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Joanna Kamm, Director, © 2019 LISTE art Fair Basel, Photo: Diana Pfammatter

INTERVIEW: Joanna Kamm

Beginning on September 1, 2018, Joanna Kamm took over as director of LISTE Art Fair, and continues the work of ensuring continuity, …

Oscar Murillo , (untitled) news, 2017-2018, Oil and oil stick on canvas and linen, © Oscar Murillo, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner

ART CITIES:London-Oscar Murillo

Born in Colombia and based in various locations, Oscar Murillo is known for an inventive and itinerant practice that encompasses paintings, works …

Left: Irene Williams, Blocks and Strips Quilt, 2003, The Philadelphia Museum of Art Collection 2017-229-11, © Estate of Irene Williams/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Right: Mary Lee Bendolph, Work-Clothes Quilt, 2002, , The Philadelphia Museum of Art Collection 2017-229-11, © Estate of Mary Lee Bendolph/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

ART-PRESENTATION: Souls Grown Deep

The exhibition “Souls Grown Deep: Artists of the African American South” at the Philadelphia Museum of Art includes paintings, sculptures, and quilts …

Senga Nengudi, RSVP (performance still), 2013, Activated by Maren Hassinger, Photo: Nisa Ojalvo, Courtesy the Grey Art Gallery

ART CITIES:London-Senga Nengudi

The work of Senga Nengudi has been at the forefront of sculptural, performative, and photographic practices for over forty years. After studying …

Anibal Brizuela, untitle, 2005, Ballpoint pen on paper, 32.41 x 47.5 cm, Courtesy Christian Berst Art Brut

ART CITIES:Paris-Anibal Brizuela

Aníbal Brizuela recently died in Argentina, at the age of 84, after spending more than half a century at the Colonia d’Oliveros …

Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, How to Meet an Angel. Facade of Mentrum Clinic, Amsterdam, 2009, Photo: Emilia Kabakov, Courtesy the artists

ART CITIES:Moscow-Ilya & Emilia Kabakov

The most recognizable Russian contemporary artists on the international scene, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov are known for their paintings, objects, albums, books, …

Ella Littwitz, The Unknown Land of the South, 2017, Courtesy: the artist; Harlan Levey Projects-Brussels, Copperfield Gallery-London, Photo: Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, Gunnar Meie

ART-PRESENTATION:Ella Littwitz-The Promise

In her comprehensive artistic research, Ella Littwitz concerns herself with archaeology, history, botany, culture and politics. The critical examination of national and …

Rebecca Horn, Pencil Mask, 1973 (Filmstill), 16 mm (digitised), color, sound, Rebecca Hom Collection, © 2019: Rebecca Hom/ProLitteris-Zurich

ART CITIES:Basel-Rebecca Horn

In her oeuvre Rebecca Horn has developed a distinctive symbolic universe whose openness and poetry continues to touch us. In her works, …

Nancy Spero, P.E.A.C.E., Helicopter, Mother + Children, 1968, Gouache and ink on paper, 48 x 61 cm, Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co., © The Nancy Spero and Leon Golub Foundation for the Arts / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2019, Photo: Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co.

ART-PRESENTATION: Nancy Spero

Nancy Spero is one of the most significant figures in post-war American art. She engages in a complex way with existential aspects …

Allora & Calzadilla, Under Discussion (Video Still), 2005, Single-channel color video with sound, 6’ 14”, © Allora & Calzadilla, Courtesy the artists and Garage Museum of Contemporary Art

ART CITIES:Moscow-Allora & Calzadilla

Through a complex research-oriented practice, Allora & Calzadilla critically address the intersections and complicities between the cultural, the historical and the geopolitical. …

Barbara Kruger, Installation view STEDELIJK BASE, Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, c/o Pictoright Amsterdam, Photo: Gert Jan van Rooij

ART-TRIBUTE:Stedelijk Base-Part II

One of the largest installations of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Collections, in its history, is Stedelijk Base. The presentation of the art …

Sebastian Jefford, Aggresively indeterminate biscuit, 2018, Polyurethane foam, acrylic, latex, plastic snaps, plaster, bandage, chicken wire, cardboard, photo: Simon Veres, © Sebastian Jefford, Courtesy the artist and Gianni Manhattan- Vienna

MIRAGES LIII

June 2019, is full of art evens, since the 58th Venice Biennial titled “May You Live In Interesting Times” continues, but in …

David Wojnarowicz, Untitled (Green Head), 1982, Acrylic paint on mansonite, 121.9 x 243.8 cm, Bromm & Doneley Meris Collectin, © Estete of David Wojnarowicz P.P.O.W.-New York

ART-TRIBUTE:David Wojnarowicz

Beginning in the late 1970s, David Wojnarowicz created a body of work that spanned photography, painting, music, film, sculpture, writing, and activism. …