The Disappearing World of Wolfgang Tillmans
NY TIMES - His informal, generous pictures were some of the most moving art of the 1990s. Now, at MoMA, time catches up with the German photographer. - read more...
When Van Gogh Spoke for the Trees
Smithsonian - In May of 1889, in the depths of a mental health crisis, Vincent van Gogh retreated to an asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, in southern France. - read more ...
On Kandinsky’s Spiritual Relationship With Music
Hyperallergic - Vasily Kandinsky, seated before her in the shadows, was thrilled by this whiff of alien atmosphere. Indeed, he seemed to have been transported to another world. - read more ...
Figurative Improvisations of Lone Bech
By Dan Aldo
The main subject of remarkable portraits by Lone Bech showed recently at Artifact is a human condition of her subjects. Indeed, the strong expressionistic impulse in the artist’s paintings and coll...
When Rammellzee, pioneer of Hip Hop art, hosted a class in Milan
Domus - Collaborator of Basquiat, forerunner of Afrofuturism and prominent graffiti artist, Rammellzee is the great forgotten name of the 1980s New York underground. His Italian origins have marked an intense...
Spotlight: Layla Vladi
“Inspired by moments…”
Paul Zimmerman in conversation with Layla Vladi
Paul Zimmerman: How did you get interested in art?
Layla Vladi: I’ve been an artist pretty much ever since l...
Ikeuchi Hiroto sculpts wearable cyberpunk fantasias from gadgets
de zeen - The result is a series of wearable sculptures that are both futuristic and nostalgic, with a cyberpunk aesthetic. - read more
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Damien Hirst and the Art of the Deal
NY TIMES - “He’s a talented artist, but this? Really?” said Alan Baldwin, an art collector, looking down recently at a fluffy black sculpture of a spider with bow legs and googly eyes. Back in 1992, three year...
Maya Mekira’s Natural Exuberance
by Paul Zimmerman
There is something about Maya Mekira’s 3D works recently exhibited at Artifact that immediately captures our attention. It might be the result of the work's natural exuberance, the pure cont...
American Artist Bob Thompson Riffed on the Old Masters of Europe
Smithsonian - Born in Kentucky, in 1937, Bob Thompson moved to New York’s Greenwich Village after college, immersing himself in the neighborhood’s bohemian arts scene. Later, he traveled around Europe, where he...