Conversation with Kim Levin, July 13 at noon

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A Webinar with Kim Levin will take place on July 13 at noon (New York time).

The conversation will be about her latest book Elsewhere – The Tainted Garden and other Essays on Art, Life, and the Anthropocene which was launched by Booklocker Editor, in the U.S. Written between 1991 and 2017, Kim Levin´s essays put the focus on art and issues of the late 20th  and early 21st  centuries.

Levin examines the transitional period from the end of postmodernism to the dilemmas of the present. In these 35 essays, many of which appeared only in translation elsewhere, Levin discusses such

relevant ‘ancestors’ as Robert Rauschenberg, Sol LeWitt, Jean Tinguely, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, Ana Mendieta, and Mike Kelley as well as newer artists. Linking these essays are the concepts of selective amnesia and creative misunderstanding, plus changes in the nature of time, space, the future, and the meaning of ‘elsewhere’. From the first essay, ‘Art That Makes Itself’ to the last, ‘Everywhere and Nowhere: From the Myth of Progress to the Sixth Extinction’, the undercurrent is an awareness that we exist in the era of the Anthropocene.

The Conversation will also focus on Kim Levin´s historic associations with AICA, and will be moderated by AICA Honorary president Henry Meyric-Hughes and AICA US Co-President Norman Kleeblatt, in presence of Lisbeth Rebollo Gonsalves, AICA International President.

Registrations Closed

AICA ELECTIONS 2020 - CALL FOR CANDIDATES IS NOW OPEN

Dear Colleagues,

During our online Extraordinary General Assembly scheduled on Saturday 21 November 2020, we will elect 1 International President and 3 International Vice-Presidents.

Please find the documents for Call for Candidates on our MEMBER ACCESS.

The deadline for submissions is AUGUST, 21st.

Cordially,

Marc Partouche

AICA Secretary-General

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Chères et chers collègues,

Lors de notre prochaine Assemblée Générale extraordinaire en ligne programmée Samedi 21 Novembre 2020, nous allons procéder aux élections d'1 Président.e International.e, et de 3 Vice-Président.e.s.

Veuillez trouver les documents pour l'Appel à candidature dans notre MEMBER ACCESS.

Le délais pour soumettre les candidatures est fixé au 21 août.

Cordialement,

Marc Partouche

Secrétaire Général

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Estimados/as colegas,

Durante nuestra Asamblea General Extraordinaria en línea programada para el sábado 21 de noviembre de 2020, elegiremos 1 Presidente y 3 Vicepresidentes.

Los documentos de la convocatoria se encuentran en nuestro MEMBER ACCESS.

La fecha límite para presentar solicitudes es el 21 de agosto.

Atentamente

Marc Partouche 

Secretario General

Applications are now OPEN for the 7th International Awards for Art Criticism

The Seventh Edition of the International Awards for Art Criticism (IAAC 7) 2020, is open to candidates from anywhere in the world writing in Chinese or English about any contemporary art exhibition held anywhere in world or, for the first time this year, on-line between 15 September 2019 and 20 December 2020. Candidates are invited to write a review of 1,500 words or 2,500 Chinese characters on any exhibition of contemporary art.

The First Prize will consist of a cash award of 10,000 Euros or the RMB equivalent of this amount (currently, around 80,000 RMB) and a fully funded short programme of visits and meetings in Shanghai or London. Each of the three Second Prizes will be awarded a cash prize of 3,500 Euros or the RMB equivalent of this amount (currently, around 30,000 RMB). The level of the Awards is pegged to a fixed amount in Euro, but international Award winners may choose to be paid either in Euro or in RMB at the official exchange rate on the day that the payment is affected.

The Organising Committee of the International Awards for Art Criticism aims to support independent critical coverage of contemporary art, away from the immediate pressures of the market, media and private patronage. The Awards are to stimulate good writing, critical thinking and dialogue and research in China, the UK and wider afield.

The objectivity of the selection process is underpinned, both by the recognised professionalism of the Chinese and English-speaking jury members and by the strict anonymity of the judging process.

>> Online brochure ENG / 官话

>> More info here: www.iaac-m21.com

>> Deadline: December 20th, 2020

>> Online submissions only through IAAC site

In Solidarity with BLACK LIVES MATTER Movement

AICA International

Statement § Déclaration § Declaración

AICA International would like to express its solidarity with Black Lives Matter Movement and outrage at the racially targeted brutality that led to the death of George Floyd in the USA.

Similar violence by the American police has led to the death of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, David McAtee and Tony McDade in recent months.

AICA International would like to condemn systemic racial injustices in all forms and in all institutions worldwide, particularly in art museums, galleries, educational institutions and organisations where censorship and marginalisation are known to silence and disenfranchise black individuals and those from communities of color.

 

As a professional representative body of art critics with members around the world (5 000 members; 56 national sections; 95 nationalities), AICA International has an important role to play in ending racism, and in ending the curb on freedom of expression because of intolerance towards free multi-racial participation.

