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Les Citoyens | Triennale Milano Triennale Milano and the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain are very pleased to present the exhibition “Les Citoyens, Guillermo Kuitca on the collection of the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain” from May 6 to September 12, 2021. After “Les Habitants” and “Les Visitants”, this exhibition is the third chapter of a close collaboration between the artist Guillermo Kuitca and the Fondation Cartier. Triennale Milano and the Fondation Ca...

Thomas Demand: artificiality, nature and Azzedine Alaïa Thomas Demand: artificiality, nature and Azzedine Alaïa At Sprüth Magers London, German sculptor and photographer Thomas Demand explores the tensions between artificiality and nature, and steps inside the atelier of legendary Tunisian couturier Azzedine Alaïa Pond, 2020, C-print/Diasec.  © Thomas Demand, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2021 Courtesy Sprüth Magers Thomas Demand’s exhibition at Sprüth Magers begins before you enter the door....

Rachel Kushner on What She Takes From Art (and Artists) Her books are filled with insights into art world types and their relationships to the wider world. At her home in Los Angeles, Rachel Kushner talks about “The Hard Crowd,” her new book of essays on cultural criticism, and her enduring interest in visual art.Credit...Clifford Prince King for The New York Times By Jonathan Griffin April 23, 2021, 9:01 a.m. ET LOS ANGELES — At one point in Rachel Kushner’s recently published novella,...

Make this Easter an art-filled one with Thomas Demand and Open Studio The German artist likes to get creative with eggs. Here’s how he does it, and how you can do it too No one thinks of the German artist Thomas Demand as a simple illustrator. Indeed, our book Open Studio characterises him as “a self-described conceptual artist.” “He has become internationally famous for making life-size paper and cardboard sculptures that are reconstructions from photographs of actual spaces, like Jack...

A Wholly Revamped Museum Will Open in Spain to House the Contemporary Art Collection of Dealer Helga de Alvear German art collector and dealer Helga de Alvear is gifting her entire collection to a Spanish region. Exterior of the Museum of Contemporary Art Helga de Alvear. Photo: Amores Pictures. This spring, a city in Spain will become a European art destination when it opens a major expansion to one of the continent’s leading collections of contemporary art. German art collector and dealer...

A Painter Reconsiders the Photographs of Luigi Ghirri For Matt Connors, who recently curated an exhibition from the Italian artist’s archive, Ghirri’s photographs are built rather than composed—things rather than images. Luigi Ghirri, Paesaggio italiano Before Luigi Ghirri turned to photography, he worked as a land surveyor, an occupation that fostered a way of seeing. Typically taken from a frontal vantage point, his photographs describe the surfaces of what’s before the camera with w...

The most important moments in art in 2020 Noah Davis, Untitled, 2015 © The Estate of Noah Davis. Courtesy The Estate of Noah Davis. by Holland Cotter, Roberta Smith and Jason Farago NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE) .- The year was a 12-month stress test. When I asked friends, “How are you?” the repeat answers came: “Anxious,” “depressed,” “bored.” The first two I could relate to, but bored is something I rarely am. As a journalist, I’m addicted to art-specific information, to taking it in,...