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What you have to know about 'The Known World'

Submitted by editor.provokat... on Wed, 06/09/2010 - 18:44.

Two minds, two creations, two worldviews in a single exposure…This is ‘The Known World' exhibition, which will open next Wednesday, September 2nd in Karlin Studios/Entrance Gallery.

Shakespeare resurrected at Prague Castle

Submitted by editor.provokat... on Wed, 06/09/2010 - 18:44.

Picture from Prague Post

Original article by James Walling

It has long been commonplace for ambitious directors to restage Shakespeare in modern dress, adapting the setting to "breathe life" into aging works that are thought to be inaccessible or impractical to produce as originally written. As a result, it's difficult to find productions of Shakespeare plays that haven't been meddled with in some way.

Life beyond the Berlin Wall

Submitted by editor.provokat... on Wed, 06/09/2010 - 18:44.

German photo agency Ostkreuz commemorates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall with Ostzeit – Stories from a vanished country exhibition, a series of photographs from German Democratic Republic chroniclers Sibylle Bergemann, Harald Hauswald, Ute Mahler, Werner Mahler and Maurice Weiss that portray Germany as they experienced it.

'Blood, Sweat and Tears' review of Douglas Gordon's exhibition

Submitted by editor.provokat... on Wed, 06/09/2010 - 18:44.

‘Blood, Sweat, Tears’, the creation of Scottish contemporary artist Douglas Gordon's exhibition is currently the main programme at DOX Gallery (Centrum současného umění). -What? Wait, did I say contemporary art? Most of the pieces included were created in the last century! But, ok, let's analyze the work...

So Much More @ MeetFactory

Submitted by events.provokat... on Wed, 06/09/2010 - 18:43.

So Much More / gallery

Curator: Edith Jeřábková

Participating artists:
Jubal Brown (CAN) Filip Cenek (CZ) Richard Healy (UK) Timothy Roberts (UK) Erik Tode (NL) Charlie Tweed (UK) Matěj Smetana (CZ) Conrad Ventur (USA) George Young (UK)

Opening on Friday August 7^th at 7pm

Bauhaus exhibition draws huge crowds in Berlin

Submitted by editor.provokat... on Wed, 06/09/2010 - 18:43.

Original article and photos by The Local online

Ninety years after it began revolutionising design, and six decades after the Nazis banned it, Germany's famed Bauhaus movement is luring huge crowds to a new show in Berlin.

Berlin's S-Bahn chaos opens new canvas to graffitti artists

Submitted by editor.provokat... on Wed, 06/09/2010 - 18:43.

Original article from The Local online

Berlin’s S-Bahn chaos has created a Cockaigne for graffiti artists as the lack of rail traffic opens up a whole new canvas for taggers, daily Der Tagesspiegel reported on Wednesday.

Armando Andrade Tudela @ DAAD Galerie, Berlin

Submitted by editor.provokat... on Wed, 06/09/2010 - 18:43.

Armando Andrade Tuleda @ DAAD Galerie, Berlin

When: 9.07 - 29.08

Where: DAAD Galerie, Berlin

Zimmerstr. 90/91
10117 Berlin
Tel: +49 30 261 36 40
open Monday - Saturday:
11am - 6pm

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Interview with Artists - World Bodypainting Festival

Submitted by pa.provokator on Wed, 06/09/2010 - 18:43.

In preparation for the party at the 15th century Burg Sommeregg Castle during the weeklong body painting festival in Seeboden, Austria, we had the possibility to become personally adorned with dazzling colors. We were intrigued as to how these artists practise their art and manage to survive. So in the hopes of having the experience of becoming ambulant art pieces, we asked around and bartered an interview for a painting. We were lucky to come to an agreement with Marcel Klaus’s team of Bergheim, Germany. I had to abandon my typically prude nature and strip down to my little short shorts to be air brushed by the artist. With the help of Katerine Hoeper, assistant and seemingly right hand girl, I had the privilege of conducting a quick interview:

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Drag Ball Bingo @ Friends

Submitted by events.provokat... on Wed, 06/09/2010 - 18:43.

“O tempora! O mores! Serbians have sex appeal, Austrians are tough, French still don’t know how to kiss (in teaching process)”. After a long trip throughout Europe, our international MC Ka is back in town, more inspired, more energetic, and refreshed.