Aleksandra Mir, Triumph, 2,529 trophies, 2012, installation view at the South London Gallery as part of the exhibition Pursuit of Perfection: The Politics of Sport. Image courtesy the artist and the South London Gallery. Photo by Andy Keate
This month’s global exhibitions pick ‘n’ mix from: Montreal, Baie-Saint-Paul, Toronto, Lethbridge, New York, Atlanta, Denver, Santa Fe, Miami, San Francisco, Los Angeles, São Paulo, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, San José, London, Derby, Sunderland, Paris, Versailles, Vitry-sur-Seine, Brussels, The Hague, Berlin, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Basel, Vienna, Graz, Venice Barcelona, Madrid, Ã…rhus, Prague, Bucharest, Moscow, Athens, Thessaloniki, Ankara, Tel Aviv, Dubai, New Delhi, Yogyakarta, Beijing, Shanghai, Taipei, Seoul, Kyoto, Tokyo, Melbourne, Tasmania, and New Plymouth. For Biennales + Triennales, see our previous post.
Montréal
Ryoji Ikeda
at DHC/ART, through 18 November 2012
Image courtesy the artist. © Ryoji Ikeda 2012
Zoo
at Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal,
through 3 September 2012
Artists: Ai Weiwei, Pierre Huyghe, David Shrigley, Kiki Smith, David Altmejd, Nathalie Djurberg, Trevor Gould, Mark Dion, Rachel Harrison, Brian Jungen, Ugo Rondione, Matthew Day Jackson, Haim Steinbach, Mona Hatoum, Jana Sterbak, Renée Green, Shary Boyle, Jason Dodge, Kevin Schmidt, Liz Magor
Shary Boyle, Beast (Highland Series), 2007. MACM collection
Baie-Saint-Paul
The 30th edition of The International Symposium of Contemporary Art of Baie-Saint-Paul (Title: I Stilled Vertigoes)
at Musée d’art contemporain of BSP, 3 August – 2 September 2012
Participating artists include: Carole Baillargeon, Tammi Campbell, Yvon Gallant, Jim Holyoak, Jean-François Lauda, Nazafarin Lotfi, Tessa Mars, Marc-Antoine K Phaneuf, Jonathan Plante, Étienne Tremblay-Tardif, Arnaud Vasseux, Luise Viger
Toronto
BGL: Better Mistakes /
Robert Arndt: The Long Take
at Diaz Contemporary, through 18 August 2012
Image courtesy of Diaz Contemporary
Ragner Kjartansson: The End
at Scrap Metal, through 6 October 2012
Ragnar Kjartansson production shot The End (2009) Photo: Laura Vanags. Courtesy of Scrap Metal
Lethbridge
Marcus Coates: Stories from the Lower World /
Milutin Gubash: Remote Viewing – True Stories
at Southern Alberta Art Gallery, through 9 September 2012
Marcus Coates, Journey to the Lower World (Preparation), 2004. Detail. Photo by Nick David. Image courtesy of the Artist and Kate MacGarry, London and Workplace Gallery, UK
New York
Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller: The Murder of Crows
at Park Avenue Armory, 3 August – 9 September 2012
Image courtesy the artists. Photo by Roman März
Bulletin Boards
at Venues Over Manhattan presented with White Columns,
through 24 August 2012
Over 20 artists include Rita Ackermann, Darren Bader, Gavin Brown, Margaret Lee and Michele Abeles, Bjarne Melgaard, Virginia Overton, Daniel Turner, B. Wurtz and more.
Image courtesy Venues Over Mahattan
Ghosts in the Machine
at New Museum, through 30 September 2012
Over 70 artists, writers and visionaries include Jakob Mohr, Emery Blagfon, Hans Haacke, Robert Breer, Otto Pine, Gianni Colombo, Richard Hamilton, Bridget Riley, Victor Vasarly, Mark Leckey, Herik Olesen ane many more. Curated by Massimiliano Gioni, Associate Director and Director of Exhibitions, and Gary Carrion-Murayari, Curator.
