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The Coming Out of Alex Diamond When the fictional personae of Alex Diamond first appeared on the art scene back in 2004, it was part of a performance piece: A detail of a conceptual exhibition Joerg Heikhaus, artist and owner of heliumcowboy art space, was showing at his gallery in Hamburg. Little did he know... ... Read more

NoNewEnemies goes Stick Together The Stick Together project by tape artist Max Zorn is joining forces with No New Enemies to present you a weekend of urban art and good music in a unique setting, designed to mimic urban alleys covered in art. A line up of over twenty of Europe’s most talented... ... Read more

The Illmannered Milkman Revisited Willehad Eilers, better known as Wayne Horse, has a truly unique way of telling a story and a discomforting humor that makes you giggle when you think you shouldn’t. While his recent short movie, The Illmannered Milkman, premiered last year, he decided to follow his intuition and re-edit the... ... Read more

News from Chris Dyer Two weeks ago in Berlin I was happy to catch up with Montreal based visionary artist Chris Dyer. Chris is more commonly known under the name of “Positive Creations”. An artist/mediator/skatedesign manager/traveller and generally nice dude. He was in town completing a commision (check out the photo gallery) and... ... Read more

Art on Snow Festival 2013 – a complete success! One week full of snow, ice, color and a lot of art. Last Friday this year’s Art on Snow ended. Since 2nd of February the Gasteinertal in Austria, especially Dorfgastein, Bad Hofgastein and Bad Gastein transformed to a small art metropolis and the biggest art festival in the Alps... ... Read more

Christian Kreisel @ Art on Snow Das Team von Art on Snow wird auch in diesem Jahr wieder eine Menge spannender Künstler im österreichischen Gasteinertal versammeln. Einer davon ist der Berliner Christian Kreisel. Trotz der Vorbereitungen für das Kunstfestival in den Alpen hat er sich die Zeit für ein Interview mit MODART genommen. M:... ... Read more

Art on Snow 2013 – The alps’ biggest art festival Whole Gasteinertal transforms into an art atelier From 2nd to 8th of February the complete Austrian Gasteinertal will be under the banner of art. One week long, young artists from the fields of painting, drawing, sculpture and photography present their contemporary artworks, create art live on site and... ... Read more

dwane @ Skalitzers Contemporary Art Writing my Name Until it Matters DWANE Opening Saturday 10th November, 19-22 Exhibition 14th November – 8th December 2012 Skalitzers Contemporary Art presents the first solo exhibition Writing My Name Until It Matters in Berlin by Swedish, Hungarian Polish artist DWANE. Through exploration and experimentation the artist’s nom de... ... Read more

VISIONS – Antoine Revoy Solo Show “VISIONS”, Solo Show at the University of Rhode Island Antoine Revoy’s original drawings and prints will be exhibited at the University of Rhode Island in the solo show “VISIONS”. Dates October 1 – 31, 2012 12:00PM to 4:00PM, Monday through Saturday Reception on October 11, 2:00PM to... ... Read more

Challenge the Obvious The 30 minute film focuses on Haas&Hahn – a creative duo comprised of journalist Dre Urhahn and audiovisual designer and illustrator Jeroen Koolhaas – who use art in a quest to change the lives of people who live in socially troubled neighbourhoods. Centred around the ‘Challenge the Obvious’ brand... ... Read more

NEWTOPIA: The State of Human Rights Art and human rights?! Be it the right to life, liberty, security and education; be it the right to free thought, conscience and opinion; be it it the right not to be tortured, not to be treated inhumanely or in a degrading manner; be it in Syria, China or... ... Read more

Silence is a lie “When the truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie.” Yevgeny Yetuschenko It is impossible to mention Yetuschenko without connecting him directly to various movements of the 60s. Ideologies of hope, revolution and utopia – ideas which could not be implemented consistently but they still remained in... ... Read more