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ART NEWS:March 02

With the program “Dissident Gardens”, Het Nieuwe Instituut explores the classic contrast between nature and culture and the changing role of design. …

Matthew Ronay, Move, Swallow, Breathe, 2017, Basswood, dye, gouache, cotton, flocking, steel, plastic, 28,6 x 30,5 x 10,15 cm, © Courtesy the artist & Perrotin

ART CITIES:Paris-Matthew Ronay

Matthew Ronay’s sculptures bring together a mix of fancifully colored elements that resemble the cogs of machinery or dripping liquids. Ronay’s works …

Andrzej Wróblewski

ART-PRESENTATION: Andrzej Wróblewski

Andrzej Wróblewski (15/6/1927-23/3/1957), despite his short life, is one of the most important Polish artists of the 20Th Century. Wróblewski was a …

Chikako Yamashiro, Seaweed Woman (still), 2008, Lambda print aluminum mounted, 28x50cm, set of 8, (movie) Video 7'15", © Chikako Yamashiro, Courtesy of Yumiko Chiba Associates

ART CITIES:London-Chikako Yamashiro

Chikako Yamashiro is a contemporary video artist and photographer based in Naha, Okinawa exploring the legacies of Japanese colonization in the nineteenth …

Catherine Opie, Untitled #10 (1999), 1999, c-print, 40.6 x 50.8 cm print, 55.9 x 66 cm framed, Edition of 5, © Catherine Opie, Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin Gallery

ART-TRIBUTE:American Landscape

Landscape has inspired painters, it was the canvas upon which created the most impressive and great works by the artists of Land …

Bertrand Lavier, Walt Disney Productions 1947-2017 n°1, 2017 , Acrylic on inkjet on canvas, 130 x 150 cm, Exhibition view ‘’Walt Disney Productions’’, kamel mennour, London, 2018, © ADAGP Bertrand Lavier, Courtesy the artist and kamel mennour-Paris/London

ART CITIES:London-Bertrand Lavier

As a seminal figure in the movement toward appropriation art, Bertrand Lavier is perhaps best known for his readymades, created by covering …

To Breathe – Zone of Nowhere, 2018, Installation view, 12 nylon flags, 243×152 cm (each) Unique, Photo: Lorenzo Palmieri, Courtesy of the artist and Galleria Raffaella Cortese-Milan

ART CITIES:Milan-Kimsooja

Addressing existential issues of self and others, Kimsooja’s work spans site-specific installation, performance, video and photography using sound, light and daily objects. …

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 …