As an institution it is fully cognisant of the human rights abuse caused by racism and feel compelled to take the following proactive steps that will engage with both individuals and institutions:

 

AICA International will devote a special virtual noticeboard, on its website for the posting of stories from art professionals from all over the world who have experienced racism. This will be a step towards giving visibility to injustices and a wider understanding of the complicated and insidious nature of racial exclusion and silencing. This will be managed by its Censorship and Freedom of Expression Committee that has the mandate to monitor and report censorship and discrimination of all sorts.

 

The second initiative will be centred around anti-racist reforms in art institutions. We will partner and work closely, by making available our resources and our global member outreach , to organisations spearheading reforms in policies of employment, acquisitions, representation of art collections etc in art museums, galleries and art colleges to institutionalise equal rights for all art professionals.

 

AICA International is open to all professional art critics, regardless of their cultural, religious, racial or sexual identity. At its position at the crossroads of cultures, AICA International wants to serve contemporary creativity and make it and its impact accessible to all.

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L'AICA International souhaite exprimer sa solidarité avec le mouvement Black Lives Matter et son indignation face à la brutalité raciste qui a conduit à la mort de George Floyd aux États-Unis.

Des violences similaires de la part de la police américaine ont entraîné la mort de Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, David McAtee et Tony McDade ces derniers mois.

L'AICA International souhaite condamner les injustices raciales systémiques sous toutes leurs formes et dans toutes les institutions du monde, en particulier dans les musées d'art, les galeries d'art, les établissements d'enseignement et les organisations où la censure et la marginalisation sont connues pour faire taire et priver de leurs droits les personnes racisées.

En tant qu'organisation représentative professionnelle de critiques d'art, avec des membres du monde entier (5 000 membres ; 56 sections nationales ; 95 nationalités), AICA International a un rôle important à jouer pour mettre fin au racisme et  au recul de la liberté d'expression en raison de l'intolérance à la libre participation multiraciale.

En tant qu'institution, elle est pleinement consciente des violations des droits de l'homme causées par le racisme et se sent obligée de prendre les mesures proactives suivantes qui engageront à la fois les individus et les institutions. 

AICA International consacrera une rubrique spéciale, sur son site Internet, dédiée à la publication d'histoires de professionnel.le.s de l'art du monde entier qui ont connu des discriminations raciales. Ce sera un premier pas vers la visibilité des injustices et vers une compréhension plus large de la nature complexe et insidieuse de l'exclusion raciale et du silence. Cette rubrique sera gérée par le Comité Censure et Liberté d'Expression qui a pour mission de surveiller et de signaler la censure et les discriminations de toutes sortes.

La deuxième initiative encouragera des réformes antiracistes dans les institutions artistiques. Nous travaillerons en étroite collaboration, afin de mettre à disposition nos ressources et notre rayonnement mondial auprès des membres, pour mener des réformes des politiques de recrutements, d’acquisitions, d’expositions des collections d'art, etc. dans les musées d'art, les galeries et les écoles d'art afin d'institutionnaliser l'égalité des droits pour tous les professionnel.le.s de l'art.

L'AICA International est ouverte à tous les critiques d'art, quelle que soit leur culture, leur religion, leur origine ou leur orientation sexuelle. Au carrefour des cultures, AICA International souhaite servir la créativité contemporaine afin de la rendre accessible à tous.

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AICA International desea expresar su solidaridad con el Movimiento Black Lives Matter y su indignación ante la brutalidad racialmente selectiva que llevó a la muerte de George Floyd en los Estados Unidos.

Una violencia similar por parte de la policía estadounidense ha llevado a la muerte de Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, David McAtee y Tony McDade en los últimos meses.

AICA International quisiera condenar las injusticias raciales sistémicas en todas las formas y en todas las instituciones del mundo, particularmente en los museos de arte, galerías, instituciones educativas y organizaciones donde se sabe que la censura y la marginación silencian y privan a las personas negras y de comunidades de color.

Como un cuerpo representativo profesional de críticos de arte con miembros de todo el mundo (5,000 miembros; 56 secciones nacionales; 95 nacionalidades), AICA International tiene un papel importante que desempeñar para terminar con el racismo y para poner fin a la represión de la libertad de expresión debido a la intolerancia hacia la libre participación multirracial.

Como institución, es plenamente consciente del abuso de los derechos humanos causado por el racismo y se siente obligada a tomar las siguientes medidas proactivas que involucrarán tanto a las personas como a las instituciones:

AICA International dedicará un tablón de anuncios virtual especial, en su sitio web, para la publicación de historias de profesionales del arte de todo el mundo que hayan experimentado el racismo. Este será un paso para dar visibilidad a las injusticias y una forma más amplia de entender la naturaleza complicada e insidiosa de la exclusión racial y el silenciamiento. Será administrado por su Comité de Censura y Libertad de Expresión que tiene el mandato de monitorear e informar la censura y la discriminación de todo tipo. 

La segunda iniciativa se centrará en las reformas antirracistas en las instituciones de arte. Nos asociaremos y trabajaremos estrechamente con organizaciones que en museos de arte, galerías y escuelas de arte, poniendo a disposición nuestros recursos y nuestra influencia global a través de nuestros miembros, para institucionalizar la igualdad de derechos para todos los profesionales del arte liderando reformas en políticas de empleo, adquisiciones, representación de colecciones de arte, etc.. .

