Ugo Rondinone and Roger Federer announce their collaboration 'Portrait of a Champion'. In Rondinone’s 'burn shine fly', the athlete agrees to be known as 'Cloud Six'. He takes a leap from simply admiring the art to becoming a part of it and letting it speak for itself.
Tschabalala Self's exhibition "Make Room" at Le Consortium/Dijon was featured in Flash Art. Self’s desire is to “create a cultural vacuum in which bodies can exist for their own pleasure and self-realization. Their role is not to show, explain, or perform but rather ‘to be.'”
Anthony Huberman was appointed Executive Director of the John Giorno Foundation and Artistic Director of The Bunker.
purple Magazine published an interview with the artist Doug Aitken. Aitken says: "The continent stops, and you find yourself looking out at the infinite horizon, and there’s nothing there — you’re looking out at the idea of the future, at what could be."
Max Henry from SPIKE Magazine rewieved Sam Falls' exhibition at Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Vienna. Henry writes: "Taking cover on a raw, blustery winter afternoon, I step inside the warm confines of Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Vienna, to enter the world of Sam Falls and his botanical memento mori."
Muse Magazine dedicates a photo feature on Torbjørn Rødland's exhibition Old Shep at Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Maag Areal. The editorial team writes: "Rødland appeals to our general visual memory, but not without disrupting it in an almost surrealist manner."
Kunstmuseum Winterthur is presenting a retrospective of the American artist Oscar Tuazon, covering the years from 2000 to the present. For the exhibition in Winterthur, the artist is realizing an expansive wooden structure that is a sculpture, model house, meeting place and event forum all in one. By going beyond the limits of the room, it creates a new, incomparably more informal space for encounter and art.
The National Museum, Oslo recently received a significant gift from Carroll Dunham, consisting of no less than 161 impressions dating from the 1980s to the present. A selection of these are shown in the exhibition Carroll Dunham. Where am I? Prints 1985–2022, opening on February 3.
For its third carte blanche XL exhibition, the Musée d'art & d'histoire invites Ugo Rondinone to take over its collection and its main building to create a unique aesthetic experience. More than 200 pieces from the MAH's collection will be used and staged in a continuous dialogue with Ugo Rondinone's works, including new productions created especially for the occasion.
Bergen Kunsthall presents a large-scale exhibition with new works by the American artist Oscar Tuazon. For his exhibition at Bergen Kunsthall, curated by Axel Wieder, Oscar Tuazon presents a scaled-down version of the initial Water School pavilions. The structure will occupy all four main gallery spaces of the Kunsthall and create a series of rooms in which inside and outside blurs.
Artspace dedicated an article on Ugo Rondinone's great year. They write: "That’s quite a win for the artist, and next year looks just as promising. Look out for a huge outdoor show in Germany in 2023 at the Städel Garden Halls in Frankfurt."
Karen Kilimnik's recent solo exhibition at Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Vienna, is reviewed by Sabrina Tarasoff for Mousse Magazine. Tarasoff writes: "Like teasing meaning from whatever’s intercalated between the forever-equivocal face of Kirsten Stewart as immersed in elusive Alpine cumulus, Kilimnik floats ideas in the midst of her chosen motifs, allowing the recherché referent to become impressionistic and subject to its own un-resolve, or unmooring."
Carole Kittner from Tribune Des Arts dedicated a major article on the artist Louisa Gagliardi. In the article and interview, the artist is talking about the beginnings of her career, her influences, and future exhibitions.