dreamideamachine ART VIEW
René Magritte was a Belgian Surrealist whose enigmatic paintings transformed ordinary objects into unsettling visual paradoxes. Through precise, dreamlike imagery, he questioned perception, language, identity, and the relationship between images and reality. Famous for works such as “The Treachery of Images” and “The Son of Man”, Magritte developed a distinctive …
Peter Halley (24/9/1953- ) is one of the most emblematic artists of his generation, recognized in the history of contemporary painting as the legitimate heir of American abstraction. Peter Halley is best known for his brightly colored, geometric paintings made of Roll-a-Tex, a textured paint used for decoration, as well …
Ghada Amer’s expansive, ambitious practice is a perpetual pursuit of new forms and methods of expression. Working across painting, sculpture, ceramic, and garden installation, Amer appropriates and reinterprets the predominantly masculine tropes of Western art history. Stridently, straightforwardly political in her approach, Amer reimagines the feminized materials and subjects of such …
In 2026, steirischer herbst festival starts on 24 September, titled “Red Flags”. Recently, the phrase “red flags” has become primarily associated with …
Teresa Margolles’s work examines the social causes and consequences of violence. For her, the morgue accurately reflects society, particularly that of her …
Rana Begum’s work focuses on the interplay between light and color, blurring the boundaries between sculpture, painting and architecture. Her visual language …
Dimitris Neveskiotis is a visual artist based in Athens, working across sculpture, ceramics, and installation. His practice is deeply rooted in material …
HDK-Valand Academy of Art and Design, University of Gothenburg offers two courses beginning in Spring 2027 which are formulated in relation to …
From the early start of her career the focus of Zilla Leutenegger’s artistic repertoire is the repeated discourse of space, the person …
Thomas Demand’s work investigates the persistence of images and their ability to embed themselves in a society’s collective memory. Presenting a solo …
With her solo exhibition ‘Hometown” at Foam in Amsterdam, Hailun Ma marks a major milestone: her first international museum solo exhibition outside …
Gabriel Orozco’s diverse practice, which includes sculpture, photography, painting and video, explores philosophical conundrums through random encounters and spatial relationships. Using everyday …
The exhibition “Taking Back Our Space: Photographic Perspectives”, present eight artists who use the photographic medium to explore the relationship between bodies …
Victor Man is one of today’s most quietly commanding painters, creating profound, enigmatic canvases that blur the line between the spiritual and …
Rex Whistler’s mural “In Pursuit of Rare Meats” (1927), which decorates the walls of Tate Britain’s former restaurant, contains racist scenes. While …
“We embrace what’s already there, and then we look for potential.” Meet Søren Pihlmann, one of the pioneers of contemporary architecture, who …
Yayoi Kusama is internationally renowned for her exploration of themes such as infinity, self-obliteration, and repetition. Her distinctive use of polka dots, …
Working across photography, sculpture, screen printing, installation, and video, Hank Willis Thomas interweaves historical references with potent symbols drawn from visual culture. …
Throughout a career spanning six decades, Keith Sonnier authored a complex body of work that challenges dogmas at the heart of twentieth- …
In order to understand the world, the sculptor and conceptual artist Carl Matt Mullican (18/9/1951- ) seeks to organize it. In myriad …
Ugo Rondinone creates poetic, contemplative works that bridge the natural world, biological time, and artificial matter. Working across monumental sculpture, installation, glasswork, …
Jan Gehl (17/9/1936- ) is a Danish architect and urban design consultant based in Copenhagen, whose career has focused on improving the …
Olaf Holzapfel is particularly interested in how history, culture and architecture intersect and interact, and how these interactions can be examined and …
In an exhibition, beyond the forefront, lies the background—a behind-the-scenes world that is even more creative and intriguing, which viewers rarely see …
