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ART NEWS:June 04

What at first appeared to be no more than an unspectacular artists’ book by Michael Oppitz and Lothar Baumgarten, published in 1974 by Konrad Fischer in Düsseldorf, gave the impulse for Michael Oppitz’s solo exhibition “Mobile Myths”.  Michael Oppitz’s works elude any clear categorisation. They are concerned with among other …

Viewers interacting with Franz West, Passstücke (mit Video mit Verwendungstips), 1996, during the exhibition Franz West at David Zwirner-New York, 2014, © 2018 Archive Franz West

ART CITIES:N.York-This Is Not a Prop

In the early 1970s Franz West began making small-scale assemblages incorporating found materials such as cardboard, bandages, and wire, which he then …

Raphaela Vogel, Installation view, Ultranackt, view on Kopfschuss, 2018, Kunsthalle-Basel 2018, Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel, Courtesy of the artist; BQ-Berlin and Galerie Gregor Staiger-Zurich

ART CITIES:Basel-Raphaela Vogel

Raphaela Vogel’s work is located in the meeting of sculpture, video installation and performance and is characterized by an acute study of …

Martha Diamond, Cityscapes

ART CITIES:N.York-Martha Diamond

Born and educated in New York, Martha Diamond has developed an unmistakable personal language from the forms and sensations of the city. …

Walter Swennen, Ceux qui sont ici, sont d’ici, 2013, Oil, acrylic on canvas, 136 x 150 cm, © Walter Swennen/Sammlung Gaby und Wilhelm Schürmann, Herzogenrath, 2018,

ART CITIES:Vienna-Class Reunion

Gabriele and Wilhelm Schürmann started collecting art in the mid1980s. Concentrating on context oriented positions informed by Institutional Critique and political art, …

Jason Martin, As Yet Untitled (Ultramarine blue), 2015, Mixed media on aluminium, 127 x 98 x 15 cm, © Jason Martin, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac Archive

ART CITIES:Paris-Jason Martin

Many painters across history have focused their attention on the sculptural potential of painting, but that hasn’t stopped Jason Martin experimenting in …

Asger Jorn, Jeux nocturne (recto) (Night Games), 1940, Oil on canvas, 105 x 171 cm, Canica Art Collection / SMK Copenhagen © VG Bild Kunst

ART CITIES:Hamburg-Asger Jorn

For Asger Jorn, who was aligned with the CoBrA Movement and later the Situationist International, art was an expression of life, of …

The De La Warr Pavilion

ART NEWS:June 03

The exhibition “Don’t you dare to call it work” by Maria Toboła comprises a pseudo-readymade, a video simulating the works of other …

Ai Weiwei, Colored House, 2015, Wood, industrial paint, glass, 1025 × 620 × 765 cm, © Image courtesy Ai Weiwei Studio

ART-PRESENTATION:Ai Weiwei-Fan Tan

Drawing his inspiration from Marcel Duchamp and Andy Warhol. Ai Weiwei’s Works are able to challenge our societies with such force through …

John Akomfrah, Vertigo Sea, 2015 (still). Three-channel HD video installation, 7.1 sound, color; 48:30 min, © Smoking Dogs Films, Courtesy Lisson Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-John Akomfrah

John Akomfrah has been committed to giving a voice and a presence to the legacy of the African diaspora in Europe, filling …

Installation view: Batia Suter - Radial Grammar. LE BAL-Paris, 2018, Courtesy LE BAL and Martin Argyroglo

ART CITIES:Paris-Batia Suter

The exhibition that are on presentation at LE BAL are characterized with the vitality and truth of our era. As an artist …

Nora-Turato, LambdaLambdaLambda, Photo: Daniel Spehr, Courtesy LISTE Art Fair Basel

PERFORMANCE:LISTE Art Fair 2018

The 14th Performance Project of LISTE Art Fair 2018 featured a series of seven solo and group performances by artists interested in …