TRACES: Michelangelo Pistoletto
Today is the occasion to bear in mind the Italian artist, and art theorist, Michelangelo Pistoletto (25/6/33- ). Born in Biella, Italy, …
TRACES: Sylvie Fleury
Today is the occasion to bear in mind the contemporary Swiss artist Sylvie Fleury (24/6/1961- ). She is known for her mises-en-scène …
TRACES: Lee Ufan
Today is the occasion to bear in mind the painter, sculptor, writer and philosopher Lee Ufan (24/6/1936- ), who came to prominence …
TRACES: Rirkrit Tiravanija
Today is the occasion to bear in mind Rirkrit Tiravanija (21/6/1961- ). Even though his diverse artistic production eludes classification, he has …
TRACES: Pipilotti Rist
Today is the occasion to bear in mind the visual artistPipilotti (Elisabeth) Rist (21/6/1962 -). She is best known for creating experimential …
TRACES: Juan Muñoz
Today is the occasion to bear in mind Juan Muñoz (17/6/1953-28/8/2001). Regarded as one of the most important sculptors of his generation, …
TRACES: John Baldessari
Today is the occasion to bear in mind the American artist John Baldessari (17/6/1931-2/1/2020), a major figure in Contemporary Art, John Baldessari …
TRACES: Jim Dine
Today is the occasion to bear in mind Jim Dine (16/6/1935- ). He created a vocabulary out of subjects that have a …
TRACES: CHRISTO
Today is the occasion to bear in mind Christo Vladimirov Javacheff (13/6/1935-31/5/2020). Whereas Land Artists usually made a point of blurring the …
TRACES:Damien Hirst
Today is the occasion to bear in mind Damien Hirst (7/6/1965- ), since emerging onto the international art scene in the late …
TRACES: Jesús Rafael Soto
Today is the occasion to bear in mind Jesús Rafael Soto (5/6/1923-14/1/2005). Soto’s work is characterized by optical illusions and movement making …
TRACES: Donald Judd
Today is the occasion to bear in mind the American artist Donald Judd (3/6/1928-12/2/1994), associated with Minimalism. In his work, Judd sought …
TRACES: Richard Long
Today is the occasion to bear in mind the British artist Richard Long RA CBE (2/6/1945- ). He is an English sculptor …
TRACES: Carmen Herrera
Today is the occasion to bear in mind Carmen Herrera (31/5/1915-12/2/2022 ), she has been painting since her youth in Cuba, but …
TRACES: Ellsworth Kelly
Today is the occasion to bear in mind Ellsworth Kelly (31/5/1923-27/12/2015), one of America’s great 20th Century Abstract artists, who in the …
TRACES: Agnès Varda
Today is the occasion to bear in mind Agnès Varda, (30/5/1928-29/3/2019) the French director and photographer whose first film, “La Pointe Courte” …
TRACES:Nobuyoshi Araki
Today is the occasion to bear in mind Nobuyoshi Araki (25/5/1940- ). For over half a century, Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki has …
TRACES: Sebastião Salgado
Sebastião Salgado’s (8/2/1944-23/5/2025 ) straightforward photographs portray individuals living in desperate economic circumstances. Because he insists on presenting his pictures in series, …
TRACES: Gina Pane
Today is the occasion to bear in mind Gina Pane (24/5/1939-6/3/1990), a seminal figure in the history of Body Art and more …
TRACES: Marisa Merz
Today is the occasion to bear in mind Marisa Merz (23/5/1926-19/7/2019) one of the central figures and the only woman artist participating …
TRACES: Jean Tinguely
Today is the occasion to bear in mind Jean Tinguely (22/5/1925-30/8/1991). He is best known for his machinelike kinetic sculptures that destroyed …
TRACES: Douglas Gordon
Today is the occasion to bear in mind Douglas Gordon (20/9/1966- ) working across mediums and disciplines, he investigates moral and ethical questions, …
TRACES: Pierre Soulages
Today is the occasion to bear in mind Pierre Soulages (24/12/1919-26/10/2022), known as “the painter of black and light”. He has forged …
TRACES:Germano Celant
Today is the occasion to bear in mind Germano Celant (1940-29/4/2020), a name everyone in the art world recognizes. It was Celant …