Robert Breer, Floats, 1970. Installation view: Osaka Pavillion. Photo: Shunk-Kender, 1970. © Roy Lichtenstein Foundation
Atlanta
Deliverance
at Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, through 16 September 2012
Artists: Laura Ginn, Anya Liftig, Jayson Scott Musson, Clifford Owens. Curated by Stuart Horodner
Laura Ginn, Untitled (detail), 2011. Detail. Courtesy the artist
Denver
Continental Drift
at MCA Denver, through 23 September 2012
Artists: Christina Battle, Scott Johnson, Jeanne Liotta, Sarah McKenzie, Adam Milner, Yumi Roth, Edie Winograde. Curated by Nora Burnett Abrams and Jacob Proctor
Yumi Roth, Meta Mapa, 2007. Pilsen, Czech Republic. Courtesy the artist
Santa Fe
More Real? Art in the Age of Truthiness
at SITE Santa Fe, through 6 January 2013
Over 20 artists include Ai Weiwei, Cao Fei, Thomas Demand, Mark Dion, Omer Fast, Pierre Huyghe, Sharon Lockhart, Eva and Franco Mattes, Jonathan Monk, Vik Muniz, An-My Lê, Walid Raad, Eve Sussman and more.
Eve Sussman/Rufus Corporation, Dog Rolls, 2004, Video still from 89 seconds at Alcázar, Collection of Jeanne and Michael L. Klein. Courtesy of the artist.
Miami
Ed Ruscha: On the Road /
Ragnar Kjartansson: Song
at MoCA North Miami, through 2 September 2012
Ed Ruscha, Greatest Seventy-Yard Passer, 2011. Courtesy of the artist and the MoCA North Miami
San Francisco
David Shrigley: Brain Activity
at YBCA, through 23 September 2012
David Shrigley, I’m Dead, 2010. Courtesy the artist and YBCA
Los Angeles
Jay Chung & Q Takeki Maeda
at REDCAT, through 2 September 2012
Jay Chung & Q Takeki Maeda, “She’s Gone,” 2009. Video Still (Detail) Courtesy the artists and Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin
Acirema
at Honor Fraser, through 25 August 2012
Artists: Antonio Vega Macotela, Firelei Baez, Marcellvs L., Edgardo Aragon, Cesar Gonzalez, Marina Camargo, Tomas Fernandez, Liliana Velez. Curated by Cesar Garcia
Edgardo Aragon, Scarecrow, 2009. Video still. Courtesy the artist and Honor Fraser
São Paulo
Ernesto Neto: Não tenha medo do seu corpo
at Galeria Fortes Vilaça, through 18 August 2012
Ernesto Neto, Installation view at Galeria Fortes Vilaça 2012. Courtesy the artist and Galeria Fortes Vilaça
Cao Guimarães: Passatempo
at Galeria Nara Roesler, through 25 August 2012
Cao Guimarães, Gambiarras # 109, 2012. Courtesy the artist and Galeria Nara Roesler
Mexico City
Sinking Islands
at Labor, through 31 August 2012
Artists: Katinka Bock, Etienne Chambaud, Hernán DÃaz, Fabien Giraud, Karl Holmqvist, The Institute for Figuring, Nicholas Mangan. Curated by Vincent Normand.
Nicholas Mangan. Matter Over Mined, 2012. Courtesy the artist and Labor
Buenos Aires
Art of Contradictions. Pop, Realisms and Politics.
Brazil – Argentina 1960
at Fundación Proa, through September 2012
Over 50 artists include Maria Louise Alemann, Antonio Berni, Eduardo Costa, Anna Bella Geiger, Grupo REX, Roberto Jacoby, Anna MarÃa Maiolino, Cildo Meireles, Manoel Messias, Charlie Squirru, Claudio Tozzi, Carlos Zilio. Curated by Paulo Herkenhoff and Rodrigo Alonso.
Cildo Meireles, Inserções em circuitos ideológicos. Projeto Coca-Cola, (Insertions in Ideological Circuits. Coca-Cola Project), 1970. Private collection, Rio de Janeiro
San José
Adán Vallecillo: Charter City
at Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo,
through 1 September 2012
Adán Vallecillo. Neumofagia, 2012. Courtesy the artist and MADC
London
Misrepresentation, Mistake, and Non-Disclosure
at Rove Gallery, through 25 August 2012
Artists: Stefan Bruggemann, Gonzalo Lebrija, Jose Davila, Jorge Mendez Blake, Tercerunquinto. Curated by Marina Kurikhina.
