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Left: Beth Letain, Ballast, 2017, Painting - Oil on canvas, 230 x 190 cm, Photo: Matthias Kolb, Courtesy Peres Projects-Berlin. Right: Beth Letain, Every Other, 2017, Painting - Oil on canvas, 170 x 190 cm, Photo: Matthias Kolb, Courtesy Peres Projects-Berlin

ART CITIES:Berlin-Beth Letain

Coming from a background in science, Beth Letain’s approach to painting is driven by an ‘imperative. The artiststudied at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, and SUNY Purchase College, graduating with an MFA in 2008. She has exhibited recently in Montreal, Brooklyn, and Boston. She currently lives and …

MADSAKI, Untitled (TBC - character series 1), 2017, Acrylic and aerosol on canvas (TBC), 100 x 100 cm, Courtesy Perrotin

ART CITIES:Seoul-MADSAKI

A man of deep perspective and a global mindset, MADSAKI graduated from Parsons School of Design in 1996, after workin as a …

Michel Comte, Aialik Glacier, from Light series, 2017, MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts Archive

PHOTO:Michel Comte-Light

Michel Comte first completed an apprenticeship as a restorer before he taught himself photography. When he was 25 years old, Comte got …

Richard Wentworth, First and Last Word, 2017, Dictionary, soldered galvanized cable and unused linen bed sheet, 9.5 x 30.5 x 20.3 cm, Peter Freeman, Inc. Archive

ART CITIES:N.York-Richard Wentworth

Richard Wentworth rose to popularity in the late ‘70s as part of the New British Sculpture Movement, defined by their collective reaction …

Left-Center-Right: Geta Brătescu, Limite si rescul (Limits and rescues) (Detail), 2012, Series of 7 collage and drawing on paper, 21.3 x 29.7 cm, Photo: Ștefan Sava, © Geta Brătescu, Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

ART CITIES:N.York-Geta Brătescu

Geta Brătescu’s vivid practice has comprised performance, textiles, collage, print-making, installation and film. Living and working in Bucharest throughout Ceauşescu’s regime, Brătescu …

Gary Hume, Spent, 2016, Enamel paint on aluminum, 98 x 135 cm, Matthew Marks Gallery Archive

ART-PRESENTATION: Gary Hume-Mum

After Gary Hume graduated from Goldsmith’s College, London in 1988, he received critical acclaim for his hard-edged, abstract “Door” paintings. Since then …

Dan Graham, Model for Ying Yang, 1997, MDF, Perspex, 31.5 x 107 x 107 cm, © Dan Graham, Photo: Ken Adlard, Courtesy Lisson Gallery

ART CITIES:Beijing-Dan Graham

As one of contemporary art’s most influential figures, Dan Graham has been at the forefront of many of the most significant developments …

OPEN CALL:MFA Art Practice

The Art Practice program at School of Visual Arts (SVA) is now accepting applications for summer 2018 admission. Art Practice is a …

Gülçin Aksoy, A, 2017, Mixed media, Courtesy Zilberman Gallery

ART CITIES:Istanbul-Gülçin Aksoy

Gülçin Aksoy, both in her individual practice using various media and in artist collectives that she has been part of or collaborated …

ART NEWS:Nov.02

The 15th edition of TULCA Festival of Visual Arts, titled “They Call Us The Screamers” features artworks by Irish and international artists …

Laura Owens, Untitled, 2004, Acrylic and oil on linen, 167.6 x 167.6 cm. Collection of Nina Moore, © Laura Owens

ART-PRESENTATION: Laura Owens

For more than twenty years, Laura Owens has pioneered an innovative approach to painting that has made her one of the most …

John Stezaker, Untitled (Photoroman), c. 1979, Collage, 21.4 x 40.8 cm, Courtesy Petzel Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-John Stezaker

John Stezaker was one of the first generation of British conceptual artists exhibiting in the late 1960s and early 1970s. His main …

Ali Kazma, Calligraphy, from the series Resistance, 2013, HD video, color, sound, 6 min, © Ali Kazma, Courtesy of the artist and the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts

PHOTO:Ali Kazma-Souterrain,Part I

Ali Kazma works with lens-based media. All aver the world, he investigates situations, places and structures relating to man’s ability to transform …

Stefano Graziani, Cedric Price, Model for Fun Palace, ca. 1964, 53.4 x 123.3 x 79.1 cm, DR1995:0188:524, Cedric Price fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture, © CCA-Montreal, 2017, Inkjet-print, 100 x 125 cm, Fondazione Prada Archive

ART CITIES:Milan-Stefano Graziani

Trained as an architect, Stefano Graziani teaches the history and technique of photography at the Faculty of Architecture at the University of …

Gabriel Rico, One Law for The Lion & Ox is Oppression (Installation View), Perrotin Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:N.York-Gabriel Rico

There is a visible design sensibility permeating Gabriel Rico’s work, which isn’t surprising if you know he’s a trained architect. Based in …