Dundee Masters Show 2011 Preview


Bruno Brites/ Ju Hee Lee/ Huaijin Cao

47 MA students from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art will unveil the fruits of their labor at the 2011 Dundee Masters Show.

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EB & Flow gallery, Shoreditch


Another Level, Katie Louise Surridge; Walker, Shannah Bupp

We are excited to announce the opening of a fresh and vibrant new contemporary art space opening in the heart of Shoreditch: EB & Flow. Occupying an old printing workshop, the gallery aims to provides a platform to exhibit and support young artists during the early development of their professional careers.

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The Global Africa Project: Musuem of Art and Design, New York


Wafrica, Serge Mouangue, 2008; BMW Art Car, Esther Mahlango, 1991

If you are lucky enough to be in in New York before the 15th May, don’t miss the truly inspiring exhibition on at the Museum of Art and Design, The Global Africa Project. If you can’t head out to the Big Apple, then check out their website for comprehensive images and information.

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Future Map 10, University of the Arts London


Human Evolution, Eliana Dimitrakopoulou; Chandelier: Hair Filament, Dari Bae

Future Map is the annual exhibition of the top graduates from the six London colleges that make up the University of the Arts. The exhibition is currently on show at the Zabludowicz Collection. ARTS THREAD went along to see the work.

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Budapest Arts Fair 2010


Bálint Bori, Budapest Arts Fair

On the 28th of November I was one of many art lovers mad enough to brave sub-zero temperatures and slide across Budapest’s historic Heroes Square to attend the Budapest Arts Fair. Now in its 4th year, the event is now one of the most important on the Hungarian arts calendar. This year saw no fewer than 25 galleries from 12 countries showcase their finest collection of contemporary art.

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Creative Fair & Creative Enterprise Awards, ECCA


Louise Salmon & Just for the Halibut; Cabinet of Curiosity

The Creative Enterprise Awards is an initiative of The Enterprise Centre for the Creative Arts (ECCA), which offers free creative business services and advice to students and graduates of the University of the Arts London who have either set up their own business within the last 3 years, or are thinking about starting one or going freelance.

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Alter Nature: We Can, Z33, Hasselt, Belgium


Alter Nature: We Can; Shiki 1, Azuma Makoto

Alter Nature is a series of four exhibitions, a symposium and other events, held in Hasselt Belgium on the theme of bioscience and art. Working across galleries Z33 and CIAP, plus the Hasselt Fashion Museum.

The exhibition shows that although mankind has been changing nature for its own ends since the dawn of time, in the last decade developments in bioscience and biotechnology have given this evolution new momentum. Z33 hosts two of the exhibitions, starting with Alter Nature: We Can, curated by Karen Verschooren which looks the manipulation of fauna and flora in nature through the work of over twenty international artists.

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LDF: Blow and Roll by Oskar Zieta, V&A London


Blow and Roll, Oskar Zieta, V&A Museum

Polish designer Oskar Zieta’s Blow and Roll is now up and running in the pool in the centre of the V&A’s John Madejski Garden using a technique developed by Zita’s company Prozessdesign which uses compressed air to inflate steel.

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LDF: Framed by Stuart Haygarth at V&A Museum


Framed, Stuart Haygarth

The London Design Festival has commissioned artist and designer Stuart Haygarth to create an installation that cascades down a grandiose marble staircase in the V&A Museum.

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The Sense of Fanciful, Nilufar Gallery, Milan


L’Arco della Pace, Martino Gamper, Italy 2009, veneer and plywood; Mirage, Rajiv Saini, India 2008, stainless steel

The Sense of Fanciful opens during Milan Design Week at the Nilufar Gallery in Milan, exploring the fanciful within contemporary design.

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