AICA International está abierta a todos los críticos profesionales de arte, independientemente de su identidad cultural, religiosa, racial o sexual. En su posición en la encrucijada de culturas, AICA International quiere servir a la creatividad contemporánea y hacer que su impacto sea accesible a todos.

Parution du n°54 de CRITIQUE D'ART | Release CONTEMPORARY ART CRITICISM No.54

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N°54

THE INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CONTEMPORARY ART CRITICISM
SPRING / SUMMER 2020
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EDITORIAL / EDITORIAL
Pour une littérature plasticienne / For a Visual Literature
JEAN-MAX COLARD
 
« Sous le terme de « littérature plasticienne », je voudrais essayer de nommer, c’est-à-dire rassembler et surtout cartographier tout un champ de créations littéraires particulièrement mouvant, intrinsèquement instable. Ce champ apparaît notoirement à la frontière des arts plastiques et de la littérature ; mais il concerne aussi le cinéma, la vidéo ou Internet – plus largement /l’écran/, voire /les/ /médias/ –, et encore la musique et la danse – plus largement /la scène/. Dans l’effervescence qui caractérise les interactions actuelles entre le champ de l’art et celui de la littérature (dont cette livraison de /Critique d’art/ entend à son tour témoigner), il semble nécessaire de dépasser le traditionnel flottement qui les caractérise, en proposant une terminologie plus à même de dessiner et désigner ce paysage littéraire, tout en disant son moment présent. Il est vrai que cette relation mouvante, multiple, à la fois organique et hétérogène entre lettres et arts a déjà une longue histoire – et la question se pose de savoir en quoi la période actuelle en serait un chapitre à part, ou ne serait qu’une molle continuité des avant-gardes historiques […] »
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“With the term “visual literature”, I would like to try and name, which is to say bring together and above all map a whole field of literary works which are especially moving and intrinsically unstable. 
This field appears in particular at the boundary between the visual arts and literature; but it also has to do with film, video and the Internet—more broadly, the /screen/, and even the /media--/, and then music and dance—otherwise put, the /stage/. In the hustle and bustle which hallmarks present-day interactions between the field of art and that of literature (which it is the brief of this issue of /Critique d’art/ to attest to), it seems important to get beyond the traditional hesitancy that typifies them, by proposing a terminology more capable of /drawing/ and /designing/ this literary landscape, while at the same time describing its present moment. It is true that this moving, multiple relation, which is at once organic and heterogeneous, between letters and arts already has a lengthy history—and the question is raised as to knowing quite how the present period might represent a separate chapter, or is just a flimsy continuity of the historical avant-gardes […]”

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EDITORIAL / EDITORIAL
Pour une littérature plasticienne / For a Visual Literature - JEAN-MAX COLARD
 
ARTICLES / ARTICLES
Art contemporain et littérature : post-conceptualisme, « documentalité » et greffes créatives / Contemporary Art and Literature: post-conceptualism, “documentality” and creative grafts - MAGALI  NACHTERGAEL
 
Temporalités instables : les pratiques curatoriales à la croisée des 
chemins / Unsettled temporalities: Curatorial practice at a crossroads - OLGA FERNÁNDEZ LÓPEZ
 
Radicales, d’hier et d’aujourd’hui / Radical Women, Past and Present - CHARLOTTE FOUCHER ZARMANIAN
 
Les Pratiques sociales et l’art : ambiguïtés potentielles et pédagogie cruciale / Social Practices And Art: Potential Ambiguity, Crucial Pedagogy - RENATA MARQUEZ
 
Les Nouveaux matérialismes / New Materialisms - CLÉLIA BARBUT
 
PORTRAITS / PORTRAITS
Annie Le Brun par PAULINE GOUTAIN
Sammy Baloji par CHRISTINE BARTHE
 
TRADUCTION / TRANSLATION
« Archive Needs Poetry », extrait de /Archives sonores de la poésie - PATRICK BEURARD-VALDOYE
Introduit par / Introduced by TANIA VLADOVA
 
ARCHIVES / ARCHIVES
Des Archives invisibles dans des institutions visibles : notes sur les documents de Max Cetto / Invisible Files in Visible Institutions: Notes on Max Cetto’s Papers - DANIELA ORTIZ DOS SANTOS
Introduit par / Introduced by CARSTEN RUHL

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Book Release by Kim Levin, AICA Honorary president

Elsewhere: The Tainted Garden and Other Essays on Art, Life, and the Anthropocene

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Written between 1991 and 2017, this perceptive commentary on the art and issues of the late 20th and early 21st centuries examines the transitional period from the end of postmodernism to the dilemmas of the present. In these 35 essays, many of which appeared only in translation elsewhere, Kim Levin discusses such relevant "ancestors" as Robert Rauschenberg, Sol LeWitt, Jean Tinguely, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, Ana Mendieta, and Mike Kelley as well as newer artists. Her incisive prose is lucid, courageous, and suffused with an unconditional love for art that goes to extremes. Linking these essays are the concepts of selective amnesia and creative misunderstanding, plus changes in the nature of time, space, the future, and the meaning of "elsewhere." From the first essay, "Art That Makes Itself," to the last, "Everywhere and Nowhere: From the Myth of Progress to the Sixth Extinction," the undercurrent is an awareness that we exist in the era of the Anthropocene. And, as the environment declines, elsewhere is becoming everywhere.

