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Photo left: Chaveli Sifre, distillation process, 2023. Courtesy of the artist and Embajada, San Juan. Right: Sarah Margnetti, Tuning up, 2022, Acrylic, pigment and oil on wall, 150 x 100 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Margot Samel, New York City

ART FAIRS: Liste Art Fair 2023

Since its foundation, Liste Art Fair Basel has been considered one of the most im-portant places for discovering young international art. The …

Mona Hatoum, Map (clear), 2015, Clear glass marbles, Approx. 1000 cm x 1800 cm, Installation view, Centre Pompidou-Paris, © the artist, Courtesy Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, photo: Florian Kleinefenn

PRESENTATION: Mona Hatoum-Map (clear)

Mona Hatoum’s poetic and political work incorporates installations, sculpture, video, photography and works on paper. Hatoum started her career in the 1980s …

ART NEWS: May 03

Highlighting cultures and languages that have a close affinity with the landscapes of Scotland, “A Fragile Correspondence” explores alternative perspectives and new …

Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Still You Bloom in This Land of No Gardens, 2021, © Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner

PREVIEW: Njideka Akunyili Crosby

Drawing on art historical, political and personal references, Njideka Akunyili Crosby creates densely layered figurative compositions that, precise in style, nonetheless conjure …

Hernan Bas, Conceptual artist #17 (With the aid of scissors, paper doilies and origami he elevates lily ponds to attract potential princes), 2023, Acrylic on linen, 84 x 72 x 1.5 inches, 213.4 x 182.9 x 3.81 cm, Photo by Silvia Ros, © Hernan Bas, Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, Seoul, and London

ART CITIES: N.York-Hernan Bas

Hernan Bas is often compared to American painters like Elizabeth Peyton and Karen Kilimnik. Yet while this older generation has depicted pop …

Samara Scott, Discordia (detail), 2023, © Samara Scott, Courtesy the artist and Kunstmuseum Den Haag

PRESENTATION: Samara Scott-Discordia

Samara Scott’s works are neither image nor objects, neither figurative nor abstract. They are recognizable things arranged in an unfamiliar order floating …

ART NEWS:May 02

“Reframed Positions” is the first multi-venue retrospective by Terre Thaemlitz in Europe. It comprises a survey exhibition, talk, multimedia performance, and a …

Left: Kiki Smith, Evening Star, 2023, © Kiki Smith, Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery Right: Kiki Smith, Sungrazer VII, 2019, Bronze, 279.4 x 121.9 x 121.9 cm, © Kiki Smith, Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery

ART CITIES: Seoul-Kiki Smith

Kiki Smith is recognized for her multidisciplinary practice through which she explores embodiment and the natural world. The body, mortality, regeneration, gender …

Erwin Wurm, Dream (2023). Aluminum cast. 100 x 49 x 70 cm, © Erwin Wurm, Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, Seoul, and London

PRESENTATION: Erwin Wurm-Dream

Erwin Wurm came to prominence with his “One Minute Sculptures”, a project that he began in 1996/1997. In these works, Wurm gives …

Cecilia Vicuña, Caracol Azul (Blue Snail), 2017, Unspun wool, site-specific installation, 30.25 x 201.75 x 40.5 inches (installed) 76.8 x 512.4 x 102.9 cm, overall dimensions variable, © Cecilia Vicuña, Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin Gallery

ART CITIES: London-Cecilia Vicuña

Cecilia Vicuña integrates practices of poetry, performance, Conceptualism, and textile craft in response to pressing concerns of the modern world, including ecological …

Jim Dine, Three Ships (the Magi), 2022, Bronze, 284 × 267 × 234 cm, 112 × 105 × 92 in., Exhibition view at the Blue Mountain foundry, Baker City, Oregon, © Jim Dine, Courtesy the artist and Gallery Templon

PRESENTATION: Jim Dine-Three Ships

Pioneer of the happening and associated with the Pop Art movement, Jim Dine has always followed a unique path. He experiments extensively …