The Moravian folk costume (kroj) is a traditional clothing ensemble that originates from the Moravia region of the Czech Republic. This costume reflects the cultural heritage and history of the Moravian people. The Moravian folk costume typically consists of various garments and accessories that vary depending on the specific region within Moravia. (more…)

Using simple and functional components, Zimoun builds architecturally-minded platforms of sound. Exploring mechanical rhythm and flow in prepared systems, his installations incorporate commonplace industrial objects. (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…)

Mattress Factory is proud to present Assume the Risk, a new work by Delhi, India-based artist Asim Waqif. Museums are typically places of pristinely preserved objects. Secured behind glass and roped off from curious hands, the importance and value of a work is protected in climate-controlled rooms (more…)

The inaugural photobook from fine art photographer Laura Pannack. Youth Without Age and Life Without Death marks the first chapter of a long running project in which the artist uses large format photographs, polaroids, drawings and personal notes to grasp at the intagible and explore her connection with time itself. (more…)

When the body says Yes+ is a solo exhibition of the Dutch artist melanie bonajo (they/them/theirs). The artist is searching for an answer to the question of whether there is still a place for intimacy in our increasingly commercialised and technological world. The central theme of the exhibition is touch, literally, but also touch as our relationship to each other and the world around us. (more…)

César Cuspoca (1987–2022) is a Colombian artist whose artistic practice principally nourishes questions of perception, the duality between appearance and disappearance, and materialism and immaterialism. (more…)

Akinbode Akinbiyi is a renowned photographer. He has not only been honored with the Goethe Medal and the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany but was also recently awarded the 2024 Hannah Höch Prize in recognition of his outstanding lifetime achievement in the field. (more…)

Sean Scully is one of the most important painters of his generation. While known primarily for his large-scale abstract paintings, Scully also works in a variety of diverse media, including printmaking, sculpture, watercolor and pastel.

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State of Concept is proud to announce the first solo exhibition of artist Hajra Waheed in Greece, entitled Witness Lines, opening on the 25th of November 2023 at 13:00 – 18:00, curated by iLiana Fokianaki. Waheed’s multidisciplinary practice ranges from painting and drawing to video, sound, sculpture and installation. Her long-term engagement with questions that relate to power structures and how they transcend time through the legacies of colonial and state violence, has stood out for its precision. (more…)

Since the 1960s, René Block has been a key figure in the European art world. In 1964, he opened a gallery in Berlin that was to shape art history. In 2022, now aged 80, he is artistic director of the 2022 Riga Biennale taking place from mid-July to early October. (more…)

The MA Fashion Communication course brings together three pathways: Fashion Image, Fashion Critical Studies and Fashion Journalism. Fashion Image introduces the next generation of photographers, stylists, art directors, creative directors and 3-D digital artists. (more…)