THOMAS SCHEIBITZ – SIMILARITIES AND IMITATIONS OF THE VISIBLE
Berlin-based artist Thomas Scheibitz is among the most important German painters and sculptors of his generation. Since the early 1990s, he has developed a kind of conceptual painting and sculpture that draws upon art-historical references. At the heart of his…
ALBERT OEHLEN – BREAKING THE RULES OF PAINTING
Albert Oehlen uses abstract, figurative, and collaged elements—often applying self-imposed formal constraints—to disrupt the histories and conventions of modern painting while acknowledging the continuing significance of classical art. Approaching his practice as a perceptual challenge, he moves freely between planned…
SCALE, COLOR & VOLUME – SCULPTURES BY ANISH KAPOOR
Anish Kapoor is one of the most influential sculptors of his generation. Perhaps most famous for public sculptures that are both adventures in form and feats of engineering, Kapoor manoeuvres between vastly different scales, across numerous series of work. Immense…
MUST-SEE SHOWS AROUND ART PARIS FAIR
Art Paris is celebrating its 25th anniversary with an edition that will bring together some 134 galleries from 25 different countries at the Grand Palais Éphémère. Doors are open to the public from 30 March to 2 April 2023. This…
Adrian Ghenie – Impossible Bodies
The Fear of NOW is an exhibition of new oil paintings and charcoal drawings by Romanian-born, Berlin-based artist Adrian Ghenie. He fuses the profoundly personal with the art historical, bridging the abstract and the figurative to examine the impact of…
Guillaume Durrieu – L’argument littéral
Paris based Galerie Rabouan Moussion is currently presenting “L’argument littéral” – a solo presentation of French painter Guillaume Durrieu. The artist develops a process-oriented way of painting, both abstract and concrete, in large formats that he confronts with other mediums,…
Margaux Williamson
Margaux Williamson’s paintings can be seen as a re-invigorated form of figuration. In her works, characterised by a sense of interiority and intimacy, Williamson explores how the visual markers of daily life can frame and refract experience. Devoid of protagonists,…
Art Basel Paris 2022
After long speculation and anticipation, the French offspring of Art Basel, officially known as Paris +, par Art Basel, has finally opened its doors. The venue – the Grand Palais Éphémère – just across the Champ de Mars from the…
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