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Anish Kapoor, the Dark, 2021, Oil on canvas, 213 x 274 cm, Photo Dave Morgan, © Anish Kapoor. All rights reserved DACS, 2021

ART CITIES:Venice-Anish Kapoor

Anish Kapoor is one of the most influential sculptors of his generation. Perhaps most famous for public sculptures that are both adventures in form and feats of engineering, Kapoor manoeuvres between vastly different scales, across numerous series of work. Immense PVC skins, stretched or deflated; concave or convex mirrors whose …

Lina Ghotmeh, Stone Garden

VIDEO: Lina Ghotmeh-Stone Garden

In this video, Lebanese architect Lina Ghotmeh talks about Stone Garden, the building she designed to be resilient enough for Beirut, a …

asinnajaq, Rock Piece (Ahuriri Edition), 2018, Video, 4’02’’, Courtesy of the artists

TRIBUTE: Reclaim the Earth, Part II

The “Reclaim the Earth” program at the Palais de Tokyo addresses the relationship between body and earth, the extinction of animal and …

Left: Marcel Duchamp, Rrose Sélavy in Wilson-Lincoln System, 1967, Art Collection Alychlo / Marc Coucke, Belgium, © Association Marcel Duchamp / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022, photo: Axel Schneider Right: Marcel Duchamp, Fresh Widow, 1920/1964, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Roma. Donazione di Arturo Schwarz, © Association Marcel Duchamp / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022, photo: Axel Schneider

TRIBUTE: Marcel Duchamp, Part II

Marcel Duchamp is associated with many artistic movements, from Cubism to Dada to Surrealism, and paved the way for later styles such …

Hans Op de Beeck, Vanitas XL, 2021, © Courtesy of the artist, photo: Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio

TRIBUTE: Color As Program, Part II

The exhibition “Color as Program” deals with color as an artistic medium and its programmatic, political dimension on the basis of art …

Ugo Rondinone, Phaidon Publications

ΒΟΟΚ: Ugo Rondinone-Phaidon Publications

Profoundly interested in the contemplation of everyday life, Ugo Rondinone reconciles the visual language of psychedelia and advertising with meditative, intimate reflections …

Solange Pessoa, Courtesy of the artist and Mendes Wood DM (São Paulo/Brussels/New York)

TRIBUTE:Reclaim the Earth

The “Reclaim the Earth” program at the Palais de Tokyo addresses the relationship between body and earth, the extinction of animal and …

Marcel Duchamp, Coeurs Volants (Fluttering Hearts), 1936/1961, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Graphic Collection, Archive (Library) Serge Stauffer, Acquired 1993 with lottery funds, © Staatsgalerie Stuttgart / Association Marcel Duchamp / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022 / bpk, photo: Axel Schneider

TRIBUTE:Marcel Duchamp

Marcel Duchamp is associated with many artistic movements, from Cubism to Dada to Surrealism, and paved the way for later styles such …

Allora & Calzadilla, Graft (Detail), 2021, Recycled polyvinyl chloride, edition of 3, Dimensions variable, © Allora & Calzadilla, Courtesy Galerie Chantal Crousel

ART CITIES:Paris-Allora & Calzadilla

Collaborating since 1995, Allora and Calzadilla approach visual art as a set of experiments that test whether ideas such as authorship, nationality, …

Sheila Hicks, Escalade Beyond Chromatic Lands, 2016-17. Natural and synthetic fibres, cloth, slate, bamboo. 600 x 1600 x 400 cm, 236 1/4 x 629 7/8 x 157 1/2 ins. © Sheila Hicks. Courtesy of Alison Jacques, London. Photo: Andrea Avezzù

PRESENTATION: Sheila Hicks-Off Grid

Inspired by the concepts of the Wiener Werkstätte and the Bauhaus, Sheila Hicks transcends media, national, and gender boundaries – emphasizing the …

Titus Kaphar, New E̲nunciation, 2021 Oil on canvas with vinyl, 71 ½ × 77 ¼ × 2 ¼ inches (181.6 × 196.2 × 5.7 cm), © Titus Kaphar, Courtesy the artist and Gagosian, Photo: Rob McKeever

ART CITIES: London-Titus Kaphar

Painter, sculptor, filmmaker, and installation artist Titus Kaphar confronts history by dismantling classical structures and styles of visual representation in Western art …

ART NEWS:April 02

“we sat rigid except for the parts of our bodies that were needed for production” is an exhibition that convenes the work …

Peter Cook, It Can Be Built

VIDEO:Peter Cook-It Can Be Built

Meet British architect Sir Peter Cook who here talks about the possible benefits of drawing by hand and explains why he disagrees …

Oskar Schlemmer, The Triadic Ballet, 1922, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, © Photo: Oliver Kröning

PRESENTATION: Moved by Schlemmer

Oskar Schlemmer’s work in performance was both experimental and subversive. He purposely broke free from the usual constraints and rules of theater …

Ai Weiwei, Blue-and-White Porcelain Vases, 2017, porcelain, 52 x 52 x 50,5 cm, 20,47 x 20,47 x 19,88 in, ©  Ai Weiwei, Courtesy: the artist and GALLERIA CONTINUA, Photos by: Monkeys Video Lab

ART CITIES: Rome-Ai Weiwei

Ai Weiwei has been called the most influential artist of our time. After denouncing government corruption and lack of respect for human …

Tarek Atoui, Waters’ Witness, Exhibition view, Serralves Museum and Park-Porto, 2022, Courtesy the artist and Serralves Museum and Park

PRESENTATION: Tarek Atoui-Waters’ Witness

Artist and electroacoustic composer Tarek Atoui works with large-scale compositions based on his anthropological, ethnological, musicological and technical research. His exhibitions intersect …