This week’s pick ‘n’ mix from Montreal, Toronto, Banff, New York, London, Paris, Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Berlin
Montréal
BNL MTL 2011: The 7th Montréal Biennnale
at the former École des beaux-arts at Montréal,
through 31 May 2011
A.P.O. – Ateriers Portes Ouvertes (3e édition) /
Open Studio (The 3rd edition) in Mile End area
on 20 – 22 May 2011.
PDF Guide is available from Centre Clark‘s website.
Euan Macdonald: 9,000 Pieces
at Silverflag, 21 May– 18 June 2011
(Opening on Saturday 21 May 2011, 3–7pm)
Image courtesy of the artist and Silverflag
Monobandes II at Les Territoires, 19 May – 4 June 2011 (Opening on Friday 20 May 2011, 6pm)
Artists: Amie Leeking (US), Audra Brant (US), Aurélie Garon (FR), Baden Pailthorpe (AU) Celia Perrin Sidarous (CA), Hoping Chen (UK), Isabelle Leduc (CA), Jacinthe Robillard (CA), Janick Burn (CA), Jérôme Nadeau (CA), Kandis Friesen (CA), Kevin Bentram (CA), Maciek Stepinski (PL), Matt Sabourin (CA), Michael Mersereau (US), Natalyia Petkova (BG), Patryk Stasieczek (CA), Rachel Dawson (US), Sanam Ghods (IR), Simon Belleau (CA), Terryll Loffler (CA), Vivian Lee (US). Curators: Anne-Renée Hotte & Marie-Josée Parent
Allison Schulnik: Performance at Galerie Division, through 18 June 2011
“Desert Tree” (2010) oil on canvas. Image courtesy of the artist and Galerie Division
Lynne Cohen at Art45, through 11 June 2011
“Untitled” (2011) C-print. Image courtesy of the artist and Art45
Toronto
Brian Jungen: Tomorrow, Repeated
at Henry Moore Sculpture Centre, Art Gallery of Ontario,
through 7 August 2011
“Me and My Brother” (2010-11). Foam, silver relief ink. Image courtesy of Catriona Jeffries, Vancouver © 2011 Brian Jungen
Robert Canali and Noel Rodo-Vankeulen:
For the Lack of a Smile at O’born Contemporary,
through 11 June 2011
Robert Canali “CMY” (2010) archival pigment print; Noel Rodo-Vankeulen “CMYK” (2011) archival pigment print. Courtesy of the artists and O’born Contemporary
Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas and Joanne Hui:
Haida Manga Reading Room and Comic Jam Studio
at Gendai Gallery, through 25 June 2011.
Guest curator: Liz Park
Image courtesy of the artists and Gendai Gallery
Banff
Pierre Huyghe: A Journey That Wasn’t
at Water Philips Gallery, The Banff Centre,
through 19 June 2011
Pierre Huyghe “A Journey That Wasn’t” (2005) Super 16mm film and HD video transferred to HD video, color, sound. Image courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York / Paris
New York
Under Destruction II
at Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New York,
18 May – 19 June 2011
(Opening on Tuesday 17 May 2011 6–8pm)
Artists: Jimmie Durham, Martin Kersels, Michael Landy, Liz Larner, Christian Marclay, Ariel Orozco, Arcangelo Sassolino, Roman Signer, and Johannes Vogl.
Johannes Vogl “Untitled (Machine To Produce Jam Breads)” (2007) Image courtesy Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna.
Consuelo Castañeda: For Rent
at Americas Society, 17 May – 30 July 2011
(Opening on Tuesday 17 May 7pm)
Co-curators: Yasmeen Siddiqui and Gabriela Rangel
For Rent banner and exhibition preparatory drawing by Consuelo Castañeda. Image courtesy the artist and Americas Sociey.
Cao Fei: Playtime
at Lombard Freid Projects, 18 May – 25 June 2011 (Opening on Wednesday 18 May 2011 6.30–8.30pm)
“East Wind” (2011) video (still) 10 minutes Image courtesy the artist and Lombard Freid Projects.
Foreclosed. Between Crisis and Possibility
at The Kitchen, 20 May – 11 June 2011
(Opening on Friday 20 May 2011 5–8pm)
Artists: Kamal Aljafari, Yto Barrada, Tania Bruguera, Claude Closky, Harun Farocki, Allan Sekula, and David Shrigley.
Curated by Jennifer Burris, SofÃa Olascoaga, Sadia Shirazi, and Gaia Tedone Helena Rubinstein Curatorial Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program
Kamal Aljafari “Port of Memory” (2010) video (still), courtesy of the artist
Donald Lokuta: In Plato’s Cave
at hpgrp Gallery New York, through 28 May 2011
Curated by Shuhei Yamatani
“Young Woman Taking A Photograph” (2008–09) Image courtesy the artist. © 2011 Donald Lokuta
London
Mark Leckey: See, We Assemble
at Serpentine Gallery, 19 May – 26 June 2011.
Live performance “BigBoxStatueAction” on Thurs 26 May, Thurs 2 June, Thurs 9 June, Thurs 16 June
Mark Leckey “GreenScreenRefrigerator” (2010) Courtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York © 2011 Mark Leckey. Photograph: Thomas Muller
Tracy Emin: Love Is What You Want
at Hayward Gallery, 18 May – 29 August 2011
Image courtesy of the artist © 2011 Tracy Emin.
