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Bernar Venet, Indeterminate Line, 2016, Oilstick, graphite and collage on paper, 220 x 153 cm, Courtesy the artist & Paul Kasmin Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Bernar Venet

The French conceptual artist Bernar Venet rose to prominence in the late ‘60s through the art scene in New York. He moved …

TRAVELER’S DIARY: Geishas

“The Art of Love in the Time of Geishas: Forbidden Japanese Masterpieces” is part of the Pinacothèque de Paris exhibitions dedicated to …

OFFICE (Kersten Geers &David Van Severen), Weekend House, 2013, Collage, Courtesy of OFFICE KGDVS & Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts

ARCHITECTURE:Spaces Without Drama

The exhibition “Spaces without drama or surface is an illusion, but so is depth” at Graham Foundation examines the recent proliferation of …

Richard Prince, Untitled (eyelashes), 1982-84. Ektacolor photograph, 101 x 158 cm sheet, 125 x 182 cm framed, © Richard Prince, Courtesy Skarstedt-London

PHOTO:Double Take

Appropriation took on new significance in mid-20th Century America and Britain with the rise of consumerism and the proliferation of popular images …

PHOTO:Diane Arbus-In The Beginning

The exhibition “Diane Arbus: In The Beginning” at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), considers the first seven years of …

Martin-Gropius-Bau

ARCHITECTURE:Martin-Gropius-Bau

The architects Martin Gropius and Heino Schmieden originally designed the building in the Renaissance style to house an arts and crafts museum. …

Liz Magor, Carton II, 2006, Polymerized gypsum, cigarettes, chewing gum, matches, lighters, 29.2 x 53.3 x 48.2 cm, Collection du Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Photo : Richard-Max Tremblay

ART CITIES:Zurich- Liz Magor

In her native Canada Liz Magor is regarded as one of the most influential contemporary sculptors, the oeuvre she has built since …

Dan Flavin, Untitled (to Barbara Nüsse) (Detail), 1971, MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main, Courtesy Estate of Dan Flavin / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2017, Photo: Axel Schneider

ART-PRESENTATION: Primary Structures

When the exhibition “Primary Structures: Younger American and British Sculptors” (27/4-12/6/66) opened at the Jewish Museum in New York Curated by Kynaston …

Eric Cahan, Water - I Hardly Knew Her, 2016, Pigment print, oil paint and varnish, © Eric Cahan, Courtesy the artist

PHOTO:Eric Cahan

Eric Cahan, is Influenced by the Impressionists’ depiction of natural light and its ever-changing qualities, as well as Color Theory. For him, …

Agnès Varda

ART CITIES:N.York- Agnès Varda

Agnès Varda’s films, photographs, and installations focus on documentary realism, feminist issues, and social commentary with a distinct experimental style. The only …

ART NEWS:March 01

“Blue Room”, the first institutional solo exhibition by Frank Heath, is a synchronized installation of video works connected by an ominous humor, …

Christo, The Floating Piers (Project for Lake Iseo, Italy), 2016, Courtesy Galerie Guy Pieters, Art Paris 2017 Archive

MIRRAGES XXXIV

  Looking at Christo’s drawings for the Floating Piers, his project for Lake Iseo in Italy, I was wondering how someone experiences …

Pedro Reyes

ART-PRESENTATION: Pedro Reyes

Pedro Reyes is known for imagining solutions for a happier world. In 2008, Reyes worked with local authorities in Culiacán, Mexico to …

Albert Oehlen, Untitled (Baum 84), 2016, Oil on dibond, 250 × 250 cm, © Albert Oehlen, Photo: Stefan Rohner, Courtesy Gagosian Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Albert Oehlen

One of the most respected painters today, Albert Oehlen constantly questions the methods and means of painting to raise a sense of …

WORDS/FAKE WORDS: Part I

Our magazine in close collaboration with LISTE Art Fair, as part of our media partnership on a regular basis, begins a new …