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ART-PRESENTATION: The Middle Earth

Maria Thereza Alves and Jimmie Durham’s project “The Middle Earth”, which occupies the whole space of the Institut d’art contemporain, Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes, and …

Nazgol Ansarinia, The Mechanisms of Growth, Demolishing buildings, buying waste (Detsail), 2017, Plaster, glue, pigment, Variable dimensions , Photo: Rachel Gruijters, Courtesy the artist and Green Art Gallery-Dubai

ART CITIES:Dubai-Nazgol Ansarinia

Nazgol Ansarinia works with different media which include drawings, collages, sculptures, murals and textile works. She uses them to depict daily urban …

Carola Bürgi, Netspace 1, 2017, Sculpture, Mixed media, 36 x 30 x 30 cm, Galerie La Ligne

INTERVIEW: Karine Tissot

One of Art Paris Art Fair, advantages is the section Guest of Honour, which each year gives the possibility to the visitors, …

The Palestinian Museum, Photo: Iwan Baan © The Palestinian Museum

ART-PRESENTATION: Labour Of Love

Throughout the Arab world, embroidery has been as central to the cultural heritage of the region as calligraphy, the miniature, woodwork, ceramics …

ART NEWS:March 02

With the program “Dissident Gardens”, Het Nieuwe Instituut explores the classic contrast between nature and culture and the changing role of design. …

Matthew Ronay, Move, Swallow, Breathe, 2017, Basswood, dye, gouache, cotton, flocking, steel, plastic, 28,6 x 30,5 x 10,15 cm, © Courtesy the artist & Perrotin

ART CITIES:Paris-Matthew Ronay

Matthew Ronay’s sculptures bring together a mix of fancifully colored elements that resemble the cogs of machinery or dripping liquids. Ronay’s works …

Andrzej Wróblewski

ART-PRESENTATION: Andrzej Wróblewski

Andrzej Wróblewski (15/6/1927-23/3/1957), despite his short life, is one of the most important Polish artists of the 20Th Century. Wróblewski was a …

Chikako Yamashiro, Seaweed Woman (still), 2008, Lambda print aluminum mounted, 28x50cm, set of 8, (movie) Video 7'15", © Chikako Yamashiro, Courtesy of Yumiko Chiba Associates

ART CITIES:London-Chikako Yamashiro

Chikako Yamashiro is a contemporary video artist and photographer based in Naha, Okinawa exploring the legacies of Japanese colonization in the nineteenth …

Catherine Opie, Untitled #10 (1999), 1999, c-print, 40.6 x 50.8 cm print, 55.9 x 66 cm framed, Edition of 5, © Catherine Opie, Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin Gallery

ART-TRIBUTE:American Landscape

Landscape has inspired painters, it was the canvas upon which created the most impressive and great works by the artists of Land …

Bertrand Lavier, Walt Disney Productions 1947-2017 n°1, 2017 , Acrylic on inkjet on canvas, 130 x 150 cm, Exhibition view ‘’Walt Disney Productions’’, kamel mennour, London, 2018, © ADAGP Bertrand Lavier, Courtesy the artist and kamel mennour-Paris/London

ART CITIES:London-Bertrand Lavier

As a seminal figure in the movement toward appropriation art, Bertrand Lavier is perhaps best known for his readymades, created by covering …

Malmö Art Academy

OPEN CALL:Master Programme in Fine Arts

Malmö Art Academy is an internationally renowned fine arts programme at Lund University, Scandinavia’s largest comprehensive university. The Academy is a state-financed …

To Breathe – Zone of Nowhere, 2018, Installation view, 12 nylon flags, 243×152 cm (each) Unique, Photo: Lorenzo Palmieri, Courtesy of the artist and Galleria Raffaella Cortese-Milan

ART CITIES:Milan-Kimsooja

Addressing existential issues of self and others, Kimsooja’s work spans site-specific installation, performance, video and photography using sound, light and daily objects. …

Yin Xiuzhen Phaidon, Publications

BOOK:Yin Xiuzhen, Phaidon Publications

Best known for her works that incorporate second-hand objects, Yin Xiuzhen uses her artwork to explore modern issues of globalization and homogenization. …

David Goldblatt, The commando of National Party supporters that escorted the late Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd to the party’s 50th anniversary celebrations. De Wildt, Transvaal (North-West Province), 31 October 1964, Digital print on gelatin silver paper, 33 x 48,5 cm, Courtesy David Goldblatt and Goodman Gallery Johannesburg/Cape Town, © David Goldblatt

PHOTO:David Goldblatt

David Goldblatt, who is one of South Africa’s most famous documentary photographers, is internationally acclaimed for his work. The grandson of Lithuanian-Jewish …