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Sophia Narrett, Whisper Like a Magnet (detail), 2020, Embroidery thread, aluminum and fabric, 33 x 40 inches, © Sophia Narrett, Courtesy the artist and Kohn Gallery

ART CITIES:Los Angeles-Sophia Narrett

Known for her elaborately embroidered shaped canvases, the New York based artist Sophia Narrett weaves together spatially unfolding narratives of desire and sexuality. Each work invites the viewer to engage alongside it in a transcendent exercise of introspection, where the pursuit of sustained love is in concert with the search …

Martin Puryear, Aso Oke, 2019. Bronze, 213 x 259 x 189 cm, © Martin Puryear, Courtesy the artist and Matthew Marks Gallery

ART-PREVIEW: Martin Puryear

Over the last five decades Martin Puryear has created a body of work based on abstract organic forms rich with psychological, cultural, …

OSV. Oslo Collected Works before the new instalments open on 26 September 2020. Photo: Tor Simen Ullstein

BIENNALS:osloBIENNALEN 2020

osloBIENNALEN FIRST EDITION 2019-2024 opened on May 25 2019, launching a new biennial model. Its five-year evolving program of art in public …

Bunnell Street Arts Center

OPEN CALL:Alaska AIR

Bunnell Street Arts Center offers an Artist in Residence program for International, US, or Alaska artists to create artwork exploring community engagement …

Ivan Mitrovic, Ted Kaczynski‘s House (detail), 2017, © Ivan Mitrovic, Courtesy the artist and Swiss Institute

ART CITIES:N.York-Haunted Haus

Hauntology (a portmanteau of haunting and ontology is a neologism introduced by French philosopher Jacques Derrida in his 1993 book “Spectres of …

Yayoi Kusama, I WHO SLEEP IN A ILLUSION WORLD, 2020, Acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm, © Yayoi Kusama, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner Gallery

ART-PRESENTATION: 20/20-Part II

The world has never faced such uncertainty: everything from our understanding of public health and racial injustice to our geopolitical order and …

Enzo Mari, I luoghi deputati (The designated places), 1953, tempera on paper, 70 x 100 cm, Private collection, Photo: Benvenuto Saba

ART-TRIBUTE:Enzo Mari-Part II

Enzo Mari (1932-19/10/2020) attended the Brera Academy of Fine Arts (Milan) and dedicated himself to exploring the psychology of vision and design …

Sandra Mujinga, Ghosting, 2019. Courtesy kuntsneren and Croy Nielsen, Wien. Photo: David Stjernholm

ART CITIES:Copenhagen-Witch Hunt

By the Early Middle Ages in Europe, pagan civilizations had developed various ideologies regarding the way the world functioned through the idea …

Barbara Kruger, Untitled, 2020, Digital print on vinyl, Desk: 127 x 373.4 cm, Large wall: 377.2 x 530.9 cm, Entry wall: 379.1 x 286.4 cm, West wall: 180.3 x 327.7 cm, North wall: 232.4 x 326.4 cm, Overall dimensions vary with installation, © Barbara Kruger, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner Gallery

ART-PRESENTATION: 20/20

The world has never faced such uncertainty: everything from our understanding of public health and racial injustice to our geopolitical order and …

Kohei Nawa, PixCell-Reedbuck (Aurora), Exhibition view Gyre Gallery-Tokyo, 2020-2021, © Kohei Nawa, Courtesy Kohei Nawa and Gyre Gallery

ART CITIES:Tokyo-Kohei Nawa

Since completing a Ph.D in fine art sculpture from Kyoto City University of Art in 2003, Kohei Nawa has won several awards …

Sam Durant, Trope, 2020, Two channel video projection with sound, TRT: 12 minutes, 35 seconds, continuous loop, Edition of 3, 2AP, Video editor Ana Branea, Sound design Laurențiu Coțac, © Sam Durant, Courtesy the artist and Blum & Poe Gallery

ART CITIES:Los Angeles-Sam Durant

Growing up near Boston in the 1970s Sam Durant experienced the radical pedagogy of A.S. Neill, Maria Montessori, and John Holt, along …

Stefanie Gutheil, Subway, 2020, Oil on canvas, 180 × 250 cm, © Stefanie Gutheil, Courtesy the artist and Krinzinger Projekte

ART CITIES:Vienna-Stefanie Gutheil

Stefanie Gutheil is a Berlin-based artist. It’s impossible to forget her paintings once you’ve seen them: those mixed creatures, monsters, spooky smiles …

Sejin Kim, Messenger(s), 2019, OLED monitor, 3D motion graphic video, stereo sound, LED lights, Courtesy the artist and Nam June Paik Art Center

ART-PRESENTATION: Reality Errors

When we control reality then what’s real becomes unreal and what’s unreal becomes real. So we turn reality into unreality and at …