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C.A.N. Condensed

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
Paris Museum of Modern Art/Palais de Tokyo

Paris Museum of Modern Art/Palais de Tokyo

• During the next year, a group of Sarajevo artists will convert a decades old nuclear bunker into a contemporary art gallery, with most of the funding provided by the Council of Europe. The 70,000 square foot bunker was completed in 1979, for use by the Yugoslavian revolutionary and statesman Josip Broz Tito.  The entrance lies beneath an ordinary garage door in the town of Konjic, and visitors will have to traverse a 920 ft. corridor that leads deep into an adjoining mountain. Click here for more information. • The Paris Museum of Modern Art and the Palais de Tokyo, housed in different wings of the same building, are collaborating on a new exhibition entitled “Dynasty,” in which 40 French artists contribute two pieces each, to be separated and shown simultaneously by the two institutions. Read Katherine Knorr’s quirky review of the opening soiree and the effect of unrestricted combinations of art at the New York Times website.
Aram Jibilian, “Gorky and the Son he Never Had," part of the Blind Dates exhibition

Aram Jibilian, “Gorky and the Son he Never Had," part of the Blind Dates exhibition

• Belgian-born Chris Dercon was appointed yesterday to the position of Director for London’s Tate Modern. Dercon was previously director of Munich’s Hans der Kunst, and has also been affiliated with the MoMA/PS1 in New York. For more information visit ArtForum. • The Pratt Manhattan Gallery will mount an ambitious exhibition in November called “Blind Dates,” whose purpose is to trace “what remains of the peoples, places and cultures that once constituted the diverse geography of the Ottoman Empire.” Established and emerging artists from Eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East will contribute work showcasing the Ottoman effect upon different artistic explorations. Check out HyperAllergic for more.