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Church of Solentiname in reconstruction, Photo: Courtesy of Marcos Agudelo, Courtesy Museo Jumex

ART-PRESENTATION: Dream Of Solentiname

The Solentiname Islands are an archipelago towards the southern end of Lake Nicaragua in the Nicaraguan department of Río San Juan. Consisting mainly of farmers who had suffered greatly from a lack of basic resources under the country’s long-reigning Somoza regime, it was transformed into a revolutionary artistic community. By …

Chikako Yamashiro, Seaweed Woman (still), 2008, Lambda print aluminum mounted, 28x50cm, set of 8, (movie) Video 7'15", © Chikako Yamashiro, Courtesy of Yumiko Chiba Associates

ART CITIES:London-Chikako Yamashiro

Chikako Yamashiro is a contemporary video artist and photographer based in Naha, Okinawa exploring the legacies of Japanese colonization in the nineteenth …

Catherine Opie, Untitled #10 (1999), 1999, c-print, 40.6 x 50.8 cm print, 55.9 x 66 cm framed, Edition of 5, © Catherine Opie, Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin Gallery

ART-TRIBUTE:American Landscape

Landscape has inspired painters, it was the canvas upon which created the most impressive and great works by the artists of Land …

Bertrand Lavier, Walt Disney Productions 1947-2017 n°1, 2017 , Acrylic on inkjet on canvas, 130 x 150 cm, Exhibition view ‘’Walt Disney Productions’’, kamel mennour, London, 2018, © ADAGP Bertrand Lavier, Courtesy the artist and kamel mennour-Paris/London

ART CITIES:London-Bertrand Lavier

As a seminal figure in the movement toward appropriation art, Bertrand Lavier is perhaps best known for his readymades, created by covering …

Malmö Art Academy

OPEN CALL:Master Programme in Fine Arts

Malmö Art Academy is an internationally renowned fine arts programme at Lund University, Scandinavia’s largest comprehensive university. The Academy is a state-financed …

To Breathe – Zone of Nowhere, 2018, Installation view, 12 nylon flags, 243×152 cm (each) Unique, Photo: Lorenzo Palmieri, Courtesy of the artist and Galleria Raffaella Cortese-Milan

ART CITIES:Milan-Kimsooja

Addressing existential issues of self and others, Kimsooja’s work spans site-specific installation, performance, video and photography using sound, light and daily objects. …

Yin Xiuzhen Phaidon, Publications

BOOK:Yin Xiuzhen, Phaidon Publications

Best known for her works that incorporate second-hand objects, Yin Xiuzhen uses her artwork to explore modern issues of globalization and homogenization. …

David Goldblatt, The commando of National Party supporters that escorted the late Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd to the party’s 50th anniversary celebrations. De Wildt, Transvaal (North-West Province), 31 October 1964, Digital print on gelatin silver paper, 33 x 48,5 cm, Courtesy David Goldblatt and Goodman Gallery Johannesburg/Cape Town, © David Goldblatt

PHOTO:David Goldblatt

David Goldblatt, who is one of South Africa’s most famous documentary photographers, is internationally acclaimed for his work. The grandson of Lithuanian-Jewish …

Jeff Koons, Lips, 2000, Oil on canvas, 304.8 × 426.7 cm), © Jeff Koons, Courtesy of the artist and Gagosian

ART CITIES:N.York-Jeff Koons

Jeff Koons is one of of American artists that emerge in the 1980s with an aesthetic devoted to the decade’s pervasive consumer …

Anna Sophie Berger, Installation View, ARS VIVA 2018, Photo: Dirk Pauwels, Courtesy S.M.A.K.

ART-PRESENTATION: Ars Viva 2018

Since 1953, the Association of Arts and Culture of the German Economy Federation of German Industries has been awarding the annual ARS …

Rachel Whiteread, Untitled (Clear Torso), 1993, Polyurethane resin, 100 x 180 x 255 mm, Courtesy of the artist; Photo: Courtesy of the artist

ART-TRIBUTE:Rachel Whiteread,Part I

Rachel Whiteread’s approach to sculpture is predicated on the translation of negative space into solid form. Casting from everyday objects, oftentimes using …

ART NEWS:March 01

Jason Fox’s solo exhibition “Beware of Darkness” is on presentation at Almine Rech Gallery in Brussels. Fox’s work itself acts as a …

Alex Katz, Chance 2, 2016,Porcelain enamel on shaped steel (double-sided figures) mounted on a polished stainless steel base, 199.4 x 360.7 x 53.3 cm, Edition 6 + 2 APs (#1/6), Art © Alex Katz/Licensed by VAGA-New York, NY, Photo: Diego Flores, Courtesy Paul Kasmin Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Alex Katz

Alex Katz’s portraits feature his own social milieu: friends, fellow artists, and most notably his wife Ada, whom he has painted more …

Left: Cy Twombly, Coronation of Sesostris (Part V), 2000 (detail), Acrylic, wax crayon, and lead pencil on canvas, 206 × 156.5 cm, © Cy Twombly Foundation, Courtesy Gagosian Gallery. Right: Cy Twombly, Untitled, 2001, Acrylic, wax crayon, and cut-and-pasted paper on paper, 123.2 × 98.4 cm, © Cy Twombly Foundation, Photo: Rob McKeever, Courtesy Gagosian Gallery

ART-PRESENTATION:Cy Twombly

Cy Twombly ranks among the leading exponents of a generation of artists who broke away from Abstract Expressionism in the ‘50s to …