New York 09. SNY09, an invitation-only edition of SCOPE art fairs, returns to Manhattan's most famous cultural icon, the Lincoln Center, with a glass facade pavilion situated in Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park, at the corner of 62nd Street and 10th Avenue. SCOPE New York is situated just blocks from the Armory Show.

Last year's fair featured galleries from four continents and 20 countries, including China, Mexico, Japan, Korea, Brazil, Italy, ...

CIGE takes place from April 16 to 19.

The annual Chinese International Gallery Exposition will be held in the China World Trade Center in Beijing, and will be supported by the Ministry of Culture of The People’s Republic of China on April 16 to 19. CIGE was launched in Beijing in 2004, with the theme of Internationalism, Professionalism, and Futurism, exhibiting galleries and art dealers. After five editions, CIGE has become one of the most important art platforms in China and a leading art fair in Asia.

In 2009, 120 outstanding galleries from everywhere around the world will ...