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ARCHITECTURE: Toyo Ito

Toyo Ito (1/6/1941- ) is a Japanese architect known for creating conceptual architecture, in which he seeks to simultaneously express the physical …

Carmen Herrera

TRACES: Carmen Herrera

Today is the occasion to bear in mind Carmen Herrera (31/5/1915-12/2/2022 ), she has been painting since her youth in Cuba, but …

ARCHITECTURE: Frei Paul Otto

The German architect Frei Paul Otto (31/5/1925-9/3/2015) was best known for the huge roof canopies designed for the 1972 Olympics in Munich. …

Ellsworth Kelly

TRACES: Ellsworth Kelly

Today is the occasion to bear in mind Ellsworth Kelly (31/5/1923-27/12/2015), one of America’s great 20th Century Abstract artists, who in the …

Photo left: Norbert Prangenberg, Figur, ca. 1998, Terracotta, glazed, h: 49.5 cm ø 30 cm (h: 19 1/2 in ø 11 3/4 in), Courtesy Galerie Karsten Greve. Photo right: Norbert Prangenberg, Der Maler, 2009, Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 cm (19 2/3 x 15 3/4 in), Signed, titled, dated und inscribed verso on the hole screen: Norbert Prangenberg „Der Maler“, 6.1.2009 in Brunnen Niederarnbach, Courtesy Galerie Karsten Greve

PRESENTATION: Norbert Prangenberg

Norbert Prangenberg’s art emerges from a fundamental interaction of hand, eye and material which has manifested itself in a variety of genres …

Agnès Varda

TRACES: Agnès Varda

Today is the occasion to bear in mind Agnès Varda, (30/5/1928-29/3/2019) the French director and photographer whose first film, “La Pointe Courte” …

Salvo, Giugno, 2009, Oil on canvas, 13 3/ Salvo Estate 8 x 19 inches (34 x 48 cm), © Salvo Estate, Courtesy Salvo Estate & Gladstone Gallery

ART CITIES: Seoul-Salvo

Throughout Salvo’s career, the artist pursued a spiritual connection with the world of antiquity and explored themes of temporality and materiality. Salvo’s …

Li Hei Di, Liquid Meadow in the Lust of Dawn, 2022, oil on canvas, 67 × 134 inches, © Li Hei Di. Photo courtesy Pippy Houldsworth Gallery

ART CITIES: Hong Kong-Li Hei Di

Li Hei Di transmutes impassioned energy into paintings that intertwine biomorphic shapes with oneiric, ethereal environments. Straddling the line between figuration and …

Lars Fredrikson, Partitur A (detalj), 1971. Courtesy Lars Fredrikson Estate & Galerie In Situ – fabienne leclerc, Paris

PRESENTATION: Lars Fredrikson

Born in Sweden, Lars Fredrikson settled in the south of France in 1960. A tireless curious and skillfully inventive artist, he created …

Ran Hwang, Healing oblivious aqua_OS, 2024, Buttons, Hanji Paper, Beads, Pins on Wooden Panels, 78.7 x 141.7 in. / 199.9 x 359.9 cm, © Ran Hwang, Courtesy the artist and Leila Heller Gallery

ART CITIES: N.York-Nature and Form

Presenting a dialogue across time and space, the exhibition “Nature and Form: Sculptural Dialogues Across Time and Place” explores materiality as a …

Nobuyoshi Araki

TRACES:Nobuyoshi Araki

Today is the occasion to bear in mind Nobuyoshi Araki (25/5/1940- ). For over half a century, Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki has …

Sebastião Salgado

TRACES: Sebastião Salgado

Sebastião Salgado’s (8/2/1944-23/5/2025 ) straightforward photographs portray individuals living in desperate economic circumstances. Because he insists on presenting his pictures in series, …

Julian Rosefeldt, American Night, 2008/2009, © Julian Rosefeldt, Courtesy the artict and C/O Berlin

ART CITIES: Berlin-Julian Rosefeldt

Julian Rosefeldt is one of the leading contemporary artists and filmmakers today. In his elaborately staged film and video installations, he works …

Gina Pane

TRACES: Gina Pane

Today is the occasion to bear in mind Gina Pane (24/5/1939-6/3/1990), a seminal figure in the history of Body Art and more …

Candida Höfer, © Candida Höfer/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025

PHOTO: Candida Höfer Photographs

Candida Höfer began taking color photographs of interiors of public buildings, such as offices, banks, and waiting rooms, in 1979 while studying …