Melanie Smith. Photo from Farce and Artiface exhibition organized by MACBA Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, in collaboration with MUAC and Museo Amparo de Puebla.
Awards announced for Franco-British art exchanges
By Blouin ArtInfo | June 21, 2019
Fluxus Art Projects announced awards to 16 art institutions in France and the UK to promote a range of Contemporary art practices from each other’s countries through exhibitions, festivals, events and curatorial research.
The Fluxus Art Projects is a Franco-British initiative supported by the French Ministry of Culture, Institut Francais, the British Council and private donors,
“The emphasis is on supporting organizations, large and small, that engage with adventurous programming involving artists in each other’s countries, not just in the two capitals but dispersed around the regions in France and the UK. In the UK, the presenters range from Tate Modern and the small artists collective Auto Italia South East in London, to Yorkshire Sculpture International and the artist-run organization, Rhubaba in Edinburgh In France, they include the Biennale de Lyon, the Jeu de Paume in Paris, Villa Arson in Nice and the Contemporary Art Centre at the Synagogue de Delme in rural Lorraine,” says the press release.
The following artists have been selected for this year’s program:
June 22 - September 29 , 2019
Yorkshire Sculpture International: Tarek Atoui’s Shuffle Orchestra
June 22 - September 29 , 2019
Centre d’art contemporain — La Synagogue de Delme: Kiera Fox and Ellen Freed/Digital Gothic
June 22, 23, 2019
Tate Modern: Boris Charmatz/1000 Gestures
June 30 – October 13, 2019
Villa Arson, Nice: Monster Chetwynd/Monster Rebellion
July 1 – September 22, 2019
Les Rencontres d’Arles: 34 British artists/Home Sweet Home (1970-2018 The British Home, a Political History) including photography by Martin Parr, Clare Strand, Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen, Anna Fox, Juno Calypso, Peter Kennard, Laura Blight, Gillian Wearing, Iain McKell.
July 3 – August 18, 2019
Southbank Centre: Hicham Berrada/Dreamscapes
July 5 – September 8, 2019
Auto Italia South East: Christelle Oyiri/Collective Amnesia Reloaded
July 5 – September 5, 2019
Exo Exo: Rebecca Ackroyd/Conducting Bodies
July 2019 onwards
South London Gallery: Celine Condorelli/Spinning
Summer 2019
Rhubaba Gallery and Studios: Bureau d’etudes/Making Art in the XX!st Century
September 14 , 2019 – February 23, 2020
New Contemporaries: Camille Yvert
September 15 – December 8, 2019
Parc Saint Leger, Centre d’art contemporain Pougues-les-Eaux: Melanie Smith solo exhibition
September 16 , 2019 – January 5, 2020
15th Biennale de Lyon: Holly Hendry
October 3 – 6, 2019
Frieze Art Fair: Cecilia Bengolea/Live performance
October 4, 2019 – January 5, 2020
MoCo Montpellier Contemporain: Caroline Achaintre
October 14, 2019 – January 19, 2020
Jeu de Paume Paris: Zineb Sedira
October 31, 2019 to February 2020
CAPC musee d’art contemporain de Bordeaux: Lubaina Himid/Naming the Money
Catherine Petitgas, Chair, Fluxus Art Projects, said, “ We are delighted this year to have received more than 40 proposals for funding from organizations across the UK and France, with so many exceptional projects. In our view, the opportunity offered to artists to share their work with each other’s countries is ever more vital in a divided world — keeping the doors open to a shared passion for culture between our two countries. This year in particular we have decided to support more diverse artists, more projects spread outside the capitals, and to place more emphasis on experimentation especially in the field of performance. We are immensely grateful to our many generous supporters in continuing to make this opportunity available.”
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