We delve into the German artist's mercurial practice.
Tag: Contemporary Art
Artist Spotlight: Ana Cardoso
We take a look at a Lisbon-based artist who engages with the meanings and legacies of 'abstraction' in the contemporary age.
Artvisor’s Art Basel 2020 Highlights
Artvisor's Piero Tomassoni and Nico Epstein share some of their favourite artworks and booths at this year's online edition of Art Basel.
The Future of Online Art Fairs
With Masterpiece as the latest art fair to announce their move online, we assess whether novel initiatives will have a place in the art market beyond COVID-19.
How are Art Spaces Responding to a Changing World?
We explore how museums, galleries and art spaces have been their online presence to respond to the rise of COVID-19 and global protests.
The biggest changes in the art world we’re looking out for in 2020
Looking into the year ahead, many key players in the art world will continue to develop groundbreaking approaches to the display and sale of art, but past issues will haunt auction houses, galleries, and museums alike. In 2019, most art market reports considered a lack of transparency to be the primary hurdle faced by entrants into the art market. In the coming year, the spread of coronavirus, Brexit, and new anti-money laundering directives in the UK will affect the art sales. Read on to see how these changes and others will likely influence the art world going forward.
Dreams, Fantasies, Nightmares: Raqib Shaw, Lu Song and Kenny Scharf
The narratives of dreams and nightmares have long been represented in art. Whether biblical, fantasies of folklore or fictionalised, artists have for centuries depicted surreal visions. Recent works by the three artists Raqib Shaw, Lu Song and Kenny Scharf all provide interpretation of dreamscapes that linger in your mind long after your first encounter with...
London’s Contemporary Art Auctions June 2019: Spotlight on Her
Last week’s Contemporary Art sales at Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips saw established names achieving stellar results. William Kentridge’s The Pool set a record for a work on paper at the hammer price £447,000 at Sotheby’s on Wednesday. At Christie’s the day before, Gerhard Richter’s Musa (2009) achieved £1,031,250, a world record for a tapestry by...
Contemporary Art Trends 2019
Tumultuous global relations, the consolidation of the technological revolution and an ever-louder call for populist ideologies have guaranteed 2019 to significantly develop from the status quo of 2018. Whilst artists and institutions are being urged to reflect on and contribute to the current socio-political zeitgeist, the question remains: how is the contemporary art world responding?...