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Elger Esser, Nizzana The secret archive of Livi Benjamin Palelsine 1948 front, 2015, Courtesy the artist and, Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art

PHOTO:Elger Esser-Morgenland

In the ‘90s Elger Esser studied in Bernd and Hilla Becher’s class at the Düsseldorf Academy of Art. Today he still lives and works in Düsseldorf. The classical genres of vedute and landscape are central themes in Esser’s photographic œuvre. Largely monochrome colouring, a predilection for diffuse, uniform lighting and …

Serge Attukwei Clottey, Social Sculpture (Detail) , 2016, Courtesy GNYP, Art Paris 2017 Archive

INTERVIEW: Guillaume Piens

Mr. Guillaume Piens, who took over as Artistic Director Art Paris Art Fair since 2011, few days before the opening of Art …

TRACES:Shirin Neshat

The occasion to bear in mind the famous Iranian visual artist with international career Shirin Neshat is the current day (26/3/1957- ). …

ART NEWS:March 04

The all-female group exhibition “Considerate Creations: Chameleons” implies that the hard work done behind the scenes allows art projects to successfully come …

Monica Bonvicini, Chain Leather Swing, 2009, Installation view at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, Courtesy the artist and Galleria Raffaella Cortese-Milan

ART CITIES:Milan-Monica Bonvicini

Best known for large-scale sculptural installations that employ different materials and mediums, Monica Bonvicini incorporates elements of architecture, performance, photography, video, painting, …

In the framework of AQUA, Ilya et Emilia Kabakov, The Toilet on the River, 1996 – 2016, Wood, 210 x 150 x 110 cm, Courtesy of Artists and Sprovieri Gallery-London, Photo: © Sebastiano Pellion di Persano

ART CITIES:Geneva -Aqua, Part I

Water is not the rarest element on Earth, but it is our most precious natural resource because every life form (plant, animal …

PHOTO:Daisuke Yokota-Matter

Daisuke Yokota is one of the rising stars of the International photography scene, and the leading name in a new generation of …

Lygia Pape, Divisor, 1967, Performance at Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, 1990, Photo: Paula Pape, © Projeto Lygia Pape, Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art

ART CITIES:N.York- Lygia Pape

Lygia Pape was an influential iconoclast Brazilian artist and pioneering member of the postwar avant-garde. She worked across an expansive range of …

Do Ho Suh, Passage/s: The Pram Project, 2014-16, 3-chanel video, Installation view, Lehmann Maupin Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:Hong Kong- Do Ho Suh

Born in Seoul, Do Ho Suh transforms his personal experiences into artworks, particularly his move from South Korea to the USA in …