EXHIBITION: DÜSSELDORF
Tomás Saraceno: In Orbit
Visitors can walk over and sit within Argentinean artist Tomás Saraceno’s new work “In Orbit” – a gigantic wire-mesh installation suspended 25 metres above the internal piazza of the K21 Ständehaus museum. With half a dozen “spheres” (inflated 8.5-metre PVC globes) also battling for room, Saraceno’s immense pieces are designed to go beyond initial sensations of surprise and pure visual impact, asking questions about how individuals encountering them interact with one another. And if you’re concerned about walking on wires 25 metres above the ground, don’t be. Saraceno trained as an architect, too.
K21 Ständehaus, Ständehausstr 1, 40217. Open Tuesday to Friday 10.00-18.00; Saturday and Sunday 11.00–18.00. Until Autumn 2014.
kunstsammlung.de
FILM FESTIVAL: NEW YORK
Bicycle Film Festival
Celebrate cycling culture through film, music and performances in New York this weekend with the 13th edition of the Bicycle Film Festival. Determined to turn a negative experience into a positive one, the event was created by founder Brendt Barbur after being hit by a bus while cycling in the city. Now the Bicycle Film Festival includes over 60 documentaries and experimental video projects from 18 countries. This weekend, on Saturday check out director Maya Tanaka’s short film Hopeless Romantic or on Sunday see Baisikeli a documentary that follows the Kenyan national cycling team.
At venues across New York. Until 30 June.
bicyclefilmfestival.com
FAIR: LONDON
Masterpiece 2013
For its fourth consecutive year London welcomes Masterpiece – an art fair set in the South Grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea. With more than 160 gallerists exhibiting fine art and the best in antiques and design on show, the fair also features curiosities such as the very first edition of The Great Gatsby from 1925 and Roy Lichtenstein’s oil and magna paint on canvas “Puzzle Portrait”. The latter has not been seen in public for 30 years and will be auctioned off during the event. Other firsts are more contemporary such as New York artist Bill Viola’s “Lifespans, 2012” video installation, also exhibiting for the very first time.
South Grounds, The Royal Hospital Chelsea, Chelsea Embankment. Open Saturday to Sunday 11.00-19.00; Monday 11.00-21.00; Tuesday 11.00-18.00; Wednesday 11.00-21.00.Until 3 July.
masterpiecefair.com
DESIGN: SINGAPORE
Essential Eames: A Herman Miller Exhibition
Essential Eames is a showcase of design power couple Charles and Ray Eames’ rare pieces at the ArtScience Museum, Marina Bay Sands. But it’s not just iconic chairs and furniture that will be on show; visitors will also be treated to more than 100 pieces of the duo’s toy designs, films, paintings, and – of course – architecture too. Look out for a chair designed specially for Pope John Paul II and “House of Cards” (pictured). The exhibition’s curator is the Eames’ grandson Eames Demetrios, who also will be providing guided tours and lectures during the opening weekend.
ArtScience Museum, 10 Bayfront Avenue. Open daily 10.00-22.00. Until 5 January, 2014.
marinabaysands.com/singapore-museum/
MUSIC FESTIVALS: CANADA
International Jazz Festivals
This weekend jazz enthusiasts in Canada will be spoilt for choice as international musicians from all over the world descend upon the country. While international jazz festivals enter their final days in Vancouver and Toronto, Montréalers are only just getting warmed up with the 34th edition of their own festival running until 7 July. On Saturday in Vancouver check out local band Butter and Egg playing in the city’s Ironworks studios, and in Toronto enjoy Aline Morales’ sultry tunes. Meanwhile, in Montréal we recommend you spend your Sunday evening with 10-time Grammy winner George Benson at Salle Wilfrid Pelletier.
At venues across Vancouver, Toronto and Montréal, see websites for details. Vancouver International Jazz Festival runs until 30 June, Toronto International Jazz Festival is on until 29 June and Montreal Jazz Festival - until 7 July.
coastaljazz.ca, torontojazz.com, montrealjazzfest.com
