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OPEN CALL: (Un-)Learning Place (as part of Das Neue Alphabet)

The present is characterized by a crisis of the established epistemic-political order. Outdated categories and terms no longer function and representational logics fail to grasp the entanglement of knowledge production in times where the distinction between producers and recipients of knowledge dissolves. Increasingly global societies experience a sharp rise in …

Left: Petrit Halilaj, RU, installation view, New Museum-New York, 2017, © Dario Lasagni. Right: Petrit Halilaj, Shkrepëtima, 2018, Ink drawing on cover page of the magazine Shkrepëtima

ART CITIES:Bern-Petrit Halilaj

Petrit Halilaj uses his own biography as a point of departure, adopting exhibition processes to alter the course of private and collective …

Heidi Voet, When all the world is a hopeless jumble

ART-PRESENTATION: Play

Kortrijk is a nice little town on the Lys River in south-western Flanders, only 7km from France. Founded by the Romans as …

YARAT Residency 2019

OPEN CALL:YARAT Residency 2019

YARAT Contemporary Art Space invites artists to apply for the residency programme 2019. The programme is divided into three periods (January–April, April–July, …

Imogen Cunningham, Three dancers Mills College, 1929, Fenimore Art Museum Archive

PHOTO:Imogen Cunningham-Seen & Unseen

Imogen Cunningham was an American photographer whose intimate portraits and floral still lifes are characterized by their evocative light and attention to …

Philip Taaffe, Cairene Window I, 2008 , Mixed media on canvas, 42 x 60.5 in, © Philip Taaffe, Courtesy the artist and Leila Heller Gallery

ART CITIES:Dubai-Philip Taaffe

Philip Taaffe derives inspiration from a variety of sources, including Islamic architecture, Pompeiian mosaics, 1960s Op Art, and 19th Century monographs on …

Installation view: Leo Villareal: ESCAPE VELOCITY, 2018, © Leo Villareal, Photo: Cow Lau, Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery

ART CITIES:Hong Kong-Leo Villareal

Leo Villareal works with LED lights to create complex, rhythmic artworks for both gallery and public settings. He focuses on identifying the …

69, Courtesy The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles (MOCA)

DESIGN:69-Déjà Vu

Fashion has always reflected social trends, cementing a certain movement in a certain sort of appearance. Clothes makers and fashion producers move …

ART-PRESENTATION: Art et Liberté

Founded on 22/12/1938 upon the publication of their manifesto “Long Live Degenerate Art”, the Art et Liberté Group provided a restless generation …

Left: Elizabeth Peyton, Sander (Sander Lak), 2018, Pastel on paper, 45.1 x 35.6 cm, © Elizabeth Peyton, Photo: Kristian Emdal, Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac-London/Paris/Salzburg. Right: Elizabeth Peyton, Hanyu (Yuzuru Hanyu), 2018, Oil on board, 36 x 28,5 cm, © Elizabeth Peyton, Photo: Kristian Emdal, Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac-London/Paris/Salzburg

ART CITIES:Salzburg-Elizabeth Peyton

Elizabeth Peyton is best known for her intimate, small-scale portraits of celebrities, friends, and historical figures. Characterized by transparent washes of pigment …