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José María Sicilia, Phasma, Exhibition view, Photo: Florian Kleinefenn, Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Chantal Crousel-Paris

ART-REVIEW:José María Sicilia-Phasma

Spanish artist José María Sicilia who recently presented his series of artworks entitled “Phasma” at Galerie Chantal Crousel in Paris, is using  an entirely manual labor and process, embroidery with a very contemporary and fresh way, combined with painting.He creates images that captivate the viewer into stories through the narrative …

Installation View: Sudarshan Shetty, A Song, A Story and The Empty Vessel, Leila Heller Gallery, 2018, Leila Heller Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:Dubai-Sudarshan Shetty

Sudarshan Shetty initially trained as a painter, later turning to sculpture and installations which now account for all of his practice. A …

Serra Behar Untitled, 2017-2018 Brass, iron, concrete and soil 260 x 122.5 x 4.5 cm

ART CITIES:Istanbul-Serra Behar

Every one of Serra Behar’s works can be evaluated as a concrete reflection of the situations corresponding to a specific period of …

David Goldblatt, «Temporary» Censorship of its artworks by management of the University of CapeTown : at left a drawing by Diane Victor has been covered ; at right, woodcuts by Cecil Skotnes have been removed. University of Cape Town, 14 May 2016, Digital print on gelatin silver paper, 29,5 x 44 cm, Courtesy David Goldblatt and Goodman Gallery Johannesburg/Cape Town, © David Goldblatt

PHOTO:David Goldblatt-Retrospective

Since the 1960s, David Goldblatt has tirelessly explored his native country through his photographs, recording South Africa’s history, physical features and inhabitants. …

Lauren Halsey, detail, Kingdom Splurge (2.4.6.14), 2014, mixed media, 24 x 40 ft., Yale University, New Haven

ART CITIES:Los Angeles-Lauren Halsey

The American artist Lauren Halsey builds fantasy sculptures and environments that remix ephemera she gathers with hyperreal nature, technicolors, outerspace and Funk. …

Marius Bercea, Physics for the liminal training, 2017, Courtesy the artist and BlainSouthern, Photo: Peter Mallet

ART CITIES:Berlin-Marius Bercea

Marius Bercea is a painter from Cluj, Romania. He finds his subject matter in the clash of aesthetics within the urban environment, …

Robert Mapplethorpe, Jack Walls, 1982 © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, Used by permission

PHOTO:Robert Mapplethorpe

Robert Mapplethorpe lived a life of passion in the New York underground and rock scenes in the ‘70s and ‘80s. That passion …

Robert Filliou, Built-in Versus Built-upon, 1968-1978, Paintbrush, sock, bottle, photograph and text on painted wood, 34.9 x 34.9 x 8.9 cm, Peter Freeman Inc. Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:N.York-Robert Filliou

A prolific artist beginning in the 1950s, Robert Filliou was self-taught, embracing disciplines as diverse as economics (in which he first trained …

Lucas Blalock, Olives and Ham, 2015-2017, Archival Inkjet-Print, Unique, 33 x 47 cm, © Lucas Blalock, Courtesy Galerie Eva Presenhuber

ART-PREVIEW:Zurich-Lucas Blalock

Lucas Blalock has emerged as one of a new generation of photographers, a group largely concerned with issues of image scale, speed, …

Young-Jae Lee, Sans titre (14), 2005, Ceramic (Sandstone, feldspar enamel, baked in a 1280 ° gas oven), h = 35,5, Ø 28 cm, Galerie Karsten Greve Archive

ART CITIES:Paris-Young Jae Lee

Born in Seoul in 1951, Young-Jae Lee studied at the College of Art Education in her native city before moving to Germany …

Kengo Kuma, Fu-An, 2007, Galerie Philippe Gravier, Art Paris Art Fair 2018 Archive

MIRAGES:XLVI

This month our attention is focused on Art Paris Art Fair 2018, which is celebrating its 20th Anniversary. Since its foundation in …

A Parrot for Juan Gris, © The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

ART CITIES:N.York-Joseph Cornell

Joseph Cornel had no formal training in art and his most characteristic works are his highly distinctive “boxes”. These are simple boxes, …

Left: Taryn Simon, Finance package for the construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline. Baku, Azerbaijan, February 3, 2004, Paperwork and the Will of Capital, 2015, Archival inkjet print & text on archival herbarium paper in mahogany frame, 215.9 x 186.1 x 7 cm, Edition of 3 + 2Aps, © Taryn Simon, Courtesy Gagosian. Right: Taryn Simon, Contract to rehabilitate the Lebanese postal system. Beirut, Lebanon, July 22, 1998, Paperwork and the Will of Capital, 2015, Archival inkjet print & text on archival herbarium paper in mahogany frame, 215.9 x 186.1 x 7 cm, Edition of 3 + 2Aps, © Taryn Simon, Courtesy Gagosian

ART CITIES:Athens-Taryn Simon

Taryn Simon’s practice incorporates photography, text, and graphic design. Known for applying classification systems to troves of images, Simon produces heavily researched …

Joyce Wieland, O Canada, 1970, Lithograph, 70.5 x 60 cm, © Joyce Wieland, Courtesy of Anna Leonowens Gallery, NSCAD University Permanent Art Collection

ART CITIES:N.York-Kiss Off

Found in a cave near Bethlehem and now in the collection of the British Museum, the sculpture known as “Ain Sahkri Lovers” …