By Elena Chow Nearly two decades after his death, Ettore Sottsass feels more contemporary than ever. In 2025, at an exhibition series called “Trônes” in Paris, the world he imagined—bold, polymorphic, unapologetically emotional—is the one design has finally caught up with. Across design fairs from Milan to Miami, his vocabulary of saturated color, playful geometry, [...]
Why is kinetic art still relevant when we find ourselves in a moment when Artificial Intelligence has progressed exponentially? Perhaps we can say that kinetic art is not about the advancement of science and technology, as it is an art that moves among subtle nuances of material object, creativity and soulfulness. It offers an everlasting, [...]
By Mario Fallon A hole, a tear, is often a mistake for a sculpture. In Bruno Catalano’s case, however, it completes the whole. When I first saw one of his “travelers” (Les voyageurs series) on the sidewalk, I had to pause and make sure my eyes were not deceiving me. The sculpture was a realistic [...]
Something new happened at Art Basel (Switzerland) this year. For its 2025 edition in Basel, a new sector called “Premiere” was launched. By showcasing works by artists made in the past five years and limiting it to three artists per gallery, “Premiere” curates a dialogue between emerging galleries and newly recognized voices in contemporary art—those [...]
Chun Kwang Young is best known for a series of work titled Aggregation that focusses on one central theme: the remembrance of the past and the rebirth of the new. Growing up in South Korea, he remembered seeing medicinal herbs wrapped in mulberry paper, tied into small packages and hung from the ceiling at the [...]
by Elena Chow An immersive art experience ignites all your senses. Your vision sharpens, your hearing tries to capture the most miniscule sounds, your sense of touch is more sensitive, you are fully invested in everything that surrounds you. At the hands of sophisticated artists, you let them lead you to many worlds of [...]
By Elena Chow When I visited the National Museum of Reina Sofia in Madrid this summer, I had to pause when I passed by Rosario de Velasco’s “Adam and Eve”. The oil painting made in 1932 portrays a relaxed couple lying on thick foliage, barefoot, fully dressed, looking at each other in the eyes, comfortable [...]
By Jairo Dueñas What am I doing here? There is a place in the womb of Bogota, capital of Colombia, where night clubs open at all hours, where prostitutes and transvestites cross their paths, they turn around and collide into each other as if they were atoms on some psychedelic high heels. There, on the [...]
by Arthur Barron Art Basel, Miami Beach Convention Center, November 30, 2022 Commenting on Albert Oehlen (Durch die) rosa Brille, 2006 Acrylic and oil on canvas 110 ¼ x 133 7/8 inches This is a belated article due to my mulling over process involving a number of pieces before coming down to and settling [...]
By Mario Fallon The colors caught my sight first, bright yellows and soft blues. Then, the details. Minimal lines, the small objects that seem to connect to each other, the lack of perspective and yet, there is depth and balance. The series of paintings by Akira Ikezoe at Art Basel Miami Beach 2022 is called [...]
