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Shirin Neshat, All Demons Flee, from Women of Allah Series, 1995, LE gelatin silver print (photo taken by Bahman Jallali), Work: 115 x 166 x 4.8 cm, © Shirin Neshat, Courtesy the artist and MOCA-Toronto

PREVIEW: Shirin Neshat-Land of Dreams

Shirin Neshat’s powerful photographs and video installations illuminate the gender and cultural conflicts of her native Iran. From her first series of photographs, “Woman of Allah” (1993–97), combines images of women with written words taken from religious texts. Neshat further explored cultural taboos through video and video installations. In 1997, …

Lina Ghotmeh Stone Garden

VIDEO: Lina Ghotmeh-Stone Garden

In this video, Lebanese architect Lina Ghotmeh talks about Stone Garden, the building she designed to be resilient enough for Beirut, a …

Xu Ning, Star, Sky 2021 ceramic and paint on board h.94.1 x w.88.0 x d.7.8 cm, ©︎ Xu Ning, Courtesy the artist and Tomio Koyama Gallery

ART CITIES:Tokyo-Xu Ning

In her practice, Xu Ning has been greatly influenced by her encounters and discoveries of matters that transcend time, national borders, and …

Left: Chase Hall, the family was all around me, 2020, Acrylic and coffee on cotton canvas, 183 x 152.5 cm / 72 x 60 in, © Chase Hall, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Eva Presenhuber. Right: Chase Hall, The Ocean’s Floor, 2021, Acrylic and coffee on cotton canvas, 183 x 152.5 cm / 72 x 60 in, © Chase Hall, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Eva Presenhuber

ART CITIES:Zurich-Chase Hall

A self-trained artist, Chase Hall works in painting, sculpture, photography, video, and audio to scrutinize America’s past and present while interrogating the …

Andreas Slominski, Untitled, 2021, Courtesy der Künstler

PREVIEW: Andreas Slominski

Similarly to Marcel Duchamp, Andreas Slominski integrates everyday objects into the context of art in order to visualise the process of artistic …

PRESENTATION: Camille Norment-Plexus

Multi-media artist Camille Norment’s work utilizes the notion of cultural psychoacoustics as both an aesthetic and conceptual framework. She defines this term …

ART NEWS:March 01

“Tree of Knowledge” (1913-15) is a rare set of watercolors by Hilma af Klint. One of two versions, the present set that …

Minouk Lim, Portable Keeper, 2009, Video (color, sound), 12:53 min, Courtesy of the artist and Tina Kim Gallery, New York

PRESENTATION: Walk

The act of walking has gained new significance as a social phenomenon in the twenty-first century. At the core of activities such …

Erwin Wurm, Lars Lying (Skin), 2020, © Studio Erwin Wurm, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac

ART CITIES:Paris-Erwin Wurm

Over the course of his career, Erwin Wurm has radically expanded conceptions of sculpture, space and the human form. His sculptures straddle …

Tiffany Chung, A Thousand Years Before and After, 2012, Video (color, sound), 09:01 min, film still, Courtesy of the artist

MIRAGES LXI

In 2012 during a business trip, as member of a very special mission, I found myself through Istanbul in Ukraine. It was …