MANIFESTA 7
Dubbed ”The European Biennial of Contemporary Art, ” Manifesta 7 begins on July 19 and runs through November 2. The exhibition occurs in a different city every two years, but this is the first time Manifesta will take place in a whole region: Trentino – South Tyrol, Italy. The exhibition includes venues in four cities along a course of 150 kilometers: Fortezza (Bressanone), ex Alumix in Bolzano, the Palazzo delle Poste in Trento, Manifattura Tabacchi, ex Peterlini and the train station in Rovereto. Manifesta 7 comprises works by more than 230 artists, architects, writers and experts from around the world; most works were specially made for this exhibition.
Past participants of Manifesta include Art21 artist Pierre Huyghe (Season 4). Click here for a complete list of 2008 participants.
In an effort to position Manifesta as “an environment in which everyone feels comfortable enough to ask questions and to engage in discussion,” the education program will not only be presented on a didactic level, but will also encourage discussion and interaction. Guided tours in English, Italian and German are available during opening hours, as well as a range of special projects, education materials and activities for school classes. Two Teach-In sessions on July 17 and 18 offer an opportunity to meet the Education staff and learn more about the various activities offered, which includes 48 parallel events in South Tyrol and 50 in Trentino.
Manifesta 7 exhibitions are open to the public everyday from 10am to 7 pm and on Friday from 10am to 9pm.
Bruce Nauman selected for 2009 Venice Biennale
Season 1 artist Bruce Nauman, a pioneer of Post Minimalist video and performance art, will represent the United States at the 2009 Venice Biennale. The Philadelphia Museum of Art was chosen as the commissioner for the 2009 United States Pavilion. Carlos Basualdo, its curator of contemporary art, and Michael R. Taylor, its curator of modern art, will organize the Nauman exhibition. After the museum acquired one of Mr. Nauman’s early neon works - “The True Artist Helps the World by Revealing Mystic Truths” (1967) - the curators began considering Mr. Nauman’s career and proposed an exhibition of his work for the 2009 Venice Biennale.
Read the New York Times announcement here.
Trenton Doyle Hancock’s Reveal in Italy
Reveal is Season 2 artist Trenton Doyle Hancock’s first solo show in a European gallery
All the works on display in Reveal are mixed media using plastic and synthetic fiber on canvas and paper. To enhance the ambience of the space, Hancock also painted the gallery walls with texts describing an imaginary battle between good and evil.
Reveal will be on view at Galleria Marabari in
