The title of this exhibition, which brings together ten artists from different backgrounds, is taken from an advert placed by JG Ballard in Ambit, the legendary magazine he co-edited in the 1960’s. Does the angle between two walls have a happy ending?, which will inaugurate this evening at Federica Schiavo Gallery in Rome, presents artists whose work repositions and re-contextualizes formal histories of art, architecture and design in order to highlight intersections between the political, the poetic and the aesthetic, both critically and conceptually. There are several crossovers and intersections among the different pieces: from the relationships of architecture and form to nature, to the investigation of time and space within the history and processes of modernity; from the challenges of perception in the history of architecture and painting, to an exploration into public and domestic space as related to social issues.

Featuring Diana Al-Hadid, Alexander Apostol, Salvatore Arancio, Alexandre Arrechea, Armando Andrade Tudela, Tim Hyde, Andre Komatsu, Nicola Lopez, Ishmael Randall-Weeks and Andrea Sala.

From left, clockwise - Alexander Aposotol, Skeleton Coast, 2005. André Komatsu, Sem Titulo 2 – da Serie Arreas Desoladas, 2008. Tim Hyde, Untitled (from MV-1, 4, 6, 7 and 9 to 12), 2008/09.  Ishmael Randall-Weeks, Mesa De Dibujo#1, 2008.

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Joachim Koester’s fourth solo show at Greene Naftali probes into the complex legacy of counter-culture and the states of psychedelic experimentation of the twentieth century, continuing the artist’s ventures into the nature of human exploration.

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If you are in Rome, we recommend a journey into the labyrinthine path that Gregor Schneider created for the Fondazione Volume!. The artist, known for his obsession with building and rebuilding environments, conceived an installed course which affects time rather than space, a mental maze of the inner search of life that symbolizes humanity’s attempt to triumph over time.

Above – Volker Döhne, Toter Mann Krefeld, 2000. Courtesy: Gregor Schneider.

Sunday May 2, 2010
Karl-Liebknecht Strasse 9, Berlin
Starting 10 p.m.

Do you remember O.K. Festival? From April 16 to April 18 it brought together the best, most beautiful, weirdest independent magazines in the world…

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Sunday is a one-day fair that will be held in Berlin on May 2, during Gallery Weekend. It is a follow-up to the ‘7mal2’ event, which took place last year, a small new fair that will cover three floors of a building in Rosa Luxemburg Platz. We are media partner for the event and we’ll be waiting for you in Berlin with a little surprise…

Via dell’Abbondanza is an exploration of Jan De Cock’s architectural re-imaginings. Two years ago, for his first solo show at Galleria Francesca Minini, De Cock used modernist buildings as a starting point for his investigation. Now, in the same gallery, the artist presents a reproduction of Via dell’Abbondanza, featuring vertical pieces inspired by Pompeii’s ancient architectures.
The exhibition opening was also the occasion for the official launch of the artist’s new website.

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Until May 7, a group show featuring Emanuele Becheri, Giovanni Oberti, Alexandros Papathanasiou and Ruth Scott – curated by Alessandro Sarri – will be visitable at neon>campobase, Bologna.
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This evening, at Giò Marconi, three exhibitions will inaugurate simultaneously…

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Catalogue edited by Mousse Publishing

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Untitled (Atlas) is the title of the exhibition that concludes the one-month residency of Özlem Altin and Carlotta Sennato at the Fondazione Morra Greco in Naples. The show, curated by Francesca Boenzi, takes its cue from a reflection on image and memory on Palazzo Caracciolo di Avellino and the possibility to interpret and to communicate its character and its charms.

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Cristiana Palandri’s exhibition at Scaramouche articulates imperceptible processes of decomposition and transformation. For her first solo-show in New York, the Florence-based artist presents a selection of drawings and sculptures built on her previous investigations with organic materials. Noiseless, that borrows its title from one of Palandri’s recent works, is the last exhibition at the former Fruit & Flower Deli space, before Scaramouche’s move to Orchard Street.

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A visual conversation between Paola Manfrin and Diego Perrone.

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After Torino, PA/PER VIEW art book fair will present 33 of the world’s leading artist book publishers during Belgium’s most intense contemporary art weekend. This convergence of exciting initiatives will take place in the mezzanine of Wiels from April 22 until April 25.

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Eric Fischl, Old Man’s Boat, 1981

New York in the 1980s was a place of staggering change and progress where artists like Jean-Michel Basquiat, Julian Schnabel, Francesco Clemente and Barbara Kruger created experimental work that expanded the aesthetic horizons for generations to come. These artists are just some of the protagonists of Your History is Not Our History, a group exhibition organized by artists David Salle and Richard Phillips that aims to offer a more accurate portrayal of the energy that was permeating the city during that time. The exhibition will be visitable until May 1 at Haunch of Venison, New York.

Including works by Donald Baechler, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Ross Bleckner, Francesco Clemente, Carroll Dunham, Eric Fischl, RobertGober, Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger, Louise Lawler, Sherrie Levine, Malcolm Morley, Richard Prince, David Salle, Julian Schnabel, Cindy Sherman, Laurie Simmons, Phillip Taaffe, Terry Winters and Christopher Wool.