Jose Dávila, Homage to the Square (Terracotta), 2009. Courtesy the artist and Rove Gallery
Damián Ortega: Traces of Gravity
at White Cube, Mason’s yard, through 8 September 2012
Damián Ortega, Hollow/Stuffed: market law, 2012. Courtesy the artist and White Cube
Pursuit of Perfection: The Politics of Sport
at South London Gallery + Southwark Old Town Hall,
through 14 September 2012
Artists: Aleksandra Mir, Janice Kerbel, Roderick Buchanan, Lucy Gunning, Jonathan Monk, Ariel Orozco, Paul Pfeiffer, John Gerrard, Michel Auder
Aleksandra Mir, Triumph, 2,529 trophies, 2009. Image courtesy the artist
Derby
Accidentally on Purpose
at QUAD, through 7 October 2012
Artists: Becky Beasley, Rachel Lois Clapham & Emma Cocker, Karen Cunningham, Michael Dean, Cyprien Gaillard, Ryan Gander, Paul Graham, Jonathan Monk, Rose O’Gallivan, Edit Oderbolz, Dan Rees, Clunie Reid, George Shaw, Ryszard Wasko. Curated by Candice Jacobs and Fay Nicolson
Edit Oderbolz, UNTITLED, 2009 Courtesy the Artist
Sunderland
Kelly Richardson: Legion
at Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, through 29 September 2012
Kelly Richardson, The Erudition, 2010. Video still. Courtesy the artist
Paris
Fernando Ortega: A SAM Art projects production /
Alain Séchas: Sans cimaise et san pantalon
at Palais de Tokyo, through 3 September 2012
Fernando Ortega, Installation view at Palais e Tokyo, 2012. Courtesy the artist . Photo by Aurélien Mole
Laurent Grasso: Uranigorg /
Rosa Barba: Vu de la porte du fond
at Jeu de Paume, through 23 September 2012
Laurent Grasso, On Air, 2009. Film still. Courtesy Galerie chez Valentin, Paris & Sean Kelly Gallery, New York. © Laurent Grasso / ADAGP, Paris, 2012
Versailles
Joana Vasconcelos
at Château de Versailles, through 30 September 2012
Joana Vaconcelos, Marilyn, 2011 Courtesy Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris/Bruxelles, Haunch of Venison, London. Photo: luÃs Vasconcelos / © Unidade Infinita Projectos
Virty-sur-Seine
Situation(s) [48°47’34” N / 2°23’14” E]
at MAC/VAL, through 16 September 2012
Artists: Johanna Billing, Jakob Gautel, Clarisse Hahn, Matthieu Laurette, Marcello Maloberti, Melanie Manchot, Aleksandra Mir, Frédéric Nauczyciel, Marylène Negro, Tsuneko Taniuchi. Curated by Frank Lamy
Marcello Maloberti, The Ants Struggle on the Snow, 2009. Courtesy of Performa and the artist. Photo © Gisella Sorrentino
Brussels
Un-Scene II
at WIELS, through 26 August 2012
Artists: Nel Aerts, Harold Ancart, Abel Auer, Olivier Foulon (invites Jacqueline Mesmaker & Walter Swennen), Steinar Haga Kristensen, Gerard Herman, Dorota Jurczak, Vincent Meessen, Sophie Nys, Eléonore Saintagnan, Michael Van den Abeele, Peter Wächtler
nstallation view of Un-Scene II at WIELS. Photo: Ghislain Amar – White Project
The Hague
Robert Zandvliet: I owe you the truth in painting /
David Bachelor: Magic Hour
at GEM, through 9 September 2012
Robert Zandvliet, Untitled, 2007. Courtesy the artist Peter Blum Gallery, NY
Berlin
Untitled (Tea Party)
at Klosterfelde, through 24 August 2012
Artists: Bas Jan Ader, Darren Bader, Lara Favaretto
Bas Jan Ader, Untitled (Tea Party), installation view, 2012. Courtesy the artist and Klosterfelde
Jimmy Durham: Too Long and Drawn Out
at Barbara Wien Wilma Lukatsch, through 1 September 2012
Jimmy Durham, Money, work and crocodiles, 2012. Detail from installation. Courtesy the artist and Barbara Wien Wilma Lukatsch
Gabriel Orozco: Asterisms
