July 25th 2022

JILL SILVERMAN VAN COENEGRACHTS, FOUNDER JSVCprojects

May 30th 2022

UNAPOLOGETIC CONTENT.

May 23rd 2022

BEHIND THE SCENES:
ESTHER SHALEV-GERZ,
KING & KING
A new sculpture
Installed in the United States

May 16th 2022

BEHIND THE SCENES:
SAVE THE DATE
BAD+
July 6-10 2022
HANGAR 14

May 9th 2022

BEHIND THE SCENES:
LINDA KARSHAN
Backstage filming ‘Two Feet Walking’
By Ishmael Annobil, Filmmaker
In response to the architecture of Murray Edwards College
Cambridge University
8th April 2022

May 2nd 2022

A WALK IN MY LIBRARY:
HELMUT FEDERLE

April 25th 2022

BEHIND THE SCENES:
BENEDICTE DELAY WITH JASON BUTLER
‘ONE ON ONE’
Exhibition at ArtHouse Jersey
14 April – 2 May 2022

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April 11th 2022

NATURE NOTES:
HELLO TO SPRING, PARIS

April 4th 2022

BEHIND THE SCENES:
A WALKED DRAWING, ‘TWO FEET WALKING’,
By Linda Karshan
In collaboration with Filmmaker, Ishmael Annobil
In response to the architecture of Murray Edwards College,
University of Cambridge

March 28th 2022

BEHIND THE SCENES:
ISHMAEL ANNOBIL, 'INSOMNIA'
Coming soon at L'Interstice, Arles
Opening on April 15, 2022

March 21st 2022

BEHIND THE SCENES:
JASON BUTLER, ‘ONE ON ONE’
Launch new ArtHouse exhibition space
Jersey, England

March 14th 2022

BEHIND THE SCENES:
ART & LANGUAGE, "THESE SCENES", 2016
Acquired by Centre Pompidou

March 7th 2022

BEHIND THE SCENES:
ESTHER SHALEV-GERZ
Bauhaus-Museum,
Weimar, Germany

February 21st 2022

BEHIND THE SCENES:
LOSING DAN GRAHAM
1942-2022

February 14th 2022

BEHIND THE SCENES:
THE DEVELOPMENT OF BAD+
BORDEAUX + ART + DESIGN
New dates: July 6-10 2022, at HANGAR 14

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February 7th 2022

BEHIND THE SCENES:
2000 THANK YOU NOTES
7 February 2022

January 31st 2022

BEHIND THE SCENES:
NEW SPACE FOR JSVCPROJECTS

January 24th 2022

BEHIND THE SCENES:
ROBERT STONE
Debut with Haines Gallery at FOG Design + Art 2022
San Francisco, CA

January 17th 2022

BEHIND THE SCENES:
MISCHA KUBALL
nolde / kritik / documenta
A project by documenta archiv, Draiflessen Collection and Mischa Kuball
NEW DATE: FALL 2022

January 10th 2022

UNAPOLOGETIC CONTENT.

January 3rd 2022

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2022!
WARM WISHES AND NEW ADVENTURES

December 13th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
MINYADES
An exhibition of paintings by Richard Höglund
The Bonnier Gallery, Miami
December 2021
A Catalogue Essay

December 6th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
MISCHA KUBALL
ReferenzRäume
Museum Morsbroich
5 December – 24 April 2022

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November 29th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
ABOUT THE TREES
Thanksgiving 2021

November 25th 2021

UNAPOLOGETIC CONTENT.

November 15th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
THE WORLD MAP
Thanks to Mr Hide

November 8th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
KOEN VANMECHELEN LABIOMISTA, GENK (BELGIUM)
The book launch and debate
“NOT TO BE MISTAKEN”, November, 4th

October 25th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
OCTOBER 2021
"Linda Karshan: The Covid-19 Conversation"
Still in the limelight

October 18th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
IDE TO POLAND
POSTSCRIPT PARIS

October 11th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
IDE TO POLAND III
Out of the oven
Warsaw Sept 28-Oct 3

October 5th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
HELMUT FEDERLE
NOVARTIS Campus – Forum 3, Basel
DIENER & DIENER - WIEDERIN
2005

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October 2nd 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
BETWEEN LISTENING AND TELLING
Esther Shalev Gerz
Nuit Blanche Paris,
Tonight

September 27th 2021

UNAPOLOGETIC CONTENT.

