Thursday, 26 November 2009

My encounter with VeVe

During this last month in Marrakech I have to say that the most interesting person I met was a 3 year old (almost 4 according to her) named Vega Violet.
She is without doubt the most inteligent, fast and clever 3 year old (almost 4) I've ever met. We had great conversations throughout the two days we passed in each other's company. Here is a taste of it:

Luiza: Veve, I love your scarf, it's beautiful!
Veve: Thank you, but it's not a scarf, it's a foulard!

Marrakech November 2009

http://works-and-places.appartement22.com/
http://www.aimbiennale.org/

Saturday, 7 November 2009

Directly from Marrakech...

...for the next 20 days!








Friday, 6 November 2009

Luiza'a Agenda/ October 2009

Exhibitions/Art Events:
Miroslaw Balka – Tate Modern, Turbine Hall Comission 2009/10
Pop Life: Art in a Material World - Tate Modern
Jill Magid, Authority to Remove - Tate Modern, Level 2 Gallery
Ed Ruscha – Hayward Gallery
Gustav Metzger - Serpentine Gallery
Sophie Calle - Whitechapel Gallery
Ed Ruscha - On the Road: An artist book – Gagosian Gallery, Davies Street
Castellani/ Flavin/ Judd /Uecker - Haunch of Venison
Yinka Shonibare, MBE – Stephen Friedman Gallery
Clunie Reid – MOT International
Juan Uslé – Frith Street Gallery
Lisson Presents 6: A Troubling Metamorphosis of Loose Ideas Into Cast Forms – Lisson Gallery
Anish Kapoor – Lisson Gallery
Heimo Zobernig – Simon Lee
Sculpture of the Space Age – The David Roberts Foundation
The object of the attack – The David Roberts Foundation
Jim Goldberg: Open See – The Photographers Gallery
Sara Ramo – The Photographers Gallery
Robert Mapplethorpe: A Season in Hell – Alison Jacques Gallery
John Baldessari – Spruth Magers London
Collector Collecting - Gallery 32
Ugo Rondinone: Nude – Sadie Coles HQ
John Bock: The Big Sleep – Sadie Coles, Balfour Mews
Robert Bordo – Mummery+Schnelle
Frieze Art Fair 2009
Zoo Art Fair 2009
Marius Engh – Supportico Lopez – Berlin

Talks:
Miroslaw Balka and Paul Herkenhoff in conversation – Tate Modern
Ed Ruscha – Hayward Gallery
Paulo Herkenhoff on the XXIV Bienal de São Paulo

Books:
Man in the Dark - Paul Auster
Frankenstein – Mary Shelley

Films:
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) – Directed by Woody Allen (with Javier Bardem; Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz)
When Harry met Sally (1989) – Directed by Rob Reiner (with Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal)
Two for the Road (1967) – Directed by Stanley Donen (with Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney)
Rome II
Nip Tuck 4

Monday, 2 November 2009

Walter De Maria - The Broken Kilometer

If you are ever in New York, don't miss this fantastic installation!
It's been there since 1979 and I never knew about it!

http://www.diaart.org/sites/main/brokenkilometer




Wednesday, 21 October 2009

Lawrence Weiner at his best!

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"The purpose of art is to question the material relationships to their world in relation to human beings.

The purpose of curating is to agglomerate those questions (in effect to present them).

Why should an artist curate the next WHATEVER show WHENEVER." Lawrence Weiner

This is part of The Next Documenta Should be Curated by An Artist an e-flux's project Curated by Jens Hoffman

Monday, 19 October 2009

A Tribute to Stephen Gately...




I know it's quite cheeky, but I couldn't avoid it and this blog is about me, who I am and the things that shape my life. Not only was Boyzone part of my teenage years, Stephen Gately was my favourite one. I was quite upset when he came out and got married to his boyfriend, I probably thought I still had some chances hahaha... Anyway, I hope he is well wherever he is. Stephen Gately (1976 - 2009)