Kim Levin's collection of essays, Elsewhere: The Tainted Garden and Other Essays on Art, Life, and the Anthropocene is available now on Amazon and Barnes & Noble

 
 

Free access digital versions of books by J-Pedro Lorente (AICA Spain)

News from our members worldwide

Routledge has included two books by AICA member and Chair of Finance Committee of AICA International, J.Pedro Lorente (Spain) in a special campaign for the month of May.

Until the end of the month, anyone who registers has a 7-days free access to the digital version of PUBLIC ART AND MUSEUMS IN CULTURAL DISTRICTS (2018), and of THE MUSEUMS OF CONTEMPORARY ART. Notion and Development (2011).

After the free trial, users have the possibility to buy the books (£ 10 / $ 15 each).

Here you are:

- Public Art and Museums in Cultural Districts, available at the link: https://tfstore.kortext.com/public-art-and-museums-in-cultural-districts-334803

- The Museums of Contemporary Art available at: https://tfstore.kortext.com/the-museums-of-contemporary-art-149106

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In memoriam: Myrna Rodríguez Vega

aica international deeply mourn the loss of Myrna Rodríguez Vega (1940 - 2020) | Lamentamos la partida de Myrna Rodríguez Vega (1940 - 2020)

Crítica, educadora, consultora y artista.

Fue cofundadora de AICA Puerto Rico y presidenta de AICA-PR de 1994 al 2000. Por 15 años fue Miembro del Consejo Ejecutivo Internacional de AICA Internacional. En 1961 obtuvo su bachillerato en Humanidades, en Bellas Arte de la Universidad de Puerto Rico. En 1966 obtuvo su Maestría en Arte y Educación en Arte de la Universidad Nueva York. Tuvo estudios doctorales de la New York Univesity y varios estudios más.

Como crítica de arte, publicó en el diario The San Juan Star desde 1978 al 1993, produciendo más de 800 artículos y decenas de ensayos críticos en diferentes medios. Como artista tuvo su primera exposición individual en el 1964; algunas de sus exposiciones se han presentaron en el Ateneo Puertorriqueño, con el grupo Borinquen 12 en el Museo de Universidad de PR y en el Museo de Arte de Ponce, Printmaking Workshop en New York University, Galería APRAG, Galería Caimán y Galería Tito en Nueva York.

A participado como jurado y curadora en múltiples proyectos, y una fuente de consulta constante. Como educadora, desde el 1968 se ha mantenido en la docencia en varias de nuestra universidades. Fue nombrada catedrática en 1971 hasta el 2009, nombrada al Senado Universitario, y Directora Departamento de Artes Liberales en la Universidad Interamericana. Ha recibido varias distinciones, becada por la Getty Foundation, homenaje de la Respetable Logia Femenina Julia de Burgos, homenaje por sus 6 años de Presidencia de AICA-Puerto Rico otorgado por la Asociación de Galerías de Arte y el Instituto de Cultura. Recibió el Homenaje por la Trayectoria en 2016 por la Asociación de Críticos de Arte de Puerto Rico (AICA-PR).

Myrna Rodríguez Vega (16.09.1940 - 29.04.2020) deja su legado a la cultura puertorriqueña y universal tanto en su obra literaria como en la plástica y la docencia.

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Critic, educator, consultant and artist.

She was co-founder of AICA Puerto Rico and president of AICA-PR from 1994 to 2000. For 15 years she was a Member of the International Executive Council of AICA International, one of the first Latin American women to belong to this international council.

In 1961 she obtained her bachelor's degree in Humanities, in Fine Arts from the University of Puerto Rico. In 1966 she obtained her Master of Arts and Art Education from New York University. She completed her doctoral studies from the New York University.

As an art critic, she published in The San Juan Star newspaper from 1978 to 1993, producing more than 800 articles and dozens of critical essays in different media.

As an artist she had her first solo exhibition in 1964; some of her exhibitions have been presented at the Puerto Rican Athenaeum, with the group Borinquen 12 at the Museo de Universidad de PR and at the Museo de Arte de Ponce, Printmaking Workshop at New York University, Galería APRAG, Galería Caimán and Galería Tito in Nueva York.

She has participated as a jury member and curator in multiple projects, and she was a source of constant consultation.

As an educator, since 1968 she has been teaching at several of our universities. She was appointed professor in 1971 until 2009, appointed to the University Senate, and Director of the Department of Liberal Arts at the Inter-American University.

She has received several distinctions, a scholarship from the Getty Foundation, a tribute from the Respectable Women's Lodge Julia de Burgos, a tribute for her six years of Presidency of AICA-Puerto Rico awarded by the Association of Art Galleries and the Institute of Culture. She received the Tribute for her Career in 2016 by the Association of Art Critics of Puerto Rico (AICA-PR).

