Alternatives from the periphery: Pierre-Olivier Rollin and the BPS22 (an interview)by Sonia D'AltoHow do global politics from the province look like? An interview with Pierre-Olivier Rollin, the director of BPS22 in Charleroi
Norton Simon: an American artist visits LA’s crown jewelby Daniel Graham Loxton*An essential introduction to Norton Simon, masterful art collector during America’s mid-century cultural emergence
Lotte Andersen and the forces that lead us through historyby Samantha OzerLotte Andersen questions cultural symbols that normalise past narratives of identity, power, oppression and privilege
Robbie Fitzpatrick (on Basel Social Club)by CFArtsWe sat down with Robbie Fitzpatrick, co-founder of the Fitzpatrick Gallery and initiator of the Basel Social Club
Pretty hurts: the skinny legends of David Rappeneauby John BelknapThe storytelling technique of David Rappeneau is realism brushed with the fantastic. His neo-libertines seduce the communally divine
Justin Chance: running a sewing machine through a picture planeby Samantha OzerJustin Chance utilises a material structure of dissemination to speak to broader issues of political networks and the power of language
Cassidy Toner, gambling as a career planby Paolo BaggiCassidy Toner stages repeated artistic misfires to better diffuse anxiety, pressure to perform, or the legibility of an artwork
Naoki Sutter-Shudo, monuments and iconsby Samantha OzerIn crafting speculative worlds on a shrunken scale, Naoki Sutter-Shudo dislocates us from the abstraction of the impending future, allowing a site for contemplation of reality
Wojciech Bakowski: dream-like narratives (an interview) by Veronica GisondiDwelling on the possibilities of images, sounds, and words becomes a way for Wojciech Bakowski to dive into the boundaries of human insight, cognition, and the medium itself - while reveling in the limits of one’s own reality
Latifa Echakhch and seeing things as if they’re vibrating (an interview)by Haseeb AhmedLatifa Echakhch on her upcoming pavilion at the Venice Biennale, her recent inclusion in the Swiss Institute board, and intimate artwork
Raphaela Vogel: unification of the manifoldby Stefano Pirovano and Sonia D'AltoExpressionism, monumentality and manifold in the works of Raphaela Vogel, before her solo exhibition in Milan.
The figure of the rope between gore, eros and faithby Silvia TomasiGoya, Lady Gaga, Man Ray, Giulio Paolini, Georg Baselitz, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Antonello & co., all tied together to a vibrating rope.
No leap is ever into the voidby Silvia TomasiA saga of artist jumps through the work of Hsieh, Mureșan, de Dominicis, Perrone, in the wake of Yves Klein's famous leap into the void.
What do you know about Renaissance shadow?by Antonio CarnevaleThe evolution of painting could also be captured by chasing shadows. An itinerary among five less known masters to be discovered in museums' online collections.
Top 10 artist websitesby Stefano Pirovano & Piero BiselloHere is our (temporary) selection of 10 great personal websites of contemporary artists, chosen among both internet litterates and not.
Lucy Stein: Digitalis purpurea, a re(in)trospectiveby Stefano PirovanoVieni! E fu molta la dolcezza! molta! / tanta, che, vedi… (l’altra lo stupore / alza degli occhi, e vede ora, ed ascolta / con un suo lungo brivido…) si muore!„
The Red Hour has come at Dak’Artby Jasmina Trifoni Few collectors have attended the opening of the 13th edition of the Dakar Biennale of Contemporary African Art (Dak'Art), but Art Basel was there, along with some expert mushroom hunter...
