25 Jun 2009

Metropolis M - New Issue: Venezia & Brasil

NEW ISSUE: VENEZIA & BRASIL
METROPOLIS M
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2 SPECIALS: VENICE & BRAZIL

VENICE: DANIEL BIRNBAUM ON THE BIENNIAL; 5 PAVILIONS
Daniel Birnbaum, curator of 'Making Worlds', the central exhibition at the recently opened Venice Biennial, speaks frankly about his reservations and motives in putting together this summer's most important exhibition. Also special reports on five pavilions of small art countries: Serbia, Turkey, South Korea, the Netherlands and Belgium.

BRAZIL: A SURVEY OF THE COUNTRY'S YOUNGEST ARTISTS; HOW TO FALL IN LOVE WITH SAO PAULO; CARLA ZACCAGNINI'S INTELLIGENT ART GAMES
In no other country in the world has art become so interwoven with a social agenda as in Brazil. Curator and critic Rodrigo Moura steps back and examines the latest Brazilian art scene, which arose in the first years of the new century. Also in this Special a city report on São Paulo and an interview with the artist and curator Carla Zaccagnini, who is making international headlines.

REBELLE & ELLES
In Arnhem's Museum for Modern Art, a large exhibition has just opened on feminism, simultaneously with the major presentation 'elles' in Centre Pompidou, featuring some 200 women artists from its own collection. Reason for METROPOLIS M to investigate how relevant feminism is for today's art.

CURATED BY LUCA FREI; COLUMNS BY ANSELM FRANKE AND KEREN CYTTER
Luca Frei, the young Swiss artist and designer, put together a six-page artist's section. A discussion about the ethics of animal rights activists by the Dutch artist Tinkebell. Additionally, columns by Anselm Franke, Keren Cytter and Juha van 't Zelfde, and pre/reviews from Rotterdam, Utrecht, Amsterdam and Düsseldorf.

ONLINE MAGAZINE: WWW.METROPOLISM.COM
Amongst much more: Jonas Ohlson's column on Baile Funk and Rio; The Muhka show 'All that is solid melts into air' in Mechelen; Luc Tuymans in Wiels Brussels; Venice Top 10; 'Beyond The Picturesque' in SMAK in Ghent; Dan Graham in Whitney New York

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