September 20th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
ART BASEL HALL 2.0C1
René Schmitt and ART & LANGUAGE
THESE SCENES, 2016

September 6th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
MISCHA KUBALL
Wolfsburg and Utopias

September 2nd 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
IDE TO POLAND
A new expedition on the CERAMIC & FOOD ROUTE

August 30th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
IDE TO POLAND
A new expedition on the CERAMIC & FOOD ROUTE
Bright blue and white ceramics fill the dining room with warmth and visual appeal

August 23rd 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
IDE TO POLAND
A new expedition on the CERAMIC & FOOD ROUTE
Starts today in Warsaw through 3 October

August 2nd 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
ESTHER SHALEV-GERZ
SUMMER IN PARIS

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July 30th 2021

UNAPOLOGETIC CONTENT.

July 26th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
ARCO MADRID,
1st Art Fair in 2 years

July 23rd 2021

UNAPOLOGETIC CONTENT.

July 19th 2021

UNAPOLOGETIC CONTENT.

July 16th 2021

UNAPOLOGETIC CONTENT.

July 12th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
IN THE ARTIST'S STUDIO
JASON BUTLER "THE COLLAGES"
Pop-Up Exhibition, Jersey

July 5th 2021

STILL BEHIND THE SCENES:
NINA NOWAK'S EXHIBITION
Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen

June 28th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
PER KIRKEBY UNREALISED BRICK PROJECTS
Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen

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June 21st 2021

NEW ARRIVALS:
MISCHA KUBALL

June 18th 2021

A WALK IN MY LIBRARY:
HELMUT FEDERLE NIETZSCHE-HAUS SILS-MARIA
Schwabe AG Basel, 2004 Peter André Bloch & Jan Thorn-Prikker
on the occasion of Helmut Federle's "Edelweiss im Nietzsche-Haus, Sils-Maria" exhibition in Nietzsche's Haus, Sept 2004 to July 2005

June 14th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
L'INTERSTICE ARLES OPENING
JOSETTE SAYERS AND GUILLAUME ZUILI'S PHOTOGRAPHS
Brave and fearless

June 11th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
CONGRATULATIONS ISHMAEL ANNOBIL
DIRECTOR for "LINDA KARSHAN: COVID-19 CONVERSATION"​
WINNER BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY AT MYKONOS INTL FILM FES

June 4th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
THE LAUNCH OF REAL TIME AND THE 3BS

May 31st 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
FLOWERS OF PERHAPS
LIOR GAL
ENGELS PLEIN, LEUVEN BELGIUM

May 24th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
MATHILDE BRETILLOT DESIGNS NEW MUSEUM FOR LA MANUFACTURE DE GIEN

May 17th 2021

THIS TIME TWO YEARS AGO:
DRAW ART FAIR, LONDON, 2019, DESIGNER MATHILDE BRETILLOT AND ARCHITECT MISKA MILLER-LOVEGROVE

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May 10th 2021

NEW ARRIVALS:
WETTERLING, STOCKHOLM

April 25th 2021

A WALK IN MY LIBRARY:
HELMUT FEDERLE
ABSTRACT PAINTING OF AMERICA AND EUROPE
Ritter Verlag, Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, 1988

April 11th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
LUKAS HOFFMANN, CNAP ACQUISITION AND TWO EXHIBITIONS

April 9th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
ESTHER SHALEV-GERZ, WEFRAC 2021

April 2nd 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
"LINDA KARSHAN: COVID-19 CONVERSATION"
selected by Nawada and Hollywood Boulevard Festivals

March 29th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
ESTHER SHALEV-GERZ
CNAP ACQUISITION,
"Describing Labor", 2012

March 26th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
A STUDIO VISIT WITH DEANNA PETHERBRIDGE

March 22nd 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
JSVCPROJECTS & INTERNATIONAL DESIGN EXPEDITIONS

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March 2nd 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
HELMUT FEDERLE IN NEW YORK

February 22nd 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
RICHARD MILAZZO OBSZINE #3
The Sadness of Bad Thinking

February 15th 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
RICHARD MILAZZO OBSZINE #3, ART, POETRY, AND THE PATHOS OF COMMUNICATION,
The Art of Impeachment

February 1st 2021

BEHIND THE SCENES:
WITH POET/CURATOR RICHARD MILAZZO
REVISITING OBSZINE #3

January 12th 2021

A WALK IN MY LIBRARY:
POETRY IN SEDITIOUS TIMES

January 5th 2021

HAPPY NEW YEAR AND SOUVENIRS FROM 2020!

