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Yin Xiuzhen Phaidon, Publications

BOOK:Yin Xiuzhen, Phaidon Publications

Best known for her works that incorporate second-hand objects, Yin Xiuzhen uses her artwork to explore modern issues of globalization and homogenization. By utilizing recycled materials such as sculptural documents of memory, she seeks to personalize objects and allude to the lives of specific individuals, which are often neglected in …

David Goldblatt, The commando of National Party supporters that escorted the late Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd to the party’s 50th anniversary celebrations. De Wildt, Transvaal (North-West Province), 31 October 1964, Digital print on gelatin silver paper, 33 x 48,5 cm, Courtesy David Goldblatt and Goodman Gallery Johannesburg/Cape Town, © David Goldblatt

PHOTO:David Goldblatt

David Goldblatt, who is one of South Africa’s most famous documentary photographers, is internationally acclaimed for his work. The grandson of Lithuanian-Jewish …

Jeff Koons, Lips, 2000, Oil on canvas, 304.8 × 426.7 cm), © Jeff Koons, Courtesy of the artist and Gagosian

ART CITIES:N.York-Jeff Koons

Jeff Koons is one of of American artists that emerge in the 1980s with an aesthetic devoted to the decade’s pervasive consumer …

Anna Sophie Berger, Installation View, ARS VIVA 2018, Photo: Dirk Pauwels, Courtesy S.M.A.K.

ART-PRESENTATION: Ars Viva 2018

Since 1953, the Association of Arts and Culture of the German Economy Federation of German Industries has been awarding the annual ARS …

Rachel Whiteread, Untitled (Clear Torso), 1993, Polyurethane resin, 100 x 180 x 255 mm, Courtesy of the artist; Photo: Courtesy of the artist

ART-TRIBUTE:Rachel Whiteread,Part I

Rachel Whiteread’s approach to sculpture is predicated on the translation of negative space into solid form. Casting from everyday objects, oftentimes using …

ART NEWS:March 01

Jason Fox’s solo exhibition “Beware of Darkness” is on presentation at Almine Rech Gallery in Brussels. Fox’s work itself acts as a …

Alex Katz, Chance 2, 2016,Porcelain enamel on shaped steel (double-sided figures) mounted on a polished stainless steel base, 199.4 x 360.7 x 53.3 cm, Edition 6 + 2 APs (#1/6), Art © Alex Katz/Licensed by VAGA-New York, NY, Photo: Diego Flores, Courtesy Paul Kasmin Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Alex Katz

Alex Katz’s portraits feature his own social milieu: friends, fellow artists, and most notably his wife Ada, whom he has painted more …

Left: Cy Twombly, Coronation of Sesostris (Part V), 2000 (detail), Acrylic, wax crayon, and lead pencil on canvas, 206 × 156.5 cm, © Cy Twombly Foundation, Courtesy Gagosian Gallery. Right: Cy Twombly, Untitled, 2001, Acrylic, wax crayon, and cut-and-pasted paper on paper, 123.2 × 98.4 cm, © Cy Twombly Foundation, Photo: Rob McKeever, Courtesy Gagosian Gallery

ART-PRESENTATION:Cy Twombly

Cy Twombly ranks among the leading exponents of a generation of artists who broke away from Abstract Expressionism in the ‘50s to …

Installation View: Sudarshan Shetty, A Song, A Story and The Empty Vessel, Leila Heller Gallery, 2018, Leila Heller Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:Dubai-Sudarshan Shetty

Sudarshan Shetty initially trained as a painter, later turning to sculpture and installations which now account for all of his practice. A …

Serra Behar Untitled, 2017-2018 Brass, iron, concrete and soil 260 x 122.5 x 4.5 cm

ART CITIES:Istanbul-Serra Behar

Every one of Serra Behar’s works can be evaluated as a concrete reflection of the situations corresponding to a specific period of …

David Goldblatt, «Temporary» Censorship of its artworks by management of the University of CapeTown : at left a drawing by Diane Victor has been covered ; at right, woodcuts by Cecil Skotnes have been removed. University of Cape Town, 14 May 2016, Digital print on gelatin silver paper, 29,5 x 44 cm, Courtesy David Goldblatt and Goodman Gallery Johannesburg/Cape Town, © David Goldblatt

PHOTO:David Goldblatt-Retrospective

Since the 1960s, David Goldblatt has tirelessly explored his native country through his photographs, recording South Africa’s history, physical features and inhabitants. …