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The art world has many stories to tell. Not every one gets the attention it deserves. The scene is too quick to focus on traditions or short-lived hypes that only help a few achieve their fifteen minutes of fame. It forgets what art and people are all about: diversity. The Art.Salon presents institutions and personalities that stand out through creativity and commitment and even give a voice to those who are otherwise not heard.

History of Kinetic Art: Focus on Movement and Perception

Art in the age of machines and computers

Whether with wind, gravity, motors or computer-controlled: Kinetic art manifests the human fascination with physical movement. The 20th century brought rapid social changes and new kinds of technology. Kinetic art is an expression of this change − and it is far from being at the end. On the history of a fairly young art form with a great future.

by Marius Damrow, January 16, 2023

euward - European Art Award for Painting and Graphic Arts in the Context of Intellectual Disability

Preisverleihung des euward8 im Haus der Kunst in München am 29. April 2021. Von links: Klaus Mecherlein (euward-Kurator), Joachim Gengenbach (Vorstand Augustinum Stiftung), Sabine Brantl (Kuratorin Haus der Kunst), Andreas Maus (1. Preis) und Felix Brenner (2. Preis). Der 3. Preisträger Kar Hang Mui (nicht im Bild) war zur Preisverleihung digital zugeschaltet.

Autodidact with handicap seeks springboard into the art market

by Bettina Röhl, April 10, 2022

World War II bombings traced with biros, lithographic self-portraits, abstract jungle scenes painted with coloured pencils - three themes, three styles, three winners of the euward 2021. The European art prize exclusively honours »Outsider Art«. It can be the beginning of a career.

museum in progress – a non-profit art association

museum in progress – a museum without walls

by Joanna Gründel, June 08, 2022

The non-profit and private art association museum in progress (mip) presents art everywhere. Whether on building facades, billboards, in magazines, newspapers or even concert halls – nothing is safe from the exhibitors.

Taking Stock of Digitalization in the Art Market 2022

Berlin galleries report on digitalization and future prospects

by Marius Meyer, May 17, 2022

How are Berlin art galleries positioned with regard to digitalization and online sales? The Project Future of the Senate Department for Economics has now published results of a survey on the topic.

Dieter Appelt

Photography as time sculpture

by Marius Meyer, June 15, 2022

In his photographs, Dieter Appelt is interested not in the quick, not in the image, but in the existential search for the inner self. About a remarkable oeuvre of the 1970s and 80s that links photography and performance.

Rediscovered Women Artists of the 1920s

The Hidden Museum now at the Berlinische Galerie

by Marius Meyer, March 21, 2022

For 35 years, the Hidden Museum has brought forgotten women artists to light. Now the museum has to face the realities of the market: Today's exhibitions can no longer be financed. A look back and forward.

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Artist Portraits

The art world has many stories to tell. Not every one gets the attention it deserves. The Art.Salon presents institutions and personalities that stand out through creativity and commitment and even give a voice to those who are otherwise not heard.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

The life and work of an iconic artist who today regularly breaks auction records.

Louise Bourgeois

The indomitable artist Louise Bourgeois stirred up the U.S. art world until she was nearly 100 years old. Born near Paris in 1911, she reckoned with her oppressive family history until her death in 2010: Ambiguous genitalia, morbid massacre installations, oversized spiders, and numerous other creative works bear witness to this cathartic process.

Documenta Fifteen

The documenta is considered one of the most important exhibitions of contemporary art worldwide. Every five years, Kassel's "Museum of 100 Days", as the documenta in Kassel is also called, welcomes artists, cultural workers and visitors.

Venice Biennal 2022

A total of 79 national contributions (»partecipazioni nazionali«) have come together at the 59th Venice Art Biennale 2022 – from Egypt to Venezuela. That's an almost unmanageable amount if you can't take three or four days for it.

The Art.Salon reports on spectaculour auction results

Auction Market

90 Millionen Dollar für eine Arbeit von David Hockney, ein Warhol für 195 Millionen US-Dollar, Basquiats Untitled: 57 Millionen US-Dollar – Der Art.Salon hält die aberwitzigsten Auktionsergebnisse fest und berichtet über denkwürdige Versteigerungen.

Art Market

For those on the outside, the art market is opaque and often poses a mystery. Trends are difficult to see from the outside, and being included in the circle of collectors leaves you perplexed at the beginning. The Art.Salon brings light into the darkness, where the art market is otherwise rather hidden.

$The poster for the Guerilla Girls\' campaign, which reads »Do Women Have to be Naked to Get Into the Met Museum?«$

Controversy

Art makes politics – but that does not only refer to the work. Art politicizes itself not only through its creator. Also the scene reproduces injustices. The Art.Salon explored political controversies such as the gender pay gap and looted art.

Interviews

What affects your choice of colors? What made you start making artwork out of old books? You are in fact a mortician and now also gallery owner, how did that happen? Art.Salon allowed itself to ask artists questions that literally impose themselves when looking at the Art. The interviews with contemporary artists allow us to look deeply and understand better.

Beeple

Is Beeple the blueprint of an artist in the 21st century? How a computer scientist shook up the art world with NFTs.