Schaulager Ruchfeldstrasse 19 CH-4142 Münchenstein / Basel,  7 Aug 2011

From 12 March to 28 August Schaulager will be presenting the exhibition project Francis Alÿs: Fabiola at the Haus zum Kirschgarten, once Basel’s foremost town house, now a museum of extravagant domestic living. Over 350 portraits of Saint Fabiola will be integrated into the existing displays there.

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Tate Modern, Bankside, London, SE1 9TG ,  3 Aug 2011

A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters was produced over a four-year period (2008-11), during which Simon travelled around the world researching and recording bloodlines and their related stories. The subjects documented by Simon include victims of genocide in Bosnia, the body double of Saddam Hussein’s son Uday, and the living dead in India. Review by Max Liu. 25 May – 6 November 2011

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,  2 Aug 2011

In collaboration with Grand Union and Self Service, Birmingham, thisistomorrow has been running a pilot writers mentoring scheme. Today we are delighted to publish the first text from the programme by Apexa Patel, an examination of the film Los Angeles Plays Itself.

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Mudam, Luxembourg Musée d’Art Moderne, Grand-Duc Jean 3 Park Dräi Eechelen, L-1499, Luxembourg,  31 Jul 2011

The works that the British artist John Stezaker has been creating since the mid-1970s make use of film stills and portraits of actors found in secondhand bookshops, pictures taken from vintage books and old postcards. At their root lies the fascination that the found image can wield, thus reversing the usual hierarchy between artist and artwork. Until 11 September 2011

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Jerwood Space, 171 Union Street, London SE1 0LN,  29 Jul 2011

Keith Harrison talks to Jess Furseth about his contribution to Jerwood Makers

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ARKEN - Museum of Modern Art, Skovvej 100 2635 Ishøj, Denmark,  28 Jul 2011

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Hauser & Wirth London, Piccadilly, 196A Piccadilly, London W1J 9DY,  27 Jul 2011

Former Midland / HSBC Bank and Hauser & Wirth’s Piccadilly gallery is currently being transformed into a fully functioning Community Centre. The centre will host a wide range of classes, workshops and events. Facilities will include among other things multifunctional spaces, a computer room, a non-denominational prayer room, an activity room, a community canteen, a community bar and club. Outside in the market in front of St James’ Church, the Community Centre will run a stall. There will be a daily schedule of classes and events, which start on Friday 13 May and will run until Saturday 30 July.

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Manchester International Festival - The Lowry, Pier 8 Salford Quays, Salford, M50 3AZ ,  26 Jul 2011

Manchester International Festival and Teatro Real Madrid present the world premiere of a startling new piece for the stage: The Life and Death of Marina Abramovic, a biography of the godmother of performance art, re-imagined by visionary director Robert Wilson. The show features scenes from Abramovic’s life and career, from her Serbian childhood to her work as a performance artist. Review by Byony Bond

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Black Mirror from Doug Aitken on Vimeo.

Kunstmuseum Basel, Museum für Gegenwartskunst mit Emanuel Hoffmann-Stiftung St. Alban-Rheinweg 60, CH-4010 Basel ,  24 Jul 2011

Henrik Olesen uses collage, sculpture, and minimalist spatial interventions to engage with the body and questions of gender and its representation in order to interrogate structures of power relations and the construction of historiography and identities. Until 11 September 2011

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