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TRACES: Carmen Herrera

Today is the occasion to bear in mind Carmen Herrera (31/5/1915-12/2/2022 ), she has been painting since her youth in Cuba, but …

Agnès Varda

TRACES: Agnès Varda

Today is the occasion to bear in mind Agnès Varda, (30/5/1928-29/3/2019) the French director and photographer whose first film, “La Pointe Courte” …

Nobuyoshi Araki

TRACES: Nobuyoshi Araki

Today is the occasion to bear in mind Nobuyoshi Araki (25/5/1940- ). For over half a century, Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki has …

Gina Pane

TRACES: Gina Pane

Today is the occasion to bear in mind Gina Pane (24/5/1939-6/3/1990), a seminal figure in the history of Body Art and more …

TRACES: Marisa Merz

Today is the occasion to bear in mind  Marisa Merz (23/5/1926-19/7/2019) one of the central figures and the only woman artist participating …

Jean Tinguely

TRACES: Jean Tinguely

Today is the occasion to bear in mind Jean Tinguely (22/5/1925-30/8/1991). He is best known for his machinelike kinetic sculptures that destroyed …

Thomas Hirschhorn

TRACES: Thomas Hirschhorn

Today is the occasion to bear in mind Thomas Hirschhorn (16/5/1957- ), he uses everyday and found materials to create a dystopian …

Jasper Johns

TRACES: Jasper Johns

Today is the occasion to bear in mind Jasper Johns (15/5/1930- ), his work affected nearly every artistic movement from the ‘50s …

TRACES: Joseph Beuys

Today is the occasion to bear in mind the German artist Joseph Beuys (12/5/1921-23/1/1986). He was the artist with the most influence …

Teresita Fernández

TRACES: Teresita Fernández

Today is the occasion to bear in mind Teresita Fernández (12/5/1968- ). Through her practice, she explores perception and the psychology of …

Jan Dibbets

TRACES: Jan Dibbets

Today is the occasion to bear in mind Jan Dibbets (9/5/1941- ), Initially trained as a painter, in the 1960s Dibbets turned …

James Turell

TRACES: James Turell

Today is the occasion to bear in mind , James Turrell (6/5/1943- ). Informed by his training in perceptual psychology and a …

TRACES: Kimsooja

Today is the occasion to bear in mind the Korean artis  Kimsooja (29/4/1957- ). Adressing issues of the displaced self and others, …

William Kentridge

TRACES: William Kentridge

Today is the occasion to bear in mind William Kentridge (28/4/1955- ). He rose to prominence in the ‘90s with expressive drawings, …

TRACES: Yves Klein

Today is the occasion to bear in mind the French artist Yves Klein (28/4/1928-6/6/1962), Klein was born in Nice and his parents …

Cy Twombly

TRACES: Cy Twombly

Today is the occasion to bear in mind Cy Twombly (25/4/1928-5/7/2011), he is considered to be one of the greatest American painters …

BRIDGET RILEY

TRACES: Bridget Riley

Today is the occasion to bear in mind the British artist Bridget Riley born in London (24/4/1931- )  is an English painter …

Douglas Gordon

TRACES: Douglas Gordon

Today is the occasion to bear in mind Douglas Gordon (20/9/1966- ) working across mediums and disciplines, he investigates moral and ethical questions, …

Frank Stella

TRACES: Frank Stella

Today is the occasion to bear in mind Frank Stella (12/5/1936-4/5/2024), one of the most dominant and influential figures in Abstract Painting …

Pierre Soulages

TRACES: Pierre Soulages

Today is the occasion to bear in mind Pierre Soulages (24/12/1919-26/10/2022), known as “the painter of black and light”. He has forged …

Germano Celant

TRACES:Germano Celant

Today is the occasion to bear in mind Germano Celant (1940-29/4/2020),  a name everyone in the art world recognizes. It was Celant …

TRACES:Michelangelo Pistoletto

Today is the occasion to bear in mind the Italian artist, and art theorist, Michelangelo Pistoletto (25/6/33- ). Born in Biella, Italy, …

TRACES:Lucio Fontana

Today is the occasion to bear in mind Lucio Fontana (19/2/1899-7/9/1968). By slashing the center of his canvases, Fontana allowed three–dimensional space …

Alighiero e Boetti

TRACES:Alighiero Boetti

Today is the occasion to bear in mind the Italian Conceptual artist Alighiero e Boetti (16/12/1940-24/2/1994). Who used his work as political …