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Theaster Gates , X , 2019, Neon, 233.7 x 233.7 x 6.4 cm, © Theaster Gates, Photo: David Sampson, Courtesy the artist and White Cube Gallery

ART CITIES:London-Theaster Gates

Theaster Gates’ practice includes sculpture, installation, performance and urban interventions that aim to bridge the gap between art and life. Gates works as an artist, curator, urbanist and facilitator and his projects attempt to instigate the creation of cultural communities by acting as catalysts for social engagement that leads to …

László Moholy-Nagy, A 19, 1927, Oil and graphite on Canvas, 80 x 95.5 cm, © the Estate of László Moholy-Nagy

ART CITIES:London-László Moholy Nagy

László Moholy-Nagy was the genius of all media, Painter, sculptor, photographer, designer, theorist, and art teacher, whose vision of a nonrepresentational art …

Works from the Guggenheim Museum’s collection in storage, by (clockwise from top left) Jean Dubuffet, Martin Barré, Wifredo Lam, Willem de Kooning, David Hammons, Paul Wonner, Cecilia Vicuña, and Maria Helena Vieira da Silva. Barré, Dubuffet, Lam, and Vieira da Silva © 2019 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris; De Kooning © 2019 The Willem de Kooning Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Hammons © David Hammons; Vicuña © Cecilia Vicuña; Wonner © Estate of Paul Wonner and William Theophilius Brown, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento. Photo: David M. Heald

ART-PREVIEW:Artistic License

The exhibition “Artistic License: Six Takes on the Guggenheim Collection” brings together highlights form the museum’s collection and rarely seen works from …

Olivo Barbieri, site specific_ MARCHE 17 (earthquake), © Olivo Barbieri, Courtesy the artist and MAXXI

PHOTO:Terre In Movimento

Between August and October 2016, a series of violent tremors hit Marche in Italy, a region which, with its unique geographic, artistic …

Ai Weiwei, installation view: Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, K21, 2019, Photo: Achim Kukulies © Kunstsammlung NRW

ART-PRESENTATON:Ai Weiwei

Ai Weiwei is an artist, architectural designer, curator, and social activist and perhaps the best-known Chinese Contemporary artist. With his criticisms of …

John Cage, Where R = Ryoanji (3R/17), Pencils on handmade Japanese paper, 25.4 x 48.3 cm, Courtesy of the John Cage Trust

ART-PRESENTATION: John Cage-Ryoanji

Widely considered the most influential composer of our time, John Cage’s inventive and unorthodox approach revolutionised contemporary music and his influence extended …

ART CITIES:Paris Openings 18 May

Resonating throughout Imran Qureshi’s exhibition “The Seeming Endless Path of Memory” is the artist’s exploration of the infinite through the motif of …

ART NEWS:May 02

The exhibition “Archives, Annotations and New Proposals” consists of recent work by Carlos Aguirre, a key artist who has contributed to the …

Anish Kapoor, Exhibition view, Lisson Gallery, London, 2019, Courtesy Lisson Gallery

Art-Presentation:Anish Kapoor

Anish Kapoor combines Eastern heritage with Western influence and as a result makes truly international art, most famous for public sculptures that …