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Friday, April 8th, 2011

JR x Les Rencontres d’Arles 2007

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ViaComIT looks back at JR’s 2007 installation at Les Rencontres d’Arles. “Each year, a city in southern France receives visitors from the entire world for its international festival of photography. By offering a lineup of novel products, Les Rencontres d’Arles…

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Thursday, April 1st, 2010

Greta Magnusson Grossman Retrospective

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Running until May 16, 2010, at Arkitekturmuseet, the Greta Magnusson Grossman Retrospective highlights the career of a Swedish furniture and architect. Though not as famous as some of her contemporaries (Eames, for example), Grossman played an integral roll in introducing…

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Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

Martin Parr at Rocket Gallery

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Surrey-born Martin Parr took to photography as a young boy. He then studied the subject at Manchester Polytechnic, and has since become a Professor of Photography at The University of Wales, Newport campus. Parr’s personal work takes a truly candid…

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Friday, December 18th, 2009

VIA Design 3.0

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Nearing 30 years old, French institution VIA is mounting a celebratory retrospective at Centre Pompidou. VIA, primarily, acts as a platform for young and emerging design talent and established professionals. The exhibition features prototype furniture from throughout VIA history, including…

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Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Images | Laszlo Moholy-Nagy Retrospective

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Moholy-Nagy is one of the key names of the Bauhaus, having taught both in Dessau from 1923 to 1928 and founding the New Bauhaus in Chicago in 1937. In the Midwest, Moholy-Nagy was able to bring Walter Gropius’ curriculum to…

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Friday, October 30th, 2009

Steve Madsen: A World In Wood

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Running, through December 19, 2009, at Philadelphia’s Wood Turning Center is Steve Madsen: A World in Wood. Madsen fell for wood carving in 7th grade, and by the 9th he decided to get serious. This retrospective exhibition is organized by…

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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: A History

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Hosted by the ICA Philadelphia, Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: A History is the first major museum retrospective of the artist, activist, and teacher. K.O.S. (kids of survival) was made up of a group of Rollins’ students from Intermediate School in…

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Monday, September 28th, 2009

Ari Macroupolis: Within Arms Reach

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Born in Amsterdam, Ari Marcroupolis moved to New York in 1979. He was twenty two, and quickly became part of the downtown art scene printing black and white photographs for Andy Warhol. Living in New York during the early days…

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Thursday, December 11th, 2008

Barney Bubbles Retrospective | ‘Reasons to be Cheerful’

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If you need to get an aspiring graphic designer a present, ‘Reasons to be cheerful’, a book on Colin Fulcher AKA Barney Bubbles’ life work, should do the trick. A radical graphic designer during the 70′s and 80′s, he’s primarily…

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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Yves Saint Laurent Retrospective at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

Yves Saint Laurent Retrospective at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

Yves Saint Laurent is the first retrospective exhibition of the designers fabled career. Produced by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, in conjunction with the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, the exhibition covers the work over the course of…

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