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Since the 1960s, David Goldblatt has tirelessly explored his native country through his photographs, recording South Africa’s history, physical features and inhabitants. His pictures scrupulously examine the complex history of this country, where he witnessed the introduction of Apartheid,its development and its eventual demise. Winner of the Hasselblad Award (2006) …
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 …
Found in a cave near Bethlehem and now in the collection of the British Museum, the sculpture known as “Ain Sahkri Lovers” …
For 15 years, Marie Bovo has been photographing views of natural and urban landscapes. She records a specific motif at intervals, making …
Martial Raysse is a well known French artist, famous for his distinctive approach in painting and his recognizable imagery. Raysse began to …
In the mid-1940s, Art Movements in Argentina began to reinterpret and develop the European Concrete Art. These artists said that figurative, representational …
In the upper hall of Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Pablo Picasso’s black-and-white drawings, which he donated to the …
Applications are now available for SVA’s Summer Residencies in New York City, offering artists, designers and creative thinkers time, space and a …
