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Sudarshan Shetty
APPOINTED ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND CURATOR OF THE 2016 KOCHI-MUZIRIS BIENNALE
KOCHI, KERALA, INDIAFrom 12/01/2015
The Kochi Biennale Foundation announced Sudarshan Shetty as the artistic director and curator of the third edition of Kochi-Muziris Biennale. Shetty, best known for his enigmatic sculptural installations, has long been recognized as one of his generation’s most innovative artists in India. The artist declared he was happy to work towards the vision of a “People’s Biennale”. The first two editions of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, held in 2012 and 2014, had a combined draw of nearly a million visitors. The biennale as a contemporary art project has renewed India’s cultural positioning and has placed Kochi and Kerala on the global cultural map.
Kehinde Wiley
A NEW REPUBLIC
THE MODERN ART MUSEUM OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, USAFrom 09/20/2015 to 01/10/2016
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth presents Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic, an overview highlighting the range of the artist’s prolific 14-year career and comprising approximately 60 works. This exhibition is organized by the Brooklyn Museum and Eugenie Tsai, the John and Barbara Vogelstein Curator of Contemporary Art at the Brooklyn Museum.
Following its New York showing, the exhibition will travel to the Modern Art Museum of Forth Worth, Texas (October 16, 2015 – January 10, 2016), the Seattle Art Museum, Washington (February 12 – May 8, 2016) and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia (June 3 – September 5, 2016).
Chiharu Shiota
SOLO SHOW, SEARCHING FOR A DESTINATION
SESC, SAO PAULO, BRAZILFrom 09/12/2015 to 01/10/2016
Artist Chiharu Shiota, currently representing Japan at the Venice Biennale 2015, will be exhibiting for the first time inLatin America, at the SESC Pinheiros in Sao Paulo in Brazil. She will be presenting three new immersive installations until January 10, 2016.
Chiharu Shiota
« EAST ASIA FEMINISM : FANTASIA », GROUP SHOW
SEOUL MUSEUM OF ART, SEOUL, KOREA
From 08/15/15 to 11/08/15
The Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) will be hosting the exhibition “East Asia Feminism: FANTasia,” an exploration of the current state and implications of East Asian women’s art from a feminist perspective. The exhibition gathers the diverse works of 14 participating artists from various countries, includingKorea, China, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, and India.
Iván Navarro
UNA GUERRA SILENCIOSA E IMPOSIBLE
CENTRO DE LAS ARTES 660, SANTIAGO, CHILIFrom 08/10/2015 to 10/18/2015
Ivan Navarro : Una guerra silenciosa e imposible is the very first retrospective exhibition of the Chilean artist in Chile. It will explore his artistic path through emblematic works such as light sculptures, altered objects, videos and installations.
David LaChapelle
FOTOGRAFIAS 1984-2013
MUSEO DE ARTE CONTEMPORANEO, SANTIAGO, CHILEFrom 07/29/2015 to 09/27/2015
Fotografias 1984-2013 features more than 90 photographs and video pieces that represent David’s diverse career. This major retrospective is presented and funded by WADA Foundation to the Museum of Contemporary Art and will be exhibited to the public from July 29 to September 27th, 2015 at MAC Forest Park in Santiago, Chile.
Jonathan Meese
PERFORMANCE AND COLLECTIVE SHOW, ARTISTS AND PROPHETS
THE NATIONAL GALLERY, PRAGUE From 07/21/2015 to 10/18/2015
On the occasion of the opening of ‘Artists and Prophets/Schiele, Hundertwasser, Kupka, Beuys and Others’, German artist Jonathan Meese proposes a unique performance and installation at the National Gallery in Prague, on July 21 2015 at 8 pm.
Anthony Caro
CARO IN YORKSHIRE
HEPWORTH WAKEFIELS, YORKSHIRE SCULPTURE PARK CENTRE AND OPEN AIR, GREAT BRITAINFrom 07/18/2015 to 11/01/2015
Caro in Yorkshire is a major Yorkshire Sculpture Triangle project that celebrates and commemorates the extraordinary career of SIr Anthony Caro (1924–2013). Distinct yet complementary exhibitions at The Hepworth Wakefield and Yorkshire Sculpture Park consider respectively Caro’s concerns with the horizontal plane and painting, given context through an academic programme at the prestigious Henry Moore Institute, Leeds.
Jan Fabre
TRIBUTE TO HIERONYMUS BOSCH IN CONGO
ESPACE CULTUREL LOUIS VUITTON, TOKYO, JAPANFrom 07/08/2015 to 09/23/2015
The Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton in Tokyo is showing for the first time in Tokyo a set of mosaics from the serie: Hommage à Jérôme Bosch au Congo, fruits of an artistic process that ran from 2011 to 2013. Using his materials of predilection, beetle wing sheathes – or elytra – Fabre decided to turn his focus to his country’s colonial past. He also summons his predecessor Hieronymus Bosch — Fabre is fascinated by his superlative creativity and the power of his images. He draws inspiration from scenes depicted in the Garden of Earthly Delights, reinterpreting them as allegories of injustice, cruelty and indifference.
Chiharu Shiota
ARTIST’S ROOM
K21 (KUNSTSAMMLUNG NORDRHEIN-WESTFALE), DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY From 07/07/2015 to 27/02/2016
Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota created two new installation pieces especially for K21, A Long Day et State of Being (Dress), on view from July 7th.
