What’s on this week: 28.03–03.04.2011

This week’s pick ‘n’ mix from Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto, Vancouver, London, Manchester, New York, Chicago, Brussel, Vienna and Berlin

Montreal

Chih-Chien Wang “Cabbage Flower #2” (2011)
Image courtesy of the artist and Pierre François Ouellette Art Contemporain

Chih-Chien Wang “Short Sentences” at Pierre François Ouellette Art Contemporain,
through 7 May 2011

Fred Laforge “ИСЧЕЗНОВЕНИЕ” at Occurrence, through 30 April 2011

“Memento Mori/Bone Again” at Art Mur, through 23 April, 2011. Artists: Shawn Ayerst, Colleen McLaughlin Barlow, Simon Bilodeau, Julien Boily, Jean-Robert Drouillard, Al Farrow, Sarah Garzoni, Catherine Heard, Damien Hirst, Spring Hurlbut, Laura Kikauka, Sarah Perry, Nicholas & Sheila Pye, Bevan Ramsay, Christoph Steinmeyer, Karine Turcot, Brandon Vickerd and Colleen Wolstenholme

“The Unknown Artist – Unit 2: Named Absence/Anonymous Presence” Nathalie Quagliotto, Il/elle incarne l’artiste inconnu, Sophie Castonguay at Centre des arts actuels Skol,
through 2 April 2011. Last Chance to see!

Quebec City

Stéphane Gilot “Séjour bistre” (2011) Image courtesy of the artist and L’Œil de Poisson

Stéphane Gilot “Séjour bistre” at L’Œil de Poisson, 1 April – 1 May 2011 (Opening on Thursday 1 April 8pm)

Toronto

Abbas Akhavan “Hawkers” (2011) Image courtesy of the artist and Trinity Square Video

Abbas Akhavan “Hawkers” at Trinity Square Video (Images Festival residency)
2 April – 7May 2011 (Opening Reception: Saturday 2 April 2011, 2-5pm)

Chen Chieh-jen “Empire’s Borders II–Western Enterprises, Inc.” at A Space Gallery
2 April – 21 May 2011 (Opening on Saturday 2 April 2011 2–5pm)

Vancouver

Hadley+Maxwell “Who That Happens” (2011) Image courtesy of the artists and Or Gallery

Hadley+Maxwell “Who That Happens” at Or Gallery, 2 April – 7 May 2011 (Opening on Friday 1 April 2011 8pm)

Arabella Campbell at Catriona Jefferies Gallery, through 30 April 2011

London, UK

“The Pedestrians” (2011) Image courtesy of the artists and South London Gallery

Charles Atlas, Mika Tajima and New Humans “The Pedestrians” at South London Gallery 1–21 April 2011 (Opening on Friday 1 APRIL, 6.30-8.30PM)

“Ha-Ha Crystal” at Maria Stenfors, 1 April – 7 May 2011 (Opening on Thursday 31 March 2011 6.30–8.30pm) A daily blog will run for the duration of the show with ideas, links and thoughts around the exhibition at http://www.hahacrystal.blogspot.com/

Janice Kerbel at Chisenhale Gallery, 1 April–15 May 2011 (Opening on Thursday 31 Mar, 2011 6:30-8:30pm)

Angela De La Cruz at Lisson Gallery 30 March – 30 April (Opening on Tuesday 29 March 2011 6-8pm)

Shahryar Nashat “Workbench” at Studio Voltaire, 31 March–14 May 2011 (Opening on Wednesday 30 March 2011 7–9pm)

Manchester, UK

HUMAN ERROR_The Scanner from Household on Vimeo.

Household and Dario Utreras “Human Error” at Chinese Arts Centre, through 30 April 2011

New York

Still from “War After War” (2011) Single-channel video Image courtesy of the artist and Cue Art Foundation

Folkert De Jong “Operation Harmony” at James Cohan Gallery 1 April – 7 May 2011 (Opening on Friday 1 April 2011 6–8pm)

Hope Ginsburg (curated by Regine Basha) and Simon Leung (curated by Rirkrit Tiravanija) at Cue Foundation, through 7 May 2011

“Touched: A Space of Relations” at Bitforms, through 16 April 2011. Curated by Laura Blereau. Artists: Janine Antoni, Lygia Clark, Lynn Hershman Leeson and Annette Messager

Chicago

Fischli+Weiss. In the carpetshop from The Sausage Photographs, 1979. © Peter Fischli and David Weiss / Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery, New York via Art Institute of Chicago

Peter Fischli and David Weiss “Questions, the Sausage Photographs, and a Quiet Afternoon” at Art Institute of Chicago, through 17 April 2011

Brussel

Image courtesy of Aeroplastics

“Everybody is possible but nothing is real” at Aeroplastics, through 9 April 2011. Artists: Romain Bailly, Paulien Barbas, Stefan Burger, Cédric Van Caeter/Jeanne Boukraa, Bernd Kleinheisterkamp, Alexi Meteni, Bjarke PZ Olsen, Abe Rechterschot and Anu Vahtra

“The Other Tradition” at Wiels, through 1 May 2011. Curated by Elena Filipovic. Artists: Danai Anesiadou, Ei Arakawa (& Silke Otto-Knapp), Cezary Bodzianowski, Sharon Hayes, Sung Hwan Kim, Roman Ondák, Jimmy Robert, Katerina Å edá, Tino Sehgal, Jirí Skála, Pilvi Takala and Tris Vonna-Michell.

Vienna

Vladimir Dubossarsky & Alexander Vinogradov: Cosmonaut No.1, 2006, Private collection, Moscow,
Courtesy of the artists © Vladimir Dubossarsky & Alexander Vinogradov

“Space. About a Dream” at Kunsthalle Wien, 1 April– 15 August 2011 (Opening on Thursday 31 March 2011 7pm) Curated by Cathérine Hug. Artists: PaweÅ‚ Althamer, Eric Andersen, Julieta Aranda, Angela Bulloch, Björn Dahlem, Vladimir Dubossarsky & Alexander Vinogradov, Sylvie Fleury, Agnes Fuchs, Daniel & Geo Fuchs, R. Buckminster Fuller, Loris Gréaud, Judith Hopf, Dona Jalufka, Toril Johannessen, William Kentridge, Lena Lapschina, Simone Leigh, Jen Liu, Basim Magdy, Mahony, Aleksandra Mir, Jyoti Mistry, Mariko Mori, Gianni Motti, Deimantas Narkevičius, Simon Patterson, Amalia Pica, Christian Pußwald, Robert Rauschenberg, Pipilotti Rist, Thomas Ruff, Tom Sachs, Wilhelm Sasnal, Michael Snow, Andrei Sokolov, Hildegard Spielhofer, Eve Sussman & Rufus Corporation, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Keith Tyson, Christian Waldvogel, Andy Warhol, Nives Widauer, Jane & Louise Wilson, Virginie Yassef and Carey Young.

Berlin

PaweÅ‚ OlszczyÅ„ski “Hat ll” (2011) Image courtesy of the artist and Å»ak | Branicka

PaweÅ‚ OlszczyÅ„ski “Fantôme Noir” at Å»ak | Branicka, through 23 April 2011

Cyprien Gaillard “The Recovery of Discovery” at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, through 22 May 2011

Yudi Noor “Clear Mountain” at Christian Ehrentraut, through 7 May 2011

Monique Van Genderen “The Gentle Art of Making Enemies” at Galerie Michael Janssen, through 21 April 2011

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