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TRACES: Barbara Kruger

Today is the occasion to bear in mind the American Conceptual artist Barbara Kruger (26/1/1945- ), she layers found photographs from existing …

Pakui Hardware, Courtesy the artists and  carlier|gebauer Gallery

ART CITIES: Madrid-Pakui Hardware

Pakui Hardware is the name chosen by collaborative artist duo Neringa Černiauskaité and Ugnius Gelguda. Pakui Hardware refers to Pakui – special attendant of Hawaiian …

Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi

ARCHITECTURE: Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi

The Indian architect Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi, also called B.V. Doshi, (26/8/1937-24/1/2023),  is the first from that country to be awarded the prestigious …

Vito Acconci

TRACES: Vito Acconci

Today is the occasion to bear in mind Vito Acconci (24/1/1940-27/4/2017), best known for his provocative and often radical art-making practices. Acconci …

Ruth Asawa

TRACES: Ruth Asawa

Today is the occasion to bear in mind Ruth Asawa (24/1/1926-5/8/2013), an artist best known for her sculptures “crocheted” from metal wire, …

George Lappas

TRACES: George Lappas

Today is the occasion to bear in mind George Lappas (1950-24/1/2016), one of the innovative and restless artists of the generation of …

Gerhard Richter, 11.8.2023(3), 2023, Coloured ink and pencil on paper, © Gerhard Richter 2024 (25012024), Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner Gallery

PREVIEW: Gerhard Richter

Gerhard Richter is one of the most influential contemporary artists and is often called the renewer of post-war painting. Richter analysed the …

Georg Baselitz

TRACES: Georg Baselitz

Today is the occasion to bear in mind Georg Baselitz (23/1/1938- ). He has had a profound influence on international art since …

Mary Weatherford, Celadon Anemone, 2023, Flashe on linen, 79 × 93 inches (200.7 × 236.2 cm), © Mary Weatherford. Photo: Fredrik Nilsen Studio, Courtesy the artis and Gagosian

ART CITIES: N.York-Mary Weatherford

Mary Weatherford creates large paintings comprising grounds of spontaneously sponged paint on heavy linen canvases, often surmounted by one or more carefully …

Photo left: Cildo Meireles, Babel, 2001, Finnish National Gallery, Photo: Finnish National Gallery / Petri Virtanen. Photo right: Essi Kausalainen, They whistled and walked from room to room, 2024, Finnish National Gallery, Photo: Finnish National Gallery / Pirje Mykkänen

TRIBUTE: Feels Like Home, Part II

The Finnish National Gallery’s contemporary art collection comprises around 8,800 works dating from the 1970s to the present day. Kiasma’s collection exhibitions …

Jeff Koons

TRACES: Jeff Koons

Today is the occasion to bear in mind Jeff Koons (21/1/1955 – ), one of a number of American artists to emerge …

Hélène Delprat, J’accuse, 2023, Pigment, acrylic binder and glitter on canvas, 250 x 566 x 4 cm / 98 3/8 x 222 7/8 x 1 5/8 in, © Hélène Delprat, Photo: Nicolas Brasseur, Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth Gallery

ART CITIES: Paris-Hélène Delprat

Inspired by literature such as Ovid’s “Metamorphoses”, cinema as in Melville’s “Les Enfants Terribles” and the culture of radio, Hélène Delprat’s work explores the questions …

Janine Antoni

TRACES: Janine Antoni

Today is the occasion to bear in mind Janine Antoni (19/1/1964- ). When she performed “Loving Care” in 1993, she moved herself …

TRACES: Cindy Sherman

Today is the occasion to bear in mind Cindy Sherman (19/1/1954- ), by turning the camera on herself her work continually re-examines …

Kiki Smith

TRACES: Kiki Smith

Today is the occasion to bear in mind Kiki Smith (18/1/1954- ), who has been known since the 1980s for her multidisciplinary …

ART NEWS: Jan.02

Between observing the impacts of the current climate crisis and the possibility of resilience, the exhibition “Météo des forêts” offers crossings in …