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Gilbert Baker, Rainbow Flag after 1978, © GLBT Historical Society, San Francisco

ART-PRESENTATION: California Dreams

With artworks and historical objects from numerous Californian and European lenders the exhibition “California Dreams” draws, for the first time in Europe, a many-faceted portrait of the city of San Francisco over four centuries. It touches upon important global issues of our time, especially those of migration and displacement. The …

Reiner Riedler, Wild River, Florida, 2005, From the Fake Holidays series, type C photograph, 100.0 x 120.0 x 4.0 cm, © Reiner Riedler, Courtesy of the artist

PHOTO:Civilization The Way We Live Now

In this increasingly globalised world, the exhibition “Civilization: The Way We Live Now” explores photographers’ representations of life in cities as its …

Wu Tsang, One emerging from a point of view, 2019, 2-Channel Overlapping Projections, 5.1 Surround Sound, Duration: 43 min, © Courtesy: the artist; Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi; Cabinet & Antenna Space

ART CITIES:Berlin-Wu Tsang

Wu Tsang is an artist whose practice focuses on the moving image and performance. In 2018, Wu Tsang was the inaugurating artist …

Atsuko Tanaka, Round on Sand, 1968, © Kanayama Akira and Tanaka Atsuko Association

ART-PRESENTATION: Atsuko Tanaka

Atsuko Tanaka in the 1950s and 1960s, challenged the boundaries of art. In post-war Japan, a period infused by the overhanging threat …

Left: Georgia Russell, Bed, 2019, Acrylic and gouache on canvas 250 x 200 x 12,5 cm, © Georgia Russell, Courtesy Galerie Karsten Greve, Photo: Gilles Mazzufferi. Right: Georgia Russell, Untitled (Dark Grey I), 2019, Acrylic and gouache on canvas, 190 x 140 x 12,5 cm, © Georgia Russell, Courtesy Galerie Karsten Greve, Photo: Gilles Mazzufferi

ART CITIES:Paris-Georgia Russell

With rhythmically arranged sharp and deep cuts, Georgia Russell transforms existing historical papers of antique books, maps and photographs into impressive expansive …

Brassai, View through the pont Royal toward the pont Solferino, c 1933, © Estate Brassai Succession Paris

PHOTO Brassaï

Brassaï (Gyula Halász), was one of the most prominent members of the group of European and American photographers whose work between the …

Vik Muniz, Vidigal, 2018, Handmade series, Mixed media, 105 x 153 cm (framed), Unique, Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Xippass

ART CITIES:Geneva-Vik Muniz

Brazil’s leading artist on the international art scene, Vik Muniz is a multi-talented artist who most often works in 3-D materials to …

ART NEWS:Sept.02

“Nayland Blake’s Opening” is the artist’s first one-person exhibition in Los Angeles in almost twenty years, it features sculptures that examine the …

Ed Clark, Untitled, 2009, Acrylic on canvas, 133.4 x 167.6 cm, Photo: Tom Powel Imaging, © Ed Clark, Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

ART-PRESENTATION:Ed Clark

Ed Clark emerged in the 1950s as a pioneer of the New York School. Over the course of 7 decades, his experimentations …

Georgia Russell

ART CITIES:Paris Openings

Swiss Psychologist Jean Piaget (1896-1980) advanced a theory for child cognitive development marked by four stages. Around age 12, in the final …

Zao Wou-Ki, Sans titre (Paris septembre), 2007, Watercolour on paper, 66 x 102 cm , Zao Wou-Ki ADAGP, Paris, 2018, Courtesy the artist and kamel mennour-Paris/London

ART CITIES:N.York-Zao Wou-Ki

Zao Wou-Ki (who adopted the name Zao after 1947) is among the most recognized Chinese artists in the world. Born in Beijing, …

William Wegman, Constructivism 2014, Pigment print photograph, © William Wegman, Courtesy the artist

PHOTO:William Wegman-Being Human

A key figure in the West Coast Conceptual Art Movement, William Wegman has been recognized internationally for his videos, photographs, paintings and …

Carment Winant, Collage from the series “Pictures of Woman Working”, 2016 © The artist

PHOTO:Foam Talent 2019

Foam Talent is an internationally renowned programme for young artists under the age of 35, which has been organised by the Foam …