Looking forward to an eventful month – with the Gallery Weekend in Berlin and the opening of the Venice Biennale. My special recommendation: Poetics and Politics of Data at HeK – Haus der elektronischen Künste Basel/Münchenstein (29 May-30 Aug).
Photo: Christopher Baker, HELLO WORLD! OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP LISTENING AND LOVE THE NOISE, Multi-channel multimedia installation, 2008 ©HeK
Exhibition openings
01 May – Hans Schärer. Madonnas & Erotic Watercolours Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau/Switzerland
02 May – Laura & Alessandro Diaz de Santillana Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield/UK
06 May – Canaletto. Rome – London – Venice. The Triumph of Light Caumont Centre d’Art Aix-en-Provence/France
06 May – Fassbinder – NOW Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin/Germany
06 May – Mythos Schönheit Schlossmuseum Linz/Austria
07 May – Monsters. Images from the Horrific to the Comic Germanistisches Museum, Nuremberg/Germany
08 May – Japaner in Murano – Kyohei Fujita, Yoichi Ohira, Yasuhiko Tsuchida Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf/Germany
09 May – Frank Stella. Paintings & Drawings Kunstmuseum – Museum für Gegenwartskunst Basel/Switzerland
09 May – Cody Choi – Culture Cuts Kunsthalle Düsseldorf/Germany
10 May – Lori Nix – The Power of Nature Museum Schloss Moyland Bedburg-Hau/Germany
10 May – Salvador Dalí – Illustrator Horst-Janssen-Museum Oldenburg/Germany
14 May – New York Painting Kunstmuseum Bonn/Germany
15 May – China 8. Overview – Blicke auf China NRW-Forum Düsseldorf/Germany
16 May – Heinz Mack. Light Shadow Museum Frieder Burda Baden-Baden/Germany
16 May – Frieda Kahlo – Art. Garden. Life The New York Botanical Garden New York/US
16 May – Doug Aitken Galerie Eva Presenhuber Zurich/Switzerland
17 May – Heinrich Campendonk Kunstmuseum Ahlen/Germany
17 May – The Order of Things – Modern and contemporary photography The Walther Collection Neu-Ulm/Germany
17 May – Yoko Ono – One Woman Show, 1960-1971 MoMA, New York/US
18 May – Shirin Neshat – Facing History Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Washington, D.C./US
22 May – ImEx. Impressionismus-Expressionismus. Kunstwende Alte Nationalgalerie Berlin/Germany
Franz Marc – Die gelbe Kuh, 1911 – ©Creative Commons
22 May – Obedience Jewish Museum Berlin/Germany
22 May – Dix and Grosz Galerie Thomas Munich/Germany
23 May – Worlds in Contradiction – Areas of Globalisation Galerie im Taxispalais Innsbruck/Austria
23 May – Images Moving Out Onto Space Tate St. Ives/Cornwall/UK
26 May – In Focus: Animalia The Getty Center, LA/US
27 May – Gold and Ivory. Paris, Pisa, Florence, Siena. 1250-1320 Louvre, Lens/France
27 May – Function Follows Vision – Vision Follows Reality Kunsthalle Vienna/Austria
28 May – George Condo Xavier Hufkens Brussels/Belgium
29 May – Poetics and Politics of Data HeK – Haus der elektronischen Künste Basel/Münchenstein
29 May – Drawing Now Albertina, Vienna/Austria
30 May – Beastly – Tierisch Fotomuseum Winterthur/Switzerland
31 May – Marlene Dumas Fondation Beyeler Basel/Riehen/Switzerland
Events
01-03 May – Gallery Weekend Berlin/Germany
02 May – Museum Night “Blaue Nacht” Nuremberg/Germany
09 May – 22 Nov – 56. Biennale Venice 2015 Venice/Italy
13 May – 6 June – Reykjavik Arts Festival 2015 The National Gallery of Iceland Reykjavik/Iceland
13 May – 5 Sep – WRO Media Art Biennial WRO Art Center Wroclaw/Poland
15-18 May – RomArt 2015 Rome/Italy
16 May – Museum Night Bayreuth/Germany
20 May – 18 Oct – Triennale Brugge Brugge/Belgium
22 May – 22 June – Havana Biennial 2015 Havana/Cuba
28 May – 30 Sep – Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art Thessaloniki/Greece
28 May – 07 June – Fotofestiwal Lodz/Poland
28-30 May – IDEAS CITY New Museum New York/US
28 May – 06 June – LOOP Barcelona 2015 Barcelona/Spain
29 May – Museum Night Speyer/Germany
Art Fairs
01-03 May – Paris Photo LA Los Angeles/US
01-03 May – Photo Independent Hollywood/US
08-11 May – Art Revolution Taipei 2015 Taipei/Taiwan
08-11 May – COLLECT London/UK
08-12 May – Spring Masters New York/US
13-17 May – Select Fair New York/US
14-17 May – Art Miami NewYork Pier 94, New York/US
14-17 May – Frieze Art Fair New York 2015 New York/US
14-17 May – NADA Art Fair 2015 New York/US
15-17 May – 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair New York/US
20-23 May – Art15 London/UK
21-24 May – Photo London 2015 London/UK
23-24 May – The London Photograph Fair London/UK
27-31 May – KunstRai Amsterdam/Netherlands
