Unit A Art Walk

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Jean-Pierre Roy, A chorus, 2015. Courtesy of Gallery Poulsen. We are pleased to announce the exhibitors for the eleventh edition of PULSE New York. This March, the fair will return to its centrally located home at the Metropolitan Pavilion, opening on Thursday, March 3 and closing on Sunday, March 6, 2016. PULSE New York will present a tightly curated selection of national and international exhibitors representing works by more than 100 artists. As one of the longest running contemporary art fairs in New York, PULSE offers visitors a welcoming environment in which to explore and discover the most compelling art being produced today. The New York 2016 exhibitors are listed below; for additional information about these galleries and their artists, please click here. In the coming weeks we will be updating you with more information about our schedule of programming and projects. We look forward to seeing you at PULSE New York!  Follow us on social media @PULSEArtFair for live fair updates.  #fineartmagazine

Phillips Londo, Contemporary April 13 2016: Sell with us

New Now showcases the best of what's happening right now in contemporary art—all in one place. These diverse lots are equally seductive to savvy collectors and auction-curious newcomers. If you think our New Now sale might be the right fit for a work in your collection, get in touch. We'll have an expert on hand to help you get your work to the right auction in the right place at the right time. Enquiries and Valuations Tamila Kerimova +44 20 7318 4065 tkerimova@phillips.com Bernard Frize Fetil, 2003 (detail) Estimate £20,000-30,000 #fineartmagazine

Making Plans Early for Art Basel? View the Gallery list

BASEL | FEBRUARY 2 | 2016 287 premier galleries to show at Art Basel's 47th edition in Basel Art Basel today announced its gallery list for the 47th edition of the show in Basel, Switzerland, taking place from June 16 to June 19, 2016. This year, 287 leading international galleries will present works ranging from the early 20th century to the most contemporary artists of today. The Basel show, whose Lead Partner is UBS, will present a diverse geographical selection of leading international galleries from 33 countries. Alongside a strong representation of galleries from Europe, exhibitors and artists will be shown from across the globe. The participating galleries have exhibition spaces in Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States. Galleries, the main sector of the show, will feature 221 galleries presenting the highest quality of painting, sculpture, drawing, installation, photography, video and editioned works. A strong list of returning exhibitors is joined by six galleries who will exhibit within the sector for the first time, having previously shown in Statements or Feature: Applicat-Prazan (Paris), Borzo (Amsterdam), Karma International (Zurich, Beverly Hills), Jack Shainman Gallery (New York, Kinderhook), Stevenson (Cape Town, Johannesburg) and Barbara Wien (Berlin). The Galleries sector will also include two completely new exhibitors: joségarcía ,mx (Mexico DF) and Pace/MacGill Gallery (New York). The full gallery list is available from artbasel.com/basel/galleries. #fineartmagazine

MCA Chicago, Presents Tim Etchells and Shakespeare Feb. 19-27

TIM ETCHELLS / FORCED ENTERTAINMENT THE NOTEBOOK | FEBRUARY 18-19 SPEAK BITTERNESS | FEBRUARY 20 (IN)COMPLETE WORKS: TABLE TOP SHAKESPEARE | FEBRUARY 25-27

