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Public Art, Public Space

Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events in 2013…………………….

……..On-Going

Big Air Package by Christo,  Abandoned Gasometer,  Oberhausen, Germany.  Thru December 30, 2013

……..May 2013

Mobile Homestead by Mike Kelley in Detroit, USA.  A mobile home designed to look like Mike Kelley’s childhood home the Detroit suburbs.   Commissioned by MOCAD and ArtAngel. Opens on May 11 & 12, 2013.

The Artists’ Pavilion. During the Venice Biennale preview days, Artquest, Axisweb and engage are collaborating on The Artists’ Pavilion – a social space for visual artists. May 29-31, 2013

……..June 2013

Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy.   Curator, Massimiliano Gioni.    For the USA, Triple Point by Sarah Sze with Carey Lovelace and Holly Block.   June 1 – November 24, 2013

A Space Called Public, Munich, Germany.  Curated by Elmgreen & Dragset.  The series of works began in January with replica of Trafalgar Square’s empty Fourth Plinth by artists Stephen Hall and Li Li Ren.  Other artists:  Alexander Laner, Ivan Argote, Han Chong, Funda, Martin Kippenberger, Ragnar Kjartansson, Henrik Olesen, Kirsten Pieroth, Ed Ruscha, David Shrigley, Tatiana Trouvé and Peter Weibel.  Most projects open on June 6, 2013 and continued to September.

Northern Spark, Nuit Blanche all night festival in St. Paul, USA, produced by Northern Lights in Minneapolis/St.Paul, USA.  June 8-9, 2013

Public Art Network Preconference by Americans for the Arts, Pittsburgh, USA.  Keynote Speaker: Ling Min, Shanghai, China.  2012 Year in Review Selectors: Justine Topfer, Nori Sato, John Carson.  June 12-14, 2013

……..July 2013

72 Hour Urban Action in the Derry-Londonderry City of Culture, UK.  Produced by Kerem Halbrecht and Gilly Karjevsky.  A competition of urban inventions created in 72 hours by international teams of architects and artists. July 25-28, 2013

……..August 2013

Edinburgh Arts Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.  New public art commissions by Christine Borland with Brody Condon, Sarah Kenchington, Peter Liversidge, Robert Montgomery, Daniel Padden and Peter Nicholson, Katri Walker  1 August – 1 September 2013

……..September 2013

Glow, Nuit Blanche all night festival in Santa Monica, USA, produced by the Cultural Affairs Division of the City of Santa Monica.  Marc Pally, Artistic Director. Lead artists Janet Echelman, Glenn Kaino, Victoria Vesna, Ph.D. and Rebeca Méndez.  September 28-29, 2013.

……..October 2013

Scotia Bank Nuit Blanche, all night festival in Toronto, Canada, produced by the City of Toronto Special Events Office.     Curators Ami Barak (Paris, France), Patrick Macaulay (Toronto, Canada), Ivan Jurakic (Waterloo, Canada) and Crystal Mowry (Cambridge, Canada).  October 5-6, 2013

9th Annual Art in Odd Places, NYC, USA.  Curator:  Radhika Subramaniam. Produced by Art in Odd Places.  October, 2013

Creative Time Summit, NYC, USA.  Two days of presentations by artists and collectives working in the public realm.  October 25-26, 2013

……..November 2013

1st Annual Art in Odd Places, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.  Produced by Art in Odd Places.  November 1 & 2, 2013

Performa 13, NYC, USA.  Artistic Director RoseLee Goldberg, November 1-24, 2013

Lumiere Festival of Lights 2013, Durham and Derry-Londonderry, UK.  Durham November 14-17.  Derry November 28-December 1, 2013

2014……………………………………………………………………………..

……..January 2014

6th World Summit on Arts and Culture by the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA), Santiago, Chile, January 13-16, 2014

……..March 2014

19th Beinnale of Sydney, Australia. Artistic Director, Juliana Engberg.  March 21 – June 9, 2014

……..June 2014

Folkestone Triennial, Kent, UK.  Curator Lewis Biggs.  June – September 2014

……..October 2014

Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, UK.  Curators Mai Abu ElDahab and Anthony Huberman.  July 5 – October 31, 2014

 

PAST EVENTS
PAST EVENTS
PAST EVENTS……………………………………………………………

……..May 2013

Ideas City in NYC, USA.  Street fair and public projects about new ideas for cities. Produced by the New Museum, NYC   May 1- 4, 2013

Free City, Flint, Michigan, USA.  Temporary installations on the demolished site of a former Chevrolet car assembly plant.  Produced by Flint Public Art Project.  May 3-5, 2013

……..April 2013

13 Rooms, Sydney Australia.   ‘Living sculpture’ within 13 purpose-built rooms. Produced by Kaldor Public Art Projects.  Curators: Hans Ulrich Obrist and Klaus Biesenbach.  Artists: Marina Abramović, John Baldessari, Joan Jonas, Damien Hirst; Tino Sehgal; artist duo Allora and Calzadilla; Simon Fujiwara; Xavier Le Roy; Laura Lima; Roman Ondák; Santiago Sierra; and Xu Zhen.   April 11-21, 2013.

……..March 2013

Art Dubai, Sculpture on the Beach, Dubia, UAE, Curated by Chus Martinez, of El Museo del Barrio.  Artists: Chris Burden, Amahiguéré Dolo, Mounir Fatmi, Bita Fayyazi, Vibha Galhotra, Abdoulaye Konaté, Gabriel Kuri, Hassan Sharif, Slavs and Tatars, UBIK, Saddek Wasil.  March 20 – 23, 2013

……..October 2012

Creative Time Summits 2009-2012.  Complete videos of all presentations.  Best source of short contact with these very talented and dedicated artists.  October.

……..June 2012

18th Beinnale of Sydney, Artistic Directors Catherine de Zegher and Gerald McMaster, June 27 – Sept 16, 2012

Documenta 13, Kassel, Germany.  Curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev.   (Every 5 years) June 9 – September 16, 2012

……..November 2011

Performa 11, NYC, USA.  Artistic Director RoseLee Goldberg, November 1-21, 2011

……..May 2010

The Sculpture Exhibition Art for the World, Shanghai Expo, China.  Ami Barak, Curator.  May 1st to October 31st, 2010

……..June 2007

Skulptur Projekte Munster 07, Munster, Germany. The curators were Brigitte Franzen, Kasper König and Carina Plath.  (Every 10 years) June 16 – Sept 9, 2007

 

Glenn Weiss – Writer, Artist, Consultant

Glenn Weiss is the writer of Aesthetic Grounds. He lives in Delray Beach, Florida, and formerly in Seattle and NYC.

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