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    • Natalia LL, Consumer Art, 1972, from the Marinko Sudac Collection; image courtesy of the artist
    • Patrycja Orzechowska (PL), detail from 2016 installation at Kolonia Artystów, Gdansk; photo by Rob Garrett
    • Pécsi Mühely, Szijártó Kálmán & Károly Kismányoky, The Separation of Trees - White-painted Wood, 1971, silent film documentation
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Seen & admired 2016

October to December

 
A selection of art I’ve seen and admired from October through December 2016, including Auckland, Gdańsk, Milan and Bydgoszcz Excerpt from "The Other" performance video A video posted by Shana Robbins (@snakesandlace) on Dec 1, 2016 at 11:54am PST Caption to film stills (above): By members… Read more
    • The Neoplastic Room (1948-1960) with works by Katarzyna Kobro and the 'a.r.' group's International Collection of Modern Art; at Muzeum Sztuki w Łodzi
    • Rob Garrett in front of Katarzyna Kobro's work in Muzeum Sztuki w Łodzi; photo by Magdalena Garrett
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Seen & admired 2016

August to September

 
A selection of art I’ve seen and admired from August through September 2016, including Warsaw, Szczecin, Łódź, Pacanów, Zalipe, Orońsko, Janowiec, Kazimerz, Zakopane, Gdańsk and Sopot in Poland; and Auckland, NZ Read more
    • Christo and Jean-Claude's
    • Visitors to Christo and Jeanne-Claude's The Floating Piers,  on the shore of Monte Isola, Lake Iseo, Italy; photo by Rob Garrett
    • Cate Blanchett in Julian Rosefeldt's Manifesto, Hamburger Bahnhof Berlin 2016; photo by Rob Garrett
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Seen & admired 2016

April to July

 
A selection of art I’ve seen and admired from April through July 2016, from Wellington, NZ in the far south and Lake Iseo, Bergamo and Milan in Italy; to Warsaw, Szczecin, Gdansk, Sopot and Berlin in northern Europe Read more
    • Guerrilla sculpture in Wellington commemorating NZ WWI conscientious objectors (anonymous); photo courtesy of Peace Action Wellington

Guerrilla sculpture

WWI conscientious objectors remembered

 
Guerrilla sculptors took to Wellington's waterfront area in April 2016 at the time of the annual ANZAC Day commemorations with an action aimed at commemorating New Zealand's World War I conscientious objectors, including Archie Baxter, who were vilified and brutalised by the New Zealand military.… Read more
    • Caitlind r.c. Brown & Wayne Garret, CLOUD, LUX Helsinki 2016; photo by Rob Garrett
    • The author with Caitlind r.c. Brown & Wayne Garret, CLOUD, LUX Helsinki 2016
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CLOUD glow

Patient audiences in Helsinki

 
Caitlind r.c. Brown and Wayne Garret (CA), Cloud (2012/2013) LUX Helsinki 2016, at the crossing between Annankatu and Kalevankatu Originally conceived by Calgary-based artists Caitlind r.c. Brown and Wayne Garret for Calgary’s first one-night-only Nuit Blanche in 2012, Cloud was constructed from burnt out incandescent… Read more
    • Nathalie Chambart, Nowhere, LUX Helsinki 2016; photo by Rob Garrett
    • Nathalie Chambart, Nowhere, LUX Helsinki 2016; photo by Rob Garrett
    • Alvar Aalto's Erottaja Pavilion, site of Nathalie Chambart's Nowhere, LUX Helsinki 2016; photo by Rob Garrett
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Nowhere in Helsinki

Nathalie Chambart's light art installation

 
Nathalie Chambart (BE), Nowhere (2012) LUX Helsinki 2016 Alvar Aalto Erottaja pavilion at the crossing between Erottajankatu and Bulevardi This LUX Helsinki 2016 project by Belgian artist Nathalie Chambart was perhaps my favourite work in the light art festival; and to my mind, shows that even… Read more
    • Slide1 - Rob Garrett, LUX Helsinki presentation 08.01.2016
    • Slide2 - Rob Garrett, LUX Helsinki presentation 08.01.2016
    • Slide3 - Rob Garrett, LUX Helsinki presentation 08.01.2016
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Curating urban art

Presentation to LUX Helsinki 2016 Conference

 
Slides from my presentation Curating urban art as if I don't know what I'm doing ... 9 points of attraction ... at the LUX Helsinki Conference (January 2016) on the invitation of Ilkka Paloniemi, LUX Helsinki Director. Read more
 

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