Over the course of two weeks, MCA Stage presents three distinct projects by the experimental British theater group Forced Entertainment, led by director and writer Tim Etchells. Forced Entertainment's works are often concerned with the mechanics of the live event -- disrupting conventions and audience expectations about contemporary theater. They are performing The Notebook, Speak Bitterness, and (In)Complete Works: Table Top Shakespeare, copresented with the Chicago Shakespeare Theater as part of the city-wide Shakespeare 400 festival.   The first of the three projects is The Notebook, based on the award-winning novel by Hungarian writer Ágota Kristóf and set during WWII. Kristóf created twin narrators -- unnamed boys who describe their troubled lives in the countryside as the war drags to its conclusion and the new reality of Hungary under the Soviet Union takes hold -- to have a style that is poised between a kids' picture book and hard-boiled detective fiction. The children are social outsiders who survive and understand the world by harsh codes. As the war deepens, the brothers are slowly revealed as struggling moralists, trying to live by consistent principles while Central Europe is crumbling into cruelty and opportunism. The two actors who perform The Notebook speak every word in sync with one another, even matching their breaths. This marks the first time that Forced Entertainment has used an existing text, a departure from devising and writing their own work.   The second of the three projects is Speak Bitterness, which is performed over a period of six hours and shows a group of penitents whose task is to confess to everything. They are by turns cowed, breezy, anguished, reluctant, jovial, and determined. In a brightly lit space, a group of performers behind a long table take turns competing to confess the most horrific, amusing, or convincing things-from crimes as serious as forgery, murder, and genocide to nasty indiscretions, such as reading others' diaries and not taking the dog for a walk. Somewhere between a catalogue of human infamy and a strange and comical show-trial, this exhaustive work draws on the culture of confession in society at large. The audience is free to arrive, leave, and return at any point.   The third and final project is Forced Entertainment's newest work, and its Chicago debut coincides with Shakespeare 400, the largest global celebration of Shakespeare's legacy, taking place throughout Chicago in 2016. (In) Complete Works: Table Top Shakespearefeatures a selection of four different one-hour Shakespeare plays each night for three nights. These plays are selected from their marathon Complete Works project, where condensed versions of Shakespeare plays are performed on a table top using a collection of ordinary everyday objects as characters.   In this program, specially created for the MCA, members of Forced Entertainment perform a selection of plays to explore the dynamic force of storytelling through the use of language alone, in simple and distinctive retellings of some of the Bard's most famous works. Each night's performance of (In) Complete Works: Table Top Shakespeare presents a different group of four plays: Feb 25: Timon of Athens, Measure for Measure, Henry V, Much Ado About Nothing Feb 26: The Merchant of Venice, As You Like It, Macbeth, The Winter's Tale Feb 27: Loves Labours Lost, Antony and Cleopatra, All's Well That Ends Well, The Tempest For over 30 years, Forced Entertainment has made formative works that search for identity in a fractured, uncertain world. Based in Sheffield, England, and acclaimed internationally as one of the most important devised theater companies in the world, Forced Entertainment is a group of six artists who make theater and performance works, as well as installations, site-specific pieces, books, web projects, and more. Their artistic director, Tim Etchells, writes for and with the performance collective, and for his own print and online projects, and makes text-driven visual art. The core members and performers of the ensemble are Robin Arthus, Time Etchells, Richard Lowdon, Claire Marshall, Cathy Naden, and Terry O'Connor.  RELATED PROGRAM MCA Talk: Forced Entertainment February 18, immediately following the performance Audience members are invited to stay after the performance for a moderated conversation with the members of Forced Entertainment.   TICKET INFORMATION The Notebook takes place February 18-19 at 7:30 pm, with a running time of two hours, no intermission. This performance contains mature content, and is recommended for ages 16+. Speak Bitterness takes place February 20 at 4 pm, with a running time of six hours. (In)Complete Works: Table Top Shakespeare takes place February 25-27 at 7:30 pm, with a running time of four hours.   Tickets are $30 for each performance and available at the MCA Box Office at 312.397.4010 orwww.mcachicago.org.  #fineartmagazine

Private Museum In the Heart of the Art World.

Soumaya Museum Courtesy of Soumaya Museum

PRIVATE MUSEUMS, A HEART OF THE ART WORLD?

p.14 Interview: Frank Stella, in the heart of Manhattan On the occasion of his exhibition at the Whitney Museum, Frank Stella welcomed us into his studio in the West Village, the district where he has lived since 1967. In this space that also serves as his study and library, where he keeps a few works and presents his models, the artist born in 1936 retraces the golden age of American painting and his ties with Europe.

p.21 Focus: Sotheby's Q4 This Friday, 22nd of January, Sotheby’s revealed its estimate earnings for the last quarter of 2015. Along with disappointing numbers, the auction house also announced an increase in the already existing buyback program, leaving investors with a positive overall impression despite the loss. The exact numbers will be released in the last week of February. The company has been subject to many changes since activist hedge fund manager Dan Loeb claimed control of the board in early 2014. The latest developments included the resignation of CFO Patrick McClymont and the acquisition of Art Agency Partners, presided by Amy Cappellazzo and Allan Schwartzman, in an effort to improve the private sales department.

p.24 Data: Carsten Höller Carsten Höller was born on 6 December 1961 in Brussels, to German parents. Today, he lives and works in Stockholm (Sweden).

p.32 Focus: Contemporary art and historic places On 18 January 2016, Art Media Agency’s first dîner-débat of 2016 was held at the Club de la Chasse et de la Nature (Paris). Jean d’Haussonville, managing director of the Domaine National de Chambord since 2010, was invited to speak on the theme: “Contemporary art in historic establishments: a strategy of openness or a concession to time?”

The Writers Lab 2016 Presented by IRIS and New York Women in Film and Television

The Writers Lab 2016 Presented by IRIS and New York Women in Film and Television The Writers Lab brings 12 promising scripts from women screenwriters over the age of 40 together with outstanding professional female filmmakers for an intensive three-day script development workshop. We will accept applications February 1, 2016 through April 14, 2016. Applications will be accepted online only. The submission portal will be available on February 1, 2016. Early Bird Fees and Late Fees will apply: Non-members: Early Bird: $35 (Deadline: March 1, 2016) Regular: $50 (Deadline: March 31, 2016) Late Fee: $65 (Deadline: April 14, 2016) Members of NYWIFT, other WIF chapters*, and WGA: $30 (Deadline: April 14, 2016) *Members of other Women in Film chapters must provide proof of membership via a letter from their chapter's staff or Board President. This year's lab will take place at The Guest House Retreat located in the Connecticut River Valley. The Writers Lab is presented in collaboration with the Writers Guild of America, East. Read more and submit at thewriterslab.nyc. Join the conversation on Twitter: #nywift | @nywift NYWIFT programs, screenings and events are supported, in part, by grants from New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. #fineartmagazine