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»The Milk of Dreams«

Opening of the Venice Biennale

Biennale Venedig

Today is finally the day: with a year's delay, the 59th Venice Biennale begins. With Cecilia Alemani for the first time directed by a woman, 213 artists from 58 different countries present themselves. The nearly 1500 artworks are under the title The Milk of Dreams, a quote from a book that describes a magical world where everything can change shape.

April 23, 2022
Art Institute Chicago shows »Mel Bochner Drawings: A Retrospective«

What isn't a drawing?

Mel Bochner. Portrait of Eva Hesse, 1966

What it takes to be a drawing? That sounds like a philosophical question. The US American conceptual artist Mel Bochner has been tackling it for six decades now. The Art Institute in Chicago is now illuminating the process in a retrospective from 23 April.

April 22, 2022
Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Wiley exhibition at the 59th Biennale di Venezia

Kehinde Wiley and the Archaeology of Silence

Western European art history is brimming with depictions of fallen warriors, martyrs and other heroic figures. The American artist Kehinde Wiley has made this heroic epic his own and used it to create completely new portraits: black people who have been silenced take the place of the Western European ideal figures. The Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice is now taking them up in the exhibition.

April 21, 2022
London Art Fair

After postponement: important art fair now opens

Simon Bacon, Earth Spirit, 2021

The London Art Fair is finally taking place: The fair, which traditionally opens the art year in January, has been postponed this year to April 21-24. Visitors can now look forward to the scheduled Art Projects, Photo50 and Platform sections as usual.

April 20, 2022
Venice: One exhibition, two locations

The Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice presents Anish Kapoor

The Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice is dedicating a comprehensive exhibition to Indian-British artist Anish Kapoor beginning April 20th. This looks at both older and new works by the pioneering artist. In addition to the museum, the exhibition will also be on view at the historic Palazzo Manfrin.

April 19, 2022
Paris: Shirley Jaffe and León Ferrari at the Centre Pompidou

An American woman meets amiable cruelty

The Centre Pompidou in Paris is showing two new temporary exhibitions from 20 April. In the Galerie d'art graphique and the Galerie du Musée, the abstract art of the American painter Shirley Jaffe can be seen, while the Galerie 0 and the Espace prospectif make room for the art of the Argentinean Léon Ferrari.

April 18, 2022
New York MoMA shows photographs by female artists

Over 100 years of photography through the lens of women

Susan Meiselas, A Funeral Procession in Jinotepe for Assassinated Student Leaders. Demonstrators Carry a Photograph of Arlen Siu, an FSLN Guerilla Fighter Killed in the Mountains Three Years Earlier, 1978

The exhibition Our Selves: Photographs by Women Artists from Helen Kornblum at MoMA explores the connections between photography, feminism, civil rights, indigenous sovereignty, and queer liberation. Those who enjoy exploring themes of equality and diversity can look forward to an impressive show of work beginning April 16.

 

April 16, 2022
Christie's auction in May

A Warhol for $200 million?

Andy Warhol, Shot Sage Blue Marilyn

Andy Warhol's portraits of Marilyn Monroe are world famous. Now one of them will be auctioned at Christie's in May: Shot Sage Blue Marilyn is estimated at around $200 million − that would be a new record price.

April 15, 2022
Venice Biennale 2022

Controversy surrounding the first Namibian pavilion

Biennale Venedig

Following a petition by nearly 400 people in the Namibian art community who feel their country is not adequately represented, the pavilion's main funder is pulling out. RENN, who staffs the pavilion, is a white male, resident of South Africa, who is known less as an artist than as a tourism industry worker.

April 14, 2022
Tokyo: National Art Center

First major solo exhibition by Hirst in Japan

Until May 23, the National Art Center in Tokyo presents the exhibition Damien Hirst, Cherry Blossoms. It features 24 large-scale paintings from the artist's eponymous series depicting a group of colorful, dynamic landscapes.

April 14, 2022

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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.

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.

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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.

NFT
Beeple

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

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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.

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.

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Jean-Michel Basquiat

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

Key Visual der documenta fifteen
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.

Maman vor dem Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
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.

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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.

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