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Jacob Hashimoto, Our Fates Were Not Sealed, Merely Eclipsed (Detail), 2016, Paintings, bamboo, paper, nylon, acrylic and pigments, 167.5 x 152 x 20 cm

ART PREVIEW:Jacob Hashimoto-The Eclipse

Jacob Hashimoto uses the traditional kite-making techniques and forms to construct his three dimensional wall works. Existing as neither sculpture nor painting, …

Left: Rosemarie Trockel, Plusquamperfekt, 2017, Digital print on paper on Forex with aluminum frame, 140 x 100 cm, © Rosemarie Trockel, Gladstone64 Gallery Archive. Right: Rosemarie Trockel, Yes where others say no, 2017, Digital print on paper on Forex with aluminum frame, 90 x 90 cm, © Rosemarie Trockel, Gladstone64 Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:N.York-Rosemarie Trockel

For over 30 years, Rosemarie Trockel has consistently resisted a signature style and her practice ranges from works on paper, “Knitted paintings” …

Amar Kanwar, Such a Morning (Video Still), 2017 , Digital video, color, sound; 85 min., Single channel, looped,Ed. Of 6, © Amar Kanwar, Courtesy the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery -New York, Paris & London

ART CITIES:London-Amar Kanwar

Amar Kanwar is an artist shaped by a commitment to social activism. Born in New Delhi where he lives, he works strictly …

Martin Puryear, Big Phrygian, 2010-14, Painted red cedar, 147.3 x 101.6 x 193 cm, Glenstone Museum-Potomac/MD, Photo: Ron Amstutz© Martin Puryear, Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery

ART-PRESENTATION: Martin Puryear

Martin Puryear began his career in the ‘70s alongside other members of the Post-Minimalist generation. Working primarily in wood, he has maintained …

ART NEWS:Sept. 02

In the works of Cullen Washington Jr’s solo exhibition “Od Matter “, nature and the spirit re the impetus of his new …

Edna Andrade, Color Motion 4-64, 1964, Oil on canvas, 121.9 × 121.9 cm, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Gift of Frederick R. McBrien III, 2003 (2003-94-1), © Estate of Edna Andrade

ART-PRESENTATION: Delirious,Part II

The decades between 1950 and 1980 were beset by upheaval. Military conflict proliferated, while social and political unrest flared around the globe. …

Ed Atkins, Ribbons, 2014, Three channel 4:3 in 16:9 HD video with three 4.1 channel surround soundtracks), Courtesy the artist and Cabinet-London

BOOK:Ed Atkins-SKIRA Editore

Ed Atkins’ work is at once a disturbing diagnosis of a digitally mediated present-day, and an absurd prophecy of things to come. …

Barbara Kruger

ART CITIES:Berlin-Barbara Kruger

The large, bold artworks of Barbara Kruger assimilate words and images from the deluge of contemporary mass media. Employing media effects and …

Michael Simpson in his studio, Photo Peter Mallet, Courtesy the artist and BlainSouthern

ART CITIES:Berlin-Michael Simpson

For the past three decades Michael Simpson has explored ideas relating to what he describes as “The infamy of religious history”. Rooted …

Peter Zumthor, Dear to Me, 2017, Exhibition view third floor, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Photo: Markus Tretter, Courtesy of Atelier Peter Zumthor & Partner, © Peter Zumthor, Kunsthaus Bregenz

ARCHITECTURE:Peter Zumthor-Dear to Me

Kunsthaus Bregenz is an internationally active institute for the presentation of Contemporary art. It was designed by the Swiss architect Peter Zumthor …

André Kertész, Nageur sous l’eau, Esztergom, Hongrie, 1917 © André Kertész, Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication / Médiathèque de l’architecture et du patrimoine, Dist Rmn © Donation André Kertész

PHOTO:André Kertész-Mirroring Life

Perhaps more than any other photographer, Andre Kertesz discovered and demonstrated the special aesthetic of the 35mm camera. These beautiful little machines …

ART NEWS:Sept. 01

Russian Cosmism was a movement that called for material immortality and resurrection, as well as travel to outer space. It developed out …

Bruce Nauman, Human Nature/Life Death, 1983, Neon tubing with clear glass tubing suspension frames, 182.9 × 182.9 × 10.2 cm, The Art Institute of Chicago, Acquired from City of Chicago Public Art Program Collection, through prior gifts of Florence S. McCormick and Emily Crane Chadbourne (2004.151), © 2017 Bruce Nauman / Artists Rights Society (ARS)-New York; Photo: The Art Institute of Chicago / Art Resource-NY

ART-PRESENTATION: Delirious,Part I

The decades between 1950 and 1980 were beset by upheaval. Military conflict proliferated, while social and political unrest flared around the globe. …

ART CITIES:N.York-Ad Reinhardt

Adolph Frederick “Ad” Reinhardt was an abstract painter writer, critic, and educator active in New York beginning in the ‘30s and continuing …

Helen Johnson, Bad debt (Detail), 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 1380 × 320 cm, Courtesy the artist and Pilar Corrias Gallery-London, Château Shatto-Los Angeles, Sutton Gallery-Melbourne, © the artist, Photo: Mark Blower, New Museum Archive

ART-PREVIEW:Helen Johnson-Ends

Helen Johnson is perhaps best known for her large-scale, semi-narrative paintings, which explore a range of political and cultural histories and issues. …