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Garry Winogrand, Untitled (New York), 1960, 35mm color slide. Collection of the Center for Creative Photography, The University ofArizona. The Estate of Garry Winogrand, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery-San Francisco & Brooklyn Museum

PHOTO:Garry Winogrand-Color

Garry Winogrand was born in New York, where he lived and worked during much of his life. He certainly didn’t invent street photography, but he transformed it from an art of observation to an art of participation. Winogrand photographed the visual cacophony of city streets, people, rodeos, airports and animals …

ART CITIES:N.York-Nari Ward

Emerging alongside a notable group of African-American artists who rose to prominence in the ‘90s, Nari Ward’s massive and tactile approach to …

Jannis Kounellis , Untitled (Tragedia civile), 1975, Goldleaf-coated wall, coat rack, coat, hat, lamp, Installation view, Jannis Kounellis, Fondazione Prada, Venice, 2019, Photo: Agostino Osio - Alto Piano, Courtesy Fondazione Prada

ART-TRIBUTE:Jannis Kounellis

Jannis Kounellis made a highly distinctive contribution to one of the most provocative art movements in postwar Europe. As a pioneer of …

Alberto Burri, Bianco nero (White Black), 1952. Oil, enamel, pumice, and PVA on canvas, 65 x 100 cm. Private Collection

ART CITIES:Venice-Alberto Burri

Alberti Burri belongs to a generation of artists who experienced the suffering inflicted by World War II. Attacking fine-art traditions had long …

Kenneth Noland, Peridot, 1982, Acrylic on canvas, 52,1 x 231.1 cm, Courtesy of the Kenneth Noland Foundation & Galerie Almine Rech, Paris © Adagp, 2019 Paris

ART-PRESENTATION: Kenneth Noland

Kenneth Noland, an innovative colorist, is considered nowadays as one of the leading figures of the American Color Field and Post Painterly …

Loris Gréaud, The Unplayed Notes Factory, 2017, Glass, light bulbs, metal, from 30 to 60 cm diameter each piece / variable dimensions (installation), Photo: Greaudstudio, © Loris Gréaud, Gréaudstudio

ART CITIES:Venice-Glasstress 2019

The mission of Glasstress is to show how contemporary artists use glass as an incomparable medium for their expression. For a long …

Left: Fiona Tan, Provenance, 2008, © Fiona Tan, Courtesy the artist, Frith Street Gallery-London and Peter Freeman Inc.-New York. Right: Fiona Tan, Lift, 2000, © Fiona Tan, Courtesy the artist, Frith Street Gallery-London and Peter Freeman Inc.-New York

PHOTO:Fiona Tan-GAAF

The central exhibition program of this year’s Photoszene-Festival is entitled “Artist Meets Archive”, with which the significant diversity and quality of photography …

Helen Frankenthaler, Ocean Drive West #1, 1974, acrylic on canvas, 94 × 144 inches, © 2019 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc./Artists Rights Society (ARS)-New York, Photo: Rob McKeever, Courtesy Gagosian

ART CITIES:Venice-Helen Frankenthaler

Helen Frankenthaler was eminent among the second generation of postwar American abstract painters and is widely credited for playing a pivotal role …

Robert Mangold, Yellow Double Square / Loop, 2015, Acrylic and black pencil on canvas, 121.9 x 243.8 cm, © Robert Mangold, Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery

ART CITIES:Geneva-Robert Mangold

Robert Mangold is one of the most pre-eminent artists of his generation. Since the 1960s he has developed an artistic vocabulary derived …

Lee Ufan, Relatum (Iron field), 1969, 1994, 2018, Installation View Art Basel Unlimited 2018, © Artists Rights Society (ARS)-New York & ADAGP-Paris, Photo: Dawn Blackman, Courtesy Pace Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Lee Ufan

In the late 1960s and the 1970s Lee Ufan was involved in the Japanese artistic movement Mono-ha and became its spokesman. Using …

Isaac Julien, PLAYTIME, 2013, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Sheridan Brown, Installation view, Metro Pictures-New York, 2013, © Isaac Julien, Photo Courtesy the artist and Metro Pictures-New York, Photograph: Genevieve Hanson

ART-PRESENTATION: Isaac Julien-Playtime

Isaac Julien is an internationally acclaimed artist and filmmaker known for his technically complex, politically charged, and visually arresting installations. Born and …