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Nancy Spero, Maypole: Take No Prisoners, 2007, Handprinting on aluminum, ribbon, steel chain, and aluminum pole with steel base, Dimensions variable, approximately 30 x 30 x 35 feet Installation view: Capilla de Santa Ana, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville, Spain, 2009, © The Nancy Spero and Leon Golub Foundation for the Arts, Courtesy Galerie Lelong, New York

ART-PRESENTATION: Nancy Spero

Nancy Spero is regarded as a pioneering feminist artist whose work confronts social and political injustice with artistic ingenuity. Unapologetically feminist, anarchic in spirit, and tenaciously political, Nancy Spero in 1966, declared she would never again work with oil on canvas. It was, she said, too masculine a medium. While …

Joseph Beuys, Zwei Frauen, 1955, Pencil, watercolour, gouache and iron chloride on paper, 21 x 29,5 cm, © Joseph Beuys Estate/DACS-London 2017, Photo: Ulrich Ghezzi, Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac London/Paris/Salzburg

ART CITIES:London-Joseph Beuys

Through a multi-faceted practice that incorporated drawing, sculpture, installations and political activism, Joseph Beuys radically re-conceived the role of theartist, aspiring to …

Christopher Chiappa, Single Fried Egg, 2015, Paint, epoxy resin and fiberglass on plaster, dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist and Kate Werble Gallery-New York

ART FAIRS:Art Cologne 2017

With Berlin divided after World War II, the new capital of West Germany became Bonn, which is a city located very close …

Roni Horn, The Selected Gifts, (1974 – 2015), 2015-16, Ink jet prints on Hahnemuehle paper, 67 parts, 13 x 13 in (18 images); 13 x 14 in (3 images); 13 x 16 in (31images); , 13 x 18 in (9 images); 13 x 19 in (6 images), Photo: Stefan Altenburger Photography Zürich, Courtesy Hauser & Wirth

PRESENTATION: Roni Horn

For more than 30 years, Roni Horn has been developing work of concentrated visual power and intellectual rigor, often exploring issues of …

ART NEWS:April 03

To mark its 10th anniversary, WIELS presents the large scale exhibition “The Absent Museum” with works from 45 artists, that is held …

ART PRESENTATION: Carol Rama-Antibodies

Ignored for decades by official art history, Carol Rama is now recognised as essential for understanding developments within contemporary art.Born in 1918 …

Ha Chong-Hyun, Conjunction 16-114, 2016, Oil on hemp cloth, 130 x 162 cm, © Ha Chong-Hyun, Courtesy of the Artist and Almine Rech Gallery

ART CITIES:Paris-Ha Chong Hyun

Ha Chong-Hyun is one of the leading figures of Dansaekhwa, he appeared in the art circle with works following the trend of …

Rakuko Naito, Untitled, 2014, Japanese paper, 43.2 x 43.2 x 8.6 cm, Courtesy of the artist and Blum & Poe-Los Angeles/New York/Tokyo

ART-PRESENTATION: Systemic Paper

In 1966 Laurence Alloway organized “Systemic Painting”, a landmark survey of geometric abstraction, at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. …

Mel Bochner , A Fart..., 2016, Oil on canvas, in two parts, each: 121.9 x 91.4 cm, overall: 121.9 x 182.9 cm, Courtesy Peter Freeman, Inc.-New York/Paris

ART CITIES:N.York-Mel Bochner

For more than 45 years Mel Bochner has explored the intersections of linguistic and visual representation. As one of the pioneers of …

Brian Calvin, Looking (In and Out), 2017, Acrylic on canvas, 101,6 x 76,2 cm each, © Brian Calvin, Courtesy of the Artist and Almine Rech Gallery

ART-PRESENTATION: Brian Calvin-States

Since the ‘90s, Brian Calvin has developed a body of highly stylized flattened paintings, rendering his figures in light-soaked portraits that retain …

ART-TRIBUTE:Land Art Ι

  To celebrate Spring, we make a tribute in two parts, to one of the important movements in the history of art, …

ART-TRIBUTE:Land Art

Celebrating Spring Equinox, we make a tribute to one of the important movements in the history of art Land Art and its …