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ON MY RADAR: TOP EXHIBITS NOT TO BE MISSED IN 2016-17 #8 | EXPOSIÇÕES IMPERDÍVEIS EM 2016-17 #8

Posted on November 14, 2016

“Yves Klein”, Tate Liverpool, until March 5, 2017, admission: £11 Frenchman Yves Klein (1928-1962) will always be remembered for having invented a color, the amazing International Klein Blue (IKB), that he used across many of his works, but his contribution to art embraces areas as painting, sculpture, performance, theatre, music, film, architecture and judo. Ahead of his time, Klein was a true visionary and an influencer. É provável que a primeira coisa que nos venha à cabeça, à menção do francês Yves Klein (1928-1962), seja o…

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on my radar: merc’art @ time out market | lisboa

“Merc’art”, Time Out Market Lisboa, from November 17 to December 18, 2016, admission: free Buying art is an investment but you don’t need to be a tycoon — or an expert — to become an art collector.  I know…

November 10, 2016

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on my radar: Domus-A Journey Into Italy’s Most Creative Interiors by Oberto Gili

Domus: A Journey Into Italy’s Most Creative Interiors, 304 pages ($65), Rizzoli (EN) This book, recently released by Rizzoli, is what I call to take a sneak peek in style! Italian photographer based in New York Oberto Gili, a…

October 25, 2016

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ON MY RADAR: TOP EXHIBITS NOT TO BE MISSED IN 2016-17 #7 | EXPOSIÇÕES IMPERDÍVEIS EM 2016-17 #7

“Klimt and the Women of Vienna’s Golden Age, 1900–1918”, Neue Galerie New York, until January 16, 2017, admission: U$20 Several women from Vienna have been portrayed by Gustav Klimt, but only one — Adele Bloch-Bauer — was painted twice in full length by him.…

October 21, 2016

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ON MY RADAR: TOP EXHIBITS NOT TO BE MISSED IN 2016-17 #6 | EXPOSIÇÕES IMPERDÍVEIS EM 2016-17 #6

“Abstract Expressionism” @ Royal Academy of Arts (Main Galleries), until January 2, 2017, admission: £17 (£19 with donation) 1950’s New York, the years of free jazz and Beat poetry. This exhibition, curated by the independent art historian Dr. David Anfam, alongside Edith…

October 18, 2016

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ON MY RADAR: TOP EXHIBITS NOT TO BE MISSED IN 2016-17 #5 | EXPOSIÇÕES IMPERDÍVEIS EM 2016-17 #5

“Magritte: La Trahison des Images”, Centre Georges Pompidou, until January 23, 2017, admission: €14 Is it possible to show something new about the work of René Magritte? This exhibit held at Centre Georges Pompidou believes so and brings together Magritte’s…

October 12, 2016

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what i’m listening right now #4 | o que ando a ouvir #4: don’t touch my hair, solange bowles

“Solange [Bowles] has never sounded more at ease”, writes The New Yorker about her latest album, “A Seat at the Table” (released in September 30, 2016). I say: Solange has never sounded so good. “Lemonade” from her mega pop star…

October 11, 2016

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ON MY RADAR: TOP EXHIBITS NOT TO BE MISSED IN 2016-17 #4 | EXPOSIÇÕES IMPERDÍVEIS EM 2016-17 #4

“Nan Goldin: The Ballad of Sexual Dependency”, MOMA, until February 12, 2017, admission: US25 Titled after a song in Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s The Threepenny Opera, Goldin’s Ballad comes with its own evocative music soundtrack (from Maria Callas to The Velvet Underground). On display almost 700 snapshot-like portraits…

October 7, 2016

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ON MY RADAR: TOP EXHIBITS NOT TO BE MISSED IN 2016-17 #3 | EXPOSIÇÕES IMPERDÍVEIS EM 2016-17 #3

Bienal de São Paulo, Parque Ibirapuera, until December 11, free admission Entitled INCERTEZA VIVA (Live Uncertainty), the 32nd Bienal de São Paulo proposes, through the artwork of 80 artists from 54 different countries, to look at notions of uncertainty and the strategies offered…

October 5, 2016

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on my radar: top exhibits not to be missed in 2016-17 #2 | exposições imperdíveis em 2016-17 #2

“Sammlung Boros”, Bunker Berlin-Mitte, from October to December 2016, admission: €12 In 2003 German philanthropic couple Karen and Christian Boros purchased a former World War II bomb shelter in Berlin-Mitte and converted it into an amazing showcase (3000 sqm of exhibition space spread over 80 rooms) for…

October 3, 2016