Less than two months before it was set to take place, the Volta art fair has canceled its first-ever fair in Miami. According to Artnet News, the fair decided to call off its 2021 edition amid a combination of pandemic restrictions and organizational issues, including difficulty nailing down a venue. Volta had been set to open in November, alongside Art Basel Miami Beach, NADA ...
Artist Hito Steyerl, who is known for her essayistic videos pondering power structures and new technologies, said on Wednesday that she would not accept Germany’s Federal Cross of Merit honorific. In a letter published in the German publication Die Zeit, Steyerl said she was declining the award because of the way German politicians had led the country during the pandemic. The equivalent to being ...
Citing the “gravity of the ongoing health crisis,” the Istanbul Biennial in Turkey has postponed its 17th edition. Previously planned to open this September, the exhibition will now be held from September 17 to November 20, 2022. The decision was made by the event’s organizer, the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (ISKV), in agreement with the curators—Ute Meta Bauer, Amar Kanwar, and David ...
