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Cities or puffs of smoke

2021-03-02T13:08:44-05:00

Just by looking at her paintings, you’d know who Ana Maria Velasquez is… A woman who cannot help being sensitive and meticulous. According to her, three words define her: paper, scissors and receipts. Her hands work with the same materials that she uses and discards in her travels and at home in Colombia. By Jairo [...]

Cities or puffs of smoke2021-03-02T13:08:44-05:00

A Tough Universe

2021-03-02T13:08:44-05:00

by Jairo Dueñas The Colombian artist Male Correa wadded into the dark God-forsaken recesses of the city of Medellin, determined to paint them. She opened the doors to the slums and surprised their seemingly spectral inhabitants, illuminated their run-down spaces, spelled out their messages, painted their objects, and showed the aura that exhaled from their [...]

A Tough Universe2021-03-02T13:08:44-05:00

Thou Shall Not Forget

2021-03-02T13:08:44-05:00

Painters who depict an epic moment in history are driven by the same impulse as history writers: to stop forgetfulness. Their names might not be well known outside their own country, their personal lives might not matter. However, what they leave behind, the realism in their paintings, can bring the viewer back to that precise instant [...]

Thou Shall Not Forget2021-03-02T13:08:44-05:00

Sardines: the Magical Silhouette

2021-03-02T13:08:44-05:00

Imagination has no limits, when one is confined to the shape of a sardine. In Lisbon, sardine symbolizes love and June is the month for one of Portugal’s main cultural events, the Sardine Festival. The festival honors the iconic 12th Century St. Anthony, the patron saint of Lisbon, who left for Italy to preach the [...]

Sardines: the Magical Silhouette2021-03-02T13:08:44-05:00

Antunes at Venice’s Biennal 2019

2021-03-02T13:08:45-05:00

Every two years, art shakes up the world with La Biennale Di Venezia . In this year’s international art event, the 58th version, Portugal has brought one of its most representative artists Leonor Antunes with an ambitious project that connects contemporary values to both historical and 20th century Italian architecture and design. Under the title [...]

Antunes at Venice’s Biennal 20192021-03-02T13:08:45-05:00

Catch 22- A Personal Gaze at Art In the World

2021-03-02T13:08:45-05:00

by Juan van Wassenhove For this special space of “Catch 22”, I have made a selection of the art that I have experienced in my travels this year covering China, Hong Kong, Italy, Germany, North Korea, and Switzerland. The media of the art works range from ancient roman statues and architecture to visual and digital art. [...]

Catch 22- A Personal Gaze at Art In the World2021-03-02T13:08:45-05:00

A “Studio Affair” to Remember

2021-03-02T13:08:45-05:00

Historical photography shows more than reality; it depicts a moment in time when future is uncertain, and yet the moment portrayed may never know its participation in history. The Taikang Space gallery in Beijing opens an exhibition that reflects one such extraordinary moment in China’s recent history. “Home for Photography Learning: The Friday Salon, 1977-1980” [...]

A “Studio Affair” to Remember2021-03-02T13:08:45-05:00

Catch 22

2021-08-20T18:24:29-04:00

by Juan van Wassenhove “Catch 22” is a phrase used to express a contradiction or an impossible situation,  like a  “mission impossible". It actually describes what I often feel when I visit an art fair and its satellite events: so many things to see in such a short period of time! To share with you my experience [...]

Catch 222021-08-20T18:24:29-04:00

Feel the Pulse of Latin American Art at ARTBO

2021-03-02T13:08:45-05:00

Of the multifarious art fairs in the world, why come to Artbo, the International Art Fair of Bogota? To feel the vibe of the Latin American art, to take the pulse of the art market, to enjoy the energy of young artists, new galleries, the satellite events and open studios spotted all over this vibrant [...]

Feel the Pulse of Latin American Art at ARTBO2021-03-02T13:08:45-05:00
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