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Roland Barthe, in his seminal work Camera Lucida, discusses at length one of Koen Wessing’s 1979 photos from Nicaragua that depicts two nuns walking past armed soldiers. The juxtaposition, or duality, as Barthes calls it, is noteworthy to Barthes; it is this duality that creates the picture’s punctum, the thing …
Philipp Timischl’s expansive multimedia installations combine personal notes from everyday life with found and self-produced materials to build narrative structures. Balancing between …
At age 21, Sweeney Reed (the adopted son of Heide Museum’s Founders John and Sunday Reed) opened Strines in Carlton (1966-70), and …
A global leader in art and design education, Rhode Island School of Design is recognized for its immersive curriculum grounded in studio …
Happy & Creative New Year
Tadao Ando’s Retrospective at Centre George Pompidou, that is closing at the end of the year, is truly a challenge. It is …
Stéphane Dafflon’s paintings seem simple and minimalist at first, but attest to his strong pictorial skills. Initially designed on a computer screen …
In the late 19th Century, Korean traditional art found itself at the crossroads, due the influx of new materials, techniques and styles …
Widely considered the most influential composer of our time, John Cage’s inventive and unorthodox approach revolutionised contemporary music and his influence extended …
The multifaced artist Angelos Skourtis in his new work that is on presentation in his solo exhibition “Pictures at an Exhibition” refers …
Richard Tuttle is one of the most singular and influential artists working today, whose extraordinary work eludes classification and dissolves the boundaries …
An architect and urban planner by training, Dara Birnbaum began using video in 1978 while teaching at the Nova Scotia College of …
Since the 1960s, James Turrell has created an expansive body of work that offers profound revelations about perception and the materiality of …
The exhibition “The Street. Where the World Is Made” gathers 140 artists and 200 works from all over the world and studies …
Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts (VCUarts) in Richmond, Virginia offers a variety of graduate and undergraduate degrees in design, fine …