at Deutsche Guggenheim, through 21 October 2012
Gabriel Orozco, Sandstars, 2012. Courtesy the artist. © Gabriel Orozco 2012
Hamburg
An ear alone is now a being – John Cage’s 100th Anniversary
at Hamburger Kunsthalle, through 23 September 2012
Curated by Luisa Pauline Fink
Music Festival of Bologna, il treno di Cage, 1979, Foto: Nino Monastra, © Grafis edizioni d’ arte
Florian Baudrexel /
Alexandra Bircken: Household Assets
at Hamburg Kunstverein, through 2 September 2012
Florian Baudrexel, installation view. 2012. Courtesy the artist and Hamburg Kunstverein
Karlsruhe
Daniel Gustav Cramer & Haris Epaminonda: The Infinite Library /
Marianne Wex /
Tanja Widmann: eine von euch (one for you)
at Badischer Kunstverein, through 9 September 2012
Daniel Gustav Cramer & Haris Epaminonda, The Infinite Library Installation view Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe 2012. Courtesy the artists Photo: Stephan Baumann, bild_raum
The Hirsch–Index “The Art of Quotation”
at ZKM, through 10 February 2013
Over 50 Artists include Arcangelo, Gabriele Arruzzo, Corrado Bonomi, Rafal Bujnowski, Clegg & Guttmann, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Tano Festa, Sylvie Fleury, Uwe Henneken, Georg Herold, Karl Horst Hödicke, Stephan Huber, Emilio Isgro, Imi Knoebel, Shigeko Kubota, Sherrie Levine, Mathieu Mercier, François Morellet, Giulio Paolini, Tobias Rehberger, Hans Peter Reuter, Wilhelm Sasnal, Rosemarie Trockel, Andy Warhol, Christopher Williams, Peter Zimmermann and more.
Jörg Sasse: „W 91-04-04, Reutlingen“, 1991. Sammlung Landesbank Baden-Württemberg. © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2011. Foto: Archiv Sammlung Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
Basel
Jeff Koons /
Philippe Parreno
at Fondatioan Beyeler,
through 2 September 2012 (Koons); 30 September 2012 (Parreno)
Jeff Koons, New Hoover Convertible, 1980. Rubell Family Collection, Miami © Jeff Koons. Photo: Jeff Koons Studio / Douglas M. Parker Studio, LA
Vienna
Cecily Brown
at ESSL Museum, through 7 October 2012
Curator: Silvia Köpf
Cecily Brown, Study after paradise 3, 2003. Courtesy the artist and Gagosian Gallery © Cecily Brown. Photo: Mischa Nawrata, Wien
Graz
Simon Starling & Superflex: e.g.
at Kunsthaus Graz, through 2012
Curator Adam Budak
Image courtesy the artists and Kunsthaus Graz
Venice
The Small Utopia
at Fondazione Prada, through 25 November 2012
Image courtesy Fondazione Prada
Barcelona
Mona Hatoum: Projection
at FundacÃo Joan Miró, through 24 September 2012
Image courtesy of the artist and FundacÃo Joan Miró
Martin Parr: Souvenir – Phtography and Collecting
at Centre de Cultura Contemporà na de Barcelona,
through 21 October 2012
Martin Parr, Peru. Machu Picchu. 2008 © Martin Parr / Magnum Photos / GalerÃa Espacio MÃnimo
Madrid
Telling Everything, Not Knowing How
at Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, through September 2012
Artists: Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Rosana AntolÃ, Rosa Barba, Keren Cytter, Kajsa Dahlberg, Lilli Hartmann, Rosalind Nashashibi / Lucy Skaer, Christodoulos Panayiotou , Job Ramos, Alex Reynolds. Curated by Martà Manen
Rosana AntolÃ,The first Dinner, 2012. Courtesy the artist and CA2M
Lara Almarcegui: Madrid Underneath
at Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, through 28 October 2012
Curator: Manuel Segade
Lara Almarcegui, Bajar a un túnel recién excavado, Madrid, 2010. Photo: Alfonso Herranz. Courtesy the artist.
