New York Art Guide - August

-by Maya Yadid

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Exhibition title: A Becoming Resemblance
Venue: Fridman Gallery
Dates: Until 5 September, 2017

An exhibition by Heather Dewey-Hagborg and Chelsea E. Manning, investigating emerging technologies of genomic identity construction and our societal moment.

In 2015, Heather began to produce 3D printed portraits derived from the DNA extracted from cheek swabs and hair clippings Chelsea mailed out of prison. Incarcerated since her gender transition and subject to a strict policy on visitation, Chelsea’s image was suppressed from 2013 until her release from prison in May this year. The artistic collaboration with Heather gave Chelsea back a form of visibility, a human face she had been denied.

II.
Event: Movies With A View
Venue: Outdoor screening at Brooklyn Bridge Park

There is no better place to be on a hot summer night than watching a classic film at the beautiful Brooklyn Bridge Park and enjoying the breeze off of the East River with the dazzling Manhattan skyline before you.
There are plenty of outdoor screening going on through the summer in NYC, but that has earned a large and loyal following. Its free for the public and there are food and beverage stands all around so you won't get hungry. Movies With A View is a summer must.

III.
Event: Beach Sessions Dance Series
pioneering performance series at Rockaway Beach

August in New York is all about going out of town; Long Island and Upstate NY are stuffed with New Yorkers in bathing suits and short. But for those of us who are looking to escape the city for just a few hours, Beach Sessions is a perfect way enjoy the ocean breeze and watch acclaimed dance performances by New York-based choreographers.
Beach Sessions is a pioneering performance series supporting and presenting site-responsive work in Rockaway Beach, Queens. An outdoor public program providing dance performances, public events, and environmental initiatives. Free and open to the public.

Vienna Art Guide - August

- by Itai Margula

Albertina, Secession and Leopold Museum: Austria through the eyes of Austrian photographers from 1979-2000, a wonderful spacial installation by Alex da Corte and a great journey through the works of Jan Fabre in cooperation with Impulstanz.

I.
Exhibition title: Jan Fabre. Stigmata – Actions & Performances 1976-2016
Artist: Jan Fabre
Venue:  Leopold Museum
Dates: Until 27 August, 2017

A wonderful journey through drawings, photographs, sculptures, costumes, texts quotes, archival documents, filmic documentations of his performance and poetic actions  and study models of Jan Fabre from the 1970ies tot he present. A labyrinth of tables introducing the artist´s philosophies. This exhibiton coorperates with one of Viennas most interesting international dance festivals: Impulstanz. Curated by: Germano Celant

Jan Fabre, A Meeting, Vstrecha, 1897 © Angelos bvba | Foto: M3 Studio (Rome)

II.
Exhibition title: Slow Graffiti
Artist: Alex Da Corte
Venue: Secession
Dates: Until 3 September, 2017

Alex Da corte creates videos, sculptures, paintings, and immersive installations with cinematic quality. The artist explores and exposes questions of desire, sensuality, and alienation. Colour and textures are used with great skill to affect viewers and the mood in which they experience the artist´s environments once they set foot in them.

Sophie Thun: Alex Da Corte, Slow Graffiti, exhibition view, Secession 2017. Courtesy Maccarone, New York, Gió Marconi, Mailand and David Risley Gallery, Kopenhagen, 

III.
Exhibition title: Austria. Photography 1970-2000
Artist: Various artist
Venue: Albertina
Dates: Until 8 October, 2017

The exhibition includes numerous photographs from the Albertina´s own holdings as well as from the Photographic Collection of the Federal Chancellery of Austria, Arts and Culture Division. Austrian photographers focus on the country, its political past, its milieus, and its urban spaces. Just to name a few: Peter Dressler, Valie Export, Seiichi Furuya, Robert Hammerstiel, Leo Kandl, Friedl Kubelka, Lisl Ponger, Manfred Willmann etc.  
Curated by: Walter Moser.

