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Erwin Redl and the Bill Gates version of John Cageby Paul LasterErwin Redl makes monumental art installations using light and computer technology, without any assistance from big galleries.

Wilfried Lentz: art fairs are not a condition for growth (an interview)by Piero BiselloRotterdam-based gallerist Wilfried Lentz shares his thoughts on the art business and his successful focus on gallery programmes.

Laura Owens: a mid-career interviewby Paul Laster'I wouldn’t be bored if I became an artist because there’s always a question and never an answer'. So thought Laura Owens when she was 14. Now the Whitney Museum is dedicating her a comprehensive solo show. Is that also a question for her?

Judith Bernstein: Men have the organ, but they don’t own the imageby Paul LasterFeminist pioneer Judith Bernstein points the finger at Donald Trump, but her solo show at the Drawing Center in NY is not just about him. It's about us.

The Scheryn Art Collection: welcome to the first collection of collectorsby Stefano PirovanoHerman Steyn, founder with Dabing Chen of the Scheryn Art Collection, explains why they joined forces to back art from Africa and the African diaspora.

“I’ve always done parodies of what a painting is supposed to be”by Paul LasterAshley Bickerton first retrospective show is taking place in New York. CFA interviewed the artist to understand what happened to his art during the past 30 years.

Katja Novitskova: a comprehensive interviewby Paul LasterA solo exhibition at Green Naftali, NY Public Art Fund's commission and the Venice Biennale won Katja Novitskova the status of rising art star. CFA sat down with the arstist to take stock of her work's poetics.

Matthew Wood: how to run an art gallery and live happilyby Maria do Carmo M. P. de PontesFounder member of Mendes Wood DM gallery explains why having a reliable cultural strategy is more important than money to succeed in the international art arena.

Will the future of historical art museums look like this?The recently revamped M Museum Leuven is now one of the most innovative displays of a historical collection in Europe. We spoke with director Peter Bary to understand M’s new museum strategy and whether the coexistence with contemporary art in the same institution played a role in it.

Didier Claes, a classic African art master dealer (an interview)by Piero BiselloDidier Claes gives his perspective on marketing antiquities from Africa, the institutional clientele and the relationship between classic African art and contemporary art.

The painter’s painter theory of solid spaceby Paul LasterArtist Mary Heilmann welcomed us at her Tribeca studio to discuss the ideas behind her painting generated by sculpture, ceramics and modern masters.

A retrospective meeting with Luiz Zerbiniby Maria Do Carmo de PontesBrazilian polymath artist looks back at his intense creative career and lifetime fascination for waves.

Mark Coetzee: ‘Rather than discovery, I call it a re-correction of ignorance’by Stefano PirovanoFirst Zeitz MOCAA executive director and chief curator reveals his strategy to keep the about to inaugurate contemporary African art museum free, open and dynamic.

Lorenz Helbling: is this a new wave of Chinese art?by Stefano PirovanoFounder of Shanghart Lorenz Helbling explains why Chinese art is having a rebirth, thanks to a new generation of art collectors and their private museums.

Dirk Snauwaert: ‘WIELS aspires to a moment of consciousness’by Piero BiselloA seminal interview with WIELS director Dirk Snauwaert, who explains why for a museum is important having a good balance between private and public money.

Troubled Brazil has a new ‘auroras’, and it’s located in a beautiful 1950s Modernist house…by Maria do Carmo de Pontes