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Exhibitions
In recent decades, numerous artists have rethought the relationship between the artwork and the exhibition, notably by treating the latter as a medium or device. Liberated from being simply a means of display, the exhibition has become an artwork in itself. This issue as a whole thus highlights artists and curators who are working in common to expand the boundaries of the exhibition and offer spectators a very different experience. As a complement to this section, we are publishing a series of articles on the presence of Québec artists at the Venice Biennale and the Havana Biennial.
Editorial
Feature
Exhibition : What Makes an Exhibition Within an Exhibition?
In search of a canon of exhibitions
The Period Room: Tomorrow’s Version
Scenes from the House Dream : The Exhibition as Oneiric Scene
Notes On Curating Autobiographical Art
Circulation et contradiction dans Furnishing Positions d’Adrian Blackwell
Curating-Art: the case of Willem de Rooij
Interviews
Current Issue
Family
As the basis for social organization and the primary site of socialization, the family has drawn particular attention in the visual arts since the inception of art history. As contemporary art seems well engaged in an examination of cultural practices, the family, in all its forms, is returning to the spotlight. Many artists today revisit family traditions, sites, and taboos, challenge what has been held as unspeakable by digging into archives, and invent new, intimate forms of sociability out of biographical experiences. This issue reflects on family histories as they are rewritten in contemporary art.
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