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Gilles Delmas & Damien Jalet, The Ferryman, Palazzo Fortuny Archive

ART-PREVIEW:Intuition

Coinciding with the 2017 Venice Biennale, the Axel & May Vervoordt Foundation and the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia present the exhibition “Intuition” that brings together Historic, Modern, and Contemporary works related to dreams, meditation, telepathy, creative power, and inspiration. Spanning diverse geographies and cultures, the exhibition explores how intuition …

Shirin Neshat, Roja (Video Still), 2016

ART CITIES:Venice-Shirin Neshat

Shirin Neshat’s powerful photographs and video installations illuminate the gender and cultural conflicts of her native Iran. From her first series of …

ART NEWS:May 02

The group exhibition “A Temporary Futures Institute” wants us to think critically about things to come rather than looking back at how …

Chris Ofili, Poolside Magic 8, 2012, Charcoal, watercolour and pastel on paper. © Chris Ofili, Courtesy the Artist and Victoria Miro Gallery

ART CITIES:Venice- Chris Ofili

Since the mid-90s, Chris Ofili has become well known for his vibrant, technically complex, and meticulously executed paintings and works on paper. …

Lena Henke, Schrei mich nicht an, Krieger!, 2017, © Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, 2017, Photo: Wolfgang Günzel

ART-PRESENTATION: Lena Henke

Working in photography, sculpture, and installation, Lena Henke examines the systems and structures of urban life in her complex spatial sculptures. As …

Mounir Fatmi, Calligraphy of Fire 03, 2015. Pigment print on paper, 35 x 52 cm, Lawrie Shabibi Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:Dubai-Mounir Fatmi

Mounir Fatmi constructs visual spaces and linguistic games that aim to free the viewer from their preconceptions of politics and religion, and …

Mario Schifano, Paesaggio TV, 1970, Smalto e aniline su tela emulsionata e Perspex, Private Collection, Courtesy Fondazione Marconi, Milano

ART CITIES:Milan-Francesco Vezzoli

Over the last decade, in a series of works that have explored the undisputed power of contemporary media culture, Francesco Vezzoli by …

Mirror of Christopher Chiappa / live strong Cologne solo project, each egg costs between 425 and 520 Euro, depending on egg yolk, Preview and Vernissage Kunstmesse Art Cologne on 25/4/17, © Koelnmesse GmbH / Sebastian Drueen, Art Cologne Art Fair Archive

SOCIAL ART:Art Cologne 2017-Part I

Art Cologne 2017 (25-29/4/17) ended impressively underlining its top position, 204 Galleries from 28 countries travelled to Cologne this year and presented …

Ellsworth Kelly, Spectrum IX (Detail), 2014, Acrylic on canvas, twelve joined panels, 274 x 244 cm, © Ellsworth Kelly, Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Ellsworth Kelly

Ellsworth Kelly, is one of America’s great 20th Century Abstract artists, who in the years after WWII shaped a distinctive style of …

ART CITIES:N.York-Ed Ruscha

In 1956, Ed Ruscha moved to Los Angeles, where he attended Chouinard Art Institute, from which he graduated in 1960. Ruscha’s early …

Anne Truitt, Grand, 1974, © annetruitt.org/Bridgeman Images

ART-PRESENTATION:Anne Truitt

Anne Truitt one of the most original and important sculptors of the postwar era, she was associated with Minimalism and the Washington …

Dara Birnbaum, Psalm 29(30), (Exhibition View), 2016, 6-Channer Video & sound installation, color, 8 min. looped, Edition of 3, Marian Goodman Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:N.York-Dara Birnbaum

Inspired by her architectural background, Dara Birnbaum holds an enduring interest in the ways in which people live. During the late 1970s, …

ART NEWS:May 01

“Innovation: made in France II”, is an exhibition of important historical French design created between 1965 and 1975, a period of rapid …

Pino Pinelli, Pittura B. R., 2003, Mixed media, 14 elements 39 x 37 cm each, The Merchant House, Archive

ART CITIES:Amsterdam- Pino Pinelli

Inspired by the slightly older Zero artists, Pino Pinelli’s work encapsulates the desire of the era to alter the existence of traditional …

Otto Piene, Lichtwand Mönchengladbach, 2013 (Background), Doppelzylinder, 1996 (Left side), Lichtkubus 30 cm, 2002 (Right side), © Otto Piene Estate, Photo: Günter Thorn, Courtesy Sprüth Magers

ART CITIES:Berlin-Otto Piene

Otto Piene was, together with Heinz Mack and Günther Uecker, one of the founders of the ZERO group. Piene was known for …