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Neo Rauch, Taschen Publications

BOOK: Neo Rauch-Taschen Publications

Neo Rauch’s paintings are wormholes into worlds of startling psychological power and cultural collisions. His scenes involve the viewer in a history …

Peter Halley, Edutainment, 2005, Acrylic, fluorescent acrylic, and, Roll‐a‐Tex on canvas. 165 × 234 cm, Private collection, Courtesy Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza

PRESENTATION: Peter Halley-In Spain

To a naïve viewer, what Peter Halley does is abstract painting: what else could these puzzles of squares and rectangles, parallel stripes …

Front: Giuseppe Penone. Avvolgere la terra, 2024, Terracotta, pigment, 7 7/8 x 4 x 4 in. (20 x 10 x 10 cm), Edition of 17 plus 3 artist's proofs, © Giuseppe Penone, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Marian Goodman. Back: Giuseppe Penone, Pressione, 1977-2024, Charcoal on wall, Dimensions variable, © Giuseppe Penone, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Marian Goodman

ART CITIES: Paris-Giuseppe Penone

Throughout his fifty-year career, Giuseppe Penone has employed a wide range of materials and forms in an exploration of the fundamental language …

Pino Pascali

TRACES: Pino Pascali

Today is the occasion to bear in mind the Italian artist, sculptor and performer Pino Pascali (19/10/1935-11/9/1968). He was one of the …

Left: Sturtevant, Johns Numbers, 1991, Watercolour and graphite pencil on paper, 41 x 33.1 cm, © Sturtevant Estate, Courtesy Thaddeus Roppac Gallery Right: Sturtevant, Gonzalez-Torres, Untitled (America), 2004, Installation view, Sturtevant: I Am Never The Other, The Power Station, Dallas, 2018, © Sturtevant Estate, Courtesy Thaddeus Roppac Gallery

ART CITIES: Paris-Sturtevant

Sturtevant is best known for her repetitions of the works of other artists, which she recreated manually from memory after having seen …

Photo Left: Takashi Murakami, Maiko in Kyoto, Anime-style, 2023 – 2024, Acrylic on canvas mounted on wood panel, 120 × 42.1 cm | 47 1/4 × 16 9/16 inches, Unique, ©2023-24 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Courtesy Perrotin/ Photo Right: Takashi Murakami, POM & Me Sweet Memories, 2023 – 2024, Acrylic on canvas mounted on wood panel, 67.1 × 49 cm | 26 7/16 × 21 5/16 inches, Unique, ©2023-24 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Courtesy Perrotin

PRESENTATION: Takashi Murakami

Takashi Murakami combines the most cutting-edge techniques with the precision and virtuosity of traditional Japanese art. Inspired by anime and character culture, his …

Photo Courtesy Art Basel

ART FAIRS: Art Basel Paris 2024

Founded in 1970 by gallerists from Basel, Art Basel today stages the world’s premier art shows for Modern and contemporary art, sited …

Carsten Höller, Giant Triple Mushroom, 2024, Fly agaric / Long Net Stinkhorn / Dove-coloured Tricholoma, Aluminum, stainless steel, and paint, 118 1/8 x 116 1/8 x 94 1/2 inches (300 x 295 x 240 cm), © Carsten Höller, Photo: Minko Minev, Courtesy the artist and Gagosian

ART CITIES: Paris-Carsten Höller

Carsten Höller applies scientific curiosity to his work as an artist, exploring human behavior, perception, and altered states of consciousness with playful, …

Installation view of Thomas Schütte, on view at The Museum of Modern Art, New York from September 29, 2024 through January 18, 2025. Photo: Jonathan Dorado.

PRESENTATION: Thomas Schütte, Part II

Thomas Schütte’s early work offered a critique of then-dominant Minimalist and Conceptual art while deeply engaging with cultural and historical content. Schütte’s …

James Turrell, Rainbow over Roden Crater, © James Turrell, Photo: Florian Holzherr, Courtesy the artist and Gagosian

PRESENTATION: James Turrell

James Turrell explores the myriad possibilities of light as subject, material, and medium of perception, as well as its inherent connections to …

Chris Ofili, Othello – Shroud, 2023-2024, © Chris Ofili, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner Gallery

PRESENTATION: Chris Ofili

In Chris Ofili’s work painterly and cultural elements (both sacred and profane, personal and political, from high art and popular culture) come …

Tarek Atoui, Installation view ground floor Kunsthaus Bregenz, 2024, Photo: Markus Tretter, Courtesy of the artist, © Tarek Atoui, Kunsthaus Bregenz

PRESENTATION: Tarek Atoui

Tarek Atoui is an artist and composer working within the realm of sound performance and composition. His work challenges traditional ways of …