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Rana Begun

ART CITIES:Dubai-Rana Begun

Lodged between Op Art and Minimalism, Rana Begum’s works draw their inspiration from repetitive geometric patterns found within Islamic art and urban architecture. She takes her experience of the vibrant collage of the urban environment and concentrates it through a process of distillation and filtration. Her work, minimal in its …

Jim Shaw, The Potato Family (Detail), 2018, Acrylic on canvas, 129.5 x 101.6 cm, © Jim Shaw, Courtesy the artist and Metro Pictures-New York

ART CITIES:N.York-Jim Shaw

The practice of Jim Shaw spans a wide range of artistic media and visual imagery. Since the 1970s, Shaw has mined the …

Krištof Kintera, From the exhibition Postnaturalia, 2017, Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, 2019, Photo Dario Lasagni

ART-TRIBUTE:Rehang, Part I

For the first time since the opening of Collezione Maramotti in October 2007, ten rooms on the second floor of the permanent …

Amar Kanwar, The Lightning Testimonies, 2007, Eight-channel video installation, color and b/w, sound, Duration 32 min 31 sec, Co-production Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary and Public Press-New Delhi, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection, Courtesy the artist

ART-TRIBUTE:Amar Kanwar,Part II

Amar Kanwar’s work focuses on such issues as nationalism, politics, justice, power, violence and sexual abuse in the Indian subcontinent. His installations …

Christiane Löhr, Gelbes Pentagon (yellow pentagon), 2017, Plant stalks, 12,5 x 25 x 23 cm, PHoto: David Ertl, © Christiane Löhr, Courtesy the artist and Bernier/Eliades Gallery

ART CITIES:Athens-Christiane Löhr

Christiane Löhr’s. work is quintessentially ecological and eco-sustainable, for it uses strictly natural, and thus fully biodegradable, materials which are gathered according …

Amar Kanwar, The Scene of Crime, 2011, Single-channel video installation, color, sound, 42 min., overall dimensions variable, Coproduction for Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, with the support of Centre Pompidou, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection, Courtesy the artist and marian Goodman Gallery-Paris/New York

ART-TRIBUTE:Amar Kanwar,Part I

Amar Kanwar’s work focuses on such issues as nationalism, politics, justice, power, violence and sexual abuse in the Indian subcontinent. His installations …

Left: Lee Ufan, Relatum - The Shadow of the Stars, 2014, Steel, 7 stones and gravel of white marble, 200 x 4500 x 4000 cm, View of the exhibition “Lee Ufan Versailles”, Château de Versailles, 2014, Photo. archives Kamel Mennour, Courtesy the artist, Kamel Mennour-Paris/London and Pace-New York, © Adagp, Paris, 2018. Right: Lee Ufan, Dialogue, 2010, Installation at the Lee Ufan Museum in Naoshima, Mural, Space on the ground, 720 x 900 cm 330 cm (minimum height), 360 cm (maximum height), Courtesy the artist and Kamel Mennour-Paris / London, © Adagp, Paris, 2018

ART CITIES:Metz-Lee Ufan

The retrospective “Inhabiting Time” presents the work of artist-philosopher, Lee Ufan, charting his creation of a visual, conceptual, and theoretical terrain that …

Center for Contemporary Art, Kitakyushu (CCA Kitakyushu)

OPEN CALL:Fellowship Program 2019/20

Center for Contemporary Art, CCA Kitakyushu operates a fellowship program for young artists and researchers who are engaged in art, curatorial work, …

Jamie Diamond, 5.28.12, 2012, from “I promise to be a good mother”, Archival pigment print, 76 x 101.5 cm, © Jamie Diamond, Courtesy of the artist

PHOTO:Surrogati-Un amore ideale

Dummies had undoubtedly a role in informing 15th Century artists’ study and portrayal of the human figure, while Leonardo da Vinci had …

Takashi Murakami, Qinghua (detail), 2019, Acrylic on canvas mounted on aluminium frame, 240 x 1785.6 cm, © Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki co. Ltd, All rights reserved, Photo: Josh White

ART CITIES:Los Angeles -Takashi Murakami

Drawing from traditional Japanese painting, sci-fi, anime, and pop culture, Takashi Murakami’s oeuvre comprises paintings, sculptures, films, and a stream of commercial …