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Imran Qureshi’s gruesome-looking installation is much more harmless than you think

Installations / 7 minutes of reading
Many art critics widely consider Imran Qureshi to be one of the most influential Pakistani contemporary artists. He has refined the regional and traditionally rooted painting style and took it to the modern day. Style His painting features a unique fusion of the genre’s styles and techniques with the current issues and the recognized language […]

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Who is Iraqi painter Hayv Kahraman?

Paintings / 11 minutes of reading
Born in Baghdad, Iraq, Hayv Kahraman is a Los Angeles-based Kurdish-American painter and sculptor known for creating works that reflect controversial subjects such as gender, particularly concerning female identity in relation to her experiences as a refugee and issues affecting her country of birth, Iraq. Kahraman’s artwork depicts the impacts of war, significantly the effect

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Damián Ortega’s Cosmic Thing – Entire Volkswagen Beetle dissected

Sculptures / 3 minutes of reading
Damián Ortega was born in Mexico City in 1967. He now divides his time between Mexico City and Berlin. He has gained a world-renowned reputation as his works have been exhibited internationally. His art career began as a political cartoonist, which has influenced his more recent work, as is evident in the playful energy often

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Yoshitomo Nara’s paintings & drawings: Cute or dark and frightening?

Ceramics, Paintings / 5 minutes of reading
Yoshitomo Nara was born in Hirosaki, Japan, in 1959 and is a Japanese artist whose work has been exhibited around the world. He lives and works in Tokyo, and Japanese popular culture plays an influential role in his world. Nara studied at the Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music, receiving his B.F.A. (1985)

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He Xiangyu’s life-sized tank – Entirely made of Italian leather

Sculptures / 2 minutes of reading
He Xiangyu’s Tank project commenced in late 2011 and was completed in early 2013. The sculpture is a prototype of the tank, specifically a T34, based on one that was found near a regimen positioned between North Korea and China. The T34 model was used as China’s armed forces principal tank, and furthermore was the

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Yin Xiuzhen & her 14 meter minibus Collective Unconscious

Installations, Textile art / 2 minutes of reading
Collective Subconscious is a large-scale interactive installation created by Beijing-based artist Yin Xiuzhen. She has spent the last twenty-five years creating and displaying works that reflect her surrounding environment and her relationship with it. Her works are usually personal and environmentally engaging and typically site-specific. Collective Subconscious, which is composed of a bisected minivan connected

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Interview: Andrew Beccone – How a library turned into an artwork

Interviews / 26 minutes of reading
Andrew Beccone is an artist with a master’s degree in Information and Library Science and the founder of the Reanimation Library, a collection of carefully selected books. I caught up with Andrew during his residency at the Queens Museum Studio Program. While there have been remote temporary iterations in cities across the US and the

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Artist Xu Zhen’s stunning installation at the Long Museum

Sculptures, Statues / 2 minutes of reading
Xu Zhen is a leader within the domain of contemporary Chinese art and is said to be one of the most sought-after international contemporary artists. Xu Zhen uses inspiration from both Chinese and Western cultures while combining the embodiment of both. He uses sociocultural frameworks as an inspiration for his pieces to target and, what

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Takahiro Iwasaki’s intricate miniatures of ancient Japanese temples

Architecture, Sculptures, Temple architecture / 2 minutes of reading
Japanese artist Takahiro Iwasaki’s sculpture the Reflection Model (Perfect Bliss) is a sophisticated miniature recreation of Phoenix Hall, which is part of Japan’s Byodo-in Temple complex. Embodying many elements of tradition and modernity, the piece imitates the reflection of the traditional mirror pond as a physical object, suspended from the ceiling, performing to the audience

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Christian Marclay: 7 stained glass windows you won’t see in any cathedral

Stained Glass Windows / 3 minutes of reading
After spending a whopping $26 million on renovations, the Palais de Tokyo in Paris is now the largest contemporary art center in Europe. It has four levels and is as big as three football fields. With plenty of space, they have creatively allowed the building itself to become part of the art. Artists were invited

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Beni Bischof’s cars – A vision for driving in the future?

Photography / 3 minutes of reading
Beni Bischof has created a series of art that he calls ‘Handicapped Cars’. Through these series, he has developed an uncanny ability to manipulate cool autos digitally. He’s proven quite adept at this sort of work. Consequently, he has earned rave reviews from all over the world. Through this series and others of a similar

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Kamin Lertchaiprasert-interview - Why I burned my drawings feat

Kamin Lertchaiprasert interview – Why I burned my drawings

Interviews / 7 minutes of reading
Talk by Kamin Lertchaiprasert (คามิน เลิศชัยประเสริฐ)Watch this video on YouTube 9 min 56 sec Introduction In this interview, we delve into the world of Kamin Lertchaiprasert, an artist grappling with the universal questions that plague us all. Kamin shares his personal journey, filled with confusion and ceaseless work, as he seeks to unravel the enigmatic

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Conservative Stadtmuseum München opens up to Urban Art

Installations, Paintings, Performances, Photography / 1 minute of reading
Last month the City Museum of Munich, Germany, held an exhibition that featured artists from Europe, Asia, and Australia. They were connected by their confident artistic position, focusing on their artistic statement rather than creating easily accessible and understandable works. Galeria Autonomica The curators Christian Minke and Christoph Pankowski believe that now it’s more important

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Cai Guo Qiang’s stunning Watering Hole in Brisbane

Installations, Sculptures / 6 minutes of reading
What was it? Cai Guo-Qiang’s first solo exhibition in Australia was staged at Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) from November 2013 to April 2014. Spanning the ground floor galleries of GOMA, this exhibition presented a large-scale installation by the Chinese artist. A centerpiece of the exhibition was a dramatic new commission, Heritage (2013), which

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Luciano Calderon – El Choco feat

Luciano Calderon & Public Delivery – El Choco exhibition

Paintings, Sculptures / 1 minute of reading
El Choco was a solo exhibition by the Swiss-Bolivian artist Luciano Calderon. He showed completely new works ranging from videos to sculptures and paintings. The exhibition took place in one of Bolivia’s most important non-commercial art spaces, Centro Cultural de España en La Paz (CCELP) located in La Paz. Video trailer Luciano Calderon - Exhibition

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Who is Katharina Grosse & Why does she matter?

Paintings / 15 minutes of reading
Born on October 2, 1961, in Freiburg im Breisgau, Katharina Grosse is a German artist. She uses architecture, painting, and sculpture in her artworks, which tend to be large-scale, site-related installations. Grosse attended art academies in Düsseldorf and Münster. After her education, she taught at the Art Academy Berlin-Weissensee for more than a decade between

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