ReMap 4, until 30 September, 2013, Athens, Greece
Established in 2007, ReMap hosts a mix of projects with established and up-and-coming artists, curators, institutions and galleries. This year, it is presented within the urban context of the historica Kerameikos-Metaxourgeio area of the city. Of the 23 galleries showing, 11 are Greek, with Italy, Switzerland, Turkey, Germany, USA and the UK (The Modern Institute and Jonathan Viner) also represented. ReMap also features 34 independent artist/curator projects and four large group shows.
remapkm.org
Istanbul Biennial: Mom, Am I A Barbarian?, 14 September-10 November, Istanbul, Turkey
The 13th Istanbul Biennial, curated by Fulya Erdemci, has had a troubled gestation as the city has gone through political and social unrest in recent months. Plans to use Taksim Square and Gezi Park have been scrapped and there have been protests over its sponsors, Koç Holding. In light of the recent unrest in the city, the theme of ‘publicness’ is timely – as is an attempt to challenge the dominence of European art by prioritising work from Latin America, North Africa, the Middle East and Turkey. And, for the first time, the biennial is free to view.
13b.iksv.org
Berlin Art Week, 17-22 September, Berlin, Germany
After its successful launch last year, Berlin Art Week returns, bringing together a vast array of contemporary art activity including the Berliner Liste art fair, Art Berlin Contemporary, and Preview Berlin. A riot of exhibitions, performances, discussions, launches and screenings, it also features the Painting Forever! show, a collaboration between four of the city’s key art institutions, which explores contemporary painting in Berlin. Also taking place this year is The Glasgow Weekend, bringing the Scottish city’s art, music and design to the heart of the German capital.
www.berlinartweek.de
Crossing the Line 2013, September 19–October 13, 2013, New York, USA
The French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) in New York presents the seventh annual edition of this contemporary arts festival, presenting interdisciplinary works and performances. Seventeen international artists will show work, including a two-part performance by French visual artist Xavier Veilhan and electronic composer Eliane Radigue, American artist Steve Lambert’s Capitalism Works For Me! (True/False), and an exhibition by New York-based French photographer Martine Fougeron.
www.fiaf.org/crossingtheline/2013
New Industries Festival 14, 13 September–2 March 2014, Dortmund, Germany
Through exhibitions, installations, lectures, workshops, film screenings and performances, this international festival explores the past, present and future of industry. Retracing the history of social and economic change caused by the transformation and displacement of industrial production, the festival includes work by Gillian Wearing, Anja Kirschner and David Panos, Hans Richter and the Paris-based art collective Claire Fontaine.
www.hmkv.de
