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Our journey to Christo’s latest installation in Italy

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Our journey to Christo’s latest installation in Italy

June 13th – ArtBasel opens its doors to the First Choice collectors and Annely Juda of London is the only gallery to exhibit one of the many preparatory works Christo produced for his most recent installation on Lago d’Iseo – the Floating Piers.  Taschen is selling the books in the ...

Art Brussels 2016: A shift to include more established, international artists

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Art Brussels 2016: A shift to include more established, international artists

At Art Brussels this year, we saw an intentional shift to showcase more mid-career and established artists on an international level. The size of exhibitors was also reduced from 191 to 140 to follow current market trends focusing on quality, not just quantity. A common theme when speaking with ...

2016 Art Paris Art Fair Focuses on South Korea

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2016 Art Paris Art Fair Focuses on South Korea

As a leading art fair of modern and contemporary art at the Grand Palais, Art Paris Art Fair recently exhibited the select works of 143 galleries. With a special focus this year on South Korea, referring to them as a guest of honour, a truly international selection of galleries and their ...

Pascal Dombis part of two Group Shows in Brussels and Paris

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Pascal Dombis part of two Group Shows in Brussels and Paris

Artist Pascal Dombis is a part of new group show CONNECTED at the Centrale for Contemporary Art in Brussels (March 24th – August 28th). The show aims to explore the physical and psychological themes of connection between the works’ creators and viewers through new technologies in the visual ...

The Sigg and M+ Sigg Collections present “Chinese Whispers”

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The Sigg and M+ Sigg Collections present “Chinese Whispers”

Here’s an interesting example of how Uli Sigg’s Chinese-centric collection became significant enough to constitute the creation and foundation of the entirely new M+ museum in Hong Kong opening in 2019. Notably, Sigg deliberately resisted following his personal tastes and instead built this ...

Pascal Dombis’ Irrational Geometrics is an innovative collaboration with architects and engineers

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Pascal Dombis’ Irrational Geometrics is an innovative collaboration with architects and engineers

Well known for using computer algorithms to produce abstract or unpredictable proliferations from simple lines or forms, Pascal Dombis’ latest public work is an excellent example of how his sculptures continue to push technology, even outside the art world. Dombis’ Irrational Geometrics uses ...

A CONVERSATION WITH BERNAR VENET – PART II: FROM MINIMALISM TO EQUATIONS

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A CONVERSATION WITH BERNAR VENET – PART II: FROM MINIMALISM TO EQUATIONS

A lot of debate centered around modern and contemporary art has been based on the problem of meaning. Since the demise of representational art, philosophers and art critics have wrestled with the problem of finding meaning in the abstract. From Emmanuel Kant to Roland Barthes, Clement Greenberg to ...

ADRIANA MOLDER: STORIES OF THE GAZE

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ADRIANA MOLDER: STORIES OF THE GAZE

With her dramatic technique and a talent for storytelling, Adriana Molder has crafted a strong reputation as a profound, through-provoking artist. Born in Lisbon in 1975, Molder has had a penchant for drama and cinema since her youth. This initially lead her to the theatre, where she completed a ...

JULIA CALFEE: MESSAGES FROM ANOTHER WORLD

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JULIA CALFEE: MESSAGES FROM ANOTHER WORLD

Two thoughts underlie the project, Messages From Another World: on one hand, the realization that space is not empty, but a universe teeming with life that is invisible to ordinary sense perception and on the other, the realization that there are universals common to all humankind. The Swiss are a ...

DOUG AND MIKE STARN – THE NO MIND NOT THINKS NO THINGS

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DOUG AND MIKE STARN – THE NO MIND NOT THINKS NO THINGS

Born in 1961, American artists and identical twins Doug and Mike Starn were primarily known for working conceptually with photography, and are concerned largely with chaos, interconnection and interdependence.  They have continued to defy categorization, effectively combining traditionally ...

INTERVIEW WITH ANDY HEI – DIRECTOR OF FINE ART ASIA

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INTERVIEW WITH ANDY HEI – DIRECTOR OF FINE ART ASIA

Andy Hei About the Makings of a Successful International Art Fair. So how does one get to become the director of an art fair? Before I started this fair in 2006, I was helping different dealers with their involvement in other similar fairs, so I started from standing in the booth and helping to ...

INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR ESTHER DE BEAUCÉ OF GALERIE MINIMASTERPIECE

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INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR ESTHER DE BEAUCÉ OF GALERIE MINIMASTERPIECE

Galerie MiniMasterpiece is a Paris-based gallery that works with the world’s most renowned contemporary sculptors to create wearable art, in the form of jewellery. The gallery was founded in early 2012 by Esther de Beaucé, who caught on the idea from her mother. Today, Ms. de Beaucé and Mr. ...