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A preview of the exhibition "Slash: Paper Under the Knife" at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City to be held from October 7, 2009 to April 4, 2010 is presented.

An interview with German painter Gustav Metzger is presented. Metzger explains that the exhibition features the collaborative work of collection of newspapers into philosophy and aesthetic on waste, commercialization and environmental exploitation. He says that conference will discuss the issue on global warming and the enormous increase in extinction. Metzger recalls his educational background in cabinetmaking in school from Jewish technical school and to become a craftsman to earn money.

The article discusses the exhibition "Modernologies" at the Museum D'Art Contemporani de Barcelona in Spain that deals with modernity and modernization. The exhibition aims to explore the modernism from contemporary artists such as Elaine Sturtevant, Sherry Levine and Katja Eydel towards modern art. The exhibition was supported by the Society and Economy and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.