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Yalda Afsah, Tourneur, 2018, video, colour, sound, Duration: 14’, Supported by Ammodo and Ifa – Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations, Courtesy of the artist

PRESENTATION: Yalda Afsah-Every Word Was Once An Animal

Artist and filmmaker Yalda Afsah  explores how space can be cinematically constructed and the documentary character of her works often veers towards forms of theatricality. This formal characteristic of Afsah’s practice is conceptually mirrored in her documentary portraits of human-animal relationships that reveal an ambivalence between care and control, physical strength and broken will, instinct and manipulation. …

Kishio Suga, Situation of Critical Boundary, 1972, Chalk on sandpaper, 30 parts; 11 x 9 1/16 inches each, 28 x 23 cm, © Kishio Suga, Courtesy the artist and Blum & Poe Gallery

PRESENTATION: Kishio Suga-Paper

One of the key figures in Japan’s pivotal Mono-ha phenomenon of the late 1960s and early 1970s, artist Kishio Suga has realized …

Artwork from the exhibition "Hermann Nitsch", Peres Projects-Berlin, 2022

ART CITIES: Berlin-Hermann Nitsch

A key figure in Viennese Actionism, known as perhaps the most radical art movement of the 1960’s, Hermann Nitsch’s practice assembles a …

ART NEWS: Jan.02

An exhibition dedicated to Alberto Biasi, a leading figure in the field of Italian kinetic art is opening in Paris. Throughout his …

Alicja Kwade, Duodecuple Be-Hide, 2020Mirror, bronze, granite, sandstone, 110 x 240 x 240 cm, © Alicja Kwade, Courtesy the artist and KÖNIG GALERIE

ART CITIES: Seoul-Alicja Kwade

Born in 1979 in Katowice (Poland), Alicja Kwade lives and works in Berlin (Germany). Alicja Kwade’s work investigates and questions the structures …

Alex Hubbard, Painting apparatus two (detail(, 2021, Urethane and oil on canvas, 157.5 x 172.5 x 5 cm / 62 x 68 x 2 in, © Alex Hubbard, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Eva Presenhuber

ART CITIES: Zurich-Alex Hubbard

In his paintings, Alex Hubbard uses the volatile, fast-drying materials of urethane, resin, and fiberglass. Once applied to the surface, these materials …

Erwin Wurm, Untitled (Taipei), 2020, C-Print, 78.74 x 52.49 inches, 200 x 133.33 cm, © Erwin Wurm, Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin Gallery

PRESENTATION: Erwin Wurm

Erwin Wurm came to prominence with his “One Minute Sculptures”, a project that he began in 1996/1997. In these works, Wurm gives …

Didem Erk, Bir Adım İleri İki Adım Geri, Sewing thread on paper, Dimensions variable, 2012- , © Didem Erk, Courtesy the artist and Zilberman Gallery

ART CITIES: Istanbul-By Proxy

The opening exhibition “By Proxy” of Zilberman Gallery new space Zilberman Selected”,” promises a cultural, psychological and political reflection and consideration of …

Antone Könst, Tiger Lilies (detail), 2021, oil on canvas, 78 x 60 inches, 198.1 x 152.4 cm, © Antone Könst, Courtesy the artist and Marianne Boesky Gallery

PRESENTATION: Antone Könst-Cuttings

Antone Könst uses painting, sculpture, and glyphic tablets to depict experiences in light, and the latent potential within everyday moments, with deep …

Turi Simeti, 24 ovali rossi, 1967, Acrylic on shaped canvas, 100 x 120 cm, © Courtesy of the Archivio Turi Simeti and Almine Rech

ART CITIES: Paris-Turi Simeti

The career of Turi Simeti spanned the history of Italian art in the second half of the twentieth century. After studying veterinary …