Greetings, May! We’re thrilled to announce the exciting events lined up for this month. Whether you prefer photobook workshops and fairs, design festivals, or a last-minute Paris getaway to see the best exhibitions, we’ve got you covered. Stay tuned for our May event calendar.

 

Pictoplasma Festival

 

 

19th Conference and Festival of Contemporary character Design and Art. Pictoplasma welcomes all character design pioneers, creatives and enthusiasts. The festival is sold, but don’t worry: all its activities, such as the exhibitions, Sunday’s Open House Character Market, workshop and festival re-run of all animation screenings are free entry.

 

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3. → 7. 5.2023
Berlin

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Self Publish, Be Happy Workshops

 

 

How To Self Publish and Design a Photobook with Bruno Ceschel and Brian Paul Lamotte offers a great opportunity for people interested in publishing their own photography book to discover insider secrets.

You will start from the conception, editing and sequencing. And finish with design and production. This is an amazing opportunity to make a book in 2 weeks!

 

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6. → 7. 5.2023
13. → 14. 5.2023
SPBH Space, Milan

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Au-delà, Rituals for a new world

 

Last chance to experience some true magic. Au-delà transforms a space into a journey evoking rituals at once ancient and contemporary, in the search of a new sacred, a new unifying force. From Ana Mendieta’s legendary performances to Kali Malone’s new sound composition.

 

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→ 7. 5. 2023
Lafayette anticipations, Paris

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#OMR23 – The Festival for the digital universe

The OMR Expo once again features the most innovative people and companies in the digital scene. Whether large corporations such as Vodafone, Google & Co, e-commerce companies, digital startups or SMEs. You can expect an eventful two days with key industry actors and international stars on multiple stages, Masterclasses, Side Events, Guided Tours, Expo Halls and concerts.

 

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9. → 10. 5. 2023
Hamburg Exhibition Center

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Jobs by Nina Beier

 

They’re hung low but that doesn’t compromise their flawless trimming. Contemporary hair needs care. Which is more a human destiny: growing hair or getting rid of it?

 

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→ 13. 5. 2023
Croy Nilsen, Vienna

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Miriam Cahn Show

 

The first major retrospective of the world’s most important contemporary artists!
Miriam Cahn imagines new material incarnations of that which disturb us, confronting us with that which we would prefer to ignore.

In a space devoted to the Russian war in Ukraine, Miriam Cahn suspends the flux of volatile images of contemporary geopolitics and takes them up to witness, to resist and to embody them. Some works are likely to offend the public’s sensibilities.

 

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→ 14. 5. 2023
Palais de Tokyo, Paris

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Parallel Editions

 

PARALLEL VIENNA presents young and emerging as well as established artistic practices and brings together art initiatives of every kind – art associations, galleries, project spaces, off spaces and artist spaces. It uses temporarily vacant buildings as a presentation platform for contemporary art.

With EDITIONS Parallel Vienna focuses on editions, various graphics, multiples, small sculptures, objects, sculptures and art books. Thus, art editions are the core of the unique art fair!

 

HARD FACTS

11. 5. → 14. 5. 2023
Neuer Kunstverein, Vienna

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Frühlingsfest, über das neue

What is going on in local art scenes, studios, and alternative exhibition spaces? And how can one exhibition capture the diversity of the production and presentation of art? Über das Neue expands the exhibition space and teems with concerts, film programs and performances. You can find it in Blickle Cinema, the Sculpture Garden and the surrounding space of Belvedere 2.

 

HARD FACTS

13. 5. → 14. 5. 2023
Belvedere 21

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Photofestival Eindhoven

Is technology still a tool or has it become an art form in itself? During this third edition, Fotofestival Eindhoven will confront AI. While the world is waking up to the rushing possibilities in the field of Artificial Intelligence, Fotofestival Eindhoven embraces these applications and seeks discussion in the various exhibitions.
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18. 5. → 21. 5. 2023
Neuer Kunstverein, Vienna

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Fanzineist Vienna Art Book & Zine Fair

 

Fanzineist is an annual international independent publishing event that focuses on presenting self-published publications and independent works in the fields of art, design, literature, culture, and more. The fair offers artists, writers, and independent publishers, as well as galleries, art institutions, and bookstores, a platform to showcase and sell their works to a wider audience, as well as to network and exchange with others in the independent publishing scene.

 

HARD FACTS

26. 5. → 28. 5. 2023
Atelierhaus Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien.

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Creative Days Vienna 2023

 

Creative Days Vienna will once again bring together international creative professionals for a two-day lecture and networking programme. They invited leading curators, researchers, artists and cultural experts to explore how technology is shaping the future of cultural experiences and sparking new opportunities in the process.
HARD FACTS

31. 5. → 1. 6. 2023
Vienna

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Image credits: © Beth Frey, © SPBH, © Lafayette anticipations, © Nina Beier, Parts 2023, © Miriam Cahn, © Johannes Stoll/ Belvedere 21