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Magasin 3 shares inspirational notes on great art
Heart archive on Japanese island
Christian Boltanski’s project Les Archives du Cœur had its start at Magasin 3 in 2008. Since then, thousands of people around the world have recorded and donated their heartbeats. This archive can now be visited on the island Teshima, part of Benesse Art Site Naoshima in Japan.
T.P. 05-Aug-2010
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iloveyouihateyou topping Cooper’s list
The exhibition I curated with Lee Ranaldo & Leah Singer is on influental novelist, poet, critic and performance artist Dennis Cooper’s blog. My favorite of Cooper’s is his collaboration on Gisèle Vienne’s amazing dance work Kindertotenlieder
R.J. 22-Jun-2010
Evert Lundquists Ateljémuseum
While preparing our upcoming exhibition the spaces artists work in are a lot on my mind. Yesterday I visited Evert Lundquist’s studio (now a museum) in the park of Drottningholm. Objects, drawings, tools, photos and personal notes everywhere – I just adore to peek into these peculiar worlds.
T.P. 05-May-2010
The Artist is Present
There is currently an extraordinary exhibition of the work by Marina Abramovic at the MoMA in NYC. Check out the web. Do not miss a side project created under the auspices of the artist. I can watch it for hours!
D.N. 04-May-2010
Olafur Eliasson at Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin
The opening of Olafur Eliasson’s grand exhibition – curated by Daniel Birnbaum – at Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin took place on April the 27th. On the opening day admission was free and more than 10 000 visitors came. What do you see? Well, when working with simple expressions, Eliasson is a true master. A world of reflections.
D.N. 30-Apr-2010
Laurie Anderson – Delusion
Debated it with my colleagues. To put it briefly our opinions differ. My view: 2 voices and a violin – nothing is new, but the queen of storytelling reigns. In Europe Laurie Anderson will make three stops with “Delusion” in Uppsala, London and Paris. Thanks a million.
E.M. 12-Apr-2010
Fredrik Söderberg at Milliken
The artist Fredrik Söderberg who had an exhibition with us in 2008 has made his strongest statement yet in an amazing show at the Milliken Gallery in Stockholm (18/3 – 30/4) called We Pray to the Sun and Hail the Moon
R.J. 29-Mar-2010
Tino Sehgal at the Guggenheim New York
For those who visited Magasin 3 Spring 2008, you’ll know Tino Sehgal makes art that does not require the transformation of any materials. A few days ago I saw his astonishing exhibition in New York, which blew me away. Without comparison the best and most enriching art I’ve seen so far this year!
R.J. 09-Mar-2010
Whitney Biennial 2010
The 2010 Whitney Biennial has been open for two weeks. It is curated under the leadership of F. Bonami. Is the biennial a success… Immediate thoughts that bounces around in my head –”WHY”… but there are exceptions, R. Grosvenor, R.H. Quatyman. Visit if you are in NYC and build your own opinion!
D.N. 09-Mar-2010
Apartamento
I seem to be drawn to inspirational everyday life things at the moment. It could be the never ending winter or a nesting instinct… Anyway, Apartamento is a great everyday life interiors magazine with a refreshing attitude the way it puts texture, patina and personality above glossy hotel like spreads.
S.K. 05-Mar-2010
Some hours at the Boros Collection
I spent some hours at the Boros Collection in Berlin last weekend. Far from “uncomplicated” presentation… but this recently opened show case of primarily Berlin based artists is a must!
D.N. 25-Feb-2010
Nothing Negative
Fur hats and cranky bus drivers – very long winter indeed. Time to think about something else. Undertake Yoko Ono’s simple and mind blowing CLEANING PIECE from 1996: Try to say nothing negative about anybody. a, for three days b, for forty-five days c, for three months. See what happens to your life.
E.M. 23-Feb-2010
Singing Conceptual Art
In 1972 John Baldessari sang what Sol LeWitt had written on conceptual art to ”perhaps reach a wider audience”. Looking most solemn, he pays his tribute, humming wonderful phrases such as “Ideas can be works of art”. See it in the exhibition ”Intensities” at Instituto Cervantes, Stockholm.
E.M. 04-Feb-2010
Inspirational everyday pictures
On her blog Swedish illustrator Liselotte Watkins shares photos from her life and work. I appreciate the (almost) picture only blog format with atmospheric still lifes, illustrations and poetic environments – like daily gifts that remind me of the things I like!
S.K. 02-Feb-2010
Nature’s cabinet of curiosities
Visit Deyrolle on Rue du Bac and you enter into a world of wonders that tickles your imagination. Mounted birds and mammals, amazing collections of shells, minerals, bugs, and butterflies – since 1831 this shop offers materials for nature lovers. A must see in Paris!
T.P. 02-Feb-2010
Sculpture collection comes to life in natural light
Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, built in 1866, was created from the idea that experiences of art interacts with the surrounding environment. ”Work in Progress – Museum in a New Light” shows the sculpture collection in natural light, and the changing daylight makes the sculptures come alive…
S.K. 18-Jan-2010
Shivers in Grand Palais – Christian Boltanski in Paris
My heart almost stopped as clothes fell through the ice cold air. A crane, a mountain of clothes, rusty tin boxes and a graveyard of clothes neatly spread out on the floor – all to the pulsating sound of hundreds of heartbeats. MONUMENTA 2010 – Personnes: until February 21
T.P. 15-Jan-2010
Specific Objects without Specific Form
Magasin 3 has lent the work “Untitled (For Stockholm)” from our collection to the solo exhibition of Felix Gonzalez-Torres that just opened at WIELS in Brussels. The show will travel and will be curated by Tino Sehgal when it is shown at MMK in Frankfurt. Tino had a solo show at Magasin 3 in 2008.
R.J. 15-Jan-2010
EVERT LUNDQUIST at Moderna Museet
Looking forward to the exhibition with Evert Lundqvist put together by MM:s young star curator Fredrik Liew. Lundquist is Sweden’s own Luc Tuymans, but of course 50 years ago and maybe even better…
D.N. 13-Jan-2010
Moderna Museet Malmö opens to the sound of music
The Swedish Modern Museum in Stockholm now has a sibling down south. To make sure the preview the 22nd of Dec would swing the music collective “Instead of Gospel” were invited to play. They made the event reach new heights, truly original almost divine.
E.M. 13-Jan-2010