Modem Mag / Events / December 2012

 

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DESIGNING THE WHITNEY OF THE FUTURE

until Monday December 31 2012
Whitney Museum of American Art
T : +1 (212) 570-3600
945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street
10021 New York
United States

info@whitney.org
whitney.org/

On May 24, 2011, the Whitney Museum will break ground on a new building designed by renowned architect Renzo Piano and located between the High Line and the Hudson River Park in the Meatpacking District.
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STUDIO MUSEO ACHILLE CASTIGLIONI

until Monday December 31 2012
Monday - friday
Studio Museo Achille Castiglioni
T : + 39 (0)2 805 36 06
Piazza Castello, 27
20121 Milan
Italy

info@achillecastiglioni.it
www.achillecastiglioni.it

www.triennale.it

Free entrance: at 10.00, 11.00, 12.00 with free 60-minute guided tour.School and group bookings.
Since January 2006, the studio museum “Achille Castiglioni”, thanks to an agreement with the “Triennale di Milano”, is open to the public and at the same time, proceeds with archiving and intensive work.


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‘LAAT JE HAAR NEER’ (LET YOUR HAIR DOWN) BY PIPILOTTI RIST

until Monday December 31 2012
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
T : +31 (0)10 44.19.400
Museumpark, 18
3015 CX Rotterdam
The Netherlands

info@boijmans.nl
www.boijmans.nl/

The video installation entitled ‘Laat je haar neer’, a play on words that means both ‘let your hair down’ and ‘lay her down’, is on view in the stairwell in the entrance area.

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ITALY / VENICE: IN PRAISE OF DOUBT

until Monday December 31 2012
Punta della Dogana
Dorsoduro 2
30123 Venice
Italy

Contact Presse
T : +39 041 24 01 312
F : +39 041 528 62 18
ufficiostampa@palazzograssi.it
www.palazzograssi.it

The exhibition In Praise of Doubt offers a thematic presentation exploring the strength and weakness of the human condition, based on a selection of works from the François Pinault Foundation Collection.
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FRANCE / PARIS: VAN CLEEF & ARPELS L’ART DE LA HAUTE JOAILLERIE

September 20 2012 -> February 10 2013
Ouvert du mardi au dimanche de 11 h à 18 h. Nocturne le jeudi jusqu’à 21 h.
MUSEE DES ARTS DéCORATifS
T : +33 01 44 55 57 50
107, rue de Rivoli
75001 Paris
France

presse@lesartsdecoratifs.fr
www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr

Toute la création de la maison de joaillerie sera mise en lumière dans la nef des Arts Décoratifs à travers plus de 400 bijoux, qui font la renommée de Van Cleef & Arpels depuis 1906.

Ces pièces sont exposées avec de nombreux documents d’archives et dessins, dans une scénographie de l’agence Jouin-Manku.


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ITALY / MILAN: TDM 5: GRAFICA ITALIANA

until Sunday February 24 2013
Triennale Design Museum
T : +39 02 72 43 41
viale Alemagna, 6
20121 Milan
Italy

info@triennale.org
www.triennaledesignmuseum.it

TDM5: Italian Graphics is an opportunity to present events, figures, phenomena that have accompanied the cultural developments, social, economic and political aspects of our country.


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SPAIN / BILBAO: LA MATIÈRE DU TEMPS

until Monday February 24 2014
Guggenheim Bilbao Museoa
T : +34 94 435 90 00
Avenida Abandoibarra, 2
48001 Bilbao
Spain

informacion@guggenheim-bilbao.es
www.guggenheim-bilbao.es/

The current work — The Matter of Time — installed permanently at the Museum, is the artist's most complete rumination on the physicality of space and the nature of sculpture.
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SCOTLAND / EDINBURGH: MARTIN CREED WORK NO.1059, 2011

until Wed. July 02 2014
the Scotsman Steps
Across the road from The Fruitmarket Gallery on Market Street
T : +44 (0) 131 226 8184
45 Market Street
EH1 1DF Edinburgh
Scotland

info@fruitmarket.co.uk
fruitmarket.co.uk/

The Fruitmarket Gallery has commissioned a new work of public sculpture by Turner-Prize winning Scottish artist Martin Creed for Edinburgh's historic Scotsman Steps.
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