The painter Vija Celmins has long been an outlier in narratives of postwar American art. Extensive formal analysis of her work, from her early still lifes to her later night skies and ocean surfaces, shows that Celmins was deeply invested in the issues of time, entropy, and energy that proved crucial to her contemporaries, like […]
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Entering his studio, I find him drenched in marble dust, carving. This atelier is special. It is a former ouzo distillery near the port of Piraeus, Greece. Moving through his marble compositions, the raw walls of the space, combined with the partially transparent ceiling, create a mystical setting that changes depending on the sunlight. There, […]
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Evocative of the ancestral megaliths found in his native northern Spain, Chillida’s art adorns important buildings in Paris, Berlin and Washington, D.C. Alastair Smart celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of the footballer-turned-artist, whose sporting prowess, he said, helped him forge ‘the ability to control space’ As a young man, Eduardo Chillida went by the nickname […]
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The Berlin based gallerist and curator Daniel Marzona died at the age of 55 of a stroke in Venice. It was 22nd of April, 2024 Marzona was definitely one of the most well-known figures in European contemporary art scene but not only. His collaborations with international artists as well as his curatorial activities around the […]
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In a very interesting interview in one of the most traditional Greek newspapers, Kathimerini, Dakis Joannou refers to his collection, Jeff Koons and the island of Hydra. With each rotation, it multiplies the value of the island. The ten-meter kinetic sculpture “Apollo Wind Spinner” by Jeff Koons, which now belongs to the Municipality of Hydra […]
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Kunsthaus Bregenz is a distinctive place. Its atmosphere increases awareness, opening the eyes, ears, and pores. For its anniversary year – KUB is now 20 years old – Kunsthaus Bregenz’s renowned architect Peter Zumthor has been invited to stage an exhibition. The Pritzker prizewinning architect has decided to dispense with any kind of traditional exhibition, instead […]
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The exhibition “Everything That’s Interesting Is New” at the Factory of the Athens School of Fine Arts, in 1996, was groundbreaking. It was an unprecedented project for the Greek standards and many art meccas around the world could be easily jealous about it, with over a hundred internationally famous artists participating with their good works! […]
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