Ã…rhus
Performing Women
at Ã…rhus Kunst Bygning, through 16 September 2012
Artists: Carolee Scneemann, Joan Jonas, Yvonne Rainer, Mariana Abramovich, Lene Adler Petersen, Ursula Reuter Christiansen
Marina Abramovic: SSS, 1989. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York.
Prague
Faces – The Phenomenon of Face in Videoart
at Galerie Rudolfinum, through 16 September 2012
Artists: Marina Abramović, Vito Acconci, Peter Campus, Juan Manuel EchavarrÃa, Douglas Gordon, Franz Gratwohl, Freya Hattenberger, Nan Hoover, Bruce Nauman, Nam June Paik, Ulrike Rosenbach, Steina, MiloÅ¡ Å ejn, Fiona Tan, Bill Viola, Peter Weibel. Curated by Ladislav Kesner
Fiona Tan, Saint Sebastian. 2005. Installation view Tate Modern, London 2005. Courtesy the artist.
Bucharest
subREAL (Calin Dan, Iosif Kiraly): Retrospect
at Muuzeul national de Arta Contemporana (MNAC),
through 30 September 2012
Curator: Raluca Velisar
subREAL, The Castle (Draculaland 08), installation, 1994 – 2004. Courtesy the artists.
Moscow
EliKuka: Training Simulator of World Order
at Regina Gallery, through 31 August 2012
EliKuka, From the series Training Simulator of World Order, 2012. Courtesy the artist and Regina Gallery
Athens
Pawel Althamer with Urs Fischer, Jacob Kassay & Jacub Julian Ziolkowski
at The DESTE Foundation, through 31 October 2012
Pawel Althamer, FGF, 2011. Courtesy: DESTE Foundation
Thessaloniki
It’s the Political Economy, Stupid
at Thessaloniki Center of Contemporary Art,
through 3- September 2012
Artists: Zanny Begg & Oliver Ressler, Filippo Berta, Linda Bilda, Libia Castro & Ólafur Ólafsson, Julia Christensen , Yevgeniy Fiks, Olga Kopenkina, Alexandra Lerman, flo6x8, Melanie Gilligan, Jan Peter Hammer, Alicia Herrero, Institute for Wishful Thinking, Sherry Millner & Ernie Larsen, Isa Rosenberger, Dread Scott. Curated by Oliver Ressler & Gregory Sholette
Filippo Berta, Homo Homini Lupus, 2011, video still. Courtesy the artist.
Ankara
Gabriel Sierra: Walk with Line
at Cer Modern, through 18 August 2012
Gabriel Sierra, Homo par calentar gatos (oven for heating cats), 2004. Courtesy the artist
Tel Aviv
An Hour of Light
at Dvir Gallery, through 30 August 2012
Artists: Claire Fontaine, Miroslaw Balka, Yossi Breger, Mircea Cantor, Latifa Echakhch, Jonathan Monk, Ariel Schlesinger, Miri Segal, Lawrence Weiner, Pavel Wolberg
Ariel Schlesinger, Ad, 2012. Courtesy the artist and Dvir Gallery
Dubai
vac.u.um
at Grey Noise, through 1 September 2012
Artists: Saira Ansari, Fahd Burki, Ayesha Jatoi, Nadia Khawaja, Basir Mahmood, Mehreen Murtaza, Michael John Whelan. Curated by Umer Butt
Ayesha Jatoi, One Long Song (detail), 2007. Courtesy the artist and Grey Noise
New Delhi
Act & Accomplish
at Nature Morte, 4 – 11 August 2012
A collaboration project between Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, Khoj International Artists’ Asociation and Nature Morte.
