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Sverre Fehn

ARCHITECTURE: Sverre Fehn

The Norwegian architect Sverre Fehn (14/8/1924-23/2/2009) is recognized in Europe as one of Norway’s most gifted architects and is categorized by most …

Yiyun Kang, Vanishing, 2022

TRIBUTE: Nam June Paik, Part II

A key figure in the international avant-garde Fluxus movement, Nam June Paik is renowned for his large-scale sculptural installations featuring television monitors. …

Brian Calvin, Blue Moonlight, 2025 , Acrylic on canvas, 101.6 x 127 cm, 40 x 50 in, © Brian Calvin, Courtesy the artist and Almine Rech Gallery

PRESENTATION: Brian Calvin-Loitering

In the 1990s, Brian Calvin began developing a figurative, non-narrative, pictorial style. Landscapes and portraits steeped in his Californian roots dominated this …

ARCHITECTURE: Jean Nouvel

Making a tour in Paris nobody can ignore the French architect Jean Nouvel (12/8/1945- ), since he has designed and implemented three …

Artwork from the exhibition “Terraphilia”, Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, Madrid, 2025

TRIBUTE: Terraphilia (Part III)

In what ways can love reshape how we live with the Earth? The group exhibition “Terraphilia” invites us to reimagine our place …

Peter Eisenman

ARCHITECTURE: Peter Eisenman

Whether built, written or drawn, the work of renowned architect, theorist and educator Peter Eisenman (11/8/1932- ) known for his radical designs …

Keith Haring, Untitled, 1983. Centraal Museum Utrecht Collection Photo: Gert Jan van Rooij. Keith Haring artwork © Keith Haring Foundation

PRESENTATION: Graffiti

Graffiti is usually carried out with spray paint. Spray paint was patented in the United States in 1951, while graffiti as it …

Sheila Hicks, Rempart, 2016 (installation view, Meyer-Riegger, Berlin, 2023); private collection, courtesy the artist and galerie frank elbaz, Paris

PRESENTATION: Sheila Hicks

Born in Nebraska, Sheila Hicks, trained as a painter, but she sees fibers and textiles as more than merely working materials, regarding …

Nam June Paik, Magnet TV, 1965 (1969), Courtesy Nam June Paik Art Center

TRIBUTE: Nam June Paik

  A key figure in the international avant-garde Fluxus movement, Nam June Paik is renowned for his large-scale sculptural installations featuring television …

Philipp Timischl, Let the world pass, 2025, Video Installation, LED Panels, Media Processor, Laptop, 10:07 min video, 400 × 250 cm, © Philipp Timischl, Courtesy the artist and Layr Gallery

ART CITIES: Salzburg-Philipp Timischl

Philipp Timischl creates hybrid objects from static and moving images, usually presented in site-specific installations. A recurring theme in his work are …

Magdalena Abakanowicz, Red Abakan III, 1970-1971. Photo: Arnaud Conne. © The Marta Magdalena Abakanowicz Kosmowska and Jan Kosmowski Foundation, Warsaw

PRESENTATION: Magdalena Abakanowicz

Magdalena Abakanowicz was a pioneer of fiber-based sculpture and installation in the 1960s. She began making abstract fiber works in the 1950s, …