Tomorrow, the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture will launch a new temporary pavillion in Moscow’s Gorky Park. Designed by Shigeru Ban, the structure is some 79,000 square feet, was designed by Shigeru Ban and will host exhibitions and educational programs until at least 2013. Read More
There is a rich history of bathrooms serving as art galleries. Dan Colen famously had his first Gagosian show alongside toilets at its West 24 Street branch in 2006. Gracie Mansion (née Joanne Mayhew) got into the art-dealing business with a show in her East Village bathroom in 1982; she called the gallery Loo Division. Read More
The closing statements in the trial of three members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot, delivered at the Moscow Khamovniki District Court on August 8, have been translated into English and are available in full from n+1. The three women were arrested March 3 after a performance in February on the altar of Read More
Three members of the performance art punk group Pussy Riot will remain in jail for another six months, a Russian court ruled today. The group has already served five months in pre-trial custody for disturbing a mass at Russia’s main Orthodox church to protest the presidency of Vladimir Putin. Read More