Participating artists include Julia Prezewowsky, Kym Ward, Barbara J Scheuermann, Abhishek Hazra, Aditya Pande, Rattanamol Singh Johal
Image courtesy of Nature Morte
Yogyakarta
Leila Pazooki: Magical Thought
at Langgeng Art Foundation, through 31 August 2012
Image Courtesy the artist and Langgeng Art Foundation
Beijing
Shen Yuan: Sky Ladder
at Tang Contemporary Art, through 5 September 2012
Shen Yuan, Sky Ladder, 2012. Courtesy the artist and Tang Contemporary Art
Shanghai
Paola Pivi: Share, But It’s Not Fair
at Rockbund Art Museum, through 9 September 2012
Paola Pivi, What goes round – art comes round, 2010. Courtesy the artist and Rockubund Art Museum Photography: Thomas Fuesser
Taipei
Anselm Reyle
at Kaikai Kiki Gallery Taipei,
through 26 August 2012
Anselm Reyle, Untitled, 2012. © Anselm Reyle 2012
Jompt Kuswidanato: On Asphalt
at Project Fulfill Art Space, through 16 September 2012
Image Courtesy the artist and Project Fulfill Art Space
Seoul
Nostalgia is an Extended Feedback
at Nam June Paik Art Center, through 20 January 2013
Artists: Shin Il Kim, Dan Graham, Lutz Dammbeck, Mary Bauermeister , Michael Snow, Valie Export , Nam June Paik, Bill Viola, Sigeko Kubota, Antoni Muntaas, Olafur Eliasson , Lee Bul, Catherine Ikam
Nam June Paik, Real Fish/Live Fish,1982/1999. Courtesy NJP Art Center
Art Spectrum 2012
at Leeum Samsung Museum of Art, through 16 September 2012
Artists: Kim Ayoung, Kim Ji Eun, Bae Chan-Hyo, Oak Jungho, Jang Boyun, Jun Sojung, Choi Kichang, Han Kyung Woo
Oak Jungho, Standing Bow Pulling Pose-Dandayamana Dhanurasana, 2011. Courtesy the artist and Leeum.
Kyoto
The Cosmos as Metaphor
at Taka Ishii Gallery Kyoto + Hotel Anteroom Kyoto ,
through 1 September 2012
Artists: Yuki Kimura, Nobuko Tsuchiya, Bjorn Dahlem, Akihisa Hirata, Yukinori Maeda, Yoshitaka Yazu, Hirofumi Isoya, Kazuki Umezawa, Makoto Ofune, Nobuko Tsuchiya, Kohei Nawa, Akira Miyanaga, Yoshitaka Yazu, Kohei Yamashita
Yuki Kimura, eleven, 2009. Courtesy the artist and Taka Ishii Gallery
Aya Ito: HaHaHa at Hyperspeed
at Tomio Koyama Gallery Kyoto , through 1 September 2012
Aya Ito, Back side of a smile, 2012. Courtesy the artist and Tomio Koyama Gallery © Aya Ito
Tokyo
GUTAI: The Spirit of an Era
at The National Art Center Tokyo, through 10 September 2012
Artists: Jiro Yoshihara, Shozo Shimamoto, Sadamasa motonaga, Atsuko Tanaka, Akira Kanayama and others
Murakami Saburo, Laceration of Paper, 1955.
Melbourne
Kathy Temin: Memorial Gardens
at Anna Schwartz Gallery, through 25 Aungust 2012
Kathy Temin, Pavillion Garden, 2012. Courtesy the artist and Anna Schwartz Gallery
Tasmania
In A Silent Way
at Contemporary Art Space Tasmania (CAST),
through 26 August 2012
Artists: Joel Stern, Gail Priest, Samaan Fieck, Laurence English, Darren Cook, Nicholas Bullen, Monica Brooks, Laura Altman. Curated by Matt Warren
Image: RGB, Matt Warren 2012. Courtesy of Matt Warren.
New Plymouth
Sub-Topical Heat: New Art From South Asia
at Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, through 4 November 2012
Artists: Bani Abidi, Sheba Chhachhi, N S Harsha, Raking Leaves, Naeem Mohaiemen, Imran Qureshi, Nusra Latif Qureshi, Sharmila Samant, Gigi Scaria
NS Harsha, Nations, 2007. Courtesy the artist and Sakshi Gallery