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Installation View, Ron Nagle, Euphoric Recall, Fridericianum, Kassel 2019, Photo: Simon Vogel, © Fridericianum

ART-PRESENTATION: Lucas Arruda and Ron Nagle

The exhibitions “Deserto-Modelo” by Lucas Arruda and “Euphoric Recall“ by Ron Nagle mark the beginning of the program put together by the new Fridericianum director Moritz Wesseler. What Lucas Arruda and Ron Nagle have in common is a passionate and even obsessive devotion to their chosen themes and areas of …

Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, How to Meet an Angel. Facade of Mentrum Clinic, Amsterdam, 2009, Photo: Emilia Kabakov, Courtesy the artists

ART CITIES:Moscow-Ilya & Emilia Kabakov

The most recognizable Russian contemporary artists on the international scene, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov are known for their paintings, objects, albums, books, …

Ella Littwitz, The Unknown Land of the South, 2017, Courtesy: the artist; Harlan Levey Projects-Brussels, Copperfield Gallery-London, Photo: Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, Gunnar Meie

ART-PRESENTATION:Ella Littwitz-The Promise

In her comprehensive artistic research, Ella Littwitz concerns herself with archaeology, history, botany, culture and politics. The critical examination of national and …

Rebecca Horn, Pencil Mask, 1973 (Filmstill), 16 mm (digitised), color, sound, Rebecca Hom Collection, © 2019: Rebecca Hom/ProLitteris-Zurich

ART CITIES:Basel-Rebecca Horn

In her oeuvre Rebecca Horn has developed a distinctive symbolic universe whose openness and poetry continues to touch us. In her works, …

Nancy Spero, P.E.A.C.E., Helicopter, Mother + Children, 1968, Gouache and ink on paper, 48 x 61 cm, Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co., © The Nancy Spero and Leon Golub Foundation for the Arts / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2019, Photo: Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co.

ART-PRESENTATION: Nancy Spero

Nancy Spero is one of the most significant figures in post-war American art. She engages in a complex way with existential aspects …

Allora & Calzadilla, Under Discussion (Video Still), 2005, Single-channel color video with sound, 6’ 14”, © Allora & Calzadilla, Courtesy the artists and Garage Museum of Contemporary Art

ART CITIES:Moscow-Allora & Calzadilla

Through a complex research-oriented practice, Allora & Calzadilla critically address the intersections and complicities between the cultural, the historical and the geopolitical. …

Barbara Kruger, Installation view STEDELIJK BASE, Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, c/o Pictoright Amsterdam, Photo: Gert Jan van Rooij

ART-TRIBUTE:Stedelijk Base-Part II

One of the largest installations of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Collections, in its history, is Stedelijk Base. The presentation of the art …

Sebastian Jefford, Aggresively indeterminate biscuit, 2018, Polyurethane foam, acrylic, latex, plastic snaps, plaster, bandage, chicken wire, cardboard, photo: Simon Veres, © Sebastian Jefford, Courtesy the artist and Gianni Manhattan- Vienna

MIRAGES LIII

June 2019, is full of art evens, since the 58th Venice Biennial titled “May You Live In Interesting Times” continues, but in …

David Wojnarowicz, Untitled (Green Head), 1982, Acrylic paint on mansonite, 121.9 x 243.8 cm, Bromm & Doneley Meris Collectin, © Estete of David Wojnarowicz P.P.O.W.-New York

ART-TRIBUTE:David Wojnarowicz

Beginning in the late 1970s, David Wojnarowicz created a body of work that spanned photography, painting, music, film, sculpture, writing, and activism. …

Rudolf Stingel, Untitled, Oil on canvas, 127 x 127 cm, © Rudolf Stingel, Photo: Christopher Burke Studio, Courtesy the artist and Fondation Beyeler

ART CITIES:Basel-Rudolf Stingel

In 1989, to coincide with his first exhibition at Massimo de Carlo, Rudolf Stingel published “Instructions”, a book that functioned as an …

Roy Lichtenstein, As I Opened Fire, 1964. © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein, c/o Pictoright Amsterdam. Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

ART-TRIBUTE:Stedelijk Base-Part I

One of the largest installations of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Collections, in its history, is Stedelijk Base. The presentation of the art …