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Takis, Magnetic Wall 9 (Red), 1961, Acrylic paint on canvas, magnets, metal, cloth, nylon thread, 180 × 220 × 10 cm, Centre Pompidou, Musée national d’art moderne – Centre de création industrielle-Paris, © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2019, Photo: Georges Meguerditchian

ART-TRIBUTE:Takis

Over a 70-year career, Takis (Panayiotis Vassilakis) has created some of the most innovative art of the 20th Century. A sculptor of …

Askhat Akmediayarov, If the Pain Burned Down, 2018, Courtesy the artist and Astana Art Show

ART-PRESENTATION: Racing The Galaxy

“Racing The Galaxy” is the title of the very first international exhibition in Kazakhstan, bringing together around 20 artists from 15 countries, …

Hórama Rama by Pedro & Juana, presented as part of the Young Architects Program 2019 at MoMA PS1, Photo: © Rafael Gamo

MIRAGES LIV

Over the years July is evolving in on the most dynamic months of the year in the field of contemporary art, not …

© Shara Hughes

ART ISLANDS:Antiparos Shara-Hughes

Shara Hughes makes paintings that are decidedly contemporary, and yet the artificial landscapes that she conjures evoke comparisons to a multitude of …

Shirin Neshat, Rapture Series (Women with Writing on Hands), 1999, Chromogenic color print, 40 ½ x 60 ¼ inches, Edition of 5 + 2AP. New Orleans Museum of Art, Museum purchase, 2001.292, © Shirin Neshat, Courtesy Galerie Jérôme de Noirmon-Paris

ART-PRESENTATION: Bodies of Knowledge

The exhibition “Bodies of Knowledge” brings together ten international contemporary artists to reflect on the role that language plays in archiving and …

Zack Seckler, Eastern Cape Bull, 2016, Archival pigment print, Signed and numbered verso, 53.3 x 80 inches (Edition of 3), 40 x 60 inches (Edition of 5), 26.7 x 40 inches (Edition of 10), © Zack Seckler, Courtesy the artist and ClampArt

PHOTO:Zack Seckler-Above,Part I

Far surpassing common aerial photography, in his mission to capture stunning aerial views of land, sea, and wildlife, Zack Seckler takes to …

Arthur Jafa, Mickey Mouse was a Scorpio, 2016 Wallpaper, © Arthur Jafa, Courtesy the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise-New York/Rome

ART CITIES:Stockholm-Arthur Jafa

Over the past 30-years, Arthur Jafa, has developed a dynamic and multidisciplinary career that is centred upon questions of identity and race. …

Mika Rottenberg, Cosmic Generator, 2017 (Video Still). Video, sound, color; 26:37 min, © Mika Rottenberg. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

ART CITIES:N.York-Mika Rottenberg

Exploring the seduction, magic, and desperation of our hyper-capitalist, globally-connected reality, Mika Rottenberg’s elaborate visual narratives draw on cinematic and sculptural traditions …

John Akomfrah, Purple (Still), 2017, © Smoking Dogs Film, Courtesy Lisson Gallery

ART-PRESENTATION:The Coming World

The major exhibition project “The Coming World: Ecology as the New Politics 2030–2100” at Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow, that …

Installation view: Douglas Gordon, The anatomy of my desire, Galerie Kamel Mennour (47 rue Saint André des Arts & 6 rue du Pont de Lodi), Paris, 2019, © Studio lost but found / Douglas Gordon / VG Bild Kunst, Bonn, 2019, Photo. archives kamel mennour, Courtesy kamel mennour-Paris/London

ART CITIES:Paris,Douglas Gordon

Working across mediums and disciplines, Douglas Gordon investigates moral and ethical questions, mental and physical states, as well as collective memory and …

Cindy Sherman, Cover Girl (Vogue), 1976/2011, Courtesy of the artist and Metro Pictures-New York

PHOTO:Cindy Sherman

Cindy Sherman is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential artists in contemporary art. Throughout her career, she has …

The Octogonal Mirror Room, from La Menesunda, 1965 (detail). Installation view: “La Menesunda según Marta Minujín” [La Menesunda according to Marta Minujín], Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, 2015. Courtesy Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires. Photo: Agustina Vizcarra

ART CITIES:N.York-Marta Minujín

Over the past 60 years, the epoch-defining Marta Minujín has developed happenings, performances, installations, and video works that have greatly influenced generations …

Monica Bonvicini, Hy$teria, 2019, Photo: Roman März, © Monica Bonvicini and Bildrecht Wien

ART CITIES:Vienna-Monica Bonvicini

Since the mid-1990s Monica Bonvicini has been exploring political, social and institutional situations and their impact on society as well as on …

TRACES:Michelangelo Pistoletto

Today is the occasion to bear in mind the Italian artist, and art theorist, Michelangelo Pistoletto (25/6/33- ). Born in Biella, Italy, …

Beverly Fishman, Untitled (Anxiety, ADHD, Pain), 2019, Urethane paint on wood, 101.6 x 106.7 x 5.1 cm, Courtesy of the artist and Miles McEnery Gallery

ART-PRESENTATION: Cart, Horse, Cart

The works that are on presentation at the group exhibition “Cart, Horse, Cart” emerge from more traditional formal, material, and spatial concerns, …