Myrna Rodríguez Vega (16.09.1940 - 29.04.2020) leaves her legacy to the Puerto Rican and universal culture both in her literary work as well as in plastic arts and teaching.

NEW DATE FOR AICA INTERNATIONAL BOARD MEETING

AICA International Board Members (Board members of National Sections, International Board, Chairs of Committee, International Vice-Presidents, International members, Honorary Presidents) are invited to participate in the next Administrative Meeting, which will take place on May 22nd 2020.

If you are part of the AICA International Board, log-in to your Member Access to know about all the details and please remember to confirm your attendance to the Office.

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Los miembros de la Junta Internacional de la AICA (Presidentes de las Juntas Nacionales, Junta Internacional, Presidentes de Comité, Vicepresidentes Internacionales, miembros Internacionales, Presidentes Honorarios) están invitados a participar en la próxima Reunión Administrativa, que tendrá lugar el 22 de mayo de 2020.

Si usted forma parte de la Junta Internacional de AICA, entre en su Acceso de Miembros (Member Access) para conocer todos los detalles y por favor recuerde confirmar su asistencia a la AICA Office.

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Les membres du Conseil d'Administration international de l'AICA (président.e.s des sections nationales, membres du Conseil d'administration international, président.e.s des comités, vice-président.e.s internationa.les.ux, membres internationaux, président.e.s honoraires) sont invité.e.s à participer à la prochaine réunion administrative, qui aura lieu le 22 mai 2020.

Si vous faites partie du Conseil d'administration international de l'AICA, connectez-vous à votre Accès Membres (Member Access) pour connaître tous les détails et svp n'oubliez pas de confirmer votre présence au Bureau.

REPORT - CONSTELLATION CRITIQUES

One-Day Conference Constellations critiques. 30 ans d’Archives de la critique d’art

by Henry Meyric Hughes

This event, organised by Antje Kramer-Mallordy and her colleagues at the Archives de la critique d’art, marked the culmination of the 30th anniversary celebrations of the founding of the ACA in 1989 and the end of a year-long programme of seminars, publications and public events. It was postponed from January 2010, on account of the strikes and public unrest at the time.

The organisers succeeded in bringing together some 30 representatives of the three  principal institutional   supporters of the ‘Groupement d’intérêt commun’ (GIS),  established in 2014 to protect the long-term interests of the archives – namely, the  Association des critiques d’art (AICA), whose members and networks have provided the (already) 2.3 linear kilometres of archival material that constitute the collection; the National Institute of Art History, in Paris (INHA, established after AICA, in 2000), which now legally owns the collection; and the University of  Rennes 2, which provides the  premises  and funds  the staffing and services; together with representatives, primarily, of Rennes Metropole, the City of Rennes and local artistic institutions, such as the Art School, Art Museum and  contemporary art spaces, including the FRAC (Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain) and the Maison des Sciences de l’Homme en Bretagne (MSHB), which have supported the ACA, in varying measure, mostly from the very beginning. In addition to Antje Kramer-Mallordy, the ACA was represented by its former director, Nathalie Boulouch, who had skilfully guided the organisation through four years of change, uncertainty and expansion, and all their colleagues from the ACA: Jelena Le Magoarou (administration), Laurence Le Poupon (archives), Sylvie Mokhtari (review Critique d’art) and Emmanuelle Rossignol (library).

AICA was represented by Jean-Marc Poinsot, the founding President of  the Archives and Professor Emeritus of Art History  at the University of Rennes 2, and Jacques Leenhardt, a past president of AICA International and AICA France,  who represents AICA on the Governing Board of the GIS, along with Elisabeth Couturier, the current  president and Christoph Domino, a past president of AICA France, Elisa Rusca, from AICA Switzerland and Henry Meyric Hughes, past international president of AICA UK and international president of AICA, who represents AICA on the  Scientific and Cultural Council of the Archives, along with  numerous members of AICA France – many of them, from Paris -  who stayed on for a lively , free-wheeling debate the following day, at the Art School in Rennes, on the theme: ‘Critiques d’art, commissaires d’exposition: contamination’.   READ MORE

See the whole podcasts of the day-event here: https://www.lairedu.fr/media/video/conference/constellations-critiques/

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"Tomás Strauss: Beyond the Great Divide" is OUT and available

We are happy to announce that the book  Tomáš Štrauss: Beyond the Great Divide, Essays on European Avant-Gardes from former East and West (AICA’s series Art Critics of the World), edited by Daniel Grúň, Henry Meyric Hughes and Jean-Marc Poinsot  is out. It was proposed by our Slovak colleagues at the forty-sixth International Congress, “White Places – Black Holes” in Slovakia, September 2013.  The Strauss book was partially funded by The Art Collection of Erste Group and ERSTE Foundation and published by Presses du Réel and AICA Press.

