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Gaspard Félix Tournachon known as Nadar (6/4/1820-23/3/1910) wasn’t just gifted artistically, he was technically ahead of his time, he had the ability to understand his subjects psychologically, the first to routinely use electric lights, and the first aerial photographer, he wrote books and hundreds of articles, he was the top …
For more than 60 years, Robert Irwin has explored perception as the fundamental issue of art. Irwin, who began his career as …
The Whitney’s Museum of American Art Collection includes over 22,000 works created by more than 3,000 artists in the United States during …
Today one of Italy’s most internationally acclaimed artists, Giovanni Anselmo first emerged as part of the Arte Povera Movement during the second …
As a boy in the ‘60s, Blair Thurman spent a lot of time at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, where his …
Robert Capa, is the photographer whose name is synonymous with war photos, from 1938 Robert Capa regularly used color film until his …
The multichannel video installations of Omer Fast blur the boundaries between documentary, dramatization, and fantasy, frequently generating viewers’ confusion. Omer Fast often …
Sevres, Paris and Maastricht have strong historical connections to ceramic production in all its guise. Cité de la Céramique, La maison rouge …
Eva Hesse and Sol LeWitt first met in the late ‘50s. They and other artists and the art critic Lucy R. Lippard, …
Robert Mapplethorpe was given his first Polaroid camera in 1971 and learned about light and exposure by photographing flowers, taking pictures of …
Neïl Beloufa’s work occupies a space between truth and fiction. He works with untrained volunteers and aspiring actors. The artist situates himself …
The Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst deliberately breaks with tried and tested tradition by creating open space for art at Zurich’s Löwenbräu-Areal. Since …
Margaux Bricler, whose past artistic trajectory was close to conceptual Minimalism, takes root this time in the fields of poetic evocation and …
Born and raised in Amsterdam Laser 3.14 is best known for his poetic graffiti texts that can be found all around Amsterdam. …
Richard Learoyd’s color images are made with one of the most antiquarian of photographic processes: the camera obscura. Learoyd has created a …
April in the Orthodox tradition is month which balances between Charmolipi. Art blossoms like the Spring (!) The openings and the …
Today is the occasion to bear in mind the American Minimalist Artist Dan Flavin (1/4/33-29/11/96). Few artists can boast having explored a …
Since it was inaugurated in 1998, Art Paris has become a highlight on the International Art calendar and a major event …
Tony Cragg is one of the world’s most foremost sculptors. His work is notable for its exploration of different materials, including found …
Giuseppe Penone belonged to Italy’s Arte Povera Movement of the ‘60s. Like many in the group, Penone uses simple materials from daily …
Moderna Museet has one of Europe’s finest collections of Modern and Contemporary art. Since the start in 1958, the Museum has been …
Without Brian Griffin, the world of portrait photography would be vastly different. Griffin’s diverse influences, including Surrealism and Renaissance masters and his …
Gina Pane is a seminal figure in the history of Body Art and more generally in that of the arts scene in …
Since the ‘80s, the Japanese photographer Naoya Hatakeyama has been developing a body of work mainly focused on an architectural and landscaped …
