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Nona Faustine, Even The Comfort Of A Stone Would Be A Gain, 2013, Knockdown Center Archive

ART-PRESENTATION: MAMI

The Knockdown Center, is housed in a former glass factory in Maspeth, Queens. Owned by a private individual who lives onsite in …

Manny Krakowski, Untitled (True North), 2016, Edward Cella Art & Architecture Archive

ART CITIES:L.A.- Manny Krakowski

Growing up near Los Angeles, Manny Krakowski had observed phenomena such consumerism, industry and advertising that supports it. His relationship with daily …

Katharina Fritsch, Postkarte (Essen), 2005, Photo: Ivo Faber, © VG Bild Kunst-Bonn 2016

ART CITIES:Essen-Katharina Fritsch

Katharina Fritsch vividly unites the personal and the collective. Her works oscillate between melancholy, light-heartedness and escapism, and between illusion and sublimation. …

Christian Marclay, Memento (Survival of the Fittest), 2008, © Christian Marclay, Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery-New York

PHOTO:The Memory of the Future

The exhibition “The Memory of the Future”, at the Musée de l’Elysée, opens up a dialogue between the work of the pioneers …

Giannis Behrakis, As the sun rises a dinghy overcrowded with Syrian refugees drifts in the AegeanSsea between Turkey and Greece, Kos 11/8/15, Courtesy Giannis Behrakis/Reuters

ART ISLANDS:Samos-A World Not Ours

The exhibition “A World Not Ours” takes place at the Art Space Pythagorion in Samos, the Schwarz Foundation’s venue in Greece. Samos …

Amanda Crary, Setting the Table with the Sun II, 2016, A.I.R. Gallery Archive

ART CITIES: N.York- From the Fringe

After their 2016 University of North Carolina Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition at Weatherspoon Art Museum, 7 women artists, present their …

Ethan Hayes Chute, Bottles and Jars from Contemporary Spice Rack, 2012, Courtesy the artist

ART-PRESENTATION: Ethan Hayes-Chute

In his sculptures, drawings, text pieces, and performative workshops, Ethan Hayes-Chute explores ideas of self-sufficiency and self-preservation, making reference to outsider architecture, …

Martin Creed, Work No140 Revisited (Christmas), Collection of Matthew Higgs, Photo: Ben Westoby

ART CITIES:London-Imprint 93

Matthew Higgs is an English artist, curator, writer and publisher, strongly influenced by the tradition of text-based Conceptual Art, he depended consistently …

Tamar Ettun, Exhibition View, Uppsala Art Museum Archive

ART CITIES:Uppsala -Tamar Ettun

As a performance artist, trained as a sculptor, Tamar Ettun’s artistic practice incorporates both movement and stillness. The duality has a symbolical …

Dimitris Lempesis, Landscape Around Greece-Hydra Island, 2012- , © Dimitris Lempesis

MIRAGES XXVII

Happy Hollidays, Good Month (!)   Efi Michalarou 1/8/16

Amar Kanwar, The Sovereign Forest, Installation view at Documenta 13, Photo: Henrik Stromberg

ART CITIES:Singapore -Amar Kanwar

Amar Kanwar has distinguished himself through films and multi-media works, which explore the politics of power, violence and justice. His multi-layered installations …

John Gerrard, Power. Play, Installation View, UCCA Archive

ART-PRESENTATION: John Gerrard-Power.Play

Gerrard’s works are constructed as simulations or virtual worlds, using 3D Real-time computer graphics. Although making use of advanced digital technology, Gerrard’s …

Jill Kroesen, The Original Lou and Walter Story, The Kitchen, 1978 Photo: Robert Alexander

ART CITIES:N.York-Jill Kroesen

Jill Kroesen was an essential figure in the ‘70s New York, working at the intersection of experimental music and then-emerging Performance art. …