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Nous sommes heureux d'annoncer la sortie du livre Tomáš Štrauss : Beyond the Great Divide, Essays on European Avant-Gardes from former East and West (série Art Critics of the World de l'AICA), édité par Daniel Grúň, Henry Meyric Hughes et Jean-Marc Poinsot. Il a été proposé par nos collègues slovaques lors du quarante-sixième congrès international "White Places - Black Holes" en Slovaquie, en septembre 2013.  Le livre de Strauss a été partiellement financé par la collection d'art de Erste Group et la Fondation ERSTE et publié par les Presses du Réel et AICA Press.

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Nos complace anunciar el lanzamiento del libro Tomáš Štrauss : Beyond the Great Divide, Essays on European Avant-Gardes from former East and West (serie Críticos de Arte del Mundo de la AICA), editado por Daniel Grúň, Henry Meyric Hughes y Jean-Marc Poinsot. Fue propuesto por nuestros colegas eslovacos en el 46º Congreso Internacional "White Places - Black Holes", celebrado en Eslovaquia en septiembre de 2013.  El libro de Strauss fue financiado parcialmente por la colección de arte de Erste Group y la Fundación ERSTE y publicado por Presses du Réel y AICA Press.

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AICA ACADEMY PROGRAMME

Within the frame of:

MASTER 1 – Creative process – D4011416

 

Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and AICA International have partnered to open an academic window between art criticism and creation through a series of weekly seminars dedicated to the question of transformations.

 

Under the guidance of Yann TOMA, this seminar of transversal research is conducted this year with AICA International in codirection with Marc PARTOUCHE (Secretary-General of AICA International).

 

‘Yann TOMA - Art & Globalism at the time of SDGs – Monday  4-6pm – 2nd semester.

 

This Master 1 methodological course is concerned with interaction, conduction, and even induction in resonance with the world’s current disruptions. The seminar Art & Globalism at the time of SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) – which is a possible prefiguration of an International Master of Creation (Master in Arts & Vision) – questions, on a resolutely international scale, the abilities of each student to Think/Create, answer and evolve both artistically and conceptually by taking into account the socio-political environment of climate crisis, and the world’s subsequent geo-political changes. This year’s new partnership with AICA International is notably about evaluating what would be an art with a political impact. From this perspective, this course aims to explore how we can Think/Create and call in, today, more contemporary and innovating references within a reflection regarding issues of ecological transition, transformation even, all the while staying consistent with the rigorous methodological models of academic writing and research. While the seminary will unfold in close relationship with human, social and legal sciences, students will further benefit from interventions by professionals of art and literature, thanks to the mediation of the International Association of Art Critics.’

 

Weekly seminars (room D632 at the Sorbonne, from 4pm to 6pm, unless otherwise specified):

Monday 3 February – François Salmeron.

BIS (Sorbonne) – (In)errance - MAVI (promotion Greta Thunberg) at Sorbonne Artgallery BIS, 6pm

Monday 10 February – Marc Uzan.

+ opening of Dayoung Jeong / Prix AMMA 2019 at Sorbonne Artgallery BIS, 6.30pm

Monday 24 February – Marion Zilio

Monday 2 March – Marion Zilio

Monday 9 March – Marc Partouche

Monday 16 March – Paul Ardenne

20 and 21 March: meetings of AICA Int. CANCELED

Monday 23 March – Lisbeth Rebollo Gonçalves, Clément Thibault

+ opening of Lucien Murat at Sorbonne Artgallery BIS, 6.30pm

Monday 30 March – Jacinto Lageira

Monday 20 April – Julien Verhaeghe

Monday 27 April – Riason Naidoo

52 AICA Congress report in L'art même by Mathilde Roman

AICA Board member Mathilde Roman (France) has published on the Belgian magazine L’art même a report about the 52 AICA International Congress in Cologne and Berlin, co-organized by AICA Germany and The German Federal Foundation for Culture.

Find her article here (sorry, French only)

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Mathilde Roman (France), membre du Conseil d'administration de l'AICA, a publié dans le magazine belge L'art même un rapport sur le 52ème Congrès international de l'AICA à Cologne et Berlin, co-organisé par l'AICA Allemagne et la Fondation fédérale allemande pour la culture.

Consultez son article ici (en français uniquement)

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La miembro de la Junta Directiva de la AICA, Mathilde Roman (Francia), ha publicado en la revista belga L'art même un reportaje sobre el 52 Congreso Internacional de la AICA en Colonia y Berlín, co-organizado por la AICA Alemania y la Fundación Federal Alemana para la Cultura.

Lea su artículo aquí (lo siento, sólo en francés)

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SEASON'S GREETINGS

AICA International wishes you Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!

AICA International vous souhaite Joyeuses Fêtes et une Bonne Année!

AICA International les desea ¡Felices Fiestas y Feliz Año Nuevo!

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, WInter Landscape with Ice-Skaters and Birds-Trap, 1565, painting on wood, 37 x 55,5 cm, The Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, WInter Landscape with Ice-Skaters and Birds-Trap, 1565, painting on wood, 37 x 55,5 cm, The Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

AICA ACADEMY, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

AICA Academy

News regarding the first stage of the establishment of the seminar of art criticism

AICA International – Sorbonne 2020

Within the frame of: MASTER 1 – Creative Process – D4011416, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and AICA International have partnered to open an academic window between art criticism and creation through a series of weekly seminars dedicated to the question of transformations.

