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Art
L amour fou: Picasso and Marie Therese
Picasso, Pablo; Richardson, John

Pablo Picasso's endless fascination with his lover's character and form led to radical shifts in his conception of portraiture and the mystical metamorphoses that the act of creation entails. Picasso's secretive love affair with Marie-Therese Walter, which began in 1927, inspired a radical shift in his conception of portraiture. The exhibition and catalogue present Marie-Therese as a primary vehicle for his experimentation during the period, including several works never before seen in the United States as well as previously unpublished personal letters and photographs. Picasso and Marie-Therese sheds new light on the interpretation of one of the most creative relationships in Picasso's rich and varied oeuvre.

Architecture and design
Contemporary Architecture in China "Buildings and Projects 2000-2020"
Dubrau, Christian

Set apart from China's globally criticised stance on the issues of climate protection, Internet censorship, and human rights, over the last ten years China's economic centres have developed into genuine architectural destinations. Initially earning only a tired smile from the architects of the industrial nations and accused of plagiarism, breathtaking buildings have risen out of the ground in Beijing, Shanghai, and elsewhere. In many other megacities, which are virtually unknown to Europeans, buildings also bear witness to the country's advancing modernisation. Extravagant high-rises, gigantic airports or extraordinary stadiums have already earned a place in the chronicle of 21st century architecture. Like the country's internationally-recognised stars, Chinese architects are now also emancipating themselves from the anonymous mass of state-run project institutes and university planning offices.

Photography
Boris Mikhailov. The Wedding
Mikhailov, Boris

Challenging and provocative, Mikhailov's photographs document human casualties living in post communist Eastern Europe after the demise of the Soviet Union. They are unflinching and ruthless depictions of poverty and the homeless (also known as Bomzhes) living in the margins of Russia's new economic regime without social support or care. This series presents a simulated wedding between two homeless people often naked and in sexual poses, set amongst their own surroundings.
Mikhailov's photographs, often presented in these wry even humorous situations, only add to the absurdity of this tragic life. The onlooker experiences feelings of empathy and disgust as they guiltily absorb the content of these engaging yet horrifying pictures, peering into an unknown world of madness, destitution, longing and death in an un-redemptive portrait of outcast humanity.


"The Wedding" is bound in imitation of a traditional wedding album, with faux-leather and gold-debossed lettering designed by calligrapher John Stevens. It is further finished off with a text by Adrian Searle.

Ivory Press
Die Argonauten
Kiefer, Anselm

Ivorypress publishes Die Argonauten, the third volume of the LiberArs Series, a "collection of artist's books in pocket format", after Sils (Gerhard Richter) and Gravity (Richard Long). This so far unpublished body of work by German artist Anselm Kiefer is based on the myth of Jason and his quest for the Golden Fleece. The originals, pencil drawings on photographs, are going to be on view at the new art space of Ivorypress Art+Books between February 15 and March 26, 2011.

Ivorypress publica Die Argonauten, el tercer volumen de la colección LiberArs Series, una colección de "libros de artista en formato bolsillo", después de Sils (Gerhard Richter) y Gravity (Richard Long). Este trabajo del artista alemán Anselm Kiefer, basado en el mito de Jasón y su búsqueda del vellocino de oro, es inédito. Los originales, obras realizadas en lápiz sobre fotografía, estarán expuestos en el nuevo espacio de Ivorypress Art+Books entre el 15 de febrero y el 26 de marzo de 2011.

Digital
Opening Night
Cassavetes,John

Myrtle Gordon, actriz de Broadway, ensaya su último obra sobre una mujer incapaz de admitir que envejece. Cuando es testigo de la trágica muerte de una de sus fieles seguidoras, comienza a enfrentarse al propio torbellino en la que su propia vida personal y profesional se ha adentrado. Opening Night, con escenas rodadas con la presencia de público que reaccionan con libertad a las actuaciones que ven sobre el escenario, expone el drama de una actriz que, con gran desgaste personal consigue hacer suyos los papeles que interpreta