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ART-PRESENTATION: David Poppie-Between Worlds

David Poppie uses exclusively recycled material in his work. Discarded objects, ranging from used tea bags and matchbook strikes to plastic cutlery and pencils are assimilated en masse to be used in his large-scale two and three-dimensional sculptures. He calls them “The discards of contemporary culture” and hopes that his …

Roland Reiss, Untitled, 1966, Diane Rosenstein Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:L.A.-Roland Reiss

Roland Reiss has a long and influential history in the L.A. and Southern California Art Scene. His’ early work owed a lot …

Katherine Bauer, “Waterfolds no.1″ and “Waterfolds no.2″, 2016, Courtesy of the artist

ART CITIES:N.York -Katherine Bauer

Katherine Bauer is an artist who works primarily with 16mm film. She often uses film in a way that incorporates sculpture, photography …

Shio Kusaka, Photo: Wood Kusaka Studios, Blum & Poe Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:L.A.-Shio Kusaka

Each of the ceramic pots, bowls, and vases of Shio Kusaka rewards close looking. While the artist’s work maintains intimate ties to …

Nina Beier, Anti-ageing, performance, 2015, Originally commissioned by Swiss Institute-New York

MIRAGES XXVI

    On the occasion of the Summer Nights that are full of art, I remember Paris and the French people on …

Yoko Ono, Wish Tree, Installation view of the exhibition “Yoko Ono: Golden Ladders”, Faurschou Foundation, Beijing, 2015, Photo:Jonathan Leijonhufvud, © Faurschou Foundation

ART CITIES: Copenhagen Contemporary

Copenhagen Contemporary (CC) is an independent institution, established in 2015 with a view to creating a new, international exhibition venue in Copenhagen. …

Lee Sung-Kuen

ART-PRESENTATION: Lee Sung-Kuen

As part of the France-Korea Year, Lee Sung-Kuen presents his first solo exhibition at Tornabuoni Art Paris. Lee Sung-Kuen was born in …

Nicolás Lamas, SYNCRETISM, 2016, Courtesy the artist and Brand New Gallery

ART CITIES:Milan-Nicolás Lamas

In his multidimensional work, Nicolás Lamas offers 
set of objects and installations that questions notions of order and chaos, nature and culture, …

Rana Begum, No. 680, Painting, 50 Panels (Detail), 2016, Courtesy of the artist and Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art, Photo: Begum Studio

ART-PRESENTATION: Rana Begum-The Space Between

Rana Begum combines sculptural and painting elements, transforming the overpowering associations of urban debasement into poetic entities by building architectural superstructures with …

Negin Sharifzadeh, Inspector Sorrow, 2016, A.I.R. Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:N. York -Negin Sharifzadeh

Growing up in Iran in the wake of revolution, the multi-disciplinary artist Negin Sharifzadeh is fascinated by the interplay of different natural, …

Taiyo Onorato and Nico Krebs, Broken Street Line, 2008, © Taiyo Onorato and Nico Krebs, Courtesy of the artists, RaebernonStenglin-Zurich. Peter Lav-Copenhagen and Detroit Institute of Arts

PHOTO:The Open Road

The first successful road trip in U.S.A. by automobile took place in 1903 by H. Nelson Jackson and Sewall K. Crocker. The …

Win McCarthy, Always these few raindrops and/never the storm/always a partial view, 2015, Marian Goodman Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:Paris-Pure Fiction

Marcel Broodthaers was associated with the Groupe Surréaliste-revolutionnaire from 1945 and dabbled in journalism, film, and poetry. After spending 20 years in …

Installation view (Jenny Holzer and Louise Lawler), Eau de Cologne, Sprüth Magers-Berlin, 17/9-21/10/15, Photo: Timo Ohler

ART CITIES:Los Angeles -Eau de Cologne

Sprüth Magers Gallery presents a group exhibition featuring the Gallery’s most prominent Female Artists. Carefully selected to represent a broad spectrum of …

Christiane Löhr

ART CITIES:Basel-Christiane Löhr

Christiane Löhr’s sculptures, seem rather unusual in light of the simplicity of their materials, because these run counter to our visual expectations. …

Mario Merz, Untitled, 1984, Photo: Nic Tenwiggenhorn, © VG Bild-Kunst-Bonn 2016, CourtesyThomas Schütte Foundation

ART-PRESENTATION: Mario Merz

“Is space curved or straight?” In posing this question, Mario Merz was addressing not only the issue of the built environment, but …