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Seydou Keïta, Untitled, 1948-54, Leila Heller Gallery Archive

PHOTO:Seydou Keïta

Considered to be one the important precursors of African photography, Seydou Keita, like many of his contemporaries, nothing particularly predestined him to …

Adrian Wong, Dream Cosmography, 2015, Courtesy the artist and OCAT Shenzhen

ART-PRESENTATION: Summer Triangle

The astronomical asterism the Summer Triangle, with its defining vertices at Altair, Deneb, and Vega An, is an essential navigation coordinate in …

Thomas Ruff, Stereo 1.09 Brasilia IX, 1994, © Thomas Ruff/VG Bild-Kunst/Bonn 2016, http://thomasruff.jp/

PHOTO:Thomas Ruff

Thomas Ruff has been a leading figure in contemporary photography since the ‘90s when he emerged as part of the Becher School. …

Yoko Ono, Exhibition View, MALBA Archive

ART CITIES:Buenos Aires-Yoko Ono

In 1961, Yoko Ono began working in conceptual and participatory art, avant-garde music, experimental film, and performance. Her work aroused the interest …

John Currin, Nude in a Convex Mirror, 2015, Private Collection, © John Currin, Courtesy Gagosian Gallery, Photo: Douglas M. Parker Studio

ART CITIES:Florence- John Currin

Displaying a sophisticated technique and a deep figurative culture, John Currin is renowned for his extremely elegant portraits and erotic scenes rendered …

Yoko Ono, Wish Tree

ART CITIES: Copenhagen-Yoko Ono

The “Wish Tree” is an ongoing art installation series by Yoko Ono, started sometime after 1981, in which a tree native to …

Left: Cy Twombly, Untitled (Lexington), 2009, © Cy Twombly Foundation, Photo: Rob McKeever, Gagosian Gallery Archive. Right: Mark Grotjahn, Untitled (Deco Pink and Lemon Yellow Butterfly 45.95), 2016, © Mark Grotjahn, Photo: Douglas M. Parker Studio, Gagosian Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:San Francisco-Plane.Site

  “Plane.Site”, is the title of a cross-generational exhibition of Modern and Contemporary artists to inaugurate the Gagosian Gallery in San Francisco. …

Tools for Action, Inflatable barricade training, 2016, Cph Art Week 2016 Archive

ART WEEKS: Copenhagen Art Week 2016

Copenhagen Art Week was established by web magazine Kunsten.nu in 2013 to assemble and showcase the entire Danish art scene. The objective …

Bruce Nauman, RAW MATERIAL - BRR (1990), Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe. © VG Bild-Kunst/Bonn 2014, Photo © ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Photo: ONUK, Copenhagen Contemporary Archive

ART CITIES: Copenhagen-Bruce Nauman

Throughout his career Bruce Nauman has worked with many media and materials. His practice ranges from traditional modes of expression such as …

Wang Zhibo, Rise Fall, 2016, Edouard Malingue Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:Hong Kong-Wang Zhibo

Wang Zhibo studied at the China Academy of Art Oil Painting Department in Hangzhou, hes subjects are dystopian visions representing the liminal …

Delson Uchoa, Sim Galeria, SP-Arte/Foto 2016 Archive

ART FAIRS:SP-Arte/Foto 2016

Founded in 2007 SP-Arte/Foto quickly established itself as the main photography Fair in Brazil with its innovative program embracing the photography market. …

Dasha Shishkin, Excitement - Trout in the Public’s Trousers (Detail), 2016, Galerie Anne Barrault Archive

ART-PRESENTATION: Nouveau!

A slightly ironic title, hinting at the ever strong demand for what is new, the contemporary greed for necessary and incessant novelty, …