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Synonymous with 1980s New York, Jean-Michel Basquiat first appeared in the late 1970s under the tag SAMO, spraying caustic comments and fragmented …

As his personal circumstances move in constant flux, Ai Weiwei remains a cultural magnet. Renowned for his political activism and social media …

Love is the inspiration of Dorothy Iannone’s work “The (Ta)Rot Pack”, a series of twenty-seven cards depicting the life of Dieter Roth, …

Besides making buildings for living and working, Adolf Krischanitz also specializes in buildings for art and culture. Most recently, for instance, are …

The Sri Lankan architect and attorney Geoffrey Bawa (1919-2003) studied law, then architecture in England. He began developing his work in the …

The monograph “All Connected” is surveying the storied career of Hans Haacke, on the occasion his major retrospective exhibition on New Museum …

Lundgaard & Tranberg was founded in Copenhagen in 1985 by the architects Boje Lundgaard and Lene Tranberg. Since then, the firm has …

Steve McCurry has been one of the most iconic voices in contemporary photography for over three decades, documenting conflicts, vanishing cultures, ancient …

Ydessa Hendeles has been an art therapist and an art historian, as well as a successful gallery owner in Canada. In 1993, …

In his work Grayson Perry tackles subjects that are universally human: identity, gender, social status, sexuality, religion. He tries to deal with …

Before buildings are buildings they are drawings – a fact that has been true for millennia. And, while the technology used to …

Beginning in the early 1960s, Peter Saul began to incorporate imagery borrowed from a range of pop-cultural sources into his exuberant, brightly …

Adrián Villar Rojas was born in Rosario, Argentina in 1980. He lives and works nomadically. Villar Rojas is best known for his large-scale, …

Aaron Curry makes sculptures and paintings whose relationship to modernism is productively fraught. Incorporating a wealth of elements from popular culture––science fiction, …

The art of Makoto Azuma uses flowers and plants as its starting point, but juxtaposes their timeless yet transient beauty with an …

Yoshitomo Nara is among the most beloved Japanese artists of his generation. His widely recognizable portraits of menacing figures reflect the artist’s …

“Would they still call me a diva if I were a man?’ asked Zaha Hadid, challenging as she did so more than …

Since opening to the public in 2009, the High Line has rapidly become one of New York City’s most popular and beloved …

Brunet Saunier Architecture was founded in 1981 by the architects Jérôme Brunet and Eric Saunier. The firm is primarily devoted to erecting …

John Ward Pawson is a British architectural designer whose work is known for its minimalist aesthetic. Educated at Eton, Pawson worked in …

Architect Jeanne Gang, FAIA, is the founding principal and partner of Studio Gang. Her inquisitive, forward-looking approach to design, unique in its …

Featuring more than 800 artworks from the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the book “Art =” by Phaidon …

Philip Johnson was for many years the most powerful figure in the society and politics of his profession. The impressively illustrated book …

New York in the 1970s was the global epicenter of the fledgling new art form, with artists such as Nam June Paik, …