ART CITIES: London-Georg Baselitz
Refuting the ideology conveyed by the Soviet Union through Socialist Realism painting, after passing to the West in 1957, Baselitz discovered the …
PRESENTATION: Barry Le Va-In a State of Flux
Barry Le Va is regarded as a modernizer of sculpture in post-1960s art. Mostly known for his large-scale sculptures – which are …
ART CITIES: Venice-Christoph Büchel
Christoph Büchel works in a variety of media, including film, printed materials, sculpture and textiles, though he is perhaps best known for …
PRESENTATION: Gerhard Richter-100 Works for Berlin
Gerhard Richter practices the dual means of representation and abstraction in painting to explore not only the nature of the medium but …
PRESENTATION: Anselm Kiefer-Punctum
Born during the closing months of World War II, Anselm Kiefer reflects upon Germany’s post-war identity and history, grappling with the national …
ART CITIES: N.York-Yves Klein
A leading figure of the postwar avant-garde, Yves Klein sought radical ways to represent the immaterial and the infinite. In paintings, sculptures, …
PREVIEW: Robert Rauschenberg-ROCI
Over the course of his 60-year career, Robert Rauschenberg’s work was inspired by wide-ranging experiences, lifelong collaborations, and a spirit of experimentation …
PRESENTATION: Ambienti 1956-2010. Environments by Women Artists II
The exhibition “AmbientI 1956 – 2010. Environments by Women Artists II” is developed by the MAXXI and by the Haus der Kunst …
PRESENTATION: Shadi Yousefian-Obscured by Colors
Shadi Yousefian’s work engages personal and social issues of contemporary life, particularly, cultural identity and the immigrant experience. As an Iranian immigrant, …
ART CITIES: Venice-Alex Katz
Although Alex Katz belongs to the Pop generation of Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, it was not until the 1970s …
ART CITIES: London-Barbara Kruger
Barbara Kruger is an artist who works with pictures and words in the hopes of revealing and resisting socially ingrained assumptions about …
PRESENTATION: Sean Scully-Dark Yet
Over the last five decades, Sean Scully has developed a distinguished and prolific body of work through his distinct approach to contemporary abstraction. Shifting the paradigm …
ART CITIES: Paris-Pauline Bazignan
Pauline Bazignan battles to leave apparent the traces of her dominion which, as the painting advances, become a motif in their own …
ART CITIES: Venice-Elias Sime
Elias Sime deftly weaves, layers and assembles carefully selected everyday materials, transforming commonplace items into lyrical abstract compositions that suggest topography, figuration, …
PRESENTATION: Tarek Atoui-The Shore / A Place I’d Like To Be
Sound lies at the heart of the artistic practice of Tarek Atoui. As an electro-acoustic composer and artist, Atoui is known for …
VIDEO: Tatiana Bilbao-Architecture Changes Everything
“The way we consume carbon, the way we use capital, the way we use power is embedded in the form of our …
ART CITIES: Paris-Jonathan Lasker
Since the late 1970s, Jonathan Lasker has developed a distinctive formal vocabulary based on different mark-making processes, including structural grids, graphic scribbled …
PRESENTATION: Hu Xiangcheng-Asking Every Day
Hu Xiangcheng graduated from the Shanghai Theatre Academy in 1977 and became the youngest professor in the art department. Inspired by his …
ART CITIES: N.York-Thomas Nozkowski
Arriving in New York after the first wave of Abstract Expressionism and during the rise of Pop Art and Minimalism, Thomas Nozkowski …
PRESENTATION: Isaac Julien-Ten Thousand Waves
Isaac Julien is as acclaimed for his fluent, arresting films as his vibrant and inventive gallery installations. One of the objectives of …
TRIBUTE: Yinka Shonibare CBE-Suspended States
Yinka Shonibare CBE explores constructions of cultural identity in a globalised world. Born in London in 1962 and raised between London and …
ART CITIES: Paris-Herman Bas
Hernan Bas’s expressionist and highly detailed figurative paintings are openly inspired by late-nineteenth-century decadent art and literature, as well as the concurrent …
PRESENTATION: Bhen Alan-Sometimes My Accent Slips Out
Bhen Alan has many identities: artist, scholar, queer man, Filipino immigrant. His textile works, which draw on the traditional weaving practices of …
ART CITIES: London-Robert Zandvliet
Robert Zandvliet is one of the foremost Dutch painters working today, whose work has been on the cusp of abstraction and representation since …