December 31st 2020

A WALK IN MY LIBRARY:
DECEMBER 31, 2020
JASON BUTLER'S EXHIBITION
Meyer Schapiro, “Theory and Philosophy of Art: Style, Artist and Society

December 18th 2020

BEHIND THE SCENES:
LIOR GALL, BRUSSELS, 2020

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December 11th 2020

HIGHLIGHT:
LOVE LETTERS
A new participative project by artist Koen Vanmechelen

December 4th 2020

BEHIND THE SCENES:
LINDA KARSHAN AND THE BROOKLYN RAIL

November 27th 2020

BEHIND THE SCENES:
NOVEMBER 2020, LINDA KARSHAN
The Covid Conversation, A New Film

November 6th 2020

A WALK IN MY LIBRARY:
PARIS, NOV. 6, 2020
ABËTËI by Ishmael Fiifi Annobil

October 20th 2020

BEHIND THE SCENES:
MATHILDE BRETILLOT
Designs new offices for Parfums de Marly, Paris

October 12th 2020

BEHIND THE SCENES:
BERLIN STUDIO VISIT - LUKAS HOFFMANN

October 7th 2020

BEHIND THE SCENES:
BERLIN

September 24th 2020

BEHIND THE SCENES:
GALERIE NÄCHST ST. STEPHAN ROSEMARIE SCHWARZWÄLDER, VIENNA
Friederike Mayröcker, Curator Hans Ulrich Obrist - until 10 Oct
Schutzgeister/Guardian Spirits

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September 9th 2020

BEHIND THE SCENES:
JSVCPROJECTS AND KOEN VANMECHELEN
The Battery Channel Podcast

September 1st 2020

BEHIND THE SCENES:
ARTISTS IN THE STUDIO, JERSEY

August 25th 2020

BEHIND THE SCENES:
MANIFEST OF THE TRUE

August 18th 2020

A WALK IN MY LIBRARY:
3 LOVE POEMS IN THE SUMMER

August 11th 2020

BEHIND THE SCENES:
SUMMER NEWS

August 4th 2020

BEHIND THE SCENES:
ROD MENGHAM,
Awarded the Cholmondeley Award for Poets

July 28th 2020

BEHIND THE SCENES:
JILL SILVERMAN VAN COENEGRACHTS RECOMMENDS

July 21st 2020

BEHIND THE SCENES:
LINDA KARSHAN
Studio visit

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July 14th 2020

BEHIND THE SCENES:
STEFANO CIGADA,
"Frammenti" at the Museo di Roma in Trastevere

January 2nd 2020

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2020!

September 9th 2019

BEHIND THE SCENES:
PER KIRKEBY,
"Brick Sculptures"

September 2nd 2019

BEHIND THE SCENES:
IDE TO PUGLIA
"Ceramic & Food Route",
Recent Summer 2019 Highlights

August 26th 2019

JSVC HIGHLIGHTS:
ART & LANGUAGE, LONDON

June 17th 2019

BEHIND THE SCENES:
DRAW ART FAIR LONDON

April 22nd 2019

BEHIND THE SCENES:
ART & LANGUAGE, EXHIBITION AT GALERIE MICHAEL JANSSEN, Berlin

March 4th 2019

BEHIND THE SCENES:
DR. SUSANNE A. KUDIELKA,
Private art collecting is a passion

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July 25th 2018

BEHIND THE SCENES:
KOEN VANMECHELEN
“It’s About Time”

July 4th 2018

BEHIND THE SCENES:
DAYDREAMING WITH STANLEY KUBRICK,
Exhibition at Somerset House, London

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A WALK IN MY LIBRARY:
POETRY IN SEDITIOUS TIMES

January 12th 2021

Part I

I planned to see January as a moment of reflection –to look back at the year that ended none too soon; highlighting courage and pluck of artists with whom I work. In this year of pandemic it seemed the best we could all do was to keep our collective heads down, stay safe and work like crazy to keep a tenuous sanity.

My idea last Friday was to shout out the poets for work at years end. But events in Washington changed my thinking or rather upended it. Felt like a momentous event to watch in real time hour by hour, and subsequent days since, we have seen and heard the pundits unpack sedition in plain view.

Poetry is on the surface, as far away as you can get from a man with face paint and a Nordic hat pirouetting through the Capitol building in a crowd of people set on destruction and injury to anyone in their path. Rioting thugs breaking down the house to destroy the electoral process, interrupting the smooth transfer of power, this is domestic terrorism. The Capitol building did not accommodate Trump’s big lie. His followers were hell bent on tearing it down.

Maybe poetry is part of the truth of our understanding what we consider to be the true and it is linked to notions of beauty sometimes, because it is in this true speech that our humanity lives, with different points of view and diverse emotions. Words we share and the lives we have, mean something unique to each one of us. But in poetry and art something ties us together with a common form.

When I was young, maybe nine or ten, I wrote my first poem inspired by seeing my mother prepare the dinner table on a Friday night. Everything just so, candles waiting to be lit. Challah covered on a plate. I had a feeling of anticipation, something giddy in my stomach. That we would all be there at the table, my younger brothers, my father tired after the week working for his father, perspiration around his shirt collar and the tie slightly loose.

