TRACES:Donald Judd

Today is the occasion to bear in mind the American artist Donald Judd (3/6/1928-12/2/1994), associated with Minimalism. In his work, Judd sought autonomy and clarity for the constructed object and the space created by it. This column is a tribute to artists, living or dead, who have left their mark …

Hamad Butt, Transmission, 1990, Glass, steel, ultraviolet lights and electrical cables Dimensions variable., Installation at Milch, London, 1990. Tate. Image © Jamal Butt. Photo: Tim Martin

ART CITIES:London-Hamad Butt

Hamad Butt was a British-Pakistani artist whose innovative work in the early 1990s bridged art and science, engaging deeply with themes of danger, transformation, and the AIDS crisis. His installations often incorporated hazardous materials, such as chlorine and iodine gases, to evoke the invisible threats of disease and societal fears. …

Richard Long

TRACES: Richard Long

Today is the occasion to bear in mind the British artist Richard Long RA CBE (2/6/1945- ). He is an English sculptor …

Norman Foster

ARCHITECTURE: Norman Foster

Norman Foster was born 1/6/1935 in Manchester. He became the 21st Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate in 1999. He has been awarded the …

ARCHITECTURE: Toyo Ito

Toyo Ito (1/6/1941- ) is a Japanese architect known for creating conceptual architecture, in which he seeks to simultaneously express the physical …

Carmen Herrera

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 …

ARCHITECTURE: Frei Paul Otto

The German architect Frei Paul Otto (31/5/1925-9/3/2015) was best known for the huge roof canopies designed for the 1972 Olympics in Munich. …

Ellsworth Kelly

TRACES: Ellsworth Kelly

Today is the occasion to bear in mind Ellsworth Kelly (31/5/1923-27/12/2015), one of America’s great 20th Century Abstract artists, who in the …

Photo left: Norbert Prangenberg, Figur, ca. 1998, Terracotta, glazed, h: 49.5 cm ø 30 cm (h: 19 1/2 in ø 11 3/4 in), Courtesy Galerie Karsten Greve. Photo right: Norbert Prangenberg, Der Maler, 2009, Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 cm (19 2/3 x 15 3/4 in), Signed, titled, dated und inscribed verso on the hole screen: Norbert Prangenberg „Der Maler“, 6.1.2009 in Brunnen Niederarnbach, Courtesy Galerie Karsten Greve

PRESENTATION: Norbert Prangenberg

Norbert Prangenberg’s art emerges from a fundamental interaction of hand, eye and material which has manifested itself in a variety of genres …

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” …

Salvo, Giugno, 2009, Oil on canvas, 13 3/ Salvo Estate 8 x 19 inches (34 x 48 cm), © Salvo Estate, Courtesy Salvo Estate & Gladstone Gallery

ART CITIES: Seoul-Salvo

Throughout Salvo’s career, the artist pursued a spiritual connection with the world of antiquity and explored themes of temporality and materiality. Salvo’s …

Li Hei Di, Liquid Meadow in the Lust of Dawn, 2022, oil on canvas, 67 × 134 inches, © Li Hei Di. Photo courtesy Pippy Houldsworth Gallery

ART CITIES: Hong Kong-Li Hei Di

Li Hei Di transmutes impassioned energy into paintings that intertwine biomorphic shapes with oneiric, ethereal environments. Straddling the line between figuration and …

Lars Fredrikson, Partitur A (detalj), 1971. Courtesy Lars Fredrikson Estate & Galerie In Situ – fabienne leclerc, Paris

PRESENTATION: Lars Fredrikson

Born in Sweden, Lars Fredrikson settled in the south of France in 1960. A tireless curious and skillfully inventive artist, he created …

Ran Hwang, Healing oblivious aqua_OS, 2024, Buttons, Hanji Paper, Beads, Pins on Wooden Panels, 78.7 x 141.7 in. / 199.9 x 359.9 cm, © Ran Hwang, Courtesy the artist and Leila Heller Gallery

ART CITIES: N.York-Nature and Form

Presenting a dialogue across time and space, the exhibition “Nature and Form: Sculptural Dialogues Across Time and Place” explores materiality as a …

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 …