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The Iranian artist Shahpour Pouyan belongs to the generation that came of age after the 1979 Islamic Revolution and the subsequent Iran-Iraq War (1980–89). Shahpour Pouyan’s practice reflects on the workings of political power, domination and possession through the language of cultural material and forms. He lives and works in …
Bill Viola, in one of the pioneering figures of a generation of artists in the ‘70s employing video art and sound technologies. …
Selma Gürbüz presents her solo exhibition “Karnavalesk” that includes never before seen three-dimensional work, painting, work on paper, and kinetic sculpture. Gürbüz’s …
The French conceptual artist Bernar Venet rose to prominence in the late ‘60s through the art scene in New York. He moved …
“The Art of Love in the Time of Geishas: Forbidden Japanese Masterpieces” is part of the Pinacothèque de Paris exhibitions dedicated to …
The exhibition “Spaces without drama or surface is an illusion, but so is depth” at Graham Foundation examines the recent proliferation of …
Appropriation took on new significance in mid-20th Century America and Britain with the rise of consumerism and the proliferation of popular images …
The exhibition “Diane Arbus: In The Beginning” at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), considers the first seven years of …
For nearly a decade, Sophia Al Mariahas been finding ways to describe 21st Century life in the Gulf Arab nations through art, …
The problem facing all picture-makers is, however, the same: how to compress three-dimensional people, things and places onto a flat surface? In …
Darren Almond works in a variety of media. His diverse subjects deal with abstract ideas of time, space, history and memory and …
The impact of Mimmo Rotella as one of the pioneering artists of the 20th Century is evidently present throughout contemporary landscapes of …
The architects Martin Gropius and Heino Schmieden originally designed the building in the Renaissance style to house an arts and crafts museum. …
In her native Canada Liz Magor is regarded as one of the most influential contemporary sculptors, the oeuvre she has built since …
When the exhibition “Primary Structures: Younger American and British Sculptors” (27/4-12/6/66) opened at the Jewish Museum in New York Curated by Kynaston …
In 1958, Ben (Benjamin Vautier) created his shop at 32 rue Tondutti de l’Escarène in Nice. Close to the ideas of Marcel …
Eric Cahan, is Influenced by the Impressionists’ depiction of natural light and its ever-changing qualities, as well as Color Theory. For him, …
Agnès Varda’s films, photographs, and installations focus on documentary realism, feminist issues, and social commentary with a distinct experimental style. The only …
“Blue Room”, the first institutional solo exhibition by Frank Heath, is a synchronized installation of video works connected by an ominous humor, …
Looking at Christo’s drawings for the Floating Piers, his project for Lake Iseo in Italy, I was wondering how someone experiences …
Through sculpture, writing, performance, and film, Josiah McElheny investigates the history of 20th Century Modernism in hope of expanding on the dominant …
Pedro Reyes is known for imagining solutions for a happier world. In 2008, Reyes worked with local authorities in Culiacán, Mexico to …
Two contemporary Turkish Artists, present solo exhibitions at the spaces of Zilberman Gallery in Istanbul, Both bodies of work have as stepping …
One of the most respected painters today, Albert Oehlen constantly questions the methods and means of painting to raise a sense of …
