‘We Had to Create Something New’: Klaus Biesenbach on Inventing the Berlin Biennale
The MoMA PS1 director discusses key works that appeared in the show, by Carsten Höller, Sarah Sze, Dan Graham, and others.
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Shanghai Synergy
While Europe and the US continue to regard contemporary Chinese art with skepticism, curators and collectors in China now foster a dynamic mix of Eastern and Western works, as the current Shanghai Bie…
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Klaus Biesenbach Recalls the Founding of KW in Berlin 25 Years ago, a Moment of ‘Radical Change and Freedom’
Exactly 25 years ago today, the Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art opened in a disused margarine factory in Berlin. The Berlin Wall had come down only two years before, and word had spread q<a href="https://m.facebook.com/events/1824649997805358" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"…
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How to Fix the Art World, Part 1
Back in August my staff and I embarked on an epic project: we wanted to know what inhabitants of the art world think is wrong with it and how they would fix it. In the ensuing months we spoke…
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Saved by the Bell: Accepting Patronage Award, Maria Bell Defends Deitch’s MOCA Legacy
And Klaus Biesenbach discusses the Berlin Biennale, PS1's 40th anniversary
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Here’s Klaus Biesenbach’s Tribute to Lady Gaga From the National Art Awards Last Night
Last night, at the National Art Awards gala dinner in New York, MoMA PS1 director Klaus Biesenbach presented the Young Artist Award to Lady Gaga, following a performance of her songs performed by…
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MoMA PS1 Admission Will Be Free for New Yorkers for One Year
Klaus Biesenbach announced in an email today that the museum he directs, MoMA PS1 in Queens, will be free for all New York City residents thanks to a gift from the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen
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That Is the Back of Klaus Biesenbach’s Head on the Cover of James Franco’s Book About Lana Del Rey
Penguin announced today that it is publishing a new book by James Franco, written with David Shields, called Flip-Side: Real and Imaginary Conversations with Lana Del Rey. At first look, it…
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Of Flies and Homemade Bombs: Yoko Ono’s Art World
One recent afternoon, I was sitting in a room in Yoko Ono’s apartment in the Dakota building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, waiting for her to arrive. The apartment was dark, but this…
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‘Let’s Make It Happen’: Deitch on Almost Joining MoMA, Bribing Michael Jackson’s Doorman, and More
“I don’t really care about money,” Jeffrey Deitch told New Museum curator Massimiliano Gioni last night at the New York Public Library. “Money is something to do more crazy projects with.”…
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