The Swiss Institute Opens Its New East Village Home With Show of Readymades
The first exhibition at the space includes work by Hans Haacke, Lutz Bacher, and Claire Fontaine.
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‘Curating Involves a Daily Protest Against Forgetting’: Hans Ulrich Obrist Waxes Poetic at Armory Show
His speech was followed by a panel about the role politics play in institutional programming.
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Maja’s Way: Collector Maja Hoffmann Builds an Iconoclastic Home for Her LUMA Foundation in the South of France
As construction continues on her gleaming new "museum of the 21st century" in Arles, the Swiss-born patron and collector convenes a cast of characters to rethink the art of the present.
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Morning Links: ‘The Queen’ Edition
Hans Ulrich Obrist and Simon Castets discuss their 89plus project. [NYT] Here’s a profile of Emily Rafferty, who is stepping down as president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Wall Street J…
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Trailing Simon Castets Through NADA New York
Simon Castets, the French-born director and curator at New York's Swiss Institute (SI), arrived on this gray Friday morning at NADA New York wearing white Converse sneakers for comfort during his…
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Swiss Institute Announces Simon Castets as New Director and Curator
New York nonprofit the Swiss Institute / Contemporary Art (SI) has appointed Simon Castets as its new director and curator. He succeeds Gianni Jetzer, director of SI for seven years, and will take u…
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Paul McCarthy Air Pressure
Amongst the rose bushes and rosemary hedges of the Utrecht Botanical Gardens, 64-year-old, Los Angeles-based Paul McCarthy installed ten enormous, obscene inflatable sculptures. Most were created betw…
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