dreamideamachine ART VIEW
A pioneering Surrealist artist, Meret Oppenheim (6/10/1913-15/11/1985), transformed everyday items into provocative, dreamlike symbols. Best known for her iconic fur-covered teacup, “Object” (1936), her versatile work spanned sculpture, painting, and poetry. She examined subconscious desire, sexuality, nature, and gender identity, masterfully defying conventional artistic and societal boundaries. This column is …
Formulated in 1926, Le Corbusier’s (6/10/1887-27/8/1965), “Five Points of a New Architecture” spearheaded the modernist architectural movement of the 20th century. As a prolific pioneer of the style, Le Corbusier famously allocated five essential points that dictated a new approach to the design of domestic architecture. The freedom afforded by …
In a life-portrait interview, which in truth is a long journey of interviews and a stitching together of conversations, the kind that we people of letters conduct with the persistence of a scholar and which are included in my first book titled “In First-Person Singular & Second-Person Plural”—the hardest part …
Brice Marden’s (5/10/1938-9/8/2023) works derive from highly specific personal experiences, much like those of Frank Stella, and without knowledge of those personal …
Thomas Demand’s work investigates the persistence of images and their ability to embed themselves in a society’s collective memory. Presenting a solo …
Σε μία συνέντευξη–πορτρέτο ζωής, που στην πραγματικότητα είναι μία μεγάλη διαδρομή συνεντεύξεων και μία συρραφή συζητήσεων, από αυτές που εμείς οι άνθρωποι …
Chen Zhen (4/10/1955-13/12/2000) was a Chinese-born contemporary artist known for exploring identity, migration, illness, and cultural exchange. Based between China and Europe, …
Published on the occasion of her debut solo exhibition in Asia at Pace in Tokyo, the facsimile edition of Maysha Mohamedi’s studio …
To mark the 180th anniversary of the Goldoni Theatre’s inauguration, the Fondazione Teatro della Città di Livorno “Carlo Goldoni” launches an international …
Stavros Papagiannis is a prominent Greek interior designer, creative director, and multidisciplinary artist whose practice moves between architecture, scenography, and contemporary art. …
The exhibition “Whilst We Are Savages” offers a critical examination of how colonial modernity constructed foundational figures such as the savage, …
Jonathan Monk replays, recasts and re-examines seminal works of Conceptual and Minimal art by variously witty, ingenious and irreverent means. Through wall …
Katharina Grosse (2/10/1961- ) is internationally recognised for her bold, haptic paintings and saturated use of colour. Since the late 1990s, Grosse …
Elina Belou’s exhibition “Life of a Sunflower” is her first with Bernier/Eliades Gallery, the exhibition brings together a new body of ceramic …
Bjarke Bundgaard Ingels (2/10/1974- ) is a Danish architect known for buildings that defy traditional architectural conventions and dimensions, ranging from representations …
Michael Bühler-Rose explores how collections can reveal one’s inner life or biography. His approach is informed by the Gubbio Studiolo at the Metropolitan Museum …
Walter de Maria (1/10/1935-25/7/2013), perhaps most significantly developed a conceptual approach to earth-based works that both used the landscape as immersive “canvas” …
The Upė Foundation Curatorial Fellowship is an 12-18 month full-time paid position embedded within Gasworks’ curatorial team. Conceived as a professional development …
The work of painter Tamara Al Samerraei is often based on photographs from both her personal archive and the public domain. Film …
Ilya Kabakov (30/9/1933-27/5/2023), was an artist of note in two distinctly polar disciplines. While living in the Soviet Union for 30 years, …
Over three decades, Amar Kanwar has developed a distinctive body of lyrical films and multi-video installations rooted in the specific context of …
In a vital convergence of contemporary art, civic responsibility, and human rights advocacy, David Zwirner presents “Everyone you’re looking at is also …
Development opportunity to join a dynamic international artistic research and education environment. HDK-Valand Academy of Art and Design, University of Gothenburg, Sweden …
Chiharu Shiota’s inspiration often emerges from a personal experience or emotion that she expands into universal human concerns such as life, death …
