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In 1956 Jannis Kounellis moved to Rome and enrolled in the Accademia di Belle Arti. While still a student he had his first solo exhibition, titled “L’alfabeto di Kounellis”, at the Galleria la Tartaruga, Rome, in 1961. The artist exhibited black-and-white canvases that demonstrated little painterliness, on their surfaces he …
Mario Airò was born in Pavia and lives and works in Genoa and Milan. He studied in Milan where with other artists …
William Kentridge’s work spans across traditional media and techniques such as: tapestries, works on paper, sculptures, installations, animated films or opera productions …
The group exhibition “Checkmate. Games of International Art from the Sixties to Now” plays on multiple significances, starting from its title, which …
Zeng Fanzhi is at the forefront of a generation of Chinese artists who have achieved national and international prominence in the wake …
Nigel Cooke’s paintings create mazes for the mind. Looking at his large-scale surfaces, the viewer becomes entrapped by illusionary depths and a …
Georg Baselitz’s work confronts the visceral reality of history and tragedy of being German in a post World War II …
In a labor-intensive and meticulous process, Vik Muniz reproduces images the Western viewer is familiar with from the print media, such as …
Nude figures from ancient Greece to present day, are peculiarly common in the art of the Western world. This situation might seem …
The thematic double exhibition “On Building Nations” by Mahmoud Khaled and Szabolcs KissPál revisits the notion and complex mechanisms of the construction …
Before the Modern era, art served primarily to decorate architecture and spaces in order to make life richer and more joyful. As …
Doug Aitken’s work explores every medium, from sculpture, film, and installation to architectural intervention. Doug Aitken exploded onto the international art scene …
The ‘80s are known as the era of the post-modern individualist. These are the years of Thatcher, Reagan, the young urban professionals …
Skulptur Projekte Münster is an exhibition of sculptures in public places in the town of Münster. Held every ten years since 1977, …
In the exhibition “Norsk Natur”, Toril Johannessen and Tue Greenfort join their forces to discuss nature. The exhibition is the second in …
Sterling Ruby is known for the multifaceted nature of his practice, which encompasses painting, ceramics, collage, video and photography, textiles, sculpture and …
Ade Darmawan’s work deals with the history and people of Indonesia. He focuses on the histories that often remain untold, on minor …
Carmen Herrera sold her first painting in 2004 at the age of 89, after painting full-time for more than 60 years. Now …
All art is political in the sense that all art takes place in the public arena and engages with an already existing …
Paradise is one of Nobuyoshi Araki’s most important themes. After his wife death, he produced “A’s Paradise” (1998), in which he photographed …
Sara VanDerBeek first became known in the mid ‘00s for photographs featuring her own makeshift sculptural configurations in which appropriated photos were …
Liz Magor represented Canada at the 1984 Venice Biennale, she draws her ideas from beliefs, reactions, and human behavior, especially when they …
In his body of work, Roxy Paine mirrors natural processes, drawing increasingly on the tension between organic and man-made environments, between the …
Over the past 30 years, Thomas Olbricht has put together one of the most extensive private collections in Europe. The collection encompasses …
