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Ernest Cole, New York City, USA, 1971 © Ernest Cole / Magnum Photos

PHOTO: Ernest Cole-House of Bondage

Ernest Cole commemorated his pioneering efforts to capture the complex truths of day-to-day, lived experiences during harrowing times. Critiquing institutionalized segregation and …

ART NEWS: January

Alioune Diagne is unveiling fifteen large-scale canvases centering on the notions of travel, motion and displacement with the “Tukkii” exhibition. Composed of …

Ai Weiwei, Zodiac, 2018, LEGO bricks mounted on aluminium, 75 x 75 inches (190 x 190 cm), © Ai Weiwei; Photo by Argenis Apolinario; Courtesy the artist and Vito Schnabel Gallery

PRESENTATION: Ai WeiWei-Zodiac

As his personal circumstances move in constant flux, Ai Weiwei remains a cultural magnet. Renowned for his political activism and social media …

Kenneth Noland, Minted Morning, 2003, acrylic on canvas, 128.5 cm × 297.3 cm (50-9/16" × 9' 9-1/16") framed, © The Kenneth Noland Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, NY

ART CITIES: London-Kenneth Noland

The American painter Kenneth Noland is associated with a number of American Abstract Art Movements, including: the Washington Colour Painter (a mini …

Lee Bul

TRACES: Lee Bul

Today is the occasion to bear in mind Lee Bul (25/1/1964- ). Lee Bul is one of the most important Korean artists …

Chiharu Shiota, Signs of Life, Installation view, Galerie Templon-New York, 2023, Courtesy Galerie Templon

ART CITIES: N.York-Chiharu Shiota

The starting points for the majority of Chiharu Shiota’s installations are collections of used everyday objects that act as expressions of human …

Cy Twombly, The Rose (IV), 2008 Acrylic on wood panel, 99 ¼ × 291 ⅜ inches (252 × 740 cm)© Cy Twombly Foundation

PRESENTATION: Cy Twombly

Cy Twombly developed a gestural vocabulary in which each line and color is infused with energy, spirituality, and meaning. Emerging as a …

Fiona Rae, And nothing is but what is not, 2021, Oil and acrylic on canvas, 152,4 x 127 cm (60 x 50 in), © Fiona Rae, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Nathalie Obadia

ART CITIES: Brussels-Fiona Rae

Known for their iconoclastic approach to subject matter and formal concerns, Fiona Rae’s paintings incarnate an abstract-pop universe, filled with references to …

Imi Knoebel, Kadmiumrot G G1–G3, 1975/2018, Acrylic on wood, Three parts, overall: 191 × 257 × 9 cm | 75 3/16 × 101 3/16 × 3 9/16 in., © Imi Knoebel, Courtesy the artist and White Cube Gallery

ART CITIES: Hong Kong-Imi Knoebel

Imi Knoebel’s resolutely abstract art investigates the fundamentals of painting and sculpture through an exploration of form, color and material. His aim …

Dan Flavin, untitled, 1976, Pink, red, and blue fluorescent light, 8 ft. (244 cm) wide, Edition of 5, © 2021 Stephen Flavin/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, Courtesy David Zwirner Gallery

ART CITIES: London-Dan Flavin

Minimalism can be seen as extending the abstract idea that art should have its own reality and not be an imitation of …

Alma Allen, Not Yet Titled, 2022, Marble, 23 1/4 x 65 3/8 x 30 inches, Photo: Evan Walsh, © Alma Allen, Courtesy the artist and Blum & Poe Gallery

ART CITIES: Los Angeles-Alma Allen

Psychologically charged and compulsively expressive, Alma Allen’s works evoke a curiosity regarding the life of objects and the ways in which form …