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Aenne Biermann, Coconut, 1929, Museum Ludwig-Cologne, Reproduction: Rheinisches Bildarchiv-Cologne

PHOTO:Aenne Biermann

Aenne Biermann was a self-taught photographer who developed one of the most sophisticated modernist practices in interwar Germany. She assimilated many of …

MASBEDO, Videomobile, 2018, Multichannel video installation, Installation view at manifesta12-Palermo, © & Courtesy MASBEDO

ART CITIES:Palermo-MASBEDO

MASBEDO are Nicolò Massazza and Iacopo Bedogni, they live in Milan and work together since 1999, focusing on video art and installations. …

20 papier-mache botanical models, 1866-1927, Each between 26-49cm x 11-15 cm, Germany, Image Courtesy George Loudon Collection, Photo: Rosamond Purcell

ART CITIES:London-Surreal Science

George Loudon is a London-based retired banker, art collector, and author. He began his collection in the late 1970s, he started with …

Amplifying Nature, Polish Pavilion at the Biennale Architettura 2018, Exhibition view, Photo: Anna Zagrodzka, © & Courtesy Polish Pavilion in Venice

ARCHITECTURE:Amplifying Nature

Architecture as a domain of the collective knowledge of nature and a way of experiencing the planetary scale is the underlying idea …

ART CITIES:Venice-Machines À Penser

During the Venice Architecture Biennale, Fondazione Prada presents “Machines à penser”, an exhibition that focuses on three 20th Century philosophers: Theodor W. …

Yutie Lee, Hilde, 2018, Wood, metal connectors, three copies of the artist book Ekstase 123, H: 75 cm, Ø 637 cm, In collaboration with BNAG.cc (Oliver-Selim Boualam, Lukas Marstaller), Photo © Marius Land, Courtesy the artist and Künstlerhaus Gottingen

ART-PRESENTATION: Yutie Lee-Ekstase 123

Yutie Lee’s multidisciplinary practice combines stories and references to pop culture with literature, history and her own biography. In her first institutional …

Henrik Samuelsson, Frozen Orbit 4:01 a.m., 2012-17, Mixed media on canvas, 180 x 216 cm, © Henrik Samuelsson, Courtesy the artist and : Galerie Laurent Godin

ART CITIES:Stockholm-Henrik Samuelsson

The architecture and formal composition of Henrik Samuelsson’s paintings generate a strong sense of presence, emphasised by an underlying structure of vertical …

Nina Canell, Cucumber (Detail), 2018, installation view S.M.A.K. 2018, Courtesy the artist and S.M.A.K.

ART CITIES:Gent-Nina Canell

Nina Canell’s sculptures and installations are the result of both chance encounters and careful observations. They generate dynamic connections between solid objects …

Olaf Nicolai, Trauer und Melancholie, 2009/2012, Courtesy Galerie EIGEN + ART Leipzig/Berlin, & VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2018

ART CITIES:Vienna-Olaf Nicolai

Renowned for his inventive work with a diverse array of materials and mediums, over the last 25 years Olaf Nicolai has conceived …

Bronwyn Katz, Grond Herinnering (Soil Memory) (2015) Video, 3min 52sec, © Bronwyn Katz, Courtesy the artist and Palais de Tokyo

ART CITIES:Paris-Bronwyn Katz

As a multi-disciplinary artist, Bronwyn Katz produces installations, sculptures, videos and performances. She takes an interest in contemporary forms of discrimination and …

Courtesy of the Cruising Pavilion

ARCHITECTURE: Cruising Pavilion

The word Cruising usually describes the quest for sexual encounters between homosexual or bi men in public spaces, but it cannot be …