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Frances Goodman, Spit or Swallow, 2019,

VIDEO:Frances Goodman-Spit or Swallow

“I feel that the idea of femininity is a construct based on capitalistic structures and the consumer industry.” Meet the praised South African artist Frances Goodman, who creates work about women by converting material from the beauty industry into snake-like nail sculptures, eyelash drawings and sequin paintings. “As a woman, …

John Baldessari

VIDEO:John Baldessari-Art is who I am

“I never liked to be called a Los Angeles artist”. Meet conceptual artist John Baldessari (17/6/1931-2/1/2020), who many describe as a cultural …

Verena Dengler, Die Galeristin und der schöne Antikapitalist auf der Gothic G’stettn (Corona Srezessionsession Dengvid-20), installation view Secession 2020, photo: Apollonia T. Bitzan, Courtesy Vienna Secession

ART CITIES:Vienna-Verena Dengler

Verena Dengler makes art that is richly allusive, trenchant, and occasionally provocative. Astute observations of the art world with its mechanisms and …

Catherine Opie, Untitled #2 (Swamps), 2019, Pigment print, 40 x 60 inches (101.6 x 152.4 cm), © Catherine Opie, Courtesy the artist, Regen Projects and Lehmann Maupin

ART CITIES:New York-Catherine Opie

For over 30 years, Catherine Opie has captured often overlooked aspects of contemporary American life and culture. One of the most important …

Ian Davenport, Lilac, 2019, Luca Tommasi Arte Contemporanea

ART FAIRS:Art Paris 2020

Due to the coronavirus outbreak, Art Paris, the major contemporary art fair, said to take place in Paris from April 2 to …

Mali Arun, Paradisus (Film still), © Mali Arun / Photo Thomas Ozoux

PHOTO:Mali Arun-Paradisus

The artistic practice of Mali Arun mostly focuses on video work and photography plays a prominent role. Her work concentrates on how …

Liste Art Fair, Photo: Diana, Pfammatter, Courtesy Liste Art Fair Basel

MIRAGES LXIV

While almost everyone has been convinced that a new form was created in art where everything would be done online, since of …

Diana Thater, The Road to Hana Two, 2014

ART CITIES:Hong Kong-Parallax

The group exhibition “Parallax” takes its inspiration from the Chinese idiom 移步换形, which translates as “the view before you will transform with …