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After arguing with his friend Al Diaz, Jean-Michel Basquiat declared the death of SAMO© and wrote “SAMO© IS DEAD” on almost every wall of Lower Manhattan. Not long afterwards, in 1980, he sold his first painting to Debbie Harry, lead singer of the band Blondie, for $200 – and his …
Spanish artist José María Sicilia who recently presented his series of artworks entitled “Phasma” at Galerie Chantal Crousel in Paris, is using …
Sudarshan Shetty initially trained as a painter, later turning to sculpture and installations which now account for all of his practice. A …
The residency programme at Nida Art Colony of Vilnius Academy of Arts (NAC) is open for emerging and experienced artists, designers, architects, …
Every one of Serra Behar’s works can be evaluated as a concrete reflection of the situations corresponding to a specific period of …
The Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School is pleased to invite applications for the 2018-2020 Vera List …
Since the 1960s, David Goldblatt has tirelessly explored his native country through his photographs, recording South Africa’s history, physical features and inhabitants. …
Dimitris Lempesis with his lens, observes and lists the Landscapes of Greece, initially and then he is spiriting the “Neighborhoods of the …
Sally Ross’s work is equally present and out of time. When looking at her paintings, the artists who come readily to mind …
The American artist Lauren Halsey builds fantasy sculptures and environments that remix ephemera she gathers with hyperreal nature, technicolors, outerspace and Funk. …
With 500 works and dating from the late 18th Century to the mid-20th Century, the Collection of Musée du Quai Branly is …
Marius Bercea is a painter from Cluj, Romania. He finds his subject matter in the clash of aesthetics within the urban environment, …
Robert Mapplethorpe lived a life of passion in the New York underground and rock scenes in the ‘70s and ‘80s. That passion …
A prolific artist beginning in the 1950s, Robert Filliou was self-taught, embracing disciplines as diverse as economics (in which he first trained …
Lucas Blalock has emerged as one of a new generation of photographers, a group largely concerned with issues of image scale, speed, …
Michael E. Smith uses cast-offs, waste and other remnants of our globalised consumer society. In his studio, the artist generates material sketches …
Born in Seoul in 1951, Young-Jae Lee studied at the College of Art Education in her native city before moving to Germany …
This month our attention is focused on Art Paris Art Fair 2018, which is celebrating its 20th Anniversary. Since its foundation in …
Kishio Suga was among the prime movers of Mono-ha, an artistic group born in the late 1960s. He began showing his work …
Matthew Day Jackson’s interdisciplinary practice explores a myriad of aspects of human experience and draws from sources that reveal both our intrinsic …
Joseph Cornel had no formal training in art and his most characteristic works are his highly distinctive “boxes”. These are simple boxes, …
Robert Gober rose to prominence in the mid-80s and was quickly acknowledged as one of the most significant artists of his generation. …
Taryn Simon’s practice incorporates photography, text, and graphic design. Known for applying classification systems to troves of images, Simon produces heavily researched …
The Edo period (1615-1868), is a period of great significance in Japan’s history. At the beginning of the 17th Century, the country …
