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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 color (chromophobia) and its modern and contemporary manifestations, as well as with resistance to it in art. Color as an indicator of social mood, environment and culture, has …

Rosemarie Trockel, Lucky Lady, 2017, Ceramics, slip trailing, 60 × 60 × 20 cm, 23 5/8 × 23 5/8 × 7 7/8 inches, © Rosemarie Trockel/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2022, Courtesy Sprüth Magers

ART CITIES: London-Rosemarie Trockel

Rosemarie Trockel is a contemporary German Conceptual artist whose work challenges traditional notions of femininity, culture, and artistic production. Employing a wide …

Landon Metz Hatje Cantz Publications, Photo Courtesy von Bartha, Basel

BOOK:Landon Metz, Hatje Cantz Publications

Landon Metz’s abstract paintings reflect the artist’s deliberate and meditative attention that endures throughout each phase of the artist’s process. From stretching …

Stephan Goldrajch, Bayeux, © Stephan Goldrajch. Photo : Myriam Rispens, Courtesy Stephan Goldrajch & Xippas

ART CITIES: Paris-Stephan Goldrajch

Stephan Goldrajch is an emerging visual artist fascinated by oral traditions, rituals and artisanal techniques. He finds inspiration from a variety of …

Jeff Wall, Sunseeker, 2021 Inkjet print, 45 ¼ × 52 ⅛ inches (115 × 132.5 cm), edition of 4 + 1 AP, © Jeff Wall, Courtesy the artist and Gagosian

PHOTO:Jeff Wall

As a major art figure in recent decades, Jeff Wall has developed a body of work that has profoundly changed the way …

Alex Prager, Afternoon, 2021, Archival pigment print, 121.9 x 95.3 cm, © Alex Prager, Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin Gallery

ART CITIES: N.York-Alex Prager

Alex Prager is an American photographer and film maker. In her elaborately conceived staged photographs, Prager openly references the aesthetics of mid-twentieth …

Lee Bull Perdu XXV, 2019, Mother of pearl, acrylic paint on wooden base panel, steel frame, Triptych, 163.3 x 333.3 x 6.6 cm, © Lee Bul, Courtesy the artist and Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery

PRESENTATION: Lee Bul

Lee Bul’s work investigates the ways that contemporary art, architecture and technology have shaped both our real and imagined worlds. The artist …

ART NEWS: Jan.03

Guadalupe Maravilla, the recipient of the Lise Wilhelmsen Art Award, is presenting over 30 works in her solo exhibition “Sound Botánica”. Guadalupe …

Exhibition view: Claire Morgan, A tentative strategy for a renewal, or, wanting to tell you everything and then changing my mind, Galerie Karsten Greve-Paris, 16/10/21-15/1/2022, Photo © & Courtesy Dimitris Lempesis

REVIEW:Claire Morgan

The exhibition “A tentative strategy for a renewal, or, wanting to tell you everything and then changing my mind” unveils Claire Morgan’s …

Paola Pivi, Phaidon Publications

BOOK:Paola Pivi-Phaidon Publications

After abandoning her university studies in chemical nuclear engineering, Paola Pivi shifted her ambitions towards a career in contemporary art. Celebrated today …

VIDEO:Inuuteq Storch-Who We Are

Meet a young photographer, Inuuteq Storch, who works with found images telling Greenland history from the Greenlandic perspective. “A lot of the …