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ART NEWS:Nov.03

A selection of works by Christian Boltanski’s is on presentation at the exhibition “Animitas-Selected Works”. Evolving around two video installations part of …

Left: Beth Letain, Ballast, 2017, Painting - Oil on canvas, 230 x 190 cm, Photo: Matthias Kolb, Courtesy Peres Projects-Berlin. Right: Beth Letain, Every Other, 2017, Painting - Oil on canvas, 170 x 190 cm, Photo: Matthias Kolb, Courtesy Peres Projects-Berlin

ART CITIES:Berlin-Beth Letain

Coming from a background in science, Beth Letain’s approach to painting is driven by an ‘imperative. The artiststudied at the Nova Scotia …

MADSAKI, Untitled (TBC - character series 1), 2017, Acrylic and aerosol on canvas (TBC), 100 x 100 cm, Courtesy Perrotin

ART CITIES:Seoul-MADSAKI

A man of deep perspective and a global mindset, MADSAKI graduated from Parsons School of Design in 1996, after workin as a …

Michel Comte, Aialik Glacier, from Light series, 2017, MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts Archive

PHOTO:Michel Comte-Light

Michel Comte first completed an apprenticeship as a restorer before he taught himself photography. When he was 25 years old, Comte got …

Richard Wentworth, First and Last Word, 2017, Dictionary, soldered galvanized cable and unused linen bed sheet, 9.5 x 30.5 x 20.3 cm, Peter Freeman, Inc. Archive

ART CITIES:N.York-Richard Wentworth

Richard Wentworth rose to popularity in the late ‘70s as part of the New British Sculpture Movement, defined by their collective reaction …

Left-Center-Right: Geta Brătescu, Limite si rescul (Limits and rescues) (Detail), 2012, Series of 7 collage and drawing on paper, 21.3 x 29.7 cm, Photo: Ștefan Sava, © Geta Brătescu, Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

ART CITIES:N.York-Geta Brătescu

Geta Brătescu’s vivid practice has comprised performance, textiles, collage, print-making, installation and film. Living and working in Bucharest throughout Ceauşescu’s regime, Brătescu …

Gary Hume, Spent, 2016, Enamel paint on aluminum, 98 x 135 cm, Matthew Marks Gallery Archive

ART-PRESENTATION: Gary Hume-Mum

After Gary Hume graduated from Goldsmith’s College, London in 1988, he received critical acclaim for his hard-edged, abstract “Door” paintings. Since then …

Dan Graham, Model for Ying Yang, 1997, MDF, Perspex, 31.5 x 107 x 107 cm, © Dan Graham, Photo: Ken Adlard, Courtesy Lisson Gallery

ART CITIES:Beijing-Dan Graham

As one of contemporary art’s most influential figures, Dan Graham has been at the forefront of many of the most significant developments …

OPEN CALL:MFA Art Practice

The Art Practice program at School of Visual Arts (SVA) is now accepting applications for summer 2018 admission. Art Practice is a …

Gülçin Aksoy, A, 2017, Mixed media, Courtesy Zilberman Gallery

ART CITIES:Istanbul-Gülçin Aksoy

Gülçin Aksoy, both in her individual practice using various media and in artist collectives that she has been part of or collaborated …

ART NEWS:Nov.02

The 15th edition of TULCA Festival of Visual Arts, titled “They Call Us The Screamers” features artworks by Irish and international artists …

Laura Owens, Untitled, 2004, Acrylic and oil on linen, 167.6 x 167.6 cm. Collection of Nina Moore, © Laura Owens

ART-PRESENTATION: Laura Owens

For more than twenty years, Laura Owens has pioneered an innovative approach to painting that has made her one of the most …

John Stezaker, Untitled (Photoroman), c. 1979, Collage, 21.4 x 40.8 cm, Courtesy Petzel Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-John Stezaker

John Stezaker was one of the first generation of British conceptual artists exhibiting in the late 1960s and early 1970s. His main …

Ali Kazma, Calligraphy, from the series Resistance, 2013, HD video, color, sound, 6 min, © Ali Kazma, Courtesy of the artist and the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts

PHOTO:Ali Kazma-Souterrain,Part I

Ali Kazma works with lens-based media. All aver the world, he investigates situations, places and structures relating to man’s ability to transform …

Stefano Graziani, Cedric Price, Model for Fun Palace, ca. 1964, 53.4 x 123.3 x 79.1 cm, DR1995:0188:524, Cedric Price fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture, © CCA-Montreal, 2017, Inkjet-print, 100 x 125 cm, Fondazione Prada Archive

ART CITIES:Milan-Stefano Graziani

Trained as an architect, Stefano Graziani teaches the history and technique of photography at the Faculty of Architecture at the University of …