The 3rd Ghetto Biennale 2013: Decentering the Market and Other Tales of Progress, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
The 3rd Ghetto Biennale, conceived in 2009 ‘to expose social, racial, class and geographical immobility’, will this year have a theme for the first time: ‘The Market: From the local to the Global’. The biennale presents artistic projects made on site in Haiti which investigate or respond to this theme and features an international cast of artists, including Haitian artists such as Getho Jean Baptiste and Claudel Casseus. Artists start arriving in Haiti from 26 November, with presentations of work beginning on 13 December.
26 November–16 December, www.ghettobiennale.org
Kunsthalle Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway
This new gallery, which had its grand opening on 11 November, featuring a live performance streamed from Performa in New York, presents a packed programme both in the gallery spaces and beyond. Four new exhibitions – Frances Stark, Lina Viste Gronli, Marthe Elise Stramrud, Barbara Hepworth – fill the gallery, and there are also two projects taking place and the first of an ongoing series of online exhibitions.
Until 15 December, kunsthallstavanger.no
Generation i.2:
The Aesthetics of the Digital in the 21st Century, Oldenberg, Germany
Presenting a selection of what are seen as key works, this exhibition at Edith-Russ-Haus for Media Art aims to shine a light on contemporary art from the first decade of the 21st century that is directly or indirectly influenced by the ‘new languages of digital media, social network cultures, and networking processes’. Featured artists include Christopher Baker (USA, pictured), David Schnell (Germany), Antoine Schmitt (France) and Eva Domènech (Spain).
Until 16 February 2014, www.edith-russ-haus.de
Freedom Farmers: New Zealand Artists Growing Ideas, Auckland, New Zealand
Curated by Natasha Conland, Freedom Farmers focuses on 20 New Zealand artists exploring idealism, freedom and liberty as propositions for art and society. While addressing global issues, the theme has a particular resonance for New Zealand and its colonial past. Taking its title from agrarian imaginings of New Zealand, the exhibition asks how freedom can be made and questions its relationship to art, the land and the economy.
Until 23 February 2014, www.aucklandartgallery.com
