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Ai Weiwei: According to What
at Brooklyn Museum of Art
Brooklyn - New York, NY, USA
Apr 18, 14 - Aug 10, 14

Ai Weiwei is one of China鈥檚 most prolific and provocative contemporary artists. Featuring over thirty works spanning more than twenty years, Ai Weiwei: According to What? explores universal topics of culture, history, politics, and tradition, showcasing the artist鈥檚 remarkably interdisciplinary career as a photographer, sculptor, architect, and activist. These works spotlight issues of freedom of expression, as well as individual and human rights both in China and globally. read more...

Wangechi Mutu: A Fantasic Journey
at Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), North Miami
Miami, FL, USA
Apr 18, 14 - Jul 06, 14

Wangechi Mutuf Contemporary Art North Miami will present 鈥淲angechi Mutu: A Fantastic Journey,鈥� a comprehensive survey of the Kenya-born, New York-based artist whose multi-faceted work captures 21st century global sensibility. The exhibition includes more than 50 works from the mid-1990s to the present, including a new site-specific mural and a black box theater projection of her newest video. 鈥淲angechi Mutu: A Fantastic Journey,鈥� part of MOCA鈥檚 Knight Exhibition Series, will be on view at April 18 through July 6, 2014. read more...

Home Truths: Photography and Motherhood
at Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College Chicago
South Loop - Chicago, IL, USA
Apr 18, 14 - Jul 13, 14

Home Truths: Photography and Motherhood  will aim to challenge long-held stereotypes and sentimental views of motherhood by addressing issues such as gender roles, domesticity, the body and the identity of individuals within the family unit. The work of the nine artists tends to be autobiographical in focus and sits within the documentary genre. Large in both scale and scope many of the projects span over several years with some still on-going. read more...

Daguerre鈥檚 American Legacy: Photographic Portraits (1840-1900) from the Wm. B. Becker Collection
at MIT Museum
Cambridge, MA, USA
Apr 18, 14 - Jan 04, 15

Provocative, thoughtful and sometimes haunting, the portraits in this exhibition of 19th century Americans portray men, women and children during an era when new photographic technologies were just becoming accessible and popular. Accompanied by a 327-page catalogue, this is the first stop in the United States for over 200 images made using a variety of techniques, from the collection of William B. Becker, a noted collector of early photography. read more...

Richard Galpin: Elephant (Ten Thousand Revolutions per Minute)
at Hales Gallery
London, UK
Apr 18, 14 - May 31, 14

Hales Gallery is pleased to announce Elephant (Ten Thousand Revolutions per Minute), the gallery's fifth solo exhibition with British artist Richard Galpin. For this exhibition Richard Galpin will present an ambitious wall based installation, bold and monumental in both its scale and its block colour composition. Nine large panels of photographic paper are framed within a steel stud-work structure, projecting from the wall, and extending around two walls of the gallery to a total of 15 metres in length. read more...

Art Brussels 2014
at Art Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Apr 25, 14 - Apr 27, 14

The 32nd edition of Art Brussels, 鈥� within a continuing spirit of creative and artistic renewal - features several new initiatives. For the 10th consecutive year, the fair could again count on the support of ING as main sponsor. After consistently building up its reputation over the years and following on the success of Art Brussels 2013, the fair now confidently occupies a position among the top five international art fairs, while maintaining its unique features and welcoming convivial atmosphere. As their proliferation seems to testify, art fairs continue to provide important economic, networking, and exhibition opportunities for artists; whilst for collectors and the public they remain unique platforms where one has the opportunity to see many artists and artworks under one roof, something that would not be possible in other circumstances. read more...

Lucio Fontana: Retrospective
at Mus茅e d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
16e - Paris, France
Apr 25, 14 - Aug 24, 14

 The Mus茅e d鈥橝rt moderne de la Ville de Paris presents a major Lucio Fontana (1899-1968) retrospective. Considered one of the greatest visionaries of the 20th century, his work deeply influenced several generations of artists, from Yves Klein to the present. For the first time in France since 1987, more than 200 sculptures, paintings, ceramics and installations provide an overall view of his atypical path and his ever changing styles. read more...

Capita Selecta II
at The Groninger Museum
Groningen, Netherlands
Apr 19, 14 - Nov 02, 14

A selection from the modern and comteporary art collection of the Groninger Museum. The presentation of artworks from the Groninger Museum's own collection often consists of a mixture of paintings and sculptures, fashion, photography and design. Several new acquisistions are now on display, including work bij designer Joris Laarman and a fashion installation by the british Hussein Chalayan. Contemporary art from Chine, refelecting the major economic and cultural developtments since Mao's death are also on show. read more...

Zhang Hui: Plaza
at Long March Space
Beijing, China
Apr 19, 14 - Jun 22, 14

鈥淕谤辞耻苍诲濒别蝉蝉鈥�, Zhang Hui's last solo exhibition held two years ago at Long March Space Beijing was inspired by such fears. The exhibition title is imbued with this never-ceasing fear of endless uncertainty, of never reaching the ground, fear of a physical and mental existence lacking foundations. For two years, Zhang Hui  continued to work in the state of 鈥榞roundlessness鈥� while simultaneously striving to find a plane on which all his thoughts of the past, present and future could co-exist. read more...

Light moves: Australian contemporary video art
at National Gallery of Australia
Canberra, Australia
Apr 18, 14 - Jul 20, 14

The select group of artists displayed in Light moves: contemporary Australian video art continue to explore the possibilities of the medium in poetic works which speak to their own personal interests and histories. The focus display includes: Daniel Crooks's who uses a number of techniques including stop-motion animation and time-lapse to create his distinctive and intriguing works as seen in Pan no. 9 [Doppleg盲nger] (2012). read more...