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Flora Yukhnovich

ART CITIES:London-Flora Yukhnovich

Flora Yukhnovich’s paintings trace connections between a visual language originating in the Rococo with contemporary popular culture, examining and questioning how notions of femininity, taste and beauty have been encoded and restated throughout art history before becoming entrenched within the contemporary aesthetic. The diverse sources for her work are drawn …

Ja’Tovia Gary, Giverny I (Négresse Impériale), 2017 (film still). Courtesy the artist

ART CITIES:Paris, Ja’Tovia-Gary

Ja’Tovia M. Gary is an artist and filmmaker currently living and working in Brooklyn, New York. Gary’s work seeks to liberate the …

Don McCullin, Woods Near My House, c.1991 Tate Purchased 2012 © Don McCullin

PHOTO:Don McCullin

In photojournalism the photographer is simply a witness on the sidelines, not involved with what is taking place in front of his …

Dame Barbara Hepworth DBE, Sculpture with Colour (Deep Blue and Red), 1940, Plaster and string on plaster base, 105 × 149 × 105 mm, © Tate Images credit, © Hepworth / Bowness

ART CITIES:Berlin-Objects of Wonder

Including 70 characteristic works by leading sculptors from Tate’s Collection, the exhibition “Objects of Wonder- British Sculpture 1950s – Present” provides a …

Michal Rovner, Mechanism, 2018, Video projection, Dimensions variable, © Michal Rovner, Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery

ART CITIES:Geneva-Michal Rovner

As a result of her desire to produce work that is free from narrative, or indeed people with any distinguishable features, the …

Henrike Naumann, Ostalgie

ART CITIES:Berlin-Henrike Naumann

Growing up in Eastern Germany, Henrike Naumann experienced extreme-right ideology as a predominant youth culture in the 90s. Her work reflects on …

Andreas Gursky, Tokyo, 2017, Diasec-mounted inject print, Framed: 236.6 x 414.7 x 6.4 cm, © Andreas Gursky – VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, Courtesy the artist and Gagosian

PHOTO:Andreas Gursky

Andreas Gursky is a observer of our time. He finds his subjects all over the. The artist favours themes of global relevance, …

Ilona Keserü Ilona, Felhő idézetekkel, 1990-2014, Photo: Horváth S.Gábor, Courtesy the artist and Ludwig Museum-Budapest

ART-PRESENTATION: Iparterv 50+

Fifty years ago, two paradigmatic exhibitions of the Hungarian art scene, “Iparterv I” (1968) and “Iparterv II” (1969) were organized. These contemporary …

ART NEWS:Jan.03

Working with sound, light, scale and temperature the exhibition “CONSTITUTION” builds on, Ghislaine Leung’s ongoing enquiry into withdrawal and dependency. Taking active …

Bill Viola, Nantes Triptych, 1992 , Video/sound installation, Photo: Kira Perov, Courtesy Bill Viola Studio

ART-PRESENTATION: Bill Viola/Michelangelo

Exploring the universal themes of human existence and experience, the exhibition “Bill Viola/Michelangelo”, is the first exhibition at the Royal Academy devoted …

Left: John Currin, Crystal’s Friend, 2011, Oil on canvas, 61 x 45.7 cm, © John Currin, Courtesy the artist and Gagosian. Right: John Currin, Miss Fenwick, 1996, 112 x 81.3 cm, © John Currin, Courtesy the artist and Gagosian

ART CITIES:Geneva-John Currin

Since the 1990s, John Currin has reigned as one of the art world’s greatest provocateurs residing on the double-edged sword of desire …