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Joanna Kamm, Director, © 2019 LISTE art Fair Basel, Photo: Diana Pfammatter

INTERVIEW: Joanna Kamm

Beginning on September 1, 2018, Joanna Kamm took over as director of LISTE Art Fair, and continues the work of ensuring continuity, quality and the further development of LISTE Art Fair. Joanna Kamm from 1998 to 2001, managed the project space for contemporary art S.S.K., Berlin, and in 2001, she …

Oscar Murillo , (untitled) news, 2017-2018, Oil and oil stick on canvas and linen, © Oscar Murillo, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner

ART CITIES:London-Oscar Murillo

Born in Colombia and based in various locations, Oscar Murillo is known for an inventive and itinerant practice that encompasses paintings, works …

Left: Irene Williams, Blocks and Strips Quilt, 2003, The Philadelphia Museum of Art Collection 2017-229-11, © Estate of Irene Williams/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Right: Mary Lee Bendolph, Work-Clothes Quilt, 2002, , The Philadelphia Museum of Art Collection 2017-229-11, © Estate of Mary Lee Bendolph/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

ART-PRESENTATION: Souls Grown Deep

The exhibition “Souls Grown Deep: Artists of the African American South” at the Philadelphia Museum of Art includes paintings, sculptures, and quilts …

Senga Nengudi, RSVP (performance still), 2013, Activated by Maren Hassinger, Photo: Nisa Ojalvo, Courtesy the Grey Art Gallery

ART CITIES:London-Senga Nengudi

The work of Senga Nengudi has been at the forefront of sculptural, performative, and photographic practices for over forty years. After studying …

Anibal Brizuela, untitle, 2005, Ballpoint pen on paper, 32.41 x 47.5 cm, Courtesy Christian Berst Art Brut

ART CITIES:Paris-Anibal Brizuela

Aníbal Brizuela recently died in Argentina, at the age of 84, after spending more than half a century at the Colonia d’Oliveros …

Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, How to Meet an Angel. Facade of Mentrum Clinic, Amsterdam, 2009, Photo: Emilia Kabakov, Courtesy the artists

ART CITIES:Moscow-Ilya & Emilia Kabakov

The most recognizable Russian contemporary artists on the international scene, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov are known for their paintings, objects, albums, books, …

Ella Littwitz, The Unknown Land of the South, 2017, Courtesy: the artist; Harlan Levey Projects-Brussels, Copperfield Gallery-London, Photo: Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, Gunnar Meie

ART-PRESENTATION:Ella Littwitz-The Promise

In her comprehensive artistic research, Ella Littwitz concerns herself with archaeology, history, botany, culture and politics. The critical examination of national and …

Rebecca Horn, Pencil Mask, 1973 (Filmstill), 16 mm (digitised), color, sound, Rebecca Hom Collection, © 2019: Rebecca Hom/ProLitteris-Zurich

ART CITIES:Basel-Rebecca Horn

In her oeuvre Rebecca Horn has developed a distinctive symbolic universe whose openness and poetry continues to touch us. In her works, …

Nancy Spero, P.E.A.C.E., Helicopter, Mother + Children, 1968, Gouache and ink on paper, 48 x 61 cm, Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co., © The Nancy Spero and Leon Golub Foundation for the Arts / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2019, Photo: Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co.

ART-PRESENTATION: Nancy Spero

Nancy Spero is one of the most significant figures in post-war American art. She engages in a complex way with existential aspects …

Allora & Calzadilla, Under Discussion (Video Still), 2005, Single-channel color video with sound, 6’ 14”, © Allora & Calzadilla, Courtesy the artists and Garage Museum of Contemporary Art

ART CITIES:Moscow-Allora & Calzadilla

Through a complex research-oriented practice, Allora & Calzadilla critically address the intersections and complicities between the cultural, the historical and the geopolitical. …

Barbara Kruger, Installation view STEDELIJK BASE, Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, c/o Pictoright Amsterdam, Photo: Gert Jan van Rooij

ART-TRIBUTE:Stedelijk Base-Part II

One of the largest installations of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Collections, in its history, is Stedelijk Base. The presentation of the art …

Sebastian Jefford, Aggresively indeterminate biscuit, 2018, Polyurethane foam, acrylic, latex, plastic snaps, plaster, bandage, chicken wire, cardboard, photo: Simon Veres, © Sebastian Jefford, Courtesy the artist and Gianni Manhattan- Vienna

MIRAGES LIII

June 2019, is full of art evens, since the 58th Venice Biennial titled “May You Live In Interesting Times” continues, but in …

David Wojnarowicz, Untitled (Green Head), 1982, Acrylic paint on mansonite, 121.9 x 243.8 cm, Bromm & Doneley Meris Collectin, © Estete of David Wojnarowicz P.P.O.W.-New York

ART-TRIBUTE:David Wojnarowicz

Beginning in the late 1970s, David Wojnarowicz created a body of work that spanned photography, painting, music, film, sculpture, writing, and activism. …