Kutlug Ataman at Thomas Dane Gallery,
18 May – 2 July 2011
Image courtesy of the artist and Thomas Dane Gallery
Michal Skoda: Everybody Looks for a Place to Dance at Studio1.1, 20 May – 12 June 2011
(Opening on Thursday 19 May 6-9pm)
Installation view. Image courtesy of the artist and Studio1.1
Florian Meisenberg at Kate MacGarry,
18 May – 25 Jun 2011
*New address: 27 Old Nichol Street, London E2 7HR
Image courtesy of the artist and Kate MacGarry
Ben Cane: Work-shop
at Supplement, through 29 May 2011
Installation view. Image courtesy of the artist and Supplement
Paris
Sarah Morris: Personal Best
at Air de Paris, through 25 June 2011
Installation view. Image courtesy of the artist and Air de Paris
Maria Loboda: Dynamite Winter Palace
at Galerie Schleicher+Lange, through 18 June
“That’s How Every Empire Falls (Detail)”, 2011, table, tablecloth, dishes, silverware, napkins. Image courtesy of the artist and Galerie Schleicher+Lange,
Adam McEwan: The House of Marlon Brando
at Art : Concept, through 18 June 2011
“The House of Marlon Brando” (2011) inkjet print on aluminium, graphite. Private collection, Paris. Image courtesy of Art : Concept
Rotterdam
The End of Money
at Witte de With, 22 May – 7 August 2011
(Opening on Saturday 21 May 2011 6-9 pm
*Performance by Goldin+Senneby at 7pm)
Artists: Alexander Apóstol; Pierre Bismuth; Peter Fischli & David Weiss; Zachary Formwalt; Goldin+Senneby; Hadley+Maxwell; Toril Johannessen; Vishal Jugdeo; Agnieszka Kurant; Matts Leiderstam; Maha Maamoun; Christodoulos Panayiotou; Lili Reynaud-Dewar; Tomás Saraceno; Tonel; Vangelis Vlahos; and Lawrence Weiner. Curated by Juan A. Gaitán; assisted by Amira Gad.
Tomás Saraceno “Endless Big” (2006) C-print. Image courtesy of the artist and Andersen’s Contemporary, Copenhagen
Lara Almarcegui at TENT, through 26 June 2011
*Artist talk hosted by Latitudes on Thursday 19 May 2011 8pm. Free admission
Installation view. Construction Rubbles of TENTs central space. Image courtesy of the artist and TENT. © Job Janssen and Jan Adriaans
Amsterdam
Ryan Gander: Now there’s not enough of it to
go around
at Annet Gelink Gallery, through 18 June 2011
Installation view. Image courtesy of the artist and Annet Gelink Gallery
Amalia Pica: Microphones at SKOR – De Inkijk,
through 23 June 2011
“Microphones” (2011) found objects. Image courtesy of the artist and SKOR
Melting Point at AKINCI, 18 June 2011.
Artists: Stephan Balkenhol, Roger Cremers, Moyna Flannigan, Juul Hondius, Elke Krystufek, Coralie Vogelaar & Teun Castelein, Anne Wenzel
Coralie Vogelaar & Teun Castelein “My Polar Ice” (still), 2010. Image courtesy of the artists and AKINCI
Gluklya: Utopian Unemployment Union at Attachment Space, AKINCI, 18 June 2011.
“Utopian Unemployment Union 1” (still), 2010. Image courtesy of the artist and AKINCI
Berlin
Helen Marten: Take a Stick and Make It Sharp at Johann König, through 4 June 2011
”Elemental dimensions” (2011) welded powder-coated rebar, no-brand sports socks. Image courtesy of the artist and Johann König. Photo: Roman März
Øystein Aasan at PSM Gallery, through 4 June 2011
Installation view. Image courtesy of the artist and PSM Gallery
Rosa Barba at Carlier | Gebauer, through 4 June 2011
”Double Whistler” (2011) 2 x 16mm film projector. Image courtesy of the artist and Carlier | Gebauer
Science Fiction 15 at Or Gallery Berlin, through 21 May 2011. Last chance to see!
Artists: Shannon Bool, Steven Brekelmans, Andreas Bunte, Aleksandra Domanović, Håvard Pedersen, Andrea Pinheiro, Jeremy Shaw, Mark Soo and Kara Uzelman.
Steven Brekelmans “Signs (Beginning & End)” (2010). Image courtesy of the artist and Or Gallery Berlin
Matthew Metzger: Double Back at ARRTIA, BEER, through 11 June 2011
“Impasse: Cutting Board”(2009) oil and colored pencil on MDF panel. Image courtesy of the artist and ARRATIA, BEER
Gabriel Kuri: carbon index compost copy
at Esther Schipper, through 1 June 2011
“Soft Boxes 2” (2011) Image courtesy of the artist and Esther Schipper.
Photo: © Hans-Georg Gaul
John Brown at Wilde Gallery, through 18 June 2011
“Tatlarin” (2011) oil on panel. Image courtesy of the artist and Wilde Gallery
Miriam Böhm: Display at Wentrup Gallery,
through 16 June 2011
“Set III” (2011) C-print. Image courtesy of the artist and Wentrup Gallery
Meredith Sparks: Striped Bare at VeneKlasen Werner, through 18 June 2011
Installation view. Image courtesy of the artist and VeneKlasen Werner