Summer 2013
Kunsthalle Lissabon
By Kunsthalle Lissabon Summer 2013 | ArteZine We understand institutions (at large, not only art institutions) always in terms of the act of instituting. In that sense, institutions can be defined as sets of social (and, therefore, fundamentally subjective) protocols (rules) that prescribe and normalize not only behavior but also, and maybe more importantly, perception. We…
Form Content, Kunsthalle Lissabon, Centre for Contemporary Art Derry~Londonderry, Beirut, Art In General
By Beirut Summer 2013 | ArteZine Artist Paul Chan wrote a text for e-flux in 2008 entitled What is art and where does it belong? He describes the first piece of art he ever bought and how he negotiated its presence in the home. There are multiple futures for a work of art, its context endlessly shifting with each…