Under the guidance of Yann TOMA, and in collaboration with Marc PARTOUCHE (Secretary General of AICA International)

Yann TOMA - Art & Globalism at the time of SDGs – Monday 4-6pm – 2nd semester.

This Master 1 methodological course is concerned with interaction, conduction, and even induction in resonance with the world’s current disruptions. The seminar Art & Globalism at the time of SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) – which is a possible prefiguration of an International Master of Creation (Master in Arts & Vision) – questions, on a resolutely international scale, the abilities of each student to Think/Create, answer and evolve both artistically and conceptually by taking into account the socio-political environment of climate crisis, and the world’s subsequent geo-political changes. This year’s new partnership with AICA International is notably about evaluating what would be an art with a political impact. From this perspective, this course aims to explore how we can Think/Create and call in, today, more contemporary and innovating references within a reflection regarding issues of ecological transition, transformation even, all the while staying consistent with the rigorous methodological models of academic writing and research. While the seminary will unfold in close relationship with human, social and legal sciences, students will further benefit from interventions by professionals of art and literature, thanks to the mediation of the International Association of Art Critics.

Download the description with seminar’s dates (.pdf) HERE

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AICA Académie

Information sur la première étape de mise en place du séminaire de critique d’art

AICA International – Sorbonne 2020

Dans le cadre du : MASTER 1 – Processus de Création – D4011416, l’Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne et l’AICA International s’associent pour ouvrir une fenêtre académique entre la critique d’art et la création à travers une série de séminaires dédiés à la question des transformations.

Sous l’autorité de Toma, Yann et en collaboration avec Partouche, Marc (Secrétaire Général AICA Int.)

TOMA, Yann - Art & Mondialité au temps des ODD ------- lundi 16h-18h - 2d semestre.

Dans ce séminaire de méthodologie de master 1 il est question d’interaction, de conduction, voire d‘induction en résonance avec les bouleversements du monde. Ce séminaire de recherche « Plasticité et mondialité au temps des ODD » (ODD pour Objectifs du Développement Durable), résolument situé sur une fréquence internationale (possible préfiguration du Master International de Création - Master in Arts & Vision - pour l'étudiant(e)) met en jeu les capacités de chaque étudiant à Penser/Créer, à répondre, à évoluer artistiquement et conceptuellement en prenant en compte l'environnement politique et social des changements climatiques, avec en perspective un regard sur l’international et les bouleversements géopolitiques du monde. Il s’agit notamment cette année, à travers un partenariat avec l’AICA international, de réévaluer ce que serait un art à portée politique. Dans cette optique, tout en exigeant une démarche méthodologique rigoureuse et conforme aux modèles d’écriture et de recherche universitaires, ce séminaire entend s’interroger sur la manière dont on pourrait aujourd’hui Penser/Créer et convoque les références les plus contemporaines et les plus innovantes, ce dans le cadre d’une réflexion en liaison aux problématiques de la transition, voire de la transformation écologique. Si ce séminaire se déroulera au contact des sciences humaines, sociales et juridiques de l’Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, les étudiants bénéficieront d’interventions de professionnels du monde de l’art et de la littérature, notamment grâce à l’entremise de l’Association Internationale des Critiques d’Art.

Télécharger le descriptif avec les dates du programme (.pdf) ICI

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Academia AICA

Noticias sobre la primera fase de establecimiento del Seminario sobre Crítica de Arte

AICA International – Sorbona 2020

En el marco del MASTER 1 – Proceso Creativo – D4011416 la Universidad Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne y AICA International se han asociado para abrir una ventana académica entre la crítica de arte y la creación a través de una serie de seminarios semanales dedicados a la cuestión de las transformaciones.

Bajo la guía de Yann TOMA, y en colaboración con Marc PARTOUCHE (Secretario General de AICA Internacional)

Yann TOMA - Arte & Globalización en época de Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible – Lunes 4 -18.00h – 2o semestre.

Este curso metodológico de Master 1 se ocupa de la interacción, la conducción e incluso la inducción en resonancia con las rupturas actuales del mundo. El seminario Arte y globalismo en el momento de los ODS (Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible), que es una posible configuración previa de un Máster Internacional de Creación (Máster en Artes y Visión), cuestiona, en una escala decididamente internacional, las habilidades de cada estudiante para pensar/crear, responder y evolucionar tanto artística como conceptualmente teniendo en cuenta el entorno sociopolítico de la crisis climática y los subsecuentes cambios geopolíticos del mundo. El nuevo partenariado de este año con AICA International se dedica principalmente a evaluar lo que sería un arte con impacto político. Desde esta perspectiva, este curso tiene como objetivo explorar cómo podemos pensar/crear e invocar, hoy en día, referencias más contemporáneas e innovadoras dentro de una reflexión sobre temas de transición o incluso transformación ecológica, todo ello a la par que nos mantengamos fieles a los rigurosos modelos metodológicos de la escritura e investigación académicas. Si bien el seminario se desarrollará en estrecha relación con las ciencias humanas, sociales y jurídicas, los estudiantes se beneficiarán aún más de las intervenciones de profesionales del arte y la literatura, gracias a la mediación de la Asociación Internacional de Críticos de Arte.

