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Isamu Noguchi, Octetra (one element), 1968 (2021), Fiberglass reinforced plastic and paint, 44 1/8 × 53 7/16 × 53 7/16 in. | (112 × 135.8 × 135.8 cm), © The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, NY / Artists Rights Society, Courtesy White Cube Gallery

ART CITIES: London-Isamu Noguchi

One of the most significant artists of the 20th century, Isamu Noguchi was an idealist whose timeless work blended ancient and modern ideas. An itinerant cultural synthesizer, he consistently rejected categorization and the false dichotomies of his time, espoused globalism and anticipated the social practice of art by several decades. …

Left: Dominic Chambers, Untitled (Ife In Red), 2021, Oil on linen, 26 x 20 inches / 66 x 50 cm, Photo by Max Yawney, © Dominic Chambers, Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin Gallery. Center: Dominic Chambers, Reverie in Blue (Kayla), 2021, Oil on linen, 66 x 56 inches / 167.6 x 142.2 cm Photo by Max Yawney, © Dominic Chambers, Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin Gallery. Right: Dominic Chambers, After Albers (Africanus), 2021, Oil on linen, 60 x 60 inches / 152.4 x 152.4 cm, Photo by Max Yawney, © Dominic Chambers, Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin Gallery

PRESENTATION: Dominic Chambers -Soft Shadows

Dominic Chambers creates vibrant paintings that simultaneously engage art historical models, such as color-field painting and gestural abstraction, and contemporary concerns around …

Wolfgang Tillmans, Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Chantal Crousel-Paris

PHOTO: Wolfgang Tillmans, Part II

Wolfgang Tillmans has earned recognition as one of the most exciting and innovative artists working today. First rising to prominence in the …

Kim Lim, C- Screen print, 1995, Screen print, 50 cm × 58 cm (19-11/16" × 22-13/16"), Courtesy Pace Gallery

PRESENTATION: Creating Abstraction

The group exhibition “Creating Abstraction” brings together seven female artists whose experimental approach to material and engagement with Modernism has pushed the …

ART NEWS: Feb.01

The exhibition “How I Learned About Non-Rational Logic” include works from the artist’s dingbats series of drawings made during the COVID-19 pandemic, …

Rachel Feinstein, Metal Storm, 2021 Stained wood, 93 × 69 ⅜ × 41 ⅞ inches (236 × 176 × 106.2 cm), © Rachel Feinstein. Photo: Prudence Cuming Associates Ltd, Courtesy the artist and Gagosian

ART CITIES: London-Rachel Feinstein

In richly detailed sculptures and multipart installations, Rachel Feinstein investigates and challenges the concept of luxury as expressed in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century …

Gillian Wearing in collaboration with Wieden+Kennedy, Wearing, Gillian, 2018. Color video, with sound, 5 min. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Purchased with funds contributed by the Photography Council, 2019.67. © Gillian Wearing, courtesy Maureen Paley, London; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York/Los Angeles; and Regen Projects, Los Angeles

PRESENTATION: Gillian Wearing

In her work, Gillian Wearing repeatedly focuses on a person’s self-expression in staged situations. She is interested in the views and behaviour …

AZC Architectes, Bouncing Bridge, 2012, Temporary inflatable structure, proposed during the International Competition «Contemporary Bridge in Paris», organized by ArchTriumph, London. Computer graphics, © AZC Architectes

ARCHITECTURE: Aerodream

If the dream of flying has accompanied man since Icarus, it is really with the idea of an inflatable sheath, taking the …

Charles Ray, Mime, 2014, Aluminum, 25 . × 77 . × 29 in. (64.8 x 196.2 x 73.7 cm), Hill Charitable Collection, © Charles Ray, Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery

ART CITIES: N.York-Charles Ray

For over five decades, Charles Ray has experimented with a wide range of methods, including performance, photography, and sculpture, the medium for …

WangShui, From Its Mouth Came a River of High-End Residential Appliances, 2018, video, 13′, loop, color, surround sound. Video still. Courtesy of the artist.

PRESENTATION:Mythologists

Perceptions of truth are widely mediated through moving images. While they can be used by those in authority to exert influence, this …

Wolfgang Tillmans, Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Chantal Crousel-Paris

PHOTO:Wolfgang Tillmans

Wolfgang Tillmans has earned recognition as one of the most exciting and innovative artists working today. First rising to prominence in the …

ART CITIES: N.York-Simon Hantaï

Simon Hantaï is best known for his large, abstract canvases of profound, saturated color. Hantaï moved to France in 1949 and quickly …

ART NEWS: Jan.04

KAWS (Brian Donnelly) is considered one of the most innovative artists of his generation. Within the Pop Art tradition, he has created …

Left: Bharti Kher, Peacock, 2011, Wooden chair, saris, resin, 155 x 134.5 x 134.5/61 x 53 x 53, © Bharti Kher, Photo: Stefan Altenburger Photography Zürich, Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth Gallery. Right: Pipilotti Rist, Wohnzimmerdisco ohne Angst (Living Room Disco without Fear), 2009, Installation for a living room; light projections, carpet, curtain, © Pipilotti Rist, Dimensions variable, Hauser & Wirth Gallery

PRESENTATION: Chromophilia

The name Chromophilia is adapted from David Batchelor‘s book “Chromophobia”. This book is concerned with the fear of corruption or contamination through …