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Michael Asher, no title, 1969. Installation view, Seattle Art Museum Pavilion.

By John Baldessari

Michael Asher, no title, 1973. Installation view, Galleria Franco Toselli, Milan. Photo: Giorgio Colombo.

By Benjamin H. D. Buchloh

Art handlers move statue into place for Michael Asher’s untitled installation for the 73rd American Exhibition, Gallery 219, Art Institute of Chicago, 1979.

By Anne Rorimer

Jan Mostaert, Triptych of the Deposition from the Cross, ca. 1520, triptych, oil on wood panel, open: 55 3/8 x 74".

Alexander Nagel’s Medieval Modern and Amy Knight Powell’s Depositions

By Benjamin Paul

Two stills from Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel’s Leviathan, 2012, HD video, color, sound, 87 minutes.

Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel’s Leviathan

David Gatten, The Extravagant Shadows, 1998–2012, HD video, color, sound, 175 minutes.

David Gatten’s The Extravagant Shadows

Shane Carruth, Upstream Color, 2013, HD video, color, sound, 96 minutes. Kris (Amy Seimetz) and Jeff (Shane Carruth).

Shane Carruth‘s Upstream Color

Jacques Demy, Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (The Young Girls of Rochefort), 1967, 35 mm, color, sound, 124 minutes. Production still. From left: Catherine Deneuve, Jacques Demy, and Françoise Dorléac. Photo: Hélène Jeanbrau.

the films of Jacques Demy

By Melissa Anderson

Publicity still for Throbbing Gristle (Industrial Records, 1981). From left: Peter “Sleazy” Christopherson, Chris Carter, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Genesis P-Orridge.

X-TG’s Desertshore/The Final Report

April 2013

Kjetil Trædal Thorsen

By Kjetil Trædal Thorsen

View of “Dancing Around the Bride: Cage, Cunningham, Johns, Rauschenberg, and Duchamp,” 2012–13, Philadelphia Museum of Art. From left: Robert Rauschenberg, set for Tantric Geography, 1977; Jasper Johns, set for Walkaround Time, 1968. Photo: Constance Mensh.

“Intimate Collaborations”

By Richard Meyer

Andreea Novac, Pretend We Make You Happy, 2010. Performance view, National Center of Dance Bucharest, November 13, 2010. From left: Alin State, Istvan Teglas, and Stefan Lupus. Photo: Tonut Staicu.

performance art and politics in Romania

By Oana Sanziana Marian

Luigi Ghirri, Engelberg, 1972, C-print, 4 5/8 x 6 5/8". From the series “Kodachrome,” 1970–78.

LUIGI GHIRRI: A PORTFOLIO

Luigi Ghirri, Ile Rousse, 1976, C-print, 9 1/2 x 14 1/8". From the series “Kodachrome,” 1970–78.

BETWEEN TWO WORLDS: THE ART OF LUIGI GHIRRI

By Maria Antonella Pelizzari

George Chakhava and Zurab Jalaghania, Ministry of Roads Building (now Bank of Georgia headquarters), 1975, Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo: Frédéric Chaubin.

DISPATCH: CONTEMPORARY ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE CAUCASUS

George Kevle, Sleeping, 2006. Performance views, National Art Center, Tbilisi, Georgia, November 2, 2005. From “Wednesday Calls the Future.” Photos: Laurence Bonvin.

By Daniel Baumann

F+F Schule für Kunst und Mediendesign Zürich’s workspace, with contributions by U.S.E., RELAX, Rene Fahmi, Chantal Romani, Miro Schawalder, Studio Action, and Judith Weidmann, at the 1st Tbilisi Triennial, Center of Contemporary Art—Tbilisi, Georgia, 2012. Photo: Lexo Soselia.

By Wato Tsereteli

Grigol Robakidze, Lamara, 1928. Performance view, Rustaveli National Theatre, Tbilisi, Georgia, 1930. Set design by Irakli Gamrekeli.

By Nana Kipiani

Sergei Paradjanov and actress Leila Alibegashvili at Paradjanov’s home, Tbilisi, Georgia, ca. 1980. Photo: Alexander Tombulidi.

Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili

By Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili

Niko Pirosmani, Sona Playing a Concertina, 1913, oil on cardboard, 39 1/8 x 27 1/8".

Irena Popiashvili

By Irena Popiashvili

Architects of Invention, Tbilisi Prosecutor’s Office, 2012, Georgia. Photo: Nakanimamasakhisi Photo Lab.

Nikoloz Japaridze

By Nikoloz Japaridze

Levan Chogoshvili, Untitled, 1977, watercolor on wallpaper, 18 1/2 x 22 3/8". From the series “Destroyed Aristocracy,” 1970–86.

Levan Chogoshvili

By Levan Chogoshvili

Kamikaze loggias, Tbilisi, Georgia, 2007. Photo: Levan Asabashvili/Urban Reactor.

By Joanna Warsza

Andro Wekua, Yet to be titled, 2012, acrylic plaster, wood, steel, gypsum fiberboard, acrylic paint, 13 1/2 x 17 1/4 x 16 1/4".

Gela Patashuri and Sergei Tcherepnin with Tobias Madison and Emanuel Rossetti, TCCA Organ, 2012–, mixed media. Installation view, Tbilisi Center for Contemporary Art, Shindisi, Georgia, 2012.

1000 WORDS: SERGEI TCHEREPNIN AND GELA PATASHURI

By Caroline Busta

NEGATIVE CAPABILITIES: CLAES OLDENBURG AND JACKSON POLLOCK

By Branden W. Joseph

Sarah Oppenheimer, W-120301, 2012, aluminum, glass, existing architecture. Installation views, Baltimore Museum of Art. Photo: James Ewing.

CLOSE-UP: MIRROR TRAVEL

Julian Rose on Sarah Oppenheimer’s W-120301, 2012

Terrence Malick, Days of Heaven, 1978, 35 mm, color, sound, 94 minutes. Foreground: Bill (Richard Gere).

AN EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES: THE FILMS OF TERRENCE MALICK

By James Quandt

Ahmet Öğüt, Across the Slope, 2008, modified Fiat 131, constructed floor. Installation view, SALT Beyoğlu, Istanbul, 2011.

OPENINGS: AHMET ÖĞÜT

By Devrim Bayar

View of “Nam June Paik: Global Visionary,” 2012–13. Foreground: TV Garden, 1974/2000. Background: Selected objects from the Nam June Paik Archive.

Smithsonian American Art Museum

By William Kaizen

View of “Llyn Foulkes,” 2013. From left: O’Pablo, 1983; Big Sur, 1984; Ghost Hill, 1984; Saddle Peak, 1984. Photo: Robert Wedemeyer.

By Catherine Taft

Ernesto Neto, Life Is a River, 2012, cotton fabric, polyamide fabric, spices. Installation view, Moidu’s Heritage Plaza, 2013.

the Kochi-Muziris Biennale

By Zehra Jumabhoy

Ragnar Kjartansson, The Visitors, 2012, nine-channel HD video projection, color, sound, 64 minutes.

Ragnar Kjartansson

Luhring Augustine | Chelsea

By Jeffrey Kastner

Alighiero Boetti

Gladstone Gallery | West 21st St

By Robert Pincus-Witten

Fisher Landau Center for Art

By Robert Pincus-Witten

Sandra Gering Inc

By Barry Schwabsky

Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects

By David Frankel

Osvaldo Romberg

Henrique Faria Fine Art

By Donald Kuspit

By Lauren O’Neill-Butler

Pierogi | The Boiler

Cyprien Gaillard

By Kaelen Wilson-Goldie

Ignacio Uriarte

The Drawing Center

By Colby Chamberlain

Peter Wächtler

Goethe-Institut Curatorial Residencies Ludlow 38

By Beau Rutland

Amalia Pica, If These Walls Could Talk (with door) (detail), 2011, wood, tin cans, screws, paint, glue, string. Installation view.

