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CAConrad

PERFORMANCE:Poetry as Performance I

“I believe the most effective use of art, or poetry – art of any kind – is to change somebody’s perspective. I want to create something that’s going to have somebody look at the world differently…” When CAConrad started out doing poetry readings in the 1980s, he trained his voice, …

Suellen Rocca, installation view, Secession-Vienna, 2020, photo: Peter Mochi, Courtesy Association of Visual Artists - Vienna Secession

ART-PRESENTATION: Suellen Rocca

Suellen Rocca enjoyed a long and distinguished artistic career, which began in the 1960s as a member of the Chicago-based group Hairy …

John Baldessari

VIDEO:John Baldessari-Art is who I am

“I never liked to be called a Los Angeles artist”. Meet conceptual artist John Baldessari (17/6/1931-2/1/2020), who many describe as a cultural …

Verena Dengler, Die Galeristin und der schöne Antikapitalist auf der Gothic G’stettn (Corona Srezessionsession Dengvid-20), installation view Secession 2020, photo: Apollonia T. Bitzan, Courtesy Vienna Secession

ART CITIES:Vienna-Verena Dengler

Verena Dengler makes art that is richly allusive, trenchant, and occasionally provocative. Astute observations of the art world with its mechanisms and …

Catherine Opie, Untitled #2 (Swamps), 2019, Pigment print, 40 x 60 inches (101.6 x 152.4 cm), © Catherine Opie, Courtesy the artist, Regen Projects and Lehmann Maupin

ART CITIES:New York-Catherine Opie

For over 30 years, Catherine Opie has captured often overlooked aspects of contemporary American life and culture. One of the most important …

Ian Davenport, Lilac, 2019, Luca Tommasi Arte Contemporanea

ART FAIRS:Art Paris 2020

Due to the coronavirus outbreak, Art Paris, the major contemporary art fair, said to take place in Paris from April 2 to …

Mali Arun, Paradisus (Film still), © Mali Arun / Photo Thomas Ozoux

PHOTO:Mali Arun-Paradisus

The artistic practice of Mali Arun mostly focuses on video work and photography plays a prominent role. Her work concentrates on how …

Liste Art Fair, Photo: Diana, Pfammatter, Courtesy Liste Art Fair Basel

MIRAGES LXIV

While almost everyone has been convinced that a new form was created in art where everything would be done online, since of …