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Martin Cid Magazine (MCM) is a cultural magazine about entertainment, arts and shows.

Wild Dogs. Michael Werner Gallery, East Hampton

Michael Werner Gallery is pleased to present Wild Dogs in our East Hampton gallery. The exhibition features the work of five painters who are friends, cohorts, and co-conspirators. Tim Breuer (b. 1990) lives and work in Berlin, Simone Doig (b. 1994) lives and works in London, Stanislava Kovalcikova (b. 1988) lives and works in Düsseldorf, Florian Krewer (b. 1986) lives and works in New York, and Christoph Matthes (b. 1990) lives and works in Düsseldorf. Although the painters reside in different cities and possess differing sensibilities, their relationship spans years and conversations about each other’s work. As the title of the show…

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Mayo (Port Said, Egypt 1905–1990 Seine-Port, France), Coups de ba?tons (Baton Blows),

New Way of Looking at Surrealism, Focusing on the Worldwide Sweep of the Movement, Presented in Groundbreaking Exhibition at The Met, Opening October 11 Nearly from its inception, Surrealism has had an international scope, but understanding of the movement has come primarily through a Western European orientation. The major exhibition Surrealism Beyond Borders reconsiders the true “movement” of Surrealism beyond boundaries of geography and chronology—presenting it as networks that span Eastern Europe to the Caribbean, Asia to North Africa, and Australia to Latin America. With examples from almost eight decades, produced across 45 or more countries, the exhibition offers a fresh appraisal of some…

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Images, left to right: BTS with New York City’s Commissioner for International Affairs, Penny Abeywardena; Met President and CEO, Dan Weiss; Marina Kellen French Director of The Met, Max Hollein; First Lady of the Republic of Korea, Kim Jung-sook; Minister of Culture, Sports, and Tourism for the Republic of Korea, Hwang Hee; and Douglas Dillon Chairman of the Asian Art Department, Mike Hearn. Photo by Paula Lobo, Courtesy of The Met Rhythm of the Five Color Luster (2013) by Chung Haecho. Photo by Paula Lobo, Courtesy of The Met

(New York, September 21, 2021)—The South Korean government has presented to The Metropolitan Museum of Art a gift of an exceptional work by one of the leading lacquer artists in Korea, Chung Haecho. The gift was offered in a private ceremony held at the Museum on Monday, September 20, that featured remarks by the First Lady of the Republic of Korea, Kim Jung-sook; the country’s Minister of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, Hwang Hee; and the Korean pop music group BTS, recently appointed as “special presidential envoy for future generations and culture” by President Moon Jae-in. “We are deeply grateful to the South…

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Ankahi Kahaniya (2021)

Ankahi Kahaniya is a 2021 movie directed by Abhishek Chaubey, Saket Chaudhary y Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari. Plot, Synopsis As big city life buzzes around them, lonely souls discover surprising sources of connection and companionship in three tales of love, loss and longing. (Filmaffinity) Movie Reviews Coming soon Trailer Cast & Crew

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The Complete Works, 2009/2012. Performance still, 2012. Tate Modern, London.

Nina Beier will present her performance The Complete Works, along with sculptures from her Plug series, at the 34th Bienal de São Paulo. In The Complete Works, retired dancers dance, in chronological order and without interruption, every work of choreography they performed in their careers. Her Plug works – assemblages of bathroom sinks stuffed with cigars that have been hand-rolled to fit suggestively into their drains – will be featured separately in the main exhibition Though it’s dark, still I sing at the Pavilhão da Bienal. For more information, please visit 34.bienal.org.br.

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OVE LIFE

Season two of the Max Original romantic comedy anthology series LOVE LIFE, debuting with three episodes on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, focuses on Marcus Watkins (Emmy® nominee and executive producer William Jackson Harper) as he comes out of a years-long relationship with the woman he thought was going to be his person. After the rug is pulled out from under him, he is plunged back into the search for the romantic fulfillment that he thought he had already found. The ten-episode season continues with three episodes on November 4 and concludes with four episodes on November 11.In addition to Harper, season two also stars series…

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Woody De Othello, Closed Reflection, 2021; ceramic and glaze. Courtesy of the artist and Jessica Silverman, San Francisco. Photo: John Wilson White

SHEBOYGAN, WI—An exhibition of ceramics by the artist Woody De Othello will be on view at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center from September 26, 2021 through September 25, 2022. Woody De Othello: Hope Omens presents a series of nearly 20 large anthropomorphic vessels based on African spiritual objects that, among other things, address the tumultuous nature of the last year. Woody De Othello is best known for his large-scale sculptures of familiar domestic objects, which are often imbued with a kind of human personage. For Hope Omens, he presents an entirely new body of work. Many of the sculptures were produced using molds that Othello…

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A “WITNESS YOUR WORLD” ART CREATION BY LEROY BROTHERS With the Segmentation Series, Leroy Brothers tap into both the concept of unicity and valuation of art through NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens). The artworks of the series are created with results of the artists’ long lasting participative art project Witness Your World (first version 2012). Algorithms and A.I. recognize objects and subjects from the pictures used in the results, then segment pieces of content, which are saved in separate files. These segmented images are used to create semi-abstract digital compositions: Segmented Realities. Each of the new digital compositions of the Segmentation Series is…

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Jeffrey Gibson joins Stephen Friedman Gallery

Gibson’s work fuses his Choctaw-Cherokee heritage and experience of living in Europe, Asia and the USA with references that span club culture, queer theory, fashion, politics, literature and art history. The artist’s multi-faceted practice incorporates painting, performance, sculpture, textiles and video, characterised by vibrant colour and pattern. Stephen Friedman Gallery is pleased to announce representation of Choctaw-Cherokee artist Jeffrey Gibson. Gibson was born in 1972, Colorado, USA and he currently lives and works in Hudson Valley, New York. The artist combines intricate indigenous artisanal handcraft – such as beadwork, leatherwork and quilting – with narratives of contemporary resistance in protest…

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Stephen Friedman Gallery at the Armory Show

Stephen Friedman Gallery is pleased to participate in The Armory Show’s inaugural edition at Javits Center, New York. The presentation focuses on sculpture, bringing together three-dimensional works in a diverse range of media by Tonico Lemos Auad, Leilah Babirye, Jonathan Baldock, Melvin Edwards, Tom Friedman, Channing Hansen, Holly Hendry, Jim Hodges, Yinka Shonibare CBE RA, Jiro Takamatsu and Kehinde Wiley. Also on display are works by Jeffrey Gibson and Tau Lewis, who recently joined the gallery. Jeffrey Gibson’s multi-faceted practice incorporates painting, sculpture, textiles and prints characterised by vibrant colour and pattern. Drawing on his Choctaw- Cherokee heritage, Gibson’s work…

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