Descargue la descripción con las fechas del programa (.pdf) AQUÍ

Letter of endorsement to AICA Hong Kong

The International Office

Paris, 24 June 2019

The international Association of Art Critics (AICA) is a global organisation, established in 1948 by UNESCO, comprising art critics who are actively engaged in improving International cooperation in the fields of artistic creativity, mediation and endeavour.

AICA believes that freedom of expression and thought is an important principle and as a basic civil right must be defended. A hallmark of any democracy is its willingness to allow, consider and withstand critical as well as benign points of view and to accommodate divergent artistic expressions.

We are concerned the Hong Kong government has proposed a fugitive/extradition legislation to the People's Republic of China. We therefore endorse the open letter by AICA Hong Kong of 13 June, which expresses the concern the proposed law enables extradition to a country where human rights, judicial independence and freedom of expression do not currently fulfil international standards, according to the UN's Human Rights Council in March 2019. 

Although the proposed law was repealed, AICA International calls upon the Hong Kong government to refrain from introducing the law in the future.

 Yours sincerely,

Lisbeth Rebollo                                    Robert-Jan Muller

President AICA international                AICA Committee on Censorship and Freedom of Expression (Chair)

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Letter of endorsement to the Japan branch of aica

                    32 rue Yves Toudic – 75010 Paris – FRANCE

The International Office

 Paris, 14 October 2019

 

Letter of endorsement to the Japan branch of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA) concerning its statement on the closure of “After ‘ Freedom of Expression?’ ” at Aichi Triennale 2019. 

 

Subject: Closure of “After ‘Freedom of Expression?’” at Aichi Triennale 2019 

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The international Association of Art Critics (AICA) is a global organisation, established in 1948 by UNESCO, comprising art critics who are actively engaged in improving International cooperation in the fields of artistic creativity, mediation and endeavour. 

 

On August 7 AICA Japan issued a statement, signed by its president Fumio Nanjo,  on the closure of a section “After ‘Freedom of Expression?’ ” within the Aichi Triennale 2019.

 

AICA Japan's statement expresses grave concern about the situation, firmly stating that “the suppression of expressive activities by violence and threats is unacceptable.” It continues, “Although it is the role of local authorities, including the police, to protect citizens’ activities from violent acts, giving in to violent demands for the closure of the exhibition on the grounds of protecting citizens from that violence is problematic.”

 

AICA International underlines emphatically the conclusion of the letter: "AICA Japan observes the developments at the Aichi Triennale 2019 with great concern. We hope that proper social conditions can be created in Japan in which all the works originally displayed at the opening of this international contemporary art exhibition could be freely shown again."

 

AICA International hereby endorses the protest of AICA Japan. We add that AICA believes that freedom of expression and thought is an important principle and as a basic civil right must be defended. A hallmark of any democracy is its willingness to allow, consider and withstand critical as well as benign points of view and to accommodate divergent artistic expressions.

 

Yours Sincerely,

 

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Lisbeth Rebollo Gonçalves

President AICA International

 

Robert-Jan Muller

Chair, AICA Committee of Censorship and Freedom of Expression

 

52 nd AICA INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS DECLARATION ON OSMAN KAVALA

The membership of AICA International (International Association of Art Critics) is global and culturally diverse and we believe firmly in the principle of freedom of expression.  Mr. Osman Kavala who is a businessman and philanthropist has been remanded in custody for almost two years with an indictment that is not based on any concrete evidence. Kavala has always supported civic engagement, democratic forms of expression and equality of access for arts and culture. Osman Kavala has been active in fostering culture and education in Turkey. As a member of numerous boards and president of the cultural institution Anadolu Kültür, which he founded 16 years ago, he has constructed bridges in civil society from Turkey to Europe and neighboring countries. We, as members of AICA International and participants of the 52nd International AICA Congress 2019 in Cologne & Berlin, are stating that Osman Kavala must be released immediately.

Berlin, 5 October 2019

Lisbeth Rebollo Gonçalves

President AICA International

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Robert-Jan Muller

Chair, AICA Committee Censorship and Freedom of Expression

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Winners of the 2019 AICA Incentive Award for Young Critics

The Jury of the AICA Incentive Award for a young critic is pleased to announce the winners of its 2019 edition.

The AICA Incentive Award 2019 goes to

  • Wenting TAO, with her text "How the Curatorial Stereotyping of Chinese Art Essentializes the Work of Zheng Guogu".

Mrs Tao will be joining us in Berlin to present her text during the award ceremony on October 5th at Berlinische Galerie.

In addition to the winning prize, the Jury decided for two special mentions.

  • A Special Mention goes to Jaka Lombar, for his text "Reactivating the Archive Must Entail Tearing Down the Palimpsest of Populism"

  • The second Special Mention goes to Qianfan Gu, for her text "Whose China?"