Part II

I wrote a poem about this highly stylized preparation because it seemed to me as a little girl to have something to do with bliss, something I felt cut off from. A state of affairs that existed outside of all the participants, it was in the air so to speak, a specialness in the air. This was the purpose of my poem to catch the temperature of the air in that hour before the noise of another end-of-week-dinner overtook a tumultuous family, and mostly to celebrate my mother’s calm above us.

The poem led to a massive argument and punishment weeks later about the truth and lies. Perhaps this is why I am writing here about poetry and sedition. My teacher called my parents in and asked them how I had written such a poem it was clearly taken from a book somewhere. It could not be the work of ten year old. My parents came home and confronted me wanting to know what book I took the poem from, didn’t I understand how serious plagiarism was.

The big lie they believed was that I couldn’t have written it. I was punished for lying because I did not admit taking it from another source because it was my work.. This is the truth. But I was punished just the same, and the nasty teacher was fired a decade later for being an alcoholic, my mother said.

Poetry reminds us what is true. What we share, what is in the air between us that has no form whatsoever, just there floating all that stuff, unspoken but not unfelt. My awe at the dinner table on a Friday night was also how we felt being taken into the Capitol building for one of my younger brother’s Bar Mitzvah trips. By then I was fifteen and he thirteen. We walked quietly, heads straight, we were in a sacred place for our country; I studied the American Revolution and knew what the Constitution was. We sat in the same gallery where members hid on the floor, because our Congressman gave my father passes; events of last week made me crave poetry and then I recalled all the rest.

Part III

A book I discovered on my bookcase in my mother’s house was a volume on Robert Frost that was given to me by a teacher in 1968. In junior high school I first read Saroyan, Hemingway and Frost. I remembered having seen the very elderly poet in 1960 (I was eight) when we watched him on a big black and white television during the inauguration of President Kennedy. He was elderly and spoke off the cuff, my mother said, the sun too bright to read. For some reason today the memory of that event, sitting on the floor on a cushion, having the day off from school because Dad had been campaigning for Kennedy. All doubles back on the insurrection we watched last week.

This paperback book is dog-eared and yellowed. It did not come with me when I left for college in 1970. Nor anywhere after that, it stayed behind on the shelves in my old bedroom that had many years since become a room for my brothers and wives and children, and occasionally on Thanksgiving for me again. I brought it with me a year ago, two months before the pandemic began. Along with other papers and archives of interest. I reached for it today thinking about poets and politics. A chapter called Courage, quotes Frost,

“You’ve got to be brave and you’ve got to be bold. Brave enough to take your chance on your own discriminations – what’s right and what’s wrong, what’s good and what’s bad.”

Found this interesting in light of last week. Again a poet thinking about right behavior, like the upright birch trees in his woods. I understood poetry through his eyes as a young girl, through craggy images of him on the New England landscape, in black and white photographs, through stanzas that I memorized sometimes.

“I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I –
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.”

The Road Not Taken

Part IV

Cynthia Kraman Genser was my downstairs neighbor at 16 Charles Street in NYC for two decades. When I moved in it was June 1976. She published her first book of poetry the next year Taking on the Local Color by Wesleyan University Press and this, her second, was published in 1978. I was writing for The New York Times and she was writing poetry. It took a couple years for us to become friends but then we were real friends. She had also a life as a rock music chick in Seattle but then came back to the Village.

People tend to glamorize and romanticize New York in the 70’s. It was gritty. The city was bankrupt. We had black and brown outs in the hot summers. The art world was edgy. We had the sense of political breakdown. She caught the despair and tawdry smell of things. When people talk to me about the scene in New York at that time, they always seem to forget that smell. I can’t, it was thick in the cold of winter, and acrid in the humid summers. But we were young and I ran around the city like it was my backyard, feeling free and smart and excited to be there in the middle of everything. Waiting for new things to appear before my eyes and they did. Was introduced quickly to cynicism and loss of hope with the AIDs epidemic. But that is getting ahead of us here.

“Take two pills and it goes away a headache he has his whole

life. Says to the wife “I remember something but I don’t

know what it is” reaching for a limb of the imagination,

there’s nothing there. And he moves over the land a marked

man crying “O my friends have pity on me. Have pity on me.

For I am one touched by the hand of God.”

CKG November 1975
Club 82 New York City

Part V

Coming back to the present I will leave you with three poems by my friends and colleagues Ishmael Fiifi Annobil and Richard Milazzo. In talking about the stamina of our human hearts for order, kindness, right action and our better angels, to strike at the moral abyss we saw open before us last week in Washington, I offer a poem Ishmael wrote for his mother — which moves me profoundly. Richard has written two recent works that were in the last month of the past year a kind of beacon through the turmoil of daily life.

I am grateful to them both for allowing me to share them with you here.