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Installation view: Louis Kahn and Venezia, Teatro dell’architettura Mendrisio, 2018-19

ARCHITECTURE:Louis Kahn and Venezia

Regarded as one of the great master builders of the 20th Century, Louis Kahn was one of America’s most influential modernist architects. With complex spatial compositions and a choreographic mastery of light, Kahn created buildings of archaic beauty and powerful universal symbolism. His uniqueness lies in his synthesis of the …

Left: Keith Duncan, The Crow, 2011, Acrylic on paper, 36 x 24 inches, © Keith Duncan, Courtesy the artist and Fort Gansevroot. Right: Keith Duncan, Black Star Era, 2017, Acrylic on fabric mounted on canvas, 24 x 18 inches, © Keith Duncan, Courtesy the artist and Fort Gansevroot

ART CITIES:N.York-Keith Duncan

Keith Duncan attended Louisiana State University before receiving a prestigious Camille Cosby fellowship that allowed him to embark on a successful 15-year …

Artur Lescher, Sem título # 2 (Detail), 2018, © Artur Lescher, Courtesy the artist, Galeria Nara Roesler and almine Rech Gallery

ART CITIES:Paris-Artur Lescher

Over thirty years, Artur Lescher presents a solid work as a sculptor, which results from a research around the articulation of materials, …

Left: Josep Grau-Garriga, Porta oberta (Porte ouverte), 1974, Hemp, wool, and synthetic fibers, 220 x 165 cm, © Josep Grau-Garriga, Courtesy Almine Rech Gallery. Right: Josep Grau-Garriga, Nova imatge (Nouvelle image), 1973, Wool, cotton and synthetic fibers, 82 x 80 cm, © Josep Grau-Garriga, Courtesy Almine Rech Gallery

ART CITIES:Brussels-Josep Grau Garriga

By abandoning the classical approach to tapestry Josep Grau-Garriga revolutionized the genre. Thanks to him, tapestry, which was until then static, became …

Ari Marcopoulos, The Park, 2017-18, Digital video, 58 minutes, Edition 1 of 5, © Ari Marcopoulos, Courtesy of Ari Marcopoulos and Fergus McCaffrey

ART-PRESENTATION: Ari Marcopoulos

Ari Marcopoulos is a photographer and filmmaker who gravitates toward elusive subcultures, Ari Marcopoulos photographs objects and cultures that pique his interest. …

Amar Kanwar

ART CITIES:Paris Openings 12/1/19

Amar Kanwar’s solo exhibition features his latest film “Such a Morning” along with seven installations of letters composed of video and light …

James Siena, Percussilative Echo (Detail), 2017-18, Acrylic on canvas, 190.5 cm × 152.4 cm, © James Siena, Courtesy Pace Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-James Siena

James Siena is a pivotal artist in the New York art scene, particularly known for his creative process based on self-imposed parameters …

Hugh Scott-Douglas, Natural History (Detail), 2018, UV-cured inkjet print and digitally printed resin on canvas, 60 x 40 inches, © Hugh Scott-Douglas, Courtesy the artist and Blum & Poe Gallery

ART CITIES:Tokyo-Hugh Scott-Douglas

The multi-disciplinary practice of Hugh Scott-Douglas situates itself at the confluence of a number of critical, socio-political, economic and aesthetic observations and …

Ulay, W. T. , 1974/2018, Digital print on Hahnemuehle, Baryta paper (after an original Auto-Polaroid type 108), Print size: 50 x 38.1 cm

ART-PREVIEW:Ulay

Since 1971 Frank Uwe Laysiepen is known in artistic circles as Ulay, a pseudonym that combines the initial of his name with …

ART NEWS:Jan.01

Keith Duncan is a visual storyteller, depicting stories both familiar to all and those specific to New Orleans, with a focus on …

Sam McKinniss, Michael (Detail), 2018, Oil over acrylic on canvas, 25,4 x 20,3 cm, © Sam McKinniss, Photo: Matt Kroeningm Courtesy of the Artist and Almine Rech Gallery

ART CITIES:Brussels-Sam McKinniss

Liberated from the historical squabbles around painting’s primacy or lack of legitimacy, Sam McKinniss came of age as an artist with unfettered …