MIT List Visual Arts Center

View of “R. H. Quaytman,” 2013. Foreground: Passing Through the Opposite of What It Approaches, Chapter 25 (After James Coleman’s slide piece), 2012 (12 3/8 x 20"). Background: Passing Through the Opposite of What It Approaches, Chapter 25 (After James Coleman’s slide piece), 2012 (37 x 60").

The Renaissance Society

By Solveig Nelson

View of “Peter Young,” 2013. Foreground: #1–1990. Background: #5–1996 (detail).

Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson

By Alexander Provan

Jon Pestoni, Shelf Life, 2012, oil on canvas, 103 x 78 x 2 1/4".

David Kordansky Gallery

By Suzanne Hudson

By Travis Diehl

Philippe Vandenberg, D’après ‘L’Ennemi Intérieur’ (After “The Enemy Within”), 2003, oil on canvas, 78 5/8 x 78 3/4 x 1 1/8".

Philippe Vandenberg

CARLOS/ISHIKAWA

By Gilda Williams

Geraldo de Barros

The Photographers' Gallery

Aurélien Froment, 9 Intervals, 2011/2012, two synched HD video projections, color, sound, 19 minutes 43 seconds. Installation view.

Aurélien Froment

mother's tankstation | Dublin

Merlin James, House in Marshes, 2011, mixed media on MDF, 23 5/8 x 31 1/8".

Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire

By Mara Hoberman

View of “Katja Novitskova,” 2012–13. Foreground: Approximation I, 2012. Background: Win Win, 2012.

Katja Novitskova

Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler

By Alexander Scrimgeour

Nina Könnemann, Cone, 2008, HD video, color, sound, 4 minutes.

Lüneburg, Germany

Nina Könnemann

Halle für Kunst Lüneburg

By Jens Asthoff

Antonio Calderara, Figura al Sole (Figure in the Sun), 1949, oil on wood panel, 6 1/4 x 5 1/8".

Antonio Calderara

Annemarie Verna Galerie

By Hans Rudolf Reust

G. Küng, Big Glass Slide, 2013, glass, ink, alcohol, nails, 59 x 47 1/4".

Dunja Herzog and G. Küng

Ausstellungsraum Klingental

By Quinn Latimer

Carmen Herrera, Untitled, 2012, acrylic and pencil on paper, 27 1/2 x 39 3/8".

Lisson Gallery | Milan

By Alessandra Pioselli

Luca Francesconi

By Marco Tagliafierro

Heinrich Dunst, About A B order (detail), 2013, mixed media, eight parts, overall 9' 2 1/4" x 18' x 9".

Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder

By Astrid Mania

David Maljković, Images with Their Own Shadows, 2008, projector, stand, screen, metal studs, plasterboard, 16-mm film (color, sound, 6 minutes 16 seconds). Installation view.

David Maljković

By Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith

View of “Daniel Jacoby,” 2012–13. Five works from the series “Towel Sculptures,” 2012–, all Untitled, 2012.

By Javier Hontoria

Mika Rottenberg, Sneeze, 2012, HD video, color, sound, 3 minutes 2 seconds.

Mika Rottenberg

By Ronald Jones

Jorge Queiroz, Untitled, 2010, watercolor, engraving, pencil, and oil pastel on paper, 29 x 21 1/4".

Fundação Carmona E Costa

By Jurriaan Benschop

Amnon Ben-Ami, Alma, 2011, oil on paper, 19 5/8 x 13 3/4". From the series “Alma,” 2011.

Bezalel, Yaffo 23

View of “Fernanda Gomes,” 2012–13.

Casa de Cultura Laura Alvim

By Sérgio Martins

Cover: Luigi Ghirri, Marina di Ravenna (detail), 1986, C-print, 12 1/2 x 18 1/2". From the series “Paesaggio Italiano” (Italian Landscape), 1980–92. — Cover: Luigi Ghirri, Marina di Ravenna (detail), 1986, C-print, 12 1/2 x 18 1/2". From the series “Paesaggio Italiano” (Italian Landscape), 1980–92.

April 2013

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