Evgeniya Kikodze

INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA

Evgeniya Kikodze
The Venice Biennale: Thinking and Feeling Should Be in Unity

#4 2007 (17)

This year’s project for Venice was prepared against the backdrop of the apparent failure of the 2005 Biennale. In fact, at first, the well-known American art critic and artist Robert Storr, this year’s curator, had been offered the curatorship of the previous exhibition. However, there was not enough time left for preparations, and Storr declined the offer, passing it on to Rosa Martinez. This year, Storr had more time which he used effectively to express his views most fully and comprehensively.

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

Yevgenia Kikodze
Art Moscow 2007: The Beginning of Entropy

№3 2007 (16)

This year has proved something of a confirmation for Art Moscow, the only international contemporary art fair in Russia: According to Vasily Bichkov, Director of the Expo-Park Company, this is the first time when the event was actually profitable (last year, the organizers hardly broke even, managing only to cover expenses, while earlier Art Moscow was expressly unprofitable). The officially announced profit was almost $10 million, with about half of the money coming from actual sales and the other half the price of reserved pieces.

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

Yevgenia Kikodze
The Federation of Curators

№2 2007 (15)

The Second Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art has certainly become a significant event in Russia’s cultural life. Almost every Moscow organization in any way related to contemporary art – including museums, galleries, centres of contemporary art, private foundations and even the trendiest of clubs – have tried to make a statement by their participation in the preparation of the exhibition calendar. Their wider purpose is to accurately and proudly present contemporary art in Russia, as well as invite the numerous guests of the Biennale to acquaint themselves with Russian art, both from today and from the recent past.

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