The Peruvian artist Ximena Garrido-Lecca is often known for her commitment to Peru’s history and its ancient mythology, other than for her study of the relationships between urban and rural areas and globalization. These elements can be found in Inflorescence, her latest work, which was created for her first solo exhibition in Germany as an established artist. The installation, composed of a series of sculptures made of corn plants and other elements, is specifically designed for the Portikus’ space – an eclectic institution for contemporary art in Frankfurt am Main. Located on a small island on the Main River and accessible only via the Alte Brücke, the Portikus represented a landmark for Frankfurt’s art scene, especially for its commitment to displaying prominent as well as emerging artists. As usual for Portikus, a pamphlet available at the entrance is meant to guide the visitor through the conceptual structure of the show, exploring its origins and examining the exhibition’s topics through various written media. That can take the form of newspaper articles, maps, scientific explainers, or even poetry – not just an informative brochure, but a piece of art itself meant to complement the exhibition. Portikus also exploits the lower floor of the building to make the audience further interact with the work in question or explore other aspects of it. On this occasion, Portikus has set up a space downstairs, where next to a big corn wall and corn seats, a temporary radio station broadcasts a radio program twice a week during the entire duration of the exhibition.
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FUTURES / Artists Nominated2023
The new emerging artists selected for 2023 has been announced. The FUTURES platform members have selected a promising group of almost 100 artists with heterogeneous backgrounds and creative visions, who will have access to an unprecedented network of professionals, markets and audiences. (more…)
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Avedon 100May 4 – Jun 24, 2023
Gagosian is pleased to present Avedon 100, a landmark exhibition in celebration of the centenary of Richard Avedon’s birth. The collection of Avedon photographs was selected by more than 150 people – including prominent artists, designers, musicians, writers, curators, and fashion world representatives – who elaborate on the impact of the photographer’s work today. (more…)
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Bauhaus and BeyondOngoing
“A reunion between creative arts and the industrial world” is how architect Walter Gropius described the Bauhaus, the school of art and design he founded in 1919 in Weimar, Germany (more…)
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Hybrids: Forging New Realities as Counter NarrativePublication
HYBRIDS: Forging New Realities as Counter-Narrative aims to explore the new atmosphere of trans-disciplinary experimentation across divergent fields and sectors in the arts. (more…)
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Mild Vertigo by Mieko KanaiBook Publication
The apparently unremarkable Natsumi lives in a modern Tokyo apartment with her husband and two sons: she does the laundry, goes to the supermarket, visits friends, and gossips with neighbors. (more…)
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Lars TunbjörkPhotographer
Whether creating an acid portrait of Sweden, representing the nightmarish world of business offices, tapping into the desolate uniformity of petrified, petit-bourgeois neighborhoods, Lars Tunbjörk has totally forgotten his black and white beginnings.
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Ryuichi SakamotoCOMPOSER / MUSICIAN
If Ryuichi Sakamoto had been born in 16th century Italy, we’d know what to call him: a Renaissance Man. But since he was born in Japan in the mid-20th century, we have to string together words like composer, musician, producer, actor, and environmental activist. (more…)
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Marc LagrangePhotographer
Marc Lagrange (1957-2015) was born in Kinshasa, Congo. His career path led him from engineering to photography, and his creativity from fashion to art. (more…)
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Doris SalcedoMay 21 – Sep 17, 2023
The Fondation Beyeler is the first museum in Switzerland to devote a comprehensive solo exhibition to internationally acclaimed artist Doris Salcedo (*1958 in Bogotá, Colombia), conceived in close collaboration with the artist herself and her studio. (more…)
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Ruth Orkin / Una Nuova ScopertaMar 17 – Jul 16, 2023
The exhibition “Ruth Orkin – Una nuova scoperta” is the largest anthological exhibition ever organized in Italy of one of the 20th century’s leading photojournalists.
More than 150 photographs, most of them originals, trace the entire production of Ruth Orkin (Boston 1921 – New York 1985), (more…)
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El Libro Que Tiende a Desaparecer / Simón RamirezPublication
El Libro Que Tiende a Desaparecer by Simón Ramirez invites viewers to page through delicate thermal prints at the expense of its images disappearing with each encounter. Each time light touches the surface of the paper, the depiction of ocean waves that fill the horizontal spreads fade. (more…)
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Beauty Is Not EnoughARTPIL / Prescription .138
To what purpose, April, do you return again? Beauty is not enough. You can no longer quiet me with the redness Of little leaves opening stickily. I know what I know. The sun is hot on my neck as I observe The spikes of crocus… –Edna St. Vincent Millay (more…)
