Punta della Dogana presents the thematic exhibition Icônes which proposes a reflection on the theme of the icon and the status of the image in the contemporary world through a selection of more than 80 works (more…)

Lu Guang was born in 1961, in Zhejiang Province, China. He has been passionate about photography since he held a camera for the first time, in 1980 when he was a factory worker in his hometown in Yongkang County. (more…)

This fall CARA will be hosting the first solo exhibition of artist and choreographer Ligia Lewis (b. 1983, Santo Domingo; lives and works in Berlin). Titled study now steady, the exhibition will be on view September 30, 2023 through February 4, 2024, presenting one live commission, a series of rehearsal/performances, as well as newly commissioned video work. (more…)

Mark Rothko was born Marcus Rothkowitz on September 25, 1903, in Dvinsk, Russia. In 1913 his family left Russia and settled in Portland, Oregon. Rothko attended Yale University, New Haven, on a scholarship from 1921 to 1923. (more…)

Todd Hido is a San Francisco Bay Area-based artist whose work has been featured in Artforum, The New York Times Magazine, Eyemazing, Wired, Elephant, FOAM, and Vanity Fair. (more…)

The first edition of Thailand Biennale was initiated by the Office of Contemporary Art and Culture, Thailand’s Ministry of Culture in Krabi in 2018, followed by Korat in 2021. By alternating the locations from various provinces throughout the country, the spirit of the Thailand Biennale decentralizes artistic activities (more…)

“Has everyone been in love? Not on the basis of the evidence. If they have, they’ve forgotten it.
If everyone had been in love, they’d treat their children differently. They’d treat each other differently.”
–James Baldwin, from “Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris,” 1970 (more…)

Culturescapes is a multidisciplinary biennial arts festival, celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2023. Since 2003, the festival focuses on the cultural landscapes of countries and regions. Based in Basel, Switzerland, it extends its presence far beyond one city or country with the network of more than 40 partner institutions (more…)

Here we are again, this time, rounding out our sixth year with 4,000 pages of Articles, Profiles, and Announcements in our growing archive and over 3.5 million visits strong. A very exciting journey it has been, indeed. With our sixth year anniversary Prescription, we continue to move forward. (more…)

This year comes the 25th anniversary of the GfZK at Johannapark. Against the background of the political and social changes that took place after 1989, social and ecological sustainability was already a central topic when the GfZK was founded in 1990. (more…)

The German artist Franz Erhard Walther is one of the key figures of a concept of art based on participation. Born in Fulda in 1939, his work in the postwar years began with Informel painting: “Piece by piece I understood that the term ‘Informel’ only made sense if one related that to the absence of the concept of composition. (more…)

The fascinations of the Arctic and Antarctic have captured our collective imagination for centuries. For the last decade, French-Swiss artist Julian Charrière has traveled to remote and hostile polar regions to explore humankind’s interconnection with these otherworldly environments (more…)