12 Jun 2008

METROPOLIS M, NEW ISSUE + NEW WEBSITE

MONEY, MARKET, PATRONAGE

In art, there is no escaping the market. Now and then, it becomes even more inescapable than otherwise. Today is such a moment. The bubble is enormous, all-embracing, in the sense that there is almost nothing in art that is not being touched by the millions being invested in it. Money, Market, Patronage takes a closer look at the ubiquitous flirtation with the art market, by way of several contemporary phenomena: art fairs, cultural patrons, dutch design in limited editions and private investments in museums.

DANIEL ROTH; SAÂDANE AFIF; SONSBEEK 1971-2008

This issue includes interviews with Daniel Roth, currently exhibiting at ZKM in Karlsruhe, and Saâdane Afif, on his retrospective at Witte de With, Rotterdam, as well as an in-depth evaluation of the Netherlands' most important outdoor sculpture exhibition, Sonsbeek Arnhem, which opens this year with a procession of sculptures through the Arnhem city centre.

RENZO MARTENS; MATTI BRAUN; ANSELM FRANKE

And more: Matti Braun describes his favourite work of art; Renzo Martens' work criticizing engaged photography from Africa; a report on art in Surinam; and a personal portrait of Anselm Franke, one of this summer's curators at Manifesta 7 in Sud Tirol.

NEW WEBSITE: INTRODUCING WWW.METROPOLIS M.COM

The new METROPOLIS M website is online in June, with weekly updates on art in the Netherlands and beyond. Lot's of Facts, Previews & Reviews, Features, Opinion, and artists' favourite links. And a free archive of back issues of the magazine.

METROPOLIS M bilingual (Dutch-English)

METROPOLIS M is the Netherlands' best-read magazine on contemporary art, discussing developments in the art world in the Netherlands and abroad.

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