Willem de Kooning, Untitled (Three Women), c. 1948, Matte opaque paint (possibly oil) with fine particulate filler, enamel, carbon transfer drawing, charcoal, and graphite pencil on card stock, mounted on secondary support, 51,9 × 66,8 cm, Collection of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, gift of Mrs. Richard Deutsch (Katherine W. Sanford, class of 1940), 1953.2.5, © 2026 The Willem de Kooning Foundation/Pictoright, Amsterdam

PRESENTATION:Willem de Kooning at work

Willem de Kooning was a Dutch-American master and a central figure of Abstract Expressionism, renowned for pioneering “Action painting”. His work seamlessly fused figuration with radical abstraction through dynamic, fluid brushstrokes and heavy canvas reworking. Most famous for his controversial “Woman” series, de Kooning used aggressive, expressive gestures, vibrant pigment, …

Cecilia Vicuña, Living Threads, Installation view, Whitechapel Gallery-London, 2026, Courtesy the artist and Whitechapel Gallery

ART CITIES:London-Cecilia Vicuña

Cecilia Vicuña’s work explores the connections between art, poetry, memory, and nature. Drawing on Indigenous Andean traditions, she creates delicate installations, performances, and sculptures using materials such as wool, threads, and found objects. Her practice addresses environmental destruction, cultural loss, and social injustice, transforming fragile materials into powerful expressions of …

Tarek Atoui, The Rain, 2023–4. Installation view third floor Kunsthaus Bregenz, 2024. Photo: Markus Tretter. © Tarek Atoui, Kunsthaus Bregenz. Courtesy of the artistk Atoui, The Rain, 2023–4. Installation view third floor Kunsthaus Bregenz, 2024. Photo: Markus Tretter. © Tarek Atoui, Kunsthaus Bregenz. Courtesy of the artist

PRESENTATION:Tarek Atoui-Hold

Tarek Atoui treats sound not as something just to listen to, but as a physical material you can see, feel, and explore in space. As a sound artist and composer, he designs custom-built instruments, sensory objects, and expansive installations. By manipulating air, water, electronic signals, and architectural acoustics, Atoui creates …

Richard Meier

ARCHITECTURE: Richard Meier

At the age of 49, Richard Meier (12/10/1934- ), was the youngest architect to receive his profession’s highest accolade, the Pritzker Architecture …

Cady Noland, Cortesy the artist and Gagosian

ART CITIES: London- Cady Noland

Cady Noland is an influential American postmodern sculptor whose work dissects the dark underbelly of the American Dream. Emerging in the late …

Carolee Schneemann

Carolee Schneemann (12/10/1939-6/3/2019)

Carolee Schneemann (12/10/1939-6/3/2019), transformed the definition of art, especially discourse on the body, sexuality, and gender. The history of her work is …

Gabriel Orozco, Chronotopic, White Cube Books

BOOK: Gabriel Orozco-Chronotopic, White Cube Books

Gabriel Orozco’s diverse practice, spanning sculpture, photography, painting, and video, explores philosophical conundrums through random encounters and spatial relationships. By utilizing everyday …

Sophie Calle (9/10/1953- )

Sophie Calle (9/10/1953- ), one of France’s leading Conceptual artists. Her work is distinguished by its use of arbitrary sets of constraints, …

Photo left: Shara Hughes, Pop, 2021, Oil, acrylic and dye on canvas, 244 × 183 cm, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark. Donation: Fondation Croÿ Roeulx © Shara Hughes, Photo: JSP Art Photography. Photo right: Shara Hughes, Sink In, 2026, Oil and dye on canvas 279.5 × 183 cm, Private collection, © Shara Hughes, Photo: JSP Art Photography

PREVIEW:Shara Hughes-Sink In

For around a decade, landscapes have occupied a central place in Shara Hughes’s oeuvre, evoking Georgia O’Keeffe as well as Fauvist approaches …

Mohammed Sami: Death of Wall (Detail), 2025, Photo: Modern Art © Mohammed Sami, Courtesy der Künstler / the artist; Modern Art, London & Paris; Luhring Augustine, New York

ART CITIES: Kassel-Mohammed Sami

In his institutional exhibition “Hostless”, Mohammed Sami presents a haunting body of work that negotiates the fragility of memory and the lingering …

Mimmo Rotella

Mimmo Rotella (7/10/1918-8/1/2006)

Mimmo Rotella (7/10/1918-8/1/2006), was an Italian artist famous for his décollage technique, in which he tore posters from city walls and transformed …

Kenny Scharf, ORGANIBOTZ, 2025, Oil on linen, 213.4 × 365.8 cm, © Kenny Scharf. Courtesy of the artist and Almine Rech

ART CITIES: Madrid-Kenny Scharf 

Kenny Scharf is a painter and installation artist associated with the Lowbrow movement* and is best known for work inspired by comic books …

Méret Elisabeth Oppenheim

Méret Elisabeth Oppenheim (6/10/1913-15/11/1985)

A pioneering Surrealist artist, Meret Oppenheim (6/10/1913-15/11/1985), transformed everyday items into provocative, dreamlike symbols. Best known for her iconic fur-covered teacup, “Object” …

ARCHITECTURE: Le Corbusier

Formulated in 1926, Le Corbusier’s (6/10/1887-27/8/1965), “Five Points of a New Architecture” spearheaded the modernist architectural movement of the 20th century. As …