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Working in Berlin in the 1980s and influenced by German Expressionism, Zhu Jinshi began his lifelong commitment to the language of pure abstract form. His involvement with abstract expressionism was not simply a desire to emulate Western antecedents, but to invest that art form with characteristics that are specific to …
How can we get a hold of time with our body and mind? This question is the crux of South African artist …
John Baldessari created conceptual art that asks questions about what art is, how it is made and what it looks like. Combining …
Bridget Riley’s paintings came to International notice when she exhibited along with Victor Vasarely and others in the Museum of Modern Art …
The story of one of the most radical performances in art history told by German artist Ulay, who in 1976 decided to …
Since opening to the public in 2009, the High Line has rapidly become one of New York City’s most popular and beloved …
Water covers 70 per cent of the earth’s surface. “It’s always the same and it’s never the same,” says Finnish artist Elina …
Phileas is a philanthropic organisation based in Vienna, Austria, that enables ambitious projects within the field of contemporary art. Its activities focus …
These photographs are part of an ongoing project about observing stillness. An attempt to capture the moment human presence begins to set …
On my doorstep I found a dead butterfly staring into the void in silence. On the surface of a black cube Find …
Hernan Bas is first and foremost a painter, even though he ventures also into the field of photography and film occasionally. By …
The Consortium Commissions is an innovative model for co-commissioning art projects by emerging artists from the Arab world initiated by Mophradat*. Every …
Divided into three parts, the group exhibition “Water Always Moves On” is an eclectic selection that connects artworks by six artists with …
The Chinese architect Wang Shu’s buildings – a crossover between traditional Chinese culture and large-scale modern architecture – have earned him the …
Architecture, in its emphasis on permanence and stability, at first resists an easy pairing with live performance, commonly associated with ideas of …
The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw offers top of the range art and design education on three levels—Bachelor, …
Less than a decade after breaking the Nazi encryption machine Enigma and helping the Allied Forces win World War II, mathematician Alan …
Tai Shani’s practice encompasses performance, film, photography and sculptural installations, frequently structured around experimental texts. Taking inspiration from disparate histories, narratives and …
The exhibition “They Do Not Understand Each Other” brings into dialogue commissions and artworks from the collections of the National Museum of …
At first glance, figures rarely seem to feature in the art of Erinna König, for the artist focuses primarily on objects often …
Most artworks stay in the dark. It slumbers in storage, rests in graphic-art cabinets, enjoys the climate-controlled environment in free port warehouses …
Cinema The Master in Cinema is an advanced training in contemporary cinema, allowing students to develop their creative and technical skills based …
An estimated 73 million viewers (about 40% of the U.S. population at that time) watched The Ed Sullivan Show, when The Beatlesmade …
During the post-WWII rapid economic growth period, Japan continuously had national-scale events where internationalization was heavily promoted, and Japan today seems to …
