Lucian Freud rethought
Lucian Freud is one of the most famous painters of the 20th century. In the new exhibition Lucian Freud: New Perspectives, the National Gallery attempts an experiment: an objective analysis of his work that tries to fade out Freud's fame. Visitors will be able to judge whether this succeeds from 1 October.
In and out
Few things seem so self-evident and at the same time indispensable: the majority of people is rarely aware of breathing in and out . An impending shortness of breath, on the other hand, overrides everything bearable. With BREATHING, the Kunsthalle Hamburg explores the artistic facets of this automated process. The audience experiences breathing as a political issue, threat and elixir of life.
Susanne Stähli: »diluting, trying, layering...«
Susanne Stähli's work usually begins with an experimental investigation of suitable color tones. In doing so, she starts from an approximate idea of the color and approaches it through an additive method by adding very thin layers of paint. As the artist tells us in the interview, light plays a central role here, because it is not only part of the surroundings, but becomes an active component of her artworks.
Art fair paper positions returns to Hamburg
Diverse, multi-layered and accessible to everyone: directly opposite Hamburg's main railway station, an art fair worth visiting will take place from 29 September. Over 30 international artists will be exhibiting their paper-based works at paper positions hamburg − the show.
100 days, 100 nights
Mixed feelings arise when thinking back on the last hundred days. The documenta attracted more criticism than probably ever before. Certainly, many artists made contributions to the »world art exhibition«. But the »spirals of escalation, « as Kulturzeit presenter Cécile Schortmann calls the incidents, cast a long shadow over documenta fifteen. The Hessenschau even asks, »Was it the last one? «
Why is the art market so opaque?
Those who buy real estate as an investment first seek advice. Location, condition, age, type of construction, size - the information flows and the price is fixed. The situation is different in the art market: Who actually sets the prices here?
Of Lamps and Public Places: Noguchi's experimental sculptures
The US sculptor and designer Isamu Noguchi is considered one of the most versatile and experimental artists in his medium. From 23 September, in the exhibition of the same name, the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern presents him as a citizen of the world who combined influences from the USA, Japan and Europe.
Ten things that made Jean-Michel Basquiat an art icon
The work of Jean-Michel Basquiat is firmly rooted in U.S. art history of the 1980s, and his name is associated with artistic greats such as Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, and Jackson Pollock. But why was this decade so influential for the artist and what makes his art still so current?
How to estimate the price of an artist's work
Art collectors, just like artists, are challenged to propose an adequate price for an object. In order to estimate the price correctly, one basically only has to follow the logic behind the calculation. When one is about to buy, some factors make this often tricky assessment easier.
»Called to Create: Black Artists of the American South«
The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. welcomed 20 new Black artists to its collection about two years ago. The new acquisitions expanded the contemporary art department. Now they are on view in Called to Create: Black Artists of the American South from 18 September.
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