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Adriana Varejão, Blue and White Talavera Tile, 2020, Oil and plaster on canvas, 70 ⅞ × 70 ⅞ inches / 180 × 180 cm, © Adriana Varejão, Photo: Vicente de Mello, Courtesy the artist and Gagosian

ART CITIES:N.York-Adriana Varejão, Part II

Adriana Varejão has developed a rigorous practice that is informed by cultural and historical research. Each series is based on intense investigation into fields such as art history, anthropology, colonial trade, demography, and racial identity. Her early work resulted in graphic depictions highlighting historical inaccuracies and hierarchies of power during …

Agnes Martin, Desert Flower (1985), Acrylic and pencil on linen, 183.2 x 183.2 cm, © Estate of Agnes Martin / Artists Rights Society (ARS)-New York, Courtesy Pace Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Agnes Martin

Agnes Martin was one of the most influential painters of her generation. For a pivotal decade starting in 1957, Martin lived and …

Adriana Varejão, Talavera Flower, 2020 Oil and plaster on canvas, 70 ⅞ × 70 ⅞ inches / 180 × 180 cm, © Adriana Varejão, Photo: Vicente de Mello, Courtesy the artist and Gagosian

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 …

VIDEO:6 Artists On Decisive Moments

6 acclaimed artists reveal a decisive moment in their life – a strong personal experience which became crucial in their development, and …

Hanne Darboven, Dostojewski, month of January, 1990, Ink and gelatin silver print collage on paper, 16 parts, 8.9 x 11.6 inches (each)

ART-PRESENTATION: Hanne Darboven

Hanne Darboven is considered one of the most important and enigmatic figures in postwar German art. Though based in Hamburg, it was …

BOOK:Martin Kippenberger

Martin Kippenberger is one of the most important German artists. He decisively shaped the image of art in the postmodern era. His …

Gerhard Richter, Abstract Landscape, 1969, Oil on canvas, 30 × 40 cm, Private collection Munich

ART CITIES:Zurich-Gerhard Richter

No genre has fascinated Gerhard Richter so consistently throughout his career as that of landscape. Ever since 1968-69, the artist has revisited …

Klaus Littmann

ART CITIES:Basel-Klaus Littmann

Klaus Littmann grew up in Basel, studied at Düsseldorf Art Academy with Joseph Beuys and established himself as a mediator of contemporary …

Brian Calvin

ART CITIES:Paris-Retrouvailles

With the arrival of spring and the hope of reopening, Almine Rech Gallery inParis presents in the group exhibition “Retrouvailles” (Action, finding …