An Era of Anxiety at the 2015 Venice Biennale
by A.P. With the theme of “All the world’s futures”, the Nigerian Okwui Enwezor, the first African guest curator in the Venice Biennale’s 120 years of history, has got together 136 artists from 56 countries, [...]
Cool People in The New Republic
Equestrian Portrait of King Philip II (Michael Jackson), 2009Oil on canvas The latest exhibition of the American artist Kenhinde Wiley at the Brooklyn Museum in New York has powerfully challenged traditional concepts of [...]
If You’re Going to San Francisco…
If you're going to San Francisco on a spring day,make sure to take the historic trolley and get off at The Castro district. There are numerous stylish shops, Eco-friendly cafes and bars but the [...]
Art in the Sphere of Gratitude
Egg Bed Crystal Shell, 2014Plywood, cotton fabric, polyamide textile, polyurethane foam, semiprecious stones, and pulley Life is for enjoyment and happiness. To Ernesto Neto, one of the world’s leading contemporary artists, this is [...]
The Flip Side of Consciousness: Mamma Andersson Behind the Curtain
From the Series of Essays Ritual Practices by Elaine Smollin In Mamma Andersson paintings, what is apparent is always the flip side of consciousness. The present may as well be the past, while the past [...]
Voices For My Father
Ceiling high works that can measure as long as seven meters. All-over paint and collages of precious metals, bumper stickers, rubber tires, cracked eggs, a hundred dollar bills in Ziploc bags, trash. Overwhelming in scale, [...]
Remember the Land
by Light-man The symbiotic relationship between the artist and the land, the soil, natural elements is gaining momentum as the world is more aware of the woes of growing environmental crisis. Already this issue [...]
Eric Holzman: Disclosure
From the Series of Essays Ritual Practices by Elaine Smollin The vision of deities and their familiars, among animals, tends to exclude humans from those with the ability to see the progress of eternal [...]
After the Revolution: Neo Rauch and David Salle
From the series of essays Ritual Practices by Elaine Smollin On the road from Frankfurt-am-Main to Leipzig, departing Hessen into Thuringia, a vast heap of salt towers above the passerby. This inert, looming, giant [...]
Miami Basel – Time to Play
Dale ChihulyGlass Sculptures at Fairchild Tropical Botanic GardenPhoto by Gustavo Taborda by G. & G. Taborda Miami’s largest art event of Art Basel this year is infused into the city itself, transforming [...]