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John Akomfrah, Vertigo Sea, 2015 (still). Three-channel HD video installation, 7.1 sound, color; 48:30 min, © Smoking Dogs Films, Courtesy Lisson Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-John Akomfrah

John Akomfrah has been committed to giving a voice and a presence to the legacy of the African diaspora in Europe, filling in the voids in history by digging into historical archives to create film essays and speculative fictional stories about past lives and future possibilities. Costume dramas have been …

Installation view: Batia Suter - Radial Grammar. LE BAL-Paris, 2018, Courtesy LE BAL and Martin Argyroglo

ART CITIES:Paris-Batia Suter

The exhibition that are on presentation at LE BAL are characterized with the vitality and truth of our era. As an artist …

Nora-Turato, LambdaLambdaLambda, Photo: Daniel Spehr, Courtesy LISTE Art Fair Basel

PERFORMANCE:LISTE Art Fair 2018

The 14th Performance Project of LISTE Art Fair 2018 featured a series of seven solo and group performances by artists interested in …

ART NEWS:June 02

Michel François transforms seemingly uncomplicated objects and materials, or traces of past events, into deeply resonant carriers of meaning. His sculptures can …

Alberto Burri, Rosso Plastica, 1963, Tornabuoni Art, Other Materials, Plastic, acrylic, vinavil and combustion on canvas

ART FAIRS:Art Basel 2018,Part II

The first Art Basel, was held in Basel, Switzerland in 1970 and the concept of the Founders, Ernst Beyeler, Trudi Bruckner and …

Vlassis Caniaris, Untitled, 1986-1975, Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Peter Kilchmann

ART FAIRS:Art Basel 2018,Part I

The first Art Basel, was held in Basel, Switzerland in 1970 and the concept of the Founders, Ernst Beyeler, Trudi Bruckner and …

Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa, Life in His Mouth, Death Cradles Her Arm(Video still), 2016, Single-channel video, sound, color; 8:51 min, Courtesy the artist; Mendes Wood DM; Proyectos Ultravioleta-Guatemala City; and Sies + Höke-Dusseldorf

ART CITIES:N.York-Naufus Ramírez Figueroa

Working in drawing, performance, sculpture, and video, Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa (b. 1978, Guatemala City, Guatemala) explores the entanglement of history and form through …

Anish Kapoor, Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art

ART-PRESENTATION: Anish Kapoor

Anish Kapoor achieved international recognition in the 1980s as a member of the generation of new British sculptors. Since then, he has …

Cindy Sherman, Untitled #572, 2016, Dye sublimation metal print, 132,1 x 116,8 cm, © Cindy Sherman, Courtesy of the artist, Metro Pictures and Sprüth Magers

PHOTO:Cindy Sherman

Her long career in photography has established Cindy Sherman as one of the most influential figures in contemporary art. At first painting …