C.A.N. Condensed
April 17th, 2010
- The ArtAids Dakar: Tous ensemble will take place in Senegal as part of the Dakar Biennial 2010. African and European artists have worked together to raise awareness and decrease negative stigmas about AIDS. ArtAids Dakar takes place May 8-9, 2010. Read more here or visit the Art Aids Website.
- Daniel Hug and Michael Neff commented on the current state of the economic downturn and how it is affecting art sales. According to Hug and Neff the crisis is just beginning for new artists. Read the quotes on ArtForum.com.
- Emre Huner is exhibiting for the first time at a European gallery with his show "The New Horizon" at Stroom Den Haag in the Netherlands. The show deals with "shattered images of modernity" through the use of found photographs, books, films etc. Read more on E-Flux.com.
- Art Chicago and NEXT present The Invitational Exhibit of Emerging Art April 30-May 3, 2010. There will be over 220 galleries, both national and international. Visit ArtChicago.com or NEXTArtFair.com for more info.
- HyperAllergic.com's Hrag Vartanian
comments on Banksy's film "Exit Through the Gift Shop." Read it here. See the April 14 blog post for another article about Banksy.
- L.A. based gallery Leslie Sacks has a show with Shane Guffogg and Jon Krawczyk, "neo-modernists with a contemporary twist." ArtKnowledgeNews.com calls the show "totally American, yet international as the abstraction that was the earmark of progressive 20th century art." Read more here.
