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PHOTO:André Kertész

The Hungarian photographer André Kertész (2/7/1894), is one of the most original photographers of the 20th century, often creating unexpected compositions from everyday subjects. In 1925 he moved to Paris where he established himself as an artist-photographer and his signature style evolved. In 1936, he emigrated to the United States …

ART-TRIBUTE:Alibis-Sigmar Polke

Sigmar Polke was one of the most insatiably experimental artists of the 20th century, who continuity experimented with various art mediums. This …

ART-PRESENTATION:Jackson Pollock

Jackson Pollock is widely considered one of the most important and provocative American artists of the 20th century, whose work has made …

ART CITIES:Zurich-Ugo Rondinone

You find ways to protect yourself, you build walls. The walls represent stability, the outer, more formidable layer of our skin. When …

ART CITIES:Beijing-Memory Burns

The opening exhibition of the OCAT Institute in Beijing, is entitled “Memory Burns”. Responding to poignant questions that have occupied his thinking …

ART-PRESENTATION:William Kentridge

“William Kentridge: Notes Towards a Model Opera,” is a comprehensive retrospective that marks the artist’s largest exhibition in Asia to date. Displayed …

ART-TRIBUTE:A Republic of Art

Can we begin to map recent cultural history? What do contemporary artists and their works have to say about their own time …

ART CITIES:Vienna-Ernesto Neto

The organic sculpture and the magical universe of Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto take over the gallery at Upper Belvedere in Vienna, allowing …

ART-PRESENTATION:Rudiments

The new solo exhibition by the artist duo Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin is entitled “Rudiments”. The exhibition explores the tensions between …

ART CITIES:London-Gabriel Orozco

In his new exhibition Gabriel Orozco, presents new paintings, scrolls, sculptures, drawings and photographs made over the last year in Japan and …

ART-CITIES:Stockholm-Fantasma

In his site-specific installations, Adrián Villar Rojas builds worlds we have never seen before, places we have never been to. He describes …

PHOTO:Edward Henry Weston

Born in 24/3 1886 in Chicago, Weston helped to take photography out of the Victorian age, where it had served as a …

ART CITIES:N.York-Michael Heizer

Starting in the 1960s, as a pioneer of Land Art, Michael Heizer constructed a series of enormous works across the American West, …

ART-TRIBUTE:Proportio, Venice

According to Plato, the definition of proportion is the transition from duality to unity. It’s the investigation of how elements and patterns …

ART-TRIBUTE:Peter Halley

Since the early 80’s, Peter Halley’s geometric paintings have been engaged in a play of relationships between what he calls “prisons” and …

ART CITIES:Paris-Vik Muniz

Vik Muniz uses unlikely materials as: copper wire, chocolate, caviar, ketchup, dust, toys, diamonds, and trash, to construct images that are part …

ART-PRESENTATION:My Buenos Aires

The Greater Buenos Aires conurbation has a population of fifteen and a half million, making it Latin America’s third most-populated agglomeration after …

ART CITIES:London-Ian Hamilton Finlay

Ian Hamilton Finlay, was an artist, poet and “avant gardener” whose work defined and resisted the deracination of European culture; at “Little …

ART FAIRS:Art Basel 2015

The first Art Basel, was held in Basel, Switzerland in 1970 and the concept of the Founders: Ernst Beyeler, Trudi Bruckner and …

ART CITIES:Basel-Martin Boyce

Martin Boyce is a Scottish artist living in Glasgow, he awarded the Turner Prize in 2011. The exhibition at the Museum für …

ART-PRESENTATION: Marina Abramović

Marina Abramović the world’s most recognized performance artist returns to Australia after a 17-year absence to participate in two projects that continue …