GREAT MUSEUMS: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
In May 1988, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía was created, although it had been operating as an Art Centre …
ART CITIES:Frankfurt-Stefan Sagmeister
Stefan Sagmeister represents a new type of designer who draws on a global wealth of emotionally charged experience. His design style blends …
ART-PRESENTATION: Megacities Asia
Asia is the world’s most rapidly urbanizing continent, containing more than half of the approximately 30 megacities around the globe. Beijing, Shanghai, …
ART-TRIBUTE:Imagine – New Imagery in Italian Art 1960-1969
Pendant to the exhibition “AZIMUT/H. Continuity and Newness” of 2014, which investigated the monochrome and the ‘zeroing’ of the sign that defined …
ART FAIRS:Art Brussels 2016
The Art Brussels Contemporary Art Fair opens its 34th edition relocated from Brussels Expo to the more conveniently Tour & Taxis building, …
ART CITIES:Venice-Sigmar Polke
For the 1986 Venice Biennale Sigmar Polke conceived an extraordinary installation for the German Pavilion generically entitled “Athanor”. Alchemy and politics were …
ART-PRESENTATION: Thomas Ruff-press++
Thomas Ruff has fundamentally changed our relationship to the photographic image, moving it beyond reactionary ideas of documentation and supposed “truth” towards …
ART NEWS:Apr.02
A newly commissioned painting of monumental scale “Empireland” grapples with Ireland’s history as a state. With images, icons, symbols and figures relating …
ART CITIES:N.York-Adriana Varejão
Adriana Varejão has developed a rigorous practice that is informed by cultural and historical research. Each series is based on intense investigation …
ART FAIRS:Supermarket 2016 Stockholm
Supermarket is an Art Fair run by artists. Artist-run galleries and similar initiatives from around the world show the work of hundreds …
ART-PRESENTATION: Rodney McMillian-Landscape Paintings
Rodney McMillian’s work resists adherence to a single medium, performance, video, installation, sculpture, and painting are all used to tackle issues of …
ART CITIES:Los Angeles -Alex Israel & Bret Easton Ellis
The exhibition is a collaboration between the artist Alex Israel and the writer Bret Easton Ellis. For them the city of Los …
ART CITIES:Frankfurt -Kader Attia
Kader Attia has been considered one of the most influential artists of his generation. He spent his childhood between France and Algeria, …
Photo:Lee Miller, Photographs at Martin-Gropius-Bau
Lee Miller (1907-1977) is one of the most versatile US-photographers and photo-journalists of the 20th Century. She united opposed genres such as …
ART CITIES:London-R.Crumb
Robert Crumb is universally acknowledged as the Godfather of underground comics, and is widely held up in some quarters as a counterculture …
PHOTO:Roy DeCarava -New York 19
Roy DeCarava began his career as a painter and turned to photography in the mid ‘40s to gather information for his canvases. …
ART-PRESENTATION:Isa Genzken-Make Yourself Pretty!
Isa’s Genzken influential work is characterized by radical innovation and includes works in almost every conceivable medium. Its foundations are in sculpture, …
ART CITIES:N.York-Annette Messager
Annette Messager has an extensive body of work, for over 4 decades she encompasses drawing, photography, needlework, sculpture and installation. Messager’s works …
ART CITIES: London -Jenny Saville
Jenny Saville was propelled into the art world when her works were shown in Saatchi Gallery as part of the exhibition “Young …
ART-PRESENTATION: Michael Buthe Retrospective
The early ‘70s was a period of transgression for young German artists. Michael Buthe, having spent the late ‘60s dismantling painting by …
BOOK:Hadid Complete Works, Taschen Publications
At the time of her death in 31/3/16, Zaha Hadid was firmly established among the élite of world architecture, working on projects …
BIENNALS:EVA International 2016
EVA International is Ireland’s Biennial of Contemporary Art. Every two years EVA International works with guest curators to create a 12-week program …
ART-PRESENTATION: The 1980s Today’s Beginnings?
The Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven established in 1936 is one of the first public museums for contemporary art to be established in …
PHOTO:Stan Douglas
Through photography, film and installation, Stan Douglas has, since the late ‘80s, examined complex intersections of narrative, fact and fiction while scrutinizing …