The Hellenic Centre for Photography (HCP) invites submissions for the Athens Photo Festival 2012. HCP accepts proposals from established or emerging artists, galleries, curators and organizations world-wide, in all areas of contemporary photography practice and forms, ranging from art and documentary photography to photographic installations, film and video.

The exhibition of contemporary Slovenian design will be displayed on main venue of BELGRADE DESIGN WEEK 2012 at renovated building of National Library of Serbia in Belgrade and then in Maribor Art Gallery within European Capital of Culture 2012.

In the past few years graphic novels have attracted more and more attention both in the field of literature and the visual arts. Not only do they allow for an alternative perspective on the complexities of everyday life, but because of their distinct use of two media - image and text - they also suggest how memories of the past can find new forms of expression despite their inherent blanks

We are pleased to announce that the 8th edition of Video Vortex will 
take place at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb, Croatia,
 between the 17th and the 19th of May, 2012. So far Video Vortex has 
taken place twice in Brussels and Amsterdam and once in Ankara,
 Split and Yogyakarta.

Low budget and highly efficient artistic interventions in public space – that is the idea behind the project, which is presented in the ICA-Sofia Gallery. Five young artists from Bulgaria are showing photographic, video and sound documentation of their interventions in the urban space of the cities of Sofia and Dobrich from the summer of 2011. Amusing, ironic, critical, nostalgic, and poetic – these artistic interventions are concentrating on the dysfunctional aspects of the 'wild' neoliberal space that we inhabit during the last 20 years. They are asking the question: is there space left for the individual human being with his/her everyday life joys and concerns?

1st promotor of slovenian contemporary illustration, contexts of usage and its authors. Independent biennale is more than just a periodical event. It not only reseaches different fields of contemporary illustration and its usage, but also directly supports and promotes authors and co creates visual culture in Slovenia. The Biennale supports the total independent production of its authors. This is realized in completely uncensored artwork created for the authors personal usage but specifically and exclusively for Independent Biennale events.

Today, a new unit of the Moderna galerija - Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova (MSUM) has opened in the renovated army barracks building in the new cultural quarter in Metelkova Street (Ljubljana, Slovenia). The inugural exhibition is Present and Presence, showing pioneering collection of Eastern European art Arteast 2000+, devoted to postwar avant-gardes from the 1960s to the present, and a selection of works from Moderna galerija's national collection. 

Celebrating its 6th anniversary in 2011, Contemporary Istanbul is Turkey’s most comprehensive contemporary art event to date, expanding Istanbul’s cultural and artistic life to the world. Consisting of national and international galleries chosen by the organizational committee, art institutions and sector representatives, the premier art fair of the region will open its doors this year to art lovers on November 24-27 at Istanbul Congress Center and Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Center. Contemporary Istanbul showcases contemporary paintings, sculptures, videos, photographs, installations and limited editions with the participation of national and foreign galleries. 

D'CLINIC studios is a place for creative individuals/groups to live, work, research, investigate, experiment, understand, meet and have fun. Located in the northeast of Slovenia in the small town of Lendava; where the sun (almost) always  shines and the wine (almost) never runs out! D'CLINIC supports both established and emerging arts practitioners; regardless of whether visual artist, musician, curator, theorist, writer,...