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enato Garza Cervera, Ideals

ART-PRESENTATION: Renato Garza Cervera-Ideals,Part I

Renato Garza Cervera’s body of work reflects on contemporary culture, politics, and social and environmental issues. Working with a variety of mediums Cervera aims to challenge aesthetic strategies that have become tropes in the international art market and the biennale circuit. While contemporary art and curatorial practices have taken a …

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 …

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 …

View of installation at the studio. Courtesy Theaster Gates. Photo: Chris Strong

ART CITIES:Paris-Theaster Gates

Encompassing sculpture, painting, ceramics, video, performance, and music, the practice of Theaster Gates both derives from and sustains ambitious urban renewal projects, …

Phyllida Barlow, untitled: pressed, 2018, Cardboard, cement, PVA, paint, plaster, plywood, poly cotton, polyurethane foam, sand, spray paint, tape, timber, steel, 69 x 120 x 58 cm, Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth, © Phyllida Barlow, Photo: Alex Delfanne

ART-PREVIEW:Phyllida Barlow

For more than 50 years, Phyllida Barlow has taken inspiration from her surroundings to create imposing installations that can be at once …

Installation view Planet 58-Absolvent_innen der Kunstakademie Düsseldorf 2018, K21 STÄNDEHAUS- Düsseldorf, 2019, Courtesy Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen

ART-PRESENTATION:Planet 58

The exhibition “Planet 58-Absolvent_innen der Kunstakademie Düsseldorf 2018” features new works by graduates of the Düsseldorf Art Academy. All of the participating …