Gert & Uwe Tobias, Untitled (2014), all images via Maureen Paley

In their second solo exhibition at Maureen Paley, Gert & Uwe Tobias have brought a new selection of their mesmerizing woodcuts and collages. With a collection of fantastical characters printed on dark backgrounds, the woodcuts exemplify the tension between the fanciful and the terrifying present in fairy tales and folklore.  These passed-down stories, as told in countless variations, have a tone that is at once childlike and unsettling, a contrast that the Tobias brothers exploit in their work. (more…)

The Marina Abramovic Institute has announced its latest project; a 24-hour reading of the 2004 fantasy novel The City of Dreaming Books, by Walter Moers, set for November 23rd at the Basilica Hudson.  This is Abramovic’s second entry in her marathon reading series, after an 8-hour reading of Stanislaw Lem’s Solaris.  “The Basilica has a very dramatic and industrial atmosphere that calls for one-of-a-kind and extreme events like this marathon reading,” Basilica Hudson creative director Melissa Auf der Maur said. “Marina and her team dreamed up this event, and naturally we opened our doors to them.” (more…)