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Andres Serrano unveils an often disturbing reality through his camera. Religion, death, sex and violence perfuse the American artist’s work. Since the ’80s, Serrano’s work has sparked furious debate, raising questions worldwide about censorship, taste, public decency and acceptable modes of expression. His work “Immersion (Piss Christ)” (1987), ignited an …
Living and working in Alexandria, Wael Shawky has received international acclaim for his work as an artist and filmmaker, exploring transitional …
Even for adults, Paul McCarthy is scary, his work throws at our face the dark side of The American Dream and Western …
A forerunner of Op Art and Kinetic Art, a founder member of Groupe de Recherche d’Art Visuel, Julio Le Parc is a …
With a career that has spanned over 50 years, Pat Steir is a leading force in the development of Postmodern Abstraction. Her …
Beatriz Milhazes is well known for her colorful, kaleidoscopic collages, prints, paintings and installations which draw on both Latin American cultural imagery …
Carol Bove has focused her artistic work on the large-scale interrogation and exploration of social history and art from the late ‘60s …
Francesco Clemente explores individual identity, and the various means for its construction by constantly questioning the idea of a singular self. Clemente’s …
Thomas Brummett stands for the unification of two essentially diametrically opposed approaches. On the one hand, he creates enlarged, detailed shots in …
For more than 30 years Rosemarie Trockel has resisted an identifiable style, working in a variety of materials and a range of …
Douglas Gordon makes videos, installations, photographs and text pieces, using both found and original material, in an attempt to lay bare the …
Hanne Darboven studied painting from 1962–66 at the Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Hamburg. In 1966 Darboven moved to New York, …
Ai WeiWei is an inspirational figure for many people both in the West and in China, and both in and outside the …
The Nan Goldin Story is a familiar staple of the romantic mythology of urban bohemia. She is probably best known for “The …
Why have animals not been subject of greater interest in contemporary conversations and historical discourses in the arts? With this question as …
Since the late ‘70s, Mike Kelley has produced a body of work that takes as its target notions of taste, morality, authority, …
The 2nd edition of Paris Internationale Art Fair took place at an old hotel, a magnificent space at 51 Avenue d’Iéna, just …
The exhibition “Not Afraid Of Love” by Maurizio Cattelan with a series of perhaps the most known and characteristic works of his …
Jerwood Open Forest is an artist-centred initiative established by Jerwood Charitable Foundation and Forestry Commission England. The 2016 exhibition examines art in …
The many years that I’m commuting in Paris and the intervals that I live in the cite are quite large, …
Tom Wesselmann is one of the leading figures of Pop Art. He is best known for his career-spanning series, “Great American Nude,” …
Robert Rauschenberg’s work has always been one of thoughtful inclusion. Working in a wide range of subjects, styles, materials, and techniques, Rauschenberg …
Candida Höfer prefers to shoot semi-public spaces, most notably cultural and institutional architecture, in the absence of people, as evidenced in her …
Rich in cultural history since independence in 1821, Mexican art has continued to dazzle the world with its Avant-Garde and its singularity. …
