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Left: Allan Sekula, Replica of door to blacksmiths’ shed, in situ (original in collection of Warsaw Ethnographic Museum.) Ochojno, Poland July, 2009, detail from “Polonia and Other Fables”, Right: Allan Sekula, Art Isn’t Fair, 2012, (video still) [detail]

ART CITIES:Paris-Allan Sekula

Allan Sekula revitalized documentary photography, provided critical foundations for theorizing the relationship between word and image, and was one of the earliest artists to cast a critical eye on globalization as social phenomenon. This archive documents his practice as an artist and writer, serving as a defining resource for researchers …

Christian Boltanski, Animitas (Small Souls) [video still], 2015, © Christian Boltanski, courtesy the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery

MIRAGES LVII

This month we will make long walks from Art Fairs to the major exhibitions and from the Traces to Architecture!!! Paris Photo …

Yukinori Yanagi, Akitsushima Instruction, 2000, Acrylic on canvas, 97 7/8 x 131 1/4 inches, © Yukinori Yanagi, Courtesy the artist and Blum & Poe Gallery

ART CITIES:Tokyo-Yukinori Yanagi

Yukinori Yanagi focuses on large-scale and site-specific installations that interrogate the politics of institutional borders and boundaries often drawing from systems of …

Takashi Murakami, Japan Supernatural: Vertiginous After Staring at the Empty World Too Intensely, I Found Myself Trapped in the Realm of Lurking Ghosts and Monsters, 2019, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Foundation Purchase 2019, ©︎ 2019 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co. Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Courtesy Kaikai Kiki

ART-TRIBUTE:Japan Supernatural

Japanese artists across the centuries have created a lively parade of magical animals, fiendish imps, legendary monsters and ethereal spirits. Known in …

Carol Bove, The First Braid (detail), 2019, © Carol Bove, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner Gallery

ART CITIES:Hong Kong-Carol Bove

Known for works that incorporate found and constructed elements with a unique formal, technical, and conceptual inventiveness, Carol Bove stands as one …

Stan Douglas, A Luta Continua, 1974, 2012, Digital C-print mounted on aluminum, 120.7 x 181 cm. Courtesy of the artist, Victoria Miro and David Zwirner

ART-PREVIEW:Stan Douglas-Splicing Block

Since the late 1980s, Stan Douglas has created films and photographs and more recently theater productions, augmented reality and other multidisciplinary projects, …

ART CITIES:Brussels-Rudolf Polanszky

Rudolf Polanszky is considered a key figure in the Actionist and Post-Actionist Movement with his conceptual oeuvre which aims to bring abstract …

ART NEWS:Oct.04

The exhibition “Migration: Traces in an Art Collection” engages a range of artistic expressions of the migrant experience, while examining the museum …

Left: Alina Szapocznikow, Cendrier de Célibataire I (The Bachelor's Ashtray I), 1972, Coloured polyester resin and cigarette butts, © ADAGP, Paris. Courtesy The Estate of Alina Szapocznikow / Piotr Stanislawski / Galerie Loevenbruck, Paris, Photo: Fabrice . Right: Alina Szapocznikow, Tumeur (Tumor), 1970, Coloured polyester resin and gauze, 4.6 x 6.5 x 8 cm, © ADAGP, Paris. Courtesy The Estate of Alina Szapocznikow / Piotr Stanislawski / Galerie Loevenbruck, Paris, Photo: Fabrice Gousset

ART CITIES:N.York-Alina Szapocznikow

A sculptor who began working during the postwar period in a classical figurative style, Alina Szapocznikow radically reconceptualized sculpture as an imprint …

Grégoire Beil, National Narrative, 2018, vidéo, 63’, Courtesy of the artist

ART-TRIBUTE:Future, Former, Fugitive

The exhibition “Future, Former, Fugitive. A French scene” is based on an open conception of territorial placement – bringing together artists born …

Sean Scully, Celtique, Exhibition view, Château de Boisgeloup-Gisors, 2019, Courtesy the artist and Almine Rech Gallery

ART-PRESENTATION: Sean Scully-Celtique

While known primarily for his large-scale abstract paintings, comprised of vertical and horizontal bands, tessellating blocks and geometrical forms comprised of gradated …

PHOTO:Cindy Sherman

Cindy Sherman is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential artists in contemporary art. Throughout her career, she has …