Brussels Art Guide - August

- by Jacinthe Gigou

I.
Exhibition title: Ado Chale Alchemist. Artisan. Designer
Artist/s: Ado Chale
Venue: BOZAR, 23 rue Ravenstein, 1000 Brussels
Dates: 18/08 – 24/09/2017

Born in Brussels, Ado Chale is a mineralogist and blacksmith, who uses crystals or petrified wood in his works of art, and approaches making furniture like a craftsman rather than as a designer. This very first retrospective outlines the career and the world of Ado Chale, through carefully selected pieces of furniture and objects, such as his famous Goutte d’eau bronze table, inspired by pre-Columbian art

II.
Exhibition title: Art is comic
Artist/s: Brecht Vandenbroucke, Mon Colonel & Spit, Brecht Evens, HuskMitNavn, Jean Jullien, Joan Cornellà
Venue: MIMA, 39 quai du Hainaut, 1080 Brussels
Dates: Until 31/12/2017

The MIMA opened on the day after the terrorist attacks in Brussels, a time of sadness and uncertainty. That is when the idea for this exhibition originated. How to respond to rampant anxiety and escalating secterianism? Humour! If the humour of “Art Is Comic” hits home with you, you will feel an antidepressant effect immediately.

Joan Cornella

London Art Guide - August

- by Marine Tanguy

I.
Exhibition: Giacometti 
Artist: Alberto Giacometti  
Venue: Tate Modern
Dates: Until 10 September   


An incredible exhibition highlighting the impact that the World War II had on the artist - from his nightmarish surrealist bronzes to his more human, emotional figures after the war. The war had changed him forever and his works had become more meaningful and powerful. It's a brilliant reflection on existentialism and the human condition. 

II.
Exhibition: MTArt Virtual Gallery 
Artists: Scarlett Bowman - Tristan Pigott - Jennifer Abessira - Alexandra Lethbridge - Leni Dothan - Francesco de Prezzo - Will Thomson - Ignacio Munoz-Vicuna - David Aiu Servan Schreiber - Rob Branigan - Jasmine Pradissitto - Marine Hardeman - Neal Rock - Tim A Shaw 
Dates: Until 2 September, 2017

From the Gold Rush to our social media obsession, I like my curations to be engaging, revealing of our current times and bearing a small irony to most artistic dialogues between the works. 

III.
Exhibition: Soul of a Nation
Artists: Many artists
Venue: Tate Modern
Dates: Until 22 October, 2017


The 150 pieces in 'Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power' were created in America between 1963 and 1983. It's a reminder of a difficult chapter in history and their constant struggle for change still resonates today. To learn from. 

Shanghai Art Guide - July - August

- by Hadas Zucker

It’s too humid to get sentimental and probably too hot to stay out, there is no better time than Shanghai's summer to occupy museums and galleries in the city to get cooled with really powerful AC and refreshing art!

I. 
Exhibition title: Now is the summer of our discontent
Artists: Various Chinese and International artists
Venue: Bank Mabsociet Gallery
Dates: Until 9 August, 2017

Disclaimer: I show my work there, so hell ya!!! come to visit! 



Summertime sees our sentiments dilated and logic subdued by sweltering hot winds, lazy daydreams, and sweet fruit. In this exhibition they intrigued to ponder, to what extent can objects accommodate and express these seasonal sensations. BANK invites 21 artists of different generations and backgrounds to join our summer carnival. Some of these artists are exhibiting in Shanghai for the first time while others are of BANK’s usual stable. Spanning video, photography, installation, and with a focus on painting, the colors of summer come to life.

II.
Exhibition title: All the single ladies
Artists: Guo Cheng and Shen Han
Venue: J Gallery 
Dates: 29 July - 8 September, 2017


The exhibition will showcase works by Guo Cheng and Shen Han, two young Chinese artists that have studied and lived in multicultural backgrounds-  Cheng works are concerned with the impacts and influences of mainstream or new technology on the social, cultural and ethical while Shen does works which are structuring a connection between the material and perception through the act of ‘painting’. The exhibition article, written by the Li Bowen, deals with the metaphor of the pseudo-genealogical that marks the relationship between the two bodies of work.

III.
Exhibition title: Wavelength: Through things
Artists: Group exhibition of contemporary artist and designers
Venue: Times Art Museum, Beijing
Dates: 5 August - 13 August, 2017


New Consumerism is more a socially engaged act bound up in issues of sustainability and authenticity. This fashion x art group exhibition proudly presents the recent work of 18 contemporary artists and designers active in the US, Europe and China. By bringing together conceptual fashion pieces, visual arts, jewelry, sculpture and multimedia installations, the exhibition illustrates a global trend in consumerism and lifestyle - the integration of Art, Fashion and social life.