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Postcard from Cairo: “Cairo Documenta 2”

by Clare Davies

The debut of Cairo Documenta in December 2010 garnered much attention from the city’s intimate art scene, with the show’s rough exhibition space in an abandoned hotel; the DIY aesthetic of the hanging; the youth of the participants; the strategic…

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Bland Ambition

by Dan Fox

'Damien Hirst: The Complete Spot Paintings  1986–2011.' Installation view, Gagosian Gallery, Madison Avenue, New York, USA. (Photo by Rob McKeever)

I had been putting off visiting Damien Hirst’s exhibition ‘The Complete Spot Paintings 1986–2011’ since it opened last month. Partly, this was a matter of money. According to Gagosian Gallery’s press release, the show was ‘conceived as a single exhibition…

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Rhythm of Structure

by A.M. Weaver

The Cartesian Math/Art Hive

‘Rhythm of Structure’ – which, with its cacophony of music, poetry, dance, and visual components was originally presented at the Bowery Poetry Club, New York from 2009–10, and which, at the end of last year was the subject of an…

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