Issue 104 January-February 2007
Desert Boom
More art than ever is being bought and sold in Las Vegas. Haluk Akakçe’s Sky is the Limit was recently shown there – on the largest video screen in the world
The Long Goodbye
A new collection of short stories explores the rich terrain of last words
Doors of Perception
Is contemporary art overpackaged?
Culture Vultures
The US government has been relentless in its assault on contemporary art by privileging all things patriotic
Bright Lights Big Cavity
Social events in the art world can result in a sense of disorientation that has little to do with the wine
Looking Back: Music
From Chopin’s ballades to Jamaica’s Tanya Stephens, looking back on the best releases of 2006
Looking Back: Design
From YouTube to a Hussein Chalayan dress, looking back over the most innovative design and technology of 2006
Looking Back: Film
Looking back over a year of new cinema from Argentina, Australia, Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Mali, Morocco, Romania, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, the USA and the UK
Looking Back: Books
Looking back over the best art and literature books of 2006
Looking Back: Architecture
Looking back over a year in which – despite some masterly exceptions – discusssions about architecture were more prevalent than great new buildings
Rodney Graham
Since the 1970s Canadian artist Rodney Graham has worked with film, photography, painting, writing and music. In 2006 he was included in the Whitney Biennial and awarded the Kurt Schwitters Prize, had a solo show at the Sprengel Museum in Hanover, Germany, exhibited at the Kunsthalle in Bergen, Norway and at Hauser & Wirth in Zurich, Switzerland. His exhibition at the Centro José Guerrero in Granada, Spain will open in February 2007.
Biennials / Survey Shows
frieze asked critics and curators from around the world to choose what, and who, they felt to be the most significant shows and artists of 2006
Retrospectives
frieze asked critics and curators from around the world to choose what, and who, they felt to be the most significant shows and artists of 2006
27th Sao Paulo Biennial
‘How to Live Together’, was a compelling challenge to biennial models based on national representation
2nd Seville Biennial
Curated by Okwui Enwezor, ‘The Unhomely: Phantom Scenes in a Global Society’ seemed to ask: what kind of a mess are we in; why; and how do we get out of it?’
Themed Shows
frieze asked the following critics and curators from around the world to choose what, and who, they felt to be the most significant shows and artists of 2006
Singapore, Shanghai and Gwangju Biennials
Three biennials in Singapore, China and Korea, themed around ‘Belief’, ‘Hyper-Design’ and ‘Fever Variations’
Solo Shows
frieze asked the following critics and curators from around the world to choose what, and who, they felt to be the most significant shows and artists of 2006
Looking Back: Emerging Artists
frieze asked the following critics and curators from around the world to choose what, and who, they felt to be the most significant shows and artists of 2006:
Tokyo
Having experienced the extremes of postwar boom and economic crash, Japan continues to face new challenges. Across the vast, high-density sprawl of Tokyo, young Japanese artists are finding different ways in which to respond to both the local and international art scenes
Looking Forward
frieze asked the following critics and curators from around the world to choose what, and who, they expected to be the most significant shows and artists of 2007
Sculpture Projects Muenster 2007
This summer, the German city of Muenster will host the Sculpture Projects for the fourth time. Ten years on from the exhibition’s last incarnation, has the role of public art changed?
Documenta 12 2007
Every five years, documenta – nicknamed ‘the 100 day museum’ – takes over the German city of Kassel. This year, under the leadership of Artistic Director Roger M. Buergel and curator Ruth Noack, it promises once again to pose as many questions as it hopes to answer
John Armleder
Institute of Contemporary Art,
By Steven Stern
The Secret Theory of Drawing
The Drawing Room, London, UK
By Tom Morton
Rivane Neuenschwander
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, USA
By Kristin M. Jones
Neal Tait
White Cube, London, UK
By Michael Bracewell
Kerstin Kartscher
Galerie Karin Guenther, Hamburg, Germany
By Jörn Ebner
Phantom Captain
Apex Art, New York, USA
By Eve Meltzer
Knut Henrik Henriksen
STANDARD, Oslo, Norway
By Kjetil Roed
Michele O’Marah
Sister, Los Angeles, USA
By Chris Balaschak
Daniel Lefcourt
Taxter and Spengemann, New York, USA
By Katie Sonnenborn
Patrick Hill
The Reliance, London, UK
By Tom Morton
Knut Åsdam
Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway
By Dan Kidner
The Rhubarb Society
Tracey Lawrence Gallery,
By Maria Fusco
Nuit Blanche
Multiple Venues, Paris, France
By Vivian Rehberg
Peter Bogers
The Netherlands Media Art Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands
By Douglas Heingartner
Alasdair Gray and Stuart Murray
The Embassy, Edinburgh, UK
By Neil Mulholland
Guillaume Leblon
Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen,
By Catrin Lorch, Translated by Nicholas Grindell
Lapdogs of the Bourgeoisie
Gasworks, London, UK
By Jonathan Griffin
Simon Martin
Counter Gallery, London, UK
By Michael Bracewell
I Feel a Great Desire to Meet the Masses Once Again
Hebbel Theater am Ufer, Berlin, Germany
By Bert Rebhandl
Aleksandra Mir
Kunsthaus,
By Adam Jasper
Next to Kin
Galerie Daniel Buchholz,
By Manfred Hermes
Janice Kerbel
Artangel/BBC Radio 3, UK,
By Sally O’Reilly
Massive Change
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA
By Maria Berman
Turning
Antony and the Johnsons with Charles Atlas, Barbican, London, UK
By Jonathan Griffin
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