Herzog & de Meuron

ARCHITECTURE:Herzog & de Meuron

Herzog & de Meuron represents something uniquely, distinctly Swiss. The works of the Basel-based practice express conceptual precision, formal clarity and immaculate detailing and craftsmanship. What truly distinguishes them, however, is their commitment to challenging the Modernist ornament-aversion. They are widely best known for their conversion of the giant Bankside …

Elias Sime, Tightrope: Dichotomy 5, 2023-2024,Electrical components and electrical wires on wooden panel, 182.9 x 358.1 cm | 72 x 141 in, © Elias Sime, Courtesy the artist and GRIMM Gallery

ART CITIES:Venice-Elias Sime

Elias Sime deftly weaves, layers and assembles carefully selected everyday materials, transforming commonplace items into lyrical abstract compositions that suggest topography, figuration, and color fields. He often creates intricate works from electronic components—including circuit boards, computer keys, and telecommunications wires. For Sime, the history of these materials hold meaning and …

Jonathan Lasker, Untitled, 2023, Graphite and colored pencil on paper Image 57,2 x 76,5 cm (22,52 x 30,12 in) Frame 65,3 x 84,7 x 3,5 cm (25,71 x 33,35 x 1,38 in), © Jonathan Lasker, Photo: Ulrich Ghezzi, Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul

ART CITIES: Paris-Jonathan Lasker

Since the late 1970s, Jonathan Lasker has developed a distinctive formal vocabulary based on different mark-making processes, including structural grids, graphic scribbled …

Hernan Bas, The last museum guard at the last museum on Earth, 2024, Acrylic on linen, 274.3 × 213.4 cm | 9 × 7 ft, © Hernan Bas, Courtesy the artist and Perrotin Gallery

ART CITIES: Paris-Herman Bas

Hernan Bas’s expressionist and highly detailed figurative paintings are openly inspired by late-nineteenth-century decadent art and literature, as well as the concurrent …

Robert Zandvliet, Untitled, 2022, Egg tempera and oil on linen, 63.5 x 72.5 cm | 25 x 28 1/2 in, © Robert Zandvliet, Courtesy the artist and GRIMM Gallery

ART CITIES: London-Robert Zandvliet

Robert Zandvliet is one of the foremost Dutch painters working today, whose work has been on the cusp of abstraction and representation since …

Chris Burden

TRACES: Chris Burden

Today is the occasion to bear in mind Chris Burden (11/4/1946-10/5/2015). From his action-based works of the 1970s to technical feats of …

Chico da Silva, Untitled, 1964, Tempera on canvas, 60 × 80 cm, 23 5/8 × 31 1/2 inches, Courtesy MASSIMODECARLO Gallery

PRESENTATION: Chico da Silva

A Brazilian artist of Indigenous descent, Francisco da Silva, known as Chico da Silva or simply “Chico”, was painting fantastical universes on …