Kind of.
But I have found some great websites today, sitting on the couch, wrapped up like an eskimo.
1. Dasha Zhukova was awarded the Leo Award - The Leo award being given to someone who acheives greatly in curatorship and dedication to Contemporary Art. Zhukova being a Russian lady married to a rich guy called Abramovic (Coool) and who started up the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture.
With our Curate and Critique assignment coming up for Theory II, I thought I'd take a look at what makes her such a top curator... well have a look for yourself:
Photograph of Dasha Zhukova from here
2. Wochenklausur - "The artist group WochenKlausur has been conducting social interventions since 1993. The concept of intervention, whose usage in art has undergone an inflationary trend in recent years, is often used for any form of change. In contrast, WochenKlausur, at the invitation of art institutions, develops and realizes proposals - small-scale but very concrete - for improving sociopolitical deficits...The core team of WochenKlausur conists of 8 artists who have all participated in multiple projects..."
Their projects are amazing, check it out here:
Photograph taken from here
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