Gothenburg’s Wonderful World

Over ten weeks, from 5 September to 15 November, the city of Gothenburg, becomes Sweden's largest meeting place for international contemporary art. Sweden will stand on the world stage for contemporary art and visitors will be able to acquaint themselves with artists from around the world. In this fifth edition, Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art uses as its theme the famous Louis Armstrong song, What a Wonderful World, to reflect on the development of politics in a visual, poetic and sensual way.
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Big in Japan

When you’re big in Japan, imagine how big you must look in Vilnius! The first major exhibition of Japanese contemporary art in Lithuania is a fact and the Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) is very proud to present it to the art-loving public. The Big in Japan exhibition runs through August 16 and features works by four distinguished Japanese artists: Yayoi Kusama, Hiraki Sawa, Go Watanabe and the artistic duo Paramodel. Parallel to the show, CAC is also presenting the 11th edition of the European Eyes on Japan/Japan Today photography exhibition.
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Who’s gone to the Croatan?

Social exclusion can take many forms. It may result from unfavorable circumstances, or from an autonomous decision taken by an individual whishing to be excluded. The project presented at the Centre of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu in Toruń, Poland, aims at exploring these practices and their causes with special attention given to the variety of gestures establishing private utopias. The exhibition showcasing video works and photographs by some twenty Polish artists runs until the end of September under the strange title Gone to the Croatan.
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Remapping Athens?

The project has been criticized as one more effort to “clean up” central rundown areas of Athens from annoying and disturbing images of wandering immigrants and local poor, in order to upgrade them and turn them into a hip place. This “remapping” of the city, critics say, must be condemned. The truth is that ReMap 2 deserves our attention, since it presents some really interesting exhibitions and art happenings right in the heart of the Greek capital. A walk around the areas of Kerameikos and Metaxourgeio (KM) anytime before October 4, would be highly recommendable.
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