November 2013 Art Highlights: Performa 13, Cindy Sherman's Horrors, and Paris Photo
Founded in 2004 by RoseLee Goldberg, Performa 13 takes place in New York for three weeks, showcasing a 'Pavilion Without Walls' that emphasizes national performance strategies. The event features over 40 venues and includes new works from artists such as Raqs Media Collective and Paweł Althamer, curated by more than 30 international curators. In Stockholm, Cindy Sherman displays 'Untitled Horrors' at Moderna Museet. Paris Photo presents 135 galleries and 27 photography-book publishers, including Martin Parr's collection. Adam McEwen's works are on view at Galerie Rodolphe Janssen in Brussels. The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago hosts 'The Way of the Shovel,' curated by Dieter Roelstraete, while Aslı Çavusoğlu exhibits at Arter in Istanbul. Tate Liverpool features 'Art Turning Left,' and Kunsthalle Zurich presents a career retrospective of Lutz Bacher. Additionally, Susan Philipsz shows 'The Missing String' at K21 in Düsseldorf, and Barbara Kasten exhibits at Mary Mary in London.
Key facts
- Performa 13 runs in New York with over 40 venues and new commissions from Raqs Media Collective, Alexandre Singh, Marianne Vitale, and Paweł Althamer.
- Cindy Sherman's 'Untitled Horrors' at Moderna Museet in Stockholm focuses on grotesque and disturbing elements from her oeuvre.
- Paris Photo in Paris includes 135 galleries, Martin Parr's protest photo books, and Giorgio Armani's water photography supporting projects in Ghana and Bolivia.
- Adam McEwen exhibits at Galerie Rodolphe Janssen in Brussels, known for obituaries of living people and abstractions with chewing gum representing bombings.
- 'The Way of the Shovel: Art as Archaeology' at MCA Chicago features artists like Moyra Davey, Tacita Dean, and Cyprien Gaillard, curated by Dieter Roelstraete.
- Aslı Çavusoğlu's work at Arter in Istanbul includes the film 'In Diverse Estimations Little Moscow' (2011) about a 1980 Turkish military rehearsal.
- 'Art Turning Left: How Values Changed Making 1789–2013' at Tate Liverpool includes archives on Palle Nielsen's 1968 Moderna Museet playground and works by Guerrilla Girls.
- Lutz Bacher has a career overview at Kunsthalle Zurich, with previous shows at Portikus in Frankfurt and ICA London until 17 November.
Entities
Artists
- RoseLee Goldberg
- Raqs Media Collective
- Alexandre Singh
- Marianne Vitale
- Paweł Althamer
- Adam McEwen
- Jeff Koons
- Bill Clinton
- Macaulay Culkin
- Sawney Bean
- Dieter Roelstraete
- Moyra Davey
- Tacita Dean
- Joachim Koester
- Cyprien Gaillard
- Jean-Luc Moulène
- Simon Starling
- Robert Smithson
- Marcel Duchamp
- Aslı Çavusoğlu
- Jacques-Louis David
- Guerrilla Girls
- Alan Kane
- Jeremy Deller
- Tim Rollins
- Palle Nielsen
- Pontus Hultén
- Cindy Sherman
- Lutz Bacher
- Susan Philipsz
- Richard Strauss
- Barbara Kasten
- László Moholy-Nagy
- Man Ray
- Eileen Quinlan
- Martin Parr
- Nicolas Bourriaud
- Giorgio Armani
- Harald Falckenberg
Institutions
- Performa
- Galerie Rodolphe Janssen
- Daily Telegraph
- Modern Institute
- Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
- e-flux Journal
- Arter
- Frieze Art Fair
- Tate Liverpool
- Moderna Museet
- Kunsthalle Zurich
- Cabinet
- Greene Naftali
- Daniel Buchholz
- Portikus
- ICA
- K21
- Mary Mary
- Paris Photo
- BMW
Locations
- New York
- United States
- Brussels
- Belgium
- Glasgow
- Scotland
- United Kingdom
- Chicago
- Istanbul
- Turkey
- Black Sea
- Liverpool
- Stockholm
- Sweden
- Zurich
- Switzerland
- Frankfurt
- Germany
- London
- Dusseldorf
- Berlin
- Paris
- France
- Ghana
- Bolivia
- Egypt