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AO ON SITE: 60th Venice Biennale “Foreigners Everywhere”

April 30th, 2024

Movimento dos Artistas Huni Kuin at Venice Biennale 2024

Movimento dos Artistas Huni Kuin at Venice Biennale 2024

The 60th International Art Exhibition, known as the Venice Biennale, is set to run from April 20 to November 24, 2024. This year’s theme, “Stranieri Ovunque” or “Foreigners Everywhere,” is curated by Adriano Pedrosa, marking a significant milestone as the first South American curator of the Biennale Arte. The event is hosted at Venice’s historic Giardini and Arsenale venues, which have been central to the Biennale since its earliest editions. The theme explores the concepts of intersectionality, displacement, and the reevaluation of geographical margins in the art world. 
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London- Yoko Ono at Tate Modern

March 28th, 2024

Yoko Ono at Tate Modern4

Yoko Ono at Tate Modern

“Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind” exhibition at Tate Modern, is on until September 1st and is an expansive journey through Yoko Ono’s artistic legacy, blending music, installations, photography, and interactive performance art. This landmark showcase, the UK’s most extensive collection of Ono’s work, spans her groundbreaking contributions from the early 1950s to today, highlighting her role as a pioneer in avant-garde art circles worldwide.

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Skarstedt London: Jeff Koons

March 12th, 2024

Koons at Skarstedt

Koons at Skarstedt

From 1st March to 25th May 2024, Skarstedt’s London Gallery presents a solo exhibition featuring the work of American artist Jeff Koons. The show includes five mural-sized paintings crafted between 2001 and 2013 drawn from Koons’ series: Easyfun-Ethereal, Antiquity, and Popeye.
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Edward Burtynsky

Edward Burtynsky image via upload.wikimedia.org

[image via upload.wikimedia.org]

Edward Burtynsky OC is a Canadian photographer and artist. Born of Ukrainian hertiage in 1955 in St. Catharines, Ontario, he studied at the Ryerson Polytechnic Institute, where he graduated from the Photographic Arts / Media Studies program with a Bachelor of Applied Arts, and at Niagara College, where he obtained a diploma in graphic arts. His works are housed in over fifty museums worldwide, numerous corporate collections, and books.

Edward Burtynsky, Nickel Tailings #34 image via www.inhabitat.com

Edward Burtynsky, Nickel Tailings #34 image via www.inhabitat.com

Edward Burtynsky, Mines #17 image via www.mexicanpictures.com

Edward Burtynsky, Mines #17 image via www.mexicanpictures.com

Edward Burtynsky: Silver Lake Operations #1, Lake Lefroy, Western Australia, 2007

Edward Burtynsky: Silver Lake Operations #1, Lake Lefroy, Western Australia, 2007 [image via www.fotofreo.com]

The grand, awe-inspiring beauty of his images is often in tension with the compromised environments they depict. Burtynsky is also the recipient of three honorary doctorates, and the esteemed TED prize. Burtynsky currently chairs the board of directors of the high profile online sustainability magazine Worldchanging, and sits on the board of CONTACT, Toronto’s international festival of photography.

[Bio via Wikipedia Entry]

Edward Burtynsky- Tanggu Port, Tianjin, 2005 image via www.businessweek.com

Edward Burtynsky- Tanggu Port, Tianjin, 2005

[image via www.businessweek.com]

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