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Michael Stevenson, Signs & Wonders, 2015, Kunsthal Charlottenborg

ART CITIES: Copenhagen -Signs & Wonders

Michael Stevenson’s work re-tells recent histories using allegory in and amongst historical facts. His work (paintings, drawings, sculptures, installations and film) utilises narrative forms that transform truth and fable. It engages with absurdities that arise when universal ideas relating often to culture or economics take hold in insular situations and …

ART-PRESENTATION: Sculpture 4tet

The exhibition “Sculpture 4tet”, a four-man show, asks two simple questions. What is sculpture? and how can certain contemporary artworks benefit from …

PHOTO:Catherine Opie

Catherine Opie described herself in a 1994 Los Angeles Times article as “A kind of twisted social documentary photographer”. Long before earning …

ART CITIES:Istanbul-Till It’s Gone

Following the Climate Conference held in Paris in December 2015, Istanbul Modern welcomes 2016 with an exhibition that honors nature and focuses …

Cally Spooner

ART CITIES: Amsterdam -Cally Spooner

Cally Spooner uses theory, philosophers, current affairs and pop cultural figures as alibis to help her write, and casts of arguing characters …

ART-PRESENTATION: Park Seo-Bo

Park Seo-Bo is considered one of the leading figures in bringing the European Modernist concept of art to Korea in the late …

ART CITIES:Berlin-Quayola

Davide Quayola is a visual artist and digital art pioneer from Rome. He explores the complex relationship between form and space, innovation …

ART CITIES:Geneva-Vik Muniz

Internationally recognized for his startling use of materials, Vik Muniz creates stunning images, while investigating the history of art and of visual …

ART-PRESENTATION: Tony Oursler

The pioneering figure of New Media art since the early ‘80s, Tony Oursler has studied and written about various methods of facial …

Arnolfini

ART NEWS:Jan.02

“Slow, simple, sweet” is the first solo exhibition by Belgian artist Alain Biltereyst in Italy. The artist continues to explore shapes and …

Chiharu Shiota

ART CITIES:Brussels-Chiharu Shiota

Chiharu Shiota is a Japanese Performance and Installation artist best known for creating room-filling, monumental, delicate and poetic environments. Central to the …

Mariza Merz

ART-PRESENTATION: Marisa Merz

Marisa Merz is the only woman artist associated with Are Povera. During her long marriage to Mario Merz she resolutely managed her …

Annemarie Heinrich

PHOTO:Annemarie Heinrich

Annemarie Heinrich was a photographer or more accurately a portraiture artist. Specializing in glamorous portraits as well as magnificent chiaroscuro nudes, Heinrich’s …

William Kentridge

ART CITIES:N.York-William Kentridge

William Kentridge is the child of Jewish liberal lawyers who defended victims of apartheid in South Africa, and moral and complex political …

ART CITIES:Paris-Salvatore Emblema

Salvatore Emblema’s work was strongly influenced by his environment. Born in the Terzingo on the flanks of Mount Vesuvius, where he spent …

MoMA - Pablo Picasso Sculpture 2015 Photos by Pablo Enriquez

ART-TRIBUTE:Picasso Sculpture

Over the course of his long career, Picasso devoted himself to sculpture using both traditional and unconventional materials and techniques. Unlike painting, …

Steve McQueen

ART-PRESENTATION: Steve McQueen

Steve McQueen is an English filmmaker and video artist known for his criticall -acclaimed feature films “Hunger” and the Oscar-winning “12 Years …